Sebastian M. Schmidt
Biographical sketch
- Present: Research Center Jülich, Member of the Board of Directors, Structure of Matter and Key Technologies
- 2006-2007: Managing Director and Head of Research, Helmholtz-Association
- 2002-2005: Programme Officer: Energy Research and Structure of Matter, Helmholtz-Association
- 2001-2002: Head, Junior Research Group, University of Tübingen
- 1999-2000: Postdoctoral Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory
- 1997-98: Research Associate, University of Rostock, Germany
- 1993: Diploma in Physics, University of Rostock, Germany
- 1995-96: Postdoctoral (Minerva) Fellow, Tel Aviv University, Israel
- 1995: Ph.D., University of Rostock, Germany
- 2001: Habilitation, Universität Rostock and Universität
Tübingen
-- "The QCD Phase Transition: Thermodynamic and Kinetic
Aspects"
- Emmy Noether Fellow of the DFG
- F. Lynen Fellow of the A.v.Humboldt Foundation
- Member, German Physical Society
Selected papers
49. D.B. Blaschke, A.V. Prozorkevich, G. Röpke, C.D. Roberts, S.M. Schmidt, D.S. Shkirmanov and S.A. Smolyansky
Dynamical Schwinger effect and high-intensity lasers: Realising nonperturbative QED
arXiv:0811.3570 [physics.plasm-ph]
To appear in a Topical Issue of European Physical Journal D: "Fundamental physics and ultra-high laser fields"
48. D.B. Blaschke,
A.V. Prozorkevich, C.D. Roberts, S.M. Schmidt and S.A.
Smolyansky
Pair production and optical lasers
nucl-th/0511085, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006) 140402 (4 pages)
47. K. Langfeld, R. Pullirsch, H. Markum, C.D. Roberts and S.M. Schmidt
Concerning the quark condensate
nucl-th/0301024,
Phys. Rev. C 67 (2003) 065206 (7 pages)
46. P. Maris, A. Raya, C.D. Roberts and S.M. Schmidt,
Facets of confinement and dynamical chiral symmetry breaking
nucl-th/0208071,
Eur. Phys. J. A 18 (2003) pp. 231-235;
Contribution to the Proceedings of
"Quark Nuclear Physics (QNP 2002)"
Juelich, Germany, 9-14 Jun 2002
(pub. 22/10/03)
45. C.D. Roberts, S.M. Schmidt and D.V. Vinnik
Quantum effects with an X-ray free electron laser
nucl-th/0206004,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 (2002) 153901
44. D.V. Vinnik, R. Alkofer, S.M. Schmidt, S.A. Smolyansky, V.V. Skokov
and A.V. Prozorkevitch,
Coupled fermion and boson production in a strong background mean-field
nucl-th/0202034,
Few Body Syst. 32 (2002) pp. 23-39
43. M.B. Hecht, M. Oettel, C.D. Roberts, S.M. Schmidt, P.C. Tandy and
A.W.Thomas
Nucleon mass and pion loops
nucl-th/0201084,
Phys. Rev. C 65 (2002) 055204
42.
R. Alkofer, M.B. Hecht, C.D. Roberts, S.M. Schmidt and D.V. Vinnik,
Pair Creation and an X-ray Free Electron Laser
nucl-th/0108046,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87 (2001) 193902
41. M.B. Hecht, C.D. Roberts and S.M. Schmidt,
The Character of Goldstone Bosons,
nucl-th/0106011
Contribution to the Proceedings of the
"Workshop on Lepton-Scattering, Hadrons
and QCD,"
CSSM, University of Adelaide, Australia, 26 March-6 April, 2001
40. D.V. Vinnik, A.V. Prozorkevich, S.A. Smolyansky, V.D. Toneev, M.B. Hecht,
C.D. Roberts and S.M. Schmidt,
Plasma production and thermalisation in a strong field
nucl-th/0103073,
Eur. Phys. J. C 22 (2001) 341
39. M.B. Hecht, C.D. Roberts and S.M. Schmidt
Neutron electric dipole moment: Constituent-dressing and compositeness
nucl-th/0101058, Phys. Rev. C 64 (2001) 025204
38. A.V. Prozorkevich, D.V. Vinnik, S.M. Schmidt, M.B. Hecht and
C.D. Roberts, nucl-th/0012039
Pair creation and plasma
oscillations
Contribution to the Proceedings of "Quark
Matter in Astro- and Particlephysics,"
A workshop at the
University of Rostock, Germany, November 27 - 29,
2000.
