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A series of lecture on Theoretical Spectroscopy has been given at Queen's Belfast University in June 2007

• Introduction to Spectroscopy - Francesco - (fetch the pdf).
• Microscopic-Macroscopic Connection - Silvana - (fetch the pdf).
• Density Functional Theory (DFT) - Silvana - (fetch the pdf).
• DFT II - Independent Particle Response - Silvana - (fetch the pdf).
• Optical Properties of Phase-Change Materials - Silvana - (fetch the pdf).
• Introduction to Green's Functions - Lucia -(fetch the pdf).
• Many Body Perturbation Theory - Lucia -(fetch the pdf).
• The GW Approximation - Lucia -(fetch the pdf).
• Beyond the GW Approximation - Lucia.
• The Bethe-Salpeter Equation - Francesco -(fetch the pdf).
• Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TDDFT) - Francesco - (fetch the pdf).
• Density Functional Approaches vs Many-Body Approaches - Lucia -(fetch the pdf).
• Excitonic Effects in TDDFT - Francesco - (fetch the pdf).

Spectroscopy Lectures (2001-2006)

Every year, the Theoretical Spectroscopy Group has organized a five-days school on Spectroscopy Theory and Computational Applications.
Topics are TDDFT, GW and Bethe-Salpeter Equation. The school presents Tutorials and Hands-On on the ABINIT-GW, EXC and DP codes.