Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter
Amsterdam, 1018 XE (Noord-Holland), 40 hours per week
Job description
A PhD position will be available from September 2008 at the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of Amsterdam. The student will contribute to the development of new theoretical sets of tools and methods for quench problems, within the context of quantum integrability and field theory. Both analytical development and numerical implementations will form an inherent part of the project.
This project will address quench problems, wherein one of a quantum system's parameters (coupling, external field, ...) is suddenly changed. The ensuing dynamics is in general expected to reveal novel correlation effects in strongly interacting systems such as ultra small metallic grains, atomic gases in optical lattices/atom chips, and quantum spin chains.
Requirements
Required education/skills:University Graduate
Masters in Theoretical Physics or equivalent training. Knowledge of various methods of strongly-correlated systems such as integrability and the Bethe Ansatz, (conformal) field theory, bosonization, DMFT or DMRG will be appreciated. Good general analytical and programming skills are required.
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Natural Sciences)
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers(Scientific discipline: Natural Sciences)
Organization
Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter
The successful candidate will be employed by the FOM foundation, and will be based in the condensed matter theory group at the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of Amsterdam (ITFA).
Conditions of employment
Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500
Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2457
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 year
Maximum hours per week: 40
Additional conditions of employment:
When fulfilling a PhD position at the FOM foundation, you will get the status of junior scientist. You will have an employee status and can participate in all the employee benefits FOM offers. You will get a contract for 4 years. Your salary will be up to a maximum of 2,457 euro gross per month. You are supposed to have a thesis finished at the end of your four year term with FOM. A training programme is part of the agreement. You and your supervisor will make up a plan for the additional education and supervising that you specifically need. This plan also defines which teaching activities you will be responsible (up to a maximum of 10% of your time). The conditions of employment of the FOM-foundation are laid down in the Collective Labour Agreement for Research Centres (CAO-Onderzoekinstellingen), more exclusive information is available at this website under Personnel (in English.General information about working at FOM can be found in the English part of this website under Personnel.
Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
J.-S. Caux
Telephone number: 31 (0)20 525 57 75
E-mail address: j.s.caux@uva.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:
You can apply for this job before 20-06-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica
Jean-S%u05D9bastien Caux
Valckenierstraat 65
1018 XE Amsterdam
The Netherlands
E-mail: j.s.caux@uva.nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT-76955.
Job description
A PhD position will be available from September 2008 at the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of Amsterdam. The student will contribute to the development of new theoretical sets of tools and methods for quench problems, within the context of quantum integrability and field theory. Both analytical development and numerical implementations will form an inherent part of the project.
This project will address quench problems, wherein one of a quantum system's parameters (coupling, external field, ...) is suddenly changed. The ensuing dynamics is in general expected to reveal novel correlation effects in strongly interacting systems such as ultra small metallic grains, atomic gases in optical lattices/atom chips, and quantum spin chains.
Requirements
Required education/skills:University Graduate
Masters in Theoretical Physics or equivalent training. Knowledge of various methods of strongly-correlated systems such as integrability and the Bethe Ansatz, (conformal) field theory, bosonization, DMFT or DMRG will be appreciated. Good general analytical and programming skills are required.
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Natural Sciences)
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers(Scientific discipline: Natural Sciences)
Organization
Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter
The successful candidate will be employed by the FOM foundation, and will be based in the condensed matter theory group at the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of Amsterdam (ITFA).
Conditions of employment
Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500
Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2457
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 year
Maximum hours per week: 40
Additional conditions of employment:
When fulfilling a PhD position at the FOM foundation, you will get the status of junior scientist. You will have an employee status and can participate in all the employee benefits FOM offers. You will get a contract for 4 years. Your salary will be up to a maximum of 2,457 euro gross per month. You are supposed to have a thesis finished at the end of your four year term with FOM. A training programme is part of the agreement. You and your supervisor will make up a plan for the additional education and supervising that you specifically need. This plan also defines which teaching activities you will be responsible (up to a maximum of 10% of your time). The conditions of employment of the FOM-foundation are laid down in the Collective Labour Agreement for Research Centres (CAO-Onderzoekinstellingen), more exclusive information is available at this website under Personnel (in English.General information about working at FOM can be found in the English part of this website under Personnel.
Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
J.-S. Caux
Telephone number: 31 (0)20 525 57 75
E-mail address: j.s.caux@uva.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:
- About the organization (http://www.science.uva.nl)
- About the function (http://www.fom.nl/live/vacatures/vacature.pag?objectnumber=76955)
You can apply for this job before 20-06-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica
Jean-S%u05D9bastien Caux
Valckenierstraat 65
1018 XE Amsterdam
The Netherlands
E-mail: j.s.caux@uva.nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT-76955.
