29 August - 2 September 2016

Symmetries, symmetry breaking and phase transition are key concepts in many modern topics in particle physics, condensed matter physics, and chemistry. This school focuses on these common concepts and aims to deepen their understanding. The lectures cover the theoretical background as well as applications in all fields.

The school is aimed at PhD students and postdocs in all covered fields and takes place from 29th August to 2nd September 2016 in Dresden, Germany. There is significant financial support, particularly for international participants.

The deadline has passed, application is not possible anymore!

Speakers and Topics include:

• Steve King (Southampton): Group Theory
• Jens Kortus (Freiberg): Group Theory applied to Molecules
• Maria Daghofer (Stuttgart): Theory of Phase Transitions
• Holger Kohlmann (Leipzig): Application and Examples of Phase Transitions in Chemistry
• Hans-Henning Klauß (Dresden): Phase Transitions in Condensed Matter
• Burkhard Kämpfer (Dresden): Cosmic Phase Transitions and Material Transformations
• Joachim Wosnitza (Dresden): Superconductivity – Experimental Introduction and Exotic Phases
• Asle Sudbø (Trondheim): Theory and Anderson-Higgs Mechanism in Superconductors
• Wolfgang Kilian (Siegen): Theory of the Higgs Mechanism and the Higgs Boson in the Electroweak Interactions
• Günter Quast (Karlsruhe): Experimental Aspects of the Brout-Englert-Higgs Mechanism and Discovery of the Higgs Boson

The school is part of a series of International Summer Schools and receives financial support from the TU Dresden within its Institutional Strategy, funded by the Excellence Initiative of the German Federal and State Governments.