Research in theoretical physics

Research groups and labs

• Astrophysics

  The Astrophysics research group spans cosmology, extragalactic astronomy, extreme objects, relativistic astrophysics, cultural astronomy, and knowledge management associated with virtual observatories and software telescopes.

• Condensed Matter Physics

  Condensed matter physics uses the fundamental principles of quantum electrodynamics and statistical mechanics to study emergent properties of states of matter.

• Correlations and Topology in Condensed Matter

  As condensed matter theorists, we are interested in many exciting topics ranging from strongly correlated electron systems to unconventional superconductivity and topological states of matter but also quantum computing.

• High Energy Astrophysics

  A diverse research area concerned with modelling phenomena like cosmic-ray shock acceleration, supernovae and other cosmic explosions, relativistic winds and jets, accretion disks, extreme gravitational and magnetic fields, non-thermal and coherent radiation mechanisms, and the equation of state of bulk nuclear matter.

• Quantum Computing and Information

  Developing quantum devices employing nuclear or electron spins based on silicon or diamond, where function is predicated on the quantum physics of precision placed single donor atoms or colour centres in a crystalline matrix.

• Symmetries, Topology and Entanglement in Quantum Systems

  This group uses symmetries and tools from quantum information theory to study topological and other exotic phases of matter as well as theoretical aspects of quantum computing, with an emphasis on strongly correlated systems and novel mathematical approaches to symmetries.

• Theoretical Particle Physics

  Diverse research interests that range from astroparticle and cosmological physics that describe the physics of the early Universe, to the physics of the Standard Model and beyond that describes the fundamental interactions and matter of the subnuclear world.