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Thomas Barthel
Charles H. Townes Assistant Professor of Physics
Theoretical and Numerical Quantum Many-Body Physics:
- Strongly correlated quantum matter
- Nonequilibrium phenomena, open quantum systems, and transport
- Information theoretic aspects like entanglement
- Integrable models
- Tensor network state methods (MPS, PEPS, MERA)
- Quantum computation and simulation for the investigation of quantum matter
- Ultracold atoms in optical lattices
- Sotchastic dynamics in networks
Appointments and Affiliations
- Charles H. Townes Assistant Professor of Physics
- Assistant Professor of Physics
Contact Information
- Office Location: 287 Physics Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
- Office Phone: (919) 660-2965
- Email Address: barthel@phy.duke.edu
- Websites:
Education
- Ph.D. Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochshule Aachen (Germany), 2009
Research Interests
• Strongly correlated quantum many-particle systems
• Nonequilibrium phenomena, open quantum systems, and transport
• Information theoretic aspects like entanglement
• Integrable models
• Tensor network state methods (DMRG, MPS, MERA, PEPS)
• Quantum computation and simulation for the investigation of quantum matter
• Ultracold atoms in optical lattices
• Stochastic dynamics in networks
Courses Taught
- ECE 624: Open Quantum Systems
- PHYSICS 142L9D: General Physics II (Discussion)
- PHYSICS 464D: Quantum Mechanics I
- PHYSICS 590: Selected Topics in Theoretical Physics
- PHYSICS 624: Open Quantum Systems
Representative Publications
- Barthel, T; Zhang, Y, Solving quasi-free and quadratic Lindblad master equations for open fermionic and bosonic systems, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, vol 2022 no. 11 (2022) [10.1088/1742-5468/ac8e5c] [abs].
- Zhang, Y; Barthel, T, Criticality and Phase Classification for Quadratic Open Quantum Many-Body Systems, Physical Review Letters, vol 129 no. 12 (2022) [10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.120401] [abs].
- Barthel, T; Lu, J; Friesecke, G, On the closedness and geometry of tensor network state sets, Letters in Mathematical Physics, vol 112 no. 4 (2022) [10.1007/s11005-022-01552-z] [abs].
- Chen, H; Barthel, T, Tensor Network States with Low-Rank Tensors, Arxiv:2205.15296 (2022) [10.48550/arXiv.2205.15296] [abs].
- Barthel, T; Zhang, Y, Superoperator structures and no-go theorems for dissipative quantum phase transitions, Physical Review A, vol 105 no. 5 (2022) [10.1103/PhysRevA.105.052224] [abs].