This course will meet Tues/Thurs 11:30-12:50 in room B-131 Physics. It is an experiment, but there is enough enthusiasm to suggest that it could become a regular offering, continuing yearly, and evolving as the science evolves. The course is built on guest lectures. The degree of coordination of the lectures will vary. Marivi Fernandez-Serra and Phil Allen expect to attend the whole course and provide advice to students, and if desired, also to speakers. Guest lecturers will be invited to stay for lunch at the Simons Center Café. Course participants may join the lunch party.
Students will be asked to make presentations about papers in the literature and/or write a term paper. There will be no exams. There may be a small number of homework problems assigned.
Lecturers will be asked to give copies of their slides. If possible, we will post these on a public web site. But a private, password-protected site is also available, and can be time-limited to the semester.
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week |
date |
topic |
speaker |
|
1 |
Jan 29 & 31 |
linear response |
P. B. Allen |
|
2 |
Feb 5 & 7 |
optical spectra |
Chris Homes, BNL |
|
3 |
Feb 12 & 15 |
DFT – 1 |
Yan Li, BNL |
|
4 |
Feb 19 & 21 |
DFT – 2 |
Deyu Lu, BNL |
|
5 |
Feb 26 & 28 |
DFT – algorithms |
M.-V. Fernandez-Serra |
|
6 |
Mar 5 & 7 |
Structure prediction |
A. Oganov |
|
7 |
Mar 12 & 14 |
Alloys; amorphous; Forces |
P. B. Allen |
|
|
|
spring recess (&
March mtg) |
|
|
8 |
Mar 26 & 28 |
ferroelectrics |
M. Dawber |
|
9 |
Apr 2 & 4 |
excitations: inelastic x-rays |
J. Hill, BNL |
|
10 |
Apr 9 & 11 |
excitations: photo-emission |
P. Johnson, BNL |
|
11 |
Apr 16 & 18 |
GW theory I |
M. Hybertsen, BNL |
|
12 |
Apr 23 & 25 |
GW theory II |
M. Hybertsen, BNL |
|
13 |
Apr 30 & May 2 |
Magnetism theory |
Wei Ku, BNL |
|
14 |
May 7 & 9 |
Magnetism expt |
M. Aronson & J. Tranquada, BNL |
Other notes. Hybertsen is one of the inspirations for this. Peter Khalifah and Emilio Mendez have agreed to be considered as back-up lecturers in case of inevitable problems.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prof. Philip B. Allen Room B-146 Physics Department of Physics and Astronomy Office: (631) 632-8179 Stony Brook University FAX: (632) 632-8774 Stony Brook, NY 11794-3800 E-mail:philip.allen@stonybrook.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 10:00-11:00 and Wednesday 1:00-1:00 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~