Program QTFT

Quantum Theory: from foundations to technologies – QTFT
June 8–11, 2015. Arrival June 7, departure June 12
Program of the Conference
Arranged by ICMM - International Centre for Mathematical Modeling in Physics,
Engineering and Cognitive Sciences; Linnaeus University, Sweden
See http://lnu.se/qtft
Organization committee, QTFT:
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I. Bengtsson (Stockholm University, Sweden)
B. Coecke (University of Oxford, UK)
C. Fuchs (University of Massachusetts Boston, USA)
B. Nilsson (Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden)
A. Khrennikov (Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden)
A. Migdall (NIST, USA)
S. Polyakov (NIST, USA)
H. Rauch (Atominstitute, Vienna, Austria)
Local organizing committee:
Andrei Khrennikov, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
E-mail: andrei.khrennikov@lnu.se
Ekaterina Yurova Axelsson, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
E-mail: ekaterina.yurova@lnu.se
Keynote Lecture
What can we say about the quantum world?
Professor Theodor W. Hänsch
Special Sessions:
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Testing boundaries of Quantum theory: experiment and its interpretation
(Organizers: Alan Migdall and Sergey Polyakov)
Diagrammatic quantum reasoning (Organizers: Bob Coecke and Aleks Kissinger)
QBism and the Copenhagen spirit compared (Organizers: Ingemar Bengtsson and
Christopher Fuchs)
Quantum-like models in economics and psychology (Organizers: E. Dzhafarov,
E. Haven, A. Khrennikov, and S. Sozzo)
Main conference auditorium: Wicksell, main building H, Linnaeus University, Växjö
QTPA 2014
Monday, 8th of June 2015
8.00-8.45
Wicksell
08.45-9.00
Registration: outside the main conference room Wicksell
Opening Ceremony: Andrei Khrennikov
Chairman: B. C. Hiesmayr
9.00-9.30
9.30-10.00
10.00-10.30
10.30-11.00
Wicksell
11.00-11.30
11.30-12.00
12.00-12.30
12.30-13.00
13.10-14.40
Wicksell
14.40-15.10
15.10-15.40
15.40-16.10
16.10-16.30
16.30-19.00
A. Khrennikov
(Linnaeus University, Sweden)
C. Curceanu
(LNF-INFN, Italy)
L. Vaidman
(Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Coffee break
QBism: the basis of a general theory of decision making?
The “X-ray machine” for the Quantum Mechanics
examination
Counterfactual communication
Chairman: C. Curceanu
H. Rauch
(Atominstitute, Austria)
A. Elitzur (Bar-Ilan University,
Ramat-Gan, Israel)
B. C. Hiesmayr
(University of Vienna, Austria)
M. Genovese (INRIM, Italy)
Lunch: at Restaurant Kristina
Significance of unavoidable quantum losses
Higher symmetries offering a novel realistic interpretation
of QM
Achievable limits of quantum information in weak
interaction processes
Measuring incompatible observables at the same time
SPECIAL SESSION
Testing boundaries of Quantum theory: experiment and its interpretation
Chairman: G. Weihs
S. Glancy
Analysis of coincidence-time loopholes in experimental
(NIST, USA)
Bell tests
P. P. Grangier (Quantum Optics, Quantum optics and quantum communications with nonLab. Charles Fabry, France)
Gaussian states of light
S. Polyakov
Photon number statistics experiments: lessons from the
(NIST Gaithersburg, USA)
correlations
Coffee Break
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session 1: K1040
Session 2: K1043
Session 3: K1046
Session 1:
K1040
16.30-16.50
16.55-17.15
17.20-17.40
17.45-18.05
18.05-18.15
K1040
18.15-18.35
18.40-19.00
Chairman: J.- Å. Larsson
A. Auffèves
(CNRS)
E. Loubenets (Moscow State
Institute of Mathematics and
Electronics)
B. Sanctuary
(McGill University)
E. V. Rosinger
(University of Pretoria)
Short break
F. Moldoveanu (University of
Maryland at College Park)
A. Abbott
(University of Auckland)
TBA
On context-invariant qHV modelling of quantum
randomness and analytical upper bounds on quantum
violations of Bell-type inequalities
The Dirac equation for two dimensional geometric
algebra
Conservation of entanglement?