Eds. D. Blaschke, G. Burau and S.M. Schmidt
37. M.B. Hecht, C.D. Roberts and S.M. Schmidt, nucl-th/0012023
Diquarks and
Density
Contribution to the Proceedings of "Physics of Neutron Star Interiors"
A workshop at ECT*, Trento, Italy, June-July/2000
36. M.B. Hecht, C.D. Roberts and S.M. Schmidt, nucl-th/0011005
Dyson-Schwinger Equations
-- aspects of the pion
Contribution to the Proceedings of ``DPF 2000''
The Meeting
of the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society
August 9-12, 2000, Department of Physics, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio
35. M.B. Hecht, C.D. Roberts and S.M. Schmidt, nucl-th/0010024
Contemporary applications of
Dyson-Schwinger equations
Contribution to the Proceedings of ``Confinement IV:
The 4th
International Conference on Quark Confinement and
the Hadron Spectrum,''
Vienna, Austria, 3-8/Jul./2000
34. M.B. Hecht, C.D. Roberts and S.M. Schmidt
Valence-quark distributions in the pion
nucl-th/0008049, Phys. Rev. C 63 (2001) 025213
33. M.B. Hecht, C.D. Roberts and S.M. Schmidt, nucl-th/0005067
DSE Hadron Phenomenology
Contribution to the Proceedings of the
Workshop on Light-Cone QCD and Nonperturbative Hadron Physics
Adelaide, Australia, 13-22 Dec 1999
32. C.D. Roberts and S.M. Schmidt
Dyson-Schwinger Equations:
Density, Temperature and Continuum Strong QCD
nucl-th/0005064, Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys. 45 (2000) pp. S1-S103
31. C.D. Roberts and S.M. Schmidt
Temperature, chemical
potential and the rho meson
nucl-th/0002004, in Proceedings of
the
International Workshop XXVIII on Gross Properties of Nuclei and
Nuclear Excitations
(Hirschegg 2000) pp 185-191
30. P. Maris, C.D. Roberts, S.M. Schmidt and P.C. Tandy
T-dependence of pseudoscalar and scalar correlations
nucl-th/0001064, Phys. Rev. C 63 (2001) 025202
29. J.C.R. Bloch, C.D. Roberts and S.M. Schmidt
Selected nucleon form factors and a composite scalar diquark
nucl-th/9911068, Phys. Rev. C 61 (2000) 065207
28. J.C.R. Bloch, C.D. Roberts and S.M. Schmidt
Memory effects and thermodynamics in strong field plasmas
nucl-th/9910073, Phys. Rev. D 61 (2000) 117502
27. J.C.R. Bloch, M.A. Ivanov, T. Mizutani, C.D. Roberts and
S.M. Schmidt
K ->
pi pi and a light scalar meson
nucl-th/9910029, Phys. Rev. C 62 (2000) 25206
26. J. C. R. Bloch, C. D. Roberts, S. M. Schmidt, A. Bender, M. R. Frank
Nucleon form factors and a nonpointlike diquark
nucl-th/9907120, Phys. Rev. C 60 (Rapid Comm.) (1999) 062201
25. J. C. R. Bloch, C. D. Roberts and S. M. Schmidt
Diquarks: condensation without bound states
nucl-th/9907086, Phys. Rev. C 60 (1999) 065208
24. J.C.R. Bloch, V.A. Mizerny, A.V. Prozorkevich,
C.D. Roberts, S.M.
Schmidt, S.A. Smolyansky and D.V. Vinnik
Pair creation: back-reactions and damping
nucl-th/9907027, Phys. Rev. D 60 (1999) 116011
23. J. C. R. Bloch, Yu. L. Kalinovsky, C. D. Roberts and S. M. Schmidt
Describing a1 and b1 decays
nucl-th/9906038, Phys. Rev. D 60 (Rapid Comm.) (1999)
111502
22. C. D. Roberts and S. Schmidt
Dyson-Schwinger Equations and the Quark-Gluon Plasma
Summary of presentations by the authors at the Workshop
Understanding Deconfinement in QCD
ECT*, Trento, Italy, 1-13 March, 1999; nucl-th/9903075.
21. S. Schmidt, D. Blaschke, G. Röpke, A.V. Prozorkevich, S.A.
Smolyansky and V.D. Toneev
Non-Markovian
effects in strong-field pair creation
hep-ph/9810452, Phys. Rev. D 59 (1999) 094005.
20. S.A. Smolyansky, A.V. Prozorkevich, D.V. Vinnik, V.D. Toneev, D.
Blaschke, G. Röpke and S. Schmidt
A
quantum kinetic equation in light-cone variables for particle creation
in strong fields
Proc. X Int. Sem. on high Energy Physics Problems, Dubna, Russia,
1998.
