Application Deadline is
November 6, 2006

Organizers:
Barbara Jones
IBM Almaden

Yuli Lyanda-Geller
Purdue University

Leonid Rokhinson
Purdue University

Aspen Center for Physics
700 West Gillespie Street
Aspen, CO 81611
phone: 970.925.2585 fax: 970.920.1167

Synopsis
January 14 - 20, 2007
Spins in Nanostructures: Dynamics, Spectroscopy, Manipulation and Control
New avenues of research of spin degree of freedom have opened in structures ranging from atoms and molecular magnets to quantum dots, quantum point contacts, small magnetic nanoparticles and nanoscale magnetic layers. The rapid development of probes on the nanoscale has led to great advances in imaging and controlling matter on this scale, with the example of the STM which is now used for nanoscale spectroscopy as well as imaging and moving atoms. This conference will focus on the following core areas: spin coherence and dephasing, spin manipulation and control on the nanoscale, spin dynamics in quantum structures and nanomagnets, anomalous and spin Hall effects, nanoscale dissipation, and novel methods of spin spectroscopy. This will include recent theoretical and experimental directions in: spin-based quantum computing; spectroscopy and control of spin textures, including both current-derived and magnetic field-driven manipulation of domain walls and spin-torque phenomena; and Kondo effects in quantum dots, and as imaged by STM.