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Thomas Barthel

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physics
Physics
Box 90305, Durham, NC 27708-0305
287 Physics Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Research Interests


• Strongly correlated quantum many-particle systems
• Nonequilibrium phenomena, open quantum systems, and transport
• Information theoretic aspects like entanglement
• Integrable models
• Tensor network state methods (DMRG, MPS, MERA, PEPS)
• Quantum computation and simulation for the investigation of quantum matter
• Ultracold atoms in optical lattices
• Stochastic dynamics in networks