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

这项由美国国家科学基金会（NSF）和美国能源部（DOE）联合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。该研究所由印第安纳州布卢明顿市印第安纳大学物理系的里卡多·s·迪卡博士组织，将重点研究波动诱发相互作用的科学，也被称为卡西米尔物理学。卡西米尔相互作用的科学是一个快速发展的跨学科研究领域，其主题范围从量子物理，凝聚态物质，纳米技术，一直到化学和生物学。卡西米尔相互作用产生于物质边界对介入介质的量子或经典涨落施加的模塑作用。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。这个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；c)促进研究所所代表学科之间的交流。除了一系列讲座外，研究所还将包括一个海报会议，供初级参与者介绍研究成果，以促进具体内容的互动。这次交流将包括来自整个大陆的资深科学家和初级研究人员，应该为下一代未来的合作研究播下种子。PASI将开发一个网页，宣传会议，并介绍招聘和选拔程序、会议目标和主题以及相关活动的链接，这些内容将在会议前发布。在PASI结束后，该网页将作为讲座和谈话笔记、出版物、研讨会和PASI产生的合作研究的链接库。

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.