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In our Lab for Emergent Phenomena we focus on one of the central paradigms in modern science: The physics of collective behaviour and organising principles. We develop theoretical concepts and tools to enhance our understanding of emergent phenomena in quantum science of light and matter, soft-matter physics, and cosmology.
Using a Phase Field Crystal approach we have studied the behavior of grain boundaries in periodic and aperiodic crystals that are composed of patchy colloids. In case of periodic structures we find that the energy cost of a grain boundary is hardly affected by the preferred binding angles of the pat...
For students who are interested in a theses in the Quantum Science of Light and Matter team there is a new video for the UPhUF (Unsere Physik - unsere Forschung, our physics - our research) event. In addition, there will be a poster session on July 2nd, 2025 at 3pm in front of lecture hall HG.
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U1 Toric Code - Fascinating physics but no topological order. Check out the new preprint arXiv:2506.00126 entitled „Absence of topological order in the U(1) checkerboard toric code“ by LEP members Max Vieweg, Lea Lenke, Viktor Kott, Andreas Schellenberger, and Kai Phillip Schmidt.
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For students who are interested in a theses in the Soft Matter Theory Group there is a new video for the UPhUF (Unsere Physik - unsere Forschung, our physics - our research) event. In addition, there will be a poster session on July 2nd, 2025 at 3pm in front of lecture hall HG.
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Kai Phillip Schmidt and his team won the teaching award 2025 of the physics department for the lecture „quantum mechanics (theoretical physics 3)“ held in the summer term 2024.
