MUG prize for Dr. Henning Schlömer

Ordering phenomena in quantum systems

Dr. Henning Schlömer, Faculty of Physics, is receiving a doctoral award for his dissertation: “Exploring the low-temperature regime of doped Hubbard models: Theoretical insights leveraging quantum simulation”.

At the heart of Henning Schlömer’s dissertation are several scientific breakthroughs in the field of strongly correlated quantum systems and high-temperature superconductivity. Shortly after the discovery of new nickel-based high-temperature superconductors, Schlömer made substantial contributions to understanding them and elaborated one of the first convincing microscopic explanations for superconductivity in these materials.

Another focus of his work is the investigation of spin-charge stripes – complex ordering phenomena in quantum systems. Schlömer showed how these structures can be deliberately generated and experimentally demonstrated in quantum simulators. The results, published in the journal Nature, are considered an important milestone in this field. In addition, he developed a new measurement method that makes it possible to directly study superconducting correlations in such systems for the first time.

Furthermore, Schlömer has proposed a new theoretical description of the so-called pseudogap in copper-based superconductors. His approach yields concrete predictions that can be verified in future experiments with quantum simulators. Schlömer combines numerical simulations, analytical theory, and modern machine learning methods.

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