News of the group

Congratulations to Adam Moke who has been added to the Dean's list of University Scholars and Artists, following the path of Tom Baker (2012) and Adam Richie-Halford (2010).

Congratulations to Hamed Sadeghi and Adam Moke who will start their PhD at USC and UCLA in the Fall 2013, respectively.

The Southern California Condensed Matter Theory Meeting was organized by S. Haas (USC), M. Peterson and A.B. at CSU Long Beach on April 12, 2013. See the program on the following socalCMT13 webpage of the meeting.

APS March Meeting of 2013 in Baltimore, MD Tom Baker and A.B. presented talks on the long range triplet component of the order parameter in a magnetic Josephson junction.

Next Southern California Physics GRE Boot Camp, August 24-25, 2013 at CSU Long Beach

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Activities

Condensed Matter Theory is the field of Physics in which we develop theoretical models and offer predictions that can be tested experimentally to understand the properties of compounds found in the condensed form, solids in paricular. The challenge is to develop an understanding of systems that involve an enormous number of particles (electrons and ions) and discuss how different states of matter (such as superconductivity, metallic, insulating, magnetic, ferroelectric, etc.) arise and coexist.

Our group presently works along two main avenues: 1) The understanding of hybrid nano structures where a superconductor is placed in proximity to an inhomogeneous magnetic material or a graphene multilayer; 2) The description of crystallization in solids through the determination of the grain distribution which greatly affect their electronic, magnetic, and optical properties.

Students are invited to participate in the research and gain valuable hands-on experience that often result in the publication of our results (see our publications)

We are developing a Computational Physics option. Please have a look at our Computational Physics webpage.

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