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Sergio Davis Irarrázabal

Investigador

COMISION CHILENA DE ENERGIA NUCLEAR

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Statistical Mechanics; Computer Simulation; Plasma Physics, High-Pressure Physics; Condensed Matter Physics: classical and ab initio molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo methods, development of computer algorithms.

Educación

  •  Ph. D. in Applied Materials Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). Suecia, 2009
  •  B. S. Applied Physics, Universidad de Santiago. Chile, 2003

Experiencia Académica

  •   Postdoctoral Research Associate Full Time

    Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile

    Facultad de Ciencias

    Santiago, Chile

    2009 - 2011

  •   Instructor Full Time

    Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile

    Facultad de Ciencias

    Santiago, Chile

    2011 - 2015

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Software design and programming

    Codelco

    Rancagua, Chile

    2004 - 2005

Formación de Capital Humano


Advisor of Master thesis, Yasmín Navarrete Diaz
Co-advisor Ph. D. thesis, Felipe González Cataldo
Advisor Ph. D. thesis, Diego González Diaz


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Primera Promoción Ingeniería Fisica

    UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE

    Chile, 2003

    Primera promoción Ingeniería Fisica


 

Article (69)

A portable and flexible implementation of the Wang-Landau algorithm in order to determine the density of states
Fluctuating temperature outside superstatistics: thermodynamics of small systems.
Nonequilibrium, highly inhomogeneous melting in the microcanonical ensemble
Temperature in magnetic systems: evolution towards thermal equilibrium by spin dynamics simulation
A general statistical model for waiting times until collapse of a system
A model for defect formation in materials exposed to radiation
Fluctuation theorems in q-canonical ensembles
Hyper-radiosensitivity in tumor cells following exposure to low dose pulsed x-rays emitted from a kilojoule plasma focus device
Microcanonical potential energy fluctuations and configurational density of states for nanoscale systems
Multiple metastable states in an off-lattice Potts model
Computational statistical mechanics of a confined, three-dimensional Coulomb gas
Conditional maximum entropy and superstatistics
Experimental measurements of high-energy photons in X-rays pulses emitted from a hundred joules plasma focus device and its interpretations
Inference of X-Ray Emission From a Plasma Focus Discharge: Comparison Between Characteristic Parameters and Neural Network Analyses
On the possible distributions of temperature in nonequilibrium steady states
Solving Equations of Motion by Using Monte Carlo Metropolis: Novel Method Via Random Paths Sampling and the Maximum Caliber Principle
Bayesian statistical modeling of microcanonical melting times at the superheated regime
Extended correlations in the critical superheated solid
Hard X-Ray Emission Detection Using Deep Learning Analysis of the Radiated UHF Electromagnetic Signal From a Plasma Focus Discharge
Single-particle velocity distributions of collisionless, steady-state plasmas must follow superstatistics
Configurational temperature in constrained systems=> The case of spin dynamics
Deterministic physical systems under uncertain initial conditions: the case of maximum entropy applied to projectile motion
Ordered metastable states in the Potts model and their connection with the superheated solid state
Temperature is not an observable in superstatistics
Hundred joules plasma focus device as a potential pulsed source for in vitro cancer cell irradiation
Microcanonical molecular dynamics simulation of the vitreous phase transition of poly(binaphthylphosphazene)
Observation and interpretation of neutron origin prior to hard X rays and pinch in a hundred joules plasma focus device
Stabilization of body-centred cubic iron under inner-core conditions
Ti film deposition process of a plasma focus: Study by an experimental design
A Bayesian Interpretation of First-Order Phase Transitions
Applications of the divergence theorem in Bayesian inference and MaxEnt
Continuity equation for probability as a requirement of inference over paths
Ensemble-free configurational temperature for spin systems
Functional identities in Superstatistics
Inverse temperature in Superstatistics
Liouville's Theorem from the Principle of Maximum Caliber in Phase Space
Melting curve of SiO2 at multimegabar pressures: implications for gas giants and super-Earths.
Temperature estimators in computer simulation
The Maximum Caliber principle applied to continuous systems
Z method calculations to determine the melting curve of silica at high pressures
A GPU enhanced approach to identify atomic vacancies in solid materials
Hamiltonian formalism and path entropy maximization
Statistical distribution of thermal vacancies close to the melting point
A maximum entropy model for opinions in social groups
Fitting of interatomic potentials without forces: A parallel particle swarm optimization algorithm
Newtonian Dynamics from the Principle of Maximum Caliber
Bayesian inference as a tool for analysis of first-principles calculations of complex materials: an application to the melting point of Ti2GaN
Hypervelocity impact of copper nano-projectiles on copper
Conjugate variables in continuous maximum-entropy inference
Calculation of microcanonical entropy differences from configurational averages
Model for diffusion at the microcanonical superheating limit from atomistic computer simulations
Structural, elastic, vibrational and electronic properties of amorphous Al 2O 3 from ab initio calculations
Structural, elastic, vibrational and electronic properties of amorphous Al2O3 from ab initio calculations
Computer simulation study of amorphous compounds: structural and vibrational properties
Las Palmeras Molecular Dynamics: A flexible and modular molecular dynamics code
Molecular dynamics simulation of zirconia melting
Onset of failure in argon by the effect of a shockwave: A molecular dynamics study
SearchFill: A stochastic optimization code for detecting atomic vacancies in crystalline and non-crystalline systems
Molecular dynamics simulation of zirconia melting
High-pressure melting curve of hydrogen
High-pressure melting curve of hydrogen
Origin of the Low Rigidity of the Earth's Inner Core
Origin of the Low Rigidity of the Earth's Inner Core
Properties of the fcc Lennard-Jones crystal model at the limit of superheating
Properties of the fcc Lennard-Jones crystal model at the limit of superheating
Solitonic elliptical solutions in the classical XY-model
Xenon melting: Density functional theory versus diamond anvil cell experiments
Xenon melting: Density functional theory versus diamond anvil cell experiments
Dynamic properties of a classical anisotropic Heisenberg chain under external magnetic field

