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Professor Hugo van der Hart

School of Mathematics and Physics
Hugo van der Hart

Professor Hugo van der Hart

School of Mathematics and Physics

Our research focuses on the interaction between state-of-the-art laser fields with atoms and small molecules. We develop world-leading HPC computer codes, based on R-matrix theory, to solve the time-dependent Schrodinger equation from first principles. We describe real systems, with full inclusion of the interplay between electrons. The codes have been applied to a wide range of physical processes, including, amongst others, harmonic generation, and transient absorption spectroscopy.

Contact info

  • h.vanderhart@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 1904

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in

  • Theoretical and computational atomic physics with an emphasis on laser-atom interactions

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Development of the R-matrix with time-dependence (RMT) code.

Research students

PhD Title Ultrafast spectroscopy of relativistic processes 
Name Lynda Hutcheson
Country Northern Ireland
Year of Study  2020-
   
PhD Title Novel propagator techniques for time-dependent atomic physics simulations
Name Luke Roantree
Country Northern Ireland
Year of Study 2019-

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title Harmonic generation in time-dependent R-matrix theory
Name Dr Andrew Brown
Year of Study 2010-2013
Country  Northern Ireland
Current Position Lecturer at Âé¶¹ÒùÔº
   
PhD Title Ultrafast Atomic Dynamics in Arbitrary Light Fields
Name Daniel Clarke
Year of Study 2016-2019
Country  Northern Ireland
Current Position Current Position Post Doctoral Researcher, Crann Institute, Trinity College Dublin.
   
PhD Title Double ionisation in R-matrix with time dependence theory
Name Dr Jack Wragg
Year of Study 2012-2016
Country  England
Current Position Researcher at Âé¶¹ÒùÔº
   

 

 


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