Program

PROGRAM: 7^th AISAMP (IIT-Madras, Chennai, Dec.4-7, 2007)

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VII AISAMP - Day 1

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Monday, December 4, 2006 : IC & SR Auditorium, IIT-Madras Session 1

D1S1 09.00-09.05 : Invocation: by Mrs. Lakshmi Sreeram

09.05-09.10 : Welcome note, by P. C. Deshmukh

09.10-09.15 : Opening Remarks by Professor M. S. Ananth, Director, IIT-M

09.15-10.05 : Key Note (KN) address (Speaker from India: Kailash C. Rustagi)
(Atomic, Molecular and optical Physics in India - a Perspective)

10.00-10.10 : Q&A

10.10-11.00 : Plenary Talk (PT1: Speaker from China: Mingsheng Zhan)

11.00-11.05 : Q&A

11.05-11.10 : Vote of Thanks, by Purushottam Chakraborty

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11.10-11.30 : Tea

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S2: Invited Talks Laser Cooling, Cold Traps for Atoms and Molecules Session 2

Chair : Robert Scholten

D1S2 11.30-11.35 : Chairman's remarks

           11.35-11.55    : T1           Yoshihiro Yamakita
                             (Controlling the Translation of Molecules in Electric Fields)
                               - prospects for infra-thermal chemistry

11.55-12.00 : Q&A on T1

12.00-12.20 : T2 B. N. Jagatap
(Optical Control of Magneto-optical Trap)

12.20-12.25 : Q&A on T2

12.25-12.45 : T3 Kyungwan An
(Quantum Optics Experiments with a Single-Atom Trap)

12.45-12.50 : Q&A on T3

12.50-13.10 : T4 Donghyun Cho
(Transformable Optical dipole trap using a phase modulated Standing wave)

13.10-13.15 : Q&A on T4

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13.15-14.30 : Lunch

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S3: Invited Talks Atomic and Molecular Collisions Session 3

Chair : Mark A. Buntine

D1S3 14.30-14.35 : Chairman's remarks

14.35-14.55 : T5 Rajesh Srivastava
(Electron Excitation of Initially Excited Alkaline Earth Atoms
and Noble Gases: A Fully Relativistic Approach)

14.55-15.00 : Q&A on T5

           15.00-15.20    : T6          Hajime Tanuma
                            (Spectroscopic Study of Multiply Charged Xenon and Tin Ions
                               in Charge Exchanging Collisions)

15.20-15.25 : Q&A on T6

15.25-15.45 : T7 Kenji Motohashi
(Secondary ion emission in grazing collisions between highly-charged ions and surfaces)
-Coincidence experiments with scattered particles-

15.45-15.50 : Q&A on T7

15.50-16.10 : T8 Hiroyuki A. Torii
(Atomic collision experiment using ultra-slow antiproton beams)

16.10-16.15 : Q&A on T8

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16.15-16.25 : Tea
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S4: Invited Talks Session 4A <- Parallel -> Session 4B
Sessions

Novel Experimental Techniques Quantum Info.Processing using Atoms & Molecules

Chair(4A): Purushottam Chakraborty Chair(4B): Shinichi Watanabe

D1S4 16.25-16.30 : Chairman's remarks Chairman's remarks

           16.30-16.50    : T9A    Nobuyuki Nakamura                T9B: K. R. Dastidar
   (Resonant Processes in Collisions of    (Control of interface of Molecular wavepacket
                   Highly Charged Ions with Electrons)               and its dynamics by using delayed ultrafast pulses)

16.50-16.55 : Q&A on T9A Q&A on T9B

           16.55-17.15    : T10A   Vaibhav S. Prabhudesai           T10B: Naresh Chandra
(Probing site selective fragmentation of             (Generation And Characterization of
molecules using Velocity Map Imaging(VMI)for    Pairs of Flying Electrons With
hydroxyl group containing compouds)               Tunables Degree of Entanglement)

