NORDITA is the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics. Our purpose is to carry out research and strengthen the Nordic collaboration within the basic areas of theoretical physics. The main research areas at Nordita are:
- Astrophysics and Astrobiology
- Condensed Matter, Statistical and Biological Physics
- High Energy and Nuclear Physics
The institute is run jointly by Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Stockholm University and is located on the premises of AlbaNova University Center in Stockholm.
SCIENCE NEWS
Publications
A figure taken from the article Quantum fluctuations in the mazer (J. Phys. B 42, 2009, 044015) by Nordita fellow Jonas Larson was chosen to be the cover of the 2009 Highlight brochure for Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and optical Physics. (For the interested; the figure shows the time evolution of an atomic wavepacket bunching against a quantized cavity field.)
Grants
Nordita condensed matter physicists Jani-Petri Martikainen and Jonas Larson have been awarded a grant (projektbidrag) by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet). The grant is for 4 years and covers the expenses for one PhD student. Information about the position can be found at http://www.fysik.su.se/om/tjanster/. At the moment Jani and Jonas are going through applications, but the deadline is 15th of March so better hurry up if you have not applied yet.
Awards
Aleksandr Zheltukin, visiting professor at Nordita (Stockholm), is one of the recipients of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology for 2009. The prize was awarded Dmitrij Volkov and his collaborators at the KIPT in Kharkov for "the discovery and development of principles of supersymmetry and supergravity and their application to the construction of a unified theory of fundamental interactions of elementary particles".
The essay "At the Frontier of Knowledge" by Sabine Hossenfelder, assistant professor at Nordita (Stockholm), is awarded a shared second prize in the The Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi) annual Essay Contest on the question "What is Ultimately Possible in Physics?".