18 Sept 2026
Jad Halimeh works at the intersection of theory and application and connects the world of equations with technological developments in quantum computing, seeking to understand exotic quantum systems.
© Christoph Hohmann
On the office wall, a whiteboard displays all manner of equations: long formulas with operators describing complex quantum systems. Interspersed among them are curves in coordinate systems comparing measurements with simulations. Ask Jad Halimeh what these constructs mean, and he begins to explain, drawing additional curves and speaking about phase diagrams or hadronization – invariably drawing his visitor into the depths of the world of quantum mechanics.
He glances up briefly and continues explaining. “We are trying to understand exotic quantum mechanical many-body phenomena,” says Halimeh, recently appointed professor of quantum physics at LMU and a member of the Munich cluster of excellence MCQST. What he is referring to are controlled, purpose-built systems that experimentally recreate complex many-body physics: He calls them synthetic quantum systems.Continue