Duke Physics

Berndt Mueller, J. B. Duke Professor and Director of the Center for Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences  

Office Location: 250 Physics
Office Phone: (919) 660-2570
Email Address: muller@phy.duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~muller/

Specialties:
Theoretical nuclear physics

Education:
Dr. phil. nat., J.W. Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany, 1973
Dipl. phys., J.W. Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany, 1972

Research Categories: Theoretical Nuclear and Particle Physics

Research Description: Prof. Mueller's work focuses on nuclear matter at extreme energy density. Quantum chromodynamics, the fundamental theory of nuclear forces, predicts that nuclear matter dissolves into quarks and gluons, the elementary constituents of protons and neutrons, when a critical density or temperature is exceeded. He and his collaborators are theoretically studying the properties of this "quark-gluon plasma", its formation, and its detection in high-energy nuclear collisions. His other research interests include symmetry violating processes in the very early universe and the chaotic dynamics of elementary particle fields. Prof. Mueller is the coauthor of textbooks on the Physics of the Quark-Gluon Plasma, on Symmetry Principles in Quantum Mechanics, on Weak Interactions, and on Neural Networks.

Teaching (Spring 2012):

• Physics 54l.001, General physics ii Synopsis

  Physics 128, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

• Physics 54l.002, General physics ii Synopsis

  Physics 128, TuTh 11:40 AM-12:55 PM

• Physics 54l9r.01, General physics ii -(rec) Synopsis

  Physics 150, Th 01:15 PM-03:15 PM

• Physics 54l9r.02, General physics ii -(rec) Synopsis

  Physics 047, Th 01:15 PM-03:15 PM

• Physics 54l9r.03, General physics ii -(rec) Synopsis

  Physics 154, Th 03:30 PM-05:30 PM

• Physics 54l9r.04, General physics ii -(rec) Synopsis

  Physics 150, Th 03:30 PM-05:30 PM

• Physics 54l9r.05, General physics ii -(rec) Synopsis

  Physics 047, Th 03:30 PM-05:30 PM

• Physics 54l9r.06, General physics ii -(rec) Synopsis

  Physics 154, F 01:15 PM-03:15 PM

• Physics 54l9r.07, General physics ii -(rec) Synopsis

  Physics 150, F 01:15 PM-03:15 PM

• Physics 54l9r.08, General physics ii -(rec) Synopsis

  Physics 047, F 01:15 PM-03:30 PM

• Physics 54l9r.09, General physics ii -(rec) Synopsis

  Physics 154, F 03:30 PM-05:30 PM

• Physics 54l9r.10, General physics ii -(rec) Synopsis

  Physics 150, F 03:30 PM-05:30 PM

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. Yang, D.L. and Müller, B., J/Ψ production by magnetic excitation of η_c, J. Phys. G, vol. 39 (2012), pp. 015007 [2525]  [abs].
2. Tsai, H.M. and Müller, B., Entropy production and equilibration in Yang-Mills quantum mechanics, Phys. Rev. E, vol. 85 (2012), pp. 011110 [3508]  [abs].
3. Kapusta, J.I., Müller, B., and Stephanov, M., Relativistic Theory of Hydrodynamic fluctuations with applications to heavy ion collisions, Phys. Rev. C (Submitted, 2012) [6405]  [abs].
4. Asakawa, M., Bass, S.A., and Müller, B., Anomalous Transport Processes in Turbulent non-Abelian Plasmas, Nucl. Phys. A, vol. 854 (August, 2011), pp. 76-80 [3496]  [abs].
5. Müller, B., The limits of ordinary matter, Science, vol. 332 (2011), pp. 1513  [author's comments].

Curriculum Vitae

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

• Christopher E. Coleman-Smith  
• Dilun Yang  
• Hung-Ming Tsai  

Postdocs Mentored

• Guangyou Qin (October 1, 2009 - present)  
• Hannah Petersen (January 1, 2010 - present)  
• Young-ho Song (September 01, 2008 - March 31, 2010)  
• Abhijit Majumder (November 1, 2005 - August 31, 2008)  
• Jörg Ruppert (2004/10-2006/08)  
• Thorsten Renk (2004/01-2005/08)  
• Rainer J. Fries (2002/01-2003/08)  
• Steffen A. Bass (1999/01-2000/08)  
• Dirk H. Rischke (1996/09-1997/08)  
• Carsten Greiner (1994/01-1996/12)  
• Sen-Ben Liao (1992/09-1995/08)  
• Xin-Nian Wang (1991/09-1992/08)  
• Klaus Kinder-Geiger (1990/01-1991/08)  
• Alec J. Schramm (1990/01-1992/08)