[quantum-info] Fw: Announcement summer school on paradoxes in quantum physics

[Norbert Lutkenhaus]

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From: roderich.tumulka at uni-tuebingen.de
Sent: May 28, 2019 11:04 AM
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Subject: Announcement summer school on paradoxes in quantum physics


Dear colleagues,

It would be kind of you if you could forward this announcement to
potential participants (advanced students and young researchers). It
would also be kind of you to print the attached poster and post it in
your institution.

Best,    Roderich

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Hello Everyone,

At the beginning of September there will be a Summer School on Paradoxes
in Quantum Physics. It takes place on the island of Hvar in Croatia
under the auspices of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of
Physics <http://www.johnbellinstitute.org>. The school is aimed at
Master students, doctoral students, and post-docs interested in the
foundations of quantum physics. The school comprises 4 days of intensive
course with ample room for discussion, guided by a group of experienced
instructors who are active researchers in the field of foundations of
quantum mechanics. In a quiet environment on the island Hvar, students
and instructors can focus on reaching genuine understanding of the
puzzling features of quantum mechanics.

Please feel free to forward this message to further potential participants.

Dates: Arrival Sunday September 1, 2019; departure Friday September 6, 2019

Instructors: Jean Bricmont (Louvain), Matthias Lienert (Tuebingen),
Roderich Tumulka (Tuebingen), Lev Vaidman (Tel Aviv)

Short description of the content: Sometimes, a paradox is a sign that
one of our assumptions was wrong. Other times, a paradox really means
that some facts are counter-intuitive, and we just need to get used to
them. But often people disagree about whether a paradox is of the
get-used-to sort. The aims of our summer school are to analyze various
paradoxes of quantum physics; to get to their bottom; to figure out what
they imply for our understanding of quantum theory; to compare them to
other known paradoxes from set theory (such as Russell’s and
Banach-Tarski’s paradox) and from relativity (such as the twin paradox);
in short, to find out what to think of them. In the course of doing
that, we will get to know and to discuss various interpretations of
quantum mechanics, such as Copenhagen, spontaneous collapse, many
worlds, and Bohmian mechanics.

Topics will include many of the following: + Schrodinger’s cat +
double-slit experiment + Elitzur-Vaidman bomb + delayed-choice
experiment + Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox + Afshar’s experiment +
two-valuedness of spin + Renner’s paradox + Bell’s theorem + quantum
measurement problem + nested interferometers + quantum eraser +
Malament’s theorem + classical electron radius + Kochen-Specker theorem
+ complementarity + Wigner’s friend + quantum Zeno’s paradox +

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of quantum mechanics.

Participation fee: Euro 450,00 (includes accommodation but not meals and
not travel to Hvar)

Updated information:
https://www.math.uni-tuebingen.de/de/forschung/maphy/school-on-paradoxes

Application: Email roderich.tumulka at uni-tuebingen.de<mailto:roderich.tumulka at uni-tuebingen.de> before June 25 with
a short motivation letter. Confirmation of participation will be sent
out by June 30.

Looking forward to seeing you at the summer school!

The organizers
Matthias Lienert and Roderich Tumulka


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