Program of the nonlinear double day at Sevilla
Macroscopic effects of anharmonic excitations

Monday 17-5-2004

Speaker

Title
9:30 to 9:45 Archilla Welcome and introduction.
9:45 to 10:45 Fillaux
(abstract and slides)
Vibrational spectroscopy and nonlinear dynamics I.
11.00 to 12.00 Fillaux
(abstract and slides)
Vibrational spectroscopy and nonlinear dynamics II.
12.00 to 12.30 coffe break  
12.30 to 13.30 Eilbeck (abstract, slides and videos) The quantum discrete nonlinear Schrodinger equation and the quantum Ablowitz-Ladik Basics and old results
13:30 to 16.15 Lunch  
16:15 to 17.15 Eilbeck Quantum breather bands in the QDNLS and AL systems.
17.30 to 18:30 Gaididei (abstract) Dynamic phase transition in two-mode quantum anharmonic systems with Fermi-coupling

 

Tuesday 18-5-2004

Speaker

Title
9:30 to 10.15 Hennig Wave transmission and localised excitations in nonlinear discrete lattices
10.30 to 11.15 Christiansen
(abstract and slides)
Energy funnelling and bubble generation in a bent and twisted DNA model
11.15 to 11.45 coffe break  
11.45 to 12.30 Alba&Trillo
(abstract and slides)
Low temperature reconstructive transformations (LTRT) in layered silicates. Breaking of Arrhenius law
12:45 to 13.15 Archilla
(abstract and slides)
Discrete breathers for understanding LTRT.
13.30 to 15.45 Lunch  
15.45 16.30 Sánchez-Rey
(abstract and slides)
Breathers with small and large amplitude in FPU lattices

 NONLINEAR DOUBLE DAY EXTENSION

Thursday 3-6-2004 Speaker Title
10.15 to 11.15 Ricardo Livi  (abstract) Heat transport in low dimensional systems
Part I, generalities and basic models
11.15 to 11.45 Coffe break  
11.45 to 12.45 Ricardo Livi (abstract) Heat transport in low dimensional systems
Part II. Recent achievements (including
an illustration of analytic methods)