Prof. Dr. Reinhard Werner

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Werner
Address
Schneiderberg 32
30167 Hannover
Building
Room
024
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Werner
Address
Schneiderberg 32
30167 Hannover
Building
Room
024
Position
Members
Riemann Center for Geometry and Physics

Curriculum Vitae

Born 1954
Studies in physics: 1970-1980 in Clausthal, Marburg and Rochester NY(USA)
Doctorate 1982 with G.Ludwig (Marburg)
Working at the Physics Department of the University of Osnabrück: 1980-1996
Habilitation (Theoretical Physics): 1987 in Osnabrück
Feodor-Lynen Fellowship (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn): 1988/89
Research at the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies: 1988-1990
Heisenberg fellowship (DFG, Bonn): 1989-1995
Professor (temporary position) at Osnabrück until August 1996
Professor at the Technical University of Braunschweig (Institut für Mathematische Physik): April 1997 - March 2009
Transferred to Leibniz University Hannover: April 2009, in the wake of having been offered the Leigh Trapnell Chair of Quantum Physics at DAMTP, Cambridge
Quantum Communication Award 2014 at QCMC in Hefei.

Family: married, two daughters, born 86/89. Living in Wolfenbüttel

Research Interests

I am interested in the conceptual and mathematical foundations of quantum theory. Anything, in which the structure of quantum mechanics plays a non-trivial role, really. In recent years this has mostly been quantum information theory, but also quantum statistical mechanics and the theory of time in quantum mechanics. I like problems which are conceptually interesting and allow an answer in the form of a non-trivial theorem. As a mathematical physicist I also try to answer questions at their appropriate level of generality. Generally observed features of the theory, like, e.g., the approach of equilibrium in macroscopic systems, deserve a general explanation don't they?

 

 

Gruppe von Prof. Dr. Reinhard F. Werner

Die AG Werner befasst sich mit den Grundlagen der Quantentheorie, besonders der Quanteninformationstheorie.
In jüngster Vergangenheit wurden besonders Mess-Unschärferelationen analysiert, sowie die topologische Klassifikation von eindimensionalen Quanten-Walks  unter diversen Symmetrieforderungen.
Aktuell ist eine Studie verschiedener Limiten der Quantentheorie in Vorbereitung. Unter einheitlichen Gesichtspunkten und mit verallgemeinerbaren Methoden sollen hier der klassische Limes, der Mean-Field Limes, sowie diverse Kontinuumslimiten und Renormierungsverfahren erfasst werden.