ICTP is pleased to announce the forthcoming ICTP Colloquium on "Atoms in Intense Light Fields", by Professor Robin Santra. The talk will take place TODAY at 16:30 hrs, in the Budinich Lecture Hall, Leonardo Building, ICTP.

Robin Santra is a professor of theoretical physics jointly appointed by DESY and the University of Hamburg. His accomplishments include the prediction of electronic hole dynamics and alignment in optical strong-field ionization, and predictions that motivated and supported the first experiments at the x-ray free-electron laser LCLS. He has been awarded the IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics and has received the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE). He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

Abstract: Prof. Santra will present recent developments at the interface between attosecond science and x-ray science. In this context, he will discuss theoretical models of nonperturbative light-matter interactions and the performance of these models in comparison with experiment.

http://indico.ictp.it/event/8529/

The Colloquium will be livestreamed at ictp.it/livestream

Light refreshments will be served after the talk.

You are all very warmly invited to attend.

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