FELIPE ARNOLDO ASENJO ZAPATA Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile felipe.asenjo@uai.cl Current Affiliation 2013-present, Research Fellow. Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile. Academic Background 2011-2013, Postdoctoral Fellow. The Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA. Advisor: Swadesh M. Mahajan. 2011, Short-term Postdoctoral Fellow, Gästforskare. Physics Department, Umeå University, Sweden. Advisor: Mattias Marklund. 2005-2010, Ph.D. degree in Physics. Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Chile. Advisors: J. Alejandro Valdivia and Víctor Muñoz. 2008, Fulbright Fellow. Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA. Advisor: Swadesh M. Mahajan. 2001-2004, B.Sc. degree in Physics. Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Chile. Degree obtained with distinction. 1995-2000, High school studies. Instituto Nacional José Miguel Carrera, Chile. Work Experience Dec. 2010 - Jan. 2011, Ministerio de Educación de Chile, Mineduc (Chilean Education Ministery). Development of mathematical resources for chilean primary education for the Curriculum en Línea project (online nationwide project in Chile). 2007, 2010-2011, Centro de Recursos Educativos Avanzados (CREA). Development of physics experiments and mathematical resources for primary and secondary education. 2009-2010, Lecturer at the Science Department in the Faculty of Liberal Arts at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Physics course for undergraduate engineering and social sciences students. 2010, Assitant teacher at the Medical School at Universidad del Desarrollo. Physics and mathematics course for undergraduate health sciences students. 2004-2009, Assitant teacher at the Physics Department in Facultad de Ciencias at Universidad de Chile. Contemporary Analytical Mechanics in 2009, lectured by Dr. Sergio A. Hojman; Classical Field Theory in 2008, lectured by Dr. Sergio A. Hojman; Mechanics I in 2008, lectured by Dr. Víctor Muñoz; Statistical Mechanics I in 2006, lectured by Dr. David Gottlieb; Electrodynamics in 2006, lectured by Dr. J. Alejandro Valdivia; Quantum Mechanics I in 2005, lectured by Dr. Luis Gomberoff; Mechanics II in 2004, lectured by Prof. Orfa Reyes; Electricity and Magnetism in 2004, lectured by Dr. José Rogan. 1
Projects 2013-2016, The effect of spin in plasmas and gravity. Research Project N o 79130002, Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICyT-Chile). Concurso de Inserción de Capital Humano Avanzado en la Academia 2013. Fellowships 2011-2013, Postdoctoral Fellowship Becas Chile N o 74110049, by CONICyT-Chile. 2008, Pre-Doctoral Fellowship by the Fulbright Comission and the CONICyT-Chile. 2005-2009, Four-year Doctoral Scholarship by the Mecesup project N o UCH0008 of the Chilean government. Awards and Distinctions 2012, Best poster prize for Generation of magnetic and vorticity fields in general relativistic plasmas in The Joint ICTP-IAEA College on Plasma Physics, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italia. Funded by The Emerging Nations Science Foundation. 2009, Recognized as Fulbrighter Alumni. 2001, Awarded a scholarship by The City Hall of Santiago in recognition of the maximum national score in the mathematics admission test for chilean universities, Prueba de Aptitud Académica (PAA). 2001, Distinction awarded by Universidad de Chile in recognition of the maximum national score in the mathematics PAA. 2001, Distinction awarded by the Honour Council of Presidents (Rectors) of Chilean universities in recognition of the maximum national score in the mathematics PAA. 2000, Maximum national score in the mathematics admission PAA. Paper reviewer for Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (published by Physical Society of Japan). Physica Scripta (published by Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Physical Societies of the Nordic Countries.). Physics of Plasmas (published by American Institute of Physics). Progress in Electromagnetic Research and Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications. Research Stays 2011, Physics Department of Universidad de Concepción to collaborate with Dr. Felix Borotto. Visit funded by Universidad de Concepción. 