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Symposium on Quantum and Statistical Field Theory

on the occasion of the
retirement of Gernot Münster

29. - 30. June 2018

in Münster

Participation by invitation only. Registration is closed.

The Symposium starts on Friday, 29. June, 14:00, and ends on Saturday, 30. June, at 13:00.

It takes place in lecture hall 201 in the building Schlossplatz 4, near the castle of Münster, see the map on our page "location".

The Symposium dinner will take place on Friday, 29. June, at 18:30 in the Orangerie of the Botanical Garden of the University of Münster.

Program

Friday, June 29
14:00 Opening  
14:15 - 15:00 P. Weisz From strong to weak coupling
15:00 - 15:45 W. Hollik The indirect way to discoveries
15:45 - 16:15 Coffee break  
16:15 - 17:00 M. Reuter Entanglement entropy in asymptotically safe quantum gravity
17:15 - 18:00 Z. Fodor The origin of mass of the visible universe
18:30 - 23:00 Symposium Dinner  
Saturday, June 30
09:30 - 10:15 H. Wittig Precision observables, lattice QCD and the limits of the Standard Model
10:15 - 11:00 K. Binder Statistical mechanics of interfaces: Still a challenge?
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break  
11:30 - 12:15 J. Zinn-Justin The discovery of the Higgs boson: A confirmation and a problem
12:15 - 13:00 R. Sommer How strong are the strong interactions?