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Physics Days 2009 » Program

Program

This page shows the main program. To access individual sessions, click on their links. Click here to access the complete list of poster presentations.

Contents 1 Thursday March 12th, 2009 2 Friday March 13th, 2009 3 Saturday March 14th, 2009

Thursday March 12th, 2009

• 11:00 - Registration, Gala Lobby
• 12:30 - 13:00 Opening session, Hall 1 (Chairman Tero Heikkilä)
  • Kalle-Antti Suominen, president of the Finnish Physical Society
  • Risto Nieminen, Helsinki University of Technology
• 13:00 - 14:30 Plenary session I, Hall 1 Wihuri Session on cosmology (Chairman Kari Enqvist)
  • Wilfried Buchmüller, DESY Hamburg: Dark Matter in the Cosmos and at the LHC
  • Paul L. Richards, University of California, Berkeley: The Cosmic Microwave Background and State of the Art Detectors
• 14:30 - 15:00 Coffee break
• 15:00 - 16:30 Parallel sessions I
  1. Applied physics, instrumentation and optics 1, Hall 26
     (Chairman: Hanne Ludvigsen)

     15:00-15:15 T. Holmqvist: Primary tunnel junction thermometry

     15:15-15:30 S. Kivistö: Novel ultrafast bismuth-doped all-fiber lasers

     15:30-15:45 A. Lehmuskero: Modeling of laser colored surfaces and its application to color pixeling

     15:45-16:00 O. Holmgren: Characterization of vibration modes in piezoelectrically transduced MEMS resonators using laser interferometry

     16:00-16:15 R. Kurppa: Ultrasonic wire-to-wire bonding for E-sail

     16:15-16:30 M. Laitinen: Setup for large area low-fluence irradiations with quasi-monoenergetic 0.1-5 MeV light ions

  2. Astrophysics, cosmology and space physics Takka

     (Chairman: Minna Palmroth)

     15:00-15:15 J. Pomoell: MHD modeling of coronal disturbances related to CME lift-off

     15:15-15:30 E.K.J. Kilpua: STEREO observations of interplanetary coronal mass ejections

     15:30-15:45 H. Hietala: Multi-spacecraft observations of the dynamics of the quasi-parallel bow shock

     15:45-16:00 R. Järvinen: Comparing observations from the Venusian induced magnetosphere to a global hybrid simulation

     16:00-16:15 M. Palmroth: Quantifying Energy Circulation in Space Plasma: QuESpace project

     16:15-16:30 P. Janhunen: Electric sail propulsion development status and testing plans

  3. Nanophysics and new materials 1, Auditorium

     (Chairman: Sorin Paraoanu)

     15:00-15:15 J. Kauppinen: FinDNano - Finnish Database for Nanotechnology Capabilities

     15:15-15:30 A. Kuzyk: DNA Origami as a nanobreadboard

     15:30-15:45 J.T. Muhonen: Electronic cooling of submicron-sized metallic beams

     15:45-16:00 A. Laakso: Modeling, design and fabrication of laterally-corrugated ridge-waveguide distributed feedback lasers

     16:00-16:15 A. Gulans: The role of the van der Waals interaction in the adsorption of organic molecules on surfaces

     16:15-16:30 Katarzyna A. Kacprzak: Electronic structure effects of a palladium impurity in a thiolate protected gold cluster.

  4. Condensed matter: Structural properties 1, Palaver

     (Chairman: Matti Krusius)

     15:00-15:15 J. Rysti: Interactions in Dilute ³He--⁴He Mixtures

     15:15-15:30 J. Hosio: Quantum turbulence in superfluids

     15:30-15:45 J. Ahokas: Stabilization of high density atomic hydrogen in solid H₂ matrix below 1 K

     15:45-16:00 J.T. Karvonen: Mechanisms of phonon transport in thin silicon nitride membranes

     16:00-16:15 M. Silveri: Motional averaging in a harmonic oscillator

     16:15-16:30 H. Jiang: Oxygen ordering and mobility in YBaCo4O7+δ

  5. Particle and nuclear physics 1, Hall 1

     (Chairman: Paula Eerola)

     15:00-15:30 K.J. Eskola EPS09 --- Global NLO analysis of nuclear PDFs and their uncertainties

     15:30-15:45 J. Rissanen JYFLTRAP-assisted beta-decay studies of exotic fission products

     15:45-16:00 T. Honkavaara Correlations between sneutrino oscillation and signatures at the LHC in anomaly-mediated supersymmetry breaking

     16:00-16:15 T. Räihä Cosmic-ray experiment EMMA: First muon tracking analysis

     16:15-16:30 T. Mäki CMS Trigger

• 16:30 - 18:00 Poster session I
  1. Condensed matter: structural properties
  2. Nanophysics and new materials
  3. Atomic and molecular physics
  4. Particle and nuclear physics
• 16:30 - 18:00 Divisional meetings
  • Tähtitieteen ja avaruustutkimuksen jaosto, Palaver
  • Finnish Optical Society, Takka
  • Finnish Women in Physics, Hall 26
• 18:00 - 19:00 Studia generalia, Hall 1 (Chairman Jukka Pekola)
  • Päivi Törmä: Ohjelmoitavat materiaalit - mistä DNA tietää että sen pitää hymyillä? (in Finnish, open for the public)
• 19:30 - 21:00 Reception, the city of Espoo, The WeeGee House

  The first bus to WeeGee will depart at 18:40 from Dipoli. After this there will be many additional buses, the last one leaving at earliest at 19:20. There will be no transportation away from WeeGee: it is 2.7 km from the Radisson SAS hotel. In addition, there are several public bus lines that you can use, the best is number 15, whose stop is 200 meters from WeeGee and the walking route is rather pleasant. Others leave from the center of Tapiola, i.e., within less than 1 km from WeeGee.

