Condensed Matter Theory at PSI

Our Activities

Our activities are focussed on both applied and fundamental topics of condensed matter theory and material research which revolve around our two large-scale experimental facilities SINQ (spallation neutron source), see also LNS (Laboratory for Neutron Scattering) and SLS (Swiss (synchrotron) Light Source) as well as the LMN (Laboratory for Micro- and Nanostructures). Our interests include the Quantum Hall effect, density functional theory, strongly correlated systems and low-dimensional magnetism including macroscopic quantum effects.

More specifically we have recently studied spin polarized states in the fractional quantum Hall regime, relativistic effects on bonding, connections between Berry phases and topological spin excitations in one and two dimensions, as well as resonance enhanced magnetic x-ray scattering. On the more applied side we have investigated photovoltaic systems, cages in zeolites, superparamagnetism in nanowires and magnetic correlations in nanostructured materials.

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Members of the Group

• Christopher Mudry Bernard Delley Peter Derlet Rudolf Morf

• Xavier Deupi Anne-Christine Uldry

• Maurizio Storni Sebastian Guerrero David Gablinger Titus Neupert

Former Members

• Teodora Todorova
• Francois Vernay
• Urs Aeberhard
• Antoine Praz
• René Windiks
• Andreas Bill
• Andreas Schnyder
• Nayana Shah
• Dimitri Ivanov
• Hans-Benjamin Braun
• Oliver Fritz

Recent Guests

• Jan Minar
• M. Atanasov
• A. Furusaki
• N. d'Ambrumenil
• S. W. Lovesey
• S. V. Maleyev
• J. Baker
• P. Rocyzko

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Links

• Bereich: Condensed Matter Research with Neutrons and Muons (NuM)
• Laboratory for Neutron Scattering
• SINQ Spallation Source
• Swiss Light Source
• Laboratory for Micro- and Nanostructures
• PSI Welcome page
• theory and modelling of materials and matter at PSI

programs and downloads

• DMol³
  publications
• multiplet spectra: XAS, RIXS etc and downloads -
  Phys Rev B: Systematic computation of crystal-field multiplets for x-ray core spectroscopies

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Contact

Dr. Christopher Mudry Paul Scherrer Institut WHGA/125 CH-5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland

Tel.: +41 56 310 4247 Fax: +41 56 310 3131 Email: Christopher.Mudry-AT-psi.ch

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