High Energy Neutrons for Science and Society (5th-6th October 2010)
International workshop
HIGH ENERGY NEUTRONS FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
- Starting date : 5th Oct 2010 Ending date: 6th Oct 2006
– Location : Villa Wolkonsky, the residence of the British ambassador in Rome, Italy
- Registration deadline: 15 September 2010
- Detailed information and registration on web site
- E-mail contact: school_fpricci@me.cnr.it
Invited Lecturers
| Carla Andreani | University of Rome Tor Vergata and Centre NAST |
| Roberto Car | Princeton University |
| Chris Frost | STFC, ISIS Facility |
| Nikitas Gidopoulos | STFC, ISIS Facility |
| Henry Glyde | University of Delaware |
| Giuseppe Gorini | University of Milano Bicocca and CNR |
| Lin Lin | Princeton University |
| Jerry Mayers | STFC, ISIS Facility |
| David Manolopoulos | University of Oxford |
| Robert Mc Greevy | STFC, ISIS Facility |
| Michele Parrinello | Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule (ETH) Zürich |
| George Reiter | University of Houston |
| Roberto Senesi |
University of Rome Tor Vergata and Centre NAST |
| Marco Zoppi | CNR – ISC |
Scope
The observational window provided by high–energy (eV to MeV) neutrons offers unique possibilities as a local probe for the exploration of materials at the nanoscale. The inverse geometry spectrometer VESUVIO operating on the ISIS pulsed neutron source has pioneered Deep Inelastic Neutron Scattering (DINS) measurements of the momentum distribution of light atoms in condensed matter systems. These measurements provide a probe of the local structure of the materials and biomaterials as well as information on the dynamics of the atoms.
This is the V edition of a series of workshops addressing the PERSPECTIVES IN NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY AT HIGH ENERGIES and follows the I and II editions held at Cosener House in May 1995 and October 1998, the III edition held in Santa Fe (New Mexico, US) in April 2005, and the IV edition held in Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2006.
Lectures are intended for experts and PhD students attending the X SCHOOL OF NEUTRON SCATTERING “FRANCESCO PAOLO RICCI”.
Scientific Committee
Mark Adams (STFC, ISIS)
Jerry Mayers (STFC, ISIS)
Stuart Parker (STFC, ISIS)
John Tomkinson (STFC, UK)
Related link
The Study of Magnetic Excitations of Cuprates with Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering: Results and Perspectives (14th May 2010)
The study of magnetic excitations of cuprates with Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering: results and perspectives
Prof. Lucio Braicovich
Dipartimento di Fisica del Politecnico di Milano
Venerdì 14 maggio 2010
ore 15.00
aula “G. Ruffino” del Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica (edificio Ing. Industriale, II piano)
X International School of Neutron Scattering ‘Francesco Paolo Ricci’ (25th September-4th October 2010)
X INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF NEUTRON SCATTERING
‘FRANCESCO PAOLO RICCI’
Electronvolt Neutron Spectroscopy of Materials: Microscopic Dynamics and Enabling Techniques
- Starting date : 25 Sept 2010 Ending date: 4 Oct 2006
– Location : Villa Mondragone (http://www.villamondragone.it/), Monte Porzio Catone, Roma- Italy
- Registration deadline: 15 June 2010
– School Directors: Dr. Roberto Senesi, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata Dipartimento di Fisica , Roma, Italy, Dr. Cirino Vasi, C.N. R.– Istituto per i Processi Chimico Fisici, Messina, Italy
- Detailed information and registration:
http://web129.its.me.cnr.it/school_fpricci/index.htm
- E-mail contact: school_fpricci@me.cnr.it
- Brochure
Coloring the noise or cheating one’s way to quantum effects (16th April 2010)
Prof. Michele Parrinello
Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Via Giuseppe Buffi 13, USI Campus, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland (http://www.rgp.ethz.ch/)
Aula G2C
Facoltà di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Naturali
Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”
Ore 15.00 – 16 Aprile 2010
ABSTRACT
We use a generalized form of Langevin equation in which the noise is correlated (colored) rather then being white to devise a number of very powerful sampling methods. After revising the theory that is behind our approach, we show how one can model the noise to achieve optimal sampling in ordinary and in ab-initio (Car-Parrinello) molecular dynamics. Most remarkably our sampling method can be used to introduce quantum effect at zero additional cost with respect to a standard simulation.
G. Bussi and M. Parrinello, J. Chem. Phys., vol. 126 (1), pp. 014101, 2007
M. Ceriotti, G. Bussi and M. Parrinello, Phys. Rev. Lett., vol 102 (2), pp. 020601, 2009
M. Ceriotti, G. Bussi and M. Parrinello, Phys. Rev. Lett., vol 103 (3), pp. 030603, 2009
Graduate Course on Neutrons in Biology (7th-11th June 2010)
A course focusing on neutron techniques used in structural biology. The course is designed for graduate students with knowledge of protein function and structure but no or limited experience of neutron sciences.
Date: June 7 June 11, 2010
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Deadline for application: March 31, 2010
For more details contact: Flora Meilleur (mailto:meilleurf@ornl.gov)
or visit: http://neutrons.ornl.gov/conf/gcnb2010
E-MRS Spring Meeting 2010 (7th-11th June 2010)
THE European Material Conference
European Materials Research Society Spring Meeting
Scientific/Technical Symposia & Exhibition
Palais de la Musique et des Congrès
Congress Center
Strasburg, FRANCE
Deadline for abstract submission: January 19, 2010
Bando Caspur Borse di Dottorato
Il Caspur, consorzio per il calcolo a cui l’ Università di Tor Vergata afferisce, bandisce borse di dottorato nei seguenti settori:
1- Advanced networking
2- Bioinformatica
3- Innovazione Tecnologica e Comunicazione
Il bando è riservato alle Università consorziate.
Per i partecipanti della nostra Università la domanda va inviata a: direzione@caspur.it
(e per conoscenza a desideri@uniroma2.it)
Gli allegati sono disponibili al seguente link:
Quarto Congresso Nazionale della Associazione Italiana Gestione Energia-AIGE (26th-27th May 2010)
Il Quarto Congresso Nazionale dell’Associazione Italiana Gestione Energia, organizzato dal Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Impresa dell’Università di Tor Vergata, si svolgerà a Roma dal 26 al 27 maggio 2010.
Observation of Half Quantum Vortices in Exciton Polariton Condensates
Il Prof. Alexey Kavokin, un membro del NAST, ha pubblicato su Science un’articolo sulla scoperta dei “mezzi vortici” in un condensato di Bose Einstein di polaritoni eccitonici. La notizia, con un breve riassunto dei risultati, è visibile nella Home Page del sito di Tor Vergata.