17.15-17.20 : Q&A on T10A Q&A on T10B

           17.20-17.40    : T11A   Xiangjun Chen                    T11B: Sonjoy Majumder
   (Determining Conformational Preference               (Correlation Studies of Hyperfine Interactions                     for Molecules by Electron Momentum Spectrocopy)        in Atoms and Ions)

17.40-17.45 : Q&A on T11A Q&A on T11B

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VII AISAMP - Day 2

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Tuesday, December 5, 2006 : IC & SR Auditorium, IIT-Madras Session 5

Chair : E. J. Bieske

D2S5 09.00-09.05 : Chairman's Remarks

09.05-09.55 : Plenary Talk (PT2: Speaker from Japan: Yasuo Udagawa)
(Molecular Frame (e,2e) Spectroscopy by (e,2e+M) Triple Coincidence Study)

09.55-10.05 : Q&A

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S6: Invited Talks High Precision Spectroscopy Session 6

Chair : Dilip Angom

D2S6 10.05-10.10 : Chairman's Remarks

10.10-10.30 : T1 Lokesh Tribedi
(Ionization of Molecules in Fast Ion Collisions: Special Features)

10.30-10.35 : Q&A on T1

10.35-10.55 : T2 Jung Bog Kim
(Partial Storage and Retrieval of Light Pulse in Cs Atomic Vapors)

10.55-11.00 : Q&A on T2

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11.00-11.15 : Tea

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S7: Invited Talks Atom and molecules in controlled laser fields Session 7

Chair : N. Sathyamurthy

D2S7 11.15-11.20 : Chairman's Remarks

11.20-11.40 : T3 Deepak Mathur
(Matter in Intense Optical Fields: from molecules to living cells)

11.40-11.45 : Q&A on T3

11.45-12.05 : T4 Robert Scholten
(Atomic coherence ultracold plasma, and imaging)

12.05-12.10 : Q&A on T4

12.10-12.30 : T5 Feng Lei Hong
(Laser Frequency Control and Measurement with an Optical Comb)

12.30-12.35 : Q&A on T5

12.35-12.55 : T6 S. Bhattacharyya
(Spin Currents from Helium in Intense-Field Photo-ionization)

12.55-13.00 : Q&A on T6

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13.00-14.15 : Lunch

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S8: Invited Talks Atomic & Molecular Physics with Synchrotron Radiation Session 8

Chair : Naresh Chandra

D2S8 14.15-14.20 : Chairman's Remarks

14.20-14.40    : T7    Bhas Bapat
   (Photo-triple-ionisation of CO2)

14.40-14.45    : Q&A on T7

14.45-15.05    : T8     Jim J. Lin
(Dynamics of Elementry Reactions studied by Crossed Molecular Beam
   technique combined with Ion Velocity Image or Synchrotron Radiation)
        -exemplified by F+CH4 and F2+CH3SCH3 reactions

15.05-15.10 : Q&A on T8

15.10-15.30    : T9    G. S. Lodha
                 (Atomic and molecular research using vacuum ultra violet/soft
                    x-ray reflectivity beamline on Indus-1)

15.30-15.35 : Q&A on T9

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15.35-16.20 : Conference Photograph
16.20-16.35 : Tea

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S9: Invited Talks Many body Atomic Processes Session 9

Chair : Michio Matsuzawa

D2S9 16.35-16.40 : Chairman's Remarks

16.45-17.05 : T10 Bhanu P. Das
(Theory of Parity Nonconservation in Trapped Ions)

17.05-17.10 : Q&A on T10

17.10-17.30 : T11 T. N. Chang
(Core Excitation Effects on Atomic Transitions)

17.30-17.35 : Q&A on T11

17.35-17.55 : T12 Ramesh V. Pai
(Mean Field Theory for Interactiong Bosons on a Lattice)

17.55-18.00 : Q&A on T12 EVENING: IAC MEETING

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VII AISAMP - Day 3

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Wednesday,December 6, 2006: IC & SR Auditorium, IIT-Madras Session 10

