Group “Statistical Physics and Condensed Matter”
The activities of the “Statistical Physics and Complex Systems” team cover a wide spectrum. The first research direction concerns rigorous statistical mechanics, in particular the study of phase transitions in exactly solvable cases and/or from a geometric perspective. The second direction concerns the statistical physics of open quantum systems (out of equilibrium), and the development of models and analytical tools to study non-equilibrium steady states. The third direction focuses on the statistical physics of complex systems and complex networks, from the study of their structure to the study of dynamical processes on networks, and is pioneering in the study of temporal networks. Since the network paradigm can be used to describe many systems of different origins and natures, our research is interdisciplinary, including interactions with the social sciences, epidemiology, computer science, and neuroscience.
The team also participates in the Convergence Institute CENTURI. Since 2019 it has hosted three PIs partially funded by CENTURI, whose research topics concern collective effects and self-organization in living systems, cell mechanics, and neuroscience. They interact with experimental groups at IBDM and INMED.
The methods used by the team members range from rigorous mathematical tools to numerical simulations and the analysis of empirical data, covering the full range of standard approximation tools in statistical physics.
| AGOSTINELLI | Cosimo | Ph.D. | Contact | |
| ASCH | Joachim | Research teacher | +33.4.91.26.95.20 | Contact |
| ASCHBACHER | Walter | Research teacher | +33.4.91.26.95.16 | Contact |
| BARRAT | Alain | Researcher Director | +33.4.91.26.95.40 | Contact |
| BREIER | Patrick | Visitor | Contact | |
| ESTAVOYER | Maxime | Post Ph.D. | Contact | |
| GAMBAUDO | Juliette | Ph.D. | Contact | |
| GANDOLFO | Daniel | Research teacher | +33.4.91.26.95.10 | Contact |
| GENOIS | Mathieu | Research teacher Team leader « Statistical Physics and Complex Systems » | +33.4.91.26.95.42 | Contact |
| IANNELLO | Ludovico | Ph.D. | Contact | |
| MANCASTROPPA | Marco | Post Ph.D. | Contact | |
| MAURIAL | Gabriel | Ph.D. | Contact | |
| MERKEL | Matthias | Researcher | +33.4.91.26.95.12 | Contact |
| NATH | Sujit-Kumar | Post Ph.D. | Contact | |
| PEREZ | Pablo | Ph.D. | Contact | |
| PILLET | Claude-Alain | Research teacher | +33.4.91.26.95.32 | Contact |
| PLOTZE | Yan | Ph.D. | Contact | |
| QAZI | Saaheelur-Rahaman | Ph.D. | Contact | |
| ROUAULT | Herve | Researcher | +33.4.91.26.95.13 | Contact |
| ROULEUX | Michel | Research teacher | +33.4.91.26.97.97 | Contact |
| RUPPRECHT | Jean-Francois | Researcher | +33.4.91.26.95.14 | Contact |
| SABY | Florian | Ph.D. | Contact | |
| SHLOSMAN | Senya | Researcher emeritus | +33.4.91.26.95.31 | Contact |
| VIEIRA-MENDES | Toni | Post Ph.D. | Contact | |
| VINZE | Prathmesh | Post Ph.D. | Contact | |
| WANG | Michael | Post Ph.D. | Contact | |
| ZETT | Lukas | Ph.D. | Contact |
Phase transitions and non-equilibrium relaxation in kinetic models of opinion formation
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2011, 297, pp.012004. (10.1088/1742-6596/297/1/012004)
Comment on "Phase transition of a two-dimensional generalized XY model
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 2011, 44 (20), pp.208001. (10.1088/1751-8113/44/20/208001)
Remarks on the Trotter-Kato Product Formula for Unitary Groups
Integral Equations and Operator Theory, 2011, 69 (4), pp.451-478. (10.1007/s00020-011-1867-2)
Complex networks and glassy dynamics: walks in the energy landscape
JSTAT, 2011, 2011, pp.P03032. (10.1088/1742-5468/2011/03/P03032)
Close Encounters in a Pediatric Ward: Measuring Face-to-Face Proximity and Mixing Patterns with Wearable Sensors
PLoS ONE, 2011, 6 (2), pp.e17144. (10.1371/journal.pone.0017144)
Scattering induced current in a tight-binding band
Journal of Mathematical Physics, 2011, 52, pp.022109. (10.1063/1.3555432)
Layering and wetting transitions for an SOS interface
Journal of Statistical Physics, 2011, 142 (3), pp.524-576. (10.1007/s10955-011-0127-9)
Entropic Fluctuations in Statistical Mechanics I. Classical Dynamical Systems
Nonlinearity, 2011, 24 (3), pp.699--763. (10.1088/0951-7715/24/3/003)
Padé Approximants in Complex Points Revisited
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 2011, 2011, pp.324865. (10.1155/2011/324865)
Rotating states in driven clock- and XY-models
Journal of Statistical Physics, 2011, 144 (6), pp.12. (10.1007/s10955-011-0325-5)
