From Quantum to Cosmology

This meeting brings together scientists from various disparate but interconnected disciplines, ranging from quantum physics to cosmology. Its objective is to foster new collaborations across a diverse spectrum of subjects, by identifying multidisciplinary problems that can be addressed through the application of theoretical, numerical, and experimental techniques developed in various domains of research.

Topics include, but are not limited to, quantum physics, quantum metrology, machine learning, condensed matter physics, optics, gravity, and cosmology.

Organizers: Fumika Suzuki (LANL), Nikolai Sinitsyn (LANL), Bin Yan (LANL), Akram Touil (LANL), Avadh Saxena (LANL)
Contact: fsuzuki at lanl.gov
Location: CNLS Conference room 1690-102

Book of abstracts
Program

- Speakers -

	Guest speakers (alphabetical order): Markus Arndt (University of Vienna) Universal Matter-Wave Interferometry Across the Mass & Complexity Scales slides (upon request) Luiz Davidovich (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) Quantum Sensors: Beyond the Classical Limits of Precision Roman Krems (University of British Columbia) Can Quantum Computing Enhance Machine Learning and, If Yes, How? slides Jonathan Oppenheim (University College London) A Postquantum Theory of Classical Gravity slides Ralf Schützhold (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf) Dynamically Assisted Tunnelling Interaction of Gravitational Waves with Quantum Matter slides1 slides2 William G. Unruh (University of British Columbia) Analog Black Holes Wojciech H. Zurek (LANL) Decoherence and Quantum Darwinism: From Quantum Foundations to Classical Reality material
	Guest student speakers (alphabetical order): Daniel Derr (Technische Universität Darmstadt) Inertial Quantum Sensors at the Interface of Relativity slides Patrik Schach (Technische Universität Darmstadt) Quantum Sensors Based on Tunneling slides
	Local speakers (alphabetical order): Frank Barrows The Dynamics and Capacity of Neuromorphic Neural Networks and Learning by Mistakes Tanmoy Biswas Catalytic Enhancement in the Performance of the Microscopic Two-Stroke Heat Engine slides Francesco Caravelli Honey, I Shrunk the Heat Uncertainty Relationship! Luis Pedro García-Pintos Resilience-Runtime Tradeoff Relations in Quantum Algorithms Andrew Harter Quantum Metrology with Non-Hermitian Rydberg Atoms Elizabeth A. Peterson Ab initio Design of Quantum Materials for Quantum Sensing and sub-GeV Dark Matter Detection Andrei Piryatinski Harnessing Quantum Light: Probing Cavity Polaritons with Entangled Photon Pairs slides (upon request) Charles Reichhardt and Cynthia Reichhardt Kibble-Zurek Mechanism for Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions Avadh Saxena Non-Hermitian Quantum Mechanics and its Physical Implications slides Syed Shah Nonlinear Optics with Metal Nano-particles Makana Silva Corrections to Hawking Radiation from Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter Probes Nikolai Sinitsyn Asymmetry in Production of Nearly Identical Particles: Lessons from Exactly Solvable Models Fumika Suzuki Extending the Kibble-Zurek Mechanism to Weakly First-Order Phase Transitions slides Akram Touil Emergence of Consensus About Classical Reality in a Quantum Universe Bin Yan Correlations between Alice and Bob: From Classical to Super-Quantum slides (upon request)

- Agenda -

Monday, June 3, 2024

13:00 -	Badging for guest speakers

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

9:45 - 10:00	Welcome & Introduction: Chris Fryer, Mark Chadwick, Fumika Suzuki
	Session chair: Avadh Saxena
10:00 - 11:00	Wojciech H. Zurek, Decoherence and Quantum Darwinism: From Quantum Foundations to Classical Reality
11:00 - 11:15	Break
11:15 - 11:40	Tanmoy Biswas, Catalytic Enhancement in the Performance of the Microscopic Two-Stroke Heat Engine
11:40 - 12:05	Francesco Caravelli, Honey, I Shrunk the Heat Uncertainty Relationship!
12:05 - 12:30	Luis Pedro García-Pintos, Resilience-Runtime Tradeoff Relations in Quantum Algorithms
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch and collaboration
	Session chair: Tyler Volkoff
14:00 - 14:45	Ralf Schützhold, Dynamically Assisted Tunnelling
14:45 - 15:10	Nikolai Sinitsyn, Asymmetry in Production of Nearly Identical Particles: Lessons from Exactly Solvable Models
15:10 - 15:35	Fumika Suzuki, Extending the Kibble-Zurek Mechanism to Weakly First-Order Phase Transitions
15:35 - 16:00	Charles Reichhardt and Cynthia Reichhardt, Kibble-Zurek Mechanism for Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

