CURRICULUM-VITAE Gerardo Luis Rossini Updated: April 2015 Personal Data Last name: Rossini First, middle names: Gerardo Luis Birth: February 7, 1965. Nationality: Argentina Marital status: married, two children. Office Address: Physics Department, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, C.C. 67, 1900 - La Plata, Argentina E-mail: rossini@fisica.unlp.edu.ar Education Physics MSc. (1983-1988), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina. Physics PhD. (1989-1993), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina. Thesis: Topological Field Theories in low dimensions. Advisor: Prof. Fidel A. Schaposnik Current positions Independent Researcher, National Research Council (CONICET), Argentina, since 2007. Full Professor, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, since 1999. Research interests After PhD education in low dimensional field theories, oriented towards mathematical intricacies in topological field theories and conformal field theories, current interests include: Effective field theory description of low dimensional strongly correlated electron systems. Low dimensional frustrated quantum magnetism. Numerical methods in low dimensional condensed matter systems. Mathematical foundations for coherent states path integral formulations. 1
Professional experience Associate Researcher, CNRS-Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, 2004. Visiting Scientist at Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachussets Institute of Technology, USA, 1996-1997. Advisor: Prof. Roman Jackiw. Assistant Researcher, National Research Council (CONICET), Argentina, 1995-1999. Advisor: Prof. Fidel A. Schaposnik. Joint Researcher, National Research Council (CONICET), Argentina, 2000-2006. Doctoral Fellowship, National Research Council (CONICET), Argentina, 1988-1994. Advisors: Prof. Ricardo Gamboa Saraví, Prof. Fidel A. Schaposnik. Assistant Professor, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, 1988-1996. International research experience Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, United States of America. From September 1996 until January 1998. Institut fur Theoretische Physik, Universidad de Braunschweig, Germany. Short stay, May 2002. Institut fur Theoretische Physik, Universidad de Braunschweig, Germany. Short stay, May 2003. Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France. Short stay, May 2003. Laboratoire de Physique Theorique, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France. From September 2004 until February 2005. Laboratoire de Physique Theorique, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg. Short stay, September 2005. Participation in scientific events VI Reunión de la Sociedad Chilena de Física, Santiago, Chile. December 1988. IV Simposio Argentino de Física Teórica de Partículas y Campos, Bariloche, Argentina. January 1989. VII Swieca Summer School (Particles and Fields), Sao Paulo, Brazil. January 1993. Summer School on High Energy Physics and Cosmology, ICTP, Trieste, Italy. June-July 1993. III Trieste Conference on Statistical Field Theory, ICTP, Trieste, Italy. June 1998. Trends in Theoretical Physics, La Plata-Cern-Santiago de Compostela Second Meeting, Buenos Aires, Argentina. December 1998. Summer School on Low Dimensional Quantum Systems. ICTP, Trieste, Italy. July 2001. Geometrically Frustrated Magnets: from spin ice to kagome planes. IIP, Brazil. December 2012. Geometric Aspects of Quantum States in Condensed Matter. IIP, Brasil, August 2014. 2
