Barry Schneider, a researcher from NIST’s Applied and Computational Mathematics Division, will give a seminar on April 20, 2017, about the history and developments in computational atomic and molecular physics over the past 45 years. The talk will highlight how electronic computation has transformed the field, despite the complexity of many-body systems and the challenges of scaling calculations with the number of particles. Schneider will discuss the mathematical and algorithmic advances that have improved our understanding of quantum mechanical interactions, such as scattering processes and radiation-matter interactions.
Schneider has a long and distinguished career in theoretical chemistry and physics, with experience at institutions like Los Alamos National Laboratory, the National Science Foundation, and NIST. His current research focuses on solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation in intense laser fields. The seminar is part of NIST’s ACMD Seminar Series and is open to the public, though visitors must contact Cathy Graham in advance to attend.
Keywords: computational methods, Schrödinger equation, numerical methods
