Presentations by Michael Bender

chronological list

Future Presentations and Participations

• I have been invited to talk at the first ENSAR-ECOS Workshop on FUture Super-Heavy Element Strategy - FUSHE 2012,
  to be held at Sporthotel Erbismühle, Weilrod, Germany, 13-16 May 2012.

• I have been invited to talk about Structure of superheavy nuclei
  at the 11^th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
  to be held at San Antonio, Texas, May 27 - June 1, 2012.

• I have been invited to talk about The description of shape coexistence in proton-rich nuclei: status and perspectives
  at the ECOS 2012: Advances and challenges in nuclear physics with high intensity stable beams"
  to be held at Villa Vigoni, Como lake, Italy, June 18-21, 2012.

• I will attend the Ecole Joliot-Curie "Nuclei through the looking glass: High intensity stable and ISOL beam frontier"
  to be held at Fréjus, France, 30th September - 5th October 2012.

2011

1. Structure of transactinide nuclei, mainly from a Skyrme HFB standpoint
   Talk at the FUSTIPEN Topical Meeting on "The Structure of Heavy Nucleii"
   GANIL, Caen, France, April 16-17, 2012.
   (30+ minutes)

2011

7. The impact of static deformation and fluctuations in collective degrees of freedom on separation energies around shell closures
   Invited talk at the Workshop on "The shell evolution and the role of correlations in very neutron rich nuclei"
   held at the ECT* (European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas), Trento, Italy, October 24-26 2011.
   (25+5 min)

6. Multi-Reference Energy Density Functional Theory: Status and perspectives
   Invited talk at the Yukawa International Seminar on Dynamics and Correlations in Exotic Nuclei (DCEN2011)
   held at the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan, 20th September - 28th October 2011
   (60 min) [transparencies (pdf)]

5. Regularized Multi-Reference Energy Density Functional Calculations
   Invited talk at the international workshop on "Restoring broken symmetries within the nuclear Energy Density Functional method"
   held at the Espace de Structure Nucléaire Théorique, CEA Saclay, France, September 13-15 2011.

4. Functionals, deformations and fluctuations: The quest for a universal model of low-energy nuclear structure and dynamics
   Invited talk at the Symposium in honour of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Paul-Gerhard Reinhard
   Universität Erlangen Nürnberg, Germany, 10 June 2011.

3. The information about nuclear structure contained in binding energy differences
   Talk at the International Conference on "Advances in Radioactive Isotope Science" - ARIS 2011
   Leuven, Belgium, 29 May 2011 to 3 June 2011.
   (12+3 min) [transparencies (pdf)]

2. The description and role of fluctuations in collective degrees of freedom in mean-field-based models of nuclear structure
   Invited seminar at ISOLDE, Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire (CERN), Genève, Suisse, 4 May 2011.
   [transparencies (pdf)]

1. Toward nuclear spectroscopy with energy density functionals: Symmetry-restored Generator Coordinate Method based on a self-consistent mean field
   Talk at the FUSTIPEN Inauguration and First FUSTIPEN Workshop "Bridging the Atlantic with Exotic Isotope Physics"
   held at GANIL, Caen, France, January, 18-19, 2011.
   [transparencies (pdf)]

2010

10. Recent developments in symmetry-breaking and symmetry restoration in mean-field based models of nuclear structure
    Invited talk at the Workshop on "Searches for CP-and T-Violation in Atoms and Nuclei"
    held at ECT* (European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas), Trento, Italy, November 15-19, 2010.

