Microkelvin Events

MICROKELVIN 2013 WORKSHOP, USERS' MEETING, AND FINAL REVIEW

Aalto University

Time: Workshop: 9.-12.9.2013, Review: 13.9.2013
Place: Sannäs Manor House [60 km east of Helsinki airport]

Workshop website


Workshop on Physics and Metrology at Low Temperatures

PTB

Time: 13.-14.12.2012
Place: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin, Germany

Workshop announcement
Workshop venue


Cryocourse 2012: European Advanced Cryogenic Course

Heidelberg University

Time: 2.-13.9.2012
Place: Ruprecht-Karls Universität, Heidelberg, Germany

Website
Group photo


European Physical Society - Condensed Matter Division

EPS-CMD24 Conference

Time: 3.-7.9.2012
Place: Edinburgh, UK

Website


QFS2012: International Symposium on Quantum Fluids and Solids

University of Lancaster

Time: 15.-21.8.2012
Place: Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK

Symposium website
Symposium photo


Microkelvin 2012 workshop, users meeting, and 36-month review

Slovak Academy of Science

Time: 18.-24.3.2012
Place: Smolenice, Slovakia

Workshop website (LTL)
Workshop website (SASKE)
Group photo


Nanophysics at Low Temperatures @ CMMP11 - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Time: 12.-15.12.2011
Place: Manchester, UK

Website


Cryocourse 2011: European Advanced Cryogenic Course

CNRS

Time: 18.-27.9.2011
Place: Institut Néel, CNRS, Grenoble
Prof. Henri Godfrin
Number of participants: 44 students & 23 teachers

Website
Group photo


Low Temperature Detectors

Heidelberg University

Time: 1.-5.8.2011
Place: Heidelberg, Germany

Meeting website


Microkelvin 2011 workshop

Slovak Academy of Science

Time: 14.-18.3.2011
Place: Smolenice, Slovakia

Workshop website
Group photo


Low Temperature Detectors

Heidelberg University

Time: 5.11.2010
Place: Heidelberg, Germany

Meeting programme
Group photo


Microkelvin mid-term review, general assembly and user meeting 2010

Aalto University

Time: 15.-16.10.2010
Place: Low Temperature Laboratory, Aalto University, Finland

Meeting program
Picture gallery
Report
List of participants


Microkelvin Management Meeting

CNRS

Time: 1.8.2010, 18:00-20:00
Place: CNRS, Grenoble, France

Participants:
Mikko Paalanen (Aalto, chair)
Henri Godfrin, Yuriy Bunkov, and Eddy Collin (CNRS)
Shaun Fisher, Richard Haley, and Viktor Tsepelin (Lancaster)
Christian Enss (Heidelberg)
John Saunders and Andrew Casey (RHUL)
Peter Skyba (SAS)
Vladimir Eltsov, Jaakko Hosio, Risto Hänninen, Matti Krusius, Anssi Salmela, Igor Todoshchenko, and Grigory Volovik (Aalto)

Program

18:00 - 18:30 Mikko Paalanen, Report on Transnational Access Activities and JRA2
18:30 - 18:50 Henri Godfrin, Report on Networking Activities and JRA3
18:50 - 19:10 Shaun Fisher, Report on JRA1
19:10 - 19:30 Christian Enns, Report on JRA4
19:30 - 20:00 General discussion
20:00 Dinner


QFS2010: International Symposium on Quantum Fluids and Solids

CNRS

Time: 1.-7.8.2010
Place: CNRS, Grenoble, France

Symposium website

Microkelvin JRA2 kick-off meeting

ESF

Welcome to the Microkelvin JRA2 ultralow temperature nanorefrigerator kick-off meeting to be held in Ystad, June 24th, 2010. This meeting is organized in conjunction with the international Workshop on the Physics of Micro and Nano Scale Systems.

The meeting will take place in the conference room at Hotel Continental Ystad, Hamngatan 13, SE-27143 Ystad, Sweden.

Tentative program of the meeting

Thursday, 24.6.2010
15:30 - 16:50 Introduction, presentation by the AALTO, CNRS, SNS and BASEL groups of ongoing work (20 minutes per group including discussion).
16:50 - 17:10 Coffee break.
17:10 - 17:50 Presentation by the RHUL and DELFT groups.
17:50 - 18:20 Discussion on Task 1: "Thermalizing electrons in nanorefrigerators" (AALTO, CNRS, BASEL).
18:20 - 18:40 Coffee break.
18:40 - 19:10 Discussion on Task 2: "Microkelvin nanocooler" (AALTO, CNRS, SNS).
19:10 - 19:40 Discussion on Task 3: "Development of a 100mK, robust, electronically cooled platform based on a 300mK 3He bath" (AALTO, CNRS, RHUL, DELFT).
~20:00 Dinner

Friday, 25.6.2010
8:30-10:30: Continuation of discussion. Final decision about the next meeting.

