Condensed Matter

Condensed matter physics is the branch of physics that studies systems of very large numbers of particles in a condensed state, like solids or liquids. Condensed matter physics wants to answer questions like: why is a material magnetic? Or why is it insulating or conducting? Or new exciting questions like: what materials are good to make a reliable quantum computer? Can we describe gravity as the behavior of a material? The behavior of a system with many particles is very different from that of its individual particles. We say that the laws of many body physics are emergent or collective. Emergence explains the beauty of physics laws.

In addition to the researchers listed below, PI has five Distinguished Research Chairs who work in condensed matter: G Baskaran, Ignacio Cirac, Subir Sachdev, Senthil Todadri, and Xiao-Gang Wen.

Researchers:

	Sung-Sik Lee Associate Faculty (McMaster University) PhD Pohang University of Science and Technology (2000)
	Guifre Vidal Faculty PhD University of Barcelona (1999)
	Alioscia Hamma Distinguished Research Fellow PhD University of Napoli Federico II (2005)
	Hector Bombin Postdoctoral Researcher PhD Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2008)
	Oliver Buerschaper Postdoctoral Researcher PhD Technische Universitat Munchen (2011)
	Robert Pfeifer Postdoctoral Researcher PhD University of Queensland (2011)
	Lukasz Cincio Postdoctoral Researcher PhD Jagiellonian University (2011)
	Peter Lunts Graduate Student Affiliation: Mc Master University
	Sebastian Montes Valencia Graduate Student MSc: University of Waterloo (2011)