Correlated Quantum Matter Group
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We study materials that exhibit magnetic ground states characterized by a topologically non-trivial spin textures such as skyrmions.
We study quantum phase transitions around which novel behavior and phases such unconventional superconductivity arise. We use neutron spectroscopy with the highest available energy resolution as well as bulk measurements to study quantum fluctuations and the quantum phases emerging close to quantum criticality.
A long-standing focus of the correlated quantum matter group has been to study quantum phenomena in bulk materials that arise due to collective electronic behavior. Here we particularly focus on electrons at the border of localization, which are known to generate exotic states of matter across all classes of strongly correlated electron materials and many other quantum materials with emergent functionality.
We study low-dimensional insulating quantum magnets that are model systems for understanding the emergent many-body physics and collective excitations that can arise even in systems with only short-range interactions.
We are part of the new DEMETER (DEtector & Matter at Extremes TEst and Research) R&D Center at the UZH Department of Physics. We will be working on the next-generation high-pressure cells for muon spin spectroscopy to exploit the new High Intensity Muon Beam target to be installed at PSI.
