Summer School 2021

2021 Virtual School on Electron-Phonon Physics and the EPW code

14-18 June 2021, Virtual

More information can be found here.

Monday

• Welcome & Intro | video

• Theory Lecture 1: DFT, DFPT, and Quantum Espresso | video

• Theory Lecture 2: Maximally-localized Wannier functions | video

• Hands-On Intro: Wannier90 | video

• Hands-On Session: Quantum Espresso and Wannier90 | video | –> Tutorial Files

Tuesday

• Theory Lecture 1: Intro to electron-phonon interactions | video

• Theory Lecture 2: Many-body methods for electron-phonon interactions | video

• Technical Lecture: Intro to the EPW code and recent developments | video

• Hands-On Intro: Running EPW | video

• Hands-On Session: Electron-phonon matrix elements and coupling strength | video | –> Tutorial Files

Wednesday

• Theory Lecture 1: Carrier transport and Boltzmann equation | video

• Theory Lecture 2: Phonon-assisted optical processes | video

• Hands-On Intro: The transport module of EPW | video

• Hands-On Session: Calculation of carrier mobilities | video | –> Tutorial Files

Thursday

• Theory Lecture 1: Superconductors and Eliashberg theory | video

• Theory Lecture 2: Polarons from first principles | video

• Hands-On Intro 1: Phonon-assisted absorption with EPW | video

• Hands-On Session 1: Calculating phonon-assisted optical spectra | video | –> Tutorial Files

• Hands-On Intro 2: The superconducting module of EPW | video

• Hands-On Session 2: Calculations of superconducting Tc | video | –> Tutorial Files

Friday

• Theory Lecture: The special displacement method | video

• Hands-On Session: Temperature-dependent band structures and optical spectra | video | –> Tutorial Sheet and Files