Chairman: T. M. Nieuwenhuizen
Unitary time evolution, collapse, and the measurement
problem
A variant of the Kochen-Specker theorem localizing value
indefiniteness
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Monday, 8th of June 2015 (continued)
Session 2:
K1043
16.30-16.50
16.55-17.15
17.20-17.40
17.45-18.05
18.05-18.15
K1043
18.15-18.35
18.40-19.00
Chairman: J. Franson
J. Kleiner
(University of Regensburg)
R. Brady
(University of Cambridge)
S. Iriyama
(Tokyo University of Science)
T. Kaufherr
(Tel Aviv University)
Short break
Causal fermion systems as a candidate for a unified
physical theory
Maxwell’s fluid model of magnetism
Quantum Turing machine represented by Fock space
and its application for recognition process
Gauge invariant nonlocal quantum dynamics of the
Aharonov Bohm effect and how it may be tested
Chairman: R. Schack
B. La Cour
(The University of Texas at Austin)
I. Helland
(University of Oslo)
Classical emulation of a quantum computer
Epistemic processes, decisions, and reality
Session 3:
K1046
16.30-16.50
16.55-17.15
17.20 -17.40
17.45-18.05
18.05-18.15
Chairman: A. Elitzur
R. N. Sen (Ben-Gurion University
of the Negev)
G. Adenier
(INRIM)
O. Andersson
(Stockholm University)
J. Selby
(Imperial College London)
Short break
Quantum mechanics and the dark matter problem
First results on a 4-wave mixing source in cesium
vapor
A Symmetry approach to geometric phase
The meaning of the adjoint in quantum theory
Chairman: A. Plotnitsky
18.15-18.35
18.40-19.00
S. Rashkovskiy
(Russian Academy of Sciences)
I. Barukcic (Independent
Researcher)
Wave-particle duality of light without photons
The physical meaning of the wave function
19.10 - Welcome buffet at restaurant “Kristina”, building H
and poster-session
POSTER SESSION
E. Issaeva (Institute of Physics, Azerbaijan
Academy of Science, Azerbaijan)
Å. Eriksson (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)
B. La Cour
(The University of Texas at Austin, USA)
I. Barukcic (Independent Researcher)
Simple conclusions from measurement in the quantum
physics
TBA
Classical model for measurements of an entanglement
witness
Anti CHSH-Refutation of the CHSH inequality
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Tuesday, 9th of June 2015
Wicksell
9.00-9.45
Keynote Lecture
T. Hänsch (Ludwig-Maximilians
University, Germany)
Wicksell
9.45-10.15
10.15-10.45
10.45-11.10
11.10-13.10
G. M. D'Ariano
(University of Pavia, Italy)
G. Weihs (University of
Innsbruck, Austria)
Coffee break
PARALLEL SESSIONS OF
INVITED TALKS
Chairman: C. Fuchs
What can we say about the quantum world?
Chairman: P. Bush
Informationalism, the unreasonable effectiveness of
mathematics in physics, and the sixth Hilbert problem
Multipath interference tests of quantum mechanics
Session 1: Myrdal
Session 2: Wicksell
Session 1:
Weber
11.10-11.40
11.40-12.10
12.10-12.40
12.40-13.10
Chairman: L. Vaidman
M. Ozawa
(Nagoya University, Japan)
P. Lahti
(University of Turku, Finland)
P. Busch
(University of York, UK)
M. Appleby (University of
Sydney, Australia)
Quantum root mean square errors
Quantum incompatibility and measurement uncertainty
relations
Quantifying quantum measurement uncertainty –
Why did it take so long?
