Saeed Rastgoo
Personal Website: https://www.srastgoo.com
Contact
ATS Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Science - Physics
- srastgoo@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Classical Gravity Quantum Gravity Black Holes Cosmology Problem of Time Quantum Spacetime Properties and Emergence
Courses
MATH 102 - Applied Linear Algebra
Vectors and matrices, solution of linear equations, equations of lines and planes, determinants, matrix algebra, orthogonality and applications (Gram-Schmidt), eigenvalues and eigenvectors and applications, complex numbers. Prerequisite or corequisite: MATH 100. Notes: (1) Credit can be obtained in at most one of MATH 102, 125, or 127. (2) Students in all sections of this course will write a common final examination. (3) Restricted to Engineering students. Non-Engineering students who take this course will receive 3 units.
MATH 125 - Linear Algebra I
Systems of linear equations. Vectors in n-space, vector equations of lines and planes. Matrix algebra, inverses and invertibility. Introduction to linear transformations. Subspaces of n-space. Determinants. Introduction to eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Complex numbers. Dot product, cross product and orthogonality. Applications in a variety of fields. Prerequisite: Mathematics 30-1. Note: Credit can be obtained in at most one of MATH 102, 125 or 127.
MATH 146 - Calculus for the Mathematical and Physical Sciences II
Techniques and applications of integration. Improper integrals. Introduction to differential equations. Partial differentiation. Applications in the context of the physical sciences. Prerequisite: One of MATH 100, 113, 114, 117, 134, 144 or 154. Note: Credit can be obtained in at most one of MATH 101, 115, 118, 136, 146, 156 or SCI 100.
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 512 - Advanced Quantum Mechanics II
Time-dependent scattering theory; relativistic quantum mechanics; Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations; introduction to quantum field theory.
Featured Publications
Gingrich, Douglas M., Rastgoo, Saeed
Phys.Rev.D. 2025 May; 10.1103/PhysRevD.111.104017
Federica Fragomeno, Douglas M. Gingrich, Samantha Hergott, Saeed Rastgoo, Evan Vienneau
Physical Review D. 2025 January; 10.1103/PhysRevD.111.024048
Diego Montalvo, Adam Smith-Orlik, Saeed Rastgoo, Laura Sagunski, Niklas Becker, Hazkeel Khan
Universe. 2024 November; 10.3390/universe10110427
Bosso, Pasquale, Obregón, Octavio, Rastgoo, Saeed, Yupanqui, Wilfredo
Class.Quant.Grav.. 2024 June; 10.1088/1361-6382/ad4fd7
Garcia-Chung, Angel, Carney, Matthew F., Mertens, James B., Parvizi, Aliasghar, Rastgoo, Saeed, Tavakoli, Yaser
Class.Quant.Grav.. 2023 December; 10.1088/1361-6382/ad0db1
Samantha Hergott, Viqar Husain, Saeed Rastgoo
Physical Review D. 2022 August; 10.1103/PhysRevD.106.046012
Rastgoo, Saeed, Das, Saurya
Universe. 2022 June; 10.3390/universe8070349
Becker, Niklas, Sagunski, Laura, Prinz, Lukas, Rastgoo, Saeed
Phys.Rev.D. 2022 March; 10.1103/PhysRevD.105.063029
Blanchette, Keagan, Das, Saurya, Rastgoo, Saeed
JHEP. 2021 September; 10.1007/JHEP09(2021)062
Bosso, Pasquale, Obregón, Octavio, Rastgoo, Saeed, Yupanqui, Wilfredo
Class.Quant.Grav.. 2021 June; 10.1088/1361-6382/ac025f
Keagan Blanchette, Saurya Das, Samantha Hergott, Saeed Rastgoo
Physical Review D. 2021 April; 10.1103/PhysRevD.103.084038
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