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13 th  ESRF Users' Meeting 
Grenoble, 10-14 February 2003
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Satellite Workshop to the Users' Meeting 2003

Programme and Abstracts

 

Inelastic X-Ray Scattering in Disordered Systems
and Soft Condensed Matter

 

Monday 10th February, 2003
08:00-09:00 Registration  
09:00-09:15 Welcome

W. Stirling , G. Monaco
(ESRF)

Session 1
Collective dynamics and relaxation phenomena in non-crystalline systems
(X-rays and other techniques)

Chairman: M. Krisch
09:15-10:00 What can computer simulation tell about collective excitations in disordered systems that inelastic X-ray scattering experiment cannot ?

S. Elliot
(University of Cambridge)

10:00-10:30 Longitudinal and transverse high-frequency dynamics in disordered systems
G. Ruocco
(Universita di Roma La Sapienza)
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
11-00-11:30 Inelastic X-Ray and neutron scattering from glasses and liquids
U. Buchenau
(Forschungszentrum Jülich)
11:30-12:00 Correlation spectroscopy in disordered systems
G. Grübel
(ESRF)
12:00-12:30 Glass dynamics as seen by nuclear inelastic scattering
A. Chumakov
(ESRF)
12:30-14:00

Lunch at the ESRF restaurant

Chairman: G. Ruocco
14:00-14:30 Broadband dielectric spectroscopy and its application to dynamic glass transition: from the bulk to the confined state
A. Schönhals
(Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin)
14:30-15:00 Ultraviolet Brillouin spectroscopy: a new opportunity

M. Nardone
(Universita di L'Aquila, Roma)

15:00-15:30 Transient grating experiments in a supercooled molecular liquid of anisotropic molecules: theory and experiment
C. Dreyfus
(Université P. & M. Curie, Paris)
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
Session 2
Inelastic X-ray scattering applications
16:00-16:30 Collective motions in molten alkali halides
F. Demmel
(ILL, Grenoble)
16:30-17:00 The transition from the classic to the quantum regimes in simple fluids
A. Cunsolo
(Universita di L'Aquila, Roma)
17:00-18:00 Discussion table 1:
Status and perspectives of inelastic scattering techniques
Discussion leader: M. Krisch
(ESRF)
18:00-19:30 Poster Session & Aperitif
19:30 Workshop Buffet at the ESRF restaurant
Tuesday 11th February, 2003
Session 3
Soft Condensed Matter
Chairman: G. Grübel
09:00-09:45 The temperature, angle and energy dependent dynamics of a protein investigated by phonon assisted Mossbauer effect and Mossbauer absorption
K. Achterhold
(Technische Universität, München)
09:45-10:15 Short-range attractive colloids: one simple liquid with two glasses ?
F. Sciortino
(Universita di Roma La Sapienza)
10:15-10:45 Surface dynamics of a liquid crystal near the nematic-smectic phase transition
A. Madsen
(ESRF)
10:45-11:15 Coffee break
Chairman: C. Maschiovecchio
11:15-11:45 Influence of density and temperature on the microscopic structure and the segmental relaxation of polybutadiene
C. Alba-Simionesco
(Université Paris-Sud)
11:45-12:15 Hydration coupled dynamics in biological macromolecules studied by inelastic neutron and X-ray scattering

M.-C. Bellissent-Funel
(CEA/CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette)

12:15-12:45 Low frequency reaction dynamics in biological molecules
T. Sage
(Northeastern University, Boston)
12:45-14:30 Lunch at the ESRF Restaurant
Session 4
Liquids under extreme conditions
Chairman: B. Frick
14:30-15:00 Pressure evolution of the high-frequency sound velocity in liquid water
M. Krisch
(ESRF)
15:00-15:30 Structure and dynamics of liquids under high pressure
M. Mezouar
(ESRF)
15:30-16:30 Discussion table 2:
Open questions and challenges for inelastic scattering experiments

Discussion leader: G. Monaco
(ESRF)

16:30 Conclusions
 

 

 

 
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