Friday March 13th, 2009

• 9:00 - 10:30 Plenary session II, Hall 1 (Chairman Pertti Hakonen)
  • Roberto Car, Princeton University: Ab-initio Molecular Dynamics: a Virtual Laboratory for the Study of Matter
  • Andre Geim, University of Manchester: Graphene: Magic of Flat Carbon
• 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
• 11:00 - 13:15 Plenary session III, Hall 1 (Chairman Martti Puska)
  • Timo Vesala, University of Helsinki: Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions: from Karman Vortices to Soil Microbial Decomposition
  • Friedrich Wagner, Max-Planck-Institute for Plasmaphysics, Greifswald: The Physics of Magnetic Confinement
  • Panu Helistö, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland: Superconducting Detectors for the Universe, the Earth and the Airports
• 13:15 - 14:30 Lunch and coffee
• 14:30 - 16:00 Parallel sessions II
  1. Physics in industry, (14:30-16:30) Auditorium

     (Chairman: Runar Törnqvist)

     14:30-14:50 Heikki Kuisma: Electrostatic interactions in intertial sensors

     14:50-15:10 Jyrki Saarinen: From Materials Physics lab to world-leading wafer-level optics fab

     15:10-15:30 Börje Rantala: Applications of physics in healthcare; patient monitoring

     15:30-15:50 Harri Asonen: Complicated physics of fiber lasers and their applications enable simple business

     15:50-16:10 Mikko Uusitalo: Physics and physicists in Nokia

     At the end it will be possible to discuss with the speakers what the industry expects from physicists.

  2. Condensed matter: Electronic properties 1, Hall 1

     (Chairman: Ari Harju)

     14:30-14:45 P. Myöhänen: Quantum transport dynamics

     14:45-15:00 A. Korventausta: Modelling of Non-Resonant Inelastic Electron Tunnelling Spectroscopy: Molecules with Delocalized Frontier Molecular Orbitals

     15:00-15:15 P. Liljeroth: Orbital-resolved polaron states in CdSe quantum dots and rods probed by scanning tunnelling spectroscopy

     15:15-15:30 K. Sääskilahti: Quantum transport in graphene nanoribbons

     15:30-15:45 J. Särkkä: Quantum control of a double quantum dot

     15:45-16:00 L. Lehtovaara: All-electron density functional theory and time-dependent density functional theory with finite elements

  3. Applied physics, instrumentation and optics 2, Hall 26

     (Chairman: Ilkka Tittonen)

     14:30-14:45 M. J. Huttunen: Unambiguous probes of surface chirality based on second-harmonic generation

     14:45-15:00 J. Voutilainen: Proximity effects in Josephson radiation detector

     15:00-15:15 S. Suihkonen: III-N based UV-LEDs for bio-applications

     15:15-15:30 S. Suomalainen: Antimonide Semiconductor Disk Lasers for Mid-Infrared Wavelegths

     15:30-15:45 T. Koskela: Analysis of fast ion effects on ITER plasma facing components

     15:45-16:00 E. M. Vartiainen: A new approach for determining the absolute molecular orientations at interfaces by sum frequency generation spectroscopy

  4. Nanophysics and quantum matter, Palaver

     (Chairman: Mika Sillanpää)

     14:30-14:45 S. J. MacLeod: 1e/2e periodicity in Aluminium-Titanium SETs

     14:45-15:00 J. T. Peltonen: Origin of hysteresis in a proximity Josephson junction

     15:00-15:15 Meri Helle: Experimental determination of the Berry phase in a superconducting charge pump

     15:15-15:30 J. Tuorila: Vibronic spectroscopy of an artificial molecule

     15:30-15:45 A. Collin: Josephson oscillations in a finite temperature BEC

     15:45-16:00 E. Tölö: Pfaffian and fragmented states in quantum Hall droplets

  5. Particle and nuclear physics 2, Takka

     (Chairman: Timo Enqvist)

     14:30-14:45 A. Saastamoinen: Studies of astrophysically interesting nucleus ²³Al

     14:45-15:00 T. Lampén: Characterization of position-sensitive particle detectors with the SiBT telescope

     15:00-15:15 P. Nieminen: A novel spectrometer for characterising isomeric states

     15:15-15:30 U. Jakobsson: Probing the nuclear structure of odd-mass astatine isotopes 197At and 199At at the proton drip line

     15:30-15:45 M. Voutilainen: Jet energy calibration at CMS

     15:45-16:00 P. Pusa: Silicon Tracking Detector for Antihydrogen Annihilation Detection in the ALPHA -Experiment

