Dr. Efrain J. Ferrer
Professor, Department of Physics
Office Location: Currens Hall 426
Phone Number: (309) 298-1375
E-mail: EJ-Ferrer@wiu.edu
Personal Web Page: http://faculty.wiu.edu/EJ-Ferrer/
Education
- Ph.D. – Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia, 1988
- B. S. – Havana University, Havana, Cuba, 1973
Courses
- Introduction to Astronomy - PHYS 101
- Atomic Physics & Quantum Mechanics I - PHYS 430
Research Interests
My research concerns theoretical high-energy physics under external conditions (finite temperature and densities, magnetic and electric fields, nontrivial topologies, etc.). In my research, perturbative, as well as non-perturbative methods are used and developed. The fields of application of my studies are particle physics, cosmology and condensed matter.
Selected Publications
- "Magnetic Fields Boosted by Gluon Vortices in Color Superconductivity", Efrain J. Ferrer and Vivian de la Incera, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 (2006) 122301
- "Magnetic color flavor locking phase in high density QCD", Efrain J. Ferrer, Vivian de la Incera, and Cristina Manuel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 (2005) 152002
- " Neutrino propagation in a strongly magnetized medium", E. Elizalde, Efrain J. Ferrer, and Vivian de la Incera, Phys. Rev. D70 (2004) 043012
- " Magnetic field induced gap and kink behavior of thermal conductivity in cuprates", Efrain J. Ferrer, V.P. Gusynin and Vivian de la Incera, Mod. Phys. Lett. B16 (2002) 107-116