9. Regularization of Multi-Reference Energy Density Functional Calculations
   Invited talk at the 17th Nuclear Physics Workshop "Maria and Pierre Curie" on "Symmetry and symmetry breaking in nuclear physics"
   Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, September 22-26, 2010
   (30+5 min) [transparencies (pdf)]

8. Mean field and beyond: tools for the description of complex heavy nuclei
   Workshop on "Day1 experiment and theory @ SPIRAL2" GANIL, Caen, France, June 24-25, 2010.
   (15+5 min) [in2p3-00497107]

7. Pairing from quasi-local Skyrme energy density functionals
   Invited talk at the workshop on "Superfluidity in nuclear matter, finite nuclei and ultra-cold Fermion gases"
   Espace de Structure Nucléaire Théorique, CEA Saclay, France, 31 May - 4 June 2010.
   (40+5 min) [transparencies (pdf)] [in2p3-00525601]

6. The impact of static deformation and fluctuations in collective degrees of freedom on separation energies around shell closures
   Invited talk at the workshop on "Nuclear magic numbers: New features far from stability. Confronting theoretical approaches and experiment"
   Espace de Structure Nucléaire Théorique, CEA Saclay, France, 3-5 May 2010.
   (40+5 min) [transparencies (pdf)] [in2p3-00525560]

5. Evolution of signatures for shell closures in the framework of self-consistent mean field methods
   Invited Seminar at the Departemento de Fisica Teorica at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain, 16 April 2010.
   (50+10 min)

4. Multi-reference energy density functional theory: The description and role of fluctuations in collective degrees of freedom in models of nuclear structure based on self-consistent mean fields
   Invited talk at the 74. Jahrestagung der DPG und DPG Frühjahrstagung
   Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn, Germany, 15. - 19. March 2010.
   (25+5 min) [in2p3-00495029]

3. Multi-Reference Energy Density Functional Theory: The description and role of fluctuations in collective degrees of freedom in models of nuclear structure based on the self-consistent mean field
   Invited talk at the international symposium on "Forefronts of Researches in Exotic Nuclear Structures"
   held at Tokomachi, Niigata, Japan, 1-4 March 2010.
   (25+5 min) [in2p3-00494576]

2. Correction for spurious contributions to the Multi-Reference Energy Density Functional
   Invited talk at the EFES-LIA workshop on "The Nuclear Energy Density Functional Method"
   held at RIKEN Nishina Center, Japan, February 26-27 2010.
   (25+5 min) [transparencies (pdf)] [in2p3-00494571]

1. Activities of the Bordeaux-Bruxelles-GANIL-Lyon-Saclay SR- & MR EDF collaboration
   Presentation at the EFES-LIA workshop on "The Nuclear Energy Density Functional Method"
   held at RIKEN Nishina Center, Japan, February 26-27 2010.
   (15+5 min) [transparencies (pdf)]

2009

8. The description and role of fluctuations in collective degrees of freedom in mean-field-based models of nuclear structure
   Invited seminar, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay, France, 25 November 2009.
   (50+10 min) [transparencies (pdf)]

7. Beyond the self-consistent mean field: Explicit treatment of shape fluctuations
   Invited talk at the workshop on "The Lead Radius Experiment and Neutron Rich Matter in Astrophysics and in the Laboratory"
   held at the ECT* (European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas), Trento, Italy, August 3-7, 2009.
   (25+10 min) [transparencies (pdf)] [presentations]

6. The microscopic description of shape coexistence and fluctuations in collective degrees of freedom in the neutron-deficient Z=82 region
   Invited talk at the Arctic FIDIPRO-EFES Workshop
   Saariselkä, Finland April 20-24, 2009.
   (25+5 min) [transparencies (pdf)] [in2p3-00400222]

5. When, how, and what for to go beyond the self-consistent mean-field?
   Invited seminar, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Warsaw University, Poland, April 17 2009.
   (50+10 min) [transparencies (pdf)] [in2p3-00400324]

4. When, how, and what for to go beyond the self-consistent mean-field?
   Invited seminar, Centre for Nuclear and Radiation Physics University of Surrey, Guildford, England, March 6 2009.
   (50+10 min) [transparencies (pdf)] [in2p3-00400325]