	Session chair: Katarzyna Krzyżanowska
9:30 - 10:30	Luiz Davidovich, Quantum Sensors: Beyond the Classical Limits of Precision
10:30 - 11:30	Markus Arndt, Universal Matter-Wave Interferometry Across the Mass & Complexity Scales
11:30 - 11:45	Break
11:45 - 12:10	Andrei Piryatinski, Harnessing Quantum Light: Probing Cavity Polaritons with Entangled Photon Pairs
12:10 - 12:35	Elizabeth A. Peterson, Ab initio Design of Quantum Materials for Quantum Sensing and sub-GeV Dark Matter Detection
12:35 - 14:00	Lunch and collaboration
	Session chair: Lukasz Cincio
14:00 - 15:00	Roman Krems, Can Quantum Computing Enhance Machine Learning and, If Yes, How?
15:00 - 15:15	Break
15:15 - 15:40	Frank Barrows, The Dynamics and Capacity of Neuromorphic Neural Networks and Learning by Mistakes
15:40 - 16:05	Avadh Saxena, Non-Hermitian Quantum Mechanics and its Physical Implications
16:05 - 16:30	Andrew Harter, Quantum Metrology with Non-Hermitian Rydberg Atoms

18:30 -	Dinner at Rancho de Chimayó (for those who have made reservations)

Thursday, June 6, 2024

	Session chair: Francesco Caravelli
9:30 - 10:30	Jonathan Oppenheim, A Postquantum Theory of Classical Gravity
10:30 - 11:15	Ralf Schützhold, Interaction of Gravitational Waves with Quantum Matter
11:15 - 11:30	Break
11:30 - 11:55	Bin Yan, Correlations between Alice and Bob: From Classical to Super-Quantum
11:55 - 12:40	Patrik Schach, Quantum Sensors Based on Tunneling
12:40 - 14:00	Lunch and collaboration
	Session chair: Hyun Lim
14:00 - 15:00	William G. Unruh, Analog Black Holes
15:00 - 15:25	Makana Silva, Corrections to Hawking Radiation from Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter Probes
15:25 - 15:50	Akram Touil, Emergence of Consensus About Classical Reality in a Quantum Universe

Friday, June 7, 2024

	Session chair: Fumika Suzuki
9:30 - 10:15	Daniel Derr, Inertial Quantum Sensors at the Interface of Relativity
10:15 - 10:40	Syed Shah, Nonlinear Optics with Metal Nano-particles
10:40 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 12:00	Panel discussions, more questions to guests
12:00 -	Lunch, collaboration, free time

- Registered Participants -

Name	Organization
Markus Arndt	University of Vienna
Frank Barrows	LANL
Tanmoy Biswas	LANL
Francesco Caravelli	LANL
Lukasz Cincio	LANL
Luiz Davidovich	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Daniel Derr	Technische Universität Darmstadt
Luis Pedro Garcia-Pintos	LANL
Andrew Harter	LANL
Roman Krems	University of British Columbia
Katarzyna Krzyżanowska	LANL
Hyun Lim	LANL
Jonathan Oppenheim	University College London
Elizabeth Peterson	LANL
Andrei Piryatinski	LANL
Charles Reichhardt	LANL
Cynthia Reichhardt	LANL
Pratik Sathe	LANL
Avadh Saxena	LANL
Patrik Schach	Technische Universität Darmstadt
Ralf Schützhold	Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Syed Shah	LANL
Makana Silva	LANL
Nikolai Sinitsyn	LANL
Varsha Subramanyan	LANL
Fumika Suzuki	LANL
Akram Touil	LANL
William G. Unruh	University of British Columbia
Tyler Volkoff	LANL
Bin Yan	LANL
Hao Zhang	LANL
Wojciech H. Zurek	LANL

*Unregistered LANL scientists are also welcome to attend talks, up to the capacity limitation of the CNLS conference room.