Summer School 2018
2018 ICTP/Psi-k/CECAM School on Electron-Phonon Physics from First Principles
19-23 March 2018, Trieste, Italy
More information can be found here.
Monday
Theory Lecture 1:
Introduction to Density Functional Theory
| videoTheory Lecture 2:
Density Functional Perturbation Theory
| videoTechnical Lecture 1:
Introduction to Quantum ESPRESSO
| videoHands-on 1:
Calculating ground-state and band structures with QE
| –>Mon.4.tar.gz
Hands-on 2:
Calculating phonons with QE
| –>Mon.5.tgz
Tuesday
Theory Lecture 1:
Introduction to electron-phonon interactions
| videoTheory Lecture 2:
Maximally-localised Wannier functions
| videoTechnical Lecture 1:
Introduction to Wannier90
| videoHands-on 1:
Wannier interpolation of electron bands
–>Tue.4.zip
Hands-on 2:
Electron-phonon coupling in QE
–>Tues.5.tar
andExtra
Wednesday
Theory Lecture 1:
Many-body theory of electron-phonon interactions
| videoTheory Lecture 2:
Introduction to the Boltzmann transport equation
| videoTechnical Lecture 1:
Introduction to EPW
| videoHands-on 1:
Electron-phonon matrix elements with EPW, polar materials
–>Wed.4.tar
Hands-on 2:
Resistivity and mobility with EPW
–>Wed.5.tar
Thursday
Theory Lecture 1:
Electron-phonon interactions in ARPES and IXS
| videoTheory Lecture 2:
Temperature-dependent band structures
| videoTechnical Lecture 1:
Introduction to ABINIT
| videoHands-on 1:
Band structures and phonons in ABINIT
Hands-on 2: Temperature-dependent bands and zero-point renormalisation in ABINIT
Friday
Theory Lecture 1:
Phonon-assisted optical processes
| videoTheory Lecture 2:
Migdal-Eliashberg theory of superconductivity
| videoTechnical Lecture 1:
Superconducting gap and critical temperature using EPW
| videoHands-on 1:
Eliashberg function and superconducting properties
–>Fri.4.tar
Hands-on 2:
Optical absorption in indirect-gap semiconductors
–>Fri.5.tar