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Researchers

    Dr. Pablo S. Moya

Dra. Denisse Pasten

Dr. Victor Muñoz

pablo.moya@uchile.cl


Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile


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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Theoretical Plasma Physics, Kinetic Theory of Plasmas, Space and Astrophysical plasma physics, Obser- vational studies of space plasmas, Numerical modelling and computer simulations of plasmas, Non-linear modelling of wave-particles interactions, wave propagation and non-linear phenomena in non-extensive and relativistic plasmas, Acceleration and Heating of the Solar Wind, Magnetospheric and Solar Wind Turbulence, Geomagnetic Storms, Quantum and relativistic plasmas, Complexity in plasmas, Relativistic Thermodynamics, Relativistic Statistical Mechanics, Interdisciplinary problems in Geophysics.

    denisse.pasten.g@gmail.com 


Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile


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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Complexity, fractals and multifractals systems, complex networks, visibility graph, horizontal visibility graph, cellular automaton, geophysics, phase transition in earthquakes, complexity in seismology.

    vmunoz@macul.ciencias.uchile.cl


Associated Professor, Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile


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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Plasma Physics, Complex Systems


Research Line:

Propagation of waves, nonlinear effects and complexity in plasmas, complexity and chaos in transit in cities, pedestrian flow and seismology, complex networks.




PhD students

Researchers

Maricarmen Castro



Thesis title

Iván Gallo

ivan.gallo@ug.uchile.cl


Thesis title

Interpretación de un plasma espacial turbulento y débilmente colisional como un sistema tipo Langevin 

Abiam Tamburrini

abiamtamburrini@gmail.com


Thesis title 

Temporal evolution of the velocity distribution in systems described by the Vlasov equation; Radiation Belts: Analytical and computational results.

Beatriz Zenteno-Quinteros

beatriz.zenteno@ing.uchile.cl


Thesis title 

Revisitando la inestabilidad de flujo de calor en plasmas no colisionales tipo viento solar

Claudio Aravena 

claudioaravenaplaza617@gmail.com


Thesis title

Fuerza de Lorentz equivalente para un campo gravitacional.


Sebastián Echeverría Veas 

s.echeverria@ug.uchile.cl


Thesis title

Kinetic plasma physics in the expanding solar wind 

Fernando Corvacho Gallardo

facorvacho@gmail.com


Thesis title

Reología en Vidrios Metálicos

Nicolás Villarroel

nicolas.fvsv@gmail.com

Thesis title

Effect of heavy ions in the dispersion properties of kinetic Alfvén waves in space plasmas

Master students

Researchers

Eduardo Flández 

eduardo.flandez@ug.uchile.cl


Tomás Zurita tomas.zurita@ug.uchile.cl

fernanda martin

fernanda.martin@ug.uchile.cl

Sebastián de la Maza sebastian.delamaza@ug.uchile.cl



Javier Ignacio Silva Navarrete

javier.silva.n@ug.uchile.cl

Elizabeth Garcés

nayade.gh@gmail.com


Thesis title 

TEstudio de estrellas variables mediante grafos de visibilidad

Benjamín Ortiz Edwards

benjaoedwards@gmail.com

Daniel Hermosilla

danielhermosillapizarro@gmail.com

Thesis title

Caracterizando distribuciones tipo kappa mediante análisis de espectro de  fluctuaciones magnéticas  espontáneas.

Christopher Lara

christopher.lara@ug.uchile.cl


Paula Reyes

paula.reyes.n@gmail.com 

Thesis title

Análisis estadístico de tormentas geomagnéticas y su relación

con el Ciclo y viento Solar.

Belén Acosta

bacostaazocar@gmail.com


Thesis title

Grafos de Visibilidad Horizontal en Series Magnéticas de Plasmas Turbulentos 

Undergraduate  students

Researchers

Alejandro Zamorano Reyes

alejandro.i.z.r@hotmail.com


Víctor Fernández

victor.fernandez.g@ug.uchile.cl

Cristian Valdebenito

c.valdebenito@ug.uchile.cl


Joaquín Espinoza

 joaquinun@gmail.com

Project

Fuerzas ponderomotrices en plasmas descritos por funciones de distribución kappa

Sebastián Saldivia 

sebastian.saldivia@ug.uchile.cl

Project

Caracterización de plasmas turbulentos mediante el uso de grafos de visibilidad

PLANETS ALUMNI

Name Degree Graduation Year Current occupation
Eduardo Flández Ms sc. 2021 Doctorado en Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Planets
Maximiliano Zorondo Ms sc. 2021
Daniela Ruiz Bachelor 2020 Pedagogía en Universidad Católica
Benjamín Ortiz Bachelor 2020 Magíster en Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Planets
Nicolás Villarroel Bachelor 2020 Doctorado en Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Planets
Abiam Tamburrini Bachelor 2019 Doctorado en Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Planets
Christopher Lara Bachelor 2019 Magíster en Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Planets
Daniel Hermosilla Bachelor 2019 Magíster en Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Planets
Belén Acosta-Tripailao Bachelor 2019 Magíster en Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Planets
Javier Silva Bachelor 2020 Magíster en Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Planets