3. "Recent developments in nuclear energy density functional methods"
   Invited talk at the LIA-EFES Workshop on "Low-energy collective excitations in exotic nuclei"
   held at GANIL, Caen, France, March 2-4 2009.
   (35+10 min) [transparencies (pdf)] [in2p3-00400347]

2. Fonctionnelles effectives pour la structure du noyau atomique et Spectroscopie nucléaire et structure en couches dans une approche EDF
   Forum Théorie IN2P3
   Siège du CNRS, Paris, 20 February 2009
   [transparencies (pdf)]

1. Evolution of shell closures in mean-field-based models: Contributions beyond the static spherical mean field to observable signatures of shell evolution
   Discussion de recherche, groupe "Physique Théorique", Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan 10 February 2009 (given in french).

2008

7. Multi-reference calculations, where to go?
   FIDIPRO collaboration meeting on nuclear energy-density-functional methods
   held at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, October 9-10 2008.
   [transparencies (pdf)] [in2p3-00345616]

6. Evolution of shell closures in mean-field-based models
   Franco-Japanese Symposium on New Paradigms in Nuclear Physics
   held at Paris September 29th to October 2nd, 2008.
   (15+5 min) [transparencies (pdf)]

5. Recent advances in mean-field-based methods: Explicit treatment of fluctuations in collective degrees of freedom and spectroscopy
   invited talk at the XIIIth International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics
   held at Cologne, Germany, August 25-29, 2008.
   (25+5 min) [in2p3-00345688]

4. Treatment of correlations: ''beyond the mean-field''
   invited talk at the "Mass Olympics"
   held at the ECT* (European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas), Trento, Italy, May 26-30, 2008.
   (30+10 min) [transparencies (pdf)] [in2p3-00324514]

3. Advantages and limitations of multi-reference energy density functional calculations
   Workshop on "Cross-fertilization between shell-model and energy density functional methods" [talks]
   held at the Espace the Structure Nucléaire Théorique, DSM/IRFU/SPhN, CEA Saclay, France, April 7-11, 2008
   (120 min) [transparencies (pdf)] [in2p3-00324512]

2. Further remarks on predictions for and the analysis of the shell structure of superheavy elements
   Workshop on "The Structure of the Heaviest Elements"
   held at the University of the West of Scotland (Paisley Campus), 12th March 2008
   (20 min) [transparencies (pdf)] [in2p3-00324511]

1. Round table on energy density functional methods in nuclear physics
   workshop "Les Jeunots en Physique Nucléaire de Basse Energie"
   held at the Espace the Structure Nucléaire Théorique, Dapnia/SPhN, CEA Saclay, France, February 4-6 2008.
   [transparencies (pdf)] [in2p3-00324508]

2007

12. Cures to pathologies of multi-reference energy density functional calculations
    "Fondements de la théorie de la fonctionnelle d'énergie en physique nucléaire"
    held at the Espace the Structure Nucléaire Théorique, Dapnia/SPhN, CEA Saclay, France, November 6-7 2007.
    (30+10 min) [transparencies (pdf)] [in2p3-00345630]

11. When, how, and what for to go beyond the self-consistent mean-field?
    Invited seminar, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, October 29 2007.
    (50+10 min) [transparencies (pdf)] [in2p3-00345644]

10. Correction for spurious contributions to energy functionals used in configuration mixing calculations
    First FIDIPRO-JSPS Workshop on Energy Density Functionals in Nuclei
    Keuruu, Finland, October 25-27 2007.
    (30+10 min) [transparencies (pdf)] [in2p3-00324503]

9. Recent developments in mean-field theories
   Invited talk at the 2nd International Conference on Frontiers in Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics and Reactions (FINUSTAR 2)
   Aghios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece, September 10-14, 2007.
   (25+5 min) [in2p3-00316013]

8. Proton-neutron QRPA
   Invited talk at the workshop on Charge Exchange Reactions: structure and mechanism
   Espace the Structure Nucléaire Théorique, Dapnia/SPhN, CEA Saclay, France, June 27-28 2007.
   (50+10 min) [transparencies (pdf file)] [in2p3-00324499]

