Many strongly correlated systems are at the forefront of
experimental and theoretical research in condensed matter physics,
among them High Temperature Superconductors, Heavy Fermions,
Manganites, and Vanadates.
These materials are modeled by simplified theoretical
descriptions like the Heisenberg model, Hubbard model, Anderson
Impurity model,
Kondo models, and by combinations of these models, especially for the
very complicated and
intriguing Manganites which have many relevant degrees of
freedom, including dynamical Jahn-Teller lattice modes.
Theoretical investigations in these areas are extremely challenging,
since the importance of strong correlations causes most traditional
methods to work only
with very limited applicability or fail altogether.
Analytical approaches are hampered by approximations which are often
difficult to control.
Numerical techniques are often limited in the range of accessible
system size and temperature.
Our group studies strongly correlated systems and concentrates on applying numerical approaches like
We have, e.g., been investigating