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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Theoretical Physics |
| Keywords | QCD, Dirac spectrum, nonzero baryon density, sign problem, random matrix theory |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Stony Brook |
| Institution | Stony Brook University |
| Institute | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Tilo Wettig | Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg |
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| Prof. Dr. Martin Zirnbauer | Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität zu Köln, Köln |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/06/2007 |
Programme(s)
| 2006 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Prof. Verbaarschot is a leading researcher in theoretical particle physics, or more precisely quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the fundamental theory describing the interactions of quarks and gluons. His most famous contribution is the invention of chiral random matrix theory. Using this theory, many new analytical results could be calculated. He also pioneered a number of mathematical methods that are in common use today. In his joint research project with colleagues in Germany, he will apply chiral random matrix theory to study several open problems in QCD at nonzero quark density. |