Introduction

International Workshop on Coherence and Decoherence at Ultracold Temperatures

A Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and Technical University of Munich, Institute for Advanced Study symposium

The symposium discussed issues of coherence in cold (<1K) and ultracold (<1mK) molecular system and how to control and minimize the deleterious effects of the omni-present decoherence processes that arise due to our inability to completely isolate the system from the environment. Theoretical proposals as well as experimental methods for utilizing coherence as a means of controlling chemical reactions between and within ultracold molecules and ways of controlling decoherence were discussed.

 

"Coherence and Decoherence at Ultracold Temperatures" was co-organized and co-funded, with funds from the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Colloquium Abroad program at the University of British Columbia, with partner institute, the Technical University of Munich, Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS) and will be held at TUM-IAS, Germany, September 6-9, 2011.

"Coherence and Decoherence at Ultracold Temperatures" is a workshop supported by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Major Thematic Grant project "Coherent Dynamics of Ultra-Cold Molecular Systems" awarded to Principal Investigator Moshe Shapiro, Professor of Chemistry and Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia.