The Queen's University of Belfast | School of Maths & Physics | Theor. & Comput. Physics
Atomic and molecular collision physics has for many years been a major field of research at UK Universities. Research Schools were established at University College London in 1939 by the late Sir Harrie Massey and at the Queen's University of Belfast (QUB) in 1951 by the late Sir David Bates. At QUB there is now one of the world's largest experimental and theoretical groups in this field. Theoretical and experimental atomic, molecular and optical physics (ATMOP) research is concentrated in the Theoretical and Computational Physics (TCP) and the Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMP) Research Divisions, whose current heads are Professor DSF Crothers and Dr J Geddes, respectively and which are located in the Departments of, respectively, Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (AMTP) and Pure and Applied Physics, both in the School of Mathematics and Physics.
In the 1992/93 and 1994/95 EC-HCM grant rounds the TCP Division was recognised as a centre of excellence for training European Post-docs in theoretical and computational ATMOP research. A considerable number of other EC-HCM grants are either coordinated or noded in TCP.
In the 1992 and 1996 UFC Research Selectivity exercises, the Physics Unit of Assessment (including TCP and AMP) at QUB was awarded a grade 5, indicating excellent international standing.
The Division has been awarded grants from several sources.
Members of the Division are involved with numerous national and international collaborative projects. Here are some of their WWW pages: