Evaluation Meeting2007/2008

Astronomy and PhysicsBrasília, April 6th, 2009

Institute of PhysicsFederal University of Rio de Janeiro

Graduate Program in PhysicsMasters and PhDLevel 7 CAPES

Coordinator: Prof. Paulo H. Souto Ribeiro

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

Performance and localization in the national and international scenario

The graduate program of the Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro has been dedicated for almost 40 years in the education of masters and PhDs. This activity is increasingly integrated with the development of an internationally competitive scientific research community, which has strongly expanded. Our quality and scientific production standards reflect the internatinal visibility achieved, as well as the leadership role we pursue in Brazil and Latin America in the field of Physics.

Formation of masters and PhDs

The master program began in 1970 and was certified in 1978, by the Federal Council for Education (CEF).From 1970 to 2008, 232 dissertations were defended. The PhD activities began in 1979 and were certified in 1983. Up to 2008, 204 theses were defended. Currently, there are four areas of concentration for the master and PhD: (see next slide)

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

Concentration areas

Physics of Particles and FieldsNuclear Physics/Hadronic and Astrophysics and Cosmology Atomic, Molecular and Optical PhysicsCondensed Matter Physics

These areas began in 1975 and were restructured in 1993. Since then they have been consolidated through the growth of the research staff, improvement of infra-structure (library, workshops and computational facilities) and research laboratories. Recently, several experimental research activities have been established or significantly improved (Atomic collisions, Quantum Optics and High Energy) and theoretical activities have grown (Condensed Matter Physics, Optics and Astrophysics) with the arrival of new researchers.

PROGRAM PROPOSALResearch Lines

Physics of Particles and FieldsResearch line: Physics of Elementary Particles / High Energy PhysicsDescription: Study and identification of the fundamental constituents of matter and the quantitative description of its interactions.Research line: Field Theory and its ApplicationsDescription: Employment of field theory in relativistic mechanical statistics and condensed matter physics.Research line: String TheoryDescription: String theory is a fundamental theory for the description of elementary particles, including the graviton.

Condensed Matter PhysicsResearch Line: Physics of MaterialsDescription: Application of experimental approaches in the study of several physical systems. It deals mainly with molecular composite and the inter-metallic composites.Research Line: Theoretical condensed matterDescription: Several theoretical approaches are used for the study of systems of current interest in condensed matter physics.Research Line: Superconductivity, Fluids and Condensed MatterDescription: Study of the equilibrium and non-equilibrium macroscopic properties of vortices in both type II superconductors and classical fluids.

Research Lines

Nuclear/Hadronic Physics and Astrophysics/CosmologyResearch Line: Nuclear Physics and AstrophysicsDescription: Study of the structury of nucleons, nuclei and collisions in this kind of systemResearch Line: Gravitation and CosmologyDescription: Study of self-gravitating systems of astrophysical and cosmological interest. The fundamental theory employed is General Relativity Theory.Research Line: Non-linear systemsDescription: Classical and quantum systems presenting non linearityResearch Line: Astroparticles and High Energy AstrophysicsDescrption: It has arisen from the interface between particle physics and astronomy and studies high energies emmited by black holes, netron stars, active nuclei of galaxies, supernovas and gamma ray explosions.Research Line: Theory of Nuclear reactions: Nuclear multifragmentationDescription: Study of the behavior of nuclear matter heated and compressed, pursuing the understanding of the state equation for the nuclear matter significantly far from equilibrium.

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

Research Lines

Atomic Molecular and Optical PhysicsResearch Line: Interaction of atoms and molecules with matterDescription: Study of collision process involving atomic and molecular ions with matterResearch Line: Interaction of X and Gamma rays with matterDescription: Applied and fundamental research concerning the main interactions between 10 to 1000 KeV photons with the electronic layers of materials. The work concerns measurement of scattering cross-section, computer simulations and comparison with theoryResearch Line: Ion trap and twin atomsDescription: Utilization of atoms and ions for the theoretical and experimental study of quantum information, in particular twin atoms and quantum computationResearch Line: Classical OpticsDescription: Optical Tweezers with theory and experimentResearch Line: Quantum Optics and Quantum InformationDescription: Production of photonic entangled states and applications to Quantum Information and foundations of Quantum MechanicsResearch Line: Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics and High Energy Physics: Anti-matterDescription: Construction of traps and spectroscopy of cold hydrogen atoms, anti-hydrogen, lithium and light molecules

