The aim of the course is to introduce theoreticians as well as experimentalists into the KKR bandstructure method and its use to calculate spectroscopic properties of magnetic solids. (see the recent Psi-k highlight) Accordingly, there will be lectures dealing with the formal background and technical details of the KKR method. Emphasis will be put on a fully relativistic formulation supplying the basis for a treatment of dichroic effects in spectroscopy. The corresponding theory for magnetic dichroism in x-ray absorption, photo emission and related spectroscopies will be reviewed. Six sessions will be devoted to applications making use of the Munich SPR-KKR program package that includes a graphical user interface called xband. The various calculations on clusters and ordered as well as disordered solids, which are meant in particular to introduce inexperienced users to the field, will be guided by tutors.

Speakers and Tutors

• Peter Dederichs, Juelich (tbc)
• Hubert Ebert, Muenchen
• Eberhard Engel, Frankfurt (tbc)
• Diemo Koedderitzsch, Muenchen
• Martin Lueders, Daresbury
• Jan Minar, Muenchen
• Leon Petit, Daresbury
• Dzidka Szotek, Daresbury
• Walter Temmerman, Daresbury

For detailed program, registration and accomodations,
please see:  http://www.cse.scitech.ac.uk/cecam_at_daresbury/KKR.shtml

See also the web pages of SPR-KKR and xband:
http://olymp.phys.chemie.uni-muenchen.de/ak/ebert/SPRKKR/
http://olymp.phys.chemie.uni-muenchen.de/ak/ebert/xband.html