Hauptseminar Theorie und Simulation der weichen Materie SS 2014

Overview

Type

Seminar (Talks and Discussion)

Date and Time

to be discussed

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

Prof. Dr. Christian Holm (ICP)

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

Requirements

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

Topics

General Topic: Colloids and Liquids

Topic	Speaker	Tutor
Introduction to Molecular Dynamics and Monte-Carlo Simulations (ICP) [SS 2013]	NN	ICP
Theory of Liquids [SS 2013]	Clarissa Winkler	Markus Bier
Density Functional Theory [SS 2013]	Sebastian Weber	Markus Bier
Theory of Liquid Crystals [SS 2013]	Mona Stadler	Markus Bier
Simulations of Liquid Crystals	Dominic Klein	ICP
Brownian Motion [SS 2013]	Dominik Günther	Felix Höfling
Diffusion in Many-Particle Suspensions [SS 2013]	Jonas Landsgesell	Matthias Krüger
Hydrodynamic Interactions [SS 2013]	Michael Kuron	Felix Höfling
Mesoscopic Hydrodynamic Algorithms	ICP
Phase Transitions	Fabian Pfister	ICP
Physics of the Glass Transition	Andreas Baumgarten	Matthias Krüger
Computing Free Energies	Julian Michalowsky	ICP

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