Mikhail Stephanov, PhD
Professor
Physics
Contact
Building & Room:
2256 SES
Address:
845 West Taylor St.
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About
Professor Stephanov's main area of research is the theory of strong interactions (the forces holding atomic nuclei together) and its applications, such as the physics of neutron stars and heavy-ion collisions.
Selected Publications
- Chiral Kinetic Theory, 1207.0747 [hep-th], PhysRevLett.109.162001, 2012
- Sign of kurtosis near the QCD critical point, 1104.1627 [hep-ph],Phys.Rev.Lett.107:052301, 2011
- Conformality Lost, 0905.4752 [hep-th], Phys.Rev.D80:125005, 2009
- QCD and a holographic model of hadrons, hep-ph/0501128,Phys.Rev.Lett.95:261602, 2005
- The Phases of Quantum Chromodynamics (CUP, 2003)
Notable Honors
2004-Present, Grant DE-FG0201ER41195, D.O.E.
1999-2004, RHIC Fellowship, RIKEN-BNL Research Center
2001-2003, Outstanding Junior Investigator Award, Department of Energy
2002-2004, Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan
Education
MS, Physics (1989), Moscow State University
PhD, Physics (1994), University of Oxford