Mini symposium: 100 years with the Debye-Waller effect

Date: 20 June 2023, 10:15–12:30
Location: Ångström Laboratory, Sonja Lyttkens, Å101121
Type: Lecture
Lecturer: Erik Karlsson, Karl Grandin, Staffan Yngve, Rolf Berger, Tore Ericsson and Lennart Häggström
Organiser: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory and KTH
Contact person: Jorge Cayao

Programme

10:15-10:25 Erik Karlsson, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
Brief introduction

10:25-10:45 Karl Grandin, Center for History of Science, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Ivan Waller’s early career

10:45-11:05 Staffan Yngve, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
Waller’s contribution to science, local, and personal history

11:05-11:20 Rolf Berger, Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University
A chemist’s view on the Debye-Weller factor in crystallography

11:10-11:35 Coffee break

11:35-11:50 Tore Ericsson and Lennart Häggström, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
Influence of Debye-Weller effects in Mössbauer spectroscopy

11:50-12:05 Erik Karlsson, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
Scattering on zero-point states: from DW to present days

12:05-12:20
Closing remarks: personal memories of Ivar Waller

(Ivan Waller submitted his article to Zeitschrift für Physik on June 18, 1923)