There are five research groups in the Research Division for Physics and Astronomy:
Astronomy and Astrophysics (AA) group
Experimental Condensed Matter and Material Science (ECMM) group
Theoretical and Computational Condensed Matter (TCCM) group
Atomic, Optical, and Quantum (AOQ) Physics group
Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics (ENP) group
Astronomy and Astrophysics (AA) group
The group’s research focuses include high-energy astrophysics, late stage stellar evolution, observational cosmology, and planetary science (including the solar system).
Members in this group are:
Dr. L.X. Dai, Dr. M.H. Lee, Dr. J.J.L. Lim, Dr. C.Y. Ng, Prof. Q.A. Parker, Dr. P.M. Parkinson
Experimental Condensed Matter and Material Science (ECMM) group
The group's research focuses include electronics and optoelectronics of 2D materials, organic/inorganic nanocomposite optoelectronic devices, epitaxial thin films and surface properties of new quantum materials, defects and nanostructures in semiconductors, and semiconductor optics.
Members in this group are:
Prof. X.D. Cui, Dr. D.K. Ki, Prof. A.B. Djurisic, Dr. C.C. Ling, Prof. M.H. Xie, Prof. S.J. Xu
Theoretical and Computational Condensed Matter (TCCM) group
The group’s research focuses include topological matters, 2D materials, spintronics and valleytronics, nanoelectronics, and quantum many-body physics. It collaborates closely with the ECMM group.
Members in this group are:
Dr. G. Chen, Dr. Z.Y. Meng, Prof. S.Q. Shen, Dr. C.J. Wang, Prof. J. Wang, Prof. Z.D. Wang (also in AOQ group), Prof. W. Yao
Atomic, Optical, and Quantum (AOQ) Physics group
The group’s research focuses include theoretical study of strongly interacting Fermi gases, synthetic spin-orbit couplings in atomic gases, quantum cryptographic protocols, and implementation of quantum computation in cold atom and solid-state systems. We are also establishing experimental research in this area.
Members in this group are:
Prof. H.F. Chau, Prof. H.K. Lo, Prof. Z.D. Wang (also in TCCM group), Prof. S. Zhang, Dr. T.T. Luu, Dr. S.Z. Zhang
Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics (ENP) group
The group was established as part of the Joint Consortium for Fundamental Physics founded in 2013 by three universities in Hong Kong and the research focuses include the study of nuclear shell structure evolution and nucleon correlations using facilities in Japan, the USA, and China, and on the ATLAS experiment at the LHC.
Members in this group are:
Dr. J.H.C. Lee, Dr. Y.J. Tu