List of participants:
SNS: Francesco Giazotto, Panayotis Spathis,Orlando Quaranta.
DELFT: Eduard Driessen, Nathan Vercruyssen.
AALTO: Jukka Pekola, Matthias Meschke, Juha Muhonen, Simone Gasparinetti.
CNRS: Hervé Courtois, Laetitia Pascal, Hung Nguyen
BASEL: Dominik Zumbuhl.
RHUL: Giovanna Tancredi.


Workshop on Physics of Micro and Nano Scale Systems

ESF

Time: 20.-24.6.2010
Place: Ystad, Sweden

Symposium website

Vortices, superfluid dynamics, and quantum turbulence

Aalto University

Time: 11.-16.4.2010
Place: Lammi Biological Station, Finland

Symposium program

Physics and Metrology at Very Low Temperatures

PTB

Time: 10.12.2009
Place: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Campus Berlin
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Building

Workshop flyer
Workshop program
Pictures and presentations from the workshop are available in the intranet.

Lancaster-Workshop on management of FP7 projects

University of Lancaster

Time: 30.11.2009
Place: Department of Physics, University of Lancaster
Participants:
Ian Bradley, Barbara Colman, Richard Haley, Shawn Fisher, George Pickett, and Viktor Tsepelin (University of Lancaster)
Mikko Paalanen (TKK)

AGENDA

Sunday, 29.11. 2009
17:00 Arrival at Manchester Airport
19:00 Arrival at Lancaster

Monday, 30.11. 2009
9:30-11:30 Lecture about MICROKELVIN organization (by Mikko Paalanen)
11:30-12:30 Guided tour through the infrastructure and its transnational access services(by Richard Haley and Viktor Tsepelin)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Financial aspects of MICROKELVIN (Ian Bradley, Barbara Coleman and Mikko Paalanen)
18:00- Dinner

Tuesday, 1.12. 2009
6:30 Departure for Manchester Airport


EU-Workshop on management of FP7 projects

seminar

A picture gallery of the meeting is available here.

Time: 14.-15.5. 2009
Place: Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology
Puumiehenkuja 2B, Otaniemi, Espoo
Participants:
Yvonne Fox and Barbara Colman (University of Lancaster)
Assya Achour and Caroline Bartoli (CNRS Grenoble)
Leena Meilahti, Pirjo Muukkonen, Mikko Paalanen and Alexander Savin (TKK/LTL)
Krisztina Cziner and Elise Kovanen (TKK/OIC)
Tiina Raivio (TKK/Financial Office)

AGENDA

Thursday, 14.5. 2009
15:15 Arrival at Helsinki Vantaa Airport
16:30 Arrival at Low Temperature Laboratory, Puumiehenkuja 2B, Otaniemi, Espoo (by taxi)
16:30 - 18:00 Guided tour through the infrastructure and its transnational access services (Alexander Savin and Mikko Paalanen)
19:00 - Dinner at Tapiola Garden Hotel

Friday, 15.5. 2009
8:00 - 8:45 Breakfast at your hotel
8:45 - 9:00 Transfer from hotel to Puumiehenkuja 2B (Mikko Paalanen)
9:00 - 10:00 TKK's administration, TKK in FP 7 projects and Innovation Center support services by Krisztina Cziner
10:00 - 11:00 Financial administration in FP 7 projects in TKK, accounting system, time recording and financial reporting by Elise Kovanen
11:00 - 12:00 Full cost model in FP7 and special equipment by Tiina Raivio
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:00 The management of MICROKELVIN infrastructures: discussions with Mikko, Alexander, Pirjo and Leena)
14:00 Departure from Puumiehenkuja 2B to airport by taxi


Kick-off meeting

seminar

The Microkelvin kick-off meeting was held on Friday, April 3, 2009, at the Helsinki University of Technology. The program included both organizational and scientific talks.

A picture gallery of the meeting is available here.

Some of the presentations are available below:

Agenda of the meeting
Greetings from Brussels by Maria Douka, European Commisssion
Introduction to Microkelvin
Microkelvin management
Microkelvin Joint Research Activities
Microkelvin Networking Activities
George Pickett - JRA1
Jukka Pekola - JRA2
Henri Godfrin - JRA3
Taking Force Microscopy into the third dimension

Objectives

The primary objective of the present project is the opening up of existing European microkelvin facilities, developed for quantum fluids experiments, to allow experimental nanoscience to progress to this new temperature regime.

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