Special Symposium
Advances in Theoretical Spectroscopy
Physics Astronomy Building, 5th Floor, University of Washington
Wednesday afternoon, June 24, 2015 to Thursday morning, June 25, 2015
Co-organizers: Towfiq Ahmed, Jose Mustre de Leon, Luke Campbell
Special Symposium Meeting Program (Tentative Schedule)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015
| 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Arrival and Check-in at Physics Astronomy Building, 5th Floor | Directions from Haggett Hall |
| Time | Speaker | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:30 pm - 1:40 pm | John Rehr | Introductory Remarks | |
| 1:40 pm - 2:00 pm | Jose Mustre de Leon | FEFF3 the importance of the exchange-correlation potential and curved wave corrections in Xafs | |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Alexei Ankudinov | FEFF6 to FEFF9 expansions of x-ray computational toolbox | |
| 2:20 pm - 2:40 pm | Eric Shirley | Recyclable metal, friends, commoners and cinders—spectroscopic studies in Al, Si, diamond, LiF and MgO | |
| 2:40 pm - 3:00 pm | Xiaosong Li | Energy-Specific Coupled-Cluster Theory for Calculating X-ray Absorption K-edge Spectra | |
| 3:00 pm - 3:20 pm | John Vinson | BSE calculations at scale: moving from 10s to 100s of atoms | |
| 3:20 pm - 3:50 pm | Coffee/Tea Break | ||
| 3:50 pm - 4:10 pm | Gilles Hug | Bucky ball crystal revisited from a spectroscopic point of view | |
| 4:10 pm - 4:30 pm | Bruce Ravel | Self-consistent potentials and EXAFS analysis | |
| 4:30 pm - 4:50 pm | Luke Campbell | Radiation Track Physics | |
| 4:50 pm - 5:05 pm | John Rehr | Theoretical electron and x-ray spectroscopy - are we there yet? | |
| 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Private Dinner | Close friends, colleagues, collaborators and former students |
THURSDAY, JUNE 25TH, 2015
Scientific Program (Physics Astronomy Building, 5th Floor)
| Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | Round table (with short coffee break) |