FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCESPHD POSITION (F/M/X) IN EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS - ‘CONTROL AND DYNAMICS OF QUANTUM MATERIALS‘INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS II | CRC 1238 | GROUP PROFESSOR THOMAS LORENZ

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The Collaborative Research Center 1238 consists of a team of scientists working in the area of theoretical and experimental physics. Our aim is to discover, understand, and control novel collective phenomena and functionalities in quantum materials arising from the interplay of spin-orbit coupling, correlations and topology, see https://crc1238.uni-koeln.de/ .

• The PhD project focusses on in-depth experimental studies on bulk single-crystalline quantum materials with competing interactions that result in new types of groundstates with anomalous excitations.
• The candidate will perform detailed low-temperature measurements of magnetic and thermodynamic properties to distinguish, e.g. long-range magnetically ordered phases from spin-liquid phases.Magnetotransport measurements of the electrical and/or thermal conductivities will be used to analyze the interplay of electronic, magnetic, and phononic excitations.