14–18 Dec 2026
ALBA Synchrotron Light Source
Europe/Madrid timezone

School brief layout

Schedule for session I - 14th to 18th December

 

Session I

Theory and fundamentals of symmetry concepts, crystal groups, magnetic groups, spin symmetry groups, altermagnets physics, tensor formalisms

Theory and fundamentals of symmetry concepts, crystal groups, magnetic groups, spin symmetry groups, altermagnets physics, tensor formalisms

Intro to CF, LF calculations (MWH and SA); hands-on with multiplet and conductivity tensor calculations, for XAS and RIXS

Density-functional-theory (DFT) calculations for altermagnetic candidate materials, a hands-on session on the DFT code FPLO, with a focus on ARPES and spin-ARPES simulations

 

AMSwtich

 “Altermagnetic Spintronics”    school workshop

 

Monday 14th Dec

Tuesday 15th Dec

Wednesday 16th Dec

Thursday 17th Dec

Friday 18th Dec

Morning

J. van den Brink

J. Sinova (remote)

P. Radaelli (remote)

M. Vergniory,

P. Radaelli (remote)

M.W. Haverkort (remote)

S. Agrestini

O. Janson,

 

N. Olszowska

9h-9h50 S. Dash,“Altermagnet spintronics”

9h55-10h40, speaker tbc

10h40-11h10 X.Marti "AI for Science and being an entreprenuer"

break

11h30-13h30 School-workshop: participant talks (8’+2’)

 

Afternoon

J. van den Brink

J. Sinova (remote)

A. Hariki

M. Vergniory

A. Hariki

M.W. Haverkort (remote)

S. Agrestini

A. Tcakaev, 

O. Janson

 

 

 

Schedule for session II - 18th to 20th January

 

 

 

Session II

 

(In depth) Multiplet calculations with Quanty

Hands on sessions and theory background of:

-Atomic multiplet theory, Crystal field, Ligand Field,

- Anderson Impurity models

-Dynamical Mean-Field Theory

-LDA (using FPLO)+DMFT.

-Ground-state + spectroscopy XAS, cPES, RIXS, ARPES,…

With examples on altermagnets.

 

 

 

 

   

 

Monday 18th Jan

Tuesday 19th Jan

Wednesday 20th Jan

 

 

 

Morning

 

Maurits W. Haverkort (in-person)

 

Maurits W. Haverkort (in-person)

 

Maurits W. Haverkort (in-person)

 

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Afternoon

 

Maurits W. Haverkort (in-person)

lecturer 2 (tbc)

 

Maurits W. Haverkort (in-person)

lecturer 2 (tbc)

 

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