Theoretical Physics: Lab for Emergent Phenomena

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.

26MAI 2026
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Congratulations to Lennard Kossmann, Anna Milano, Lars Radtke, and Marco Zech for successfully defending their theses
In the Soft Matter Theory Group a lot of theses have been completed and defended this spring. Lars Radtke studied Atmospheric Rivers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in his Master thesis. Atmospheric Rivers play a crucial role in the global distribution and transportation of moisture and are often linked to extreme precipitation […]
Mehr lesen über Congratulations to Lennard Kossmann, Anna Milano, Lars Radtke, and Marco Zech for successfully defending their theses
21JAN. 2026
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Team from Erlangen reaches the second place in the German Physicists‘ Tournament
How do you measure the remaining charge of a battery with non-invasive purely mechanical methods? What is the best way to stabilize beer foam? How can you actually build a Maxwell’s Demon in a two-dimensional macroscopic system? What are the analogs of the essential components of a laser in a water system? The German Physicists‘ […]
Mehr lesen über Team from Erlangen reaches the second place in the German Physicists‘ Tournament
21JAN. 2026
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Congratulations to Jonas Buba and Mishael Derla for the succesful master theses
Before the end of last year Jonas Buba and Mishael Derla successfully finished their master theses. Jonas Buba developed a classical density functional theory for active particles. With this method he studied the collision of hard active particles, which is important to understand the phenomena of motility induced phase separation. Link to the master thesis […]
Mehr lesen über Congratulations to Jonas Buba and Mishael Derla for the succesful master theses