Vladimir Goldman

Curriculum Vitae. (Last updated: 2023 Apr 06)

Biography:
Professor Goldman received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1985. Prof. Goldman joined Stony Brook in 1988, after doing research at Princeton University.

Research Statement:
His area of expertise is in condensed matter physics, in particular, he is interested in the physics of low-dimensional systems of electrons, where electrons are bound to a plane, a line, or a quantum dot. The fundamental properties of these systems are studied at very low temperatures, and often in high magnetic fields, where bizarre new behavior of highly correlated electrons is revealed. These are so-called "emergent phenomena", where an unpredictable quantum phase transition may occur to a "new state of matter". The interaction between electrons, rather than properties of an individual particle, is the origin of all such observations. The associated theory is challenging, and is at the forefront of today's efforts to understand complex many-particle systems. Examples are fractional quantum Hall effect, with its fractionally charged quasiparticles (anyons), electron Wigner crystal, and correlated collective electron states in quantum dots and quantum antidots.