Name: Quantum simulation of gravitational problems on condensed matter analog models
Start: 2023-06-19T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-06-23T18:00:00+02:00
Location: ECT*

Quantum simulation of gravitational problems on condensed matter analog models

from Monday, 19 June 2023 (09:00) to Friday, 23 June 2023 (18:00)

Monday, 19 June 2023

09:00 Registration
Registration
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi

09:30 Opening
Opening
09:30 - 09:40
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
09:40 Welcome by the ECT* Director - Gert Aarts (Swansea University and ECT*)
Welcome by the ECT* Director
- Gert Aarts (Swansea University and ECT*)
09:40 - 10:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
10:00 Quantum Detection of Unruh Radiation in BEC - William George Unruh (ubc and Texa A&M)
Quantum Detection of Unruh Radiation in BEC
- William George Unruh (ubc and Texa A&M)
10:00 - 10:40
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
10:40 Coffee
Coffee
10:40 - 11:10
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
11:10 Quantum Fluctuations in Gravity: Gravitational Cats and Graviton Noise - Bei-Lok Hu (University of Maryland)
Quantum Fluctuations in Gravity: Gravitational Cats and Graviton Noise
- Bei-Lok Hu (University of Maryland)
11:10 - 11:50
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
11:50 Spontaneous Hawking radiation in a BEC and analogue cosmological particle creation in a fluid of light - Jeff Steinhauer (Technion)
Spontaneous Hawking radiation in a BEC and analogue cosmological particle creation in a fluid of light
- Jeff Steinhauer (Technion)
11:50 - 12:20
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
14:30 Progress update on experiments with fluids of light in Paris - Maxime Jacquet (Sorbonne University)
Progress update on experiments with fluids of light in Paris
- Maxime Jacquet (Sorbonne University)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
15:00 Self-consistent analogue gravity with vortices - Dmitry Solnyshkov (University Clermont Auvergne)
Self-consistent analogue gravity with vortices
- Dmitry Solnyshkov (University Clermont Auvergne)
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
15:30 Waves amplification and quantum entanglement from rotation - Maria Chiara Braidotti (university of Glasgow)
Waves amplification and quantum entanglement from rotation
- Maria Chiara Braidotti (university of Glasgow)
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
16:00 Coffee
Coffee
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
16:30 Quasinormal Mode Oscillations of Optical Solitons - Friedrich Koenig (University of St Andrews)
Quasinormal Mode Oscillations of Optical Solitons
- Friedrich Koenig (University of St Andrews)
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
17:00 The double analytic signal in pulse propagation equations - David Bermudez (Department of Physics, Cinvestav)
The double analytic signal in pulse propagation equations
- David Bermudez (Department of Physics, Cinvestav)
17:00 - 17:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
17:30 Apéro
Apéro
17:30 - 19:00
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
09:00 TBA - Silke Weinfurtner (University of Nottingham)
TBA
- Silke Weinfurtner (University of Nottingham)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
09:30 Observation of finite temperature false vacuum decay in BEC - theo - Ian Moss (Newcastle University)
Observation of finite temperature false vacuum decay in BEC - theo
- Ian Moss (Newcastle University)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
10:00 Observation of finite temperature false vacuum decay in BEC - exp - Gabriele Ferrari (University of trento, Italy)
Observation of finite temperature false vacuum decay in BEC - exp
- Gabriele Ferrari (University of trento, Italy)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
10:30 Coffee
Coffee
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
11:00 Measures of entanglement in BEC analogues of black holes - Nicolas Pavloff (universite Paris Saclay)
Measures of entanglement in BEC analogues of black holes
- Nicolas Pavloff (universite Paris Saclay)
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
11:30 Analogue models of pre-heating and the back-reaction effect - salvatore Butera (University of Glasgow)
Analogue models of pre-heating and the back-reaction effect
- salvatore Butera (University of Glasgow)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
14:30 Simulating the early universe using a BEC - Chris Westbrook (Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique)
Simulating the early universe using a BEC
- Chris Westbrook (Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
15:00 Cosmological horizons radiate - Ulf Leonhardt
Cosmological horizons radiate