Students supervision PhD advisor, Dr. Hector D. Rosales, 2006-2010, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina. PhD advisor (mathematics), Dr. Romina A. Ramírez, 2009-2013, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina. PhD advisor, Dr. Marcelo F. Arlego, 2002-2004, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina. MsC advisor, Hector D. Rosales, 2005, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina. MsC co-advisor, Carlos Lamas, 2005, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina. MsC advisor, Diego Rodríguez, 2007, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina. Awards Provincia de Buenos Aires award, for highest qualifications at Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 1993. 3
Publications list Publications in international refereed journals 1. ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN WESS-ZUMINO-WITTEN AND CHERN-SIMONS THEORIES L.F. Cugliandolo, G.L. Rossini and F.A. Schaposnik Physics Letters B267 200 (1991). 2. FUNCTIONAL DETERMINANTS FOR ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL OPERATORS R.E. Gamboa Saraví, G.L. Rossini and M. Fuentes Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 25 6743 (1992). 3. STOCHASTIC QUANTIZATION OF THE CHERN-SIMONS THEORY L.F. Cugliandolo, G.L. Rossini and F.A. Schaposnik Annals of Physics (NY) 220 40 (1992). 4. FERMIONIC COSET MODELS AS TOPOLOGICAL MODELS G.L. Rossini and F.A. Schaposnik. Modern Physics Letters A9 193 (1994). 5. PARITY VIOLATION IN THE 3-DIMENSIONAL THIRRING MODEL G.L. Rossini and F.A. Schaposnik Physics Letters B338 465 (1994). 6. THE ζ-function ANSWER TO PARITY VIOLATION IN THREE DIMENSIONAL GAUGE THEORIES R.E. Gamboa Saraví, G.L. Rossini and F.A. Schaposnik International Journal of Modern Physics A11 2643 (1996). 7. GAUGE INVARIANCE AND FINITE TEMPERATURE EFFECTIVE ACTIONS OF CHERN-SIMONS THEO- RIES WITH FERMIONS D.C. Cabra, E. Fradkin, G.L. Rossini and F. A. Schaposnik Physics Letters B383 434 (1996). 8. ON THE PATH INTEGRAL REPRESENTATION FOR SPIN SYSTEMS D.C. Cabra, A. Dobry, A. Greco and G. L. Rossini. Journal of Physics A30 2699 (1997). 9. SPINONS AS COMPOSITE FERMIONS D.C. Cabra and G.L. Rossini. Modern Physics Letters A12 265 (1997). 10. EXPLICIT CONNECTION BETWEEN CONFORMAL FIELD THEORY AND 2+1 CHERN-SIMONS THEORY D. C. Cabra and G. L. Rossini. Modern Physics Letters A12 1687 (1997). 11. INDUCED PARITY BREAKING TERM AT FINITE TEMPERATURE C.D. Fosco, G.L. Rossini and F.A. Schaposnik. Physical Review Letters 79 1980 (1997). 12. ABELIAN AND NON-ABELIAN INDUCED PARITY BREAKING TERMS AT FINITE TEMPERATURE C.D. Fosco, G.L. Rossini and F.A. Schaposnik. Physical Review D56 6547 (1997). 4
13. SCHWINGER TERMS IN WEYL-INVARIANT AND DIFFEOMORPHISM INVARIANT 2D SCALAR FIELD THEORY C. Adam and G.L. Rossini Physical Review D57 4833 (1998). 14. QUASIPARTICLE OPERATORS WITH NON-ABELIAN BRAIDING STATISTICS D.C. Cabra, E.F. Moreno and G.L. Rossini Physics Letters B437 362 (1998). 15. INDUCED PARITY BREAKING TERMS IN ARBITRARY ODD DIMENSIONS AT FINITE TEMPERATURE C.D. Fosco, G.L. Rossini and F.A. Schaposnik. Physical Review D59 085012 (1999). 16. NON ABELIAN FRACTIONAL QUANTUM HALL STATES AND CHIRAL COSET CONFORMAL FIELD THEORIES D. C. Cabra, E. Fradkin, G. L. Rossini and F. A. Schaposnik. International Journal of Modern Physics A15 4857 (2000). 