7. Termes tensoriels dans l'intéraction nucléaire effective
   Assemblée Générale des Théoriciens de Physique Nucléaire
   SPhT, CEA Saclay, France, June 25-26 2007.
   [in2p3-00324483]

6. Ground-state correlations in even-even nuclei
   Workshop on "Correlations in nuclei: beyond mean-field and shell model"
   ECT* (European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas), Trento, Italy, June 4-8 2007.
   [in2p3-00324496]

5. Introduction to energy density functional methods
   Workshop on "Correlations in nuclei: beyond mean-field and shell model"
   ECT* (European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas), Trento, Italy, June 4-8 2007.
   [in2p3-00324495]

4. Going beyond the self-consistent mean field with the projected Generator Coordinate Method
   Invited seminar at the Theoretical Nuclear Physics School on "Exotic Nuclei: New Challenges"
   Les Houches, France, May 7-18, 2007.
   (50+10 min) [in2p3-00315997]

3. Tensor terms in the Skyrme energy density functional
   Nuclear Physics Research Discussion at the National Superconductiong Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University (MSU)
   East Lansing, Michigan, USA, March 15 2007.
   (45+15 min) [in2p3-00345652]

2. The tensor part of the Skyrme energy density functional
   Joint JUSTIPEN-LACM Meeting
   Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, March 4-9, 2007.
   [transparancies (pdf file)] [program] [in2p3-00345676]

1. Shell structure of superheavy nuclei
   Workshop on the "Spectroscopy of transactinide nuclei"
   Espace the Structure Nucléaire Théorique
   Dapnia/SPhN, CEA Saclay, France, January 29 - February 2 2007.
   [transparancies (pdf file)] [in2p3-00324492]

2006

9. Les forces nucléaires
   Réunion COPHYNU (Collaboration DAM-DSM en Physique Nucléaire)
   DAPNIA/SphN, CEA Saclay, 8 Novembre 2006. [in2p3-00324481]

8. Mean field and beyond: towards a global model of nuclear structure
   Assemblée Générale des Théoriciens de Physique Nucléaire
   Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, Strasbourg, France, 18-20 Octobre 2006.

7. Search for Superheavy Elements -- Theory
   Invited talk at the ECOS Town Meeting
   held at Paris, France, October 5-6 2006.
   [transparancies (pdf file)]

6. Pairing correlations beyond the self-consistent mean field
   Invited talk at the XIII Nuclear Physics Workshop ``Maria and Pierre Curie'' on ``Pairing and beyond - 50 years of the BCS model''
   held at Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, September 27 - October 1, 2006.
   [transparancies (pdf file)]

5. Configuration mixing of symmetry restored self-consistent mean-field states
   Seminar, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan September 7, 2006.
   [transparencies (pdf file)]

4. Configuration mixing of symmetry restored self-consistent mean-field states
   `` XVth Colloque GANIL''
   Giens, France, May 29 - June 2, 2006.
   (20+5min) [transparencies (pdf file)] [interview]

3. Comments on the influence of effective interactions and correlations on fission barriers
   Workshop on `` Theories of fission and related phenomena''
   ESNT, Dapnia/SPhN, CEA Saclay, France, May 9-12, 2006.
   (45+15min) [transparencies (pdf file)]

2. Coexistence de forme et mélange de configuration (en français)
   Cafés du lundi, Dapnia/SPhN, CEA Saclay, France, 13 Mars 2006.

