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International Seminar and Workshop on
Quantum Dynamical Concepts: From Path Integrals to Semiclassics
Seminar: August 11 - 22, 2008 --- Workshop: August 18 - 22, 2008
Scientific coordinators:
Frank Grossmann (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)
Larry Schulman (Clarkson University, USA)
Organisation:
Claudia Poenisch (MPI für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany)
Spectacular advances in the technology of ultrashort laser pulses
down to the attosecond regime have motivated the development of novel
time-dependent methods for the description of the quantum dynamics of
electrons in atoms and molecules as well as of the molecular backbone.
Large successes for field-driven electrons could be achieved, e.g., by
using semiclassical methods, which are based on an underlying path
integral. Furthermore, dissipative nuclear dynamics is of central
importance, e.g., for the interpretation of spectral information. The
path integral formalism again serves as the starting point for the
nonperturbative analysis of dissipative quantum motion.
Therefore, a workshop bringing together researchers from the
fields of path integrals as applied to dissipative as well as driven
motion on the molecular scale and from the field of semiclassical
approximations shall help to create ideas for developments of even
better methodology and shall foster the understanding of the
underlying physics.
Invited seminar (*) and workshop speakers:
| M.A.M. de Aguiar* (Campinas) | M.F. Herman (New Orleans) | E. Pollak (Rehovot) |
| D. Alonso (La Laguna) | G.-L. Ingold* (Augsburg) | K. Richter* (Regensburg) |
| J. Ankerhold (Ulm) | A. Inomata (Albany) | M. Roncadelli (Pavia) |
| W. Becker (Berlin) | K.G. Kay (Ramat-Gan) | J.-M. Rost (Dresden) |
| P. Brumer (Toronto) | J.B. Keller (Stanford) | M. Sassetti (Genova) |
| R. Coalson* (Pittsburgh) | H.J. Korsch (Kaiserslautern) | D. Shalashilin (Leeds) |
| T. Dittrich* (Bogotá) | H. Leschke* (Erlangen) | M. Sieber (Bristol) |
| R. Egger (Düsseldorf) | R.G. Littlejohn (Berkeley) | U. Smilansky* (Rehovot) |
| A. Garg (Evanston) | C. Mak (Los Angeles) | F. Steiner (Ulm) |
| B. Gaveau (Paris) | N. Makri (Urbana) | J. Stockburger (Ulm) |
| H. Grabert (Freiburg) | D. Marx (Bochum) | K. Takatsuka (Tokyo) |
| I. Guarneri (Como) | W.H. Miller (Berkeley) | D. Tannor* (Rehovot) |
| F. Haake (Duisburg) | A. Ozorio de Almeida (Rio de Janeiro) | M. Thoss (Garching) |
| P. Hänggi (Augsburg) | P. Pechukas (New York) | S. Tomsovic (Pullman) |
| U. Weiss (Stuttgart) |
Applications for participation and poster contributions are welcome and should be made by using the application form on the workshop web page (please see URL below). The number of attendees is limited. The registration fee for the workshop is 100 Euro and should be paid by all participants. Costs for accommodation and meals will be covered by the Max Planck Institute. Limited funding is available to partially cover travel expenses. Please note that childcare is available upon request.
Deadline for applications is May 31, 2008.
For further information please e-mail to: qdcpis08
mpipks-dresden.mpg.de
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