Dr. Thomas Vojta
Chairman and Curator's Professor
Physics
- vojtat@mst.edu
- Phone: (573) 341-4793
- 103 Physics Bldg, 1315 N Pine St, Rolla, MO 65401
Specialization:
Theoretical and Computational Condensed Matter Physics
Research Interests:
Quantum, classical and nonequilibrium phase transitions, critical behavior, magnetism and superconductivity in correlated quantum materials, transport in disordered media, quantum field theory, renormalization group, Monte-Carlo simulations.
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Education:
- 1994: PhD in Physics: Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
- 1992: MS (Diploma) in Physics: University of Dresden, Germany
Honors/Awards
- 2015: Fellow of the American Physical Society
- 2005: Cottrell Scholar Award, Research Corporation
- 2004: CAREER Award, National Science Foundation
- 2000: Heisenberg Fellowship, German Research Foundation
Selected Publications
- M. Puschmann, J. Crewse, J.A. Hoyos and T. Vojta, "Collective modes at a disordered quantum phase transition," Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 027002 (2020).
- R. Wang, A. Gebretsadik, S. Ubaid-Kassis, A.Schroeder, T. Vojta, P.J. Baker, F.L. Pratt, S.J. Blundell, T. Lancaster, I. Franke, J.S. Moller and K. Page, "Quantum Griffiths phase inside the ferromagnetic phase of Ni1-xVx", Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 267202 (2017).
- T. Vojta and J. A. Hoyos, “Criticality and quenched disorder: rare regions vs. Harris criterion,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 075702 (2014).
- H. Barghathi and T. Vojta, “How random is topological disorder? Phase transitions on random lattices,“ Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 120602 (2014).
- Jose A Hoyos and Thomas Vojta, “Theory of smeared quantum phase transitions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 240601 (2008).
- Thomas Vojta and Joerg Schmalian, "Percolation Quantum Phase Transitions in Diluted Magnets," Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 237206 (2005).
- Thomas Vojta, “Disorder-Induced Rounding of Certain Quantum Phase Transitions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 107202 (2003).
Classes
- Engineering Physics II (Phys 2135)
- Computational Physics (Phys 5403)
- Chaoes, Fractals, and Nonlinear Dynamics (Phys 5413)
- Statistical Mechanics (Phys 6311)
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