Full Workshop Programme:

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

(R) - Review Talk; (I) - Invited Talk; (C) - Contributed Talk

Sunday, August 16th, 2009


18:00-21:00 Registration (Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre Foyer)

19:00-21:00 Drinks (Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre Foyer)

Monday, 17th August

08:30 Registration (Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre Foyer)

09:00-09:15 Welcome and Opening

Session I: Nuclear and High Energy Physics (A)

09:15-10:05 Gordon Baym
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(R) Connections between quark-gluon plasmas and cold atom physics

10:05-10:40 Kimmo Kainulainen
University of Jyväskylä
(I) Extended Quasiparticle Approximation and nonlocal coherence

10:40-11:00 Break

Session II: Quantum Transport (A)

11:00-11:50 Gerry Mahan
Pennsylvania State University
(R) Energy Bands and Electron transport in Periodic Arrays of Quantum Dots

11:50-12:25 Bedrich Velicky, A. Kalvova and V. Spicka
Charles University of Prague
(I) Fast transients in mesoscopic systems

12:25-14:15 Lunch and Ad Hoc Sessions

Poster Session

14:15-17:45 5 minute preview from all contributors

 

Andreas Alvermann1, David M. Edwards2 and Holger Fehske1
1 Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität, 2 Imperial College
Calculation of Drude weight for a correlated quantum transport process

Sebastian Bauch, Karsten Balzer and Michael Bonitz
Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel
Quantum Breathing Mode for Fermions and Bosons at Arbitrary Coupling

C.A. Paz de Araujo, K. Xue, J. Zelinska and C. McWilliams,
University of Colorado
Quantum Transport in Nanoscale Fine Tuned Transition Metal Oxide Random Access Memories

V.S. Filinov1, M. Bonitz2, Y.B. Ivanov, V.V. Skokov, P.R. Levashov1 and V.E. Fortov1
1 Russian Academy of Sciences, 2 Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, 3 Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, 4 Russian Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, 5 Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna,
Equation of state of strongly coupled quark–gluon plasma –Path integral Monte Carlo results

A.V. Glushkov, S.V. Malinovskaya, A.A. Svinarenko and N.V.Mudraya,
Odessa University and Russian Academy of Sciences
Optimized Quasiparticle Dirac-Kohn-Sham DFT Theory and its Application to Autoionization and Electron-β-Nuclear Processes

A.V. Glushkov, S.V. Malinovskaya and G.P. Prepelitsa
Odessa University and Russian Academy of Sciences
Energy approach to photon-plasmon transitions in positronium and diagnostics of the astrophysical plasma

M. Heimsoth, D. Hochstuhl and M. Bonitz
Kiel University
Time-dependent unrestricted Hartree-Fock approximation for strongly correlated mesoscopic Bose systems

O. Yu. Khetselius
Odessa University
QED Many Body Perturbation Theory: Atomic Parity Non-Conservation in Heavy atoms

O. Yu. Khetselius, A.V. Glushkova , T.A. Florkoa and I.N. Sergaa
Odessa University
Green’s Function of the Dirac Equation with Complex Energy ad Central Non-Singular Fermi-Model Potential

T. Koch1, J. Loos2, A. Alvermann1 and H. Fehske1,
1 Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität, Greifswald, 2 Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
Transport through a vibrating quantum dot: Polaronic effects

Petri Myohanen1, Anna-Maija Uimonen1, Gianluca Stefanucci2 and Robert van Leeuwen1
1 University of Jyväskylä, 2 University of Rome
Time-dependent quantum transport with the Kadanoff-Baym equations

Marat Myrzakhmet and Bagdat Shagirbaev
Eurasian National University
Green function study of electronic excitations migration in crystals

Arnau Rios
University of Surrey
Self-Consistent Green’s Functions in equilibrium: the ladder approximation and nuclear matter

Sebastian Schmitt
Technische Universität Dortmund
Single impurity Anderson model out of equilibrium – a comparitive study