Projects

1211144  , Roles of turbulent transport and total pressure balance in dynamics of Earth's magnetosphere    2021 - 2025    M. Stepanova, C. Espinoza,  J. Valdivia, M. Bravo, M. Díaz, P. S. Moya    FONDECYT Regular


1201967 ,  Time series and complex networks approaches for nonlinear processes in space plasmas ,   2020 - 2024,   V. Muñoz    FONDECYT Regular.


1191351  ,  Kinetic instabilities and wave-particle interactions in non Maxwellian plasmas. Linear, quasi-linear, and non-linear analysis  , 2019 - 2023    P. S. Moya, R. López, R. Navarro  ,  FONDECYT Regular.


Redes 170204 ,   Complex Networks Studies on Natural and Induced Seismicity,    2017 - 2019 ,  V. Muñoz, D. Pastén    CONICYT Apoyo a la Formación de Redes Internacionales entre Centros de Investigación.


1161711   , Nonlinear phenomena in magnetized plasmas: an study on solitons and geomagnetic storms  ,  2016 - 2020,   V. Muñoz    FONDECYT Regular.


11160452  ,  Phase transition in earthquakes: a study from seismic time based networks and visibility graph in Chile    2016 - 2019  ,  D. Pastén  .  FONDECYT Iniciación.


11150055  ,  The effect of non-thermal particles in the relaxation of nearly collisionless plasmas: a study using theory, simulations, and data analysis   , 2015 - 2018 ,  P. S. Moya    FONDECYT Iniciación.


Anillo 10677 ,   Procesos fundamentales en física de plasmas espaciales, combinando instrumentación, observaciones, teoría y simulaciones   , 2015 - 2018 ,   J. Valdivia, J E. Borovsky, A. Viñas, E. Antonova, E. Gramsch, J. Araneda, J. Semeter; J. Silva, M. Díaz, M. Orchard, M. Stepanova, N. Romanova, P. S. Moya, V. Muñoz    CONICYT Programa de Investigación Asociativa.

Latest Papers 

Paula Reyes, Víctor A. Pinto, Pablo S. Moya ,  Storm Occurrence and Their Relation With Solar Cycle Phases , 2021  ,  Space Weather,  Vol. 19 ,   e2021SW002766 ,   10.1029/2021SW002766  ,  Plasmas.


Bea Zenteno-Quinteros, Adolfo F. Viñas, and Pablo S. Moya,    Skew-Kappa distribution functions & whistler heatflux instability in the solar wind  ,  2021  ,  The Astrophysical Journal  ,  accepted for publication    ,    arXiv:2110.06748,    Plasmas.


Matthias Scheiter, Marius Schaefer, Eduardo Flández, Deniz Bozkurt, and Ralf Greve  ,  21st century fate of the Mocho-Choshuenco ice cap in southern Chile   , 2021 ,   The Cryosphere  , 15   , 3637-3654    10.5194/tc-2020-296  ,  Other (Geophysics).


Belén Acosta-Tripailao, Denisse Pastén, and Pablo S. Moya ,   Applying the Horizontal Visibility Graph Method to Study Irreversibility of Electromagnetic Turbulence in Non-Thermal Plasmas  , 2021  ,  Entropy  ,  23   , 470 ,   10.3390/e23040470    Plasmas, Complex Networks.


Pablo S. Moya and Roberto E. Navarro ,   The effect of background turbulence on the relaxation of ion temperature anisotropy in space plasmas ,   2021,    Frontiers in Physics  ,  9  ,  624748  ,  10.3389/fphy.2021.624748   , Plasmas.


Pablo S. Moya, Iván Gallo-Méndez, and Bea Zenteno-Quinteros , The effect of oxygen ions on the stability and polarization of Kinetic Alfvén Waves in the Magnetosphere  ,  2021  ,  Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics ,   219    105630    10.1016/j.jastp.2021.105630 ,   Plasmas.

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acknowledgment to:

FONDECYT Regular : 1211144 

Roles of turbulent transport and total pressure balance in dynamics of Earth's magnetosphere    

2021 - 2025  

FONDECYT Regular: 1201967 ,  

Time series and complex networks approaches for nonlinear processes in space plasmas ,   

2020 - 2024

FONDECYT Regular:1191351  , 

Kinetic instabilities and wave-particle interactions 

in non Maxwellian plasmas. Linear, quasi-linear, 

and non-linear analysis  

2019 - 2023