International Max Planck Research School

Functional Interfaces in Physics

and Chemistry

Humboldt-Universität

zu Berlin (HU)

Fritz-Haber-Institut (FHI)

der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Freie Universität

Berlin (FU)

Technische Universität

Berlin (TU)

Universität

Potsdam

Mon, 5 Oct Tue, 6 Oct Wed, 7 Oct Thu, 8 Oct

9:00- 10:30h

Martin Weinelt (FU): Optical spectroscopy: from Fermi’s Golden Rule to Bloch equations

Robert Schlögl (FHI): Excited states in high-performance catalysis: a chemist’s view

Wolfgang Christen (HU): Scientific toolbox Statistics of measurement series: averaging, statistical and systematic errors

Bernhard Dick (University of Regensburg): Raman spectroscopy: basics and applications 2

11:00- 12:30h

Phil Bunker (Steacie Lab, Ottawa/Canada): Introduction to symmetry and spectroscopy 1

Martin Wolf (FHI): Excited states in surface chemistry: a physicist’s view

Phil Bunker (Steacie Lab, Ottawa/Canada): Introduction to symmetry and spectroscopy 3

Phil Bunker (Steacie Lab, Ottawa/Canada): Introduction to symmetry and spectroscopy 4

14:00- 15:30h

Hajo Freund (FHI): XPS spectroscopy: principles and applications

Phil Bunker (Steacie Lab, Ottawa/Canada): Introduction to symmetry and spectroscopy 2

Bernhard Dick (University of Regensburg): Raman spectroscopy: basics and applications 1

Katharina Franke (FU): Inelastic excitations in single atoms and molecules probed by scanning tunneling microscopy

16:00- 17:30h

Peter Saalfrank (UP): Introduction to transition-state theory and its application to surface chemistry

Claudia Draxl (HU): Theoretical spectroscopy

Beate Paulus (FU): Describing excited states with wave-function based correlation methods

Special block course on

Excited states: properties, dynamics and spectroscopy

When? Oct 5-8, 2015 Where? Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin (close to U3 station Dahlem Dorf) Hörsaal A/1.3.14 (Monday-Wednesday), Hörsaal B/0.1.01 (Thursday) Excited states of solids and molecules are of central importance in dynamic processes (like chemical reactions) and determine many properties (such as the thermodynamic, electric and optical response) of the system.

The lectures of this course will discuss the fundamentals of excited states (in particular at surfaces/interfaces), their experimental investigation (e.g. by optical transmission, Raman scattering and photoemission spectroscopy) and theoretical treatment (by quantum-chemical and DFT methods).

Everyone is welcome to attend - no registration required!

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