AMP Weekly Seminars

Atomic and Molecular Physics Division

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

from September, 1993 to present

2003

2004

  • Lifshitz theory of the van der Waals and Casimir forces and thermodynamics, G.L. Klimchitskaya and V.M. Mostepanenko, , Universidade Federal da Paraiba-UFPB, Brazil, Monday, April 26, 2004
  • Casimir-Polder interaction between an atom and a cavity wall under the influence of real conditions, J.F.Babb, G.L.Klimchitskaya, and V.M. Mostepanenko, , , Friday, May 21, 2004
  • Relaxation rates for vibrationally excited molecular hydrogen, 50-2000 K, Ronald J. Bieniek, Physics Department and LEAD Program, University of Missouri - Rolla, Monday, June 21, 2004
  • Absolute Cross Section for Electron Impact Excitation of the C III 117.6 nm Multiplet, Adrian Daw, , CfA, Appalachian State University, Wednesday, July 7, 2004
  • The variable phase method used to calculate and correct scattering lengths, Michael J Jamieson, Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Wednesday, August 4, 2004
  • Semiclassical atomic spectra in a mixed phase space, Thomas Bartsch, Department of Physics, Georgia Tech, Tuesday, 21 September 2004
  • Astrophysical spectra in the R-matrix method and calculations, Guo-Xin Chen, ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Friday, 1 October 2004
  • Atoms and Clusters in Intense VUV Laser Fields, Robin Santra, ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Friday, 8 October 2004
  • Gas - surface interactions in star-forming regions, David Williams, , University College London, Friday, 15 October 2004
  • Collision-induced non-adiabatic transitions in the ion-pair states of iodine molecule, Alexei A. Buchachenko, Laboratory of Quantum Mechanics and Molecular Structure, Moscow State University, Friday, 29 October 2004
  • Polyatomic Resonant and Bound States Treatment beyond the Born-Oppenheimer Approach: Generalized Diatomics-In-Molecule Method, Andrey K. Belyaev, Department of Physics, A.I. Herzen University, St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, 19 November 2004
  • Electronic Decay of Valence Holes in Clusters, Robin Santra, ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Thursday, 9 December 2004
  • Cassini-Huygens Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer: Early Saturn and Titan Results, Professor Thomas E. Cravens and the Cassini INMS team
  • 2005

  • Scalable quantum computing with magnetically interacting atoms, Andrei Derevianko, Physics Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Friday, 14 January 2005
  • Space-time variation of the fine-structure constant and evolution of isotope abundances, Mikhail Kozlov, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russia, Tuesday, 25 January 2005
  • Stability of Small Neutral and Charged Strontium Clusters, Andrey Solov'yov, Frankfurt Institut for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Wednesday, 23 February 2005
  • High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Molecules with 1, 2, or 3 Methyl Tops, Jon T. Hougen , Optical Technology Division - NIST, Wedneday, 13 April 2005
  • New Approach for the Electronic Energies of the Hydrogen Molecular Ion Tony Scott , Institut fuer Physikalishe Chemie, Germany, Monday, 18 April 2005
  • Interferometry in dense nonlinear media and interaction-induced loss of contrast in microfabricated atom interferometers, Maxim Olshanii, Physics Department, USC, Los Angeles, Tuesday, 28 June 2005
  • QUANTUM REFLECTION OF ANTIHYDROGEN FROM THE SOLID SURFACE Piotr Froelich Department of Quantum Chemistry Uppsala University, Sweden 10:00 AM Thurday, August 11, 2005
  • EXACT SOLUTIONS FOR CONFINED HYDROGEN Brian Burrows Mathematics Stafford University 11:00 AM Thursday, August 18, 2005
  • Raman Association of H2 Mark van der Loo Institute of Theoretical Chemistry University of Nijmegen 11:00 AM Tuesday, September 6, 2005
  • Quantum limited feedback cooling of a single trapped ion Peter Rabl Institute for Theoretical Physics University of Innsbruck, Austria 11:00 AM Monday, September 19, 2005
  • Structural evolution of nano-clusters and their interactions with hydrogen Hansong Cheng Computational modeling center AirProducts and Chemicals, Inc 10:00 AM Thursday, September 22, 2005
  • Calculation of ionization and excitation processes using the convergent close-coupling method Dmitry Fursa Murdoch University, Australia 1:30 PM Monday, October 3, 2005
  • Domain structure of bosonic gases in the strongly correlated regime Ana Rey ITAMP Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 11:00 AM Monday, October 17, 2005
  • Dynamics in a quantum computer with imperfections Simone Montangero Physics Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy 11:00 AM Monday, October 24, 2005
  • Quantum measurement back-action and cooling in Nanoelectromechanical systems Miles Blencowe Physics Dartmouth College 11:00 AM Monday, October 31, 2005
  • Dipolar switching for robust quantum computation with single and Susanne Yeliin Department of Physics University of Connecticut 11:00 AM Monday, November 14, 2005
  • Scalable quantum computing with quantum optical systems Tommaso Calarco Department of Physics University of Torento and ITAMP 11:00 AM Monday, November 21, 2005
  • Study of few-body atomic and molecular systems using Hylleraas coordinates Zong-Chao Yan Department of Physics University of New Brunswick, Canada 12:00 noon Monday, November 28, 2005
  • Seof-excited collective dynamics in large laser-cooled atomic ensembles Thomas Pohl ITAMP Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 12 noon Monday, December 5, 2005