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

Curricular Proposal

In agreement with the majority of graduate courses, our curricular structure is formed by groups of courses organized according to their academic functions. Mandatories, Electives, Topics, Seminars and complementaries. Because of our highly qualified staff with a broad range of activities, we can offer students a broad range of options for the composition of their basic and specific education, stimulating contact with several research topics in Physics and multidisciplinary sciences, like biophysics, material engineering and quantum information.

In 2008, a revision of the curriculum was made, with emphasis on the mandatory courses. As a result, the contents of the mandatory courses of Statistical Machanics and Classical Electrodynamics were updated and the course of Quantum Mechanics was split into two courses of Quantum Mechanics I and II. The goal of these changes was to improve and update the training of our students, focusing on the fundamental aspects and displacing the more specific topics to the elective and topics courses.

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

Curricular Proposal

Mandatory Courses

STATISTICAL MECHANICS (FIW 701/801) - 4 credits QUANTUM MECHANICS I (FIW 702/802) - 4 credits QUANTUM MECHANICS II (FIW 743/843) - 4 creditsCLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS (FIW 704/804) - 4 credits TEACHING PRACTICE A (FIW 740/840) - 1 crédit The contents of our courses can be found in our Website: http://www.if.ufrj.br/~pos/ementa.html

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

Curricular Proposal

Elective Courses

MATHEMATICAL METHODS (FIW 703/803) EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS (FIW 705/805) GENERAL RELATIVITY (FIW 706/806) COSMOLOGY (FIW 707/807) QUANTUM OPTICS I (FIW 708/808) QUANTUM OPTICS II (FIW 709/809) NUCLEAR PHYSICS (FIW 710/810) THEORY OF COLLISIONS (FIW 711/811) ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS (FIW 712/812) QUANTUM FIELD THEORY I (FIW 713/813) QUANTUM FIELD THEORY II (FIW 714/814) PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES (FIW 715/815) GROUP THEORY APPLIED TO CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS (FIW 716/816) CONDENSED MATTER THEORY (FIW 717/817) MANY BODY THEORY (FIW 718/818) EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN CORPUSCULAR PHYSICS (FIW719/819) TEACHING PRACTICE B (FIW 741/841) The contents of our courses can be found in our Website: http://www.if.ufrj.br/~pos/ementa.html

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

Curricular Proposal

Courses on Topics

TOPICS IN PHYSICS OF PARTICLES AND FIELDS - A (FIW 720/820) TOPICS IN PHYSICS OF PARTICLES AND FIELDS - B (FIW 721/821)

TOPICS IN ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS - A (FIW 722/822) TOPICS IN ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS - B (FIW 723/823)

TOPICS IN HADRONIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS– A (FIW 724/824) TOPICS IN HADRONIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS – B (FIW 725/825)

TOPICS IN CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS AND STATISTICAL MECHANICS - A (FIW 726/826) TOPICS IN CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS AND STATISTICAL MECHANICS - B (FIW 727/827)

TOPICS IN ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY – A (FIW 728/828) TOPICS IN ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY – B (FIW 729/829)

TOPICS IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS – A (FIW 738/838) TOPICS IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS – B (FIW 739/839) The contents are proposed by the professors and previously reviewed by the post-grad commission.

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

Planning

The graduate courses of IF/UFRJ have undergone considerable changes during the last decade.These changes have followed the development of the Institute of Physics, which has revitalized and increased its staff, strongly investing in experimental activities. As a result, the program was rated level 7 in the CAPES evaluation in 2001. Despite this remarkable result, maintaned in the last two evaluations, the program has the potential for an even stronger evaluation, and to achieve an even higher degree of excellence. Therefore, our plan to pursue this goal is focused in the following points:

1 – Expansion: our program consists, at present, of 72 phD professors, whithin which 50 are CNPq research fellows, with the breakdown: 12 level 1A, 3 level 1B, 13 level 1C, 5 level 1D and 17 level 2. This is a very high level staff, comprising a high capacity for advising master and PhD theses. We have stated as a goal, an average value of 2 students per professor, giving about 140 students, which we consider our optimal performance. Therefore, our planning includes a strong investment in the expansion of the program, emphasizing the increase in the number of students. The first step in this direction was already made. In the last selection process we had more than 70 candidates, with 40 of them approved. Unfortunately, we could not incorporate all of them into the program, due to the lack of fellowships.

