Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute on Frontiers in Casimir Physics; Ushuaia, Argentina; October 8-19, 2012

1123252 Decca由美国国家科学基金会和能源部（DOE）共同支持的泛美高级研究所（PASI）奖将于2012年10月8日至19日在阿根廷乌斯怀亚举行。由Ricardo S博士组织。位于印第安纳州布卢明顿的印第安纳州大学物理系的德卡说，该研究所将专注于波动诱导相互作用的科学，也被称为卡西米尔物理学。 Casimir相互作用的科学是一个快速发展的跨学科研究领域，主题从量子物理学，凝聚态物质和纳米技术，一直到化学和生物学。 卡西米尔相互作用产生于材料边界对介入介质的量子或经典波动的塑造。 PASI将讨论分析技术，数值算法和实验测量技术的最新进展和创新。 主题将包括卡西米尔理论和实验，量子摩擦，量子等离子体，和原子表面卡西米尔相互作用。该PASI的长期目标是a）促进美洲机构和研究人员之间的合作，B）促进参与机构之间的学生流动，和c）促进研究所代表的学科之间的交叉施肥。 除了系列讲座外，研究所还将举办一次海报展示会，介绍初级参与者的研究成果，以促进针对具体内容的互动。 这种交流将包括来自整个大陆的高级科学家和初级研究人员，并应为下一代的未来合作研究播下种子。 PASI将开发一个网页，为会议做广告，并介绍招聘和甄选程序、会议目标和主题以及与相关活动的链接，这些将在会议之前公布。 在PASI结束后，该网页将作为PASI产生的讲座和谈话笔记，出版物，研讨会和合作研究的链接库。

1123252DeccaThis Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place during October 8-19, 2012 in Ushuaia, Argentina. Organized by Dr. Ricardo S. Decca of the Department of Physics at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, the institute will focus on the science of fluctuation-induced interactions, also known as Casimir Physics. The science of Casimir interactions is a fast evolving interdisciplinary field of research with topics ranging from quantum physics, condensed-matter, and nanotechnology, all the way to chemistry and biology. Casimir interactions arise from the molding that material boundaries impose on quantum or classical fluctuations of the intervening media. The latest advances and innovations in analytical techniques, numerical algorithms, and experimental measurement techniques will be discussed at the PASI. Topics will include Casimir theory and experiments, quantum friction, quantum plasmonics, and atom-surface Casimir interactions.The long-term objectives of this PASI are to a) foster collaboration between institutions and researchers in the Americas, b) facilitate student mobility between participating institutions, and c) promote cross-fertilization between disciplines represented at the Institute. In addition to the series of lectures, the institute will include a poster session for the presentation of research results from junior participants, in order to foster content-specific interactions. This exchange will include senior scientists and junior researchers from the entire continent, and should plant the seed for future collaborative research for the next generation. The PASI will develop a webpage that will advertise the meeting and feature recruitment and selection procedures, meeting objectives and topics, and links to related activities, which will be posted prior to the meeting. After the conclusion of the PASI, the webpage will serve as a repository of links to lecture and talk notes, publications, seminars, and collaborative research arising from the PASI.