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 has at disposal its own computing cluster consisting of around 70 computing nodes (4000 cores in total) and more than 12 TB of RAM, several nodes with GPU and FPGA accelerators, storage capacities around 1.2 PB, interconnected with an Ethernet network with a 40 Gbps backbone and Infiniband HDR100. The cluster is currently running CentOS 7.7 managed by Rocks Cluster Distribution, with scientific software built and managed using EasyBuild, Lmod, and Singularity. |  |
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 |
NATIONAL RESEARCH GRANTS
| Grant Title | Grant Leader |
| The influence of additives on nanoscopic wetting (Vpliv aditivov na nanoskopsko močenje) (ARRS J1-1701)
1. 7. 2019 - 30. 6. 2023 |
Dr. Matej Kanduč |
| Nonlinear mechanics of biological tissues and their tumors (Nelinearna mehanika bioloških tkiv in njihovih tumorjev)
(ARRS J1-3009) 1.10.2021―30.9.2024 |
Dr. Matej Krajnc |
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Multi-scale modeling of non-equilibrium quantum materials (Modeliranje neravnovesnih kvantnih materialov na različnih skalah) (ARRS J1-2455) 1.9.2020 - 31.08.2023 |
Dr. Denis Golež |
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Symmetries and quantum pumping (Vloga simetrij pri vzbujanju kvantnih sistemov) (ARRS J1-2463) 1.9.2020―31.8.2023 |
Dr. Zala Lenarčič |
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Three advances towards realistic description of strongly correlated electron transport (Tri izboljšave na poti do realističnega opisa transporta močno koreliranih elektronov) (ARRS J1-2458) 1.9.2020 - 31.8.2023 |
Dr. Jernej Mravlje |
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Cryptographically safe random number generator (Kriptografsko varen generator naključnih števil) (ARRS - UVRS V1-2119) 1. 9. 2021 - 31. 8. 2024 |
Prof. Dr. Rok Žitko |
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Columbic subgap states in superconducting quantum devices (Coulombska stanja v energijski reži superprevodnih kvantnih naprav) (ARRS J1-3008) 1. 10. 2021 - 30. 9. 2024 |
Prof. Dr. Rok Žitko |
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Advancing precision flavour studies with machine learning (Precizne študije okusov s pomočjo strojnega učenja) (ARRS J1-3013) 1. 10. 2021 - 30. 9. 2024 |
Prof. Dr. Jernej Fesel Kamenik |
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Lattice QCD study of electroweak transitions between heavy mesons and light hadronic resonances (Elektrošibki prehodi med težkimi mezoni in lahkimi hadronskimi resonancami v kromodinamiki na mreži) (ARRS J1-3034) 1. 11. 2021 - 31. 10. 2023 |
Dr. Luka Leskovec |
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Stability of biological fluids under tensile stress (Stabilnost bioloških tekočin pod natezno obremenitvijo) (ARRS J1-4382) 1. 10. 2022 - 30. 9. 2025 |
Dr. Matej Kanduč |
| Neutrino mass origin: from colliders to gravitational waves (Izvor nevtrinskih mas: od trkalnikov do gravitacijskih valov) (J1-4389)
1. 10. 2022 - 30. 9. 2025 |
Dr. Miha Nemevšek |
| FLAMENCO: Flavor, Lepton number, And Mass Explorations of Neutrinos at the COmpact muon solenoid (FLAMENCO: okus, leptonsko število in raziskovanje mas nevtrinov na CMS) (N1-0253) | Dr. Miha Nemevšek |
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS & GRANTS
| Project Title | Scientist in Charge (IJS) |
| COST Action CA17139; European Topology Interdisciplinary | Dr. Anže Rapoš Božič |
| COST Action CA16201: Particleface | Dr. Miha Nemevšek |
| Machine learning in high energy physics, ARRS bilateral grant BI-US/22-24-041 | Prof. Dr. Jernej Fesel Kamenik |
| The Flavor of the Invisible Universe, ARRS bilateral grant BI-IT-18-20-002 | Dr. Nejc Košnik |
| Manifestation of quantum chaos in quantum many-body lattice systems, ARRS bilateral grant BI-US/18-20-059 | Dr. Lev Vidmar |
| Multiscale Mechanical Properties of Hygroscopic Nanofibers, Fondecyt Regular ANID-1211901 (2021-2025) | Dr. Horacio V. Guzman |