Smectics and distorted nematics: analytics, numerics, and experiments
Les Houches, 18-22 May 2026
Organizing comittee :
- Emmanuelle Lacaze (Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, CNRS/Sorbonne University, France)
- Hartmut Löwen (Department of Physics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany)
- Lia Bronsard (Dept of Math and Stats, McMaster university, Hamilton, Canada )
- Patrick Farrell (Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK and Mathematical Institute, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic)
- Scott MacLachlan (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada)
- Randall David Kamien (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA)
- Timothy James Atherton (Department of Physics and Astronomy,Tufts University, Medford, USA)
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Practical informationsFor practical informations of the school, please consult the following link https://www.houches-school-physics.com/practical-information/
- To book a taxi to the Physics school from Chamonix or Les Houches (Outbound trip) https://forms.gle/mABCcZrbqmx9KYNW9 The phone of the taxis (also for sms or whatsApp) if there is a problem is The rendez-vous will be at "Hôtel du plan b" The taxis scheduled so far are : Sunday 17 MAY Chamonix International Bus station (Rendez-vous: 14h45 : Canevari, Lavrentovich, Farell, McLachlan, Tierra, Zappone, Liarte, 16h10 : Stroffolini, Beller 18h10 : Shendruk, Selinger 19h30 : teVrugt 21h : Mandal Les Houches train station : 14h45 : Atherton (2 adults) 16h53 :Virga, Blanc, Zehra 17h50 : Tran (2 adults with a baby) Monday 18 MAY Chamonix International Bus station : 10h20 : Linss 12H10 : Müller 17h40 : Serra 19h30 : Motram Les Houches train station : 17h53 : Van der Schoot Tuesday 19 MAY Chamonix International Bus station : Midnight (0h00) : Harth
- To book a taxi to Chamonix or Les Houches from the Physics school (Return trip) https://forms.gle/ekHh2VFJ4NsRPwQT9 The taxis scheduled so far are Friday 22 MAY Chamonix International Bus station : 07h15 : Mandal 8h00 : Nataraj 11h30 : Dipasquale, Stroffolini, Zerbati, McLachlan 12h20 : Linss, Selinger, Dijkstra, Mottram 13h15 : Müller, Grelet , te Vrugt, Liarte 15h : Bode, Hasanat, Lavrentovich Les Houches train station : 08h40 : Virga 10h30 : Zehra 11h45 : Blanc 14h : Lacaze
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