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

Planning

2 - Infra-structure: during the last few years, we succeeded in expanding substantially our research infra-structure, highlighting the foundation of new laboratories, purchase of equipment for the existing laboratories and computational infra-structure. Whithin about one year, we intend to move the program and the research laboratories to a new building, presently in construction. The funding for thod work will come from a PROINFRA and an INCT project. In this new building, we will be able to accomodate the 140 students, according to our expansion project.

3 - Management: We intend to update the administration procedures of our program, having in mind the increase in the administration complexity. Presently, the majority of the administration procedures is made using paper and requires the physical presence of students and professors. However, we have detected several procedures that can be implemented and validated through the internet. Moreover, the complexity and the number of operations required in the administration of the PROEX funds, could be reduced. The use of electronic means for payments, for instance, could strongly simplify the realization of expenses and the financial report. Working together with CAPES, this evolution is viable in the intermediary range.

4 – Information and propagation: The program is preparing itself to play a more important role in the diffusion of its scientific production. This initiative is connected to the organization of scientific events and production of material, specially for our website. This work will depend of course, on the improvement of the infra-structure and the continuity of funding.

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

Infra-structure - Laboratories

1. LABORATORIES FOR PROMOTING TEACHING ACTIVITY:1.a - LABORATÓRIO DIDÁTICO DO INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA (LADIF): Extra-curricular laboratory with a large amount of demonstration "kits“, software and educational videos for supporting students and teachers in their academic activities.1.b - LABORATÓRIO DE INFORMÁTICA DA GRADUAÇÃO (LIG) E LABORATÓRIO DE INFORMÁTICA DA LICENCIATURA (LILI): Laboratories for computation with free access to the under graduate students, support to courses and projects of scientific initiation. 1.1.c - LABORATÓRIO DE PESQUISA EM ENSINO (LIPE): Development of approaches and didatic material for research in the teaching of physics.

2. LABORATÓRIO DE BAIXAS TEMPERATURAS (LBT): Thermodynamic and magnetic measurements at liquid helium temperatures.

3. LABORATÓRIO DE RESSONÂNCIA MAGNÉTICA: Spectroscopy of electronic paramagnetic resonance.

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

Infra-structure - Laboratories

4. MATERIAL SCIENCE:4.a - LABORATÓRIO DE CRISTALOGRAFIA E RAIO-X (LCRX): Determination of structures and cristalographic caracterization of materials using X-ray diffraction. 4.b - LABORATÓRIO DE ÓPTICA DOS SÓLIDOS: Optical spectroscopy of emission and excitation, continuous and time resolved. Photoacustic spectroscopy.4.c - LABORATÓRIO DE MATERIAIS E ANÁLISE TÉRMICA (LabMAT): Caracterization of materials through the measurement of their thermodynamic properties.

5. LABORATÓRIO DE MAGNETISMO E MATERIAIS MAGNÉTICOS (LMMM): Magnetometry, magnetic susceptibility, Mössbauer spectroscopy and superconductivity.

6. LABORATÓRIO DE FÍSICA ATÔMICA E MOLECULAR (LaCAM): Atomic and molecular collisions using an accelerator of 1,7MV. Ion trap.

7. LABORATÓRIO DE FÍSICA DAS RADIAÇÕES (LAFRAG): Gamma and X-ray spectrometry. Radiation scattering for applications in medical physics.

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

Infra-structure - Laboratories

8. LABORATÓRIO DE FÍSICA DE PARTÍCULAS ELEMENTARES (LAPE): Development of gas detectors and data acquisition control systems.

