Dear colleagues,
 
This is a reminder of the approaching April 15 deadline for early discounted registration for the Summer School on 

"Shell Effects in Finite Quantum Systems"
 
which will be held during the week of 25-31 July 2010 at the Ettore Majorana Centre in Erice, Sicily. The school is aimed at graduate students, postdocs, and other researchers.
 
Detailed information, including lecture abstracts, deadlines, registration procedure, fees, etc., can be found at the School homepage: http://physics.usc.edu/Shells/
 
                    Scientific motivation:
The shell structure of atoms, underlying the periodic table, was explained with the advent of quantum physics. The study of nuclear stabilities led to the formulation of the nuclear shell model in 1949. And twenty-five years ago the electronic shell structure of metal nanoclusters was discovered. The aim of the School is to highlight the unity of physical principles that manifest themselves in systems as diverse as atoms, nuclei, clusters, confined quantum gases, nanostructures, quantum dots, nanowires. These areas are widely different in terms of energy scales and other physical characteristics, but their properties are strongly influenced by the quantization of motion of their constituent fermions. Furthermore, these quantum-scale phenomena have important practical implications. It is hoped that the diversity and the underlying universality of the physics presented at the School will make it rewardingly interdisciplinary and synergistic.
 
                    Format:
There will be five three-hour morning lecture sessions and two two-hour evening sessions. In addition to the lectures, there will be poster sessions where the attendees will be able to present their own research, and ample opportunities for individual discussions.
 
                    Lectures (preliminary list in alphabetical order):
Giorgio Benedek, Shell effects in helium droplets
Oriol Bohigas, The compound nucleus, random matrix theories and chaotic dynamics
Wolfgang Ernst, Shell models for alkali metal trimers: Electronic level structure and magnetic properties
Laurent Gaudefroy and Alexandre Obertelli, Developments in shell effect description of nuclear structure
Claude Guet, Linear and non-linear electron dynamics in finite systems
Klavs Hansen, Thermodynamics of finite systems
Walt de Heer, Fundamentals of electronic shell structure in alkali clusters: Experiments and concepts
Bernd von Issendorff, Photoelectron spectroscopy of nanoclusters
Vitaly Kresin, Long-range polarization interactions
Mark Raizen, Comprehensive control of atomic motion
Stephanie Reimann, Shells and spins in quantum dots, and from quantum dots to cold atoms
Jan van Ruitenbeek, Shell structure in metallic nanowires
 
If you have any questions, please consult the above web page or e-mail <[log in to unmask]>. We look forward to seeing you in Erice.
 
Directors of the Course:
Klavs Hansen (Gothenburg University)
Vitaly Kresin (University of Southern California)
 

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