MISSION
"The basic mission of the research work of the department is to solve outstanding theoretical problems in solid state physics, statistical physics, physics of elementary particles and fields, biophysics and soft condensed matter physics."
COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE
| The Department of Theoretical Physics operates its own local computing cluster, named ATOS, comprised of approximately 3000 cores with each core having on average of 12 GB of memory. The 46 compute nodes that host the CPUs are connected through a fast 100GbE Ethernet connection, while 23 of the nodes also have 100GbE infiniband. Researchers have access to a large amount of storage capacitiy (3TB for long-term storage, that is backed up to an off-site tape drive; and “unlimited" scratch space), served through two fast network filesystems 200TB and 1.2PB in size respectively.
Usage possible upon prior agreement with Department Head and Administrators.
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RESEARCH PROGRAMS (Slovenian Research Agency)
| Program Title | Program Leader |
| Theoretical physics of nuclei, particles and fields | prof. dr. Jernej Fesel Kamenik |
| Theory of condensed matter and statistical physics | prof. dr. Janez Bonča |
| Biophysics of polymers, membranes, gels, colloids and cells | prof. dr. Primož Ziherl |
| Physics of quantum technologies | prof. dr. Rok Žitko |
NATIONAL RESEARCH GRANTS
| Grant Title | Grant Leader |
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Stability of biological fluids under tensile stress (Stabilnost bioloških tekočin pod natezno obremenitvijo) 1. 10. 2022 - 30. 9. 2026 |
dr. Matej Kanduč |
| FLAMENCO: Flavor, Lepton number, And Mass Explorations of Neutrinos at the COmpact muon solenoid (FLAMENCO: okus, leptonsko število in raziskovanje mas nevtrinov na CMS) (ARIS N1-0253)
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doc. dr. Miha Nemevšek |
| Nonergodic dynamics in disorder-free systems (Neergodična dinamika v sistemih brez nereda)
(ARIS N1-0273)
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prof. dr. Lev Vidmar |
| Coloured physics beyond the Standard Model (Obarvani skalari v fiziki onkraj standardnega modela)
(ARIS N1-0321) |
prof. dr. Svjetlana Fajfer |
| Ergodicity breaking phase transitions
(ARIS J1-50005)
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prof. dr. Lev Vidmar |
| Multi-scale modelling of nonequIlibrium quantum materials (MINIMUM) (ARIS MN-0016)
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dr. Denis Golež |
| MEchanics, Topology, And Geometry of Natural Optimizing Networks (METAGON)
(RSF)
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dr. Matej Krajnc |
| Topology, geometry, and mechanics of natural space-filling packings (Topologija, geometrija in mehanika naravnih tesnih pakiranj)
(ARIS J1-60013)
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dr. Matej Krajnc |
| Reheating the universe via pair production
(ARIS J1-60026)
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Lorenzo Ubaldi, PhD., ZDA |
| RNA-mediated formation of membraneless cellular condensate (Tvorba brezmembranskih celičnih kondenzatov s pomočjo RNA)
(ARIS J1-60002)
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dr. Anže Rapoš Božič |
| Semileptonic probes of b-quark physics at future flavor experiments (Študije semileptonskih procesov kvarka b v bodočih eksperimentih okusa)
(ARIS N1-0407)
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prof. dr. Nejc Košnik |
| Quantum solver for hard binary quadratic problems (Kvantni reševalnik za težke binarne kvadratične probleme)
(ARIS L1-60136) 1. 1. 2025 - 31. 12. 2027 |
prof. dr. Rok Žitko |
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS & GRANTS
| Project Title | Scientist in Charge (IJS) |
| Probing the origin of flavor through precision experiments, ARIS bilateral grant BI-FR/22-23-PROTEUS-001 | prof. dr. Nejc Košnik |
| Manifestation of quantum chaos in quantum many-body lattice systems, ARIS bilateral grant BI-US/22-24-048 | prof. dr. Lev Vidmar |
| Machine learning in high energy physics, ARIS bilateral grant BI-US/22-24-041 | prof. dr. Jernej Fesel Kamenik |
| COST CA22130; COMETA - Comprehensive Multiboson Experiment-Theory Action | prof. dr. Jernej Fesel Kamenik |
| COST CA21106; COSMIC WISPers in the Dark Universe | prof. dr. Miha Nemevšek |
| DrumS - Weakly driven quantum symmetries (ERC StG) | dr. Zala Lenarčič |
| Left-Righty symmetry, neutrino masses and collider phenomenology, ARIS bilateral grant PROTEUS | prof. dr. Miha Nemevšek |
| HE - SMASH; Researcher: Machine Learning for Sciences and Humanities | prof. dr. Jernej Fesel Kamenik |
| Boundary - Boundaries of quantum chaos (ERC CG) | prof. dr. Lev Vidmar |
| Polyglutamine Aggregation: A Computational Exploration of Molecular Mechanisms, ARIS bilateral grant BI-US/24-26-023 | dr. Matej Kanduč |
| Hybrid quantum devices, ARIS bilateral grant BI-US/24-26-023 | prof. dr. Rok Žitko |
| Multiscale model of tumors embedded in elastic substrates, ARIS bilateral grant BI-US/24-26-023 | dr. Matej Krajnc |
| New forms of eigenstate thermalization, ARIS bilateral grant BI-US/24-26-023 | prof. dr. Lev Vidmar |
| Hadronic interactions, machine learning and cosmic ray physics, ARIS bilateral grant BI-US/24-26-023 | prof. dr. Jernej Fesel Kamenik |
| HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral Networks - SPARKLE: Scientific training Programme for Advanced Research and Knowledge in Light-Matter Engineering | dr. Denis Golež |
| HE - SQUASH: Slovenian Quantum Science Hub | prof. dr. Lev Vidmar |
| COST CA24146; MLQC4FC - Machine Learning and Quantum Computing for Future Colliders (MLQC4FC) | dr. Aleks Smolkovič |
| COST CA24109; QOpen - Many-body Open Quantum Systems (QOpen) | dr. Zala Lenarčič |
| COST CA24210; Sustainable Thermoelectrics European Network (SUSTENET) | doc. dr. Jernej Mravlje |