Programme
XXVI International Symposium on
Molecular Beams
Segovia, 28 June-3 July 2015
Programme
Sunday, June 28, 2015
17:00-21:00 Registration at conference desk at Parador de Segovia, Carretera de Valladolid s/n, Segovia
19:00Reception at Parador de Segovia
Conference venue:
Parador de Segovia
Carretera de Valladolid, s/n
40003 Segovia
Monday, June 29, 2015
08:45-9:00 Welcome, Introductory remarks, Announcements
SESSION 1: REACTION DYNAMICS AND PHOTODISSOCIATION I
09:00-9:35 Mark Brouard (Oxford University, UK)
The stereodynamics of inelastic scattering of NO(X) by the rare gases
09:35-10:10 Antonio Aguilar (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
Ion-molecule collisions: Crossed-beams and guided-ion-beams experiments and computational studies of reactive processes
10:10-10:40 Ken McKendrick (Heriot Watt University, UK)
Reactive-atom scattering at liquid surfaces: collision dynamics as a probe of surface structure
10:40-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-11:50 Bill Hase (Texas Tech University, Texas, USA)
Chemical dynamics simulations of the OH-(H2O)n + CH3I reaction. Comparisons with experiment
11:50-12:20 Chung-Hsin Yang (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Steric effect on the F + aligned-CHD3(v1=1) reaction
12:20-12:45 Hot Topic
Wybren Jan Buma (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Fast photodynamics probed by slow spectroscopy: scanning the excited state potential energy surfaces of azobencene
13:00-15:00 Lunch
SESSION 2: FEMTOSECOND DYNAMICS AND STRONG FIELDS
15:00-15:35 Albert Stolow (University of Ottawa, Canada)
The Dynamophore: Localization of Excited State Dynamics in Nonadiabatic Processes
15:35-16:10 Regina Vivie-Riedle (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany)
Simulating the control of molecular reactions via modulated light fields: From gas phase to solution
16:10-16:45 Coffee break
16:45-17:15 Vasilios Stavros (University of Warwick, UK)
Bridging the gap between gas- and solution-phase photochemistry
17:15-17:45 Jan Verlet (Durham University, UK)
Ultrafast dynamics of anions probed by frequency-, angle-, and time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy
17:45-18:10 Hot Topic
Susanne Ullrich (University of Georgia, USA)
Photoreactive properties of a eumelanin building block: Ultrafast excited state relaxation dynamics in indole
18:15-20:00 Poster session
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
SESSION 3: COLD MOLECULES
09:00-09:35 Edvardas Narevicius (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
Probing long-range forces of a molecular quantum rotor in cold reactions
09:35-10:10 Bas van de Meerakker (Radboud Universiteit, The Netherlands)
Molecular collisions coming into focus
10:10-10:40 Astrid Bergeat (Université Bordeaux, France)
Crossed-beam inelastic scattering experiments at low collision energies
10:40-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-11:50 Manuel Lara (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)
Cold and ultracold dynamics of the barrierless D++ H2 reaction: Quantum rective calculations for ~R-4 long range interactions potentials
11:50-12:20 Andreas Osterwalder (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Laussane, Switzerland)
Experiments with a merged beam machine
12:20-12:45 Hot Topic
Marta I. Hernández (CSIC, Madrid, Spain)
Broadening of H2O rotational lines by collisions with He atoms at low temperature
13:00-15:00 Lunch
SESSION 4: REACTION DYNAMICS AND PHOTODISSOCIATION II
15:00-15:35 David Parker (Radboud Universiteit, The Netherlands)
Polarized CO products from scattering and photodissociation
15:35-16:10 Einar Uggerud (Universitetet Oslo, Norway)
Elementary chemical reactions of CO2 studied by mass spectrometry: Biological fixation and reactions with water
16:10-16:45 Coffee break
16:45-17:15 Scott Kable (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Probing roaming dynamics in H2CO by probing the H2 fragment by ion imaging
17:15-17:45 King-Chuen Lin (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Roaming mechanism in molecular photodissociation
17:45-18:10 Hot Topic
Eckart Wrede (Durham University, UK)
Photostop: Towards magnetic trapping of cold SH/SD radicals produced by photodissociation
18:15-20:00 Poster session
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
SESSION 5: EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SURFACE CHEMISTRY
09:00-09:35 Alec Wodke (Max Planck Institute Biophysical Chemistry Göttingen, Germany)
The dynamics of molecular interactions and chemical reactions at metal surfaces: Testing the foundations of theory
09:35-10:10 Rainer Beck (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Laussane, Switzerland)
Exploring gas/surface reaction dynamics via quantum state resolved molecular beam experiments
10:10-10:40 Daniel Farías (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)
Epitaxial graphene: the ultimate mirror for scanning neutral Helium microscopy?
