Akshat Mishra

Some of the most intriguing phenomena of nature occur at the smallest scales. Unraveling physics in this quantum regime is what appeals to me. My current research interests lie in the field of theoretical Condensed Matter Physics. More specifically, I intend to better understand the dynamics of many-body systems, such as strongly correlated electron systems. When many bodies/particles at different points in space and time talk to each other (interaction) then they develop a relation with each other, or in other words, they develop a correlation. Strong correlations in many-body systems lead to a lot of interesting collective phenomena that are not usually seen in single-particle models.

A significant focus of my work is on electronic systems. The collective behavior of electrons is the reason behind many interesting and useful properties of materials, such as color, conductivity, and magnetism. Electrons can be correlated with each other either spatially or temporally, both of which are important to understand. For this, I plan to use Dynamical Mean Field Theory (DMFT) and the so-called beyond-DMFT methods, including diagrammatic extensions of DMFT, to explore correlation-induced properties. These solutions can be used to predict the behavior of materials and molecules of scientific and technological interest.

I am currently the Teaching Assistant for the Solid State Theory course (FYST68).