9. LABORATÓRIO DE SUPER ESPECTROSCOPIA (LASER): Spectroscopy of atoms and molecules isolated in atomic traps, Bose-Einstein condensation, anti-matter, approaches and devices.

10. LABORATÓRIO DE ÓPTICA QUÂNTICA (LOQ): Experiments with entangled photons produced in parametric down-conversion.

11. LABORATORIO DE COLISÕES DE BAIXA ENERGIA: Experiments of molecule fragmentation with electron beams and low energy ions.

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

Infra-structure - Laboratories

12. MACHINE SHOP:Equipped with 3 lathes, electric welders and oxiacetylene torches, milling machines. There are 6 workers.

13. ELECTRONICS WORKSHOP:Besides a central electronics workshop with 3 workers, several groups keep shops for their own specific projects, with another 3 additional workers.

14. CRIOGENY:Responsible for the liquefaction of criogenic liquids, in particular liquid helium, for which there is a recovery system. There are 2 workers and they provide liquid helium for the research groups at the IF/UFRJ and other groups from other areas.

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

Infra-structure - Library

The library of the Institute of Physics has printed collections of the main scientific journals in Physics, complete up to 2000-2001, typically. With the implementation of the CAPES portal providing electronic access (http://www.periodicos.capes.gov.br ), the scientific journals are now read from any computer in the institute. There are 12.500 books and several mechanisms for interchanging scientific articles between different institutions. This system is called COMUT and reunites the most important institutions in Brazil.

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

Infra-structure – Computation resources

The computational structure of our Institute contains the resources necessary for the development of research in several fields in Physics. There are 400 computers based in Unix, Linux and Windows working together and connected. There two main groups of users: the interactive users and the simulation users. The first group only requires connectivity and access to data bases. For this group, there is a cluster of computers using Linux. For the simulation group there is a high performance system capable of processing 2 GFLOPS. It consists of 20 CPUs connected and working together. Therefore the student has all computation resouces required for his/her work. Every office and Laboratory in the Institute are connected through a 100Mbits/s connection.

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

STAFFName P, C or V Title Year Courses

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Alexandre Carlos Tort P P PhD 1997 G G G G

Angelo Marcio de Souza Gomes P P PhD 2000 G G G G 2

Anibal José Ramalho P P PhD 1984 G G G G

Antonio Carlos Fontes dos Santos P P PhD 1999 G G G G 2

Belita Koiller P P PhD 1975 PG PG PG PG 1A

Bernard Marie Marechal P P PhD 1969 University Direction

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Carlos Alberto Aragão de Carvalho Filho P P PhD 1980 PG PG G G 1A

Carlos Farina de Souza P P PhD 1989 PG PG PG PG 1C

Claudio Lenz Cesar P P PhD 1995 PG PG PG PG 1D

Clovis José Wotzasek P P PhD 1990 PG PG PG PG 1C

Eduardo Cantera Marino P P PhD 1980 PG PG G PG 1A

Eduardo Chaves Montenegro P P PhD 1980 G G G PG 1A

Eduardo Souza Fraga P P PhD 1998 PG PG PG PG 2

Elis Helena de Campos Pinto Sinnecker P P PhD 1995 G G G PG

Erasmo Madureira Ferreira P P PhD 1961 Emeritus Emeritus 1A

Erica Ribeiro Polycarpo Macedo P P PhD 2002 G G G G 2

STAFFName P, C ou V TItle Year Courses

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Fernando Marroquim L de Almeida Junior P P PhD 1983 PG PG PG PG 1C

Gilson Matheus Carneiro P P PhD 1973 G G G G 1C

Ginette Jalbert de Castro Faria P P PhD 1985 PG PG PG PG 1D

Henrique Boschi Filho P P PhD 1992 G G G G 1D

Herch Moysés Nussenzveig P P PhD 1957 Emeritus Emeritus 1A

Humberto Siqueira Brandi P P PhD 1971 Inmetro Inmetro 1A

Ioav Waga P P PhD 1988 PG PG PG PG 1C

João Paulo Sinnecker P P PhD 1995 PG PG PG PG

João Ramos Torres de Mello Neto P P PhD 1992 PG PG PG PG 2

José Antonio Martins Simões P P PhD 1981 G G G G

Jose d'Albuquerque e Castro P P PhD 1981 PG PG PG PG 1B

José Helder Lopes P P PhD 1988 G G G G

Leandro Salazar de Paula P P PhD 1989 G G G G 1C

Luca Roberto Augusto Moriconi P P PhD 1993 G G PG G 2

Luis Ghivelder P P PhD 1988 G G G G 1C

Luiz Davidovich P P PhD 1975 PG PG PG PG 1A

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Luiz Felipe Alvahydo de Ulhôa Canto P P PhD 1976 PG PG G G 1A

