Vincenzo Vitelli

Assistant Professor Soft Condensed Matter Theory Group Instituut-Lorentz Universiteit Leiden

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Research Interests My research interests are in the areas of soft condensed matter theory and statistical mechanics with an emphasis, over the last few years, on the physics of frustrated and amorphous materials. I have contributed to elucidate the properties of crystalline, liquid crystalline and He films confined on in-homogeneously curved substrates. Current work is addressing energy transport and vibrational dynamics in jammed packings of soft spheres just above the onset of mechanical rigidity. These simple models offer insights into the physics of granular materials and glasses. I have recently applied concepts and methods originating in condensed matter theory to the study of weak gravitational lensing. Selected Publications V. Vitelli, N. Xu, M. Wyart, A. J. Liu and S. R. Nagel, Heat transport in model jammed solids, arXiv:0908.2176, (2009). PDF V. Vitelli, B. Jain and R. D. Kamien, Topological defects in weak lensing shear fields, JCAP 09(2009)034, (2009). PDF C. D. Santangelo, V. Vitelli, R. D. Kamien and D. R. Nelson, A geometric theory of columnar phases on a curved substrate, PRL 99, 017801 (2007). PDF V. Vitelli, J. B. Lucks and D. R. Nelson, Crystallography on a curved substrate, PNAS 103, 12323 (2006). PDF V. Vitelli and A. M. Turner, Anomalous coupling between topological defects and curvature, PRL 93, 215301 (2004). PDF M. P. Blencowe and V. Vitelli, Universal quantum limits on single-channel information, entropy and heat flow, PRA 62, 052104 (2000). PDF