Musikalischer Auftakt: Prof. Ronith Mues (Soloharfenistin des Konzerthausorchesters Berlin und Professorin der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Mannheim).
http://www.muho-mannheim.de/personal/Bios/mues_ronith.htm
Bretislav is fond of the title of this talk, crafted by him. It was a major theme in the superb Festschrift [1] celebrating his 60th birthday. There he presented an intriguing autobiography, with engaging vignettes about colleagues as well as synopses of his research, teaching, and historical scholarship. These are updated in his exemplary website [2], including an extensive array of his...
Ultracold molecules are a promising platform for diverse scientific goals, ranging from quantum information and simulation to controlled chemistry and precision measurements of fundamental physics. The rich internal structure of molecules, including vibrations, rotations, and hyperfine interactions, provides many handles for exquisite control. However, the very same structural features that...
I will show how laser pulses can align molecules in helium nanodroplets and how the ability to place molecules in advantageous spatial orientations allows structural determination of molecular complexes. The talk will focus on the following topics:
1) Alignment of molecules with pulses much shorter than the molecular rotational periods.
The experimental results show rotational dynamics that...
Recently we have predicted a new quasiparticle - the angulon - which is formed when a quantum impurity (such as an electron, atom, or molecule) exchanges its orbital angular momentum with a many-particle environment (such as lattice phonons or a Fermi sea) [1,2].
Soon thereafter we obtained strong evidence that angulons are formed in experiments on molecules trapped inside superfluid helium...
Bretislav Friedrich’s scientific work is complemented by historical research and studies that he began publishing in 1996. This talk focuses on some of the leading themes in his historical work. These themes include biographical essays and articles on Otto Stern, Fritz Haber, Otto Sackur, Michael Polanyi, and Clara Immerwahr, along with histories of physical chemistry, the Fritz Haber...
