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Latest news
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- The third SPHERS Network Meeting
took place in Sevilla, Spain, January 17-19, 2003.
Click
here to see some pictures,
kindly made
available by Agnès Perrin.
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SPHERS Summer School
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The SPHERS summer school,
"Highly Excited Rovibrational States of
Molecules - Theory and Experiment," took place
September 16-20, 2002, in Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium.
Click here to see the program and
material related to the lectures..
A large number of digital pictures from the summer school are available:
The pictures are kindly made available by Titus Gherman,
Thérèse R. Huet, Juan Ramon Aviles Moreno,
Tina Erica Odaka, Jayesh Ramanlal, and Mizuho Tanaka.
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SPHERS Science Communication Training Workshop
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The SPHERS science communication training workshop
(organised with the European
Network of Science Communication Teachers)
took place April 19-21, 2002,
in the glorious
surroundings of
Cumberland Lodge,
in the heart of Windsor Great Park, near
London, UK.
More information at
http://www.enscot.eu.com (Click "Communication Training" on
top right hand side).
A good time was had by all at this event.
Click
here to see some pictures from
the workshop, kindly made available by Titus Gherman.
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SPHERS Mid-Term Review Meeting
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The SPHERS mid-term review meeting took place in Orsay, France,
March 7-8, 2002,
with the participation of
the scientific
officer in charge of the project, Ms. Maria Getsiou.
In an e-mail sent on March 15th, 2002,
Ms. Getsiou concludes that
"In my opinion, the network is working in a
very good manner and provides a stimulating environment for researchers. I
am thus pleased to inform you of a successful conclusion to the network's
mid-term review procedure."
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here to see some pictures from the dinner
following the mid-term review meeting. The pictures are kindly made
available by Agnes Perrin.
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What is SPHERS?
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SPHERS
(Spectroscopy of Highly Excited Rovibrational States)
is a research training network supported by the European
Commission in the framework of the programme "Improving the Human
Research Potential and the Socio-Economic Knowledge Base" within
the 5th Framework Research Programme of the European Union. It has been
established in September 2000 and will run for a total of three years.
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Where is SPHERS?
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Click the city names for more information.
Click here for the list of SPHERS members.
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SPHERS research summary
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The topic of the SPHERS research training network is to investigate, both by
experimental spectroscopic methods and theoretically, highly excited
rovibrational states of selected, prototypal molecules. These studies will
serve to characterize accurately the molecular potential energy functions at
energies in, or at least close to, the chemically significant region.
Precise knowledge of potential energy surfaces at such high energies is a
prerequisite for understanding the mechanisms of chemical reactions. In
addition to the general information represented by the potential energy
surface, the project will provide specific information on particular
dynamical effects such as local mode behaviour, clustering of rotational
energy levels, and intramolecular vibrational redistribution of energy. A
thorough understanding of such effects is a stepping stone towards the
development of techniques for bond-selective photochemistry.
SPHERS covers the following fields of research:
- The synthesis of reactive molecules.
- Experimental molecular spectroscopy with complementary
techniques such as Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy,
Intra-Cavity Laser Spectroscopy, Cavity-Ring-Down Spectroscopy,
and Infared Laser Assisted Photofragment Spectroscopy.
- Ab initio calculations of electronic structure.
- Simulation of rotation-vibration spectra directly from the
Born-Oppenheimer potential energy function and other electronic
properties.
Scientific highlights 2000-2001
Scientific highlights 2001-2002
Joint publications 2000-2001
Joint publications 2001-2002
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Planned network events
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- The fourth and final SPHERS Network Meeting will
take place towards the end of the project in the fall of 2003.
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Vacancies
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Under the terms of the IHP
("Improving the Human
Research Potential and the Socio-Economic Knowledge Base")
programme, the young researchers who are successful
applicants for the supported positions must be aged 35 years or less, and
must be nationals of a Community Member State or a State associated with
the IHP programme (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Cyprus,
Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,
Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia). Subject to its final
conclusion, an Association Agreement signed with the Swiss Confederation
is expected to enter into force on 01.01.2001. The young researchers must
not be nationals of the state in which the participant appointing them
is established, and must not have carried out their normal activities in
that state for more than 12 of the 24 months prior to their appointment.
Click here for the list of SPHERS vacancies.
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