Organisers

• Walter Temmerman (Daresbury)
• Martin Lueders (Daresbury Laboratory)
• Z. (Dzidka) Szotek (Daresbury Laboratory)
• James Annett ( HH Wills Physics Laboratory)

Supports

 Marie Curie Actions - Psi-k Training

CCP9

 Psi-k

 CECAM

Description

This Graduate School is an activity of the Psi-k Training Programme in the EU-funded 'Series of Events' Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses. The other two activities are Hands-on Tutorials and Summer Schools.
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The combined theory-hands-on Graduate School on electronic structure methods will take place at Burwalls and the Physics Department in Bristol from Sunday March 25 until Saturday March 31, 2007. There will be 20 lectures over 6 days, 10 lectures on theory and 10 lectures on electronic structure methods. The rest is all hands-on experience with relevant codes. The 10 lectures on theory are:
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<li> 3 on Density Functional Theory (DFT) by E.K.U. Gross
<li> 3 on many body perturbation theory (MBT) by R.W. Godby
<li> 3 on dynamical mean field theory (DMFT) by M. Katsnelson
<li> 1 on the Bethe-Salpether equation (BSE) by F. Sottile.
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The 10 lectures on methods we will give a bird's eye view of 5 methods:
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<li> the plane-wave methods (PW) by X. Gonze
<li> the full potential local orbital method (FPLO) by M. Richter
<li> the linear augmented plane waves (LAPW) by P. Blaha
<li> the linearized muffin tin orbital method (LMTO) by O.K. Andersen
<li> the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker (KKR) method by H. Ebert.
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Each method is introduced by two lectures followed by hands on experience with a modern state of the art code.

Scientific Objectives

The Bristol University Graduate School is aimed towards giving masters and beginning PhD students
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<li> an understanding of the theories underlying electronic structure calculations;
<li> hands-on experience in electronic structure calculation codes; <li> a perspective how these methods are used in state of the art research.
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The Graduate School is motivated by
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<li> The importance of electronic structure calculations of materials at the nano scale (such as catalysis, fuel cell research, magnetic recording and spin electronics, semiconductor technology, pharmacy etc.), has resulted in a sharp increase in the number of European groups (including industrial groups) starting with electronic structure calculations; these groups, however, do not have the optimal knowledge expertise for adequate training of their PhD students.

<li> The field of electronic structure calculations has become so broad that single institutions do not have the expertise to provide training of the entire field; only at the European level this expertise exists.

<li> The gap between education provided by university lectures and the much higher level of science in real research and at international workshops and conferences is steadily increasing.

<li> The combined training and research program, will give young researcher the opportunity to develop in the European Psi-k network at a very early stage of their career.
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<h3>Travel details:</h3>
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The workshop accommodation and some lectures will be located at the Burwalls Centre for Continuing Education, of Bristol University. This is in a beautiful Victorian house adjacent to the historic Clifton suspension bridge. Hands on computer sessions and associated lectures will take place in the H.H. Wills Physics department of Bristol University.
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Travel to Bristol is normally either by flight to Bristol airport, with direct flights from many locations in Europe, or to London Heathrow airport.
Regular bus services from both airports bring passengers into the centre of Bristol, or to Clifton Triangle which is close to the University. Fast rail services connect Bristol (Temple Meads Station) to London (Paddington
station) and to other cities throughout the UK.
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Burwalls is located about 20 minutes walk from the university. It is best to take a taxi to Burwalls from the Bristol central bus station or Temple Meads rail station. A map can be found <a href="http://www.bris.ac.uk/burwalls">here</a>.
Participants expecting to arrive after 10pm should contact the organisers beforehand for further arrival information.


<h3>Fees:</h3>
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The workshop fee of EUR 250 is payable in advance. A limited number of scholarships will be available. Accommodation costs, breakfast and evening meal and travel reimbursements will be paid to qualifying participants.
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The bank details for payments can be found
<a href="https://www.mc-psi-k-training.cecam.org/dbfiles/filerep/file_36.pdf"> here </a>. For payment by credit card download the following
<a href="https://www.mc-psi-k-training.cecam.org/dbfiles/filerep/file_37.pdf">form</a>
and fax it to Shirley Miller at Daresbury Laboratory, +44 1925 603 634 .
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