The error-disturbance principle
Session 2:
Wicksell
11.10-11.40
11.40-12.10
12.10-12.40
12.40-13.10
13.10-14.30
Wicksell
14.30-14.40
14.40-15.10
15.10-15.40
15.40-16.10
16.10-16.30
Wicksell
16.30-17.00
17.00-17.30
17.30-17.45
17.45-18.30
Chairman: S. Polyakov
M. Kupczynski
(University of Ottawa, Canada)
J. Kofler
(Vienna University, Austria)
J.-Å. Larsson
(Linköping University, Sweden)
S. Ramelow
(Vienna University, Austria)
Lunch: at Restaurant Kristina
Dramatic breakdown of statistical inference from some
experimental samples
Necessary and sufficient conditions for macroscopic
realism from quantum mechanics
Contextuality: why and how
A Single-Photon Ramsey-Interferometer
SPECIAL SESSION:
QBism and the Copenhagen Spirit Compared
C. Fuchs, Introduction
Chairman: K. Camilleri
R. Schack (University of
QBism, or taking Wigner's friend seriously
London, UK)
H. Briegel (University of
Agency in QBism
Innsbruck, Austria)
J. Faye (University of
Darwinism in disguise? A comparison between Bohr’s
Copenhagen, Denmark)
view on quantum mechanics and QBism
Coffee Break
SPECIAL SESSION:
Chairman: H. Briegel
QBism and the Copenhagen Spirit Compared (continued)
K. Camilleri (University of
Dispelling the Myth of the Copenhagen Interpretation
Melbourne, Australia)
C. Fuchs (University of
Something on QBism
Massachusetts Boston, USA)
Break
Round table on QBism
Organizer: C. Fuchs
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Wednesday, 10th of June 2015
Wicksell
9.00-9.30
9.30-10.00
10.00-10.30
10.30-10.50
10.50-12.50
E. Dzhafarov (Purdue University, USA)
N. Gisin
(Université de Genève, Swizerland)
P. P. Grangier (Quantum Optics,
Lab. Charles Fabry, France)
Coffee break
PARALLEL SESSIONS OF INVITED
TALKS
Chairman: G. M. D'Ariano
Contextuality: an almost general theory
Macrosopic entanglement
Contexts, Systems and Modalities: a new
ontology for quantum mechanics.
Session 1: Wicksell
Session 2:Weber
Session 1:
Wicksell
10.50-11.20
11.20-11.50
11.50-12.20
12.20-12.50
Chairman: P. Lahti
P. Perinotti (University of Pavia, Italy)
K. Michielsen
(University of Aachen, Germany)
Th. Elze (University of Pisa, Italy)
N. Watanabe (Tokyo University of
Science, Japan)
Quantum cellular automata and free quantum
fields
Mysterious quantum Cheshire cat is an illusion
Quantum features of natural cellular automata
Note on dynamical entropy for quantum
compound systems
Session 2:
Weber
10.50-11.20
11.20-11.50
11.50-12.20
12.20-12.50
13.00-14.30
Chairman: P. P. Grangier
F. De Martini
(University of Rome, Italy)
B. Svensson (Lund University, Sweden)
J. Franson (University of Maryland, USA)
T. Nieuwenhuizen (University of
Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Lunch: at Restaurant Kristina
Wicksell
Cosmological aspects of the Higgs field in
conformal geometrodynamics
Weak values may not represent the system
Entanglement and decoherence
An ensemble theory of ideal quantum
measurement processes
Chairman: G. Jaeger
Technology as foundation: the future (and some
past) of quantum theory after the Higgs boson
Quanta and Measurement
14.30-15.00
A. Plotnitsky (Purdue University, USA)
15.00-15.30
15.30-15.35
G. Jaeger (Boston University, USA)
Short break
Wicksell
15.35-15.40
SPECIAL SESSION Diagrammatic quantum reasoning
B. Coecke, Introduction
Chairman: G. Chiribella
B. Coecke
(Oxford University, UK)
Picturing quantum processes: an overview
A. Kissinger (Oxford University, UK)
Diagrammatic foundations of QT
The ZX-calculus: diagrams for quantum
R. Duncan
(Strathclyde University, UK)
computing
Coffee Break
15.40-16.10
16.10-16.40
16.40-17.10
17.10-17.30
Wicksell
17.30-18.00
18.00-18.30
SPECIAL SESSION Diagrammatic quantum reasoning (cont.)
