Contact
Bruno Bertrand
Position
Former member
Member from September 2003 to July 2009
Member from September 2003 to July 2009
Description
Funding
High energy physics
Condensed matter
Theoretical spectroscopy
Position actuelle
50% UCL as research assistant and 50% ECAM as lecturer (Brussels).
High energy physics
Studying a new approach to determine the influence of topological terms on nonperturbative dynamics of gauge theories.
Condensed matter
Developing a new gauge invariant approach of superconductivity and Josephson junction.
Theoretical spectroscopy
Member of the ETSF-Belgian group. Using numerical tools (abinit) to analyse new phosphors for White LED.
Position actuelle
5/10 Assistant de recherche - UCL - Sciences and Technologies - Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences (IMCN)
6/10 : Chargé de cours - Institut Supérieur Industriel ECAM - Haute Ecole Léonard de Vinci
6/10 : Chargé de cours - Institut Supérieur Industriel ECAM - Haute Ecole Léonard de Vinci
Projects
Research directions:
Active projects
Active projects
Nonperturbative quantisation of gauge theories, noncommutative geometry and unification of the fundamental interactions
Jan Govaerts
Development of nonperturbative quantisation techniques of gauge theories (Yang-Mills, topological, gravity) and their application to particle physics and quantum field theory at finite temperature (in particular, within the context of superconductivity).
Exploration of the consequences of noncommutative geometry in the search for the unification of the fundamental interactions (M-theory and superstrings, quantum gravity).
External collaborators: Frederik Scholtz (National Institute for Theoretical Physics, NITheP, South Africa); Hendrik Geyer (Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, STIAS; University of Stellenbosch, South Africa); M. Norbert Hounkonnou (International Chair in Mathematical Physics and Applications, ICMPA-UNESCO Chair, Benin); Calvin Matondo Bwayi (University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo); Habatwa Mweene (University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia); John R. Klauder (University of Florida, Gainesville, USA); Peter Jarvis (University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia).
Development of nonperturbative quantisation techniques of gauge theories (Yang-Mills, topological, gravity) and their application to particle physics and quantum field theory at finite temperature (in particular, within the context of superconductivity).
Exploration of the consequences of noncommutative geometry in the search for the unification of the fundamental interactions (M-theory and superstrings, quantum gravity).
External collaborators: Frederik Scholtz (National Institute for Theoretical Physics, NITheP, South Africa); Hendrik Geyer (Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, STIAS; University of Stellenbosch, South Africa); M. Norbert Hounkonnou (International Chair in Mathematical Physics and Applications, ICMPA-UNESCO Chair, Benin); Calvin Matondo Bwayi (University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo); Habatwa Mweene (University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia); John R. Klauder (University of Florida, Gainesville, USA); Peter Jarvis (University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia).
Topology and Non-Perturbative Gauge Dynamics
Jan Govaerts
The connections between topology in space(time) and in field configuration space and the non-perturbative dynamics of general gauge theories, inclusive of mass generating mechanims, are being studied.
The connections between topology in space(time) and in field configuration space and the non-perturbative dynamics of general gauge theories, inclusive of mass generating mechanims, are being studied.
Publications in IRMP