Condensed matter physics is the study of the macroscopic properties of materials. It seeks to use the well-established laws of microscopic physics to predict the collective properties of very large numbers of electrons, atoms or molecules.
Theoretical research in condensed matter physics is carried out in an interdepartmental group of the Departments of Physics and Applied Physics. Interests range from the study of electronic properties of semiconductor microstructures to those of the high temperature superconductors, as well as from quantum optics and optomechanics to quantum information processing.
For further information see, Condensed Matter Theory web page, Theoretical Chemistry Group, Condensed Matter Geophysics
Faculty
- Yoram Alhassid
- Meng Cheng
- Steve Girvin
- Leonid Glazman
- Sohrab Ismail-Beigi
- Benjamin Machta
- Corey O’Hern
- David Poland
- Diana Qiu
- Nicholas Read
- R. Shankar
- Douglas Stone
- John Tully (Emeritus)
- John Wettlaufer
Topics
- Ab Initio and Computational Solid State, Nanoscale, and Many-body Physics
- Many Body Physics and Quantum Computation
- Many Body and Statistical Physics
- Mesoscopic and Optical Physics
- Microscopic kinetics in crystal growth and melting
- Nuclear Many Body Theory and Mesoscopic Quantum Dots
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Physics of Low-dimensional and Mesoscopic Systems, Quantum Many-Body Theory
- Soft Matter Research
- Statistical and Many Body Physics
- Various aspects of topological phases of matter