Prof. Dr. Fernando Haas

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsPlasma Physics,Theoretical Physics
Keywordsclassical plasma, intense laser field, dense plasma, relativistic plasma, quantum plasma
Honours and awards

2020: One of the 2% most influential researchers worldwide according to the Stanford University survey (2020) available in Table S6-career-2019 in data.mendeley.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/2 (all areas).

2020: Top Peer Reviewer award (Publons, 2020), with 327 verified referee reports for 45 journals.

2018: Invited plenary speaker (19th International Congress on Plasma Physics - ICPP 2018, Vancouver, Canada): Quantum Plasmas: Equation of State, Bohm Potential, Exchange Effects.

2018: Physics of Plasmas Top Referee (2018).

2018: The work [F. Haas, K. A. Pascoal and J. T. Mendonça, Neutrino Magnetohydrodynamics. Phys. Plasmas 23, 012104 (2016)] was selected as one of the Top Theoretical Plasma Physics Papers published in Physics of Plasmas, period 2016-2017, section Basic Plasma Phenomena, Waves, Instabilities.

2013: Alexander von Humboldt Invitation Programme fellowship awarded from 01.01.2013 to 31.03.2013 (Ruhr Universitaet Bochum, Bochum, Germany). Academic host: Prof. Padma Kant Shukla.

2007: Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship awarded from 01.07.2007 to 31.08.2009 (Ruhr Universitaet Bochum, Bochum, Germany). Academic host: Prof. Padma Kant Shukla.

2006: Best lecture from a young scientist from the developing countries (International Workshop on Frontiers of Plasma Physics, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 2006).

Current contact address

CountryBrazil
CityPorto Alegre
InstitutionUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
InstituteDepartment of Physics
Homepagewww.if.ufrgs.br

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Padma Kant ShuklaInstitut für Theoretische Physik IV: Plasma-Astro-Teilchenphysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Padma Kant ShuklaFakultät für Physik und Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum
Priv. Doz. Dr. Horst FichtnerInstitut für Theoretische Physik IV: Plasma-Astro-Teilchenphysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2007

Programme(s)

