Canadian Prairie Theoretical Physics Network 2010 Program Schedule

Acknowledgements: The CPTPN wishes to thank the following institutions and organizations for their generous financial support of this inaugural conference:

· University of Lethbridge
Office of the President
Office of the Vice-President (Academic)
Office of the Vice-President (Research)
Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts & Science

· University of Saskatchewan
Office of the Vice-President (Research)
Science Division, College of Arts & Science

· Winnipeg Institute for Theoretical Physics

· Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences
(PIMS – University of Regina Branch)

Tuesday, August 24

Optional half-day or full-day excursion to Waterton Lakes National Park. Please consult with Mark Walton (walton@uleth.ca) for further details.

Wednesday, August 25 - Morning

Session: Astrophysics, Class. & Quantum Gravity I

Session Chairs: Mark Walton and Hubert de Guise

Venue: TH 204

Time	Speaker and Presentation Title
8:30 am – 9:00 am	Official Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:00 am – 9:20 am	Gordon Sarty, University of Saskatchewan The Second Known HMXB Black Hole in the Milky Way Galaxy
9:20 am – 9:40 am	Ambrish Raghoonundun, University of Calgary Models of Neutron Stars from Tolman Solutions
9:40 am – 10:00 am	Timothy Taves, University of Manitoba/Winnipeg Higher Dimensional Black Hole Formation in PG Co-ordinates
10:00 am – 10:20 am	Mathias Pielahn, University of Winnipeg Dynamical Surface Gravity of Spherically Symmetric Black Holes
10:20 am – 10:30 am	Question/Answer Period for Speakers
10:30 am – 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am – 11:20 am	James Nester, National Central University (Taiwan) Gravitational Energy: A Covariant Hamiltonian Approach
11:20 am – 11:40 am	David Hobill, University of Calgary Gravitational Lensing by Brane World Black Holes
11:40 am – 12:00 pm	Gabor Kunstatter, University of Winnipeg Polymer Quantization of the Einstein-Rosen Wormhole Throat
12:00 pm – 12:20 pm	Wissam Chemissany, University of Lethbridge Black Holes in Supergravity and Integrability
12:20 pm – 12:30 pm	Question/Answer Period for Speakers
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm	Lunch

Wednesday, August 25 - Afternoon

Session: Class. & Quantum Gravity II, Mathematical Physics I

Session Chairs: Gabor Kunstatter and Tom Steele

Venue: TH 204

Time	Speaker and Presentation Title
2:30 pm – 2:50 pm	Ahmed Ali, University of Lethbridge Discreteness of Space from GUP II: Relativistic Wave Equations
2:50 pm – 3:10 pm	Arundhati Dasgupta, University of Lethbridge Time Evolving Horizons in Semiclassical Gravity
3:10 pm – 3:30 pm	Dinesh Singh, University of Regina A New Perspective on Path Integral Quantum Mechanics in Curved Space-Time
3:30 pm – 3:50 pm	Edward Doolittle, First Nations University of Canada Solving Hypoelliptic Partial Differential Equations with Path Integrals
3:50 pm – 4:00 pm	Question/Answer Period for Speakers
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm	Coffee Break
4:30 pm – 4:50 pm	Hubert de Guise, Lakehead University General Formulation of SU(n) Quasi-Distribution Functions
4:50 pm – 5:10 pm	Borislav Belchev, University of Lethbridge Flow of S-Matrix Poles for Elementary Quantum Potentials
5:10 pm – 5:30 pm	David Ridout, Université de Montréal Whither Indecomposability?
5:30 pm – 5:50 pm	Fred Sage, University of Saskatchewan Numerical Quantum Chaos in Non-Local Quantum Dynamics
5:50 pm – 6:00 pm	Question/Answer Period for Speakers
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Free Period
7:00 pm - evening	CPTPN Banquet at New Dynasty Restaurant: 103-7^th St. South – Phone: (403) 328-1212

Thursday, August 26 - Morning

Session: Subatomic, Math. Physics II, Quantum Information I

Session Chairs: Arundhati Dasgupta and Ben Fortescue

Venue: TH 204

Time	Speaker and Presentation Title
9:00 am – 9:20 am	Kai Wunderle, University of Saskatchewan Coupling of Fermionic Fields with Mass Dimension One to the O'Raifeartaigh Model
9:20 am – 9:40 am	Robin Kleiv, University of Saskatchewan Mixing between Quark Mesons and Scalar Gluonium
9:40 am – 10:00 am	Gerhard Lotz, University of Alberta (Augustana) Pion Contributions to Photonucleon Knockout
10:00 am – 10:20 am	Ian Blokland, University of Alberta (Augustana) Computer-Based Exact Solutions for Feynman Integrals
10:20 am – 10:30 am	Question/Answer Period for Speakers
10:30 am – 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am – 11:20 am	Robert Petry, University of Regina Computer Clustering Made Easy with PelicanHPC
11:20 am – 11:40 am	Julia Pulwicki, University of Calgary Dynamical Riemannian Geometry and Plant Growth
11:40 am – 12:00 pm	Michael Skotiniotis, University of Calgary Entanglement-Enhanced Classical Communication Without a Shared Frame of Reference
12:00 pm – 12:20 pm	Bing He, University of Calgary Multimode Effects in Photonic Logic Gate
12:20 pm – 12:30 pm	Question/Answer Period for Speakers
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm	CPTPN Members’ Only Lunch Meeting

Thursday, August 26 - Afternoon

Session: Quantum Information II, Philosophy of Physics, Physics Theory Education,

CPTPN Town Hall Workshop

Session Chair: Dinesh Singh

Venue: TH 204

Time	Speaker and Presentation Title
2:30 pm – 2:50 pm	Yuval Sanders, University of Calgary Relative Monotones
2:50 pm – 3:10 pm	Kevin Van De Bogart, University of Calgary A Spatial Search with Quantum Cellular Automata
3:10 pm – 3:30 pm	Kent Peacock, University of Lethbridge What Did J.S. Bell Know that George Boole Did Not?
3:30 pm – 3:50 pm	Daria Ahrensmeier, University of Calgary What Can a Theoretical Physicist Learn from Physics Education Research?
3:50 pm – 4:00 pm	Question/Answer Period for Speakers
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm	Coffee Break
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm	CPTPN Town Hall Workshop
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm	CPTPN Town Hall Workshop
5:30 pm – evening	Closing Remarks and Departure