===== Kick-off meeting Toulouse Jan 13-14 2011 =====

==== Programme ====

=== Thursday Jan 13: "Chemistry" ===
Emphasis on the choice of candidate molecules

  * 09h00 - 09h30: Peter Schwerdtfeger: General introduction
  * 09h30 - 10h00: Trond Saue: What we learn from theory
  * 10h00: Coffee break
  * 10h30 - 12h30: Jeanne Crassous, Antoine Bacereido, Rémi Chauvin, ...
  * 12h30 - 14h00: Lunch
  * 14h00 - 16h00: Brainstorming session on candidate molecules
  * 16h00: Coffee break
  * 16h30 - 17h30: (Seminar LCPQ) Peter Schwerdtfeger:\\ //High Pressure Simulations – Squeezing the Hell out of Atoms//
  * 20h00: Dinner at restaurant "La Brindille" (cassoulet)\\ The restaurant is at 100 rue Riquet next to the hotel (Tél.: 0561628113)
 

=== Friday Jan 14: "Physics" ===

Emphasis on the evolution of the experiment

  * 09h00 - 10h00: Benoît Darquié
  * 10h00: Coffee break
  * 10h30 - 12h30: Thérèse Huet, Pierre Asselin, Radovan Bast
  * 12h30 - 14h00: Lunch
  * 14h00 - 16h00: Conclusion/Goals
  * 16h00: Coffee break

==== Participants ====
  * Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques (Toulouse):\\  //Trond Saue//
  * Centre for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry(Tromsø):\\  //Radovan Bast//
  * Centre for Theoretical Chemistry and Physics (Auckland):\\  //Peter Schwerdtfeger//
  * Sciences Chimiques de Rennes:\\  //Jeanne Crassous, Nidal Saleh//
  * ENS Lyon:\\ //Laure Guy//
  * Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers (Paris):\\  //Benoit Darquié, Anne Amy-Klein, Christian Chardonnet, Christophe Daussy, Clara Stoffler// 
  * Laboratoire de Dynamique, Interactions et Réactivité (Paris):\\  //Pierre Asselin, Pascale Soulard//
  * Laboratoire de physique des lasers, atomes et molécules (Lille):\\  //Thérèse Huet//
  * Laboratoire Hétérochimie Fondamentale et Appliquée (Toulouse):\\  //Antoine Bacereido//
  * Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (Toulouse:\\  //Rémi Chauvin//

==== Practical information ====

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  * The meeting takes place in "salle de seminaire de l'IRSAMC", 3rd floor of building 3R1 (from the Metro [red arrow above] go to the building circled in red and take the second entrance from the left and walk up to the final floor; turn left and the seminar room is the first door to the left after the fire door)
  * Recommended hotel: [[http://www.hotelriquet.com| Hotel Riquet]] (92 rue Riquet, close to Metro station Jean Jaurés)
  * From/to the airport: [[http://www.toulouse.aeroport.fr/fr/aeroport/acces-plans-parkings| Take a bus or taxi]]\\ It is possible to buy a combined ticket Metro+bus to/from the airport (5 €)
  * From downtown to Université de Toulouse 3 (Paul Sabatier): [[http://www.irsamc.ups-tlse.fr/index.php?lien=venir| Take metro B to station Université Paul Sabatier]].\\  One-way ticket: 1.50 €
  * [[http://www.tisseo.fr/|Tisséo]] is the public transportation operator in the Toulouse area.
  * Toulouse Tourist Office:\\  [[http://www.toulouse-tourisme.com/accueil/index_fr.php|{{:ncpchem:francais.gif|}}]][[http://www.uk.toulouse-tourisme.com/accueil/index_en.php|{{:ncpchem:anglais.gif|}}]]

==== TODO ==== 
        * Theory: 
          * Jeannes molecules, CHClBrReO3, SO-phenyl-methyl-gold
          * Behaviour of E_PV for CHFClBr
          * Complete vibrational analysis for MTO
          * Peter looks into chiral uranium compounds
          * Find 2nu_as (also intensity) for MTO
          * Look into VCD
        * LPL:
          * Look for MTO saturated absorption in jet
          * reduce nozzle diameter for better rotational temperature
          * develop portable QCL
        * LADIR
          * Development of tunable diode laser spectrometer
        * PHLAM
          * Development of new spectrometer (20 - 70 GHz)
        * Rennes:
          * Look into new molecules following brainstorming\\ {{:ncpchem:brainmol1.jpg?120}} {{:ncpchem:brainmol2.jpg?120}} {{:ncpchem:brainmol3.jpg?120}} {{:ncpchem:brainmol4.jpg?120}}