COHERENCE SCHOOL, IDEAS FACTORY and YEA

PISA, September 2012

COHERENCE is a Marie Curie Initial Training Network focusing on the creation and manipulation of Rydberg atoms and their applications in fundamental science and technology. The School in Pisa will introduce the young researchers to the "Fundamentals of Rydberg Atoms and Molecules" and will thus lay the foundations for the remainder of their studies and research. The lectures will, therefore, be at an introductory level and accessible to students from different backgrounds. After the School, there will be a Young Excited Atomix (YEA) meeting entirely organized by the young researchers.

Advisory Board:

• Prof. Ennio Arimondo, CNR-INO Pisa, Physics Department - University of Pisa
• Prof. Matthias Weidemüller, Coordinator COHERENCE network
• Dr. Wilhelm Kaenders, Toptica Photonics

Local Organizing Committee:

• Prof. Maria Allegrini
• Dr. Donatella Ciampini
• Dr. Oliver Morsch
• Ms. Francesca Usala