Thorsten Emig
Research Professor of Physics
Université Paris-Saclay
My research
Most of my research consists in the application of concepts from statistical physics to a wide range of rather different systems, including the interplay between quantum and thermal fluctuations and geometry, both in equilibrium and out of equilibrium, disordered systems, superconductors, quantum magnets, and non-linear dynamics of granular systems. To explore these systems, I developed and combined analytical and numerical methods in statistical physics. I’m mostly interested in establishing and exploring new directions of research. My recent topics of interest are urban climate physics and the description of medical and physiological effects in sports, combining physics driven models, statistical analysis and harvesting information from big data collected by wearable devices.
A popular or at least more general account of some of my research can be found in the following articles:
G. Adam, T. Emig, Scaling approach to the physiology of distance running
British Milers Club News Vol.15 Issue 2 (2018).
A description of our work on urban climate for the general public, by Fui Lee Luk: C’est chaud une ville la nuit (French) / Why Some Cities Are Hotter than Others (English)
CNRS Le journal 16.03.2018 / CNRS News 03.09.2018
G. Bimonte, T. Emig, M. Kardar, M. Krüger, Non-equilibrium Fluctuational Quantum Electrodynamics: Heat Radiation, Heat Transfer, and Force
Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, Vol.8: 119-143 (March 2017)
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Following our research on exercise physiology, we just released our new work based on our previously developed model for running performance. In this work we analyze more than 100 years of running world records from 800m to the marathon, since 1918 for men and since 1983 for women (why? Because until 1984, women were not…