Professor,
Statistical Physics Group, IJL, Nancy University,
BP 70239 54506 Vandoeuvre les Nancy
tel.: +33 383 68 48 15
fax.: +33 383 68 48 01
e-mail: bercheijl.nancy-universite.fr

Scientific area of interest:
Critical phenomena and phase transitions, two dimensional systems, disordered systems, Monte Carlo simulations, aspects of "sociophysics", Quantum transport in condensed matter systems, spintronics

Representative recent publications:

• Kenna R., Berche B., The extensive nature of group quality, EPL, 2010, 90, 58002.
• Farinas-Sanchez A.I., Botet R., Berche B., Paredes R., On the critical behavior of two-dimensional liquid crystals, Cond. Matter Phys., 2010, 13, 13601.
• Lopez A., Medina E., Bolivar N., Berche B., A perfect spin filtering device through Mach–Zehnder interferometry in a GaAs/AlGaAs electron gas, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 2010, 22, 115303.
• Monthus C., Berche B., Chatelain C., Symmetry relation for multifractal spectra at random critical points, J. Stat. Mech., 2009, P12002.
• Berche B., von Ferber C., Holovatch T., Holovatch Yu., Resilience of public transport networks against attacks, Eur. Phys. J. B, 2009, 71, 125-137.