Contents - Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme
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thephysicsofcomplexsystems.In2009wehostedoneAdvancedStudyGroup,andin2010weenjoyed<br />
largescaleactivitiesoftwoAdvancedStudyGroups.<br />
Theguestscientistsareusuallylinkedtotheresearchgroupsat mpipks. Insomecasestheyconduct<br />
moreindependentresearch,whichleadstosynergeticeffects,includingrecenttemporarycollaborations<br />
attheinstituteonultracoldatoms. Synergeticeffectsarefurtherenhancedduetotheopportunityto<br />
listentotalksandlectureswithintheSeminarandWorkshopProgramof mpipks(seep.112).<br />
InadditiontotheregularpositionsoftheVisitorsProgramtheinstituteannuallyoffersaDistinguished<br />
PKSPostdoctoralPositionforexperiencedpostdoctoralscientistsforuptothreeyears.PKSFellowsdo<br />
researchinareasrelatedtobutnotdirectlycoveredbytheworkdoneinthe mpipksresearchgroups.<br />
ThreePKSFellowsarecurrentlyworkingat mpipks:Dr.EmilBergholtzonCorrelatedquantummatter,<br />
Dr. AchilleasLazaridesonCollectivephenomena,andDr.ChiuFanLeeonPhysicalpropertiesand<br />
pathogenesisofproteinaggregation,seereportonp.102. TwoPKSfellowshavelefttheinstitute:<br />
Dr.VitaliAverbukh(InteratomicDecayProcesses)tookafacultypositionattheImperialCollegein<br />
London,andDr.BalaszDora(MagneticImpuritiesind-DensityWaves)movedtoastaffpositionat<br />
theUniversityofTechnologyinBudapest. AnotherformerPKSfellowDr.MasudulHaque(Quantum<br />
Many-BodyPhenomenainCondensedMatter)movedtoastaffpositionwiththeCondensedMatter<br />
Departmentat mpipks.<br />
TogetherwiththeTUBraunschweigtheinstitutesupportedajuniorprofessorship(Prof. IlyaEremin,<br />
seereportonp.107). Prof. EreminwasteachingattheTUBraunschweig,andconductingresearch<br />
at mpipks.InthemeantimehehasacceptedandmovedtoafacultypositionwiththeRuhr-Universität<br />
Bochum.<br />
Tostrengthenthetransferofknowledgeandexperienceat mpipks,theinstituteannuallyawardsthe<br />
MartinGutzwillerFellowshiptoaseniorscientistwhomadeexceptionalcontributionsintheareaofthe<br />
physicsofcomplexsystems. GutzwillerFellowsspenduptooneyearat mpipksandcannominatea<br />
youngguestscientistfortheVisitorsProgram. The2009and2010fellowswereProf.S.Aubryand<br />
Prof.Y.Kevrekidis(seereportonp.108).<br />
Aconsiderablenumberofguestscientistsleavetheinstituteforpermanentpositionsintheacademic<br />
sector,besidesmanyotherswhocontinuewithpostdoctoralpositionsatotherinstitutionsinGermanyor<br />
abroad.Severalguestscientistsleaveforpositionsinthenon-academicsector,suchasappliedresearch,<br />
informatics,finance,orconsulting.<br />
Inadditiontothelong-termguestscientistpositionstheVisitorsProgramalsohostsmanyshort-term<br />
visits(foruptothreemonths).Thesevisitsareusuallyduetocollaborationsoftheresearchgroupsat<br />
mpipkswithotherinstitutes. Theirnumberreachedhigherlevelsagain,314duringtheyear2009and<br />
328duringtheyear2010.<br />
3.3.1 PKS-Fellowship<br />
Inner-shellionizationofpolyatomicsystems<br />
(Dr.VitaliAverbukh)<br />
Basedonaccuratequantumchemicalmethodswestudytheeffectofa(multiply)chargedenvironmentonthedecayofinner-shellvacanciesinpolyatomicsystems[1–3].Thiskindofdynamics<br />
takesplaceunderilluminationofmatterwithshortintenseX-raypulsesasavailablefromFree<br />
ElectronLaserSources,suchasFLASHandLCLSinHamburgandStanford,respectively. Electronicdecayisamajordoorwayforradiationdamagewhichneedstobequantifiedandunderstood<br />
foradvanceduseofFEL-radiation.<br />
Theadventofpowerfulfree-electronlasers(FELs)operatingintheUVandX-raydomains[4]takesthe<br />
studyofradiation-matterinteractiontoanewdynamicalregimeofboth,highphotonenergiesandhigh<br />
photonfluxes. Whenincidentonatoms,moleculesorclusters,thestrongfluxesofhigh-energyFEL<br />
photonsleadtomultipleinner-shellionization(see,e.g. Ref.[5]). Theensuingelectronicdecayofthe<br />
formedinner-shellvacanciesisamajorcontributortoradiationdamageoccurringthroughpositivecharge<br />
accumulationandeventuallytodisintegrationofthetargetsystemsbyCoulombexplosion.Wedescribe<br />
firstourquantumbasedapproachtocharacterizesuchphenomenaandpresentresultsforthreedifferent<br />
scenarios.<br />
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