1. Going beyond the mean field: Configuration mixing of symmetry-restored mean-field states
   Workshop on ``Going beyond the mean field approximation: Generator Coordinate Method and Bohr Hamiltonian''
   ESNT, Dapnia/SPhN, CEA Saclay, France, February 1-2, 2006.
   (45+15min) [transparencies (pdf file)]

2005

9. Configuration mixing of projected self-consistent mean-field states: Where are we, where do we want to go, and how can we get there?
   Theory Group lunch talk at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University (MSU),
   East Lansing, Michigan, USA, December 9, 2005.
   (50+10 min)

8. Correcting for self-pairing and poles in the particle-number projected Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov method: Results.
   Workshop on ``Pairing Degrees of freedom in nuclei and the nuclear medium''
   held as a part of the program on Nuclear Structure Near the Limits of Stability (INT-05-3)
   Institute for Nuclear Theory (INT), Seattle, Washington, USA, November 14-18, 2005.
   [transparencies (pdf file)]

7. From Finite Nuclei to the Nuclear Liquid Drop: Leptodermous Expansion Based on the Self-consistent Mean-Field Theory
   Theory Group lunch talk at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University (MSU),
   East Lansing, Michigan, USA, October 27, 2005.
   (50+10 min)

6. Going beyond the mean-field: configuration mixing of symmetry-restored mean-field states
   Workshop on ``Towards a universal density functional for nuclei''
   held as a part of the program on Nuclear Structure Near the Limits of Stability (INT-05-3)
   Institute for Nuclear Theory (INT), Seattle, Washington, USA, September 26-30, 2005.
   (40+10 min) [transparencies (pdf file)]

5. Ground-state correlations and spectroscopy from configuration mixing
   Workshop on ``Récents développements sur le champ moyen et l'appariement''
   Dapnia/SPhN, CEA Saclay, France, June 28 - July 8 2005.
   (40+5 min) [transparencies (pdf file)]

4. Configuration Mixing of symmetry-restored self-consistent mean-field states
   International Workshop on Theoretical Description of the Nuclear Large Amplitude Collective Motion (with a focus on fission)
   Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA, March 30-31, 2005.
   (120 min)

3. Ground-state correlations and spectroscopy from configuration mixing of symmetry-restored mean-field states
   Invited seminar, Nuclear Structure Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, February 14, 2005.

2. Ground-state correlations and spectroscopy from configuration mixing of symmetry-restored mean-field states
   Theory Group lunch talk at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University (MSU),
   East Lansing, Michigan, USA, January 14 2005.
   (60 min)

1. Configuration mixing of mean-field states
   Invited talk at the international conference on "NUclear Structure, AStrophysics and Reactions" (NUSTAR'05)
   University of Surrey, Guildford, England, January 5-8, 2005.
   (15+5 min) [transparencies (pdf file)]

2004

13. Ground-state correlations and spectroscopy from configuration mixing of symmetry-restored mean-field states
    Invited talk at the Japanese-German Nuclear Structure and Astrophysics Workshop
    Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany, December 16-18, 2004.
    (25+5 min)

12. Ground-state correlations from configuration mixing of symmetry-restored self-consistent mean-field states
    talk at the 21^th Meeting between Astrophysicists and Nuclear Physicists
    ULB Bruxelles, Belgium, December 13-14, 2004.
    (20+5 min) [transparencies (pdf file)]

11. Ground-state correlations and spectroscopy from configuration mixing of symmetry-restored self-consistent mean-field states
    Physics Division Seminar, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA, 25 October 2004.
    (60 min) [transparencies (pdf file)]
    

10. Excited states of the mean-field
    Invited talk at the Workshop on "Nuclear Forces and the Quantum Many-Body Problem"
    Institute for Nuclear Theory (INT) Seattle, Washington, USA, October 4-8, 2004.
    (45+15 min) [transparencies (pdf file)]

9. Correlation energies from angular-momentum projection and quadrupole vibrations
   talk at the Workshop on "Relativistic Density Functional Theory for Nuclear Structure"
   Institute for Nuclear Theory (INT) Seattle, Washington, USA, September 20-24, 2004.
   (45+15 min) [transparancies (pdf file)]