• 16:00 - 18:00 Poster session II
  1. Condensed matter: electronic properties
  2. Nanophysics and quantum matter
  3. Astrophysics, cosmology and space physics
  4. Applied physics, instrumentation and optics
  5. Biological and medical physics
• 16:00 - 18:00 Divisional meetings
  • Synkrotronisäteilyjaosto, Palaver
  • Laskennallisen fysiikan jaosto, Takka (16-17)
  • Kiihdytinfysiikan jaosto, Takka (17-18)
• 18:00 - 19:00 The general meeting of the Finnish Physical Society, Auditorium
• 19:30 - 23:00 Conference dinner, Halls 1 and 2

Saturday March 14th, 2009

• 9:00 - 10:30 Parallel sessions III
  1. Atomic and molecular physics, Takka

     (Chairman: Tero Setälä)

     9:00-9:15 L. Mazzola: Sudden death and sudden birth of entanglement in common structured reservoirs

     9:15-9:30 J. Kajala: Asymmetric Jospehson Effect in a Four-Component Fermi Gas

     9:30-9:45 R. Vasile: Interferometry using spinor Bose-Einstein condensates

     9:45-10:00 M. Patanen: High resolution photoabsorption spectrum of KF in energy range of 18.2-19.4 eV

     10:00-10:15 V.Sonnenschein: RIMS of thorium isotopes- towards a laser spectroscopic identification of the low-lying 7eV isomer of ²²⁹Th

     10:15-10:30 V. Linko: Dielectrophoretic Trapping and Electrical Conductivity of DNA Origami

  2. Condensed matter: Electronic properties 2, Hall 1

     (Chairman: Sebastiaan van Dijken)

     9:00-9:15 C. Rauch: Investigation of native point defects in Si-doped InN

     9:15-9:30 A. Nurmela: Nonlinear effects in ZnO thin film bulk acoustic wave resonator

     9:30-9:45 I. J. Maasilta: Phonon cooling of nanomechanical beams with tunnel junctions

     9:45-10:00 S.Kafanov: Experimental observation of the microwave cooling in the (SINIS) turnstile

     10:00-10:15 Himadri S. Majumdar: The prospect of Dilute "Organic" Magnetic Semiconductors

     10:15-10:30 A. Johansson: Combined electronic transport and Raman measurements on individual singel-wall carbon nanotubes

  3. Condensed matter: Structural properties 2, Palaver

     (Chairman: Juha Tuoriniemi)

     9:00-9:15 J. Koivisto: Strain fluctuations during primary creep

     9:15-9:30 T. Tallinen: Plasticity in crumpling

     9:30-9:45 O. H. Pakarinen: Fine structure of swift heavy ion tracks in quartz and silica and their effect on substrate properties

     9:45-10:00 T. Hynninen: Effect of metal impurities on the surface morphology of wet etched Si

     10:00-10:15 A. Zubiaga: Defects in semiconductors

     10:15-10:30 L. Kanninen: A Study of Metallosupramolecular Nanostructures - Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of Trimesic Acid on Oxygen Precovered Cu(100)

  4. Nanophysics and new materials 2, Auditorium

     (Chairman: Janne Ruokolainen)

     9:00-9:15 J.M. Kontio: Nanoimprinting and plasmonics at Optoelectronics Research Centre

     9:15-9:30 Marina Y. Zavodchikova: Carbon nanotube thin film transistors based on aerosol methods

     9:30-9:45 N. Chekurov: Applications of focused ion beam in nanofabrication

     9:45-10:00 J. Vapaavuori: Significant photoinduced birefringence with high temporal stability in supramolecular complexes

     10:00-10:15 M.A. Laakso: Charge transport in ballistic multiprobe graphene structures

     10:15-10:30 S. Riikonen: Computational study of catalytic boron-nitride nanotube synthesis

  5. Biological and medical physics, Hall 26

     (Chairman: Arto Annila)

     9:00-9:15 O. H. S. Ollila: 3D Pressure Field in Lipid Membranes and Membrane-Protein Complexes

     9:15-9:30 A. Hall: The Role of Glycolipids in Lipid Rafts: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Membranes with Galactosylceramide

     9:30-9:45 T. Kühn: Modelling the dynamics of proteins in cells

     9:45-10:00 M. Kaukonen: Binding Energy of Fullerene to Q120C Mutant of Cytochrome C Oxidase

     10:00-10:15 T. Murtola: Systematic coarse-graining from structure with internal states: application to phospholipid/cholesterol bilayer

     10:15-10:30 T. Rog: Water isotope effect on phospholipid bilayer properties: molecular dynamics simulation study

• 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
• 11:00 - 12:30 Plenary session IV, Hall 1 (Chairman Päivi Törmä) This session is open for the public
  • Anthony Leggett, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Testing Quantum Mechanics towards the Level of Everyday Life: Recent Progress and Current Prospects
  • Lene Vestergaard Hau, Harvard University: Slow Light in Bose-Einstein Condensates: a New Paradigm for Quantum Control
• 12:30 - 13:00 Closing ceremonies