1st ANNOUNCEMENT - Safed Workshop on "The Quantum World in Real Time: Is
It Accessible?" - June 24-29, 2007, Safed, Israel.
It is our pleasure to bring to your attention the Safed workshop on real
time quantum methods - http://www.weizmann.ac.il/conferences/qmdyn-2007/
which will take place in Safed, Israel. The general purpose of the
workshop is outlined below. Interested participants should register through
the website. Especially young researchers are encouraged to submit
suggestions for talks. We will also be able to provide some financial
assistance when and if needed.
On behalf of the organizers, Eli Pollak
Workshop goals:
One of the central challenges facing theoretical Chemistry and Physics is
the computation of quantum dynamics in complex systems. Due to the
oscillatory nature of quantum mechanical properties, this problem has
remained elusive even with present state of the art powerful computational
facilities. The need for a general methodology cannot be overstated, since
the ability of computing quantum dynamics in real time would impact our
understanding of diverse topics, such as spectroscopy, molecular reaction
dynamics, solid state physics, ab-initio quantum chemistry, quantum
computation, Bose-Einstein condensates to name a few.
Various groups all over the world are employing different techniques
and approaches to find solutions to the problem. Broadly, they include
multiconfigurational time dependent Hartree Fock (MCTDHF) methods,
classical expansions, Bohmian mechanics, semiclassical based methods, path
integral methods, reduced equations of motion and the use of stochastic
Schroedinger equations. Each approach has its advantages and successes but
also disadvantages. The purpose of the workshop is to bring together
leaders of the central scientific groups from all over the world to discuss
the various approaches and perhaps come up with new ideas and synergies
with would enable the Safed workshop to be a turning point which leads to a
truly new and general methodology for solution of this important problem.
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