8. Microscopic models for exotic nuclei
   Invited talk at ''The Fourth International Conference on Exotic Nuclei and Atomic Masses'' (ENAM'04)
   held at Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia, USA, September 12-16, 2004.
   (22 min) [transparencies (pdf file)]

7. Correlation Energies by the Projected Generator Coordinate Method
   talk at the Conference on "Nuclei at the Limits" (Limits04)
   Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA, July 26-30, 2004.
   [transparencies (pdf file)]
   

6. Properties of heavy nuclei from configuration mixing of symmetry-restored self-consistent mean-field states
   Theory Seminar, Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA, June 22 2004.
   (60 min)

5. Correlation energies and spectroscopy of heavy nuclei in a beyond mean-field approach
   Brown bag seminar, Nuclear Theory Group, University of Washington, Seattle, April 28 2004.

4. Ground-state correlations and spectroscopy from configuration mixing of symmetry-restored HFB states
   talk at the International Workshop on "Theoretical Description of the Nuclear Large Amplitude Collective Motion"
   Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, March 17-19, 2004.
   (+120 min)

3. Spectroscopy of heavy nuclei by configuration mixing of symmetry-restored self-consistent mean-field states
   talk at the NUSTAR workshop
   GSI, Darmstadt, Germany, February 19-21, 2004.

2. Spectroscopy of heavy nuclei by configuration mixing of symmetry-restored self-consistent mean-field states
   Theory Group lunch talk at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University (MSU),
   East Lansing, Michigan, USA, January 16 2004.

1. Mean field and beyond for exotic nuclei
   Invited seminar at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University (MSU),
   East Lansing, Michigan, USA, January 15 2004.

2003

4. Spectroscopy of heavy nuclei by configuration mixing of symmetry-restored mean-field states
   talk at Nuclear Physics in an European Context
   Ittre, Belgium, October 16-17, 2003.

3. Beyond-mean-field-model analysis of low-spin normal-deformed and superdeformed collective states of ³²S, ³⁶Ar, ³⁸Ar and ⁴⁰Ca
   talk at the Colloque Noyaux Exotiques
   Orsay, France, 17-19 Septembre 2003.

2. Spectroscopy of heavy nuclei by configuration mixing of symmetry-restored mean-field states
   Invited talk at the Workshop on "Density Functional Theory in Nuclear Structure"
   ECT* (European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas), Trento, Italy, July 20-26 2003.
   (40+20 min)

1. Spectroscopy of heavy nuclei by configuration mixing of symmetry restored mean-field states
   Talk at the 307. WE-Heraeus-Seminar "Relativistic structure models for the physics of radioactive nuclear beams"
   Physik-Zentrum in Bad Honnef, Germany, May 12-16, 2003.

2002

3. Gamov-Teller resonances, beta-decay, and the spin-isospin channel of the Skyrme energy functional
   Seminar, Institut d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, September 25 2002.

2. Mean-field and beyond for exotic nuclei
   Invited talk at the "Nuclear Physics Autumn Retreat 2002
   - Theoretical and Experimental Techniques for the Investigation of Nuclei Far from Stability"
   Manchester, England, September 5-6, 2002.
   (45 min)

1. Struktur exotischer Kerne mit selbstkonsistenten Mean-Field-Modellen
   (Self-consistent mean-field models for exotic nuclear structure)
   Institut für Kernphysik, TU Darmstadt, Germany, February 18 2002.

2001

3. Shell effects in the potential landscapes of superheavy nuclei
   talk at the Workshop on "Very Heavy Nuclear Systems"
   ECT* (European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas), Trento, Italy, July 9-14 2001.

2. beta-decay of r-process waiting-point nuclei and the spin-isospin channel in self-consistent mean-field models
   Invited seminar, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Warsaw University, Poland, May 23 2001.

1. beta-decay of r-process waiting point nuclei in a self-consistent Skyrme-HFB+QRPA approach
   Poster presented at NAP 2001 - Symposium on Nuclear Astrophysics
   GSI (Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung mbH), Darmstadt, Germany, May 3-4 2001.

