Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems

International Workshop
23- 27 November 2026

with focus on

“Quantum Correlations in Molecular Systems”

This year's focus days are concerned with “Quantum Correlations in Molecular Systems”. How is entanglement generated and measured during ultrafast processes such as excitation, ionization, and non-adiabatic transitions? What is its relation to loss of coherence in molecules? These are central questions we want to discuss. Since direct many-body simulations are often infeasible, practical descriptions rely on classical or semiclassical approximations. Therefore, the focus days will also explore to what extent these approximations preserve electronic coherence, decoherence, and electron-nuclear entanglement.

The focus days are Monday-Wednesday. The talks of the second half of the week (Thu–Fri) will address general atomic physics.

Selected speakers from the poster contributions may be chosen to give an oral presentation on their work.

Confirmed invited speakers

Federica Agostini (Paris)
Irene Burghardt (Frankfurt)
Stefano Cavaletto (Madrid)
Basile Curchod (Bristol)
Marcus Dahlström (Lund)
Philipp Demekhin (Kassel)
Lexin Ding (Zurich)
Agapi Emmanouilidou (London)
Franziska Fennel (Rostock)
Mathieu Gisselbrecht (Lund)
Eberhard Gross (Halle)
Lea M. Ibele (Marseille)
David Juergens (Stanford)
Matthias Kübel (Jena)
David Lauvergnat (Paris)
Zheng Li (Wuhan)
Jonathan Mannouch (Bristol)
Georg Raithel (Michigan)
Françoise Remacle (Liege)
Nina Rohringer (Hamburg)
Patrick Rupprecht (Freiburg)
Peter Saalfrank (Potsdam)
Tobias Schätz(Freiburg)
Stefan Schippers (Giessen)
José Luis Sanz Vicario (Medellín)
Petr Slavicek (Prague)
Frank Stienkemeier (Freiburg)
Gerhard G. Paulus (Jena)
Pawel Tecmer (Torun)
Llinersy Uranga Piña (Paris)
Jiri Vanicek (Lausanne)
Marc Vrakking (Berlin)
Julia Westermayr (Leipzig)
Matthias Wollenhaupt (Oldenburg)
Graham Worth (London)
Hans Jakob Wörner (Zürich)
Kazuki Yamamoto (Osaka)

The list of speakers will be updated continuously.

Scientific Coordinators

Jan-Michael Rost
(Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Germany)

Peter Schürger
(Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Germany)

Organisation

Kristin Paske

(MPIPKS Dresden)

Application

Applications are welcome and should be made by using the application form. The application deadline is October 23, 2026. The number of attendees is limited.

The registration fee for the international workshop is 200 Euro and should be paid by all participants.

Costs for accommodation and meals will be covered by the Max Planck Institute.

Limited funding is available to partially cover travel expenses.

Scientific Program

Program structure:

Workshop Start: Monday at 09:00 AM

Workshop End: Friday, early afternoon

Conference Dinner: Wednesday evening

Arrival: possible on Sunday afternoon or Monday morning

Onsite Registration: from Monday morning on

The detailed program will be available by mid November, approximately.

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International Workshop23- 27 November 2026