10:40-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-11:50 Hua Guo (University of New Mexico, USA)
Mode specificity and bond selectivity in polyatomic dissociative adsorption on metal surfaces
11:50-12:20 Maite Alducin (Centro de Física de Materiales, San Sebastian, Spain)
Controlling the adsorption and reactive properties of molecules on surfaces
12:20-12:45 Hot Topic
Theofanis N. Kitsopoulos (Universität Göttingen, Germany)
Imaging molecular beam scattering from surfaces
13:00-15:00 Lunch
Afternoon Excursion to Segovia
Thursday, July 2, 2015
SESSION 6: CLUSTERS, HELIUM DROPLETS, BIOMOLECULES
09:00-09:35 Dan Neumark (University of California Berkeley, USA)
Time-resolved radiation chemistry: interaction of excess electrons with nucleic acid constituents in clusters and in aqueous solution
09:35-10:10 Michal Farnik (Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republik)
Water clusters in atmosphere and biophysics: A complex CLUster Beam (CLUB) apparatus
10:10-10:40 Oriol Vendrell (DESY Hamburg, Germany)
Ultrafast nuclear and electronic dynamics after photo-ionization of water clusters
10:40-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-11:50 Alberto Lesarri (Universidad de Valladolid, Spain)
Microwave spectroscopy of neutral molecular clusters
11:50-12:20 Mattanjah de Vries (University of California Santa Barbara, USA)
Excited state dynamics of isolated nucleobases
12:20-12:45 Hot Topic
José A. Fernández (Universidad del País Vasco, Leioa, Spain)
Exploring the aggregation preferences of DNA bases using electronic spectroscopy in molecular beams
13:00-15:00 Lunch
SESSION 7: HONORARY SESSION
16:00-17:00 Piero Casavecchia (Universitá degli Studi di Perugia, Italy)
Crossed molecular beam studies of multichannel nonadiabatic reactions
17:00-17:30 Coffee break
17:30-18:30 Mike Ashfold (University of Bristol, UK)
Molecular photofragmentation dynamics in the gas and condensed phase: similarities and differences
20:00 Conference dinner
Friday, July 3, 2015
SESSION 8: LIQUID JETS, AEROSOLS, SOLVATION EFFECTS
09:00-09:35 Ruth Signorell (ETH, Zurich, Switzerland)
Photoemission of clusters and aerosol particles
09:35-10:10 Stephen Bradford (University of Southern California, USA)
Photoelectron processes in liquid water: scattering, ionization and new methods for probing elementary reactivity
10:10-10:40 Miguel González (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
Dynamics of physicochemical processes involving atoms, molecules and superfluid helium nanodroplets
10:40-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-11:50 José María Fernández (Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Spain)
Experiments on undercooled liquid microjets of H2, D2 and their mixtures with Ne
11:50-12:20Toshinori Suzuki (Kyoto University, Japan)
Time and angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of aqueous solutions
12:20-12:45 Hot Topic
Anouk M. Rijs (Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Hydrogen bonds and backbone vibrations probed by conformer selective far-IR spectroscopy
12:45-13:00 Concluding remarks
13:00-15:00 Lunch