Programme

Programme for the meeting. All talks are 30 min (including questions) unless indicated otherwise in the schedule below.

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Tuesday 18th October 2011
     
16:00 - 18:00  Arrival and registration   
18:00 - 21:00  Welcome reception   
     
Wednesday 19th October 2011    
     
   
Session 1: Introductory overviews 
 
Chair: Hartmut Hotop 
08:45 - 09:00  Opening
 
 
09:00 - 09:40  What does an experimentalist learn from theoreticians?  Michael Allan
(University of Fribourg) 
09:40 - 10:10  Applications of electron scattering  Nigel Mason
(The Open University) 
10:10 - 10:40  R-matrix method I  Jimena Gorfinkiel
(The Open University) 
10:40 - 11:10  Tea/Coffee break   
   
Session 2: Electron-molecule collisions 
 
Chair: Franco Gianturco 
11:10 - 11:40  R-matrix method II  Jonathan Tennyson
(University College London) 
11:40 - 12:10  Nonlocal resonance model as a tool for complete description of inelastic collisions in low-energy electron-molecule and anion-atom collisions  Martin Cizek
(Charles University) 
12:10 - 12:40  Towards the nonlocal nuclear dynamics of electron collisions with polyatomics  Karel Houfek
(Charles University) 
12:40 - 14:00  Lunch   
   
Session 3: Biomolecules and clusters 
 
Chair: Jonathan Tennyson 
14:00 - 14:40  Experimental studies on electron collisions with biomolecules  Stephan Denifl
(University of Innsbruck) 
14:40 - 15:10  A quantum analysis of the response of biological molecules to low-energy-electron impact  Isabella Baccarelli
(CASPUR) 
15:10 - 15:40  Ions in Helium droplets  Andreas Mauracher
(Uppsala University) 
15:40 - 16:10  Ionization mechanism of atoms and molecules embedded in superfluid helium droplets  Lukas An der Lan
(University of Innsbruck) 
16:10 - 18:30  Coffee and posters   
     
     
Thursday 20th October 2011
     
   
Session 4: Dissociative attachment 
 
Chair: Michael Allan 
09:00 - 09:40  Electron attachment to small short lived molecules  Thomas Field
(Queen's University Belfast) 
09:40 - 10:10  Dissociative electron attachment dynamics in small molecules  Juraj Fedor
(Heyrovsky Institute) 
10:10 - 10:40  Application of scattering theory to description of anionic formation in interstellar medium and protoplanetary atmospheres  Fabio Carelli
(University 'Sapienza') 
10:40 - 11:10  Tea/Coffee break   
   
Session 5: Electron tunneling 
 
Chair: Nicolas Lorente 
11:10 - 11:40  The strange excitation of vibration in molecular oxygen with tunnelling electrons  Maite Alducin
(CSIC) 
11:40 - 12:10  Magnetic transitions induced by tunnelling electrons in individual adsorbates  Frederico D.Novaes
(ICMAB Barcelona) 
12:10 - 12:40  Assignment of vibrations in alkane chains using simulations of inelastic electron tunneling.  Magnus Paulsson
(Linnaeus University) 
12:40 - 14:00  Lunch   
   
Session 6: Radiation Damage 
 
Chair: Jimena Gorfinkiel 
14:00 - 14:40  Molecular level assessment of biodamage: multiscale approach  Andrey Solovyov
(Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies) 
14:40 - 15:10  Role of secondary electrons in radiation damage by ion beams  Emanuele Scifoni
(GSI) 
15:10 - 15:40  Electron relaxation-induced thermo-mechanical effects in biodamage: molecular dynamics simulations  Alexander Yakubovich
(Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies) 
15:40 - 16:00  Coffee   
   
Session 7: Electron Dynamics 
 
Chair:Petr Carsky 
16:00 - 16:30  Fano-ADC approach to the calculation of non-radiative decay rates.  Premysl Kolorenc
(Charles University) 
16:30 - 17:00  Interatomic Coulombic electron capture  Kirill Gokhberg
(University of Heidelberg) 
17:00 - 18:30  Discussion session: Future developments
 
 
19:00  Conference Dinner
 
 
     
Friday 21st October 2011
     
   
Session 8: STM 
 
Chair: Nigel Mason 
09:00 - 09:40  The STM as a vibrational and magnetic spectroscopy on the single molecule level  Nicolas Lorente
(CIN2 Barcelona) 
09:40 - 10:10  Revealing molecular dynamics through scanning noise microscopy and spectroscopy  Johannes Schaffert
(University of Duisburg-Essen) 
10:10 - 10:40  Atomic-scale engineering of electrodes for single molecule contacts  Thomas Frederiksen
(DIPC) 
10:40 - 11:10  Tea/Coffee break   
   
Session 9: Electron dynamics 
 
Chair: Jiri Horacek 
11:10 - 11:40  Electron correlation in adsorbed molecules: the Kondo effect in phthalocyanines on noble metal surfaces  Richard Korytar
(CIN2 Barcelona) 
11:40 - 12:10  Ultrafast electron dynamics following ionization of molecular systems  Alexander Kuleff
(University of Heidelberg) 
12:10 - 12:40  Dissociative recombination of LiHe ions.  Roman Curik
(Heyrovsky Institute) 
12:40 - 13:00  Close of meeting   
13:00   Scientific Programme Ends  

 


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