Homepage Kohlfürst
Research
- Strong-Field Quantum Electrodynamics
- Fundamental physics at the high-intensity frontier
- Field-Assisted nuclear fusion
- Relativistic quantum field theory at finite times
- Non-equilibrium processes
- Computational physics
Teaching
- Quantum Electrodynamics (SS 25)
- Theoretical Physics (Master level) (WS 24/25)
- Classical and Quantum Optimization (Summer Student Program 2023)
- Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics (SS 23)
- Relativistic Quantum Field Theory (WS 21/22)
- Quantum Field Theory at the Limits (Summer School 2019)
Research Visits
- Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg (2019)
- Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon (2019)
- University of Plymouth (2014)
- Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (2013)
Brief CV
| 2025- | Head of Strong-Fields Research Group at HZDR |
| 2019- | Research Scientist at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) |
| 2016-2019 | Helmholtz Postdoc Fellow at Helmholtz Institute Jena, Germany |
| 2015-2016 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany |
| 2012-2015 | PhD studies at University of Graz, Austria |
| 2007-2012 | Physics studies at University of Graz, Austria |
Selected Publications
- G. Schaller et al., Kibble-Zurek Dynamics in the Anisotropic Ising Model of the Si(001) Surface, Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 246202 (2025)
- Christian Kohlfürst, Pair production in circularly polarized waves, Phys. Rev. D 110, L111903 (2024)
- Matthias Diez, Reinhard Alkofer, and Christian Kohlfürst, Identifying time scales in particle production from fields, Phys. Lett. B 844, 138063 (2023)
- Christian Kohlfürst, Naser Ahmadiniaz, Johannes Oertel, and Ralf Schützhold, Sauter-Schwinger Effect for Colliding Laser Pulses, Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 241801 (2022)
- Christian Kohlfürst, Friedemann Queisser, and Ralf Schützhold, Dynamically assisted tunneling in the impulse regime, Phys. Rev. Research 3, 033153 (2021)
- Christian Kohlfürst, Spin states in multiphoton pair production for circularly polarized light, Phys. Rev. D 99, 096017 (2019)
- Holger Gies, Felix Karbstein, Christian Kohlfürst, and Nico Seegert, Photon-photon scattering at the high-intensity frontier, Phys. Rev. D 97, 076002 (2018)
- Christian Kohlfürst, Holger Gies, and Reinhard Alkofer, Effective Mass Signatures in Multiphoton Pair Production, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 050402 (2014)
- C. Kohlfürst, M. Mitter, G. von Winckel, F. Hebenstreit, and R. Alkofer, Optimizing the pulse shape for Schwinger pair production, Phys. Rev. D 88, 045028 (2013)
Media
- Flash-freezing silicon mimics Big Bang (Schockfrosten von Silizium ahmt Urknall nach)
- Teilchen entstehen blitzschnell aus dem Nichts
- Artificial lightning to prompt nuclear fusion (Kernfusion durch künstliche Blitze)
- Einsteins Formel in neuem Licht
- Masse mit Licht steuern
Awards, Grants and Achievements
- Habilitation (2024)
- Victor Franz Hess Award (2017)
- Helmholtz Postdoc Grant (2015)
Selection of Invited Lectures and Talks
- Helmholtz Institute Jena, 2026
- University of Graz, 2025
- Worldline Seminar (Online), 2025
- Physics in Intense Fields (Online), 2024
- ELI Beamlines - International Laser Research Centre, Prague, 2023
- International Wigner Workshop, Barcelona, 2023
- Physics Colloquium, Technische Universität Dresden, 2023
- Physics in Intense Fields (Online), 2022
- Worldline Seminar (Online), 2022
- Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, 2019
- Institute for Plasma Research and Nuclear Fusion (IPFN), Lisbon, 2019
- Schweizerische und Österreichische Physikalische Gesellschaft, Geneva, 2017
- Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, 2015
- Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics Heidelberg, 2015
- Cold Quantum Coffee, Universität Heidelberg, 2013
