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DY: Fachverband Dynamik und Statistische Physik

DY 2: Statistical Physics (general)

DY 2.10: Topical Talk

Montag, 14. März 2011, 12:45–13:15, ZEU 255

Trends, questions and methods in molecular magnetism — •Jürgen Schnack — Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, D-33615 Bielefeld

The field of molecular magnetism has seen a rapid development during the past 15 years. Initially driven by the discovery of slow magnetic relaxation and magnetic hysteresis on the molecular level, the field nowadays spreads out into several directions as for instance quantum manipulation of molecular qubits, manipulation and investigation of deposited magnetic molecules, rational design of magnetic molecules with large anisotropy barriers or with large ground-state degeneracies for huge magnetocaloric effects. Such activities rise questions of reachable decoherence times or addressability of deposited molecules as well as of methods to theoretically describe both the molecules as well as the desired processes. Theoretical descriptions, that mostly aim at a complete quantum description, have advanced a lot in the field. A few of them will be highlighted.