Luiz Felipe de Souza Coelho P P PhD 1981 G G G G

Luiz Gallisa Guimarães P P PhD 1991 G G G G

Marcelo Byrro Ribeiro P P PhD 1992 G G G G

Marcelo de Souza Alves P P PhD 1990 G G G G

Marcelo Martins Sant'Anna P P PhD 1997 G G G G 2

Marcus Venícius Cougo Pinto P P PhD 1988 PG PG PG PG

Maurício Ortiz Calvão P P PhD 1995 PG PG PG PG

Mauricio Pamplona Pires P P PhD 1998 G G G PG 2

Mauro Melchiades Doria P P PhD 1983 PG PG G G 1C

Miguel Alexandre Novak P P PhD 1984 G G PG PG 1C

Miriam Mendes Gandelman P P PhD 1996 PG PG PG PG 2

Mohammed El Massalami P P PhD 1987 PG PG PG PG 2

Monica Pereira Bahiana P P PhD 1990 PG PG G PG

Nathan Bessa Viana P P PhD 2002 G G G G

Nelson Ricardo de Freitas Braga P P PhD 1990 PG PG PG PG 1D

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Nelson Velho de Castro Faria P P PhD 1970 PG PG PG PG 1B

Nicim Zagury P P PhD 1967 Emeritus Emeritus 1A

Paulo Américo Maia Neto P P PhD 1991 PG PG PG PG 1C

Paulo Eduardo Fornasari Farinas P P PhD 1997 G G G G

Paulo Henrique Souto Ribeiro P P PhD 1995 G PG PG PG 1C

Raimundo Rocha dos Santos P P PhD 1981 PG PG PG PG 1B

Raul Edgardo Rapp P P PhD 1973 G G G G 1D

Raul José Donangelo P P PhD 1977 G G G G 1A

Rodrigo Barbosa Capaz P P PhD 1996 PG PG PG PG 1C

Ruynet Lima Matos Filho P P PhD 1997 PG PG PG PG 2

Said Salem Sugui Junior P P PhD 1983 G G G G

Sandra Filippa Amato P P PhD 1992 G G G G 2

Sergio Eduardo de Carvalho Eyer Jorás P P PhD 1998 G G G G 2

Sergio Luiz Alves de Queiroz P P PhD 1981 G G PG PG 1C

Sergio Ricardo de Azevedo Souza P P PhD 1994 PG PG PG PG 2

Stenio Dore de Magalhães P P PhD 1997 G G G G

STAFFName P, C ou V Title Year Courses

2007(G ou PG)

Courses 2008(G ou PG)

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2007 2008

Stephen Patrick Walborn P P PhD 2004 G G G G 2

Takeshi Kodama P P PhD 1971 G G PG PG 1A

Tatiana Gabriela Rappoport P P PhD 2003 G G G G 2

Terezinha de Jesus Stuchi P P PhD 1991 PG PG G G

Thereza Cristina de Lacerda Paiva P P PhD 1999 PG PG PG G 2

Vitoria Maria Tupinambá S Barthem P P PhD 1987 G G G G

Wania Wolff P P PhD 1993 G G G G

Yara do Amaral Coutinho P P PhD 1991 PG PG PG PG

3 – Visibility and transparency

Our research groups have had expressive results both in national and international contexts in the last few years. They have published papers in journals like Science, Nature and Physical Review Letters. These publications have a strong impact on our international visibility and research quality. Another concrete way of identifying the visibility and quality of our program is through national and international prizes, invited talks in conferences and coordinantion of important projects by our staff members. Among them we can cite:

Prof. Belita Koiller- UNESCO-L´Oréal Award for Women in Science 2005;- Administration council of LNLS;- Coordenation of the Millennium Institute for Nanotechnology, between 2005 and 2008;- President of the Organizing Commitee of the 29th International Conference for Semi-conductor Physics (ICPS-29) in Rio de Janeiro in 2008;- Invited talk at the XXX Biannual Meeting of the Spanish Society of Physics, Ourense - Spain.