- Ulf Leonhardt
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
15:30 Black hole superradiance: a portal to ultralight dark matter - Paolo Pani (Sapienza University of Rome)
Black hole superradiance: a portal to ultralight dark matter
- Paolo Pani (Sapienza University of Rome)
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
16:00 Coffee
Coffee
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
16:30 Quantum field simulator for dynamics in curved spacetime - Markus Oberthaler
Quantum field simulator for dynamics in curved spacetime
- Markus Oberthaler
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
17:00 The dynamical Casimir effect in Bose Einstein condensates: the breathing ring - Alberto Parola (Universita' dell'Insubria, Como, Italy)
The dynamical Casimir effect in Bose Einstein condensates: the breathing ring
- Alberto Parola (Universita' dell'Insubria, Como, Italy)
17:00 - 17:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
21:00 General public event on "Modelli Analoghi di Gravità" -- in collaboration with AISF (Associazione Italiana Studenti di Fisica) -- in italian
General public event on "Modelli Analoghi di Gravità" -- in collaboration with AISF (Associazione Italiana Studenti di Fisica) -- in italian
21:00 - 23:00
Wednesday, 21 June 2023
09:00 Welcome to the special day in memory of Renaud Parentani - Iacopo Carusotto (INO-CNR BEC Center, Trento)
Welcome to the special day in memory of Renaud Parentani
- Iacopo Carusotto (INO-CNR BEC Center, Trento)
09:00 - 09:30
09:30 Quantum Equilibrium Propagation and some memories of Renaud Parentani - Serge Massar (Université libre de Bruxelles)
Quantum Equilibrium Propagation and some memories of Renaud Parentani
- Serge Massar (Université libre de Bruxelles)
09:30 - 10:00
10:00 Renaud's Horizons - Ted Jacobson (Univ of Maryland-College Park)
Renaud's Horizons
- Ted Jacobson (Univ of Maryland-College Park)
10:00 - 10:40
10:40 Coffee
Coffee
10:40 - 11:20
11:20 CES state and time crystals - Juan Ramón Muñoz de Nova (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) Fernando Sols (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
CES state and time crystals
- Juan Ramón Muñoz de Nova (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
- Fernando Sols (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
11:20 - 12:00
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Nonlocal Field Theory in Ultracold Gases: The Case of Dipolar Hawking Radiation - Uwe R. Fischer (Seoul National University)
Nonlocal Field Theory in Ultracold Gases: The Case of Dipolar Hawking Radiation
- Uwe R. Fischer (Seoul National University)
14:00 - 14:40
14:40 Various contriutions -- Finazzi, Florent Michel, ... - Various
Various contriutions -- Finazzi, Florent Michel, ...
- Various
14:40 - 15:30
15:30 Coffee
Coffee
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Acoustic Black Hole Lasers - Antonin Coutant - online
Acoustic Black Hole Lasers
- Antonin Coutant - online
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 Analogue gravity as a toy model of emergent spacetime - Stefano Liberati (SISSA)
Analogue gravity as a toy model of emergent spacetime
- Stefano Liberati (SISSA)
16:30 - 17:00
17:00 Closing - Iacopo Carusotto (INO-CNR BEC Center, Trento)
Closing
- Iacopo Carusotto (INO-CNR BEC Center, Trento)
17:00 - 17:30
20:00 Dinner
Dinner
20:00 - 22:00
Thursday, 22 June 2023
09:00 Probing transcritical horizons in 1D open channel water flows - Scott Robertson (Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, Orsay)
Probing transcritical horizons in 1D open channel water flows
- Scott Robertson (Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, Orsay)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
09:30 Looking for the black hole leser effect in interfacial hydrodynamics - Alexis BOSSARD (Institut Pprime)
Looking for the black hole leser effect in interfacial hydrodynamics
- Alexis BOSSARD (Institut Pprime)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
10:00 Bose-Einstein Condensates for the simulation and detection of gravitational effects - Ivette Fuentes (University of Southampton and Keble College, Oxford)
Bose-Einstein Condensates for the simulation and detection of gravitational effects
- Ivette Fuentes (University of Southampton and Keble College, Oxford)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
10:30 Coffee
Coffee
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
11:00 Optomechanical Analogues for Gravitationally Induced Decoherence and Entanglement - Miles Blencowe (Dartmouth College)
Optomechanical Analogues for Gravitationally Induced Decoherence and Entanglement
- Miles Blencowe (Dartmouth College)
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
11:30 Kinetic theory approach to acoustic horizons - Massimo Mannarelli (INFN - LNGS)
