Lectures - IMPRS-QDC

Lectures: Summer Semester 2026

The 2026 summer semester runs from April 1 - September 30, 2026. Lectures run from April 14 until July 25, 2026.

General Lectures

lecture:		Quantum Phase Transitions
lecturer:		Dr. Lukas Janssen
time:		Monday: 09:20 -10:50 (lecture + exercise ) Friday: 09:20 - 10:50 (lecture)
location:		Monday, Friday: BZW/A120/P, Bürogebäude Zellescher Weg 17, 01069 Dresden
content:		Introduction Classical phase transitions and universality Statistical mechanics and path integrals Renormalization group Theoretical models for quantum phase transitions General aspects of quantum phase transitions Magnetic quantum phase transitions Quantum phase transitions of bosons and fermions
start:		April 13, 2026

lecture:		Quantum Information Theory
lecturer:		Dr. Naser Ahmadiniaz; Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Ralf Schützhold
time:		Monday: 13:00 -14:30 (lecture) Tuesday: 13:00 - 14:30 (lecture & exercises)
location:		Room: BZW/A120, Zellescher Weg 17, 01069 Dresden
start:		April 13, 2025

lecture:		Solid State Theory
lecturer:		Ph.D. Daniel Lozano-Gómez; Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Matthias Vojta (TUD)
time:		Wednesday: 11:10 - 12:40 (lecture) Thursday: 13:00 - 14:30 (exercise)
location:		Wednesday, Thursday: BZW/A120/P, Zellescher Weg 17, 01069 Dresden
start:		April 15, 2026

lecture:		Statistical Methods in Data Analysis
lecturer:		Dr. rer. nat. Philip Sommer
time:		Monday: 14:50 -16:20 (lecture) Tuesday: 16:40 - 18:10 (lecture & exercises)
location:		Tuesday: REC/B214, Haeckelstraße 3, 01069 Dresden Thursday: SE/201, Zellescher Weg 20, 01217 Dresden
content:		Probability Random variables and distributions Statistical inference Statistical tests Statistical uncertainties, confidence intervals and limits Monte-Carlo methods Unfolding Multivariate analysis techniques
start:		April 13, 2026

lecture:		Relativistic Quantum Field Theory
lecturer:		Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Sebastian Wolfgang Martin Schmidt; Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Ralf Schützhold
time:		Monday: 14:50 -16:20 (lecture) Thursday: 14:50 -16:20 (lecture) Friday: 11:10 - 12:40 (lecture)
location:		Monday: SE/102, Zellescher Weg 20, 01217 Dresden Thursday: BZW/A120, Zellescher Weg 17, 01069 Dresden Friday: REC/D016/U, Haeckelstraße 3, 01069 Dresden
start:		April 13, 2026

lecture:		Chaos and Quantum Chaos
lecturer:		Prof. Dr. Roland Ketzmerick
time:		Monday: 14:50 -16:20 (lecture) Tuesday: 09:20 -10:50 (lecture + exercise)
location:		Monday: BZW/A120, Zellescher Weg 17, 01069 Dresden Tuesday: REC/C118, Haeckelstraße 3, 01069 Dresden
start:		April 13, 2026

lecture:	Theoretical Femtosecond Physics
lecturer:	Prof. Frank Großmann
time:	Tuesday: 09:20 -10:50 (lecture) Wednesday: 09:20 - 10:50 (lecture / exercise, every second week)
location:	Tuesday: BZW/A120, Zellescher Weg 17, 01067 Dresden Wednesday: SE2/103/U, Zellescher Weg 20, 01217 Dresden
content:	time-dependent Schrödinger equation, Dyson series, Magnus expansion, Floquet theory, split-operator method minimal coupling und two-level systems (TLS), rotating-wave approximation, pi-pulses, Landau-Zener transitions, counter-diabatic driving, Floquet energies of TLS atoms in ultrafast laser fields: generation of attosecond pulses, tunnel- and multiphoton-ionisation, strong-field approximation, simple-man model, half-cycle pulses molecules in ultrafast laser fields: Born-Oppenheimer approximation and potential energy surfaces, ionisation und dissociation of homonuclear molecules, two-dimensional spectroscopy, coherent control of molecular dynamics
start:	April 14, 2026

Specialised Lectures

lecture:		Quantum Aspects of Photosynthesis
lecturer:		Dr. rer. nat. Alexander Eisfeld
time:		Friday: 14:50 -16:20
location:		SE2/102, Zellescher Weg 20, 01217 Dresden
start:		April 17, 2026

lecture:		Theory of Quantum Magnetism
lecturer:		Flavio Nogueira; Prof. Dr. Jeroen van den Brink
time:		Tuesday: 13:00 -14:30
location:		tba
start:		April 14, 2026