IFUSP
Institute of Physics
University of São Paulo
IFUSP
1969: created with former members of the
Department of Philosophy, Sciences and Languages (FFLCH)
Department of Physics, Polytechnic School (EPUSP)
Today: the largest institution of research and teaching in physics
Education
Mission
Research
Diffusion of knowledge
Education
148 faculty members with research and teaching duties
1550 undergraduate students in two careers:
Physics Teaching (“licenciatura”)
Physics (‘bacharelado”)
Highschool teachers
Universities, research institutions
industries, business
2009: 154 degrees (~ 10 % of the total in the country)
450 graduate students in two careers:
Research in physics
Research in physics teaching
2009: ~ 60 MSc degrees
~ 35 PhD degrees
Research
350 papers published per year in international
refereed journals of high impact
(2.4 per researcher)
Six departments:
Nuclear Physics (FNC): 28 members
Experimental Physics (FEP): 32 members
Mathematical Physics (FMA): 19 members
General Physics (FGE): 23 members
Mechanics and Materials Physics (FMT): 25 members
Applied Physics (FAP): 22 members
Nuclear physics
Experimental Nuclear Physics
Gamma Spectroscopy
Heavy Ions Reactions
Direct Reactions and Exotic Nuclei
Fusion of Heavy Nuclei
Relativisitc Heavy Ions
Roberto Ribas
(head)
Applied Physics
Radiation Dosimetry
Ionic Crystals, Dating, Thin Films
Applied Physics with Accelerators
Theory
Hadron Physics
Relativistic Quantum Theory
Pelletron
Linear Accelerator
Nuclear Structure
(gamma spectroscopy)
RIBRAS
Structure of nuclei (A~50)
Radioactive beams
Nuclear reaction studies
Elastic and inelastic scattering
with gamma-particle techniques
Reactions of astrophysical interest
Nuclear Instrumentation
Spectrometer Saci-Pererê
Superconducting solenoids
Relativistic heavy ion collisions
Ionic crystal, dating, thin films
ALICE experiment LHC/CERN
Spectrometry techniques
STAR experiment RHIC/BNL
Jets and heavy quark production
Strangeness production
Exotic hypernuclear states
Instrumentation
Optical absorption
Thermoluminescence
Plasma mass spectrometry
Archaeological Dating
Thin films produced by the
Ion Beam Assisted
Deposition Method.
Radiation dosimetry
Defects on materials with
dosimetric applications
LAMFI
Analysis and modification of
materiasl with ionic beams
Applied dosimetry: medical physics,
environmental radiation
Radiation Metrology: methodology to
improve dosimetric methods in radiology
Light dosimetry in laser therapy
Biomechanics
Low energy ion accelerator
Mathematical Physics
(Theory)
Gravitation and Cosmology: dark matter, dark energy
Adilson J. da Silva
(head)
Field Theory: supersymmetry, gauge theories, non-commutative theories,
topological field theories
String theory: gauge/gravity duality
Nuclear physics: nuclear structure, heavy ion collisions,
hydrodynamical models, quark-plasma formation
Phenomenology of high energy physics: extensions of the standard model,
neutrino physics
Dynamical systems: non-linear behavior and chaos
Mathematical Physics: rigorous results in theoretical physics
General Physics
Experimental groups
Heavy ion physics: BNL-RHIC and CERN-LHC
Interaction between ions and photons and surfaces
Sylvio Canuto
(head)
Mass spectrometry
Optics
Molecular biophysics
Electronic microscopy
Magnetic resonance
Theory
Statistical mechanics: numerical simulations, phase transitions and
critical phenomena, information theory, disordered systems...
Electronic structure of molecules, theory of many-body systems
Laboratory of
molecular biophysics
Study of the structure of
biological materials, such as
lipidic membranes
Laboratory of
magnetic resonance
Three dimensional dosimetry
Membrane elasticity
Blood circulation properties
Tomograph
Paramagnetic resonance spectrometer
Mechanics and materials physics
Experimental groups
Group of low temperatures
Laboratory of new semiconducting materials
Group of phase transitions and superconductivity
Marília Caldas
(head)
Laboratory of magnetic materials
Theory
Structural, electronic, magnetic and optical properties of materials
New computational techniques
Magnetic properties of
materials at low temperatures
MBE: molecular beam epitaxy
Growth of III-V compounds
Experimental physics
Experiment
Continuous wave electron accelerator
Biological effects of radiation
Gamma ray spectroscopy
Astroparticle physics and cosmic rays (AUGER)
Properties of complex fluids, phase transitions
Quantum properties of the electromagnetic interactions, cold atoms
Theory
Hadron and nuclear physics
Field theory
Many body problems and Bose-Einstein condensates
Vito Vanin
(head)
Atom trap in the LMCAL
Optical set-up for the study
of complex fluids
MICROTRON
Electron accelerator
for atomic physics
Applied physics
Experimental groups
Atmospheric physics
Thin films
Aerosol properties
CO2 flux in Amazonia
Nanolitography
Carbon nanotubes
Urban air pollution
Crystallography
Plasma physics
Protein configuration
Luminescent materials
Photo-active molecules
High temperature plasmas
Semiconductor quantum dots
Márcia Fantini
(head)
Crystallography
laboratory
Thin films
laboratory
Scanning electron microscope
Microanalysis
and
nanolithography
Luminescent
materials
Semiconductor
quantum dots
Carbon nanotubes
deposited on silicon
Laboratory of
plasma physics
High temperature plasmas
TOKAMAK
RIBRAS – Radioactive Beams
Elastic and Inelastic Scattering
Astrophysics factors
Relativistic Heavy Ions
• Relativistic heavy ion
collisions
• Alice experiment @
LHC/Cern
– STAR experiment @
RHIC/BNL
– Hard probes in
relativistic heavy ion
collisions
• Jets and high-pT particles
• Heavy quarks
– Strangeness production in
heavy ion collisions
– Exotic hypernuclear
states
– Nuclear instrumentation
and detection systems
LACIFID – LABORATÓRIO DE CRISTAIS IÔNICOS ,
FILMES FINOS E DATAÇÃO
• The researches in LACIFID are divided in three
categories: Ionic Crystals, Dating, and Thin Films.
• In terms of Ionic Crystals, the silicates,
• found abundantly in Brazilian soil, is the
• main focus of the recent studies. For this,
• spectrometry techniques, such as optical
• absorption (UV-Visible and FT-IR), are used.
• Archaeological Dating studies are preformed using
Thermoluminescence (TL) and Plasma Mass Spectrometry
(ICP-MS).
• Thin Films are produced by the Ion Beam Assisted
Deposition (IBAD) Method.
Radiation Dosimetry
• Defects on materials with dosimetric
applications
• Applied dosimetry: medical physics,
environmental radiation
• Radiation Metrology: methodology to
improve dosimetric methods in radiology
• Light dosimetry in laser therapy
• Biomechanics
Personal monitoring of people occupationally irradiated
at the University – The laboratory is accreditated by
CNEN