Prof. Dr. Herbert Neuberger

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsElementary Particle Physics,Theoretical Physics
KeywordsLattice, chirality, transitions, planar, string

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityPiscataway
InstitutionRutgers University
InstituteDepartment of Physics and Astronomy

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Ulrich WolffInstitut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Michael Müller-PreußkerInstitut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2006

Programme(s)

2005Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Prof. Herbert Neuberger is one of the leading experts on quantum field theory. This is the theoretical framework of today's theories of the microscopic structure of matter with its constituents like electrons, quarks, neutrinos, photons etc. that are confronted with experimental reality at the large accelerators like CERN and DESY. Before knowledge can progress in this traditional way, precise predictions have to be extracted from the theory and this is more and more often done via large computer simulations. Both Professor Neuberger's specialty and a significant part of the research at Humboldt University lie in the design and sophistication of theoretical tools required for these computations - an excellent prerequisite for joint progress.