Outreach

Prof Carlos Alberto Aragão de Carvalho Filho- Director of Inovation of the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development (until august 2007)- Director of FINEP (from august 2007 to 2008)

Prof Eduardo Cantera Marino-Awarded with the National Scientific Order in the degree of Commender – from the President of Brazil

Prof Eduardo Souza Fraga- Invited talk in the Workshop on Quark-Gluon-Plasma Thermalization, Vienna - Austria.

Prof Humberto Brandi - Scientific Director of INMETRO.

Prof João Ramos Torres de Mello Neto- Plenary talk in the international conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, Rio de Janeiro, August 21th-26th 2005, entitled ''Recent Results of the Auger Experiment''

Outreach

Prof Jose D'Albuquerque e Castro - Plenary talk: ``Spin-wave propagation in magnetic multilayers'' in the Latin American Workshop on Magnetism, Magnetic Materials and Applications, Reñaca, Chile, 12-16/12/2005

Prof. Luiz Davidovich- Member of the Comission of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC) and Ministry of Education (MEC) for the project of universitary reform.- Coordinator of the Millennium Institute for Quantum Information, period 2001-2005.- Awarded by the TWAS academy. - Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States.

Prof Luiz Felipe A. de Ulhôa Canto- Coordinator of the project PRONEX/CNPq/FAPERJ entitled ``Nuclear Reactions''

Prof Odair Dias Gonçalves - President of the National Commission for Nuclear Energy (CNEN)

Prof. Paulo Henrique Souto Ribeiro- Coordination of the project Pensa-Rio/FAPERJ entitled ``Use of Quantum Mechanics for the development of new technologies of information and communication’’.

Outreach

Prof Nelson Velho de Castro Faria - Coordination of the project PRONEX/CNPq/FAPERJ entitled ``Quantum Mechanics in the processing of information and precision measurements''

Prof Raimundo Rocha dos Santos- Member of the Assessor Comitee for Physics and Astronomy of CNPq.- Coordination of the project PRONEX CNPq/FAPERJ entitled “Magnetic systems under extreme conditions: modeling, control, elaboration and aplications“- Vice-coordinator of Physics and Astronomy at CAPES.

Prof Raul E. Rapp- Coordinator of the project "Nucleus of production of high magnetic fields, very low temperatures and high quality samples: magnetic, transport and thermal caracterization in advanced magnetic materials "- PADCT / Faperj/CNPq.

Prof Raul J. Donangelo- Member of the Assessor Comitee of Physics and Astronomy of CNPq.

Prof Rodrigo Barbosa Capaz- Plenary talk in the XXVIII Encontro Nacional de Física da Matéria Condensada, Santos (SP)

Outreach

Special Attributes of Programs 6 and 7Qualification, production and performance

Along this presentation, we have cited many parameters that can be used to evaluate the quality of our staff and scientific production. Let us summarize:

1 – 33 level 1 CNPq researchers, 17 level 2 CNPq researchers (the majoity young professors), in a total of 50 CNPq fellows among the 72 permanent members of the board.2 – About 15 professors have distinguished roles in the national and international stage, proven for instance by awards, indications for scientific academies, particpation in comittees and research institutions like INMETRO and LNLS or funding agencies like CAPES, FINEP and CNPq.3 – Excellent ability of obtaining funding for research, in particular for experimental research, even though it is still necessary to expand our activities. The sources are usually CNPq, CAPES e FAPERJ.4 – Publication of papers in Qualis A e B (new Qualis) journals, highlighting the recent publications in Nature and Science. 5 – High quality and quantity scientific production, despite the relatively low number of students to contribute to the projects.

