In fact, in most investigations that are undertaken the combination of these skills is exploited, and the student is helped to develop his or her knowledge in both directions. Projects that are short often address a well-defined problem in quantum mechanics. Yet, fully different pieces of research have been undertaken. The computers at the department are easily accessable, and in fact via the Local Area Networks provide access to the rest of the world. The research group is part of the institute for Theoretical Physics and the Material Science Centre of the University of Groningen.
Research focuses on computer simulation of quantum systems relevant to condensed matter physics.
In these flat displays electrons are emitted from arrays of nanotips. To get an insight into how these electrons reach the screen the time-dependent Schrodinger equation is solved numerically and is visualized afterwards. These large-scale simulations are done on one of the Dutch national supercomputers. Our research group studies models for strongly correlated electrons using well known numerical techniques such as exact diagonalization methods and Quantum Monte Carlo simulations. In addition we develop new techniques, such as the stochastic diagonalization method, to overcome fundamental difficulties of the standard Quantum Monte Carlo approach.