Erkki Thuneberg

Work

Adjunct Professor
Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University School of Science, Aalto University, PO Box 15100, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland

Professor emeritus
Theoretical Physics, University of Oulu, Finland

Tel. +358 50 350 7163
Email: firstname.lastname@aalto.fi
Office in Aalto: nano building (Puumiehenkuja 2 B, 02150 Espoo), room 264

Writings

Recent publications (ArXiv), selected publications
Introduction to superconductivity and to superfluidity (a 180 minute course) (pdf file, 7.6 Mb, unpublished)
Thermodynamics and statistical physis (a short summary) (pdf file, 1.5 Mb, unpublished)
Simple understanding of effective mass (pdf file, 80 kb, unpublished)
A short introduction to Fermi-liquid theory (pdf file, unpublished)
Superfluidity (pdf file, Encyclopedia of condensed matter physics 2005)
Ship waves (pdf file, 1.4 Mb, unpublished)
Virkaanastujaisesitelmä Oulussa 8.11.2001 (pdf-tiedosto, 56 kb, Arkhimedes 2/2002, s. 10-12)
Fysiikan Nobel-palkinto 2003 supratilojen tutkimuksesta (pdf-tiedosto, 252 kb, Arkhimedes 5/2003, s. 12-14)

Research

My research work is mostly on two topics.

Josephson junction circuits

I have studied quatum effects in electric circuits containing Josephson junctions. More information can be found on the following web pages made by my former graduate students:

Quantum optics in electric circuits (Matti Silveri, PhD 2013)
Physics of artificial atoms and molecules (Jani Tuorila, PhD 2010)
Spectroscopy of Energy Bands in a Cooper-Pair Box (Juha Leppäkangas, PhD 2009)

Fermi-liquid theory with application to liquid ³He

I have studed both normal and superfluid Fermi liquids, with application to liquid ³He. Some recent topics are discussed under the following links.

The theoretical study of oscillating objects immersed in liquid ³He (Juri Kuorelahti, PhD 2019)
Theoretical studies of superfluid ³He (Sami Laine, PhD 2019)
Quasiparticle Dynamics in Fermi Liquids (Timo Virtanen, PhD 2011)

Here are some older talks:

Pendulum in a Fermi liquid (LT-26, Beijing, Aug. 15, 2011) (pdf 848 kb)
Vortex structures in superfluids: examples in ³He (QFS2009, Northwestern, Aug. 10, 2009) (pdf 4.8 Mb)

There is more information about my ealier ³He work on the TKK page. I have made a short introduction to the topics of

I have also some work on semiconductor superlattices, about crystal facets, and old work on the pinning properties of superconducting metals.

Osa tutkimuksesta myös suomenkielisenä.

Teaching

Introduction to relativity, lecture notes: Johdatus suhteellisuusteoriaan (in Finnish).
Analytical mechanics, lecture notes: Analyyttinen mekaniikka (in Finnish).
Solid state physics (elementary course), lecture notes: Kiinteän aineen fysiikka (in Finnish).
Hydrodynamics, lecture notes: Hydrodynamiikka (in Finnish).
Classical field theory, lecture notes: Klassinen kenttäteoria (in Finnish).
General theory of relativity.
Condensed matter physics.
Superconductivity, lecture notes: Suprajohtavuus (in Finnish), Superconductivity (in English).
Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems.
Quantum optics in electric circuits, lecture notes: Quantum optics in electric circuits (in English).

Hobbies

Opera. Favorite operas.
Reparation of various things. Greatest achievements.

Family

Helena, Erkki, Mikael, Niina, and Paul Thuneberg

Nuolitie 8
02240 Espoo, FINLAND
Perheen kotisivu

15.8.2019, Erkki Thuneberg