Dr. Stefan Kurth

Ikerbasque Research Professor
(German)

Doctor in Physics 1995 from the University of Wurzburg, Germany.
Researach experience: 13 years of research experience in Germany, Sweden, United States, and Belgium.
Research line: Quantum many-particle physics, especially Density Functional Theory, time-dependent description of electron transport through molecules and nanostructures
Comes from the post of research assistant at the Free University in Berlin, Germany.
Has joined the Nanobio Spectroscopy Group at the department of Materials Physics in the Faculty of Chemistry at the UPV-EHU in San Sebastian and The Center of Materials Physics. (A joint center of CSIC and UPV/EHU in San Sebastian)

Publications

2012

E. Khosravi, A.-M. Uimonen, A. Stan, G. Stefanucci, S. Kurth, R. van Leeuwen, and E. K. U. Gross (2012)
Correlation effects in bistability at the nanoscale: steady state and beyond
Phys. Rev. B

2011

S. Kurth, G. Stefanucci (2011)
Time-dependent bond-current functional theory for lattice Hamiltonians: fundamental theorem and application to electron transport
Chemical Physics

A.-M. Uimonen, E. Khosravi, A. Stan, G. Stefanucci, S. Kurth, R. van Leeuwen, E.K.U. Gross (2011)
Comparative study of many-body perturbation theory and time-dependent density functional theory in the out-of-equilibrium Anderson model
Phys. Rev. B

G. Stefanucci and S. Kurth (2011)
Towards a description of the Kondo effect using time-dependent density functional theory
Phys. Rev. Lett.

2010

F.G. Eich, S. Kurth, C.R. Proetto, S. Sharma, E.K.U. Gross (2010)
Non-collinear spin-spiral phase for the uniform electron gas within Reduced-Density-Matrix-Functional Theory
Phys. Rev. B

S. Kurth, G. Stefanucci, E. Khosravi, C. Verdozzi, E.K.U. Gross (2010)
Dynamical Coulomb Blockade and the Derivative Discontinuity of Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory
Phys. Rev. Lett.

A.-M. Uimonen, E. Khosravi, G. Stefanucci, S. Kurth, R. van Leeuwen, E.K.U. Gross (2010)
Real-time switching between multiple steady-states in quantum transport
Journal of Physics: Conference Series

2009

S. Kurth, C.R. Proetto, K. Capelle (2009)
Dependence of response functions and orbital functionals on occupation numbers
J. Chem. Theory Comput.

E. Khosravi, G. Stefanucci, S. Kurth, E.K.U. Gross (2009)
Bound States in Time-Dependent Quantum Transport: Oscillations and Memory Effects in Current and Density
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.

S. Kurth, F.G. Eich (2009)
Overhauser\\\\\\\'s spin-density wave in exact-exchange spin density functional theory
Phys. Rev. B

In press

S. Kurth (2011)
Type: chapters
Book: Fundamentals of Time-dependent Density Functional Theory
Chapter: Transport in TDDFT
Page numbers: 332-345
ISBN: 978-3-642-23517-7 | Springer (Berlin) | Editors: M.A.L. Marques, N. Maitra, F. Nogueira, E.K.U. Gross, A. Rubio

Congresses, Proceedings & Scientific meetings

Dynamical Coulomb blockade and the derivative discontinuity: a not-so-steady state. Stefan Kurth
15th International Workshop on Computational Physics and Materials Science: Total Energy and Force Methods (2011) Congress
International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy (Invited talk)
The derivative discontinuity in transport. Stefan Kurth
CECAM Workshop (2011) Congress
ACAM, Dublin, Ireland (Invited talk)
Dynamical Coulomb blockade and the derivative discontinuity of time-dependent density functional theory. S. Kurth, G. Stefanucci, E. Khosravi, C. Verdozzi, E.K.U. Gross
Psi-k-2010 Conference: Ab initio (from the electronic structure) calculations of processes in materials and (bio)molecules (2010) Congress
Henry-Ford Building, Berlin, Germany (Talk)

Other merits and matters

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 236801 (2010) selected as Editor's Suggestion and as Physics Viewpoint (http://physics.aps.org/viewpoint-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.236801) (2010)

Ikerbasque. Basque Foundation for Science