19. S. Schmidt, A.V. Prozorkevich and S.A. Smolyansky
Creation
of boson and fermion pairs in strong fields
Proceedings 'V. Workshop on Nonequilibrium Physics at Short Time Scales',
April 27-30, 1998; hep-ph/9809233.
18. S. Schmidt, D. Blaschke, G. Röpke, S.A. Smolyansky, V.D. Toneev
and A.V. Prozorkevich
A quantum
kinetic equation for particle production in the Schwinger mechanism
hep-ph/9809227, Int. J. Mod. Phys. E 7 (1998) 709.
17. D. Blaschke, A. Höll, C.D. Roberts and S. Schmidt
Analysis
of chiral and thermal susceptibilities
Phys. Rev. C 58 (1998) 1758.
16. D. Blaschke, H. Grigorjan, G. Poghosyan, C.D. Roberts, S. Schmidt
A dynamical,
confining model and hot quark stars
Phys. Lett. B 450 (1999) pp. 207-214.
15. P. Maris, C.D. Roberts, S. Schmidt
Chemical potential
dependence of pi and rho- properties
Phys. Rev. C 57 (1998) R2821.
14. S. Smolyansky, G. Röpke, S. Schmidt, D. Blaschke, V.D. Toneev,
A.V. Prozorkevich
Dynamical
derivation of a quantum kinetic equation for particle production in the
Schwinger mechanism
hep-ph/9712377, GSI-Preprint-97-72, December 1997.
13. A. Bender, G.I. Poulis, C.D. Roberts, S. Schmidt and A.W. Thomas
Deconfinement
at finite chemical potential
Phys. Lett. B431 (1998) 263-269.
12. S.A. Smolyansky, A.V. Prozorkevich, S. Schmidt, D. Blaschke, G.
Röpke and V.D. Toneev
Relativistic
quantum kinetic equations of the Vlasov type for systems with internal
degrees of freedom
Int. J. of Mod. Phys. E7 (1998) 515-526.
11. D. Blaschke,Yu.L. Kalinovsky, S. Schmidt and H.-J. Schulze
Scalar correlations
in a quark plasma and low mass dilepton production
Phys.Rev. C57 (1998) 438-441 .
10. D. Blaschke, C. D. Roberts, S. Schmidt
Thermodynamic
properties of a simple, confining model
Phys. Lett. B425 (1998) 232-238.
9. M. K. Volkov, E. A. Kuraev, D. Blaschke, G. Röpke, S. Schmidt
Excess
low energy photon pairs from pion annihilation at the chiral phase transition
Phys. Lett. B424 (1998) 235-243.
8. S. Smolyansky, G. Röpke, S. Schmidt, D. Blaschke, V.D. Toneev,
A.V. Prozorkevich
Dynamical
derivation of a quantum kinetic equation for particle production in the
Schwinger mechanism
Proc. IX Int. Sem. on high Energy Physics Problems, Dubna, Russia, 1997;
hep-ph/9712377.
7. S. Smolyansky, D. Blaschke, G. Röpke, S. Schmidt
Derivation
of quantum kinetic equations of the Vlasov type
Proc. XIII Int. Sem. on high Energy Physics Problems, Dubna, Russia,
2-7 Sept, 1996.
6. D. Blaschke, Yu.L. Kalinovsky, G. Röpke, S. Schmidt, M.K. Volkov
1/Nc-expansion
of the quark condensate at finite temperature
Phys. Rev. C 53 (1996) 2394 - 2400.
5. D. Blaschke, M. Jaminon, Yu.L. Kalinovsky, P. Petrow, S. Schmidt,
B. van den Bossche
Anomalous
pion decay in effective QCD at finite temperature
Nucl. Phys. A 592 (1995) 561 - 80 .
4. D. Blaschke, Yu.L. Kalinovsky, L. Münchow, V.N. Pervushin,
G. Röpke and S. Schmidt
Instantaneous
Chiral Quark Model for Relativistic Mesons in a Hot and Dense Medium
Nucl. Phys. A 586 (1995) 711 - 733 .
3. S. Schmidt, D. Blaschke and Yu.L. Kalinovsky
Low
energy theorems in a nonlocal chiral quark model at finite temperature
Z. Phys. C 66 (1995) 485 - 490.
2. S. Schmidt, D. Blaschke and Yu.L. Kalinovsky:
Scalar--pseudoscalar
meson masses in nonlocal effective QCD
Phys. Rev. C 50 (1994) 435 - 46.
1. D. Blaschke, Yu.L. Kalinovsky, V.N. Pervushin, G. Röpke and
S. Schmidt:
On the chiral transition temperature in bilocal effective QCD
Z. Phys. A 346 (1993) 85 - 6.
Theoretical Physics