Mathematics and Physics of Anderson Localization: 50 Years After

Month: July 2008

Date: July 14--December 19

Name: Mathematics and Physics of Anderson Localization: 50 Years After

Location: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Programme Theme

In his seminal paper "Absence of diffusion in certain random lattices" (1958) Philip W. Anderson discovered one of the most striking quantum interference phenomena: particle localization due to disorder. In the last 25 years the phenomenon of localization proved to be crucial for the understanding of the Quantum Hall Effect, mesoscopic fluctuations in small conductors as well as some aspects of quantum chaotic behavior. The goal of the program is to bring together the world leaders in spectral theory of random Schrödinger operators and theoretical physicists successfully working on the problem of Anderson localization.

Organizers

Y. V. Fyodorov (Nottingham), I. Goldshied (Queen Mary, London), T. Spencer (Princeton), M. R. Zirnbauer (Cologne).

Information

http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/programmes/MPA/. Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, 20 Clarkson Road, Cambridge, CB3 0EH, U.K. Tel.: +44-1223-335999, Fax.: +44-1223-330508; e-mail: info@newton.cam.ac.uk.