The time window for the winter term 2011/2012 is
Oct 10 - Dec 21, 2011 and Jan 4 - Feb 4, 2012.
The following lectures are offered:
General lecture Chaos and Quantum Chaos
| lecturer: | | Prof. R Ketzmerick (Computational Physics, TUD) |
| time: | | Mondays 11.10 - 12.40; Tuesdays 7.30 - 9.00 |
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| location: | | BZW A120 (Zellescher Weg 17) |
| content: | | Hamiltonian chaos: dynamical systems, KAM-theorem |
| | origin of chaotic dynamics, transport in phase space |
| | quantum signatures of chaos: spectra, eigenstates, |
| | semiclassics, Gutzwiller trace formula, |
| | random matrix theory, experimental systems. |
| | Computer simulations will be used for visualization. |
General lecture Concepts of molecular modeling
| lecturer: | | Prof. G Cuniberti (Materials Science and Nanotechnology, TUD) |
| time: | | Lecture: on Tuesdays 9.20 - 10.50 |
| | Exercise: on Wednesdays 13.00 - 14.30 |
| | Lab course: on Wednesdays 14.50 - 16.20 |
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| location: | | room 115, Hallwachsstraße 3 |
| content: | | general features of molecular mechanics force fields |
| | energy minimization and general methods for energy surfaces |
| | statistical and thermodynamic physical properties: |
| | Monte Carlo sampling and molecular dynamics simulations |
| | Computational quantum mechanics |
| | one-electron atoms; molecular orbitals |
| | Hückel theory, Hartree-Fock equations, DFT |
| | Elements of structure prediction, Car-Parinello-like simulations |
General lecture Non-Equilibrium Physics: Classical and Quantum
| lecturer: | | Prof. M Vojta (Solid State Theory, TUD) |
| time: | | Mondays 13.00 - 14.30; Thursdays 11.10 - 12.40 |
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| location: | | Mondays: BZW A120 (Zellescher Weg 17) |
| | Thursdays: SE2 102 (Zellescher Weg 20) |
| content: | | Langevin dynamics |
| | Boltzmann equation |
| | Stochastic processes |
| | Non-equilibrium phase transitions |
| | Non-equilibrium field theory |
| | Keldysh formalism |
General lecture Computational Dynamics
| lecturer: | | Prof. K Padberg-Gehle (Institute for Scientific Computing, TUD) |
| time: | | Lecture: on Tuesdays 11.10 - 12.40 |
| | Exercise: on Mondays 11.10 - 12.40 |
| location: | | Lecture: Willersbau, WIL C133 |
| | Exercise: Willersbau, WIL A221 |
| content: | | numerical tools for analysis of long-time behaviour of dynamical systems |
| | fixed points and bifurcations |
| | periodic solutions |
| | homo-/heteroclinic orbits |
| | invariant manifolds |
Special lecture Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices
| lecturer: | | Dr. A Eckardt (MPI-PKS) |
| time: | | Thursdays 9.20 - 10.50 |
| location: | | BZW A120 (Zellescher Weg 17) |
| content: | | Ultracold atoms in optical lattices are artificially created quantum systems. |
| | introduction to theoretical description of these novel systems |
| | realizing optical lattice potentials for neutral atoms |
| | description in terms of Hubbard-type models |
| | dimensionally reduced systems, superfluid to mott-insulator transition |
| | measuring correlation functions: |
| | absorption imaging, self-averaging and noise correlation spectroscopy |
| | self-trapping, tunnel control by lattice shaking |
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Seminar Current Topics in Materials Science
Presenting, publishing and funding: Talks, Theses, Papers, Patents and Proposals
| lecturer: | | Prof. G Cuniberti (Materials Science and Nanotechnology, TUD) |
| time: | | Fridays 11.10 - 12.40 |
| location: | | room 115, Hallwachsstraße 3 |
| content: | | In overview talks guided by experienced tutors,
the participants will introduce each other to the basics of scientific presenting, publishing and funding schemes. |