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A Workshop on NUCLEI and MESOSCOPIC PHYSICS held at National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, October 23-26, 2004.

The goal of the Workshop is to open the way for exchange of ideas between physicists working in different areas of quantum physics but studying the objects of mesoscopic nature which reveal important generic features and allow for similar approaches. Among these objects are complex nuclei, atoms and molecules, nanoscale condensed matter systems, atomic clusters, atoms in traps, prototypes of quantum computers etc. There are also exciting analogies in particle physics, astrophysics and even "econophysics".

It is planned to publish the Proceedings of the Workshop as a special volume by American Institute of Physics. The size of the manuscript should not exceed 18-20 pages. The link to all instructions and templates can be found at  http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/8x11s.jsp

The Proceedings will be shipped to the authors free of charge by the publishers. The texts of the contributions must be received,  both as a hard copy and the postscript or PDF file, along with Transfer of Copyright forms and permissions from the owner of the rights to the earlier published material, not later than January 28, 2005, by Professor Vladimir Zelevinsky, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1321 USA; e-mail address "zelevinsky@nscl.msu.edu"

Final Program


Friday



Oct 22nd
6-8pm
 Welcome reception
TownePlace Suites (2285 Hannah Boulevard, E. Lansing,)
Saturday



Oct 23rd



morning
9:00
Konrad Gelbke (NSCL Director)
Opening remarks

9:15
Mark Dykman (MSU)
Quantum computing and strong many-particle localization

10:00
Felix Izrailev (Puebla) Chaotic dynamics in many-body systems of interacting Fermi and Bose particles

10:45
Coffee break


11:05
Albert M. Chang (Duke) Kondo effect and spin entanglement in double quantum dots

11:50
Charles Stafford (Arizona) Shells and supershells in metal nanowires

12:35
Lunch





afternoon
2:00
David Tomanek (MSU)
Computational nanotechnology: From clusters to devices

2:45
Yang Sun (Notre Dame)
An SU(4) dynamical symmetry model of high-temperature superconductors

3:30 
Coffee break


3:50
Jacobus Verbaarschot. (Stony Brook)
The mesoscopic limit of QCD

4:35
Alexander  Volya. (Florida State)
Super-radiance and open quantum systems

5:20
Sven Aberg (Lund)
Supershell structure in gasses of fermionic atoms
Sunday



Oct 24th



morning
9:00
Stefan Frauendorf (Notre Dame) Normal persistent currents and gross shell structure at high spin

9:45
Oleg Vorov (Drake University)
Multi-vortex phase transtions in rotating Bose-Einstein condensates

10:30
Coffee break


10:50
Yoram Alhassid (Yale) Nuclei, quantum dots and nanostructures

11:35
Charles Marcus (Harvard)
Quantum dots: from chaos to computation

12:20
Lunch





afternoon
2:00
Oriol Bohigas (Orsay)
Some aspects of chaotic dynamics in nuclear physics

2:45
Takaharu Otsuka (Tokyo)
Quantum chaos in nuclei

3:30
Coffee break


3:50
Thomas Papenbrock (Oak Ridge).
Spin zero ground states from random interactions

4:35
Mahir Saleh Hussein (Sao Paulo)
Density of states in deformed random ensembles

5:20
Patricio Leboeuf (Orsay) Nuclear masses and level densities: Regularity and chaos
Monday



Oct 25th



morning
9:00
Joe Carlson (Los Alamos)
Simulations of dilute Fermi-gases

9:45
David Ceperley (Urbana).
Simulations on superfluid helium droplets

10:30
Coffee breaj


10:50
Hans-Werner Hammer (Washington).
Universality in few-body systems with large scattering length

11:35
Dmitri Fedorov (Aarhus)
Beyond the mean field: Correlations in Bose-condensates

12:20
Lunch





afternoon
2:00
Philippe Chomaz (GANIL)
Phase transitions in mesoscopic systems

2:45
Mihai Horoi (Central Michigan)
Shape transition and shape coexistence in atomic clusters and nuclei

3:30
Coffee break


3:50
Pavel Cejnar (Prague)
Thermodynamic analogy for quantum phase transitions

4:35
Mark Caprio (Yale)
Quantum Phase Transitions in two-fluid systems




evening
5:30
Laboratory tour


6:45
Dinner
Jointly with the participants of the NSCL Users Workshop (NSCL atrium)
Tuesday



Oct 26th



morning
9:00
Thomas Guhr (Lund) Localization effect in coupled systems and messages from the crystal sphere

9:45
Aurel Bulgac (Washington)
Fermionic Casimir effect

10:30
Coffee break


10:50
Piotr Piecuch (MSU)
Coupled-cluster method: Highly accurate microscopic approach to molecular systems and nuclei

11:35
Discussion:
Decay out of superdeformed bands


Adam James Sargeant (Sao Paulo)



David Cardamone (Arizona)







Local organizing Committee: Wolfgang Bauer, B. Alex Brown, Piotr Piecuch and Vladimir Zelevinsky; secretary Shari Conroy. Program advise has been given by H. Baranger (Duke), G. Bertsch (Seattle), G. Mitchell (TUNL), H.A. Weidenmueller (Heidelberg) and by many of the speakers.

The registration fee of $100 is established that can be paid at registration. It includes reception and coffee breaks. The block of rooms and suites is reserved for the participants in Town Place Suits, next to the MSU campus. The participants are asked to register with the hotel. Their telephone number is (517) 203-1000. You immediately get put into a voice mail system, but you can just hit "0" (zero) to reach a person who can make a reservation for you.

The Group name is "Mesoscopic Workshop" our group code is MES. Rate for a studio suite is $59 plus taxes (1 queen bed); rate for a two bedroom is $79 plus taxes; our block of rooms expires on Sept. 15, 2005. After you  register please notify Shari Conroy,

conroy@nscl.msu.edu, phone (517) 333-6333

Please inform your colleagues about the Workshop. All correspondence concerning the Workshop can be sent to Prof. Vladimir Zelevinsky, e-mail "zelevinsky@nscl.msu.edu", phone (517)333-6331, or to Shari Conroy.