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Joseph Kapusta

Professor

342D Tate, 624-0506, email kapusta @ physics.umn.edu
http://www.physics.umn.edu/research/nuclear.html
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Professor Kapusta has been a faculty member in the School of Physics and Astronomy since 1982. He enjoys teaching physics at all levels, from the introductory freshman-level to the most advanced research-oriented course for graduate students. His main research areas are in theoretical nuclear and particle physics. He has published several books and more than 160 articles in physics journals and conference proceedings. Eleven students have earned their Ph.D. under his supervision. He has been an Associate Editor for Physical Review since 1997. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Research Areas
Quantum field theory at finite temperature and density with applications to high energy nuclear collisions, astrophysics, and cosmology.

Current Research

Professor Kapusta does theoretical research on the properties of matter and radiation at high energy-density using relativistic quantum field theory. He is also doing research on the anti-de Sitter - conformal field theory correspondence arising from D-branes in string theory.

The physical theories of primary interest include QCD, effective hadronic field theories, and electroweak theory. The physical environments in which they play a role include high energy nuclear collisions, the early universe, and black holes.

Graduate Students and Postdoctorates

Sean Bartz
Edwin (Scott) Bowman
Thomas Kelley
Sener Ozonder
Abraham Reddy
Todd Springer

Selected Publications

Joseph Kapusta and Charles Gale, ''Finite Temperature Field Theory'', Cambridge University Press [abstract] [download C:\books\Book TOC Preface.pdf]

E. S. Bowman and J. I. Kapusta, “Critical Points in the Linear Sigma Model with Quarks”, Physical Review C 79, 015202 (2009) [download C:\papers\SigmaModel\CEP_PRC.pdf]

J. I. Kapusta and T. Springer, ''Shear Transport Coefficients from Gauge/Gravity Correspondence'', Physical Review D 78, 066017 (2008) [download C:\papers\AdS\ShearTime_PRDv2.pdf]

Tony Gherghetta, Joseph I. Kapusta, and Thomas M. Kelley, ''Chiral Symmetry Breaking in Soft-Wall AdS/QCD'', Physical Review D 79, 076003 (2009) [download C:\papers\AdS\csbswpaper.pdf]

J. Ruppert, C. Gale, T. Renk, P. Lichard, and J. Kapusta, “Low Mass Dimuons Produced in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 162301 (2008) [download C:\papers\NA60_PRL.pdf]

Joseph I. Kapusta, “Accelerator Disaster Scenarios, the Unabomber, and Scientific Risks”, Physics in Perspective 10, 163 (2008) [abstract] [download C:\papers\Disasters\Disasters.pdf]

Joseph Kapusta, Berndt Muller and Johann Rafeslki, ''Quark-Gluon Plasma: Theoretical Foundations'', Elsevier [abstract] [download C:\books\reprint_volume\QGP-TOC-Preface.pdf]

Education

B.A., Mathematics and Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1974.
M.A. Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1976.
Ph.D. Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1978.