2007Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2014Michael McKerr, Ioannis Kourakis and Fernando Haas: Freak waves and electrostatic wavepacket modulation in a quantum electron–positron–ion plasma. In: Plasma Phys. Controll. Fusion , 2014, 035007
2014J. Hurst, F. Haas, G. Manfredi and P. Hervieux: High-harmonic generation by nonlinear resonant excitation of surface plasmon modes in metallic nanoparticles. In: Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Comm.) , 2014, 16111111R
2014José Tito Mendonça, Fernando Haas and Antoine Bret: Influence of flavor oscillations on neutrino beam instabilities. In: Phys. Plasmas, 2014, 092117
2014Shahzad Mahmood and Fernando Haas: Ion-acoustic cnoidal waves in a quantum plasma.. In: Phys. Plasmas , 2014, 102308
2014S. Ghosh, N. Chakrabarti and F. Haas: New nonlinear structures in a degenerate one-dimensional electron gas. In: Europhys. Lett. , 2014, 30006
2014Michael McKerr, Fernando Haas and Ioannis Kourakis: Relativistic theory for localized electrostatic excitations in degenerate electron-ion plasmas. In: Phys. Rev. E , 2014, 033112
2014Bengt Eliasson and Fernando Haas: The trapping and instability of directional gravity waves in localized water currents. In: Phys. Rev. E, 2014, 063014
2013Fernando Haas and José Tito Mendonça Exact solution to neutrino-plasma two-flavor dynamics. In: J. Plasma Phys. , 2013, 991
2013José Tito Mendonça and Fernando Haas: Neutrino oscillations in a turbulent plasma.. In: Phys. Plasmas , 2013, 072107
2013F. Haas, J. M. F. Bassalo, D. G. Silva, A. B. Nassar and M. Cattani Time-dependent Gaussian solution for the Kostin equation around classical trajectories. In: Int. J. Theor. Phys. , 2013, 88
2013Giovanni Manfredi, Paul-Antoine Hervieux and Fernando Haas: Variational approach to the time-dependent Schrödinger-Newton equations. In: Classical and Quantum Gravity , 2013, 075006
2013Fernando Haas: Wave dispersion derived from the square-root Klein-Gordon-Poisson system. In: J. Plasma Phys. , 2013, 371
2012Giovanni Manfredi, Paul-Antoine Hervieux and Fernando Haas: Nonlinear dynamics of electron-positron clusters. In: New J. Phys. , 2012, 075012
2012Fernando Haas, Bengt Eliasson and Padma Kant Shukla: Negative energy waves and quantum relativistic Buneman instabilities. In: Phys. Rev. E, 2012, 036406
2012Fernando Haas, Antoine Bret: Nonlinear low-frequency collisional quantum Buneman instability. In: Europhysics Letters, 2012, 26001
2012Antoine Bret, Fernando Haas: Quantum effects in beam-plasma instabilities. In: P. K. Shukla, J. T. Mendon ca, B. Eliasson and D. Resendes, AIP Conference Proceedings v. 1421, p. 156 (2012). International Topical Conference on Plasma Science: Strongly Coupled Ultra-cold and Quantum Plasmas, Lisbon, Portugal 12-14 September 2011.. American Institute of Physics, 2012. 156
2012Fernando Haas, Bengt Eliasson, Padma Kant Shukla: Relativistic Klein-Gordon-Maxwell multistream model for quantum plasmas. In: Physical Review E, 2012, 056411
2012Fernando Haas: Variational method for the three-dimensional many-electron dynamics of semi- conductor quantum wells. In: P. K. Shukla, J. T. Mendon ca, B. Eliasson and D. Resendes AIP Conference Proceedings v. 1421, p. 100 (2012). International Topical Conference on Plasma Science: Strongly Coupled Ultra-cold and Quantum Plasmas, Lisbon, Portugal 12-14 September 2011. American Institute of Physics, 2012. 100
2011Fernando Haas: An introduction to quantum plasmas. In: Brazilian Journal of Physics, 2011, 349
2011Fernando Haas: Comment on 'Dynamical systems and Poisson structures' [M. Gurses, G. Sh. Guseinov and K. Zheltukhin, J. Math. Phys. v. 50, p. 112703 (2009)].. In: Journal of Mathematical Physics, 2011, 124101
2011Antoine Bret, Fernando Haas: Quantum kinetic theory of the filamentation instability. In: Physics of Plasmas, 2011, 072108
2011Fernando Haas: Quantum plasmas, an hydrodynamic approach. Springer, 2011
2011R. Fedele, B. Eliasson, F. Haas, P. K. Shukla, D. Jovanovic and S. de Nicola: Soliton solutions of the 3D Gross-Pitaevskii equation by a potential control method.. In: B. Eliasson and P. K. Shukla., AIP Conference Proceedings v. 1306, p. 61. In: New Frontiers in Advanced Plasma Physics: Proceedings of the 2010 ICTP International Advanced Workshop on the Frontiers of Plasma Physics, Trieste, Italy 5-16 July 2010.. American Institute of Physics 2011. 61
2010Antoine Bret, Fernando Haas: Connection between the two branches of the quantum two-stream instability across the k space. In: Physics of Plasmas, 2010, 052101
2010Martin Stefan, Gert Brodin, Fernando Haas and Mattias Marklund: Effects of the electron spin on the nonlinear generation of quasi-static magnetic fields in a plasma. In: J. Plasma Phys. , 2010, 865
2010Fernando Haas, Jens Zamanian, Mattias Marklund and Gert Brodin: Fluid moment hierarchy equations derived from gauge invariant quantum kinetic theory. In: New J. Phys. , 2010, 073027
2010Fernando Haas, Mattias Marklund, Gert Brodin, Jens Zamanian: Fluid moment hierarchy equations derived from quantum kinetic theory. In: Phys Lett A, 2010, 374
2010Fernando Haas: On quantum plasma kinetic equations with a Bohmian force. In: J Plasma Phys, 2010, 389
2010Amar Prasad Misra, Santo Banerjee, Fernando Haas, Padma Kant Shukla, Leonardo Paulo Guimaraes de Assis: Temporal dynamics in the one-dimensional quantum Zakharov equations for plasmas. In: Phys. Plasmas [selected for Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science vol. 9, issue 4, section High Energy Physics], 2010, 032307
2010Fernando Haas: The damped Pinney equation and its applications to dissipative quantum mechanics. . In: Physica Scripta , 2010, 025004-1-025004-7
2009Fernando Haas, Padma Kant Shukla: Article selected for the Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science: Quantum and classical dynamics of Langmuir wave packets (Phys. Rev. E v. 79, p. 066402 (2009)).. In: Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science, v. 8, issue 7, July 2009. , 2009,
2009Fernando Haas, Giovanni Manfredi, Padma Kant Shukla, Paul Antoine Hervieux: Breather mode in the many-electron dynamics of semiconductor quantum wells. In: Physical Review B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2009, 073301-1-073301-4
2009Fernando Haas, Padma Kant Shukla and Bengt Eliasson: Nonlinear saturation of the Weibel instability in a dense Fermi plasma. In: Journal of Plasma Physics , 2009, 251-258
2009Fernando Haas, Antoine Claude Bret, Padma Kant Shukla: Physical interpretation of the quantum two-stream instability.. In: Physical Review E, 2009, 066407-1-066407-5
2009Fernando Haas Padma Kant Shukla: Quantum and classical dynamics of Langmuir wave packets. In: Physical Review E, 2009, 066402-1-066402-9
2009Fernando Haas, Padma Kant Shukla: Translating oscillatory sctructure in a plasma boundary. . In: Physics of Plasmas, 2009, 092107-1-092107-7
2008Fernando Haas and Marian Lazar: Macroscopic description for the quantum Weibel instability. In: Physical Review E , 2008, 046404-1-046404-6
2008Fernando Haas and Padma Kant Shukla: Nonlinear stationary solutions of the Wigner and Wigner-Poisson equations. In: Physics of Plasmas, 2008, 112302-1-112302-6
2008Fernando Haas and Padma Kant Shukla: Nonlinear structure of a current-carrying collisional dusty plasma. In: Physics of Plasmas, 2008, 093702-1-093702-6
2008Refaat Sabry, Waleed Moslem, Fernando Haas, Shahid Ali and Padma Kant Shukla: Nonlinear structures: explosive, soliton and shock in a quantum electron-positron-ion magnetoplasma. In: Physics of Plasmas, 2008, 112308-1-112308-7
2008Fernando Haas, Bengt Eliasson, Padma Kant Shukla and Giovanni Manfredi: Phase-space structures in quantum-plasma wave turbulence . In: Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids and Related Interdisciplinary Topics, 2008, 056407-1-056407-7
2008Fernando Haas: Quantum Weibel instability. In: Physics of Plasmas , 2008, 022104-1-022104-7
2007Fernando Haas: Variational approach for the quantum Zakharov system. In: Physics of Plasmas , 2007, 042309-1-042309-6