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Theoretical Chemistry Group Heidelberg

apl. Prof. Dr. Horst Köppel

Theoretische Chemie
Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut
Universität Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 229
D-69120 Heidelberg

Tel.: +49-6221-545214
Fax.: +49-6221-545221
E-Mail:horst.koeppel[at]pci.uni-heidelberg.de

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The image to the right shows a schematic representation of a reactive conical intersection in the space of a dissociative (stretching) and a bound (angular) coordinate. Conical intersections are nowadays recognized as key topologies triggering primary photochemical processes and nonadiabatic excited state dynamics.

For a monograph on the field, see:
W. Domcke, D. R. Yarkony and H. Köppel (Eds.), Conical Intersections: Electronic Structure, Dynamics and Spectroscopy (World Scientific, 2004).

For a set of tutorial reviews on a related field, see:
H. Köppel, H. Barentzen and D. R. Yarkony (Eds.), The Jahn-Teller Effect: Fundamentals and Implications for Physics and Chemistry (Springer Verlag, 2009).

Research Areas, Publications, Teaching:

Organizational Activities:

Symposium, 4.-5. November 2016, 'Electrons and nuclei in motion - correlation
and dynamics in molecules'
(Honor of 70th birthday of L. S. Cederbaum, with A. Dreuw, IWR)
Indo-German Workshop on 'Electronically Excited Molecules: Structure and Dynamics'
(6.-8. September 2009)
'XIX International Symposium on the Jahn-Teller Effect' (25.-29. August 2008)
Principal organizer of the Symposium 'Electron Correlation and Multimode Quantum Dynamics in Molecules (17.11.2006, Honor of L.S. Cederbaum)
Principal organizer of the 37th Symposium for Theoretical Chemistry (23.-27.9.2001)
Scientific organizer of the Mariapfarr Workshops (Winter School) for Theoretical Chemistry (1998 and 2000)