Summer Semester 2019
The 2019 summer lecture courses run from April 1st - June 7th 2019 and from June 17th - July 13th 2019. The following lectures are offered:
General lecture: Solid State Theory
| lecturer: | Hong-Hao Tu | |
| time: | Tuesdays 11:10-12:40 and Thursdays 09:20-10:50 | |
| location: | BZW/A120 | |
| content: | 1. Structure and symmetry of crystalline solids 2. Lattice vibrations and phonons 3. Non-interacting electrons in solids 4. Theory of electron transport 5. Electrons in magnetic fields 6. Interacting electrons and collective excitations | |
| format: | Every 4th lecture is a tutorial |
General lecture: Theoretical Biophysics
| lecturer: | Prof. F. Jülicher and Prof. S. Grill | |
| time: | Lecture: Tuesdays 11:10-12:40; Tutorial: Thursdays 14:50-16:20 | |
| location: | MPI PKS Seminar Room 3 | |
| content: | Statistical Physics of polymers and biological membranes, active processes, stochastic motion in potential energy landscapes, dynamics of biological molecules |
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: Willers Bau B321; 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: - scaling laws, mesoscopic systems, quantum effects | |
| format: | Lectures on Tuesdays. Exercise class on Wednesdays. |
General lecture: Methods of Computer Simulation in Chemistry
| lecturer: | Prof. T. Heine and Dr. J. Kunstmann | |
| time: | Lecture: Wednesdays 16:40-18:10 and Fridays 09:20-10:50 | |
| location: | Wednesdays : HSZ/105 and Fridays: HSZ/101 | |
| content: | This lecture covers the basics of molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo for the simulation of states and processes in molecular and condensed matter systems. |
Special lecture: Quantum Many-body Dynamics: Correlations and Entanglement
| lecturer: | Markus Heyl and David Luitz | |
| time: | Wednesdays 13:00-14:30. | |
| location: | Seminar Room 3 MPI PKS | |
| content: | Non-equilibrium dynamics in closed quantum systems; dynamics in integrable and ergodic systems; Lieb-Robinson bounds; correlation spreading and light cones; non-equilibrium transport; entanglement dynamics; operator spreading and entanglement; out-of-time-ordered correlators; many-body localization; measuring entanglement |
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: Stochastic thermodynamics
| lecturer: | Holger Kantz | |
| time: | Mondays 11:10-12:40 | |
| location: | MPI PKS SR3 | |
| content: | 1. Continuous Markov processes 2. Discontinuous Markov processes 3. Equilibrium thermodynamics 4. Violation of the second law of thermodynamics 5. Thermodynamic laws for stochastic processes 6. Nonequilibrium thermodynamics |
Special lecture: Theory of simple liquids
| lecturer: | Prof. Abhinav Sharma | |
| time: | Thursdays 13:00-14:30 | |
| location: | Recknagel Bau D16 | |
| content: | One way to define a liquid is a collection of particles interacting with each other with no long range order. The interaction is much stronger than in the gas phase making liquids generally incompressible. Yet the thermal fluctuations do not allow a liquid to have any long range structural order making the liquid phase distinct from the solid phase. So what structure does a liquid have? How does one calculate the pressure in liquids? What is ionic liquid ? What is osmotic pressure and how to calculate it? In this course, we will take equilibrium statistical mechanical approach to address these questions and understand physical properties of liquids. |
Special lecture: Plasma Physics
| lecturer: | Dr. Katherina Falk | |
| time: | Wednesdays 16:40-18:10 | |
| location: | Seminar building SE2/201 | |
| content: | This course will provide the detailed description of the basic principles in Plasma Physics including the charge shielding, propagation of electromagnetic radiation on plasmas, waves in plasma, thermodynamic and electromagnetic properties, an introduction to kinetic theory and basic magneto-hydrodynamics. It will also provide an overview of applications of Plasma Physics such as fusion energy, astrophysical plasmas and laboratory astrophysics, plasma x-ray spectroscopy, plasma accelerators. |