Condensed matter theory at Michigan is an interdisciplinary field encompassing several physics subfields and problems, from solid state theory to fluid mechanics to dynamical systems theory. Departmental activities are wide-ranging and marked by close interaction with laboratory experiments at a basic science level. Specialties include pattern formation, nonlinear dynamics, equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, chaos, quantum manybody theory, superconductivity, semi-conductor multilayers, avalanches, and aperiodic systems.
Fred Mackintosh's Research Group
Leonard Sander's Research Group