Conference on Quantum Fluid Clusters, QFC 2026

Dates:  May 31-June 4, 2026

QFC Training School: May 27-May 30, 2026

Venue: University Center Obergurgl (Gaisbergweg 5, 6456 Obergurgl, Austria)

 

Local organizers:

Paul Scheier (paul.scheier@uibk.ac.at)

Elisabeth Gruber (e.gruber@uibk.ac.at)

Conference secretary: 

Chitra Perotti (Chitra.Perotti@uibk.ac.a)

 

Scope

The QFC 2026 is the 16th occurrence of the QFC conference series. The focus of this interdisciplinary conference is to stimulate the research on atomic clusters, in particular helium nanodroplets, which are strongly influenced in their properties by quantum mechanical many-body effects. It covers both fundamental aspects such as superfluidity and quantum vortices, as well as application of QFC as flying nano-cryostats for probing and synthesizing cold molecules and exotic nano-complexes. The conference gathers theoreticians and experimentalists from the traditional fields of low-temperature physics, cluster physics, molecular spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, cold chemistry, laboratory astrophysics, ultrafast spectroscopy, nanoparticle imaging, etc.