Physicists from Wuppertal are heavily involved in DFG research groups
The DFG research association enables leading scientists to pursue the most current and pressing issues within their specialist fields and create innovative research directions in doing so. The scientists from Wuppertal will receive a grant of around one million euros to be used over the course of their three-year research. The DFG can provide research teams with funds to be used over a three-year period on two occasions.
“I would like to offer my warmest congratulations to Prof. Klümper’s research team for this great achievement. It highlights both the national and international recognition that the University of Wuppertal is receiving for their reputable work in this field,” explains the university’s president Prof. Dr. Lambert T. Koch.
Prof. Dr. Holger Frahm from the University of Hannover and Prof. Dr. Jesko Sirker from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg (Canada) also join the scientists from Wuppertal to make up the entire research team that is collectively being awarded with approximately 1.4 million euros from the DFG.
The six scientists from Hannover, Winnipeg and Wuppertal have already conducted research together in the past and they would like to use their funds to finance seven postgraduate students, as well as one postdoc student, in their studies, among other things. What’s more, they plan to hold three international workshops.
“The topics we’ll deal with come from just one branch of condensed matter physics and we’ll explore them using theoretical methods, including physio-mathematical and computer-algorithmic processes in particular,” explains Prof. Klümper. The possibility of being able to describe physical material properties based on the characteristics of their microscopic constituent parts is naturally limited by the ability of calculating their true macroscopic sizes.
We are already able to describe many aspects of solid objects very well, however our calculations in this regard are mainly based on models. As such, the interaction between electrons cannot be replicated exactly, rather we regard it as just being largely approximate. In contrast, the methods used by the new research group enable precise calculations of interactive many-particle systems, providing data on statistical and dynamic correlation functions for standardised reference systems at any temperature as a result, something which a multitude of sectors within the fields of experimental and theoretical physics require.
“Some concrete topics that we’ll work on are condensed matter physics far from thermodynamic equilibrium, ultra cold atomic gases, magnetic resonance, semiconductor nanowires, as well as the transfer of heat and charge via collective stimuli,” explains Prof. Klümper.
The DFG is currently sponsoring a total of 175 research teams, as well as 15 college research groups.
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Klümper
School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Tel. 0202/439-2744
Email kluemper[at]uni-wuppertal.de
