ALS Users' Meeting 2008 Workshop : Theory Institute for Photon Sciences (TIPS)


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ALS Users' Meeting 2008 Workshop:

Theory Institute for Photon Sciences (TIPS)
ALS Users Meeting October 14-15, 2008
Organizers: Arun Bansil (LBNL), Tom Devereaux (SLAC), Dung-Hai Lee (UC Berkeley),
Zahid Hussain (LBNL)
 
   

Theory Institute for Photon Sciences (TIPS) The experimental needs of addressing the grand challenges will require not only development of sharper and sharper experimental tools but also we need new theories and concepts beyond those we currently possess (see the BES workshop report “Opportunities for Discovery: Theory and Computation in Basic Energy Sciences”; http://www.sc.doe.gov/production/bes/reports/abstracts.html#OD). We have written a white paper to the BES for development of a Theory Institute for Photon Sciences (TIPS) with the primary mission of initiating a strategy of strong interaction between experimentalists and theoreticians. The goal of this institute is to significantly enhance not only the productivity of the users but also the process of scientific discovery, and to thus foster an environment that is far better suited to tackling the grand challenges. This will be a joint effort between LBNL/UCB and SLAC/Stanford University.

The present and future of strongly correlated condensed matter physics will be touched upon in part I of this workshop. This includes talks on iron based high temperature superconductor cuprates, manganites, and some discussion of future new directions.

Part II of this workshop will highlight the role of parallel theoretical modeling and the opportunities so opened up in connection with present day high throughput, high resolution work at various user facilities.

Partial list of invited speakers:

  • Giulia Galli (UCD)
  • Steven G. Louie (TMF/LBNL/UCB)
  • Stefano Marchesini (ALS/LBNL)
  • CW McCurdy (LBNL, UCD)
  • David Skinner (LBNL, NERSC)
  • Shaul Mukamel (UC Irvine)
  • David Prendergast (TMF/LBNL)
  • John Rehr (Univ of Washington)
  • George Sawatzky (UBC)
  • Mark van Schilfgaarde (Arizona State University)
  • Eric Shirley (NIST)
  • Ashvin Vishwanath (UCB)
  • Arun Bansil (Northeastern University)
  • Tom Devereaux (SLAC/Stanford University)
  • Dung-Hai Lee (LBNL, UCB)
last updated October 31, 2008
 
     
TIPS Workshop Agenda
Location: 6-2202 Conf Rm 		 
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
10:30 - 10:45 Welcome  
10:45 - 11:20 Antiferromagnetic correlation and high
temperature superconductivity of the cuprates and iron pnictides - a view from the functional renormalization group studies

Presentation: TIPS2008-Lee.pdf

Dung-Hai Lee
UCB/MSD
11:20 - 11:50 Nonlinear ultrafast multidimensional X ray spectroscopy of molecules ; theory and simulations Shaul Mukamel
UC Irvine
11:50 - 1:30 Lunch/Discussion  
1:30 - 2:00 Discussion about TIPS  
2:00 - 2:30 Exotic Orders from Geometric Frustration

Presentation: TIPS2008-Vishwanath.pdf		 Ashvin Vishwanath
UCB/MSD
2:30 - 3:00 A route to high temperature superconductivity in composite systems

Presentation: TIPS2208-Berg.pdf		 Erez Berg
Stanford Univ
3:00 - 3:15 Discussion  
3:15 - 3:30 Break  
3:30 - 4:00 Dielectric and excited state properties of simple liquids

Presentation: TIPS2008-Galli.pdf		 Giulia Galli
UC Davis
4:00 - 4:30 Next generation codes for parameter-free simulations of x-ray spectra

Presentation: TIPS2008-Rehr.pdf		 John Rehr
Univ of Washington
4:30 - 5:00 First-principles optical properties across the spectrum: one present paradigm

Presentation: TIPS2008-Shirley.pdf		 Eric Shirley
NIST
5:00 - 5:15 Discussion  
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
8:30 - 9:00 Welcome  
9:00 - 9:30 Simulating core-level spectra of gas and condensed phase organics from first principles

Presentation: TIPS2008-Prendergast.pdf

David Prendergast
TMF/MSD
9:30 - 10:00 Large scale inverse problems for ultrafast high resolution x-ray imaging

Presentation: TIPS2008-Marchesini.pdf		 Stefano Marchesini
ALS/LBNL
10:00 - 10:30 Break  
10:30 - 11:00 Novel electronic, optical and transport properties of graphene superlattices and nanoribbons. Steven G. Louie
TMF/LBNL/UCB
11:00 - 11:30 The Quasiparticle Self-Consistent GW approximation: A prescription for
the optimum single-particle Hamiltonian		 Mark van Schilfgaarde
Arizona State Univ
11:30 - 12:00 Theory for Cu K-edge RIXS spectra in the cuprates: multi-orbital effects Tom Devereaux
SLAC/Stanford Univ
12:00 - 12:15 Discussion  
12:15 - 1:30 Lunch (Cafeteria, no host)  
1:30 - 2:00 Advanced Variance of ARPES - Time, Spin and Space Z.-X. Shen
Stanford Univ
2:00 - 2:30 On "kinks" and "waterfalls" in the momentum dependence of electronic excitation spectra

Presentation: TIPS2008-Matho.pdf		 Konrad Matho
CNRS Grenoble
2:30 - 2:45 Break  
2:45 - 3:15 Large Scale Scientific Simulations at NERSC David Skinner
LBNL/NERSC
3:15 - 3:45 Progress in Modeling Highly Resolved Spectroscopies in Complex Materials Arun Bansil
Northeastern Univ
3:45 - 4:15 Future plan/concluding remarks   
 
 
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