Research Lines

 

I. Atomic and Molecular Physics

Topics

  • Electronic Structure of Atoms and Molecules

  • Interaction of Photons and Electrons with Atoms and Molecules

  • Properties of Molecular Aggregates

  • Reaction Kinetics and Dynamics

  • Potential Energy Surfaces and Molecular Nuclear Dynamics

Faculty:

  • Alberto Silva Betzler

  • Elizane Efigenia de Moraes

  • Frederico Vasconcellos Prudente

  • Ricardo dos Reis Teixeira Marinho

  • Roberto Rivelino de Melo Moreno

 

II. Statistical Physics and Complex Systems

Topics

  • Models of Classical and Quantum Systems

  • Non-Extensive Statistical Mechanics

  • Graphs and Complex Networks

  • Methods and Applications of Complex Systems

  • Soft Matter

Faculty:

  • Alberto Silva Betzler

  • Caio Porto de Castro

  • Elizane Efigenia de Moraes

  • Ernesto Pinheiro Borges

  • José Garcia Vivas Miranda

  • Julien Chopin

  • Massimo Ostilli

  • Raphael Silva do Rosário

  • Roberto Fernandes Silva Andrade

  • Suani Tavares Rubim de Pinho

  • Thiago Albuquerque de Assis

 

III. Condensed Matter Physics

Topics

  • Application of Oxides and Semiconductors to Solar Energy Conversion

  • Optical, Thermal, Morphological, Conductive, Magnetic, and Structural Properties of Materials

  • Growth of Surfaces Under Nonequilibrium Conditions

  • Electronic/Thermal Transport in Low-Dimensional Materials

Faculty:

  • Antônio Ferreira da Silva

  • Elie Albert Moujaess

  • Eliel Gomes da Silva Neto

  • Elizane Efigenia de Moraes

  • Iuri Muniz Pepe

IV. Particle and Field Physics

Topics

  • Non-Relativistic Field Theory and Galilean Covariance

  • Gauge Theories, Symmetries, Low-Dimensional Gravitation, and Quantum Gravitation

  • Hadron Physics: Study of Conventional and Exotic Hadrons

  • Particle Physics Phenomenology

  • Application of Effective Field Theories to the Study of Particle Physics Beyond the Standard Model

Faculty:

  • Arturo Rodolfo Samana

  • Carlos Enrique Valcarcel Flores

  • Eduardo da Silva Almeida

  • Luciano Melo Abreu

V. Gravitation and Cosmology

Topics

  • Cosmological Models Alternative to the Standard Scenario

  • Observational Cosmological Tests

  • Large-Scale Structure Formation

  • Application of Machine Learning to Cosmological/Astrophysical Problems

  • Quantum Gravitation

Faculty:

  • Alberto Silva Betzler

  • Cassio Bruno Magalhães Pigozzo

  • Humberto de Almeida Borges

  • Rodrigo von Marttens

  • Saulo Carneiro de Souza Silva

VI. Applied Physics

Topics

  • Biomotricity

  • Dynamics and Control of Transmissible Diseases and Neoplasms

  • Dynamics of Ecological and Evolutionary Models

  • Applied Instrumentation

  • Characterization Methods in Photovoltaic Systems

  • Neurophysics

  • Solid Mechanics, Interfaces, and Thin Films

Faculty:

  • Ingrid Silva Chanca

  • Iuri Muniz Pepe

  • José Garcia Vivas Miranda

  • Julien Chopin

  • Marcus Vinícius Santos da Silva

  • Raphael Silva do Rosário

  • Roberto Fernandes Silva Andrade

  • Suani Tavares Rubim de Pinho

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