Dr. Igor Shovkovy
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
Office Location: Currens Hall 305
Phone Number: (309) 298-2743
E-mail: I-Shovkovy@wiu.edu
Personal Web Page: faculty.wiu.edu/I-Shovkovy/
Education
- Ph.D. – Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kiev, Ukraine, 1997
- M. S. – T. Shevchenko Kiev State University, Kiev, Ukraine, 1993
Courses
- Introduction to Astronomy - PHYS 101 (FYE)
- Topics in Solid State Physics - Phys 560
- Application of Computer Programming in the Physical Sciences and Engineering - PHYS 410G
- Electricity and Magnetism II - Phys 421G/520
- Classical Mechanics II - Phys 510
- Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics - PHYS 540
- Seminar - PHYS 490/600
Research Interests
My field of research is theoretical high-energy and nuclear physics, as well as nuclear astrophysics. I am also interested in strongly correlated electron systems, low-energy effective models, some aspects of mathematical physics. The largest fraction of my current research deals with color superconducting dense quark matter that possibly exists in the interior of compact stars. The goal of such studies is to work out the most promising signature properties of different quark phases that could have an unambiguous imprints on the observational data from stars.
Selected Publications
- "Chromomagnetic instability in dense quark matter", Mei Huang and Igor A. Shovkovy, Phys.Rev. D70 (2004) 051501
- "Gapless two-flavor color superconductor", Igor A. Shovkovy and Mei Huang, Phys.Lett. B564 (2003) 205
- "Magnetic field driven metal-insulator phase transition in planar systems", E. V. Gorbar, V. P. Gusynin, V. A. Miransky, and I. A. Shovkovy, Phys.Rev. B66 (2002) 045108
- "Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking with Abnormal Number of Nambu-Goldstone Bosons and Kaon Condensate", V. A. Miransky and I. A. Shovkovy, Phys.Rev.Lett. 88 (2002) 111601
- "Schwinger-Dyson Approach to Color Superconductivity in Dense QCD", D. K. Hong, V. A. Miransky, I. A. Shovkovy, and L. C. R. Wijewardhana, Phys.Rev. D61 (2000) 056001
- "Catalysis of Dynamical Flavor Symmetry Breaking by a Magnetic Field in $2+1$ Dimensions", V.P.Gusynin, V.A.Miransky, and I.A.Shovkovy, Phys.Rev.Lett. 73 (1994) 3499-3502