Teaching:
Fall 2006, RG Methods
in Statistical Field Theory
Collaborators:
Thirumalai Group
Netz Group
A. Nihat Berker
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Michael Hinczewski |
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Research interests
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Dynamics of proteins and biopolymers
Single molecule experimental techniques like fluorescence
correlation spectroscopy and optical tweezers have revealed in unprecedented detail the dynamical behavior of
a variety of biophysical systems: fluctuations of semiflexible biopolymers like DNA, proteins folding/unfolding under tension,
motor protein translocation. We are developing analytical theories and coarse-grained simulations to help
interpret the experimental data and gain insight into the nature of these dynamical processes. |
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Renormalization-group methods in statistical physics
Using renormalization-group techniques, we study exactly solvable models for a range of problems in statistical physics: the relation between complex network topology and thermodynamic behavior, unusual percolation and magnetic transitions on small-world lattices, quenched random systems like spin glasses. We also apply position-space renormalization methods in the context of strongly correlated electron models, where they can be used to estimate global finite-temperature phase diagrams. |