Zhandos Seksembayev and Marat Myrzakhmet
Eurasian National University
Correlation of electrons in electron beam in a path trajectory of free-electron laser

D. Semkat, F. Richter, D. Kremp, G. Manzke, W.-D. Kraeft and K. Henneberger
Universität Rostock,
Ionization equilibrium in electron–hole plasmas: Mott effect vs. Bose–Einstein condensation

S. A. Smolyansky1, A. V. Tarakanov1 and M. Bonitz2
1 Saratov State University, 2 Universität Kiel
Vacuum Particle Creation: Analogy with the Interband Transitions in Solid State Physics

Claudio Verdozzi
Lund University
TDDFT and the Hubbard model

Tuesday 18th August, 2009

09:00-09:15 Announcements

Session III: Plasmas

09:15-09:40 Wolf Dietrich Kraeft
University of Rostock
(C) Thermodynamics of Strongly Coupled Plasmas

09:40-10:15 Dirk Gericke, K. Wünsch and J. Vorberger
University of Warwick
(I) Structural Properties of Warm Dense Matter

10:15-10:40 J. Vorberger1, D.O. Gericke1, Th. Bornath2, M. Schlanges3
1 University of Warwick, 2 Universität Rostock, 3 E. M. Arndt Universität Greifswald
(C) Energy Transfer Rates & Relaxation in Dense Two-Temperature Plasmas

10:40-11:00 Break

Session IV: Excitonic Systems and Collective Effects

11:00-11:35 Dietrich Kremp, D. Semkat, and K.Henneberger
Universität Rostock
(I) BEC-BCS transition in excitonic systems

11:35-12:10 C. Gies, S. Ritter, P. Gartner, and F. Jahnke
University of Bremen
(I) Photon statistics of semiconductor microcavity lasers and its connection to carrier correlations

12:10-12:35 Felix Richter, D. Semkat, and K. Henneberger
University of Rostock
(C) The photon Green's function for bounded media: Splitting property and nonequilibrium radiation laws

12:35-14:00 Lunch and Ad Hoc Sessions.

Session V: Quantum Transport (B)

14:15-14:50 Antti-Pekka Jauho
Technical University of Denmark, and Helsinki University of Technology
(I) Ab initio calculations of phonons and vibrations in nonequilibrium nanowire

14:50-15:15 Tomi Ruokola1, Teemu Ojanen2, and Antti-Pekka Jauho1,3
1 Helsinki University of Technology, 2 Freie Universität Berlin, 3 Technical University of Denmark
(C) Radiative heat transport in quantum circuits

15:15-15:40 Peter Kleinert
Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik
(C) Unified theory of double-time quantum transport and quantum diffusion

15:40-16:00 Break

Session VI: Quantum Transport (C)

16:00-16:35 Stefano Sanvito
Trinity College, Dublin
(I) Ab initio electronic transport in macro-molecules from first principles

16:35-17:10 Petri Myöhänen1 Adrian Stan1, Gianluca Stefanucci2,3 and Robert van Leeuwen1,3
1 University of Jyväskylä, 2 Università di Roma, 3 European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF)
(I) Kadanoff-Baym approach to quantum transport through interacting nanoscale systems: From the transient to the steady-state regime

17:10-17:35 Gianluca Stefanucci
University of Rome
(C) Time-dependent quantum transport in nanoscopic Josephson junctions: A NEGF approach

Wednesday 19th August, 2009

09:00-09:15 Announcements

Session VII: Graphene and Correlated Systems (A)

09:15-10:05 David. K. Ferry1, Liang Huang1, R. Akis1, Y.-C. Lai1, J. P. Bird2, N. Aoki3, Y. Ujie3, S. Motooka3, T. Morimoto3, Y. Ochiai3, R. Brunner4, R. Meisels4, and F. Kuchar4
1 Arizona State University, 2 University at Buffalo, 3 Chiba University, 4 Montanuniversität Leoben
(R) Open Quantum Dots in Bilayer Graphene: Study of Conductance Fluctuations with Recursive Green’s Functions

