De Silva Theory Group
Department of Physics AND BIOPHYSICs
What we do?
What we do?
Quantum Matter and Correlated Many-Body Theory:
Quantum Matter and Correlated Many-Body Theory:
Our research group is seeking to gain an understanding of the physics on the scale of single atoms/electrons, where classical mechanics fails. In particular, we are wondering how do complex phenomena emerge from simple ingredients? Why do some interesting physical phenomena emerge as a collective aspect of the matter, but not as a properties of individual constituent particles? We seek to understand the connection between microscopic and macroscopic phenomena of many body systems. In particular, we study the electronic matter related to the real materials such as transition metal oxides and rare earth oxides, and ultra-cold atomic systems as test beds for strongly correlated and collective phenomena.
Our research group is seeking to gain an understanding of the physics on the scale of single atoms/electrons, where classical mechanics fails. In particular, we are wondering how do complex phenomena emerge from simple ingredients? Why do some interesting physical phenomena emerge as a collective aspect of the matter, but not as a properties of individual constituent particles? We seek to understand the connection between microscopic and macroscopic phenomena of many body systems. In particular, we study the electronic matter related to the real materials such as transition metal oxides and rare earth oxides, and ultra-cold atomic systems as test beds for strongly correlated and collective phenomena.
Emergent Properties of biological systems:
Emergent Properties of biological systems:
We are applying physics principles, specially statistical mechanical techniques to understand the biological processes.
We are applying physics principles, specially statistical mechanical techniques to understand the biological processes.
Physics Education Research:
Physics Education Research:
We are investigating ways that instructors can enhance student learning process and understanding, by employing interactive engagement strategies in the classroom.
We are investigating ways that instructors can enhance student learning process and understanding, by employing interactive engagement strategies in the classroom.
Research areas
Research areas
Quantum Spin Systems
Superconductors
Degenerated Fermi gases
Bose-Einstein Condensation and degenerate Bose gases
Feshbach resonances, coupled atomic-molecular Bose-Einstein condensates, and molecular dissociation
Systems of reduced dimensionality and integratable models
Non-equilibrium phenomena and quantum many-body dynamics
Electronic lattice models and optical lattices
Interplay between spin degrees of freedom and orbital degrees of freedom
Thermodynamics of protein folding
Emergent collective phenomena in biological cells