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5 year theoretical physics post-doc at All Souls, Oxford. Deadline September 2020. https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctoral-research-fellowships

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5 year theoretical physics post-doc at All Souls, Oxford. Deadline September 2020. https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctoral-research-fellowships

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University of Kent
School of Physical Sciences
Fixed Term - 24 Months
Closing date 12 July 2020
https://jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=STM-173-20

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School of Physical Sciences

It is an exciting time to join the School of Physical Sciences (SPS) as a Lecturer in Physics to deliver excellent teaching and curriculum development in core physics and mathematics within our Undergraduate and Masters programmes.

As well as teaching and assessment, you will also contribute to the development of new teaching material, resources, modules, and programmes in line with the School's policy of research-led student experience. To facilitate this, you will be embedded within one of the Physics research groups in the School (Applied Optics, Physics of Quantum Materials or Space Science and Astrophysics, as appropriate).

As Lecturer in Physics you will:

Teach as a member of a teaching team in a developing capacity within an established programme of study

contribute to the research group by, for example, attending meetings and contributing to scientific discussions

Engage in scholarship activities to further develop the teaching of Physics at Kent

Provide academic and administrative support to students and the wider school

To be successful in this role you will have:

First degree or equivalent in Physics or a related subject area and PhD in Physics (or nearing completion)

Possess sufficient breadth or depth of specialist knowledge in core physics and mathematics to work within established teaching programmes

Understanding of equal opportunity issues as they may impact on academic content and issues relating to student need

Ability to develop familiarity with a variety of strategies to promote and assess learning

The School of Physical Sciences (SPS) is an aspirational interdisciplinary school covering forensic science, physics, and chemistry. It has enjoyed extensive investment over the past five years, which has seen a doubling of academic staff as well as around £15 million spent on laboratory refurbishment, equipment, and general upgrade. Currently there are approximately 850 undergraduates including 90 Postgraduates, 42 full time academic staff with a team of some 28 administrative and technical support staff.
Further Information
Interviews are to be held: 21 July 2020

Please see the links below to view the full job description and also to apply for this post. If you require further information regarding the application process please contact The Resourcing Team on jobs@kent.ac.uk quoting ref number: STM-173-20

We particularly welcome applications from female and black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented at this level in this area

Please note - Applications must be made via the University's online application system. CVs or details sent directly to the department or via email cannot be considered.

The University of Kent values diversity and promotes equality at all levels
Due to the current COVID-19 outbreak, all interviews will take place remotely. Our processes will evolve as the Government advice is updated.

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Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Lecturer in Physics

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View All Vacancies School of Physical Sciences It is an exciting time to join the School of Physical Sciences (SPS) as a Lecturer in Physics to deliver excellent teaching and curriculum development in core physics and mathematics within our Undergraduate and Masters programmes.

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CORRELATED ELECTRONS VIRTUAL INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS (CEVIS) 

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CORRELATED ELECTRONS VIRTUAL INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS (CEVIS) 

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June - September 2020 [tentative]
every Thursday
10:30am- Tokyo/Seoul
9:30am- Beijing/Taipei
9:30pm- (Wed) East Coast US
6:30pm- (Wed) Pacific Daylight Time
(sorry, not a good time for our friends in Europe...)

https://sites.google.com/view/cevis2020/program

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Postdoc position in Condensed Matter Theory at RHUL

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Postdoc position in Condensed Matter Theory at RHUL

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This is a joint project between lead Dr. Andrew Ho (RHUL) and Dr. Derek Lee (Imperial College London), for one postdoctoral position for up to 3 years at RHUL, starting Oct 2020. See Opportunities tab in:
https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-teaching/departments-and-schools/physics/research/research-groups/condensed-matter-theory/

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About

Top row, left to right: Niclas Wennerdal, Evgeny Egorov, Eugene Balkind, Jan Gelhausen, Aldo Isidori; Middle row, left to right: Sarah Schroeter, Lorenzo Fratino, Anna Posazhennikova; Front row, left to right: Andrew Ho, David Heyes, Matthias Eschrig.

The Condensed Matter Theory group at Royal Holloway Physics Department works on strongly correlated systems and cold atomic gases. Its members are also part of the Hubbard Theory Consortium.

Research

Cold Atoms

A.Ho, A. Posazhennikova

Theory of Strongly Correlated Electron Systems

M.Eschrig, A.Ho, G. Sordi, A. Posazhennikova

Superconductivity

M.Eschrig, G. Sordi, A. Posazhennikova, N. Pugach

Interface Physics and Spintronics

M.Eschrig, A. Isidori, N. Pugach

Functional Renormalisation Group

A. Isidori

Topological Order, Entanglement

M.Eschrig, A. Posazhennikova

Members

Academics: Researchers: Students: Alumni:

Publications

Scaling of the Superconducting gap with orbital character in FeSe Rhodes, L.,Watson, M., Haghighirad, A. A., Evtushinsky, D. I., Eschrig, M. & Kim, T., In : Physical Review B. 98,18, p.1-6, 180503(R).

Tuning of magnetic activity in spin-filter Josephson junctions toward spin-triplet transport Carusi, R., Massarotti, D., Campagnano, G., Pal, A., Ahmad, H. G., Lucignano, P., Eschrig, M., Blamire, M. G. & Tafuri, F. (Submitted) In : Physical Review Letters.