Chairman: B. Coecke
Diagrammatic quantum reasoning:
S. Perdrix (LORIA, France)
completeness and incompleteness
G. Chiribella
Purity without probability, namely towards
(Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
a de-convexification of quantum protocols
18.45-22.00 Conference dinner at “Castle”
Address: Teleborg Castle is very near the University (5 minutes walk)
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Thursday, 11th of June 2015
Wicksell
09.30-10.00
10.00-10.30
10.30-11.00
11.00-11.20
Wicksell
11.20-11.50
11.50-12.20
12.20-12.50
12.50-13.20
13.30-14.40
14.40-
S. Abramsky (Oxford University, UK)
I. Bengtsson
(Stockholm University, Sweden)
H. De Raedt (Univ. of Groningen, the
Netherlands)
Coffee break
Chairman: A. Khrennikov
Contextuality, cohomology and paradox
Quantum state space as a phase space
Quantum theory as the most robust treatment of
reproducible experiments: derivation of the Pauli
equation
SPECIAL SESSION:
Quantum-like models in economics and psychology
Chairman: B. Lawless
E. Haven
More uses of potential functions in economics
(University of Leicester, UK)
and finance
M.L. Dalla Chiara (Univ. of Florence, Italy) Quantum Turing machines, quantum
and R. Leporini (Univ. of Bergamo, Italy)
computational logics and cognitive processes
E. Dzhafarov (Purdue University, USA)
Is there contextuality outside physics?
S. Sozzo
Quantum structure in cognition. Origins,
(University of Leicester, UK)
development, successes, perspectives
Lunch: at Restaurant Kristina
SPECIAL SESSION (QL models, Session 1) continues
in parallel with contributed talks (Session 2)
Wicksell
Session 1: Wicksell
Session 2: Weber
Chairman: E. Dzhafarov
A mathematical model of teams.
Uncertainty, thermodynamics and emotion
Awareness among communicating agents of
unpredictability beyond quantum uncertainty
14.40-15.00
B. Lawless (Paine College, USA)
15.00-15.25
J. Myer (Harvard University, USA)
15.30-15.50
C. Pombo (Amsterdam University, the
Netherlands)
About concepts of field in physics
15.55-16.15
P. Khrennikova and E. Haven
(University of Leicester, UK)
Instability of political preferences and the role
of mass media: a dynamical representation in
quantum framework
16.15-16.35
Coffee Break
Chairman: E. Haven
Wicksell
16.35-16.55
17.00-17.20
17.25-17.45
C. Moreira (Instituto Superior Técnico,
Portugal)
Ch. Gallus (RheinMain University of
Applied Sciences, Germany)
Y. Tanaka
(Tokyo University of Science, Japan)
Weber
14.40-15.00
15.05-15.25
15.30-15.50
15.55-16.15
16.15-16.30
17.50-18.00
M. Stuckey (Elizabethtown College,
USA)
S. Sponar (Vienna University of
Technology, Austria)
C. Schwemmer (Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität, Germany)
H. Ouerdiane (University of Tunis El
Manar, Tunisia)
Coffee Break
Quantum-Like Bayesian Networks using Feynman's
Path Diagram Rules
Decision making in financial markets
Non-Kolmogorovian property in visual
perception process of optical illusion
Chairman: H. Rauch
A graphical, adynamical approach to quantum
theory
Error-disturbance uncertainty relations and
quantum Cheshire cats studied in neutron optics
Genuine n-partite entanglement without n-partite
correlations
Gross Laplacian acting on analytical functionals
and solutions of the associated heat equation
Conference closing ceremony at Wicksell
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Information
Location:
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The conference will take place at Linnaeus University, Växjö.
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Main conference room: Wicksell, in building H.
Transportation:
From Resecentrum (located close to the train station) to the Universitetet. To arrive on time to the first
lecture of morning sessions, the bus number 3 leaving at 8.30 from the Train station is the most convenient.
In fine weather it is also possible to walk from downtown to the University along the lakes. This may take
about 40 or 50 minutes.
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