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DUTCH
RESEARCH SCHOOL OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS (DRSTP)
The Dutch Research School of
Theoretical Physics (DRSTP)/Landelijke Onderzoekschool Theoretische Natuurkunde
(LOTN) is
a cooperation between the theoretical physics groups of
six Dutch
universities and of the National Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nikhef).
The DRSTP offers, in addition to its research efforts, a joint program of
postgraduate education in theoretical physics.
The DRSTP was first accredited
in 1994 by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and reaccredited in
1999, 2004 and
2010.
We are delighted to announce that the ECOS (Erkenningscommissie
Onderzoekscholen or Research school accreditation committee)
of
the Royal Netherlands Academy
of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has renewed the
official recognition of the DRSTP as a Research School for another six
years. This recognizes and endorses the prominent role the DRSTP has been
playing in the Dutch theoretical physics community since its inception in
1994 in maintaining high standards of excellence in both research and
graduate education.
For information about the mission and organization of
the school read the
Mission Statement of the DRSTP.
Online
Annual Reports are
available from 2005 onward.
Events calendar DRSTP
PhD Defenses
(Nikhef):
Date: Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Name: drs. R. de Adelhart Toorop
Advisor: prof. dr. J.-W. van Holten
Title thesis: A flavour of family symmetries in a family of flavour models
Time: 15:00h
Location: Academy Building, Rapenburg 67-73, Leiden
(UU):
Date: Friday, 2 March 2012
Name: drs. A.C. Swaving
Advisors: dr. R.A. Duine (prof. dr. H.T.C. Stoof, formal advisor)
Title thesis: Spin transport and dynamics in antiferromagnetic metals and
magnetic insulators
Time: 10:30h
Location: Academy Building, Domplein 29, Utrecht
Awards/grants/distinctions
(UU): A NWO Vici Grant has been awarded to René van Roij entitled: "Nanoparticles
in liquids and fluids in nanostructures".
More info at:
http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOP_8QZKCA and
http://www.fom.nl/live/nieuws/artikel.pag?objectnumber=177316
(Nikhef): Marie Curie Fellowship for postdoc Pierre Artoisenet
Postgraduate AIO/OIO School 2012
Statistical Physics and Theory of Condensed Matter (SPTCM)
19 - 30 March 2012
registration deadline: 20 February
Further links:
SHELL Theoretical
Physics Stipends for Top Master's Students
DITP
in 2012
The
Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics
is a joint initiative between the theory institutes of the universities of
Amsterdam, Leiden and Utrecht. As part of its mission, a graduate-level educational program will be
offered, aimed at second-year Master’s students, PhD and postdoctoral
researchers.
DITP course Field Theory in Condensed Matter: Topological
Insulators
Our course on FT in CM will start on February 13 and the topic this year
will be Topological Insulators. We have set a wonderful program for you,
with lecturers from different places (Utrecht, Amsterdam, Leiden, Paris) and
several invited speakers to talk about experiments. Please find below the
detailed list of topics and dates.
There will be 4 lectures on Mondays, and sometimes only exercises during the
entire day. The lectures are recommended even if you do not need ECTS
anymore, it is a set of lectures for Master and PhD students in a very
fashionable topic, which connects also to high-energy physics via the
possible observation of Majorana fermions. The exact location of the
lectures is not yet clear. In principle, there is a room reserved in Utrecht
for the entire program, and also assistants to help with the exercises.
However, if there are lots of students from the other universities, it can
be that some of the lectures will be in Leiden or in Amsterdam. In any case,
until end of March, the lectures are in Utrecht and the exercises are always
in Utrecht.
The room is BBL 161 (Buys Ballots Lab, 1st floor).
The tentative program is:
Monday: 11:00 -12:45 lectures 13:15 - 15:00 exercises 15:15 - 17:00 lectures
Martijn Mink is the assistant for the first part of the course and Ralph van
Gelderen is the assistant for the second part.
The program is:
13/02: Quantum Hall Effect (QHE) (Cristiane Morais Smith, Utrecht)
20/02: QHE in graphene (Mark Goerbig, Orsay - Paris)
27/02: Spintronics (Rembert Duine, Utrecht)
05/03: Spintronics (Rembert Duine, Utrecht)
12/03: Exercises and invited talk (experiments)
19/03: Exercises
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