Chair : T. N. Chang

D3S10 09.00-09.05 : Chairman's Remarks

09.05-09.55 : Plenary Talk (PT3: Speaker from Korea: Sung Ho Suck Salk)
(Changes in physical properties from atomic to condensed matter state)

09.55-10.05 : Q&A

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S11: Invited Talks BEC, Quantum Degenerate Gas Session 11

Chair : Jim Williams

D3S11 10.05-10.10 : Chairman's Remarks

           10.10-10.30    : T1      C. S. Unnikrishnan
                            (Atoms in cavities and near surfaces-New experiments in quantum
                              electrodynamics with laser cooled atoms and Bose-Einstien condensates)

10.30-10.35 : Q&A on T1

10.35-10.55 : T2 Dilip Angom
(Pairing in two component ultracold fermionic atoms)

10.55-11.00 : Q&A on T2

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11.00-11.15 : Tea

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S12: Invited Talks Atomic & Molecular Spectroscopy Session 12

Chair : Lokesh Tribedi

D3S12 11.15-11.20 : Chairman's Remarks

11.20-11.40   : T3     Hiroyuki Katsuki
                 (Visualizing and Controling Ultrafast Wave-Packet Interference
                   in Diatomic Molecules)

11.40-11.45 : Q&A on T3

11.45-12.05    : T4     Prem B. Bisht
                 (Time-Resolved Spectroscopy on Picosecond Time Scales-
                  Laser induced transient grating and degenerate four wave mixing for
                  studies of radiationless transitions in moleculer system)

12.05-12.10 : Q&A on T4

12.10-12.30    : T5     A. I. Jaman
                 (Millimeterwave Spectroscopy of Transient Molecules of Chemical
   and Astrophysical Interest)

12.30-12.35 : Q&A on T5

12.35-12.55 : T6 E. J. Bieske
(Probing the Interactions between Metal Cations and Molecular Hydrogen-
infrared spectroscopy of mass selected Li⁺-H₂ and Al⁺-H₂ complexes)

12.55-13.00 : Q&A on T6

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13.00-14.00 : Lunch

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S13: Invited Talks Novel Techniques to Study Atom & Molecules-1 Session 13

Chair : Keh-Ning Huang

D3S13 14.00-14.05 : Chairman's Remarks

14.05-14.25    : T7     Tapan Kumar Nandi
                 (Experimental Signature on Selective high-lying Ryberg states: A possible
                                     origin of Radio recombination lines in intersteller spaces)

14.25-14.30 : Q&A on T7

14.30-14.50 : T8 G. Metha
("Dirty Clusters": Adding to Control the Structure and Reactivity
of Transition Metal Clusters)

14.50-14.55 : Q&A on T8

14.55-15.15 : T9 Yasuyuki Kanai
(Excited states of Highly charged ions after a Metallic Microcapillary)

15.15-15.20 : Q&A on T9

15.20-15.40 : T10 E. Krishnakumar
(Autoionization in O₂ by high harmonics)

15.40-15.45 : Q&A on T10

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15.45-16.00 : Tea

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S14:Invited Talks Session 14A <- Parallel-> Session 14B
Sessions

Physics of Bio-Molecules Quantum Info.Processing using
Atoms & Molecules

Chair(14A): A. I. Jaman Chair(14B): Bhanu P. Das

D3S14 16.00-16.05 : Chairman's remarks Chairman's remarks

           16.05-16.25    : T11A    Mark A. Buntine           T11B: Hai Woong Lee
                         (Rotational Energy Distributations         (Generation of Atomic Entangled
                       of Benzene Liberated from Aqueous Liquid      and Cluster States in a Cavity)
                      Microjets: a comparison between evaporation
                              and infrared desorption)

16.25-16.30 : Q&A on T11A Q&A on T12B

           16.30-16.50    : T12A    S. V. K. Kumar            T12B: N. Sathyamurthy
                           (Interaction of low Energy Electron (Dynamics of certain ion-molecule
                              with Biological Molecules)                     Processes)

