Fall term 2008
- Philippe Jacquod
Semiclassical Approach to Mesoscopic Systems
Lecture notes - Erich Sackmann
Introduction to Physics of Biomatter
Lecture notes - Jean-Louis Sikorav
Elements of Biology
Lecture notes
Additional information - Salvatore Mele
From LEP to LHC
Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3,
Lecture 4, Lecture 5, Lecture 6,
Lecture 7 - A. Zaffaroni
Introduction to the AdS/CFT Correspondence
Lecture Notes - J. Lesgourgues
Dark Matte and Dark Energy
Lecture Notes - D. Bäriswil et N. Macris
N-Body Methods in Condensed Matter
Lecture Notes
Spring term 2008
- Monique Combescot
Many-body Effects of Composite Quantum Particles
Lecture notes - Leslie Camilleri
Neutrino Oscillations
Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3, Lecture 4 - A. J. Leggett
Introduction to supercomputing qubits
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, photos
Fall term 2007
- M. Droz
Invariance d'échelle, groupe de renormalisation
Cours - N. Morel
Physique des particules appliquée à l'imagerie médicale
Partie 1, Partie 2, Partie 3 - D.N. Basov
Infrared and optical properties of correlated matter
Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3, Lecture 4
Summer term 2007
- Neville Richardson
Group Theory applied to molecular adsorbates
Lecture Notes - Michele Maggiore
Gravitational waves
Part 1.1, Part 1.2, Part 2.1, Part 2.2, Part 3.1, Part 3.2 - Frederick JAMES
Statistics for Physicists
Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9
Winter term 2005-2006
- Simone GIANI
Physics simulation software and application to detectors 123 pages - Séminaire Transalpin
Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
Summer term 2005
- Anne Ealet
Dark Matter and Dark Energy (site ftp d'A. Ealet)
Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3, Lecture 4 - Yvo van Stokkum
Global and Target Analysis of Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Data
Séminaire transalpin 2009
- An introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
- An introduction to turbulence
- Atmospheric thermodynamics, cloud development and precipitation
- Atmospheric turbulence
- Defining turbulence
- Statistical methods applied to turbulence
- Deterministic approaches
- Ocean waves and wave climate
- Microscale cloud physics
- Aerosols and their interactions with atmospheric processes
- Atmospheric radiation applications to remote sensing techniques
- Solar radiation, terrestrial radiation, atmospheric transmissivity and the fundamental laws governing these processes
- Satellite remote-sensing; inverse modelling based on radiation physics
- Aerosol interactions with atmospheric processes (chemical interactions)
- LIDAR techniques and applications of optical physics to atmospheric sampling
- Conference Dinner and Guest Lecture on Biophotonics by J.-P. Wolf
- Data analysis and methodologies
- Exploring climatic extremes
- Trends in the climate system
- Influence of soil properties on meteorological phenomena: the case of summer 2003 in Europe
- Energy balance models
- Multiple equilibria
- Ice-sheet models
- Feedbacks in the climate system
- Overview of General Circulation Climate Models
- Examples of model results
- Overview of Regional Climate Models
- Model nesting procedures
- Examples of model results
Program (the .pdf files of the courses can be accessed by clicking on the names)
Morning sessions: 09:00-12:00
Afternoon sessions: 16:30-19:00
(early afternoon for recreation activities)
Monday: Physical processes in the atmosphere
Morning: A. Provenzale and G. Boffetta
Afternoon: A. Mazzino
Tuesday: Turbulence and microphysics
Morning: Small-scale turbulence and waves: R. Perkins and M. Onorato
Afternoon: Clouds and aerosols: P. Laj and C. George
Wednesday: Atmospheric radiation and aerosols
Morning: P. Rairoux and C. George
Afternoon:
Evening:
Thursday: Approaches to understanding the atmosphere and climate
Morning: Observations, D. Stephenson and C. Cassardo
Afternoon: Simple models, S. Goyette and A. Provenzale
Friday: Climate modeling
Morning: Global models, J.-Y. Grandpeix
Morning: Regional models, M. Beniston
Lunchtime: End of the 2009 Transalpine Course
