Priv.-Doz. Dr. Axel Pelster    Fellow since November 1, 2011 Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Lehmkuhlenbusch 4 27753 Delmenhorst / Germany

Mail: axel.pelster ad fu-berlin.de    Phone:  0049-4221-9160-212 Fax:  0049-4221-9160-179

Lectures:

• Theory of Phase Transitions, WS 2011/2012
• Quantum Mechanics II, SS 2011
• Theoretical Solid-State Physic, SS 2011
• General Relativity, WS 2010/2011
• Physics 1 for Physics Teachers, WS 2010/2011
• Quantum Mechanics II, SS 2010
• General Relativity, WS 2009/2010
• Bose-Einstein Condensation, WS 2009/2010
• Bose-Einstein Condensation, SS 2009
• Nonlinear Dynamics, SS 2009
• Theoretical Physics 2, SS 2009
• Theoretical Solid-State Physics, WS 2008/2009
• Theoretical Physics 1, WS 2008/2009
• Theory of Relativity II, SS 2008
• Physics 3B for Physics Teachers, SS 2008
• Theory of Relativity I, WS 2007/2008
• Physics 3A for Physics Teachers, WS 2007/2008
• Bose-Einstein Condensation, SS 2007
• Physics 3B for Physics Teachers, SS 2007
• Group Theory, WS 2006/2007
• Physics 3A for Physics Teachers, WS 2006/2007
• Bose-Einstein Condensation, SS 2006
• Theoretical Physics II for Physics Teachers, WS 2005/2006
• Special Chapters on Bose-Einstein Condensation, SS 2005
• Theory II for Physics Teachers, SS 2005
• Theory I for Physics Teachers, WS 2004/05
• Mathematical Basic Course, WS 2004/05
• Bose-Einstein Condensation, SS 2004
• Many-Body Theory, SS 2002
• Theoretical Mechanics, WS 2001/2002
• Theoretical Mechanics, WS 2000/2001
• Particles and Fields - Quantum Electrodynamics, SS 2000
• Particles and Fields - Theory of Phase Transitions, SS 1998

Fields of Research:

• Anholonomic Space and Time Transformations
• Gravitational Theories with Torsion
• Markov Theory of Stochastic Processes
• Variational Perturbation Theory
• Quantum Statistics
• Bose-Einstein Condensation
• Disordered Systems
• Renormalization Group Theory of Critical Phenomena
• Recursive Graphical Construction of Feynman Diagrams
• Nonlinear Dynamical Systems with Time Delay
• Development of Retinotopic Projections
• Synergetics

Research Grants:

• Project "Critical Properties of Bose-Einstein Condensates" together with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hagen Kleinert (Free University of Berlin) within the DFG Priority Program SPP 1116 Interactions in Ultra-Cold Atomic and Molecular Gases


• Project A3 "Nonlinear Quantum Dynamics of Interacting Quantum Fields in Bose-Einstein Condensates" together with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Robert Graham within the SFB/TR 12 Symmetries and Universality in Mesoscopic Systems


• Project "Dynamics of Trapped Quantum Gases" together with Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bosse (Free University of Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Gauri Shankar Singh (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee) within a Indo-German (DST-DFG) Programme of Co-Operation in Science & Technology


• Project "Fast Converging Path Integral Approach to Bose-Einstein Condensation" together with Prof. Dr. A. Bogojevic (Scientific Computing Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Belgrade) within a German-Serbian DAAD Programme


• Project "Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Monte-Carlo Approaches to Bose-Einstein Condensation" together with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hagen Kleinert (Free University of Berlin) as well as Prof. Dr. A. Rakhimov and Dr. B. Abdullaev (National University of Uzbekistan) within a German-Uzbekistan Volkswagen Project


• Project "Collective Excitations of a Bose-Einstein Condensate During Oscillatory Perturbation" with Prof. Dr. V. S. Bagnato (São Carlos) within a German-Brazilian (CNPq-DFG) programme


• Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Program International Relativistic Astrophysics together with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hagen Kleinert (Free University of Berlin)


• Project "From Nuclei to Stars" with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hagen Kleinert (Free University of Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Abdel Nasser Tawfik (Modern University for Technology and Information Cairo) within the German-Egyptian GESP Programme of DAAD


• Project "Dipolar Fermi Gases" together with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hagen Kleinert (Free University of Berlin) within a DFG Research Grant


• Project "Numerical and Analytical Investigation of Ultracold Bose Gases in Disordered Potentials" together with Dr. A. Balaz (Scientific Computing Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Belgrade) within a German-Serbian DAAD Programme

List of Publications:

• Student Research Projects
• Bachelor Theses
• Diploma Theses
• PhD Theses
• Habilitation Theses
• Books
• Theme Issues
• Papers
• Proceedings
• Posters
• Lecture Notes
• Talks

Conferences:

• Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the
  Eleventh Marcel Grossmann Meeting: On Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Gravitation, and Relativistic Field Theories;
  Free University of Berlin,Berlin, Germany, July 23 -- 29, 2006


• Scientific Coordination together with Prof. Dr. Martin Holthaus of the
  Workshop Quo Vadis BEC?;
  Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, October 27 -- 29, 2006


• Scientific Coordination together with Prof. Dr. Wolfhard Janke of
  The 9th International Conference Path Integrals -- New Trends and Perspectives;
  Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany, September 23--28, 2007


• Scientific Coordination of the Symposium
  Controlling Dirty Bosons: Disorder Effects on BECs;
  DPG Spring Conference; Berlin, February 25 -- 29, 2008


• Scientific Coordination together with Prof. Dr. Martin Holthaus of the
  422nd Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar Quo Vadis BEC?;
  Physikzentrum, Bad Honnef, October 29 -- 31, 2008


• Scientific Coordination together with Priv.-Doz. Dr. Wolfram Just, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Michael Schanz, and Prof. Dr. Eckehard Schöll of the
  Workshop Delayed Complex Systems;
  Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany, October 5--9, 2009


• Scientific Coordination together with Prof. Dr. I. Bloch, Prof. Dr. S. Kehrein, Prof. Dr. U. Schollwöck, and Prof. Dr. J. von Delft of the
  Arnold Sommerfeld Summer School Condensed Matter Physics with Ultracold Quantum Gases;
  Arnold Sommerfeld Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, October 12--16, 2009


• Scientific Coordination together with Prof. Dr. Martin Holthaus of the
  Summer School and Workshop Quo Vadis BEC?;
  Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, August 2 -- 20, 2010


• Scientific Coordination together with Prof. Dr. V.S. Bagnato and Prof. Dr. P. Nussenzveig of the
  Advanced School of Science "Modern Trends in Quantum Matter: Cold Atoms and Molecules"
  within the German-Brazilian Year of Science, Technology, and Innovation 2010/2011
  at the Instituto de Fisica de São Carlos of the Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, April 4 -- 14, 2011


• Scientific Coordination together with Prof. Dr. Martin Holthaus of the
  Study Group "Ultracold Quantum Gases" at the Spring Academy of the German National Academic Foundation
  at the Historisch-Ökologische Bildungsstätte Emsland in Papenburg, March 24 -- April 1, 2012


• Scientific Coordination together with Prof. Dr. Carlos Sa de Melo of the
  Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar Quo Vadis BEC? IV;
  Physikzentrum, Bad Honnef, August 21 -- 25, 2012

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