Quantum Fluid Clusters 2015 - Sciencesconf.org

›9:00 (1h40)

Finite Size Superfluidity
Session chair: Manuel Barranco

9:00 - 10:40 (1h40)

Finite Size Superfluidity

Session chair: Manuel Barranco

› Shapes and Vorticities of Superfluid Helium Nanodroplets - Andrey Vilesov, University of Southern California 09:00-09:40 (40min)

› Quantum dynamics of confined molecules - Pierre-Nicholas Roy, University of Waterloo [Waterloo] 09:40-10:10 (30min)

› Vortex arrays in nanoscopic superfluid helium droplets - francesco ancilotto, Department of Physics and Astronomy - University of Padova 10:10-10:25 (15min)

› Quantum molecular dynamics study of ground state properties of parahydrogen clusters and their bosonic isotopologues - Matthew Schmidt, University of Waterloo [Waterloo] 10:25-10:40 (15min)

›10:40 (30min)

Coffee break

10:40 - 11:10 (30min)

Coffee break

›11:10 (1h40)

Nanoparticles Formation
Session chair: Wolfgang E. Ernst

11:10 - 12:50 (1h40)

Nanoparticles Formation

Session chair: Wolfgang E. Ernst

› Helium-mediated growth: from clusters to nanoparticles and nanowires - Andrew Ellis, University of Leicester 11:10-11:50 (40min)

› An ab initio-Motivated Scheme for van der Waals-Adsorbate-Surface Interactions: Application to Time-Resolved Simulations of Helium-Droplet-Assisted Soft Landing of Metal Species - María Pilar de Lara-Castells, Institute of Fundamental Physics, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 11:50-12:20 (30min)

› The mechanism of Nanowire Production in Quantized Vortices of Superfluid Helium - Eugene Gordon, Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics RAS 12:20-12:35 (15min)

› From quantized vortices to nanowires: new experiments in superfluid helium droplets - Shengfu Yang, University of Leicester 12:35-12:50 (15min)

›12:50 (1h10)

Lunch

12:50 - 14:00 (1h10)

Lunch

›14:00 (1h30)

Free Time + Possible University Lab Tour

14:00 - 15:30 (1h30)

Free Time + Possible University Lab Tour

›15:30 (30min)

Coffee break

15:30 - 16:00 (30min)

Coffee break

›16:00 (1h40)

Magnetism and Solvation
Session chair: Andrey F. Vilesov

16:00 - 17:40 (1h40)

Magnetism and Solvation

Session chair: Andrey F. Vilesov

› Solvation dynamics of metallic dopants in helium droplets - Wolfgang E. Ernst, Graz University of Technology 16:00-16:40 (40min)

› Quantum Monte Carlo studies of atomic and molecular clusters embedded in He nanodroplets - Robert Hinde, University of Tennessee, Department of Chemistry 16:40-17:10 (30min)

› A Thermodynamic Model to Predict the Formation, Sizes, and Mobilities of Electron Cavities and Positively Charged 'Snowballs' in All Fluid Phases of Helium - Frédéric Aitken, Laboratoire de Génie Electrique de Grenoble 17:10-17:25 (15min)

›17:40 (30min)

Break

17:40 - 18:10 (30min)

Break

›18:10 (1h)

Poster Flash Presentation

18:10 - 19:10 (1h)

Poster Flash Presentation

›19:10 (2h50)

Poster Session + Buffet Dinner

19:10 - 22:00 (2h50)

Poster Session + Buffet Dinner