Programme

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3 March, Thursday
8:50- Opening: S. Nic Chormaic
9:00- R. Loew: A Rydberg atom inside a Bose-Einstein Condensate
10:00- K. Ohmori: Direct observation and control of ultrafast many-body electron dynamics in a strongly-correlated ultracold Rydberg gas
11:00- Coffee Break
11:30- M. Safronova: Rydberg atoms for quantum information and precision measurements
12:30- Discussion and Lunch
14:30- M. Mizoguchi: All-optical generation of a ⁸⁷Rb Bose-Einstein condensate to be transformed into a defect-free Rydberg crystal in an optical lattice
15:00- S. Machluf: Adsorbate dynamics on a silica-coated gold surface measured by Rydberg Stark spectroscopy
15:30- OIST campus tour and lab visit
19:00- Working Dinner

4 March, Friday
9:00- A. Browaeys: Implementation of the quantum Ising model in large arrays of individual Rydberg atoms
10:00- E. Brion: Quantum optical non-linearities induced by Rydberg-Rydberg interactions: a perturbative approach
11:00- Coffee Break
11:30- R. J. C. Spreeuw: Magnetic microtrap arrays, Rydberg atoms, and quantum simulation
12:30- Discussion and Lunch
14:30- T. Ray: Rydberg atoms near the surface of optical nanofibers
15:30- P. Windpassinger: Towards Rydberg quantum optics in a hollow core fiber
16:30- Coffee Break
17:00- S. Bergamini: Rydberg interactions for quantum-enhanced protocols with mixed states
19:00- Working Dinner

5 March, Saturday
9:00- T. C. Killian: Ultralong-range Molecules in Strontium Rydberg Gases
10:00- R. González-Férez: Ultralong-range polyatomic Rydberg molecules
11:00- Coffee Break
11:30- K. Nakagawa: Towards quantum simulations of many-body systems with cold Rydberg atoms

19:00- Working Dinner