2010, Physics Department of the Umeå University to collaborate with Dr. Mattias Marklund. Visit funded by the Umeå University. 2010, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) and Instituto Nacional de Pequisas Espaciais (INPE) at São José dos Campos, Brazil, to collaborate with Dr. Abraham C. -L. Chian. Visit funded by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brasil (CNPq) and CONICyT. 2008, The Institute for Fusion Studies at The University of Texas at Austin under the advice of Dr. Swadesh M. Majahan. Visit funded through a Fulbright-CONICyT Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. 2
Contact Details Name: Felipe A. Asenjo Nationality: chilean. Date of Birth: 30 December 1982. Affiliation: Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Address: Of. 103, Building E, Diagonal Las Torres 2640, Peñalolén, Santiago, Chile. Email: felipe.asenjo@uai.cl felipe.asenjo@gmail.com Phone: (56-2) 331 1779 3
Peer Reviewed Publications 23. L. Comisso and F. A. Asenjo, Thermal-inertial effects on magnetic reconnection in relativistic pair plasmas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 045001 (2014). 22. A. Qadir, F. A. Asenjo and S. M. Mahajan, Magnetic field seed generation in plasmas around charged and rotating black holes, Phys. Scrip. 89, 084002 (2014). 21. N. Zalaquett, S. A. Hojman and F. A. Asenjo, Spinning massive test particles in cosmological and general static spherically symmetric spacetimes, Class. Quantum Grav. 31, 085011 (2014). 20. S. Braun, F. A. Asenjo, and S. M. Mahajan, Reply: Spin-gradient-driven light amplification in a quantum plasma, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 129502 (2014). 19. F. A. Asenjo and N. Zamorano, Magnetohydrodynamical Analogue of a Black Hole, Analogue spacetimes: The first thirty years, Proceedings of the II Amazonian Symposium on Physics - Analogue Models of Gravity 30 Years Celebration, pag. 15, ISBN: 978-85-7861-231-3 (Livraria da Física, 2014). 18. V. Muñoz, F. A. Asenjo, M. Domínguez, R. A. López, J. A. Valdivia, A. Viñas, and T. Hada, Large-amplitude electromagnetic waves in magnetized relativistic plasmas with temperature, Nonlin. Processes Geophys. 21, 217 (2014). 17. R. A. López, F. A. Asenjo, V. Muñoz, A. C.-L. Chian and J. A. Valdivia, Selfmodulation of nonlinear Alfvén waves in a strongly magnetized relativistic electron-positron plasma, Phys. Rev. E 88, 023105 (2013). 16. S. M. Mahajan and F. A. Asenjo, Neutron Spin Quantum Plasmas - Ferromagnetism as a Relaxed State, Phys. Lett. A 377, 1430 (2013). 15. F. A. Asenjo, S. M. Mahajan and A. Qadir, Generating vorticity and magnetic fields in plasmas in general relativity: spacetime curvature drive, Phys. Plasmas 20, 022901 (2013). 14. S. A. Hojman and F. A. Asenjo, Can gravitation accelerate neutrinos?, Class. Quantum Grav. 30, 025008 (2013). 13. S. Braun, F. A. Asenjo, and S. M. Mahajan, Spin-gradient-driven light amplification in a quantum plasma, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 175003 (2012). 12. R. A. López, F. A. Asenjo, V. Muñoz and J. A. Valdivia, Parametric decay in relativistic magnetized electron-positron plasmas with relativistic temperatures, Phys. Plasmas 19, 082104 (2012). 11. F. A. Asenjo, J. Zamanian, M. Marklund, G. Brodin and P. Johansson, Semirelativistic effects in spin-1/2 quantum plasmas, New J. Phys. 14, 073042 (2012). 10. F. A. Asenjo, The quantum effects of the spin and the Bohm potential in the oblique propagation of magnetosonic waves, Phys. Lett. A 376, 2496 (2012). 9. F. A. Asenjo, F. A. Borotto, A. C.-L. Chian, V. Muñoz, J. A. Valdivia and E. Rempel, Self-modulation of nonlinear waves in a weakly magnetized relativistic electronpositron plasma with temperature, Phys. Rev. E 85, 046406 (2012). 8. S. M. Mahajan and F. A. Asenjo, Vortical dynamics of spinning quantum plasmas: Helicity conservation, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 195003 (2011). 7. F. A. Asenjo, V. Muñoz, J. A. Valdivia and S. M. Mahajan, A hydrodynamical model for relativistic spin quantum plasmas, Phys. Plasmas 18, 012107 (2011). 6. M. Lagos, F. A. Asenjo, R. Hauyón, D. Pastén and P. S. Moya, Line shapes in the infrared absorption by solids, and by atomic or molecular species embedded in solids, J. Phys. Chem. A 114, 7353 (2010). 4
