Every semester the Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics invites a distinguished theoretical physicist in order to present a short series of lectures with increasing level of specialization. Usually it includes a public talk for a general audience, a theory colloquium and a specialized seminar.
Strongly correlated metals exhibit anomalous transport properties
which have puzzled condensed matter physicists for many years.
They are characterized by large resistivities which exceed the Mott
Ioffe Reggel limit and large thermoelectric responses, which cannot
be explained in terms of...
Published 04/18/24
The Principle of Least Action is both profound and practical. Since its first formulation by Maupertuis and Euler nearly three centuries ago, the Principle has been, and continues to be, a formidable battlehorse for penetrating unchartered territory in
theoretical physics. The Principle, its...
Published 04/18/24
“With four parameters I can fit an elephant; with five I can make it wag its tail.” Systems biology models of the cell have an enormous number of reactions between proteins, RNA, and DNA whose rates (parameters) are hard to measure. Models of climate change, ecosystems, and macroeconomics also...
Published 04/18/24