Generation of pure superconducting spin current in magnetic heterostructures via nonlocally induced magnetism due to Landau Fermi liquid effects Montiel, X. & Eschrig, M. (Submitted) In : Physical Review B. vol. 98, No. 10, 104513.

Kagome modes, a new route to ultralow thermal conductivity? Voneshen, D. J., Ciomaga Hatnean, M., Perring, T. G., Walker, H. C., Refson, K., Balakrisnan, G., Goff, J. P. arXiv:1809:06265.

Exchange Field-enhanced superconducting spin currents Jeon, K., Ciccarelli, C., Kurebayashi, H., Cohen, L. F., Montiel, X., Eschrig, M., Komori, S., Robinson, J. W. A., Blamire, M. G. (Submitted) In : Nature Communications.

Opportunities

Post Doctoral Positions :

Project Title : Intertwined superfluid and density-wave orders in quantum many-body systems

This is a joint project between lead Dr. Andrew Ho (RHUL) and Dr. Derek Lee (Imperial College London) funded by the Leverhulme Trust, for one postdoctoral position for up to 3 years at RHUL, and one PhD studentship for 3.5 years at Imperial College London. Nominal start date is middle of January 2020. Interested persons should contact Drs. Ho and Lee with a CV as soon as possible.

Project Description :

What happens when different kinds of order occur at the same time in the same material? While familiar examples of magnetism or superconductivity, superfluidity are by now well understood, it is much less clear what happens when multiple orders compete or co-exist in the same material. Once different types of order come in play, different scenarios may occur. They can compete so that only one form of order survives for a given set of system parameters. Alternatively, we have multiple orders for the same system parameters. Then the orders may coexist simply independently of each other, or they may intertwine, meaning one type of order can be converted continuously into the other type. We aim to study the basic question: what is the theoretical framework that could encompass the complex interplay of physical effects in these scenarios?

A tantalising glimpse into novel properties of an intertwined system is offered by the experiment, done at RHUL, on two layers of helium-4 atoms plated on a flat graphite substrate [1]. The surprise was that there is no sign of the signature of the BKT theory, which is a sudden loss of superfluidity at a critical temperature. Our phenomenological modelling in [1] suggests that this superfluid is close to becoming a tightly packed solid. We thus hypothesize that the lack of the BKT transition is due to the intertwining of the superfluid and solid (density wave) order parameters, forming a multi-component order parameter with an enhanced non-Abelian symmetry. As such, it costs no energy to "rotate" between a predominantly superfluid order, into the opposite with predominant density wave order, and anything in between. This is analogous to the non-Abelian SU(2) symmetry governing the isotropic Heisenberg magnets: there, the relevant (intertwined) order parameters are the magnetisations in the three spatial directions, and one can freely rotate the magnetic order pointing in any direction in space without energetic barriers. Very recently, we constructed a simple model that shows such an intertwined superfluid and solid orders [2].

Beyond this helium system, the intertwined scenario may also hide behind the plethora of ordering phenomena in a growing list of strongly correlated electrons systems, in the search for functional materials. Examples include magnetism, density wave and superconductivity in High-Temperature Superconductors; magnetism, crystallinity and superconductivity in doped FeSe, ferromagnetism and spin density wave in NbFe2, and SDW and some still unknown order in UR u2 Si ₂ .

Quite separately, in the field of quantum optics, the groups of Ketterle (MIT) and Esslinger (ETH) have recently reported evidence of supersolidity in trapped ultra cold atoms. This raises the exciting prospect that one can further engineer these systems to enhance the symmetry to an intertwined kind, by eg. using long-range interactions as we suggested [2].

In summary, we aim to explore the concept of intertwined orders, and to apply to these diverse quantum many-body systems.

Note that we are uniquely placed to confront theory with experiments as the helium experiments are done in-house in the groups of Profs J. Saunders, B. Cowan and Dr. A. Casey at RHUL. There are also local experts in theory and experiments in strongly correlated electron systems at RHUL: Prof. J. Saunders, Dr. A. Casey, J. Goff, Drs. P. Niklowitz, G. Sordi and L. Levitin, and regular Visiting Prof. P. Coleman.

1.  J. Nyeki, A. Phillis, A. Ho, D. Lee, P. Coleman, J. Parpia, B. Cowan and J. Saunders, "Intertwined superfluid and density wave order in two-dimensional 4He", Nat Phys. 13, 455 (2017).

2.  S. Lieu, A.F. Ho, D. K. K. Lee, and P. Coleman, "p-Orbital Superfluid with S5 Manifold", Phys. Rev. B 99, 014504 (2019).

PhD Positions :

PhD studentships are regularly available in the Condensed Matter Theory Group. Please contact any member of the Group for more information.

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About Top row, left to right: Niclas Wennerdal, Evgeny Egorov, Eugene Balkind, Jan Gelhausen, Aldo Isidori; Middle row, left to right: Sarah Schroeter, Lorenzo Fratino, Anna Posazhennikova; Front row, left to right: Andrew Ho, David Heyes, Matthias Eschrig. The Condensed Matter Theory group at Royal Holloway Physics Department works on strongly correlated systems and cold atomic gases.

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Multiple job openings including quantum and quantum-inspired developers as well as machine learning experts

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Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter covers the whole of condensed matter physics including soft matter, physics of chemical processes, and method development. Papers may report experimental, theoretical or computational studies.

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Special Issue on Machine Learning in Condensed Matter Physics now accepting contributions
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