Department of Physics
Gerardo Muñoz
Title: Professor of Physics
Office: McL 23
Phone: (559) 278-4131
Fax: (559) 278-7741
Email: gerardom@csufresno.edu
Spring 2021 Office Hours:
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday and Wednesday | 4 to 5 PM |
| Thursday | 4:30 to 5:30 PM |
Spring 2021 Classes:
| Class | Time | Day(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHYS 220B | 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM | T/Th | Virtual |
| PHYS 222A | 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM | M/W | Virtual |
| PHYS 272 | ARR | Virtual | |
| PHYS 290 | ARR | Virtual |
Academics
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Areas of Expertise and Interest
My research involves mainly quantum field theory, gravitation, and cosmology.
Recent projects include:
1) stringy Born-Infeld electrodynamics - a way to measure the string coupling constant by
means of light-deflection observations.
2) Evaporation of quantum-corrected Reissner Nordstrom black holes.
3) Non-singular black holes - black holes with regular cores supported by nonlinear
EM fields.
4) Accelerated observers and non-thermal vacuum states.
5) loop quantum gravity cosmology.
Selected Publications
1. "Charged black hole horizons and QED effects", Johnathon Thompson and G.M., Phys. Rev. D 96, 064001 (2017).
2. “Orbits of massless particles in the Schwarzschild metric: Exact solutions”, G.M., Am. J. Phys. 82, 564 (2014).
3. “Field localization in a modified Randall-Sundrum brane model”, Triyanta, D. Singleton, P. Jones, and G. Muñoz, AIP Conference Proceedings 1617, 96 (2014).