Paolo FALSAPERLA
Paolo Falsaperla has a Physics degree, and a PhD in "Matematica per le Applicazioni". He is presently associate professor in "Fisica Matematica" at the Mathematical and Computer Sciences Department of the University of Catania.
Research Topics
Classic and Relativistic Atomic Physics: accurate computation of energy, eigenstates, transition probabilities of the hydrogen atom in internse magnetic fields; Bohm interpretation of QM.
Charge transport in semiconductors: kinetic model of transport, implementation in parallel code.
Study of noise in semiconductorsi: Monte Carlo simulations, spectral analysisi of current.
Transport models based on Extended Thermodynamics: fluid-dynamic models applied to charge transport in semiconductors and graphene.
Variational methods applied to Optimization problems: non-iterative method in the determination of network traffic equilibrium.
Stability in Fluid-dynamics and Dynamical Systems: linear and nonlinear stability of fluids and fluid in porous media, rotating Bénard system, conducting fluids, inclined layers; stability of laminar flows; effects due to thermal, kinetic, electric boundary conditions.
Dynamical systems in epidemiology: propagation of patological behaviours.