10:05-10:40 Peter Schmitteckert
Universität Karlsruhe
(I) Non-equilibrium transport calculations within DMRG

10:40-11:00 Break

Session VIII: Graphene and Correlated Systems (B)

11:00-11:35 Matthew Gilbert
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(I) Probing the existence and the stability of the Superfluid Phase of Bilayer Graphene

11:35-12:10 Barry Dunietz
University of Michigan
(I) A spectroscopic analysis of electron transport dynamics through molecular junctions

12:10-12:45 John McGrady and Vihar Georgiev,
University of Glasgow
(I) NEGF for molecular chemistry: a users perspective

12:45-14:00 Lunch and Ad Hoc Sessions

14:00 Excursion(s)

Thursday 20th August, 2009

09:00-09:15 Announcements

Session IX: Numerical Methods for NEGF

09:15-09:50 Karsten Balzer, D. Hochstuhl, S. Bauch, and M. Bonitz
Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel
(I) Efficient grid-based method in non-equilibrium Green's function calculations for inhomogeneous systems

09:50-10:15 Anna-Maija Uimonen, P. Myohanen, A. Stan and R. van Leeuwen
University of Jyväskylä
(C) Kadanoff-Baym approach to density and current bistability in quantum transport

10:15-10:40 Peter Schmitteckert
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
(C) Calculating Green’s function from finite systems

10:40-11:00 Break

Session X: Nuclear and High Energy Physics (B)

11:00-11:35 Pawel Danielewicz1 and Arnau Rios2
1 Michigan State University, 2 University of Surrey
(I) Towards Application of Green's Functions to Nonequilibrium Processes in Nuclear Systems

11:35-12:00 Arnau Rios1, Pawel Danielewicz2 and Brent Barker2
1 University of Surrey, 2 Michigan State University
(C) Time-dependent Green’s Functions Approach to Nuclear Reactions

12:00-14:00 Lunch and Ad Hoc Sessions

Session XI: Alternative Computational Methods

14:15-14:50 Kris van Houcke and Nikolay Prokofev,
Universiteit Gent
(I) Diagrammatic Monte Carlo: what happens to the sign-problem?

14:50-15:25 Frithjof Anders
University of Dortmund
(I) Quantum transport through nano-devices: A scattering-states numerical renormalization group approach to open quantum systems

15:25-15:50 David Hochstuhl, S. Bauch, K. Balzer and M. Bonitz
Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel
(C) Non-equilibrium Green function approach to photoionization processes in atoms and molecules

15:50-16:15 Break

Session XII: Quantum Transport (D)

16:15-16:50 Marc Puig von Friesen, Claudio Verdozzi, and Carl-Olof Almbladh
Lund University
(I) Off-equilibrium dynamics of Hubbard Clusters

16:50-17:25 Antonio Martinez, Natalia Seoane, Andrew Brown, John Barker and Asen Asenov
University of Glasgow
(I) Dopants and Roughness induced Resonances in thin Si Nanowire transistors: A self-consistent NEGF-Poisson study

17:25-17:50 Christian Brouder
Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condensés, Paris
(C) Nonequilibrium Green’s functions for degenerate systems

19:00 Banquet
Melville Room, University Main Building

Friday 21st August, 2009

09:00 Announcements

Session XIII: Laser/Matter Interaction, Transport

09:15-09:40 Sebastian Bauch, D. Hochstuhl, K. Balzer, and M. Bonitz
Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel
(C) Quantum kinetic approach to time-resolved photoionization of multi-electron atoms

09:40-10:05 Alexander Glushkov
Odessa University
(C) Energy Approach and QED Lines Moments Technique for Atoms and Nuclei in a Strong Laser Field

10:05-10:40 John Barker
University of Glasgow
(I) NEGF quantum transport phase space formalism with compact support

10:40 Closing Remarks