4^th VAMPIRE Workshop (Virtual)

The fourth advanced VAMPIRE workshop will be held as a virtual workshop between 23^rd - 27^th October 2023. The workshop is targeted at scientists and engineers wishing to study magnetic materials and devices at the atomistic level. The workshop will cover the basic and advanced features of the VAMPIRE code which can be used to study a wide range of magnetic materials and phenomena, from zero temperature ground states, equilibrium properties and magnetization dynamics. We will present new features including longitudinal spin dynamics, spin-lattice dynamics, higher order exchange interactions and anisotropies as well as a tutorial on 2D magnets.

The workshop will be a mixture of video presentations and demonstrations with online support for practical tasks giving hands-on experience of atomistic modelling of magnetic materials with Monte Carlo and Atomistic Spin Dynamics methods. Each day there will be virtual coffee meetings attended by the developers and demonstrators to answer your questions. On the last day there will be a project specific activity where researchers can get help for simulating systems and properties for their specific interests. Finally there will be an opportunity to discuss the future direction of the VAMPIRE code and new features to be developed which can best serve the magnetism and spintronics commmunities.

Programme

The workshop will cover the main features of the VAMPIRE code including the latest algorithmic developments and methods.

Day 1: Introduction to VAMPIRE

The Spin Hamiltonian, atomistic spin dynamics, Monte Carlo methods, material parameters
Practical: Getting started and basic simulations with VAMPIRE

Day 2: Anisotropy and advanced magnetic materials

Constrained Monte Carlo methods, antiferromagnets and Skyrmions
Practical: Temperature dependent anisotropy, customised unit cells, neighbour interactions, DMI, Skyrmions

Day 3: Higher-order interactions and 2D magnets

Higher-order anisotropies, biquadratic and 4-spin exchange
Practical: Implementing higher-order interactions and 2D materials

Day 4: Visualisation and new simulation methods

Visualization, Longitudinal Spin Dynamics, Spin-Lattice Dynamics, GPU acceleration
Practical: Visualisation, Longitudinal Spin Dynamics and GPU acceleration

Day 5: Project day

Advanced VAMPIRE features and developing the VAMPIRE code

Workshop organisers

• Dr Mara Strungaru School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York
• Jackson Ross School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York

Workshop presenters and developers

• Dr Richard F L Evans School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York
• Dr Mara Strungaru School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York
• David Papp School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York
• Carenza Cronshaw School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York
• Jack Collings School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York
• PeiYu Cai School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh
• Luke Elliott School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York

Venue

To enable wide participation the workshop will be held virtually and registration is free.

Registration

Registration (Google form) for the online workshop is now open, please sign up below.

Workshop registration

Further information and queries

Further information can be obtained from Mara Strungaru mara.strungaru@york.ac.uk or Jackson Ross jackson.ross@york.ac.uk.

Support

The workshop is partially supported by the COMRAD ITN network funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 861300.

Past Workshops

• 3rd Advanced VAMPIRE Workshop, Virtual, July 2020
• 2nd Advanced VAMPIRE Workshop, University of York, July 2019
• Introduction to VAMPIRE, Magnetism Winter School, University of York, December 2018 (Sarah Jenkins)
• 1st Advanced VAMPIRE Workshop, University of York, September 2017
• Introduction to VAMPIRE, Magnetism Winter School, University of York, December 2017 (Sarah Jenkins)
• Introduction to VAMPIRE, Magnetism Winter School, University of York, December 2016
• Introduction to VAMPIRE, Magnetism Winter School, University of York, December 2015