University of Wroclaw

Institute of Theoretical Physics
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VI Max Born Symposium

The Nature of Crystalline States

Kudowa Zdroj
September 21-24, 1995
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INVITED SPEAKERS: 

    

  1. N. W. Ashcroft (Cornell University, Ithaca)

    From liquids to crystals: aspects of the density functional method
    


  2. M. Baus (Universite Libre de Bruxelles)

    Van der Waals theory of colloidal crystals
    


  3. E. R. Cowley (Rutgers University, Piscataway)

    Self-consistent phonon studies of a model diatomic ferroelectric
    




  4. A. C. D. van Enter (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)

    On the set of pure states for some systems with non-periodic
long-range order
    


  5. R. Gielerak (University of Wroclaw)

    Thermal fluctuations around (hypothetical) crystalline states
    





  6. C. Gruber (Ecole Polytechnique Federale, Lausanne)

    On the flux phase problem for the Falicov-Kimball model
    


  7. G. K. Horton (Rutgers University, Piscataway)

    Improved effective potential theory
    


  8. D. A. Huckaby (Texas Christian University, Fort Worth)

    Lattice models for ice phases
    


  9. R. Kotecky (Charles University, Prague)

    Crystal shapes: from equilibrium to nucleation and back
    


  10. R. Lifshitz (Cornell University, Ithaca)

    The Fourier-space approach to space groups
    


  11. N. Macris (Ecole Polytechnique Federale, Lausanne)

    Reflection positivity for Falicov-Kimball and other models
    


  12. J. Miekisz (Warsaw University)

    Low temperature behaviour of quasicrystalline ground states
    


  13. S. Miracle-Sole (CPT, CNRS, Marseille)

    A study of the large coupling expansion in the Falicov-Kimball model
    


  14. A. Mitus (TU Braunschweig)

    Theory and practice of "shape spectroscopy" of local structures
(in computer simulations of crystallization)
    


  15. V. Narayanamurti (University of California, Santa Barbara)
 
    1. Transport of high energy phonons
 
    2. Ballistic electron emission microscopy studies of transport in
semiconductor quantum heterostructures



  16. M. Widom (Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh)

    Electronic structure based pair potentials for aluminum-cobalt
alloys and structural models of quasicrystals
    


  17. K. Wojciechowski (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan)

    Entropy driven demixing: Why?
    


  18. V. Zagrebnov (Universite d'Aix-Marseille II)

    Long-range order in a lattice-gas model of nematic liquid crystals
    



 The Proceedings of the VI Max Born Symposium will
appear in a special issue of Physica A (Elsevier)



Janusz Jedrzejewski