Active projects during 2007 and 2008

Institutos do Milênio CNPq-MCT: - Quantum Information - Started in 2001 and coordinated by Prof. Luiz Davidovich until 2005, leading to the second edition of the project between 2005 and 2008, coordinated by Prof. Amir Caldeira from UNICAMP. - Nanotechnology - coordinate by Prof. Belita Koiler from 2005 to 2008.PRONEX CNPq/FAPERJ:- Nuclear Reactions - coordinated by Prof. Luiz Felipe Canto- Quantum Mechanics in the processing and transmission of information and precision measurements - corordinated by Prof. Nelson Faria- Magnetic systems under extreme conditions : modeling, control, elaboration, and aplications - coordinated by Prof. Raimundo dos Santos- Quantum Information and Quantum Optics - coordinated by Prof. Luiz DavidovichPensa-Rio FAPERJ: - Use of Quantum Mechanics for the development of new technologies of information and communication - coordinated by Prof. Paulo HS Ribeiro.Cientista do Nosso Estado FAPERJ: 12 projetcsCNPq-Universal, FAPERJ APQ, CAPES-PROCAD-DAAD-COFECUB : many projects.

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

INTELLECTUAL PRODUCTIONDistribution of publications as a function of the CAPES/Qualis parameter

The plots below display histograms where each horizontal position correspond to one Qualis parameter and the height of the bar corresponds to the number of papers published in journals whithin the parameter range. We note that the distributions are centered in the parameter B1 and has large components in paramters A1 and A2. In two years we had 62 publications in Qualis A1 or A2 for a board of 72 professors, with 3 of them in Science, 2 in Nature Physics and 12 in Physical Review Letters. Some publications(NC-Not classified) were not found in the lists of journals.

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Distribution of publications per professor

The plot below displays a histogram where each horizontal position corresponds to one professor and the height of the bar corresponds to the number of published papers in the period 2007-2008. We note that there are some very high peaks corresponding to some very special cases where a considerable number of papers fall whithin Qualis B3. Despite the small number statistics, it is possible to identify a tendency to a homogeneous distribution. A linear fit to the data gives about 4 papers/professor in the period.

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2007 9 12,5 (30,0) 13,8 8 11,1(26,6) 12,3 23,6(56,6) 26,2

2008 8 11,1(26,6) 12,3 9 12,5(30,0) 13,8 23,6(56,6)) 26,2

Total 17 23,6(56,6) 26,2 17 23,6(56,6) 26,2 47,2(113,3) 52,3

Theses and dissertations defended during 2007 and 2008

The table below displays the number of theses and dissertations defended per year and for the two years together, as well as the percentage between these values and the total number of students and the total number of professors. The total number of professors considered was 72 and the number of students 65. We emphasize that these numbers can provide inadequate parameters, due to the relatively low student/professor rate. We present alternatively in parentheses, the same ratio replacing the total number of professors by the number of professors advising at least one student in the period.

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Distribution of theses defended as a function of advisors

The plot below displays a hystogram where each position in the horizontal axis correspond to one advisor and the height of the bar corresponds to the number of theses defended by his/her students during 2007 and 2008. Blue columns correspond to PhD and red columns correspond to masters degrees. We note that the distribution is homogeneous, except for one advisor in each group, having more than one thesis defended in the period.

STUDENT THESES AND DISSERTATIONS

Outreach1 – National and local outreach and impact:

The graduate courses in Physics of UFRJ is playing an increasingly relevant role, both locally and nationally. There are several ways of reaching this conclusion. One is through the role played by the PhD and Masters formed in our institution. We can cite a few PhDs which are working in developing centers like UFAL, UFMT and others. Another way of evaluating this impact is through the role played by members of our staff outside our program. Some examples are people working as directors of institutions like FINEP, INMETRO, CNEN, CEDERJ and others. Moreover, our staff members are often invited for public presentations, interviews for newspaper and magazines and are members of important scientific societies like the Brazilian Academy of Science and the American Academy of Science.

