MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME
DRESDEN, GERMANY
International Seminar and Workshop on
QUANTUM DYNAMICAL CONCEPTS: FROM DIATOMICS TO BIOMOLECULES
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Workshop: April 15 - 19, 2002 Seminar: April 2 - May 3, 2002
Scientific coordinators:
Frank Großmann Pavel Jungwirth Ronnie Kosloff
TU Dresden Academy of Sciences Prague Hebrew University Jerusalem
Germanys Czech Republic Israel
Recent spectacular advances in the technology of ultrashort laser pulses
have motivated the development of novel time-dependent methods for the
description of quantum dynamics of complex systems. Ultrafast molecular
processes are nowadays not only routinely investigated but also actively
controlled (e.g., optimization of quantum yields of the desired products via
shaping of the laser pulses). Moreover, the present boom of high resolution
spectroscopic experiments (e.g., on molecules embedded in ultracold helium
droplets) calls for accurate quantum dynamical methods. These experimental
techniques are applicable to various systems ranging from simple diatomics
to complex biomolecules. Thus, there is a need both for very accurate but
computationally extremely demanding numerical methods applicable to the
simple systems, as well as approximate, numerically feasible schemes for the
complex systems.
A central workshop with all the key speakers present will be surrounded by a
seminar which is structured into four focused weeks with the topics:
Time-dependent Semiclassical Methods (April 2 - 5, 2002), Non-Adiabatic
Dynamics (April 8 - 12, 2002), Laser Control of Chemical Reactions (April 22
- 26, 2002) and Quantal Aspects in the Dynamics of Clusters and Biomolecules
(April 29 - May 3, 2002).
INVITED PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE (PARTLY CONFIRMED)
J. Ankerhold, Z. Bacic, A. Bandrauk, V. Buch, E. Campbell, T. Carrington
Jr., R. Coalson, D. Coker, W. Domcke, V. Engel, B. Gerber, G. Gerber, H.
Guo, P. Hänggi, N. Halberstadt, S. Hammes- Schiffer, E. Heller, U.
Kleinekathöfer, H. Köppel, J. Korsch, J. Krause, O. Kühn, M. Lewerenz, J.
Light, D. Manolopoulos, U. Manthe, J. Manz, C. Martens, T. Martinez, D.
Marx, H.-D. Meyer, W. Miller, N. Moiseyev, Y. Öhrn, P.-G. Reinhard, J.-M.
Rost, R. Schinke, W. Schleich, B. Schmidt, R. Schmidt, G. Stock, D. Tannor,
M. Thoss, D. Tobias, R. de Vivie-Riedle, G. Voth, U. Weiss, L. Wöste
Application forms can be filled in online (see the address below). The
deadline for applications is February 1, 2002. The workshop's registration
fee is 100 Euro. Costs for accommodation and meals will be covered by the
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems. In exceptional
cases, limited funding is available to partly cover travel expenses.
For further information please contact:
Visitors Program
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme
Nöthnitzer Str. 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
Tel. +49-351-871-2198 / Fax: +49-351-871-2199
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