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Research
My research revolves around CP
violation in particle physics, particularly CP-violating
form factors of the electroweak gauge bosons in
different extensions of the standard model. More
recently I have become very interested in cosmology and
its strong interplay with particle physics. I am
particularly interested in the physics of the early
universe, CP violation and baryogenesis, and models of dark
energy.
During the last few years I have also become "fixated"
with the foundations of quantum mechanics, trying to
make sense of the meaning of quantum entanglement and
interference and their possible connection with (among
other things) the role of time in physics.
Teaching
During my years at UTSA I have taught most of the
introductory physics courses, like algebra- and
calculus-based physics (Gen Phys I and II, Tech Phys I
and II) and their labs, physics for non-science majors
(Universes) and many of the more advanced upper division
courses, such as Electricity and Magnetism, Computer
Visualization of Physics (and introduction to
computational physics), Quantum Mechanics, and
Cosmology. I enjoy teaching and interacting
with students and I am constantly looking for ways to
improve my pedagogical skills. I am also fond of trying
new technologies (Tablet PCs, Personal Response Systems,
heavy use of Web technologies, etc.) in the hope of
improving the quality of my instruction.
Selected Papers
- "Discrete approximation of the radial contribution
to the Schrödinger time evolution operator in
three-dimensional Euclidean space", by R.
Lopez-Mobilia and P. Nash, Journal of Physics A:
Math. Gen. 38 (2005), 227-234.
- "Associated Bessel functions and the discrete
approximation of the free-particle time evolution
operator in cylindrical coordinates", P. L. Nash and
R. López-Mobilia, Journal of Mathematical Physics,
Volume 45, Issue 5, 1988 (2004).
- “Quasielliptical motion of an electron in an
electric dipole field”, P. L. Nash and Rafael
López-Mobilia, Physical Review E 59, 4614 (1999).
- "The electric dipole moment of the W-boson in the
two-Higgs-doublet extension of the Standard Model",
Rafael López Mobilia and Todd West, Physical Review D
51, 6495 (1995).
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Saturday February 04, 2006 |
