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Materials Science Division
Bldg. 223, Rm. B-233
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 S. Cass Avenue
Argonne, IL 60439
USA

Phone: +1 630 252 4764
Fax: +1 630 252 7777
Email: physics@jvanwezel.com


I currently hold the Aneesur Rahman Postdoctoral Fellowship at Argonne National Laboratory. I do research in theoretical condensed matter physics with Mike Norman at the Condensed Matter Theory group of the Materials Science Division.


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Recent Publications

Chiral Charge Density Waves

It was recently discovered that electrons in certain materials can conspire to make spiral patterns in their density distribution. We explain this new phenomenon as a consequence of the interactions between the different orbitals occupied by the electrons in these materials.
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Highlight Picture   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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Aneesur Rahman Fellowship


Argonne National Laboratory (Illinois, USA) has appointed me as their Aneesur Rahman Fellow. 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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  1. "Polar charge and orbital order in 2H-TaS2"
    Jasper van Wezel
    Phys. Rev. B, 85, 035131 (2012)
    doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.035131

  2. "Prerequisites for Chiral Charge Order"
    Jasper van Wezel
    Physica B, (ECRYS-11 coference proceedings) (2012)
    doi:10.1016/j.physb.2012.01.028

  3. "The chiral charge density wave transition in 1T-TiSe2"
    Jasper van Wezel
    SCES11 Conference Proceedings, (2011)



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