Hauptseminar Theorie und Simulation der weichen Materie SS 2013

Overview

Type

Seminar (Talks and Discussion)

Date and Time

Tuesday, 14:00-15:30 (1st date: April 9)

Location

Institut für Computerphysik, Seminar room 1.079

Max-Planck-Institute for Intelligent Systems, Seminar room 5H7 (directions)

Credit Points

2 SWS = 3 CP

Teachers

Dr. Jens Smiatek (ICP)

Dr. Olaf Lenz (ICP)

Dr. Felix Höfling (MPI für Intelligente Systeme)

Dr. Matthias Krüger (MPI für Intelligente Systeme)

Dr. Markus Bier (MPI für Intelligente Systeme)

Course Number

04570

Modules

PO 2011: 31620 Hauptseminar in Theoretischer Physik (benoteter Leistungsnachweis)

PO 2010: 28300 Fortgeschrittene Vielteilchentheorie (unbenoteter Leistungsnachweis als Prüfungsvorleistung)

Language

Englisch

Due to the number of participants, the seminar will have two tracks with a few common talks. The common talks will take place at the MPI for Intelligent Systems, the two tracks will take place at the ICP.

Requirements

We expect the participants to have fundamental knowledge in classical and statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, electrodynamics, and partial differential equations.

Getting the credit points

To get the credit points for the seminar, the following criteria should be met:

• All participants have to be present in all talks and play a part in the discussions.
• Instead of writing a report after the talk, we expect the participants to distribute a handout in the week before and send it to Jens to be put up on the web page.
  • The handout is to be written in English.
  • All participants are expected to read the handout as preparation to the talk.
  • It should describe the contents of the talk, written out in full.
  • It should have 5 to 10 pages.
  • If available, up to three original articles can be attached to the handout.
• The talk is to be given at the arranged time.
  • The talk is to be held in English.
  • The talk should take 40 to 45 minutes.
  • We recommend to prepare electronic slides for the talk.
  • They can be displayed on your own laptop or on the institute's laptop. In the first case, please check whether the projection works before the actual date, in the latter case, please contact us well beforehand so that we will bring the laptop.
  • After the talk, there will be a discussion on the talk, where all participants are expected to actively contribute.
  • After the discussion, we will give hints on how to improve the presentation.
• For the participants that require a grade (PO 2011), the following aspects will be important:
  • Quality of the talk (contents, presentation, slides)
  • Quality of the handout (contents, readability)
  • Contributions to the discussion

Talks

Please notice: A few talks (23.4., 30.4., 7.5. and 11.6.) will take place at the MPI for intelligent systems, Seminar room 5H7.

Date	Topic	Speaker	Tutor	Location	Resources
9.4.	How to give a talk			ICP	Presentation (Olaf Lenz) (422 kB)
	General introduction talk: Soft Matter investigated by atomistic Molecular Dynamics simulations			ICP	Presentation (Jens Smiatek) (934 kB)
23.4.	Introduction to Molecular Dynamics and Monte-Carlo Simulations	Kim Kafenda	Olaf Lenz	MPI
30.4.	Theory of Liquids	Martin Bauer	Markus Bier	MPI
7.5.	Theory of Brownian Motion	Caterina Clausen	Felix Höfling	MPI
14.5.	Track 1: Density Functional Theory	Hendrik Bartsch	Markus Bier	ICP
	Track 2: Electrostatics Algorithms	Gabriel Sichardt	Olaf Lenz	ICP
28.5.	Track 1: Liquid Crystals	Venkata Cherikuri	Markus Bier	ICP
	Track 2: Hydrodynamic Interactions	Udo Höfel	Felix Höfling	ICP
4.6.	Track 1: Crystal Structure Prediction	Kilian Dietrich	Jens Smiatek, Joost de Graaf	ICP
	Track 2: Mesoscopic Simulation Methods	Johannes Schmidt	Jens Smiatek	ICP
11.6.	Common Talk: Poisson-Boltzmann Theory	Kai Szuttor	Jens Smiatek	MPI
18.6.	Track 1: Computing Free Energies	Larissa Dill	Jens Smiatek	ICP
	Track 2: Diffusion in Many-particle Suspensions	Moritz Förster	Matthias Krüger	ICP
25.6.	Track 1: Polymer Theory	Eva Schöll	Markus Bier	ICP
	Track 2: Long-time Anomalies of the Diffusion in Liquids	Cedric Kiener	Matthias Krüger	ICP
2.7.	Track 1: Polymer Simulations	Samuel Wagner	Olaf Lenz	ICP
	Track 2: Microswimmers	Jannick Fischer	Jens Smiatek, Joost de Graaf	ICP
9.7.	Track 1: Electrophoresis	Florian Jung	Jens Smiatek, Owen Hickey	ICP
	Track 2: Anomalous Transport	Moritz Scholze	Felix Höfling	ICP