5. F. A. Asenjo, V. Muñoz, and J. A. Valdivia, Relativistic photon mass and charge in thermal plasmas through electromagnetic field quantization, Phys. Rev. E 81, 056405 (2010). 4. F. A. Asenjo, V. Muñoz, J. A. Valdivia and T. Hada, Circularly polarized wave propagation in magnetofluid dynamics for relativistic plasmas, Phys. Plasmas 16, 122108 (2009). 3. F. A. Asenjo, Spin damping correction to electrostatic modes in kinetic plasma theory, Phys. Lett. A 373, 4460 (2009). 2. F. Asenjo, B. A. Toledo, V. Muñoz, J. Rogan, and J. A. Valdivia, Optimal control in a noisy system, Chaos 18, 033106 (2008). 1. M. Lagos, F. Asenjo, R. Hauyón, D. Pastén, H. González, R. Henríquez, and R. Troncoso, Line shapes of narrow optical bands: Infrared absorption by U centers and heavier impurities in alkali halides, Phys. Rev. B 77, 104305 (2008). Proceedings and Conferences 2. R. A. López, F. A. Asenjo, V. Muñoz, J. A. Valdivia, Parametric decays in relativistic magnetized electron-positron plasmas with relativistic temperatures, 39th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics and 16th International Congress on Plasma Physics, Europhysics Conference Abstracts 36F, P2.161 (2012). 1. F. A. Asenjo, F. A. Borotto, A. C.-L. Chian, V. Muñoz, J. A. Valdivia and E. Rempel, Envelope solitons in a weakly magnetized electron-positron plasma with relativistic temperature, 39th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics and 16th International Congress on Plasma Physics, Europhysics Conference Abstracts 36F, P2.174 (2012). Preprints 2. F. Asenjo, Exact solution for large amplitude circularly polarized electromagnetic waves in incompressible spin quantum Hall magnetohydrodynamics, arxiv:1010.3452 (2010). 1. F. A. Asenjo and S. A. Hojman, New non-noetherian symmetries and multi-hamiltonian structure for the Toda lattice, arxiv:0906.1627 (2009). Contributive Talks N. Zamorano and F. A. Asenjo, Magnetohydrodynamical Analogue of a Black Hole, APS April Meeting 2014, Savannah, Georgia, USA; April 2014. F. A. Asenjo, Vortical Dynamics and Spin Gradient driven light amplification in a spin quantum plasma, Joint ICTP-IAEA College on Plasma Physics, ICTP, Trieste, Italy; October 2012. F. A. Asenjo, V. Muñoz, J. A. Valdivia and T. Hada, Circularly polarized wave propagation in magnetofluid dynamics for relativistic electron-positron plasmas, 15th International Congress on Plasma Physics, Santiago, Chile; August 2010. B. A. Toledo, F. A. Asenjo, A. C.-L. Chian, V. Muñoz, E. Rempel, J. Rogan and J. A. Valdivia, Optimal Control in Noisy Chaotic Systems, Dynamics Days South America 2010, INPE, São José dos Santos, SP Brazil; August 2010. Contributive Posters and Participant R. A. López, F. A. Asenjo, V. Muñoz, J. A. Valdivia and A. C.-L. Chian, Self-modulation of nonlinear Alfvén waves in a strongly magnetized relativistic electron-positron plasma, XVIII Chilean Symposium of Physics, Universidad de La Serena, Chile; November 2012. F. A. Asenjo and S. M. Mahajan, Generation of magnetic and vorticity fields in general relativistic plasmas, Joint ICTP-IAEA College on Plasma Physics, ICTP, Trieste, Italia; October 2012. 5
