11th Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory: Prospects and Applications

Organizers:

H. Appel (MPI for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg), N. Tancogne-Dejean (MPI for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg), A. Castro (ARAID Foundation, Zaragoza), E. K. U. Gross (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), N. Maitra (Rutgers University at Newark), A. Rubio (MPI for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg)

Time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) has now emerged as a well established discipline, even if active developments are still ongoing. This school and workshop will cover the recent developments of TDDFT. With the workshop, we will bring together speakers from different backgrounds, covering many aspects of TDDFT, including topics such as light-matter interactions in QED and machine learning for ab-initio calculations. The event will be held in the 'Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual', Benasque, Spain and it is intended to stimulate the exchange of ideas between scientists with different views of the field. The Center provides many facilities and an agreeable atmosphere to allow the participants to carry their work during the meeting. Benasque is a beautiful mountain village located 1140 m above sea level, in a valley at the heart of the Pyrenees, about 140 km north of the city of Zaragoza. The beautiful landscapes, scenic hikes and the proximity to the highest peaks in the Pyrenees make Benasque one of the main tourist sites in the region.

School dates

The School will start on Tuesday, May 25th. The participants are expected to arrive on Monday 24th, and a bus will be organized to facilitate the transport from the airport of Barcelona on that day. The School will finish on Saturday, May 29th.

Workshop dates

The participants of the workshop that do not participate in the School are expected to arrive on May 30th. A bus will facilitate the transport from the airport of Barcelona. The workshop will start the following day (May 31st), and finish on the evening of the June 2nd, and another bus will facilitate the return trip to Barcelona airport the next morning (June 3rd).

List of topics

Use of TDDFT to study time-resolved spectroscopies in solids, liquids, and molecules;
Spin dynamics in molecules and materials;
Non-adiabatic molecular dynamics, coupled to TDDFT;
The long quest for better approximations to the exchange-and-correlation functionals, both for ground-state and excited-states problems. The problem of non-adiabaticity. Solutions to the charge-transfer excitation problems;
Coupling of TDDFT to the electromagnetic field: classical and quantized electro-magnetic fields;
Relation of TDDFT with more advanced many-body schemes, such as Bethe-Salpeter, etc.
Machine learning for ab-initio simulations

Confirmed school instructors

Heiko Appel (MPSD Hamburg)	Nicolas Tancogne Dejean (Ruhr Universität Bochum)	Hardy Gross (Tsientang Institute of Advanced Study, Hangzhou)
Neepa Maitra (Rutgers University) (possibly remote)	Alberto Castro (Universidad de Valladolid)	Michael Ruggenthaler (MPSD Hamburg)
Carsten Ullrich (University of Missouri)	Shane Parker (Case Western Reserve University, Cleaveland, Ohio)	David Strubbe (University of California, Merced)
Robert van Leeuwen (University of Jyväskylä)

School and workshop co-organized by:

Funding:

We are grateful for funding support from Psi-k, Cecam and the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter

Registration fee information

The registration fee for this conference is:

School + workshop fee: 350 eur.
Only workshop fee: 200 eur.

The registration fee includes:

- organised bus transportation (reserve seat in advance)
- one reception buffet
- one coffee break with pastries a day
- use of the Centro de Ciencias facilities
- technical assistance and secretarial support

*Cancellation Policy*
A 30 euro charge will be applied for cancellations made up to 10 days before the conference start date.
A no refund policy will be applied to cancellations made after this date.

Bus transportation

The center provides free buses:
From Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 686, Metro: L3 Palau Reial at 15:00h (Note that the bus stops opposite University of Barcelona, Facultat de Física i Química)

From Barcelona airport ('El Prat', Terminal T2A: on leaving exit, turn left and you will find a police building called 'Mossos d'Esquadra'.
Cross the road using the zebra crossing and turn left. The bus will stop there) at 15:30h.

Return buses:
From Benasque to Barcelona airport and then university, departure at 9:00h.
The trip by bus to Barcelona takes 4-5h. approximately. The trip by car only takes 3h 30m.

Bus trajectories and dates:
- Barcelona-Benasque, May 24 and Barcelona-Benasque, May 30.
- Benasque-Barcelona, Jun 03.