Science, Engineering and Technology Group Department of Physics and Astronomy THEORETICAL PHYSICS Research profile The Institute of Theoretical Physics has a long tradition of fundamental research in mathematical and theoretical physics, involving extensive modelling and theory building in statistical physics, in the theory of dynamical systems, in elementary particle physics, in string theory and in cosmology. Important methods involve computational physics, stochastic modelling and the analysis of complex dynamical systems, networks and models on random graphs, as well as general methods of modern mathematical physics. Keywords High energy Physics • Quantum field theory • Mathematical structure of supergravity • String theories • Cosmology • Collective Phenomena and phase transitions • Steady state thermodynamics • Nonequilibrium mesoscopic physics • bio- and soft condensed matter physics
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Science, Engineering and Technology Group
Department of Physics and Astronomy
THEORETICAL PHYSICS
Research profileThe Institute of Theoretical Physics has a long tradition of fundamental research in mathematical and theoreticalphysics, involving extensive modelling and theory buildingin statistical physics, in the theory of dynamical systems,in elementary particle physics, in string theory and in cosmology. Important methods involve computationalphysics, stochastic modelling and the analysis of complexdynamical systems, networks and models on randomgraphs, as well as general methods of modern mathematical physics.
KeywordsHigh energy Physics • Quantum field theory • Mathematicalstructure of supergravity • String theories • Cosmology •Collective Phenomena and phase transitions • Steadystate thermodynamics • Nonequilibrium mesoscopicphysics • bio- and soft condensed matter physics
ContactDepartment of Physics and Astronomy
Theoretical Physics
Celestijnenlaan 200D box 2415
3001 LEUVEN, Belgium
itf.fys.kuleuven.be/
KU Leuven. Inspiring the outstanding.
Research TopicsHigh Energy Physics• AdS/CFT dualities and holography with applications
to cosmology and the physics of condensed matter• building of string-theoretically inspired models for
particle physics interactions at the presently to beexplored energy range (LHC) and cosmology
• physics of black holes• supergravity in various dimensions and extensions• quantum and string cosmology
Mathematical Physics• interacting particle systems • Gibbsian versus non-Gibbsian distributions• Percolation and stochastic geometry
• hydrodynamic descriptions• dynamical ensembles• stochastic modeling and fluctuation theory• nonequilibrium physics• quantum information theory
Statistical Mechanics• Statics and dynamics of random graphs• Biophysics and physics of molecular biology• Critical behaviour and phase transitions including
wetting• computational physics and simulation methods• Condensed matter physics, superconductivity