Summer term 2017
The 2017 lecture courses run from April 3rd - June 2nd and from June 12th - July 15th. The following lectures are offered:
General lecture: Theoretical Femtosecond Physics
lecturer: | PD Dr. F Grossmann (TUD) | |
time: | Mondays: 11:10-12:40; Wednesdays: 13:00-14:30 | |
location: | BZW A120 Zellescher Weg 17 | |
content: | Introduction to the theory of lasers, time-dependent quantum mechanics, atom-laser interactions, above-threshold and multi-photon ionization, high-harmonic-order generation, molecule-laser interactions, femtosecond spectroscopy, coherent control, quantum computing | |
format: | every 4th lecture will be a discussion of the problem sets |
General lecture: Theory of Frustrated Magnetism
lecturer: | Prof. Matthias Vojta (TUD) | |
time: | Mondays: 13:00-14:30; Fridays: 13:00-14:30 | |
location: | BZW A120 Zellescher Weg 17 | |
content: | Frustrated Magnetism is one of the most active research area of modern condensed matter physics. Frustration refers to a situation where the contributions to the potential energy of a many-many body system cannot be simultaneously minimized, a prime example being a antiferromagnetic Ising model on a triangular lattice. Frustration is the source of many novel phases - in particular novel forms of disorder - and exciting phenomena connected to them, such as quantum number fractionalization. Frustrated magnets can e.g. display spin-liquid phases, with a deep connection to topological states of matter. | |
format: | Every 4th lecture will be a tutorial session |
General lecture: One-Dimensional Physics: From Quantum Wires to Quantum Field Theory
lecturer: | Dr. Tobias Meng (TUD) | |
time: | Mondays: 16:40-18:10; Wednesdays: 14:50-16:20 | |
location: | M: BZW A120 Zellescher Weg 17 W: SE2 Room 122 Zellescher Weg 20 | |
content: | This lecture will explain how one-dimensional systems can be analysed theoretically, and how dramatically different they are from two- and three-dimensional systems. We will cover exciting physical phenomena such as spin-charge separation, understand in what sense bosons, fermions, and spins are the same in one dimension, and provide an introduction to the field theoretical description of one-dimensional systems, as well as the renormalisation group approach. | |
format: | Every 4th lecture will be an exercise class. |
General lecture: Many-body theory of finite systems
lecturer: | Prof. Ruediger Schmidt (TUD) | |
time: | Tuesdays 11:10-12:40 , Thursdays 13:00-14:30 | |
location: | BZW A120 Zellescher Weg 17 | |
content: | 1. Liquid drop model 2. Wave function methods (Hartree,Hartree-Fock,Configuration interaction,etc.) 3. Density functional theory(DFT) 4. Time dependent DFT. | |
format: | Every 4th lecture will be an exercise class. |
General lecture: Nanostructured Materials
lecturer: | Prof. Gianaurelio Cuniberti and Dr. Larysa Baraban (TUD) | |
time: | Tuesdays 09:20-10:50; Wednesdays 13:00-14:30 | |
location: | Tuesday: Georg Schumann Bau A216; Wednesdays Mollier Bau 213 | |
content: | The course deals with the physical properties of nanostructured materials and their fabrication. The course is accompanied by lab classes. The following topics are discussed:
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format: | Lectures on Tuesdays. Exercise class on Wednesdays. |
Special lecture: Introductory Bionanotechnology
lecturer: | Dr. Julian Thiele (TUD) | |
time: | Wednesdays (even weeks) 14.50-16.20; Wednesdays (odd weeks) 16.40-18.10 | |
location: | Max Bergmann Centre for Biomaterials, Seminar room 1 | |
content: | The topics of the lecture course, in brief:
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Special lecture: Molecular Nanostructures
lecturer: | Prof. Bernd Buechner (IFW and TUD) | |
time: | Mondays: 09:20-10:50 | |
location: | IFW-D2E.27 | |
content: | The lecture will address the following apects of molecular nanostructures: - High resolution microscopy (TEM, STM ...) - Chemical bonds in molecular nanostructures - Synthesis and functionalisation of molecular nanostructures - Physical properties and applications of molecular nanostructures - Molecular magnetism - Transport properties of graphene |
Special lecture: Fluctuations and transport in biology
lecturer: | Prof. Stephan Grill (TUD) and Vasily Zaburdaev (MPI-PKS) | |
time: | Wednesdays: 11:10-12:40 | |
location: | MPI-PKS SR03 | |
content: | Topic covered in the lecture will include: transport phenomena (diffusion, convection, ballistic, passive and active), stochastic processes (random walks, Fokker-Planck and master equations), anomalous diffusion (sub- and super- and fractional Brownian motion) and then various applications to biology including motility of cells and bacteria, molecular motors, active nuclear transport and chemotaxis. |
Special lecture: Molecular Aggregates
lecturer: | Dr. Alexander Eisfeld (MPI-PKS) | |
time: | Tuesdays: 14:50-16:20 | |
location: | Seminar building 2 Room 122 | |
content: | Examples of aggregates (photosynthesis, artificial light harvesting units) Electronic excitation transfer Absorption of light Coupling to vibrational degrees of freedom Disorder (Anderson localization) Non-linear optical properties |
Special seminar: Quantum information and open quantum systems
lecturer: | Prof. Walter Strunz (TUD) | |
time: | Wednesdays: 11:10-12:40 | |
location: | BZW A120 Zellescher Weg 17 |
Special lecture: Modern Aspects of Neutron and X-Ray Scattering
lecturer: | Jun. Prof. Dmytro Inosov (TUD) and PD Dr. Oliver Stockert (CPfS) | |
time: | Thursdays: 09:20-10:50 | |
location: | D16 Recknagel-Bau | |
content: | The lectures will cover modern aspects of various x-ray and neutron scattering methods at large-scale facilities (synchrotrons and neutron sources). These will include elastic and inelastic x-ray scattering, resonant x-ray scattering, neutron diffraction, inelastic neutron scattering, polarized neutron scattering, neutron spin-echo spectroscopy.
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