2000

5. beta-decay of r-process waiting point nuclei in a self-consistent Skyrme-HFB+QRPA approach [transparencies]
   talk at the Workshop on " Nuclear Structure for the 21st Century" (INT-00-3)
   Institute for Nuclear Theory, Seattle, Washington, USA, October 26, 2000.

4. Consequences of the center-of-mass correction in nuclear mean-field models [transparencies]
   talk at the Workshop on " Nuclear Structure for the 21st Century" (INT-00-3)
   Institute for Nuclear Theory, Seattle, Washington, USA, October 24, 2000.

3. Status and perspectives of the description of atomic nuclei with self-consistent mean-field models
   Seminar, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany. September 19, 2000.

2. Extrapolation of self-consistent mean-field models to superheavy nuclei
   Invited talk at the Workshop on "Fusion Dynamics at the Extremes"
   Dubna, Russia, May 25-27, 2000.

1. Time-odd couplings in the Skyrme energy functional
   and their influence on rotational bands, spin resonances and nuclear beta decay
   Invited seminar, Institut de Recherches Subatomiques (IReS) Strasbourg, France, May 4, 2000.

1999

4. New results on Superheavy Elements from self-consistent models,
   Invited seminar, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI)
   Darmstadt, Germany, September 1, 1999.

3. beta-decay of r-process waiting-point nuclei in a self-consistent approach
   Poster presented at the 1999 Gordon Research Conference on Nuclear Chemistry
   Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire, U.S.A. June 13-18, 1999.

2. Exotische Kerne - Eine Herausforderung für Kernstrukturmodelle
   Invited seminar, Institut für Kernchemie
   Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Germany, January 11 1999.

1. Elements of Skyrme-Hartree-Fock models and 'Bulk properties' of heavy nuclei,
   Invited seminar, Mass-Group Seminar, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI)
   Darmstadt, Germany, January 5 1999.

1998

5. Exotic nuclei in self-consistent mean-field models
   talk at the Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society
   Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, October 28-31, 1998.

4. beta decay of neutron rich nuclei in a Skyrme-HFB+QRPA model
   talk at the Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society
   Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, October 28-31, 1998.

3. Superheavy Nuclei in Self-Consistent Mean-Field Models
   talk at "Nuclear Shapes and Motions" - A Symposium in Honor of Ray Nix
   Hotel St. Francis, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, October 25-27, 1998.

2. Pairing in nuclear mean-field models
   Invited seminar, Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
   Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA, October 2, 1998.

1. Exotic nuclei in selfconsistent mean-field models
   talk at Nuclear Structure '98
   Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA, August 10-15, 1998.

1997

2. Superheavy nuclei in selfconsistent calculations
   talk at the International Conference on Fission and Properties of Neutron-Rich Nuclei
   Sanibel Island, Florida, USA, November 10-15, 1997.

1. Superheavy nuclei in selfconsistent nuclear calculations
   talk at the Tours Symposium on Nuclear Physics III
   Tours, France, September 2-5, 1997.

1996

2. Magische Zahlen superschwerer Kerne in selbstkonsistenten Modellen: Bleibt 114 eine magische Protonenzahl?
   Invited seminar, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI)
   Darmstadt, Germany, November 12, 1996.

1. Lipkin-Nogami-Pairing in selbstkonsistenten Kernstrukturrechnungen,
   talk at the Frühjahrstagung des Fachverbandes ``Physik der Hadronen und Kerne'' der DPG,
   Stuttgart, Germany, March 25-29, 1996.

1995

2. Pairing in self-consistent nuclear structure models,
   Invited seminar, Institut für Theoretische Physik II
   Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, November 30, 1995.

1. On the existence of superheavy nuclear molecules,
   talk at the Spring Meeting of Nuclear Physics Sections of DPG, NNV and BNV/SBP,
   Köln, Germany, March 13-17, 1995.