ITAMPDalgarno Celebratory Symposium Schedule

September 10 - September 12, 2008
Cambridge, Ma 02138

Pictures from the event can be viewed here: http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/itamp/ad80.html
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - Scientific Session in the Radcliffe Gym

     
8:30
Registration and Event information Morning Coffee and Pastry
 
Symposium Welcome: Kate Kirby
Session I:
 Astrochemistry
9:00-9:15
 Chair: Bill Klemperer, Harvard University View TALK
9:15-10:00
 Overview Talk:

Ewine van Dishoeck, Leiden Observatory
Astrochemistry: Building on Dalgarno’s Legacy

View TALK
10:00-10:30
   Steve Lepp, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Atomic and Molecular Probes of Astronomical Environments 		View TALK
10:30-11:00
 Break
11:00-11:30
   Phillip Stancil, University of Georgia
The Formation and Destruction of H− 		View TALK
11:30-12:00
   John Black, Chalmers University of Technology
Astrochemistry: The Unfinished Symphony 		View TALK
12:00-2:00
 Lunch
     
Session II:
Atomic and Molecular Processes in the Solar System and Planetary Atmospheres
2:00-2:15
 Chair: Jane Fox, Wright State University
Oxygen Escape from Mars: A Comparison of the Exobase Approximation to A Monte Carlo Method		 View TALK
2:15-3:00
 Overview Talk: Tom Cravens, The University of Kansas
Atomic and Molecular Processes in the Solar System and Planetary Atmospheres: An Overview 		View TALK
3:00-3:30
   Michael Oppenheimer, Princeton University
Earth’s Ice Sheets and Sea Level Rise: Insufficient Data, Inadequate Models, an Urgent Need to Know		 View TALK
3:30-4:00
  
Break
4:00-4:30
   Peng Zhang, Center for Astrophysics
Approach to Thermal Equilibrium in Atomic Collisions		 View TALK
4:30-5:00
   Vasili Kharchenko, ITAMP
X-rays Induced by Charge-Exchange Collisions in Heliosphere 		View TALK
   
5:15-7:30
Poster Session and Reception at CfA, 60 Garden Street in the Perkin Lobby
   
 

Thursday, September 11, 2008 - in the Radcliffe Gym
     
8:30
Morning Coffee and Pastry
Session III:
 Calculations of Atomic and Molecular Properties
9:00-9:15 Chair: Ray Flannery, Georgia Tech
Calculations of Atomic and Molecular Properties 		View TALK
9:15-10:00
 Overview Talk: Gordon Drake, University of Windsor
Calculations of Atomic and Molecular Properties 		View TALK
10:00-10:30
   Bernard Zygelman, University of Nevada
 Calculation of rotational coupling effects in atomic collisions 		View TALK
10:30-11:00
 Break
11:00-11:30
   Michael Jamieson, University of Glasgow
Matrix Element Sums Evaluated via Differential Equations in Calculations of Atomic and Molecular Properties		 View TALK
11:30-12:00
   Xi Chu, University of Montana
TDDFT for Dispersion Interactions, Spectroscopy, and Strong Field Processes 		View TALK
12:00-2:00
 Lunch  
     
Session IVa:
 Undergraduate Collaborations
2:00-2:15
 Chair: Jim Babb, ITAMP
The hyperfine structure of the hydrogen molecular ion 		View TALK
2:15-2:40
 Overview Talk: Jean Turner, University of California, Los Angeles
Molecular Clouds and Chemistry Beyond the Milky Way 		View TALK
2:40-3:05
   Ron Pepino, JILA
Atom-Optical Analogs of Electronic Components and Devices		 View TALK
3:05-3:30
   Jake Taylor, MIT
Metrology, Communication, and Simulation with Quantum Systems		 View TALK
3:30-3:45
 Break
     
Session IVb:
 ITAMP History and Highlights
3:45-4:00
 Chair: Hossein Sadeghpour, ITAMP View TALK
4:00-4:15
 Overview Talk: Richard Pratt, University of Pittsburgh View TALK
4:15-4:30   Kate Kirby, ITAMP View TALK
4:30-4:45   Barry Schneider, The National Science Foundation View TALK
4:45-5:00   Eric Heller, Harvard University View TALK
    Mikhail Lukin, Harvard University, ITAMP View TALK
    Alex Dalgarno, Harvard University, ITAMP View TALK
     
7:00
 Symposium Dinner at the Harvard Faculty Club
  Banquet Speaker: Neal Lane, Rice University
     
 

Friday, September 12, 2008 - in the Radcliffe Gym
   
8:30
Morning Coffee and Pastry
Session V:
 Ultra-cold Collisions/Long-range Interactions
9:00-9:15
 Chair: Francoise Masnou, Laboratoire Aimé Cotton View TALK
9:15-10:00
 Overview Talk: Randy Hulet, Rice University
Photoassociation of Ultracold Atoms 		View TALK
10:00-10:30
   Robin Cote, University of Connecticut
Forming Ultracold Molecules		 View TALK
10:30-11:00
 Break
11:00-11:30
   Roman Krems, University of British Columbia
On the Fully Uncoupled Space-fixed Coordinate Basis Representation for Molecular Collisions in the Presence of External Fields and the Spherical Tensor Formalism for Atomic and Molecular Interactions		 View TALK
11:30-12:00
   N. Balakrishnan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Collisions and Reactions in Ultracold Gases		 View TALK
12:00-2:00
 Lunch  
     
Session VI:
Interstellar Medium and Molecular Astrophysics
2:00-2:15
 Chair: Pat Thaddeus, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA View TALK
2:15-3:00
 Overview Talk: Tom Hartquist, University of Leeds
How Interstellar Chemistry (and Astrochemistry More Generally) Became Useful 		View TALK
3:00-3:30
   Amiel Sternberg, Tel Aviv University
Molecules and Radiation: From Star Forming Regions to Quasars		 View TALK
3:30-4:00
 Break  
4:00-4:30
   David Neufeld, John Hopkins University
Molecular Astrophysics with the Spitzer Space Telescope		 View TALK
     
5:30-7:00
Concert Reception: Wine, Hors d'oeuvres