Institut für Theoretische Physik

 

 

 

 

Prof. Dr. Rainer Verch

Room 208

Telephone : +49-341-97-32423

Fax: +49-341-97-31448

e-mail: rainer.verch[AT]uni-leipzig.de

 

 

S. Hollands, R. Verch

Mondays, 15:15-16:45, seminar room 114 ITP

Schedule

 

 

The focus of investigation in the group of Quantum Field Theory and Gravity consists of three main strands: (1) Quantum field theory in curved spacetimes (Prof. Dr. R. Verch, Dr. T. P. Hack), (2) mathematical structure of gauge field theories and their quantization (Prof. Dr. G. Rudolph (retired), Dr. M. Schmidt) and (3) quantum fields under the influence of external conditions (PD Dr. M. Bordag).

 

In quantum field theory in curved spacetimes, several research fields are pursued, such as mathematical and conceptual foundations of local covariant quantum field theory and of the early epoch of cosmology, characterization of locally thermal states and their application to the Unruh effect, and in cosmology; and furthermore some aspects of quantum field theory on spacetimes that contain closed timelike curves. A sideline of this research is quantum field theory on non-commutative geometries. One of the aims is to gain a better understanding of essential ingredients for a potential theory of quantum gravity. In the research on gauge theories, one focus is on the topological structure of gauge orbit spaces. A complementary line of research is devoted to a better understanding of gauge field theories on lattices. In quantum field theory under the influence of external conditions, a central research field is the influence of boundaries, as in the Casimir effect, and singular potentials and their role in quantization. Some of the effects studied in this line of research have concrete applications in experiments.

 

 

List of publications of our group on INSPIRE

 

 

Lectures in the winter semester 2017

 

• 12-PHY-BPT1 Theoretische Physik 1 - Theoretische Mechanik (Prof. R. Verch, Dr. T.-P. Hack)
• 12-PHY-MWPTET4 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory (Prof. S. Hollands, Prof. R. Verch, Dr. J. Zahn, Dr. M. Schmidt)
• 12-PHY-L-TP4 Theoretische Physik 4 - Quantenmechanik 2 / Thermodynamik und Statistik 2 (PD Dr. M. Bordag)
• 12-PHY-BMAME1 Mathematische Methoden 1 - Methoden der klassischen Physik (PD Dr. J. Tolksdorf)
• 12-PHY-L-TP1 Theoretische Physik 1 - Theoretische Mechanik (PD Dr. J. Tolksdorf)

 

Lectures in the summer semester 2017

 

• 12-PHY-BTP2 Theoretische Physik 2 - Quantenmechanik (Prof. R. Verch, Dr. T.-P. Hack)
• 12-PHY-MWPQFG2 Kosmologie / Cosmology (Prof. R. Verch, Dr. T.-P. Hack)
• 12-PHY-BTP4 Theoretische Physik 4 - Elektrodynamik & klassische Feldtheorie (PD Dr. J. Tolksdorf)
• 12-PHY-L-TP2 Theoretische Physik 2 - Elektrodynamik (PD Dr. J. Tolksdorf)

 

Lectures in the winter semester 2016

 

• 12-PHY-BPT1 Theoretische Physik 1 - Theoretische Mechanik (Prof. R. Verch, Dr. M. Schmidt)
• 12-PHY-L-TP1 Theoretische Physik - Theoretische Mechanik (Dr. T.-P. Hack)
• 12-PHY-L-TP3 Theoretische Physik 3 - Quantenmechanik 1 / Thermodynamik und Statistik 1 (PD Dr. M. Bordag)

 

Lectures in the summer semester 2016

 

• 12-PHY-BIPTP4 Quantum Mechanics (Prof. R. Verch, Dr. T.-P. Hack)
• 12-PHY-MWPQFG3 Quantum Field Theory on Curved Spacetimes (Prof. R. Verch, Dr. T.-P. Hack)
• 12-PHY-L-TP2 Theoretische Physik 2 - Elektrodynamik (PD Dr. M. Bordag)

 

 

 

Please prepend +49-341-97- to all telephone numbers and append @itp.uni-leipzig.de to all emails unless noted otherwise.

 

Name	Room	Telephone	Email
Professors
Prof. Dr. Rainer Verch	208	32423	rainer.verch
Retired Professors
Prof. Dr. Bodo Geyer			bodo.geyer
Prof. Dr. Gerd Rudolph	306	32426	rudolph[AT]rz.uni-leipzig.de
Prof. Dr. Armin Uhlmann			armin.uhlmann
Staff Members
PD Dr. Michael Bordag	107	32427	michael.bordag
Dr. Thomas-Paul Hack	215b	32444	thomas-paul.hack
Dr. Matthias Schmidt	317b	32431	matthias.schmidt
Associate Members
PD Dr. Jürgen Tolksdorf			juergen.tolksdorf[AT]mis.mpg.de
Visitors
Prof. Dr. Nicola Pinamonti (01.11.17 - 27.02.18)			pinamont[AT]dima.unige.it
Prof. Dr. Chris Fewster (03.12.17 - 08.12.17)			chris.fewster[AT]york.ac.uk
Ph.D. Students
Tobias Diez	318	32388	tobias.diez
Erik Fuchs	317a	32453	erik.fuchs[AT]mis.mpg.de
Michael Gransee			mgransee[AT]gmx.net
Mathias Hänsel	318	32388
Felix Kurpicz	317a	32453	kurpicz
Master Students
Sandesh Bhat	318	32388
Richard Höhne	318	32388
Sebastian Knappe	317a	32453
Dorian Nothaaß	318	32388
Maik Weßling	318	32388