Quantum Science
Quantum Science: This figure illustrates the loading of a torus-shaped trap with an electron. The black surface visualizes the external trapping potential. The atomic density is shown in blue.
Quantum effects govern the behavior of a variety of systems including photons, single atoms, molecules and complex many-body systems in condensed matter physics. Quantum science studies such systems and effects, investigates their applications and develops the corresponding theoretical framework.
Insights into the underlying mathematical structures are the key to addressing questions related to fundamental physics and chemistry, as well as to operational problems rooted in computer science and information theory.
Research areas
Quantum science research at the TUM centers around
- quantitative analytical methods for the study of electronic structures in quantum chemistry
- numerical methods for high-dimensional models of molecular quantum dynamics
- randomness in quantum systems
- fundamental limits to quantum communication and computation
- foundations of quantum physics
- control and dynamics of open quantum systems
- fluid type approximations for many-particle quantum systems
Professors
Related research groups
Research News
Best SICON Paper Prize 2021
Doctoral student Lukas Hertlein and Professor Michael Ulbrich receive the "Best SICON Paper Prize 2021". They presented the awarded paper at the "SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications (CT21)" on 20 July 2021.
Collaborative Research Center GAUS starts
Answering structural questions in geometry and arithmetic - that is the goal of the Collaborative Research Center "Geometry and Arithmetic of Uniformized Structures". With Prof. Eva Viehmann, the TUM is also associated.
GAUSS Junior Talent Prize 2020
Optimal investment strategies for pension funds: For this dissertation at the TUM, Dr. Andreas Lichtenstern receives the GAUSS Junior Talent Prize 2020.
Learning fractions on a tablet PC
Learning on a tablet PC facilitates access to mathematics - especially for low-achieving children. In the "ALICE: Bruchrechnen" project, a research team has developed a digital textbook for the sixth grade.