Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Science - Physics
- rafernan@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Theoretical & Computational Astrophysics Transients & Compact Objects
About
1999 - 2003 BSc Pontificia Univ. Católica (Chile)
2004 - 2009 PhD University of Toronto (Canada)
2009 - 2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study (USA)
2013 - 2016 Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley (USA)
2016 - 2022 Assistant Professor, University of Alberta
2022 - Associate Professor, University of Alberta
Research
Courses
ASTRO 122 - Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies
The development of our understanding of the universe, including current models of stellar evolution and cosmology. Emphasis on understanding the physical processes underlying astronomical phenomena. Viewing experience will be available using the campus observatory. Prerequisites: Mathematics 30-1 and Physics 30. This course may not be taken for credit if credit has been obtained in ASTRO 101.
PHYS 230 - Electricity and Magnetism
Electric fields, Gauss' Law; electric potential; capacitance and dielectrics; electric current and resistance; magnetic fields, Ampere's Law; Faraday's Law; inductance; magnetic properties of matter. Prerequisites: PHYS 130 or 144 or 146, and MATH 100 or 114 or 117 or 144. Corequisite: MATH 101 or 115 or 118. Note: Restricted to Engineering students. Other students who take this course will receive 3 units. Credit can normally be obtained for only one of PHYS 181, 230, or 281.
PHYS 281 - Electricity and Magnetism
Electric fields; Gauss' law; electric potential; capacitance and dielectrics; electric current and resistance; DC circuits; magnetic fields; Ampere's Law; Faraday's Law; inductance; magnetic properties of matter, AC circuits; Maxwell's equations; electromagnetic waves. Prerequisite: one of PHYS 124, PHYS 144, or EN PH 131, and one of PHYS 126, PHYS 146, or PHYS 130. Corequisite: MATH 209 or 214 or 217 or equivalent. Credit may normally be obtained for only one of PHYS 181 or 230 or 281.