THE FORTHCOMING KAPUY LECTURE
is scheduled for the 19th of June, 2023
starting at 2:30 PM in auditory 062 (Gróh)
at the Institute of Chemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University,
1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A
The lecture will be delivered by
Prof. Gustavo Scuseria
(Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA)
titled
Adventures in Strong Correlation
Quantum Chemistry is a mature field. Progress in the last 50 years has been fantastic. The weak correlation problem has been conquered by coupled cluster theory, but strong correlation remains pervasive and problematic. Many practical applications are hindered by this obstacle. Of course, it is not surprising that after almost 100 years of Schrodinger equation, only the most difficult problems are left. In the past decade, my research group has focused on strong correlation, and in this talk, I will discuss our recent efforts to tackle it. Our current approach centers around the somewhat whimsical hope that using a non-canonical duality, we can convert strongly correlated electrons into weakly correlated ones. Many-body string operators, whose matrix elements can be obtained with polynomial cost, play a central role in our approach. I will present proof of principle applications of the theory to model systems where the interaction strength can be easily tuned.
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Previous Kapuy lectures organized by the Laboratory:
2022Barney Ellison
2021Jozef Noga
2019Markus Reiher
2018Jean-Paul Malrieu
2017Jerzy Ciosłowski
2016Trygve Helgaker
2015Paul Ayers  overheads
2014Paul Mezey
2013Werner Kutzelnigg
2012 Hans Lischka   overheads
2011 István Mayer   overheads
2010Wilfried Meyer
2009Enrico Clementi
2008Hiroshi Nakatsuji
2007Mark Hoffmann
2006Ingvar Lindgren
Named lectures organized by the former Theoretical Chemistry Department:
Ede Kapuy lectureFerenc Török lecture
2005Jürgen GaussJean Demaison
2004Debashis MukherjeeBrian Sutcliffe
2003Josef Paldus Petr Cársky
2002John F. Stanton Tucker Carrington
2001 Rodney J. Bartlett Jonathan Tennyson
2000 Henry F. Schaefer III Péter Pulay