Forskning vid Uppsala universitet

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2016-12-31

Large international research efforts are made on Gen IV nuclear energy systems for providing long-term sustainable energy production with low carbon emission. In France, world?s first prototype GenIV sodium-cooled ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-01-01 till 2015-12-31

The proposed research is a multifaceted investigation centering on problems in homogeneous dynamics and fundamental questions about lattices. We will focus in particular on problems which hold the promise ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2016-01-01 till 2018-12-31

The global need for and lack of clean and fresh water for drinking, sanitation and agriculture is an ever growing problem, especially in arid developing countries. One way to solve this is desalination ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-04-10 till 2012-12-31

Den här ansökan gäller en kombinerad konferens- och studieresa till Denver, Colorado, USA. Vi kommer dels att delta i den internationella konferensen World Renewable Energy Forum (WREF) 2012, där vårt ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2020-12-31

The research program studies contact and symplectic topology and its relations to other geometric fields, in particular to physics inspired low-dimensional topology and knot theory. The main tool is theories ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2019-01-01 till 2022-12-31

The present application describes a joint effort from industry, MAX IV and three universities (Uppsala, Linköping and KTH) to use MAX IV’s unique new infrastructure for breakthrough research in the development ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 2024-12-31

The framework of string compactifications is of undisputed importance to connect string theory to the physics of our world, and has promoted progress in fields ranging from quantum gravity and cosmology ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2018-12-31

The best thermoelectric materials, i.e., Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3, used in conventional thermoelectric generator (TEG) operating near to room temperature are characterized by their figure of merit ZT at about ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 2024-12-31

The Fukaya category is a powerful invariant of exact symplectic manifolds in the form of an A-infinity category, the objects of which consist of (a suitable class of) its Lagrangian submanifolds, while ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2016-12-31

This project studies the mathematical models arising from a variety of imaging techniques. These problems are formulated mathematically as "inverse problems" where one deduces information about the differential ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2020-12-31

Conserved quantities are important in various areas of physics, as in many cases they provide an essential characterization of a physical system. However, to define the mass, center of mass, angular and ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2018-12-31

This project is in the area of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. The main emphasis is on the development of new geometrical ideas and concepts originating from the modern string theory and the quantum ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-01-01 till 2014-12-31

This project is in the area of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. The main emphasis is on the development of new geometrical ideas and concepts originating from the modern string theory and ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2014-01-01 till 2016-12-31

During the past decade there has been an important development of the mathematical tools available for high-energy physics. I have participated in and contributed to this development of Generalized Complex ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2018-12-31

Oil is an essential part of modern society and concerns have been raised about future conventional oil supply, turning hope towards unconventional oil. Predictions of future oil production tend to diverge ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2018-12-31

This research project aims to study several related topics in higher dimensional Auslander-Reiten theory. Classical Auslander-Reiten theory is an important tool in representation theory of associative ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2020-05-01 till 2020-10-31

Allmän tillgång till Teknik för Förnybar Energi (TFE) är avgörande för vårt framtida samhälle. Vår studie kommer därför att fokusera på fördelning av TFE hos olika invånare eftersom det saknas forskning ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2013-12-31

More than thirty years ago a result derived in the context of superspace supergravity indicated that even the most promising supergravity candidate had problems when viewed as a model for quantum gravity ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2018-12-01 till 2021-12-31

The main purpose of this project is to further the understanding of exact Lagrangian manifolds in symplectic manifolds, and understand the relations to quantum physics. We propose the following specific ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-12-01 till 2020-12-31

The purpose of the project is to provide high quality data on Independent Fission Yields (IFY), defined as the relative amounts of specific nuclides produced in fission. With Generation IV, the change ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2019-10-16 till 2022-10-15

Syfte och mål: Projektet ska utveckla och validera lösningar för laddinfrastruktur av elfordon, samt incitament och strategier riktade mot elbilsägare i syfte att uppnå ökad flexibilitet gällande laddning ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 2024-12-31

Ocean waves provide a promising source of renewable energy, but no large-scale wave power technology has yet demonstrated high efficiency and competitive costs. Main challenges for achieving this are that ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2018-12-31

Mathematical morphology (MM) is a widely-used framework for efficient processing and analysis of images. Linear filters, according to the Nyquist-Shannon sampling theory, are not affected by the sampling ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2016-12-31

We propose here to identify materials with significant magnetocaloric effect (MCE) at room temperature, so that they can be used in practical applications. We also have the ambition to outline the details ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2016-01-01 till 2019-12-31

One of the largest challenges of today is how to guarantee the energy supply in the future with minimal environmental and climate impact. Ocean waves provide a promising renewable energy source with higher ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2020-01-01 till 2021-12-31

The over consumption of fossil fuels lead to escalation of CO2 emission, which in turn results in global warming. On the other hand, CO2 can be a promising feedstock for various carbon-based fuels (CH4 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-01-01 till 2012-12-31

Kromogena material uppvisar optiska egenskaper som kan ändras med hjälp av en extern signal. De kan användas för att variera transmittansen av synligt ljus och solenergi i fönster, vilket ger såväl god ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2020-11-16 till 2021-12-31

Syfte och mål: Ansökan gäller ett samarbete mellan företaget EXEGER och fotonbaserade teknik experter vid UU / KTH. Specifikt fokuserar undersökningen på molekylära färgskikt adsorberade på oxidytor som ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2016-12-31

Symplectic and contact geometry has its roots in the mathematical description of mechanics. Its modern development was initiated in the early 1980´s with conjectures by Arnold and then shaped by Gromov ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2020-12-01 till 2024-11-30

Over the last 35 years, the study of the role of geometric and topological aspects of fundamental physics in gauge theory and strings has been a central theme in both theoretical physics and in geometry ...