Research Overview

Research activities of the Department cover a wide range of topics:

Nuclear Physics

microscopic models of nuclear structure
production and structure of hypernuclei
ab initio nuclear structure calculations for dark matter searches
nuclear weak decays

Hadron Physics

models of low-energy meson-baryon interactions
ab initio calculations of hadronic systems
few-body systems with mesons and hyperons
electromagnetic production of strangeness
strong interaction effects in exotic atoms

Theoretical Physics

quasi-Hermitean Hamiltonians, phase transitions
PT symmetric and supersymmetric quantum systems
spectral analysis of Dirac materials
solution of Schwinger-Dyson equation in Minkowski space
dynamical fermion mass generation and its consequences
non-stationary Wheeler-DeWitt-type equations and their interpretation

Mathematical Physics

quantum waveguides and layers; geometrically induced properties
ideal and leaky quantum wire systems; spectra, scattering, approximations
magnetic transport; existence and stability of edge-type states
mathematical aspects of metamaterials
Zeno and anti-Zeno dynamics of decaying quantum systems
Kato‘s exceptional points, perturbation theory

The mathematical physics research activities are a part of the center of basic research "Doppler Institute for Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics" and are performed together with colleagues from Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, CTU Prague, and the University of Hradec Kralove.

The department organizes regularly the international conferences:

The members of the department give lectures at Charles University and Czech Technical University, Prague, and supervise both the doctoral and diploma theses.