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
• The Difference between Semiconductor and Superconductor (talk on 5.11.2022, unpublished)
• Introduction to superconductivity and to superfluidity (a 180 minute course) (pdf file, 7.6 Mb, unpublished)
• Thermodynamics and statistical physis (a short summary) (pdf file, 1.5 Mb, unpublished)
• Simple understanding of effective mass (pdf file, 80 kb, unpublished)
• A short introduction to Fermi-liquid theory (pdf file, unpublished)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 502 kb, Encyclopedia of condensed matter physics 2023)
• Ship waves (pdf file, 1.4 Mb, unpublished)
• Pitäisikö ajatella höyryäkin eli fyysikon neuvoja taloudelliseen suihkussa käyntiin (Tekniikan maailma 2.3.2023)
• 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

• 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)

• Spin wave radiation from vortices in superfluid ³He-B and supercritical motion (LT-28, Gothenburg Aug. 2017) (pdf 848 kb)
• 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)

• helium
• superfluid ³He
• vorticity in superfluids

Osa tutkimuksesta myös suomenkielisenä.

Teaching

• Introduction to relativity, lecture notes: Johdatus suhteellisuusteoriaan (in Finnish).
• Analytical mechanics, lecture notes: Analyyttinen mekaniikka (in Finnish).
• Quantum materials (an introductory course to waves and quantum mechanics), lecture notes: Quantum materials.
• Quantum materials (an introductory course to atoms, molecules and, in particular, to solid state physics), lecture notes: Quantum materials.
  (In spite of the same name, the two Quantum materials courses are not the same.)
• 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