Non-perturbative QCD: phase structure and real-time dynamics
I am a PhD researcher at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg, and a member of the fQCD collaboration. My work focuses on the phase structure of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) using functional renormalization group methods. By combining Euclidean field theory with real-time dynamics, I construct non-perturbative frameworks that connect equilibrium properties with spectral and dynamical observables, with a particular focus on spectral functions and momentum-dependent truncations.
Research Interests
- QCD phase structure at finite density
- Real-time dynamics and spectral functions
- Functional renormalization group and non-perturbative methods
Publications
Teaching
Quantum Mechanics
Tutor · Summer 2025
Higher Mathematics for Physicists III
Tutor · Winter 2024/25
Higher Mathematics for Physicists II
Tutor · Summer 2024
Theoretical Electrodynamics
Tutor · Winter 2023/24
Contact
Philosophenweg 16
69120 Heidelberg
E-mail: kockler@thphys.uni-heidelberg.de
Phone: +49-6221-54 5006
Room: 10