Gordon Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer

Four Points Sheraton Hotel
January 14-19, 2001; Ventura, California

Co-chairs: 	Joel M. Bowman (Emory University) and
		Hanna Reisler (University of Southern California)
Web site:	http://www.grc.uri.edu/programs/2001/met.htm

The meeting (which alternates every two years between Europe and the US)
will cover all aspects of energy transfer.  Oral sessions will take place
in the morning and in the evening.  At the beginning of each session, the
session Chair will give a 20 minute perspective of the field.  Each oral
presentation will be 35 minutes, leaving ample time for discussion.

REGISTRATION
Deadline for registration at a reduced rate ($50 off) is: December 22, 2001.

Registration is done in two steps:

1. Use the on-line application through the Gordon Conference Home Page
which can be accessed by going to http://www.grc.uri.edu/attend.htm and
following instructions. All applications must be approved by the co-Chairs.
This conference usually has close to the maximum number of attendees, so
early application is encouraged.

2. Once an application is approved, the Gordon Conference office will mail
the registration material. This must be filled out the and sent back (mail
or fax) with payment .

SUBMISSION OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS

       If you are interested in submitting a poster, please send the title,
The list of authors and an abstract to one of the co-Chairs (see below).
Please indicate which author will present the poster. The deadline for
submission of posters is December 22, 2001.

PROGRAM

Sunday

Registration 2:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Reception: 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Dinner 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Sunday Evening (7:30 - 9:30 p.m.): M. Lester; Spectroscopy and Reactivity
in Clusters
Michael C. Heaven; "Non-adiabatic predissociation of van der Waals molecules".
Nadine Halberstadt, "Time-dependent study of vibrational energy relaxation
in Van der Waals complexes: From the 1:1 diatomic-rare gas complex to the
distomic in a complete ''solvent'' shell."

Monday

Monday Morning (8:30 - 12:00): C.B. Moore;  Unimolecular Reactions
Kaoru Yamanouchi, "Ultrafast structural deformation of small polyatomic
molecules in intense laser field"
Thomas R. Rizzo; "IVR-limited unimolecular dissociation rates in
state-selected HOCl and HOBr"
Reinhard Schinke, "Quantum mechanical perspective of unimolecular
dissociation"

Monday Evening (7:30 - 9:30 p.m.): C. Wittig; Photodissociation in Complexes
Robert Continetti, "Studies of Three-Body Dissociation Dynamics by
Dissociative Photodetachment".
R Benny Gerber: "Photochemical Reactions,Charge transfer and Electronic
Energy Relaxation in Weakly-Bound Clusters."

Poster Session: (9:45 - 11:30 p.m.)

Tuesday

Tuesday Morning (8:30 - 12:00): K. Morokuma; Photodissociation Dynamics
Laurie J. Butler, "Probing the Dissociation Dynamics of Selected
High-Energy Hydrocarbon Radical Isomers: allyl, 1-propenyl and 2-propenyl."
 Kirk Peteson, "Photodissociation of halogen oxide molecules: HOCl, HOBr,
and BrO"
Jinsong Zhang: "Photodissociation dynamics of vinyl and ethyl radicals."


Tuesday Evening (7:30 - 9:30 p.m.): R.E.  Miller; He nanodroplets
Kenneth C. Janda, "Toward Chemical Reaction Dynamics at 0.4 K"
Andrej Vilesov, "Molecular Spectroscopy in Helium Droplets"

Poster Session: (9:45 - 11:30 p.m.)

Wednesday

Wednesday Morning (8:30 - 12:00): P. Dagdigian; Bimolecular Reactions
Piergiorgio Casavecchia: "Recent progress in crossed beam studies of
reaction dynamics."
David Manolopoulos, "Some recent developments in chemical reaction dynamics"
Javier Aoiz, "A reaction with several paths. Dynamics and Stereodynamics of the
O(1D)+H2 reaction".

Wednesday Evening (7:30 - 9:30 p.m.): G. Flynn; Single-Molecule Studies of
Energy Transfer
Paul F. Barbara,"Single Moelcule Spectroscopic Studies of Intramolecular
Energy Transfer in Complex Systems"
Wilson Ho, "Vibrational Energy Transfer in Single Adsorbed Molecules with
Sub-Angstrom Resolution"

Poster Session: (9:45 - 11:30 p.m.)

Thursday

Thursday Morning (8:30 - 12:00): P. Rosski ; Energy Transfer in the
Condensed phase
Gil Nathanson: "One Second in the Life of HCl in Liquid Glycerol:
Solvation, Dissociation, and Recombination."
Stephen Bradforth, "The Dynamics of Photodetachment and Photoionization in
Aqueous Solution."
Tim Lian, "Dynamics of molecular adsorbates on nanoparticles: vibrational
relaxation, solvation and electron transfer"

Thursday Evening (8:00 - 9:30 p.m.): M. Alexander; New Trends in Molecular
Energy Transfer
Stephen R. Leone, "Molecular Energy Transfer - Where Are We Going? From
Vibration-Vibration to Quantum Information Science"

Poster Session: (9:45 - 11:30 p.m .)

Affiliations of Speakers and Session Chairs:




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