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For non-experts we provide some interesting basic and popular information on our research activities: </p>
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<p><a href="intro.html">What are clusters?</a></p> </li>
<li> <p><a href="dynamics.html">Why studying cluster dynamics?</a></p>
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<p><a href="ourdynamics/our_dynamics.html">How we deal with cluster dynamics</a></p> </li>
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--><divstyle="width: 770px; float: left;"><divid="cBoxEnv"><divid="cBoxHeader"> A scientific guide </div><divid="cBoxContent"><divstyle="text-align: justify;"></div><divid="cBoxContent"><divstyle="text-align: justify;"></div><pstyle="text-align: justify;">The core of our activities
concerns
the theoretical analysis of the dynamics of molecules and
clusters.
The method of choice for most of our studies is
time-dependent density
functional theory. One can sort our activities along three
major
directions of research: intrinsic dynamical system
properties
investigated with moderate external excitations
(perturbative regime),
response to strong external fields analyzed with a bunch of
different
observables taking care particularly of information from
electron
emission, and development of the necessary numerical as well
as
theoretical tools. The majority of applications deals with
free
molecules and clusters. One branch of studies deals also
with clusters
in contact with polarizable media (raregas matrices,
insulating
surfaces).
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