17. TRANSITION FROM ABELIAN TO NON-ABELIAN FQHE STATES D.C. Cabra, A. López and G. L. Rossini European Physical Journal B19 21 (2001). 18. NON-PERTURBATIVE EFFECTIVE FIELD THEORY FOR TWO-LEG ANTIFERROMAGNETIC SPIN LAD- DERS D.C. Cabra, A. Dobry and G. L. Rossini Physical Review B63 144408 (2001). 19. ON PLANAR FERMIONS WITH QUARTIC INTERACTION AT FINITE TEMPERATURE AND DENSITY D.C. Cabra and G.L. Rossini European Physical Journal B29 529 (2002). 20. NUMERICAL JORDAN WIGNER APPROACH FOR TWO DIMENSIONAL SPIN SYSTEMS D.C. Cabra and G. L. Rossini Physical Review B69 184425 (2004). 21. BOND IMPURITY INDUCED STATES IN DISORDERED SPIN-½ SPIN LADDERS M. Arlego, W. Brenig, D.C. Cabra. F. Heidrich-Meisner, A. Honecker and G.L. Rossini Physical Review B70 014436 (2004). 22. A COMPARISON BETWEEN DISORDERED QUANTUM SPIN 1/2 CHAINS C.A. Lamas, D.C. Cabra, M.D. Grynberg and G.L. Rossini Phys. Rev. B 74, 224435 (2006) 23. THE SPIN-PEIERLS TRANSITION BEYOND THE ADIABATIC APPROXIMATION A.O. Dobry, D.C. Cabra and G.L. Rossini Physical Review B 75, 045122 (2007) 24. QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONS IN TRIMERIZED ZIG-ZAG SPIN LADDERS H.D. Rosales, D.C. Cabra, M.D. Grynberg, G.L. Rossini y T. Vekua Physical Review B 75, 174446 (2007). 25. SPIN-PEIERLS LIKE PHASES IN MAGNETOELASTIC J 1 -J 2 ANTIFERROMAGNETIC CHAINS AT 1/3 MAG- NETIZATION H.D. Rosales and G.L. Rossini Physical Review B 76, 224404 (2007). 5
26. NONUNIVERSAL NONEQUILIBRIUM CRITICAL DYNAMICS WITH DISORDER M. D. Grynberg, G. L. Rossini and R. B. Stinchcombe Physical Review E 79, 061126 (2009). 27. RESONANCES IN A DILUTE GAS OF MAGNONS AND METAMAGNETISM OF ISOTROPIC FRUSTRATED FERROMAGNETIC SPIN CHAINS M. Arlego, F. Heidrich-Meisner, A. Honecker, G.L. Rossini and T. Vekua Physical Review B 84, 224409 (2011) 28. FERROMAGNETIC FRUSTRATED SPIN SYSTEMS ON THE SQUARE LATTICE: A SCHWINGER BOSON STUDY H. Feldner, D.C. Cabra and G. L. Rossini Physical Review B 84, 214406 (2011). 29. ANISOTROPIC FRUSTRATED HEISENBERG MODEL ON THE HONEYCOMB LATTICE A. Kalz, M. Arlego, D. Cabra, A. Honecker, and G. Rossini Physical Review B 85, 104505 (2012) 30. A DISCUSSION ON THE NATURAL DOMAIN OF RADIAL TOEPLITZ OPERATORS ON SEGAL-BARGMANN SPACE. R. A. Ramírez, G. L. Rossini and M. Sanmartino International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics 76, 79 (2012). 31. Q-BOSON COHERENT STATES AND PARA-GRASSMANN VARIABLES FOR MULTI- PARTICLE STATES R. Ramírez, G.L. Rossini, D.C. Cabra, E.F. Moreno Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 45, 485304 (2012). 32. QUANTUM PHASES OF A FRUSTRATED FOUR-LEG SPIN TUBE M. Arlego, W. Brenig, Y. Rahnavard, B. Willenberg, H.D. Rosales, G.L. Rossini Physical Review B 87, 014412 (2013). 33. SPIN-PHONON INDUCED MAGNETIC ORDER IN KAGOME ICE F.A. Gómez Albarracín, D.C. Cabra, H.D. Rosales, and G.L. Rossini Physical Review B 88, 184421 (2013). Publications in national refereed journals 1. MAGNETIZACION Y MECANICA CUANTICA (Quantum Mechanics and Magnetization) D. C. Cabra, M. Grynberg, G. L. Rossini. Ciencia Hoy 10, 44 (2001). Contributions to conference proceedings 1. BOUND STATES IN WEAKLY DISORDERED SPIN LADDERS M. Arlego, W. Brenig, D.C. Cabra. F. Heidrich-Meisner, A. Honecker and G.L. Rossini Physica B: Condensed Matter 359-361, 1424 (2005). 2. SPIN-PHONON INDUCED MAGNETIC ORDER IN MAGNETIZED SPIN ICE F. A. Gómez Albarracín, D. C. Cabra, H. D. Rosales, G. L. Rossini J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 568, 042007 (2014). 6