2 – Integration and cooperation with other programs and research centers

Our program supports the graduate courses of the Valongo Observatory of UFRJ and contributes with the direct participation of members of our staff and the coordination of scientific projects for funding their program. Our program has active cooperation with developing programs like UFMT, UFPA, UFG and others, through shared advisement of PhD and Master students. Other kinds of interaction are funded by external institutions. For instance, we had a sandwich PhD in Spain, funded by ICFO in Barcelona, a PhD student of the Universidade Nacional de Mexico (UNAM), with a mexican fellowship, working in one of our laboratories, a french student from École Normale Superiéure also working in one of our labs and many other.

Transparency

Our program is coordinated by a comission, of which the program coordinator presides. This comission has a vast representation of the departments of the Institute and of the students. All adminstration actions are analyzed by the comission and even though the financial support is of individual responsibility of the coordinator, any non-ordinary expenses are discussed in the commission. The decisions on the funding of the participation of students in scientific events are also performed within the commision, except those typified in our website.

Our website has also contributed to increase the transparency of our administration. One example is the publication of an “call” for the selection process of new students.

Outreach

Consolidation and national leadership

As mentioned before, our program is very broad in terms of research areas. This broadness is significantly higher than the majority of graduate courses in Brazil, and associated to the recent evolution in the field of experimental research, and has made our program a national reference. The concrete elements that allow the evaluation of this position is the interaction with younger programs. Our program has received students sistematically from UFG, both for a complete PhD, as well as for shorter stays of students regularly enrolled in their program. Similar relationships occurs with UFMT and UFPA.

Another way of inferring the leadership of our program is through the coordination of scientific projects involving other institutions, like Millennium Institute and PRONEX.

Finally, we mention again the individual action of our staff members in the coordination of important federal institutions like CNEN and INMETRO and in committees like the assessor committee of CNPq and the area coordination of CAPES.

Special Attributes of Programs 6 and 7

1 – National and local outreach and impact:

The graduate courses in Physics of UFRJ are playing an increasingly relevant role, both locally and nationally. There are several ways of reaching this conclusion. One is through the role played by the PhD and Masters formed in our institution. We can cite a few PhDs which are working in developing centers like UFAL, UFMT and others. Another way of evaluating this impact is through the role played by members of our staff outside our program. Some examples are people working as directors of institutions like FINEP, INMETRO, CNEN, CEDERJ and others. Moreover, our staff members are often invited for public presentations, interviews for newspaper and magazines and are members of important scientific societies like the Brazilian Academy of Science and the American Academy of Science.

2 – Integration and cooperation with other programs and research centers

Our program supports the graduate courses of the Valongo Observatory of UFRJ and contributes with the direct participation of members of our staff and the coordination of scientific projects for funding their program. Our program has active cooperation with developing programs like UFMT, UFPA, UFG and others, through shared advisement of PhD and Master students. Other kinds of interaction are funded by external institutions. For instance, we had a sandwich PhD in Spain, funded by ICFO in Barcelona, a PhD student of the Universidade Nacional de Mexico (UNAM), with a mexican fellowship, working in one of our laboratories, a french student from École Normale Superiéure also working in one of our labs and many others.

Special Attributes of Programs 6 and 7

International impact / Integration and cooperation with graduate courses of other countries

There are many ways of evaluating the international impact of our program. We start by the strong presence of students coming from other countries in Latin America. We receive students from Argentina, Columbia, Peru, Equador and Uruguay. Recently, there were students from Iran, China and India, interested in our courses. They have not succeeded in enrolling in our program due to several difficulties, including the portuguese language required in our courses, but their interest demonstrates the visibility of our program. Another evidence of the internation impact and cooperation is the existence of bilateral agreements like CAPES-COFECUB and CAPES-PROBRAL, which facilitate the access of our students to Laboratories and research groups in other countries and allow interaction between the brazilian students and researchers from other countries.

We have also been visited by students without formal connection to our program. Some examples are students coming from Austria, France and Mexico. The contrary also occurs, some of our students spend some time working in another country without a formal cooperation agreement. Moreover, some of our research groups have long standing cooperations with the large high energy experiments, as LHC, in benefit of our students.

Finally, we mention the high impact factor publications, which project the image of our programm in other countries and attract foreign students, and our staff members which play a distinguished role in the international scenario, including the award of international prizes among other distinctions. (See slides 30-13)

Special Attributes of Programs 6 and 7