ConferencePaper (2)

Estimation of Tsallis' q-index in Non-extensive Systems
Maximum entropy reconstruction of the configurational density of states from microcanonical simulations

Proyecto (4)

Plasma Physics and Pulsed Power for Energy and Life=> Effects and Applications in Living Matter and Materials
Maximum Entropy and Maximum Caliber Principles in Computational Statistical Mechanics=> From Fundamentals to Applications
FIRST-ORDER PHASE TRANSITIONS AND METASTABLE STATES FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICAL MECHANICS
STUDY OF MELTING OF SOLIDS USING ATOMISTIC COMPUTER SIMULATION TECHNIQUES
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Sergio Davis

Investigador

Departamento de Ciencias Nucleares

COMISION CHILENA DE ENERGIA NUCLEAR

Santiago, Chile

16
Gonzalo Gutierrez

Associate Professor

Fisica

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

7
Gonzalo Avaria

Investigador

Ciencias Nucleares

COMISIÓN CHILENA DE ENERGÍA NUCLEAR

Santiago, Chile

7
Leopoldo Soto

Head of the Plasma Physics and Nuclear Fusion Laboratory

Thermonuclear Plasma Department

Comisión Chilena de Energia Nuclear

Santiago, Chile

6
Jalaj Jain

Researcher

P2MC

Chilean Nuclear Energy COmmission

Santiago, Chile

6
Joaquin Peralta

Profesor Asistente

Física

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

6
Biswajit Bora

Investigador

Departamento de Ciencias Nucleares

comision chilena de energia nuclear

Santiago, Chile

5
Diego González

Jefe Proyectos

Itau

Santiago, Chile

5
Cristian Pavez

Researcher

Nuclear Sciences Department

COMISIÓN CHILENA DE ENERGÍA NUCLEAR

Santiago, Chile

3
José Moreno

Investigador

Ciencias Nucleares

COMISIÓN CHILENA DE ENERGÍA NUCLEAR

Santiago, Chile

2
Jorge Ardila

Profesor Auxiliar

UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

santiago de chile, ñuñoa, Chile

2
María José Inestrosa

Investigador

Centro de Materiales para la Transición y Sostenibilidad Energética

COMISION CHILENA DE ENERGIA NUCLEAR

Santiago, Chile

1
Eduardo Menendez

Associate Professor

Physics Department

DPTO DE FISICA, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Ricardo Armisen

Associate Professor

Centro de Genética y Genómica

Universidad del Desarrollo

Santiago, Chile

1
José Rogan

PROFESOR TITULAR

FISICA

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Roger Schurch

Assistant Professor

Electrical Engineering

UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Katherine Marcelain

Profesora Asociada

Oncología Básico Clínica

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, FACULTAD DE MEDICINA

Santiago, Chile