F. A. Asenjo, F. A. Borotto, A. C.-L. Chian, V. Muñoz, J. A. Valdivia and E. Rempel, Envelope solitons in a weakly magnetized electron-positron plasma with relativistic temperature, 16th International Congress on Plasma Physics, Stockholm, Sweden; July 2012. R. A. López, F. A. Asenjo, V. Muñoz, and J. A. Valdivia, Parametric decays in relativistic magnetized electron-positron plasmas with relativistic temperatures, 16th International Congress on Plasma Physics, Stockholm, Sweden; July 2012. S. Braun, F. Asenjo and S. Mahajan, Electromagnetic waves in spin quantum plasmas, APS April Meeting 2012 (in conjunction with the Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference), Atlanta, USA; April 2012. R. López, F. A. Asenjo, V. Muñoz and J. A. Valdivia, Parametric decays in relativistic magnetized electron-positron plasmas with relativistic temperatures, Latin American Workshop on Plasma Physics 2011, Mar del Plata, Argentina; November 2011. F. A. Asenjo, F. A. Borotto, A. C.-L. Chian, V. Muñoz, J. A. Valdivia and E. Rempel, Envelope solitons in a weakly magnetized electron-positron plasma with relativistic temperature, Latin American Workshop on Plasma Physics 2011, Mar del Plata, Argentina; November 2011. F. A. Asenjo and N. Zamorano, Magnetohydrodynamics and analogue black holes, XVII Chilean Symposium of Physics, Universidad de La Frontera, Pucón, Chile; November 2010. M. Lagos, F. A. Asenjo, R. Hauyón, D. Pastén and P. S. Moya, Line shapes in the infrared spectral features of solids, and chemical species embedded in solids, XVII Chilean Symposium of Physics, Universidad de La Frontera, Pucón, Chile; November 2010. P. S. Moya and F. A. Asenjo, The effect of spin magnetization in the damping of electron plasma oscillations, XVII Chilean Symposium of Physics, Universidad de La Frontera, Pucón, Chile; November 2010. F. A. Asenjo, V. Muñoz and J. A. Valdivia, Relativistic mass and charge of photons in thermal plasmas through electromagnetic field quantization, 15th International Congress on Plasma Physics, Santiago, Chile; August 2010. P. S. Moya and F. A. Asenjo, The effect of spin magnetization in the damping of electron plasma oscillations, 15th International Congress on Plasma Physics, Santiago, Chile; August 2010. M. Domínguez, V. Muñoz, F. A. Asenjo and J. A. Valdivia, Thermal effects on the propagation of large amplitude electromagnetic waves in magnetized electron-positron plasmas, 15th International Congress on Plasma Physics, Santiago, Chile; August 2010. F. A. Asenjo, Magnetosonic waves in quantum magnetoplasmas, Escuela Bicentenario en Tópicos de la Física Contemporánea, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile; July 2010. F. A. Asenjo, C. A. Farías, and P. S. Moya, Statistical relativistic temperature transformation for ideal gas of bradyons, luxons and tachyons, XVI Chilean Symposium of Physics, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile; November 2008. F. Asenjo, V. Muñoz, and J. A. Valdivia, Relativistic photon mass and charge in thermal plasmas, Tenth J. J. Giambiagi Winter School: Principles and Applications of Fluid Dynamics, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; August 2008. F. Asenjo, V. Muñoz, T. Hada and J. A. Valdivia, Circularly polarized waves in magnetofluid dynamics for relativistic electron-positron plasmas, Tenth J. J. Giambiagi Winter School: Principles and Applications of Fluid Dynamics, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; August 2008. 6
B. A. Toledo, F. Asenjo, V. Muñoz, J. Rogan, and J. A. Valdivia, Chaos control, numerical and analytical approaches, 27th Dynamics Days Europe, Loughborough University and the University of Nottingham, England; July 2007. B. A. Toledo, F. Asenjo, V. Muñoz, J. Rogan, and J. A. Valdivia, Controlling unstable limit cycles, XV Chilean Symposium of Physics, Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Santiago, Chile; November 2006. Participant. VIII Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Physics and Applications, Santiago, Chile; December 2009. Participant. IV Congreso Iberoamericano de Educared, Santiago, Chile; June 2007. Participant. UCLA Winter School 2007, Plasma Turbulence and Transport: Commonalities between Lab, Space and Astrophysics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; January 2007. Participant. International Workshop: High Energy Physics in the LHC Era, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile; December 2006. Participant. XIV Chilean Symposium of Physics, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile; November 2004. 7