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Homerton College
Hills Road
Cambridge
CB2 8PH
UK

Phone: +44 1223 337461
Fax: +44 1223 337356
Email: physics@jvanwezel.com


I am currently a Junior Research Fellow at Homerton College in Cambridge (UK). I do research in theoretical condensed matter physics with prof. Peter Littlewood at the theory of condensed matter group of the department of physics of Cambridge University.


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Recent Publications

A Nanoscale Experiment to Measure Gravity’s Influence on Quantum Mechanics

We show that the conflict between the theories of quantum mechanics and gravity may well have consequences for nanoscale experiments in the very near future. An unexpected result of their interplay is the spontaneous reduction of quantum dynamics to classical physics.
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Highlight Picture   Aneesur Rahman Fellowship


Argonne National Laboratory (Illinois, USA) has appointed me in an Aneesur Rahman Fellowship. At Argonne I will continue my research on quantum critical phenomena, the loss of unitarity, and other topics of condensed matter physics.

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Excitons, Superconductivity and Charge Order

Going against the popular belief in condensed matter theory that excitons and charge order are always bad for superconductivity, we show that in some cases the presence of excitons can actually enhance the superconducting transition temperature.
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  1. "Exciton-phonon driven charge density wave in TiSe2"
    Jasper van Wezel, Paul Nahai-Williamson and Siddarth S. Saxena
    Phys. Rev. B, 81, 165109 (2010)
    doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.81.165109

  2. "Quasi one-dimensional chains and exciton-phonon interactions in TiSe2"
    J. van Wezel, P. Nahai-Williamson and S.S. Saxena
    Phys. Status Solidi B, 247, 592-594 (2010)
    doi:10.1002/pssb.200983012

  3. "Broken Time Translation Symmetry as a model for Quantum State Reduction"
    Jasper van Wezel
    Symmetry [Open Access], 2, 582-608 (2010)
    doi:10.3390/sym2020582


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