Prof. Dr. Andreas Schäfer

Prof. Dr. Andreas Schäfer
Institut für Theoretische Physik
Fakultät für Physik 
Universität Regensburg
93040 Regensburg 
Germany 

Phone: 
+49 941 943-2087
+49 941 943-2008
    (secretary Mrs. Maschek)
+49 941 57293 (home) 

Fax:  +49 941 943-3887 

email:

andreas.schaefer(at)physik.uni-regensburg.de

office: PHY 4.1.23

Research topics:

 o Lattice Gauge Theory for QCD:
          We calculate the properties of hadrons as parameterized by a
          large set of functions: Parton Distribution Funtions (PDFs),
          generalisierte PDFs (GPDs), transverse momentum dependent PDFs
          (TMDs), Distribution Amplitudes (DAs), Double Parton
          Distributions (DPDs) ... . While traditionally one was able to
          calculate only very few leading moments of such functions far
          more efficient methods were developed in the last decade, also
          by us, of which the most prominent is LaMET. We continue to
          develop and apply LaMET as members of a very large international
          team, called the "Lattice Parton Collaboration".

 o Quantum Information Science (QIS):
          In recent years an extensive and ever denser network of links
          between Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Gravity and String Theory,
          Thermodynamics and Quantum Computing was established, which is
          often referred to as QIS. Basically, duality relations between
          computational techniques of all these fields have been
          established, which allow to formulate fundamental physics
          problems in completely different languages and to use in each
          case the most efficient one. This we do within a large
          international collaboration.

 o  AI in Medicine:
           In collaboration with the group of Prof. Michael Altenbuchinger
           in Göttingen we apply AI techniques to the analysis of clinical
           data to improve the scientific understanding of specific
           questions as well as optimizing treatment in what is usually
          called "personalized medicine".