Fifth Workshop on
The Physics of Quantum Fluid Clusters
ECT*, Trento, 16-21 September 2002

PROGRAM

Monday 16

9:00-9:40 Registration

9:40-9:50 M. Barranco: Opening
9:50-10:30 K. von Haeften: Bubble formation and energy relaxation in electronically excited 3He- and 4He-clusters

coffee break

11:00-11:40 H. Maris / M. Pi: Optical Properties of Electron Bubbles in Liquid Helium
11:40-12:20 M. Lewerenz: Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations with on the Fly Potentials: Structural Quantum Effects in (NeHe_n)+

lunch break

15:00-15:40 F. Garcias: Structure and elementary excitations of doped 3He clusters

break

16:10-16:50 W.E. Ernst: Dynamics of Rubidium and Cesium Atoms on Helium Nanodroplets
16:50-17:30 C.P. Schulz: Dynamics of Rb and Cs doped helium nanodroplets

Tuesday 17

9:10-9:50 A. Apkarian: Microscopic Dynamics in Bulk Superfluid Helium: Experiment and Theory
9:50-10:30 R. Schmied: Quantum Rotation in Helium Clusters: a PIMC Study

coffee break

11:00-11:40 A.F.G. Wyatt: Helium atom "transmission" through a slab of liquid 4He
11:40-12:20 F.A. Gianturco: Flying refrigerators: atomic and molecular impurities in small 4He droplets

lunch break

15:00-15:40 F. Stienkemeier: Alkali Clusters in Giant Spin States from Helium Nanodroplet Isolation

break

16:10-16:50 R. Miller: The Growth of Metastable Species in Helium Nanodroplets: Characterization by High Resolution Infrared Laser Spectroscopy
16:50-17:30 K. Lehmann: The Quantum Hydrodynamic Model for the Motion of Solutes in Liquid Helium and Angular Momentum Conserving Evaporative Cooling of Helium Nanodroplets.

Wednesday 18

9:10-9:50 Y. Kwon: Structure and spectroscopy of OCS in Helium, Hydrogen and mixed Helium/Hydrogen clusters
9:50-10:30 F. Dalfovo: Quantized vortices in Helium droplets?

coffee break

11:00-11:40 D.E. Galli: Alkali-ion-doped clusters of 4He
11:40-12:20 J. Boronat: Free surface of superfluid 4He and impurity states
12:20-13:00 A. Sarsa: Rotational constants of molecules inside He drops

lunch

Thursday 19

9:10-9:50 E.S. Hernandez: Curvature and shape effects on adsorbed helium mixtures
9:50-10:30 E. Krotscheck: Elastic and inelastic processes in droplets, films, and slabs

coffee break

11:00-11:40 L. Reatto: Alkali atoms with negative scattering length: bright soliton states
11:40-12:20 M. Leadbeater: Vortex creation and interaction in uniform and trapped condensates

lunch break

15:00-15:40 J. Tiggesbäumker: Femtosecond dynamics of metal clusters embedded in helium droplets exposed to intense laser fields

break

16:10-16:50 F. Ancilotto: Time-dependent Density Functional calculations of dynamical properties of liquid 4He in confined geometries
16:50-17:30 E.W. Draeger: Superfluidity in a Doped Helium Droplet

Friday 20

9:10-9:50 R. Guardiola: On the stability of small mixed clusters of 4He and 3He
9:50-10:30 M.C. Gordillo: Two-dimensional H_2 puddles: A PIMC study

coffee break

11:00-11:40 A. Poves: On the structure of 3He shell coating 4He droplets
11:40-12:20 S. Stringari: Recent developments on superfluidity of Bose-Einstein condensates

lunch break

15:00-15:40 R. Zillich: Structure and Rotation of Linear Molecules in Para-Hydrogen and Helium-4 Clusters

break

16:10-16:50 A.F. Vilesov: Intense pulsed helium droplet beams
16:50-17:30 J.P. Toennies: New Phenomena in Expansions of Solid and Liquid Helium into Vacuum

17:30 Concluding session

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