XVIII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
MOLECULAR ENERGY TRANSFER
(COMET XVIII)
************************** 2nd Announcement *************************
Date: June 15-20, 2003
Location: 'Euroforum Infantes', San Lorenzo de El Escorial, SPAIN
Second announcement at the web page:
http://batracio.quim.ucm.es/comet/index.html
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Following this second announcement, information will be continuously
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The XVIII International Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer (COMET
XVII) will take place at "Euroforum Infantes" in San Lorenzo de El
Escorial, SPAIN, 15-20 June 2003. San Lorenzo de El Escorial is a small
town famous because of The Monastery, declared heritage of manking by
UNESCO. It is located in a beautiful landscape at the foothills of the
Guadarrama Mountains, 50 km north-west of Madrid. The purpose of the 2003
Symposium is to survey recent advances, undertake stimulating discussions,
generate new ideas, and map out future directions in the field of
molecular energy transfer.
Chair: Co-Chair:
F. Javier Aoiz & Luis Banares Miguel Gonzalez
Departamento de Quimica Fisica Departament de Quimica Fisica
Facultad de Quimica Facultat de Quimica
Universidad Complutense Universitat de Barcelona
28040 Madrid, Spain 08028 Barcelona, Spain
The local organizing committee includes the members of the Madrid Reaction
Dynamics and Laser Spectroscopy Group (home page
http://batracio.quim.ucm.es), at the Physical Chemistry Department of
Complutense University of Madrid: J. Santamaria, E. Verdasco, M. Menendez
(Conference Secretary), J. F. Castillo, I. Torres, J. Barr, V. J. Herrero,
V. Saez Rabanos, B. Martinez-Haya, G. Pino, G. Amaral, J. G. Izquierdo
and members of the Barcelona team: A. Aguilar and X. Gimenez.
The scientific programme will cover a wide variety of topics by papers and
discussions. The following invited speakers have already accepted to
attend the conference:
REACTION DYNAMICS
J. M. Bowman (Emory University, USA)
P. Casavecchia (Universita di Perugia, Italy)
K. Liu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
D. J. Nesbitt (University of Colorado, USA)
G. C. Schatz (Northwestern University, USA)
A. Suits (State University New York at Stony Brook, USA)
FEMTOCHEMISTRY AND COHERENT CONTROL
M. Chergui (Universite de Laussane, Switzerland)
G. Gerber (Universitaet Wuerzburg, Germany)
L. Gonzalez (Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany)
M. H. M. Janssen (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdamn, The Netherlands)
SPECTROSCOPY AND DYNAMICS WITH COLD MOLECULES AND He NANODROPLETS
B. Friedrich (Harvard University, USA)
G. Meijer (Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
R. E. Miller (University of Norht Carolina, USA)
ENERGY TRANFER IN INELLASTIC COLLISIONS
D. W. Chandler (Sandia National Laboratorio, Livermore, USA)
P. J. Dagdigian (John Hopkins University, USA)
H. H. J. Ter Meulen (Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
PHOTODISSICIATION AND PHOTODETACHMENT
M. N. R. Ashfold (Bristol University, UK)
D. M. Neumark (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
H. Reisler (University of Southern California, USA)
ENERGY TRANSFER IN CLUSTERS AND VAN DER WAALS COMPLEXES
J. A. Beswick (Universite Paul Sabater, Toulouse, France)
M. I. Lester (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
J. P. Simons (Oxford University, UK)
NONADIABATIC PROCESSES
M. H. Alexander (University of Maryland, USA)
O. Roncero (CSIC, Madrid, Spain)
T. Suzuki (Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan)
D. R. Yarkony (John Hopkins University, USA)
Contributed papers will be presented in poster sessions. Some
contributions will be selected for oral presentation as "Hot Topics".
Details about the requirements for abstracts submission can be found in
the web page.
****************************Important dates*******************************
Deadline for early registration March 15, 2003
Deadline for submission of abstracts April 15, 2003
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******Details on Registration fee and full board accomodation can be found
in the web page****
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Dr. Luis Banares
Departamento de Quimica Fisica
Facultad de Quimica
Universidad Complutense
28040 Madrid, Spain
Tlf.: +34-1-3944126
Fax: +34-1-3944135
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