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session 1

Title: Gravity and Fundamental Physics
Description: This session is devoted to the search of new fields of research in condensed matter physics and gravitational physics including cryogenic fluids, critical fluids, equivalence principle, atomic clock, plasma crystals.
Date: 2011-10-04
Time: 15:00
Room: TS-06

IPC members

Chairman: Mr. Francois Gonzalez, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France;
Chairman: Prof. Joachim Richter, RWTH Aachen, Germany;
Rapporteur: Mr. Bernard Zappoli, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1		Development of a Satellite and Lunar Laser Ranger and its future applications in South Africa	15	confirmed	Prof. Ludwig Combrinck		South Africa
2		Using solar sails to test fundamental physics	15	confirmed	Prof. Roman Ya. Kezerashvili	New York City College of Technology	United States
3		3d Simulations of granular gas in a vibrating box: Demonstration of a large boundary effect due to dissipation by collisions which is not probagating shock wave	15	no-show	Dr. Pierre Evesque	Ecole Centrale de Paris	France
4		ACES (Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space) Mission Status and Outlook	15	confirmed	Mr. Marc Peter Hess	Astrium Space Transportation	Germany
5		Prospects for applications of cold atoms in microgravity environment	15	confirmed	Prof. Claus Laemmerzahl	ZARM University of Bremen	Germany
6		MAIUS - A rocket borne atom-optical experiment	15	confirmed	Dr. Stephan Seidel	Leibniz Universiät Hannover	Germany
7		Pre-flight verification of the differential accelerometers of the Microscope mission	15	confirmed	Mr. Guillaume Pionnier	Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales (ONERA)	France
8		Adaption of HPS to the MICROSCOPE Mission	15	confirmed	Dr. Meike List	ZARM University of Bremen	Germany
9		Space-QUEST: Mission Proposal for Quantum Optics Experiments in Space	15	confirmed	Dr. Rupert Ursin	Austrian Academy of Sciences	Austria
10		QUANTUS I – Performing atom optical experiments in the drop tower Bremen	15	confirmed	Mr. Hauke Müntinga	ZARM University of Bremen	Germany
11		Matter wave interferometry in microgravity and its applications for high precision measurements and Earth observation	15	confirmed	Mr. Markus Krutzik	Humboldt University of Berlin	Germany