Hauke, Philipp Hans-Jürgen (Date of defense: 2013-04-05)
Many outstanding problems in quantum physics, such as high-Tc superconductivity or quark confinement, are still - after decades of research - awaiting commonly accepted explanations. One reason is that ...
Grass, Tobias (Date of defense: 2013-04-23)
The present thesis studies a variety of cold atomic systems in artificial gauge fields. In the first part we focus on fractional quantum Hall effects, asking whether interesting topological states can ...