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Contirbute to the Quantum Manifesto befor April 30th, 2016
Cold atoms are at the heart of the new quantum technologies (atomic clocks, quantum simulators, quantum sensors, first prototypes of quantum computers, etc.), which, in the near future, shall have a deep impact both on fundamental as well as on applied research.
(*) The Quantum Manifesto writing team: Aymard de Touzalin (European Commission), Charles Marcus (Niels Bohr Institute), Freeke Heijman (NL EU presidency), Ignacio Cirac (Max Planck Institute), Richard Murray (Innovate UK), Tommaso Calarco (University of Ulm)
International Workshop on Ultra-cold Group II Atoms
This workshop, whose topic is theory and experiments with ultra-cold alkaline-earth atoms (Sr, Yb, Hg, Mg, Ra…), will take place on 22-24 Feb. 2016 at Paris Observatory.
Please feel free to come and attend the workshop in the amphitheatre of IAP.
The detailed program can be found at https://indico.obspm.fr/event/1/timetable/#all.detailed
=> More information on workshops
Seminars on the direct dectectoin of gravitational waves
Following the annoucement of the direct detection of gravitational waves, a one day meeting is organized on 17th Feb. 2016. The seminars will address the detectors, the observed signals, the consequences on astrophysics and fundamental physics.
This meeting will take place on Wednesday 17th Feb. 2016, starting at 09:30, in the amphitheatre Turing, Sophie Germain Building, Paris-Diderot University.
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Next FIRST-TF general assembly
The next FIRST-TF general assembly will take place on 24th March 2016 in University Paris 13 (Villetaneuse).
It is open to all FIRST-TF members. Agenda: presentation of highlights and projects funded by FIRST-TF, discussions.
Defense of thesis to Édouard RICHARD – “Study and realization of a new spatio-temporal reference system based on inter-satellite links in a GNSS constellation”
Edouard RICHARD will defend his thesis on the subject :
“Study and realization of a new spatio-temporal reference system based on inter-satellite links in a GNSS constellation”
The defense will take place on westeday Wednesday, 27 of January 2016 at 14:30 in l’amphithéâtre de l’IAP (Observatoire de Paris).(Paris)
This thesis performed under the supervision of Peter WOLF and Pacôme DELVA
Proceedings of the 5th Galileo Science Colloquium available online
The official Proceedings of the 5th Galileo Science Colloquium which took place from the 27th to the 29th of October 2015 at PTB, Braunschweig, Germany are now
available online at: http://www.congrexprojects.com/2015-events/15a08/proceedings
The Posters/Presentations and/or Papers can be downloaded in PDF format.
PhD defense of Irina BALAKIREVA “Non-linear dynamics of Kerr optical frequency combs”
Launch of LISA PATHFINDER
ESA’s LISA Pathfinder lifted off earlier on Thursday, 3rd Dec. on a Vega rocket from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on its way to demonstrate technology for observing gravitational waves from space.
PhD defense of Anthony BERCY: “Ultrastable optical fiber link : multiple-users dissemination, study of fundamental and technological limits and new applications”
Anthony BERCY will defend his PhD thesis , entitled “Ultrastable optical fiber link : multiple-users dissemination, study of fundamental and technological limits and new applications”. His thesis work was accomplished within a collaboration between LPL and SYRTE. His thesis grant has been co-funded by FIRST-TF.
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to retain “leap second”
The ITU World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15), currently in session in Geneva from 2 to 27 November, has decided that further studies are required on the impact and application of a future reference time-scale, including the modification of coordinated universal time (UTC) and suppressing the so-called “leap second”.
