Group of Statistical Physics


Subjects

Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics
Complex Systems
Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena; Percolation
Neural Networks and Cognitive Systems
Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamical Systems; Cellular Automata; Self-organized criticality
Biogenesis, Genetics and Immunology; Modelling of various biological systems
Economics
Fractals and Multifractals

Methods

Exact calculations: Duality transformations, graph theory, deformed algebra, transfer matrix, and others
Analytical techniques of approximation: Mean field, renormalization group, replica trick, differential equations, finite difference equations, and others
Computational methods: Numerical simulations, damage spreading, Monte Carlo simulations, molecular dynamics, and others

Staff (Permanent and temporary)

CONSTANTINO TSALLIS Professor
EVALDO MENDONÇA FLEURY CURADO Professor 
Celia Anteneodo Visitor
Fernando Dantas Nobre Visitor
Ernesto Pinheiro Borges PhD Student
Garin Janampa Añaños  PhD Student
Sandra de Paula Dias PhD Student
Fulvio Baldovin PhD Student
Jeferson de Souza PhD student
Luis Gregorio Moyano PhD student
Carmem Lucia de Sousa Batista PhD Student
César Isidoro dos Santos Ribeiro da Silva PhD Student
Edgardo Brigatti PhD Student
Nemésio Matos de Oliveira Neto PhD Student
Sílvio Manuel Duarte Queirós PhD Student
Felipe Tovar Falciano MSc Student
Rodrigo Garcia Amorim Undergraduate Research
Edmilson Magalhães de Deus Undergraduate Research

Present and Recent Collaborators

A. Giansanti 

Rome, Italy

A. M. Mariz 

Natal, Brazil

A. Bunde 

Giessen, Germany

A. R. Plastino 

La Plata, Argentina

A. Rapisarda 

Catania, Italy

A. K. Rajagopal 

Washington, USA

A. Robledo Cidade do México, México

C. Rodrigues Neto 

São Jose dos Campos, Brazil

D. Prato 

Córdoba, Argentina

D. Kobe 

Denton, USA

E. K. Lenzi Maringá - PR - Brazil

E. N. Jr. 

Salvador, Brazil

F. A. de Oliveira 

Brasília, Brazil

F. Nobre 

Natal, Brazil

F. C. Alcaraz 

São Carlos, Brazil

F. A. Tamarit 

Córdoba, Argentina

G. Guerberoff 

Córdoba, Argentina

H.J. Hilhorst 

Orsay, France

H. E. Stanley 

Boston, USA

H. Wio 

Bariloche, Argentine

H. Farrach 

Columbia, USA

H. Nazareno

Brasília, Brazil

I. Roditi 

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

J. A. Redinz 

Viçosa, Brazil

K. C. Mundim 

Salvador, Brazil

L. Longa 

Cracóvia

L. Lucena 

Natal, Brazil

L. Rodrigues 

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

L. R. Da Silva 

Natal, Brazil

M. L. Lyra 

Maceió, Brazil

M. A. R. Monteiro 

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

M. Goto 

Londrina, Brazil

M. V. Ferraz 

São Paulo, Brazil

M. Baranger 

Cambridge, USA

M. Bologna 

Denton, USA

N. R. S. Ortega 

São Paulo, Brazil

N. Scafetta 

Denton, USA

P. Quarati 

Torino, Italy

P. Bak 

London, United Kingdom

R. Vallejos 

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

R. S.Mendes 

Maringá, Brazil

R. Maynard 

Grenoble, France

S. A.Cannas 

Córdoba, Argentina

S. Coutinho 

Recife, Brazil

S. Curilef 

Antofagasta, Chile

S. R. A. Salinas 

São Paulo, Brazil

S. Roux 

Paris, France

S.D. Mahanti 

Lansing, USA

S. Lloyd 

Cambridge, USA

U. Tirnakli 

Izmir, Turkey

V. Latora 

Catania, Italy

Recent publications

Number of visits since 11/March/1997:

Last update: 25 Nov 2002