Kinetic theory approach to acoustic horizons
- Massimo Mannarelli (INFN - LNGS)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
12:00 Shear viscosity to entropy density ratio in gravity analogue models - Silvia Trabucco
Shear viscosity to entropy density ratio in gravity analogue models
- Silvia Trabucco
12:00 - 12:15
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
12:15 Analogue tachyons in superconducting circuits - Haruna Katayama (Hiroshima University)
Analogue tachyons in superconducting circuits
- Haruna Katayama (Hiroshima University)
12:15 - 12:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
14:30 Information Recovery from Black Holes - online - Prem Kumar (Swansea University)
Information Recovery from Black Holes - online
- Prem Kumar (Swansea University)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
15:00 Information Recovery from Black Holes - Andrea Legramandi (Trento university)
Information Recovery from Black Holes
- Andrea Legramandi (Trento university)
15:00 - 15:15
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
15:15 Quantum correlations across the horizon in acoustic and gravitational black holes - Alessandro Fabbri
Quantum correlations across the horizon in acoustic and gravitational black holes
- Alessandro Fabbri
15:15 - 15:45
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
15:45 Coffee
Coffee
15:45 - 16:15
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
16:15 A cold-atom analogue of gravitational fermion production. Topological phases at the boundary of an expanding universe - Carlos Fulgado-Claudio (Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT UAM-CSIC))
A cold-atom analogue of gravitational fermion production. Topological phases at the boundary of an expanding universe
- Carlos Fulgado-Claudio (Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT UAM-CSIC))
16:15 - 16:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
16:30 Phonon-based quantum detection schemes for dark matter exploration - Hector Antonio Fernandez Melendez (University of Southampton)
Phonon-based quantum detection schemes for dark matter exploration
- Hector Antonio Fernandez Melendez (University of Southampton)
16:30 - 16:45
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
20:00 Dinner
Dinner
20:00 - 22:00
Friday, 23 June 2023
09:00 Quantum catastrophes and Near Horizon Physics in a BEC - Liam Farrell (McMaster University)
Quantum catastrophes and Near Horizon Physics in a BEC
- Liam Farrell (McMaster University)
09:00 - 09:15
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
09:15 Analog Hawking radiation of massive modes in a coherently coupled Bose mixture - Lennart Fernandes (University of Antwerp)
Analog Hawking radiation of massive modes in a coherently coupled Bose mixture
- Lennart Fernandes (University of Antwerp)
09:15 - 09:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
09:30 Superradiant phononic emission from the analog spin ergoregion of a two-component Bose-Einstein condensate - Anna Berti (University of Trento, Italy)
Superradiant phononic emission from the analog spin ergoregion of a two-component Bose-Einstein condensate
- Anna Berti (University of Trento, Italy)
09:30 - 09:45
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
09:45 Evolution of entanglement in analogue preheating experiment - Amaury Micheli (IJCLab, France / IAP, France)
Evolution of entanglement in analogue preheating experiment
- Amaury Micheli (IJCLab, France / IAP, France)
09:45 - 10:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
10:00 Black hole mirages in Weyl semimetals - Andreas Haller
Black hole mirages in Weyl semimetals
- Andreas Haller
10:00 - 10:15
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
10:15 Gravity and the superposition principle - Hristu Culetu
Gravity and the superposition principle
- Hristu Culetu
10:15 - 10:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
10:30 Quantum simulation and out-of-equilibrium dynamics of the Sachdev--Ye--Kitaev model - Philipp Uhrich (Pitaevskii BEC Center, INO-CNR and Università di Trento)
Quantum simulation and out-of-equilibrium dynamics of the Sachdev--Ye--Kitaev model
- Philipp Uhrich (Pitaevskii BEC Center, INO-CNR and Università di Trento)
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
11:00 Analogue QFT simulators beyond the linear regime - Sebastian Erne
Analogue QFT simulators beyond the linear regime
- Sebastian Erne
11:00 - 11:15
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
11:30 Coffee
Coffee
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi

12:00 Prize Ceremony
Prize Ceremony
12:00 - 12:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi

12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi

14:00 Round table and Wrap Up
Round table and Wrap Up
14:00 - 15:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi