Ultrafast excited-state dynamics: From quantum to quantum-classical dynamics (F.Agostini)
Channel: Francesco Sottile
Date: 08/05/2021

Webinar within the GDR REST series, given on 7 February 2021. 


I will give a brief introduction on the Born-Oppenheimer approximation and its breakdown, with particular focus on the treatment of ultrafast photo-induced processes in molecular systems. First, I will describe the problem from a quantum-mechanical perspective. Then, I will present few examples of molecular-dynamics methods that are currently available to simulate ultrafast processes by invoking the so-called quantum-classical approximation. Finally, I will discuss some challenges and open questions in the field.