Semiclassical Origins of Density Functional Approximations - IPAM

Semiclassical Origins of Density Functional Approximations

September 4 - 6, 2013

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Morning Session

08:00-08:55
Check-In/Light Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
08:55-09:00
Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:00-09:50
Kieron Burke (University of California, Irvine (UCI))
Semiclassical Origins of Density Functional Approximations
10:00-10:35
Barry Simon (California Institute of Technology)
The Semiclassical Limit of Thomas Fermi Theory - Forty Years After
10:45-11:15
Break
11:15-11:50
Berthold-Georg Englert (National University of Singapore)
Density-potential functionals and Wigner functions

Afternoon Session

12:00-12:35
Jan Philip Solovej (University of Copenhagen)
The Scott correction with relativistic and magnetic effects included
12:45-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-14:35
Hardy Gross (Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics)
What's the correct classical force on the nuclei: A fresh look at potential energy surfaces and Berry phases in the time domain
14:45-15:15
Break
15:15-15:50
William Miller (University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley))
Semiclassical Theory of Electronically Non-Adiabatic Dynamics
16:00-16:35
Qian Niu (University of Texas at Austin)
Berry phase effects on electronic properties
16:45-18:15
Poster Session & Reception (Hosted by IPAM)

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-09:35
Elliott Lieb (Princeton University)
Current Densities in Density Functional Theory
09:45-10:20
Ann Mattsson (Sandia National Laboratories)
Improving the Predictive Power of Density Functional Theory Calculations
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-11:35
Matthias Brack (Universität Regensburg)
Semiclassical approaches to the kinetic-energy functionals $T_s[\rho]$ and $\tau[\rho]$
11:45-12:20
Eric Heller (Harvard University)
Semiclassical statistical mechanics and correlated Thomas Fermi theory

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-14:35
Francis Nier (Université de Rennes I)
Phase-space approach to the bosonic mean field dynamics
14:45-15:15
Break
15:15-15:50
Jan-Michael Rost (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems)
Dominant Interaction Hamiltonians
16:00-16:20
Attila Cangi (Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics)
Title not available
16:25-17:00
Discussion

Friday, September 6, 2013

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-09:35
Michael Seidl (Universität Regensburg)
The strong-interaction limit of density functional theory
09:45-10:20
Paola Gori-Giorgi (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Kohn-Sham density functional theory for strong-interacting systems
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-11:35
Lin Lin (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory)
Kantorovich dual solution for strictly correlated electrons in atoms and molecules
11:45-12:20
Maciej Zworski (University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley))
Decay of correlations for normally hyperbolic trapping

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-14:35
Carlos Garcia-Cervera (University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB))
Spin-polarized transport in ferromagnetic multilayers
14:45-15:15
Break
15:15-15:50
Gero Friesecke (Technische Universität München)
'Density functional theory and optimal transport with Coulomb cost
16:00-16:35
Eric Cances (École Nationale des Ponts-et-Chaussées)
Title not available
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