APS 2026 Short Course ===================== `Electron-Phonon Physics from First Principles: Theory and Computational Tools `_ `APS Global Physics Summit `_ Denver, Sunday 15 March 2026 .. image:: ../doc/images/APS_short_course_2026.jpg :width: 100% :align: center .. image:: ../doc/images/APS_short_course_2026_team.jpg :width: 100% :align: center Tutorial notebooks ------------------ To access MATCSSI and Vista at TACC, please follow these steps: :download:`How to get started with MATCSSI on Vista ` All Jupyter notebooks used during the hands-on sessions can be downloaded automatically by running the following notebook directly on MATCSSI: :download:`Download notebook ` Alternatively, individual notebooks can be downloaded manually from the links in the hands-on sessions below. Course schedule --------------- Morning session ............... * 08:00–08:30 — Lecture 1: :download:`Course overview and foundational concepts ` (F. Giustino) | `video `_ * 08:30–09:10 — Lecture 2: :download:`Carrier transport in bulk and 2D materials ` (S. Poncé) | `video `_ * 09:10–09:50 — Lecture 3: :download:`Superconductors and Migdal-Eliashberg theory ` (R. Margine) | `video `_ * 10:20–11:00 — Lecture 4: :download:`Beyond the harmonic approximation ` (M. Zacharias) | `video `_ * 11:00–11:40 — Lecture 5: :download:`Introduction to polarons ` (F. Giustino) | `video `_ * 11:40–12:20 — Lecture 6: :download:`Ultrafast dynamics of electrons and phonons ` (F. Caruso) | `video `_ Afternoon session ................. * 13:20–14:00 — Lecture 7: :download:`Introduction to EPWpy and MATCSSI ` (S. Tiwari) | `video `_ * 14:00–14:15 — Lecture 8: ``Introduction to tutorials`` (S. Tiwari) * 14:15–15:30 — Hands-on session 1: Setup, transport, and superconductivity (All instructors) - :download:`Jupyter notebook: Installation and setup ` - :download:`Jupyter notebook: Transport ` - :download:`Jupyter notebook: Superconductivity ` * 15:30–15:45 — Coffee break * 15:45–17:30 — Hands-on session 2: Polarons and special displacements (All instructors) - :download:`Jupyter notebook: Polarons ` - :download:`Jupyter notebook: Anharmonicity ` Supplemental files ------------------ .. POSCAR file used in the exercises: .. :download:`POSCAR_mp-149 ` `Google Colab `_ version of the notebooks, in case of problems with access to Vista: - :download:`Transport notebook ` - :download:`Superconductivity notebook ` - :download:`Polaron notebook ` - :download:`Anharmonicity notebook ` All notebooks used in this course can also be found on GitLab: `EPWpy notebooks on GitLab `_