About
My teaching involves primarily mathematics and physics for engineering students.
By background I'm a theoretical physicist - specializing in atomic physics.
Within my research I am interested in how microscopical objects behave - objects which are subject to the laws of quantum physics. This includes phenomena which involve the interaction between matter and light - such as when an atom is torn apart by a strong laser pulse. It also involves quantum information technology.
Field of study
Quantum mechanics Decohrence Doubly excited states Relativistic quantum physics Quantum computing Non-Hermitian quantum physics Atto second physics
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Dalen, Bendik Steinsvåg
;
Selstø, Sølve
(2025).
Photoelectron spectra calculated from absorption.
Physical Review A (PRA).
Vol. 111.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.111.033116
Selstø, Sølve
(2025).
A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH TO INTRODUCING QUANTUM PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY.
EDULEARN Proceedings.
https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2025.1417
Lindblom, Tor Hugo Iwao Kjellsson;
Bræck, Simen
;
Selstø, Sølve
(2024).
Nonrelativistic Dirac equation: An application to photoionization of highly charged hydrogenlike ions.
Physical Review A (PRA).
Vol. 110.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.110.063120
Bungum, Berit;
Selstø, Sølve
(2022).
What do quantum computing students need to know about quantum physics?.
European Journal of Physics.
Vol. 43.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ac7e8a
Selstø, Sølve
(2022).
Absorbers as detectors for unbound quantum systems.
Physical Review A (PRA).
Vol. 106.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.106.042213
Lindblom, Tor Hugo Iwao Kjellsson;
Selstø, Sølve
(2021).
Relativistic photoionization with elliptically polarized laser fields in the ultraviolet region.
Physical Review A (PRA).
Vol. 104.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.104.043102
Selstø, Sølve
(2021).
Absorption and analysis of unbound quantum particles one by one.
Physical Review A (PRA).
Vol. 103.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.103.012812
Bungum, Berit;
Selstø, Sølve
(2021).
Quantum Computing vs. Physics: What do Quantum Computing Students Need to Know about Quantum Mechanics?.
ERCIM News.
https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en128/special/quantum-
Lindblom, Tor Hugo Iwao Kjellsson; Førre, Morten; Lindroth, Eva;
Selstø, Sølve
(2020).
Relativistic effects in photoionizing a circular Rydberg state in the optical regime.
Physical Review A (PRA).
Vol. 102:063108.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.102.063108
Førre, Morten;
Selstø, Sølve
(2020).
Schrödinger formulation of the nondipole light-matter interaction consistent with relativity.
Physical Review A (PRA).
Vol. 101:03416.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.101.063416