Prof. Dr. Panayotis Kevrekidis

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTheoretical Physics,Analysis, Differential Equations
Keywordsdynamical systems, nonlinear waves, nonlinear partial differential equations, optical atomic and material physics applications

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityAmherst
InstitutionUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
InstituteDepartment of Mathematics & Statistics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Peter SchmelcherTheoretische Chemie, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Peter SchmelcherArbeitsgruppe Theoretische Chemie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Peter SchmelcherZentrum für Optische Quantentechnologien (ZOQ), Universität Hamburg, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Markus OberthalerKirchhoff-Institut für Physik, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2008

Programme(s)

2007Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme
2015Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Kevrekidis is an internationally leading expert in the field of nonlinear excitations as applied to nonlinear optics, mean-field theory of quantum gases and granular materials. He has pioneered the understanding of solitons and vortices including their existence, stability and dynamics. During his stay in Germany he will focus on the nonlinear excitations of Bose-Einstein condensates and the control of matter waves with a particular emphasis on so-called symbiotic excitations of mixtures of ultracold quantum gases.

Publications (partial selection)

2009S. Middelkamp, P.G. Kevrekidis, D.J. Frantzeskakis and P. Schmelcher: Matter-wave solitons in the presence of collisional inhomogeneities: perturbation theory and the impact of derivative terms. In: Physics Letters A, 2009, 262-268
2009C. Wang, P.G. Kevrekidis, N. Whitaker, T.J. Alexander, D.J. Frantzeskakis, and P. Schmelcher: Spinor Bose-Einstein condensates in double well potentials. In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 2009, 035201-1-035201-19
2008A. Weller, J.P. Ronzheimer, C. Gross, D.J. Frantzeskakis, G. Theocharis, {\bf P.G. Kevrekidis}, J. Esteve and M.K. Obertrhaler: Experimental observation of oscillating and interacting matter wave dark solitons. In: Physical Review Letters, 2008, 130401-130401