    2006

  • Electron-driven processes in molecules: dissociative and shape resonances in RNA and DNA Stefano Tonzani JILA 12:00 PM Tuesday, February 21, 2006
  • Photon entanglement and collective atomic excitations Stewart Jenkins Physics department Georgia Tech 12:00 PM Thursday, February 23, 2006
  • Control of Spontaneous Emission in the Presence of Collisions Einat Frishman Department of Chemical Physics Weizmann Institute of Science 12:00 PM Monday, February 27, 2006
  • The fundamental formation processes and infrared emission spectra of interstellar H_2 Junko Takahashi Faculty of Law Meiji Gakuin University 12:00 PM Monday, March 20, 2006
  • Inelastic electron scattering from excited barium atoms Dr. Rajesh Srivastava Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Tuesday, June 13, 2006
  • Coherent control of CARS for imaging biological structure and dynamics Svetlana Malinovskaia Department of Physics University of Michigan 12 Noon Monday, June 26, 2006
  • Errors in the semi-classical formula for the scattering length Michael Jamieson Department of Computing Science University of Glasgow 11:30 AM Thurday, July 13, 2006
  • CP-violating magnetic moments of atoms and molecules Andrei Derevianko University of Nevada, Reno 10:30 AM Friday, August 18, 2006
  • Coherent generation of EPR-entangled light mediated by a single trapped atom Giovanna Morigi Department of Physics Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain 10:30 AM Thursday, August 24, 2006
  • Chaos and Entanglement in smooth Hamiltonian systems Vijay B. Sheorey Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura 10:30 Wednesday, August 30, 2006
  • Observable entanglement measures Florian Mintert Physics Department Harvard University 10:30 AM Friday, September 8, 2006
  • Cometary X-rays: Solar wind charge exchange in cometary atmospheres Dennis Bodewits KVI Atomic Physics Groningen, The Netherlands 2:30 PM Thursday, October 5, 2006

    2007

  • Charge-Exchange Induced EUV/Soft X-ray emissions from the Heliosphere and Mars Dimitra Koutroumpa Service d'Aeronomie du CNRS, France 10:00 Tuesday, January 16, 2007
  • The Electric Dipole Moment of an Atom Due to Parity and Time-Reversal Violations: Contribution from the Electric Dipole Moment of the Electron Bhanu Das Indian Institute of Astrophysics 11:00 AM Monday, May 7, 2007
  • Theory and Practice of a Maxwell's Demon Prof. Farhad Faisal Physics Univ. of Bielefeld 11:00 AM Friday, June 22, 2007
  • Principles and Applications of Quantum Control Prof. Lorenza Viola Physics and Astronomy Dartmouth College 11:00 AM Monday, June 25, 2007
  • A quantum dot implementation of the quantum NAND algorithm Jake Taylor Dept. of Physics Pappalardo Fellow, MIT 1:30 PM Monday, July 16, 2007
  • Developing Atomtronic Systems and Devices Ronald A Pepino Physics University of Boulder Colorado 11:00 AM Wednesday, August 15, 2007
  • Shell confined Hydorgen-like atoms Prof. Brian L. Burrows Mathemathics Staffordshire University 10:30 AM Friday, August 17, 2007
  • The Rapid Development of Parallel Codes using Python Dr. Brian Granger Tech-X Corporation Boulder,CO 11:00 AM Friday, September 21, 2007
  • Heteronuclear Dimers in StronElectric Fields Rosario Gonzalez Ferez Physics Universidad de Granada 10:00 AM Monday, October 5, 2007
  • Limitations of achieving deep fermi degenracy in ultracold atoms and possible solutions Prof. Roberto Onofrio Dept. Physics Dartmouth Colleg Hanover, NH 10:00 AM Monday, November 19, 2007 \n
  • High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Small Metal-Containing Molecules and Spectroscopy of Major Atmospheric Absorbers \n Dr. Iouli Gordon \n Atomic and Molecular Physics Division \n Harvard-Smithsonian Center fot Astrophysics \n 13:30 Friday, December 7, 2007 \n \n
  • Polyelectronic theory and computation of time resolved electron rearrangements upon excitation by electromagnetic pulses of short duration \n Prof. Cleanthes Nicolaides \n Physics Dept. \n National Technical University,Athens \n 11:00 AM Monday, December 10, 2007 \n

    2008

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  • Statistics and dynamics of interacting Bose gases: Multi-orbital mean-field and beyond \n Prof. Ofir Alon \n Dept. of Physics \n University of Heildelberg \n 2:00 PM Tuesday, January 15, 2008 \n
  • Macrospic quantum superpositions in Bose Einstein Condensates David Hallwood Physics Dept. Oxford University 2:00 pm Monday, January 11, 2007 \n
  • Quantum treatment of large amplitude motion in the formic acid dimer \n Ivana Matanovic \n Department of Physical Chemestry \n R. Boskovic Institute, Croatia \n 2:00 pm Monday, February 25, 2007 \n