16.50-16.55 : Q&A on T12A Q&A on T12B

           16.55-17.15    : T13A    A. K. Mishra              T13B: Ite A. Yu
                            (Modifying the Aggregation Behavior     (Low-Light-Level Cross-Phase Modulation
                              of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)             Based on Stored Light Pulses)
                            Thermoreversible Gel by a Bile Salt)

17.15-17.20 : Q&A on T13A Q&A on T13B

D3 Evening 19.30-22.00 : Banquet Dinner & Cultural Evening at Hotel Radisson
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VII AISAMP - Day No. 4

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Thursday, December 7, 2006: IC & SR Auditorium, IIT-Madras Session 15

Chair : G. Metha

D4S15 09.00-09.05 : Chairman's Remarks

09.05-09.55 : Plenary Talk(PT4: Speaker from Taiwan: Keh-Ning Huang)
(Symmtries in Atomic Collision Process)

09.55-10.05 : Q&A on Plenary Talk

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S16: Invited Talks Atomic and Molecular Scattering Session 16

Chair : Bhas Bapat

D4S16 10.05-10.10 : Chairman's Remarks

10.10-10.30 : T1 Chandana Sinha
(Laser Modified Collisions and Effect of Phase Control)

10.30-10.35 : Q&A on T1

           10.35-10.55    : T2    Mineo Kimura
   (Similarities and Differences between Electron and Positron Scatterings
                            from Molecules)

10.55-11.00 : Q&A on T2

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11.00-11.15 : Tea

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S17: Invited Talks Atomic Collisions and Spectroscopy Session 17

Chair : S. V. K. Kumar

D4S17 11.15-11.20 : Chairman's remarks

11.20-11.40 : T3 Hyuck Cho
(Low-Energy Electron Collisions With Rare Gases and Biologically
Relavent Molecules)

11.40-11.45 : Q&A on T3

11.45-12.05 : T4 Peter Hammond
(Trapped Electrons in a novel Electron Recycling Spectrometer)

12.05-12.10 : Q&A on T4

12.10-12.30 : T5 D. Goswami
(Adiabatic Quantum Computation and Coherent Control)

12.30-12.35 : Q&A on T5

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12.35-14.00 : Lunch

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S18: Invited Talks Novel Techniques to Study Atom & Molecules-2 Session 18

Chair : B. N. Jagatap

D4S18 14.00-14.05 : Chairman's remarks

14.05-14.25 : T6 C. Vijayan
(Nonlinear optical processes in confined molecular clusters)

14.25-14.30 : Q&A on T6

           14.30-14.50    : T7    Jaehoon Kim
                             (Short electron bunch generation by laser-accelerator
                               for ultra-short X-ray sources)

14.50-14.55 : Q&A on T7

           14.55-15.15    : T8    Yugal Khajuria
                             ((e,2e) triple differential cross section of Mg coplanar
                              symmetric geometry)

           15.15-15.20    : Q&A on T8

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15.20-15.35 : Tea

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S19: Invited Talks VALEDICTORY FUNCTION Session 19

Chair : Hai Woong Lee

D4S19 15.35-15.40 : Chairman's remarks

           15.40-16.30    : PLENARY TALK (PT5: Speaker from Australia:Jim Williams)
(Spin effects in electron scattering from atoms and surfaces)

         16.30-16.40    : Q&A

16.40-17.05 : 'Open' Session / Conference Closure

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Post-Conference Sight-Seeing tour will  be  arranged on December 8th to Jinjee Forts, Lunch at Pondicherry and return by evening 
via the lovely East Coast Highway. One bus will leave from Taramani Guest House at 7:30 am, and another from Radisson Hotel at 
7:45am. The two buses will go together. Subsidised cost  for  this tour will be worked out  and this will also depend on  the  number 
of  participants.

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