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The Condensed Matter Theory Center (CMTC) was created in 2002 by the
University of Maryland with the Distinguished University Professor
Sankar Das Sarma as its permanent Director. The support for CMTC comes
from the University of Maryland and the Laboratory for Physical Sciences
(LPS). The sole purpose of CMTC
is to maintain sustained excellence in theoretical condensed matter
physics (defined in the broadest possible sense) at the University of
Maryland. In addition to carrying out outstanding research in condensed
matter theory, CMTC will also occasionally host distinguished lectures
by the leading researchers, and may organize small research workshops
on important topics. CMTC has funds for research fellows and associates
at postdoctoral level (2-5 years appointments), for short-term (1 week
to 6 months) visitors, for long-term (1 year or more) senior sabbatical
visitors, and for research fellowships for outstanding graduate students.
The goal of CMTC is to have the best possible scientific
quality in its members (and to foster creative interaction among them)
so as to produce a highly visible and active (small) theory center.
Junior and senior scientists interested in CMTC positions should contact
the Director in writing.
The currently active research topics in CMTC are quantum computation in semiconductor nanostructures, spin qubits and spin quantum computation, spin coherence, topological quantum computation, quantum Hall effects, quantum phases of condensed cold atom systems and optical lattices, quantum phase transitions, spintronics, transport in low dimensional semiconductor nanostructures, physics of graphene and nanowires, exotic superconductivity, topological matter and phases, quantum computation in neutral atomic systems, quantum condensed phases, many-body theory in low-dimensional semiconductor structures, strongly correlated phenomena, ferromagnetic semiconductors, spin Hall effects, coherent quantum effects, elementary excitations and collective modes in low-dimensional systems, collective coherent phenomena in solids, physics of metal-insulator transitions and localization, and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. |
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Professor P. W. Anderson, Princeton University |
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Professor B. I. Halperin, Harvard University |
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Professor R. B. Laughlin, Stanford University |
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Professor A. J. Leggett, University of Illinois |
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Professor H. L. Stormer, Columbia University |
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Professor D. C. Tsui, Princeton University |