Condensed Matter Theory

IMR Theoretical Physics Group

Staff

Professor : Yusuke Nomura
Associate Professor : Yuta Murakami
Assistant Professor : Hsiao-Yi Chen Hitoshi Mori

Research

Our group is a theoretical laboratory for quantum physics and materials science.

Our goal is to understand diverse quantum many-body phenomena and to realize theoretical designs of functional materials. We are tackling this challenging problem with advanced theoretical and numerical methods. In particular, we develop a novel framework of materials science incorporating machine learning techniques and conduct state-of-the-art numerical simulations for strongly correlated electron systems, whose complete theoretical description remains the “holy grail” of condensed matter physics.

By extracting the essence from the results of advanced numerical simulations, we aim to elaborate our understanding of quantum phenomena and create novel concepts in theoretical physics. Furthermore, by accumulating guidelines for predicting physical properties, we explore the frontier of materials science: theory-driven functional materials design.

We try to understand and predict quantum phenomena by analyzing the behavior of interacting electrons using state-of-the-art theoretical and numerical methods. Our research aims not only to predict the properties of existing materials, but also to predict new functional materials [right panel: from J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 28, 153001 (2016)].
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