Andreas Bill's Condensed Matter Theory Group
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California State University long Beach Department of Physics & Astronomy 1250 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach, CA 90840-9505 |
Hall of Science (HSCI), Room 262 Tel: +1-562-985-8616 Fax: +1-562-985-7924 Email: andreas.bill@csulb.edu |
News
- Congratulations to Tom Baker who won the CSU wide Student Research Competition in the Physical Sicences and Mathematics!
He won first place in a competition that was open to the entire California State University system (23 campuses).
Tom followed also the path of Adam Richie-Halford in being chosen to appear on the Dean's list of excellence. Tom will join the PhD program at UC Irvine in the Fall.
- Physics GRE Boot Camp - May 19,20 2012
We celebrate the second successful Physics GRE boot camp at CSU Long Beach. The camp attracted about 30 students among whom 60% belong to groups of the population that are underrepresented in Physics. The Physics GRE Boot Camp is organized under the umbrella of the California Professoriate for Access to Physics Careers. A summary and pictures of the camp will be available soon on the GRE Boot Camp webpage. Expect a similar camp next year!
- We are developing a Computational Physics option with a fully equipped, externally funded (see the funding page), computational physics laboratory. Please have a look at our Computational Physics webpage.
- We are developing a Computational Physics option with a fully equipped, externally funded (see the funding page), computational physics laboratory. Please have a look at our Computational Physics webpage.
- International Workshop on "Trends in Nanoscale Superconductivity and Magnetism", Cali, Colombia, June 29-July 1, 2011. Together with Maria-Elena Gomez, Axel Hoffmann and Thomas Gredig, we organized this conference and presented our own work on the topic. The proceedings of the conference will appear in Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism (Springer Vlg).
Research activities
My group's research interests are in the field of condensed matter theory. In recent years
we focused on two aspects of the solid state. One subject is the study of electronic properties and
coexisting ground states in layered systems. These comprise materials with intrinsic
quasi-two-dimensional properties (e.g. multilayer graphene or halide nitrides),
and heterogeneous nanostructures (e.g. multilayers of superconducting and magnetic materials
with nanoscale thicknesses). The other topic of interest is the description of crystallization
processes in a d-dimensional solid.
We have developed an analytical theory for the non-equilibrium grain size distribution and are pursuing
the study of its properties and the generalization of the theory.
Further information on these and other activities are provided in the Research and Publications (pdf) links on this page or can be obtained by contacting me. Opportunities for students to participate in instructional research can also be inquired by contacting me or stopping by my office.
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to the following institutions for their present and past support
(see the funding page for more details):
- The Army High Performance Computing Research Center - for providing funding to establish and develop a Computational Physics Laboratory and financing the research of the computational physics group.
- The National Science Foundation, The Research Corporation, The German Academic Exchange Services, CSU Long Beach and the College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics for the support of our research!