Area Representative: Prof. Dr. Marco Antonio Ridenti
Research Lines:
Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Systems, and Nonequilibrium Phenomena
This research line encompasses the study of physical systems characterized by nonlinearity, multiple scales, instabilities, transport, self-organization, turbulence, and nonequilibrium evolution. It includes theoretical, computational, statistical, and experimental approaches applied to astrophysical and space systems, natural and laboratory plasmas, electrical discharges, kinetic processes, spatiotemporal patterns, and the modeling of complex systems. Although its main emphasis is on the application of concepts from complex systems, nonlinear dynamics, and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics to ionized media and related systems, this research line also includes applications to other systems of interest in Physics and related fields, such as mathematical biology, econophysics, fluid mechanics, and orbital mechanics.
Permanent Faculty Members:
- Prof. Dr. Érico Luiz Rempel (rempel@ita.br): Waves in Plasmas, Chaos, Nonlinear Dynamics.
- Prof. Dr. Jayr de Amorim Filho (jayr.de.amorim@gmail.com): Electrical Discharges, Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy.
- Prof. Dr. Marco Antonio Ridenti (aridenti@ita.br): Numerical Simulation in Cold Plasmas; Space Plasmas; Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics; Mathematical Epidemiology.