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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Theoretical Physics,Statistical Physics, Soft Matter, Biological Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics |
| Keywords | Monte Carlo simulations, phase transitions, classical and quantum spin systems, disordererd systems, quantum computing |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Santa Cruz |
| Institution | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Institute | Department of Physics |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Alexander K. Hartmann | Institut für Physik (IFP), Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg |
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| Prof. Dr. Roderich Moessner | Department Condensed Matter, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden |
| Prof. Dr. Roderich Moessner | Institut für Physik (IFP), Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/09/2012 |
Program(s)
| 2011 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Young is an internationally leading expert in the field of statistical physics of disordered systems, in particular with respect to numerical approaches. His work has contributed seminal results for establishing equilibration criteria for Markov-chain simulation, in particular for random systems, for the understanding of high-temperature superconductivity and for the analysis of spin glasses, the most frequently studied model for disordered magnets. During his visit to Germany, he plans to work on the dynamics of random-field systems and on using continuous-degree spin systems to better solve discrete-degree optimization problems. |