Correlated Multielectron Dynamics in Intense Light Fields

PhD School of the INT-network CORINF – 11 - 15 June 2012

Scientific Coordinators:
Misha Ivanov (Max-Born-Institut & Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)
Jan-Michael Rost (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme Dresden, Germany)

Organisation:
Katrin Lantsch (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme Dresden, Germany)

The announcement's pdf-file

The school, organized within the European Initial Training Network Correlated Multielectron Dynamics in Intense Light Fields (CORINF), is open to participants from both inside and outside the network.
It will introduce its participants to strong field and attosecond science and the emerging field of imaging dynamics of single molecules with the combination of sub-femtosecond temporal and sub-Angstrom spatial resolution.

The school will emphasize the basic physical ideas of using intense infrared and or XUV/ X-ray light to gain insight into the structure and ultrafast dynamics of atoms, molecules and clusters, as well as the key theoretical tools and challenges in bringing these basic ideas to fruition.

Lecture topics will include:

• Overview of strong field and attosecond science,
• Imaging single molecule dynamics at sub-femtosecond timescale:
  • Approaches using intense infrared fields: basic ideas and challenges
    • High harmonic spectroscopy
    • Time resolved electron diffraction and holography
  • Approaches using X-ray radiation: basic ideas and challenges
• Theoretical methods in strong-field and attosecond science,
  • Analytical approaches in strong-field physics
  • Numerical methods for single active electron
  • Numerical methods for multi-electron dynamics
  • Interfacing with quantum chemistry

The school will include tutorial lectures and hands-on training exercises, where several groups will work on specific problems, some of them still unsolved.

Invited lecturers:
V. Averbukh (London, UK), E. Charron (Paris, France), O. Kornilov (Berlin, Germany), J. Marangos (London, UK), S. Patchkovskii (Ottawa, Canada), U. Saalmann (Dresden, Germany), A. Saenz (Berlin, Germany), A. Scrinzi (München, Germany), O. Smirnova (Berlin, Germany), H. van der Hart (Belfast, Ireland)

Applications for participation and poster or oral contributions are welcome and should be made by using the application form on the school's web page. The number of attendees is limited. The registration fee for the workshop is 120 EUR and should be paid by all participants. Costs for accommodation and meals will be covered by the INT-network CORINF. Limited funding is available to partially cover travel expenses. Please note that childcare is available upon request.

Applications received before 30 April 2012 are considered preferentially.

For further information please e-mail to:
corinf12pks.mpg.de