University of Nottingham 24-27 June 2013
The emerging field of Relativistic Quantum Information (RQI) has rapidly grown in the past decade and is generating increasing interest within the scientific community. The field aims at understanding the effects of gravity and motion on quantum information. Cutting-edge experiments on quantum information are reaching relativistic regimes: there are advanced plans to use satellites to distribute entanglement for quantum quantum cryptography and teleportation (e.g., the Space-QUEST project). Relativistic effects can be expected at the regimes where satellites operate. The Global Positioning System (GPS), a system of satellites used for time dissemination and navigation, requires relativistic corrections to determine times and positions accurately. Cutting-edge experiments are reaching relativistic regimes, yet the effects of gravity and motion on quantum technologies are largely ignored. Recent theoretical work on relativistic quantum information shows that relativity produces observable effects on quantum communications. Indeed gravity and motion can decrease the efficiency of quantum protocols. It is essential that theoretical work is undertaken now to fully demonstrate the importance of these effects. A comprehensive understanding of relativistic effects on quantum properties will enable us not only to make the necessary corrections to technologies that are affected by them but also to use relativistic effects to improve quantum information tasks.
This workshop aims at disseminating the latest results in relativistic quantum information and at bringing together world leading scientists in research fields closely related to RQI, such as long range quantum information, relativistic quantum optics, analog gravity, dynamical Casimir effect, particle physics and quantum gravity. The intent of the workshop is further to inform the broader scientific community of recent RQI results and to expand the range of applications of our field.
Following the successful series of previous RQI meetings ( http://www.isrqi.org/workshops.html), RQI-N 2013 will be held at the University of Nottingham. The workshop promises to generate new ideas in the overlap of the fields mentioned above and generate new global collaborations. We welcome scientists from all backgrounds and interests to join us in Nottingham in June 2013!
Topics
International organising committee
Ivette Fuentes (Nottingham)
Andrzej Dragan (Warsaw)
Daniele Faccio (Heriot-Watt)
Juan Leon (Madrid)
Local organising committee
Mehdi Ahmadi
Jason Doukas
Nicolai Friis
David Hawker
Antony Lee
Jorma Louko
Carlos Sabin
Luke Westwood
Funded by the EPSRC New Directions award to Ivette Fuentes (CAF Grant EP/G00496X/2) and the London Mathematical Society.
This workshop aims at disseminating the latest results in relativistic quantum information and at bringing together world leading scientists in research fields closely related to RQI, such as long range quantum information, relativistic quantum optics, analog gravity, dynamical Casimir effect, particle physics and quantum gravity. The intent of the workshop is further to inform the broader scientific community of recent RQI results and to expand the range of applications of our field.
Following the successful series of previous RQI meetings ( http://www.isrqi.org/workshops.html), RQI-N 2013 will be held at the University of Nottingham. The workshop promises to generate new ideas in the overlap of the fields mentioned above and generate new global collaborations. We welcome scientists from all backgrounds and interests to join us in Nottingham in June 2013!
Topics
- Relativistic effects in quantum optics, cavity QED and circuit QED setups.
- Relativistic resources for quantum information: vacuum entanglement and quantum gates.
- Entanglement in quantum field theory including Unruh, Hawking and Dynamical Casimir effects.
- Entanglement in analogue gravity systems, curved spacetimes, particle physics and quantum gravity.
- Quantum simulations of relativistic quantum fields.
International organising committee
Ivette Fuentes (Nottingham)
Andrzej Dragan (Warsaw)
Daniele Faccio (Heriot-Watt)
Juan Leon (Madrid)
Local organising committee
Mehdi Ahmadi
Jason Doukas
Nicolai Friis
David Hawker
Antony Lee
Jorma Louko
Carlos Sabin
Luke Westwood
Funded by the EPSRC New Directions award to Ivette Fuentes (CAF Grant EP/G00496X/2) and the London Mathematical Society.