Research Areas

    Atoms and Molecules in Strong External Fields

Electronic Structure of Atoms:  Astrophysical Applications
Dynamics and Structure of Highly Excited Rydberg States in the Laboratory
Negative Ions in Magnetic Fields
Fundamental Aspects of Molecules in Fields
Binding Properties and Potential Energy Surfaces of Molecules in Fields
Rovibrational Dynamics of Molecules in Strong Magnetic Fields

   Ultracold Atomic and Molecular Physics

      Rydberg Atoms in Mesoscopic Environments
      Rydberg Atoms in Bose-Einstein Condensates
      Quantum Scattering in Confined Geometries
      Few-Atom Systems in Traps
      Matter Wave Billiards
      Ultracold Molecules in Strong Electric Fields


  Mesoscopic Systems in External Fields    

Anisotropic Quantum Dots and Wells Subjected to External Magnetic and/or Laser Fields
Scattering in Time-Dependent Driven Systems
Computational Quantum Transport in Mesoscopic Systems

  Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory

Periodic Orbit Theory and Applications
 Lyapunov Spectra
 Inverse Frobenius-Perron Problem
 

A large variety of analytical, numerical and computational methods and techniques are applied in the course of the investigation of the above diverse systems.