Aerosols are small solid particles or liquid droplets in suspension. They come from natural sources (volatile organic compounds emitted by biomass, sea salts, etc.) or human action (soot from incomplete fuel combustion).
Our research area is theoretical and numerical physics for materials science, and consists in the ab initio study of the physical properties of materials, mainly with quantum-scale methods based on Density Functional Theory (DFT).
Primordial galaxies are very different from the galaxies that surround us.
The polar ice caps are important components of the climate system. A volume of ice representing a 58-meter change in sea level is stored on the Antarctic continent.
Bubble flows are encountered in many natural phenomena, industrial processes and accident situations, such as the core meltdown of a nuclear power plant.
Numerical simulations have been carried out for research into new-generation concentrated solar power plants. Numerical resolution of the coupled Navier-Stokes and internal energy equations in a plane channel enables the detailed study of flows within pressurized gas solar receivers.
The team's central theme is modeling and numerical experimentation in plasma physics, where kinetic and microscopic effects are dominant, in particular in magnetic field generation due to anisotropy of velocity distribution functions (Weibel instability), in dissipation due to magnetic reconnection...
Quantum computing - a revolutionary emerging technology - is capable of delivering exceptional computing performance in certain areas of science and technology. A major challenge today is the precise identification of its field of applicability.