XXVIII Dynamics of Molecular Collisions Conference | July 9–14, 2023 | Snowbird, Utah
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Sunday, July 9
Check-in and Badge Pickup
3:00 pm — 6:00 pm
Dinner
6:00 pm — 7:30 pm
— Welcome and Keynote Address —
7:30 pm — 9:00 pm
Welcome by Richard Dawes (Missouri S&T)
7:30 pm — 7:45 pm
Keynote Introduction by Ned Sibert (University of Wisconsin)
7:45 pm — 8:00 pm
Keynote Address by Anne McCoy (University of Washington)“Decoding signatures of large amplitude vibrational motions: Exploring the stories encoded in vibrational spectra”
8:00 pm — 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm — 9:00 pm
Reception
9:00 pm — 10:45 pm
Monday, July 10
Breakfast
7:00 am — 8:10 am
— Session: Bimolecular Collision Dynamics I —
8:10 am — 12:00 pm
Session Introduction: Piergiorgio Casavecchia (University of Perugia)
8:10 am — 8:25 am
Ian Sims (Rennes) “Experimental studies of gas phase molecular collisions for astrochemical and astrophysical applications”
8:25 am — 8:55 am
Discussion
8:55 am — 9:05 am
Xingan Wang (USTC) “High resolution bimolecular reactive scattering experiments on the H/F/N+HD reactions”
9:05 am – 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am — 9:45 am
Bin Zhao (Shenzhen)“Product angular distribution in the H + CD4 → HD + CD3 reaction”
9:45 am – 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am — 10:10 am
Coffee Break
10:10 am — 10:40 am
Francois Lique (Rennes)“The excitation of CO in cometary comae”
10:40 am — 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am — 11:20 am
Ed Narevicius (TU Dortmund) “Collisions with cold molecules: Tomography of Feshbach resonances”
11:20 am — 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am — 12:00 am
Lunch
12:00 pm — 1:00 pm
Afternoon Break
1:00 pm — 5:00 pm
— Session: Hot Topics —
5:00 pm — 6:00 pm
Zlatko Bačić (NYU)“Hydrogen-bonded molecular trimers: Full-dimensional quantum calculations of vibrational states”
5:00 pm — 5:30 pm
Discussion
5:30 pm — 5:40 pm
Hot Topic Poster PreviewsA9 (Nathanael Kidwell)
A19 (Tianlin Liu)
B2 (Dandan Lu)
B12 (N. Balakrishnan)
B21 (Patricia Vindel-Zandbergen)
A19 (Tianlin Liu)
B2 (Dandan Lu)
B12 (N. Balakrishnan)
B21 (Patricia Vindel-Zandbergen)
5:40 pm — 6:00 pm
Dinner
6:00 pm — 7:15 pm
— Session: Collision Dynamics in the Condensed Phase —
7:15 pm — 9:30 pm
Session Introduction: Hanna Reisler (University of Southern California)
7:15 pm — 7:30 pm
Andrew Orr-Ewing (Bristol) “Photochemical dynamics of nitroaromatic compounds in aqueous solution”
7:30 pm — 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm — 8:10 pm
Ruth Signorell (ETH Zurich) “Chaperon complexes and dielectrons: Transient species in reaction dynamics”
8:10 pm — 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm — 8:50 pm
Francesco Paesani (University of California San Diego) “Unveiling the quantum behavior of ions in water: From tunneling dynamics to bulk hydration with data-driven many-body potentials”
8:50 pm — 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm — 9:30 pm
Poster Session 1Group A (posters A1 — A24)
9:30 pm — 11:30 pm
Tuesday, July 11
Breakfast
7:00 am — 8:10 am
— Session: Photodissociation Dynamics —
8:10 am — 12:00 pm
Session Introduction: Curt Wittig (USC)
8:10 am — 8:25 am
Jingsong Zhang (UC Riverside)“Quantum interferences in photodissociation of small free radicals”
8:25 am — 8:55 am
Discussion
8:55 am — 9:05 am
Floyd Davis (Cornell)“Casting light on alkylcarbene formation and unimolecular reactions”
9:05 am – 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am — 9:45 am
Yeonjun Jeong (Argonne)“Electron spin coherences in photosystem I”
9:45 am – 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am — 10:10 am
Coffee Break
10:10 am — 10:40 am
Kristie Boering (Berkeley)“Kinetics and reaction dynamics of oxygen isotope exchange reactions and their applications in earth and planetary science”
10:40 am — 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am — 11:20 am
Stephen Bradforth (University of Southern California)“New tools for unraveling solution phase photochemistry”
11:20 am — 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am — 12:00 am
Lunch
12:00 pm — 1:00 pm
Afternoon Break
1:00 pm — 5:00 pm
— Session: Nonadiabatic Dynamics —
5:00 pm — 7:15 pm
Session Introduction: Ben Levine (Stonybrook)
5:00 pm — 5:15 pm
Ad van der Avoird (Nijmegen)“Collision-induced spectrum of O2 in collisions with O2 and N2”
5:15 pm — 5:45 pm
Discussion
5:45 pm — 5:55 pm
Sebastian van der Meeraker (Nijmegen)“Cold and controlled collisions using tamed molecular beams”
5:55 pm — 6:25 pm
Discussion
6:25 pm — 6:35 pm
Jesus Perez Rios (Stony Brook University)“Ion-atom-atom three-body recombination: from cold chemistry to plasma physics”
6:35 pm — 7:05 pm
Discussion
7:05 pm — 7:15 pm
Dinner
7:15 pm — 8:15 pm
Poster Session 2Group A (posters A1 — A24)
8:15 pm — 10:15 pm
Wednesday, July 12
Breakfast
7:00 am — 8:10 am
— Session: Dynamics of Interfacial Collisions —
8:10 am — 12:00 pm
Session Introduction: David Nesbitt (University of Colorado)
8:10 am — 8:25 am
Steven Sibener (University of Chicago)“On-surface chemical dynamics probed with supersonic beam scattering, STM imaging, and infrared spectroscopy”
8:25 am — 8:55 am
Discussion
8:55 am — 9:05 am
Gil Nathanson (University of Wisconsin)“Creation and reaction of solvated electrons at and near the surface of water”
9:05 am – 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am — 9:45 am
Matthew Costen (Heriot-Watt University)“Real-space laser-induced fluorescence imaging of OH inelastic scattering at the gas-liquid interface”
9:45 am – 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am — 10:10 am
Coffee Break
10:10 am — 10:40 am
Chris Reilly (Lausanne)“Probing rovibrational dynamics of CH4-surface scattering with optothermal spectroscopy”
10:40 am — 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am — 11:20 am
Bin Jiang (USTC)“First-principles dynamics simulations of adiabatic and nonadiabatic energy transfer of molecular scattering from metal surfaces”
11:20 am — 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am — 12:00 am
Lunch
12:00 pm — 1:00 pm
Afternoon Break
1:00 pm — 5:00 pm
Business Meeting
5:00 pm — 6:00 pm
Banquet
6:00 pm — 7:15 pm
— Herschbach Medal Session —
7:15 pm — 9:30 pm
Session Introduction: Bob Continetti & Richard Dawes
7:15 pm — 7:30 pm
Introduction of Marsha Lester: Bob Continetti
7:30 pm — 7:45 pm
Marsha Lester (University of Pennsylvania)“Unimolecular decay dynamics of reactive intermediates in atmospheric and combustion Chemistry”
7:45 pm — 8:30 pm
Introduction of Hua Guo: Bob Continetti
8:30 pm — 8:45 pm
Hua Guo (University of New Mexico)“Sudden vector projection model, mode specificity and bond selectivity made simple”
8:45 pm — 9:30 pm
Poster Session 3Group B (posters B1 — B24)
9:30 pm — 11:30 pm
Thursday, July 13
Breakfast
7:00 am — 8:10 am
— Session: Quantum Control and Cold Reaction Dynamics —
8:10 am — 12:00 pm
Session Introduction: David Chandler (Sandia)
8:10 am — 8:25 am
Brian Kendrick (Los Alamos)“Quantum dynamics of ultracold chemical reactions: Quantum interference, excited electronic states, and long-lived complexes”
8:25 am — 8:55 am
Discussion
8:55 am — 9:05 am
Leah Dodson (University of Maryland)“Fundamental studies of ion/molecule and neutral/neutral interactions for astrochemistry applications”
9:05 am – 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am — 9:45 am
Mark Babin (Harvard)“Controlling the unimolecular dissociation rate of an ultracold reaction”
9:45 am – 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am — 10:10 am
Coffee Break
10:10 am — 10:40 am
John Bohn (University of Colorado Boulder)“Electro-association of field-linked tetramer states in ultracold gases”
10:40 am — 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am — 11:20 am
Jeremy Hutson (Durham University)“Making ultracold molecules by merging tweezers”
11:20 am — 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am — 12:00 am
Lunch
12:00 pm — 1:00 pm
Afternoon Break
1:00 pm — 5:00 pm
— Session: Bimolecular Collisions II —
5:00 pm — 7:15 pm
Session Introduction: Roland Wester (Universität Innsbruck)
5:00 pm — 5:15 pm
Stephen Klippenstein (Argonne)“Formation and decay of criegee intermediates through bimolecular collisions”
5:15 pm — 5:45 pm
Discussion
5:45 pm — 5:55 pm
Nick Shuman (Air Force Research Laboratory)“Oxygen three ways: O–, O2, and O3 in upper atmospheric discharges, metal oxidation, and ionospheric processes”
5:55 pm — 6:25 pm
Discussion
6:25 pm — 6:35 pm
Ahren Jasper (Argonne)“Inefficient IVR and negative internal energy dependence for the H + HO2 reaction”
6:35 pm — 7:05 pm
Discussion
7:05 pm — 7:15 pm
Dinner
7:15 pm — 8:15 pm
Poster Session 4 Group B (posters B1 — B24)
8:15 pm — 10:15 pm
Friday, July 14
Breakfast
7:00 am — 8:10 am
— Session: Applications of Molecular Collision Dynamics —
8:10 am — 12:00 pm
Session Introduction: David Osborn (Sandia-Livermore)
8:10 am — 8:25 am
Mark Johnson (Yale)“Temperature- and size-dependent, water-cluster-mediated long range proton transfer in microhydrated 4-aminobenzoic acid”
8:25 am — 8:55 am
Discussion
8:55 am — 9:05 pm
Ryan Steele (Utah)“Taming the beast: New developments & demonstrations of anharmonic vibrational simulations for large(r) chemical systems”
9:05 am — 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am — 9:45 am
Simone DeSouza (University of Maryland)“Dynamics of optically centrifuged N2O in extreme rotational states studied with transient IR absorption spectroscopy”
9:45 am — 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am — 10:10 am
Coffee Break
10:10 am — 10:40 am
Krzysztof Szalewicz (University of Delaware)“Interactions of H2 with CO: High-accuracy computational spectroscopy and scattering versus experiment and astronomic observations”
10:40 am — 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am — 11:20 am
Dmitri Babikov (Marquette)“MQCT2023 – A program for calculations of inelastic scattering of two molecules”
11:20 am — 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 pm — 12:00 am
THANKS! and DMC-XXVIIII / Amy Mullin (Maryland)
12:00 pm — 12:05 pm