Event Schedule

Open Quantum Systems: Dissipative Dynamics from Quarks to the Cosmos

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Week 2

Monday, December 8, 2025

Start Time Presentation Title Presenter Presenter Organization Location
COFFEE
Cosmic Lockdown: How decoherence saves the universe from tunnelling Gregory P Kaplanek Syracuse University C421
COFFEE
Partial observations and ensembles of open quantum systems Sarah Shandera Pennsylvania State University C421
LUNCH BREAK
Discussion: Divergences for open quantum field theories Gregory P Kaplanek Syracuse University C423

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Start Time Presentation Title Presenter Presenter Organization Location
COFFEE C421
How the medium detects the color of jet partons : An EFT description Varun Vaidya University of South Dakota C421
COFFEE
An open system approach to gravity Enrico Pajer University of Cambridge C421
LUNCH BREAK
INT Seminar: QCD Axion Condensates and Neutron Star Radial Oscillations Antonio Gomez Universidad de Alicante C421

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Start Time Presentation Title Presenter Presenter Organization Location
COFFEE
Open Effective Field Theories for the early and late universe Thomas Colas University of Cambridge C421
COFFEE
Towards optimal observables for in-medium quarkonium Alexander Karl Rothkopf Korea University C421
LUNCH BREAK
Discussion: Open Systems in Cosmology — Goals and Prospects Enrico Pajer / Thomas Colas University of Cambridge C423