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100 YEARS LIQUID HELIUM: NEW PHYSICS AT THE EDGE OF ABSOLUTE ZERO

14-19 September 2008

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1908: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and G.J. Flim in Leiden Laboratory


This International Summer School has been annually organized for the last fourteen years by the Institute of Materials Science Nicolás Cabrera belonging to the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and has evolved into one of the most significant scientific events in our country. School location is a University Summer residence, located in Miraflores de la Sierra, a nice mountain resort 50 km out of the city of Madrid. This Summer School will take place shortly after the Cryoconference, which will be held from 8-13 September at the same location.


OBJECTIVES
The aim of this Summer School is to provide graduate students, post docs, and last year undergraduates with exceptional marks and motivation for physics, of a general introductory overview of some of the most exciting topical developments on Condensed Matter and Nanoscopic Physics. The Summer School will consist on a series of introductory lectures given by internationally recognized leading experts. The school will span a wide range of topics across low temperature physics, connected by common theoretical or experimental methods, with the main aim to give the students an overview of some of the most intriguing open questions and of the technical abilities required to be able to make successful top level research close to absolute zero.

PARTICIPANTS
The International Summer School is primarily addressed to young researchers and students with interest in Condensed Matter Physics and Nanotechnology, and a background in physics. The maximum number of participants will be around 60 including about twenty invited speakers that are internationally recognized experts.Scholarships covering full board (no travel expenses) will be provided for students, their number depending on the financial support obtained. The Summer School is organized within the framework of the excellence research program “Science and Technology at the milikelvin” (CITECNOMIK), funded by the Region of Madrid, and is also supported by the BBVA, UAM, CONSOLIDER-INGENIO 2010 "Molecular Nanoscience" and IMDEA .
Invited speakers:

        * A. Andreev (Kapitza Institute, Russia)
        * S. Balibar (CNRS/Laboratoire de Physique Statistique de l'ENS, France)
        * A. Benoit (Institut NÉEL/CNRS, France)
        * J. P. Brison (CEA/Grenoble, France)
        * A. Buzdin (CPMOH/University of Bordeaux 1, France)
        * B. Cabrera (Stanford University, USA)
        * P. Canfield (Iowa State University, USA)
        * J. T. Devreese (University Antwerpen, Belgium)
        * C. Enss (Universität Heidelberg, Germany)
        * A. Feher (P.J. Safarik University, Slovakia)
        * J. Flouquet (INAC/SPSMS, France)
        * I. Fomin (Kapitza Institute, Russia)
        * H. Godfrin (Institut NÉEL/CNRS, France)
        * F. Guinea (ICMM/CSIC, Spain)
        * A. Levanyuk (UAM, Spain)
        * V. Moshchalkov (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium)
        * J. Pekola (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)
        * G. Pickett (Lancaster University, UK)
        * G. Volovik (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)
        * F. de Waele (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
        * F. Yndurain (UAM, Spain)
        * R. Miranda (UAM, Spain)


PROGRAM
Preliminary program, travel information and other important instructions can be downloaded here


ORGANIZERS
        * Chair of the Summer School: S. Vieira (UAM, Spain)
        * Vice-chair: H. Suderow (UAM, Spain)
        * Secretary:Y. Gonzalez Lemus (UAM, Spain)

          Local organizing committee:

        * M.A. Ramos (UAM, Spain)
        * J.G. Rodrigo (UAM, Spain)
        * G. Rubio Bollinger (UAM, Spain)

          Scientific advisory committee:

        * N. Ägrait (UAM, Spain)
        * J. Bartolomé (ICMA-CSIC, Spain)
        * J.C.Gómez Sal (UC, Spain)
        * F. Guinea (ICMM-CSIC, Spain)
        * R. Ibarra (ICMA, Spain)
        * F.Sols (UCM, Spain)
        * J. Tejada (UB, Spain)
        * J.L. Vicent(UCM, Spain)
        * F.Vidal (USC, Spain)
        * R.Villar (UAM, Spain)


REGISTRATION

Interested participants should send the REGISTRATION FORM  (due to the limited number of available places, as soon as possible). Acceptance will be communicated to selected participants. Registration fee is 400 euros (including full board and lodging from Sunday 14th evening to Friday 19th afternoon and school dinner). For local participants the registration fee (including inscription, coffee breaks and lunch) is 250 euros. One-day registration fee (including lunch) is 100 euros.

Students are invited to present posters describing their research work. If you want to present a poster, please fill out the poster form after sending the registration form.

Official language of the School will be English. Spanish and foreign students are invited to participate. Scholarships covering full board and accommodation will be available for students. Please apply for a scholarship with the registration .

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: July 5th, 2008

ACCEPTANCE of regular participation or with scholarship  will be communicated after July 15th.

PAYMENT

In order to guarantee your participation in the School, registration fee + bank and transfer expenses, which are to be paid by participant, should be transferred to the following account:

          XV International Summer School Nicolás Cabrera
          CAJA DE MADRID
          E-28049 Cantoblanco, Madrid

          Account number for participants coming from european countries (IBAN code):
          ES49-2038-1530-98-6000018063

          Account number for participants coming from non european countries (SWIFT code):
          2038-1530-98-6000018063-SWIFT CAHMESMMXXX

          VERY IMPORTANT: Mention your name and the name of the summer school on bank transfer. Send to us by fax or email (nr: +34 91 497 8734, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) a copy of bank receipt.

LOCATION

"La Cristalera" residence is located in Miraflores de la Sierra, in the mountains near Madrid.



CONTACT PERSON:

      Youseli González Lemus
      Dpto de Fisica de la Materia Condensada
      Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; 28049
      Madrid - SPAIN
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