STAVROS THEODORAKIS

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Contact Information

Email: stavrost@ucy.ac.cy

Address:
Department of Physics
University Campus
Office Number: B240 Building: ΘΕΕ 02
Phone Number: 22892841
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Profile

Studies
B.Sc. in Mathematical Physics, University of Sussex (U.K.), 1981.
M.Sc. in Theoretical Physics, Stanford University (California, U.S.A.), 1983.
Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics, Stanford University (California, U.S.A.), 1986.

Positions
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Reed College (Oregon, U.S.A.), 1986-1988.
Associate Research Scientist, Dept. of Physics, Johns Hopkins University (Maryland, U.S.A.), 1988-1990.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Stanford University (California, U.S.A.), 1990-1992.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, University of Cyprus, 1992-.


Research Interests

Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics (phenomenology of superfluid 3He, phenomenology of high Tc superconductors, Bose-Einstein condensates); Nonlinear Physics (pattern selection and front propagation in phase transitions).


Selected Publications

1. Oscillations of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a rapidly contracting circular box, by Stavros Theodorakis and Christina Psaroudaki, Physics Letters A 373 (2009) p. 441-447.
2. Evolution of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a rapidly expanding circular box, by Stavros Theodorakis and Yiannis Constantinou, Physical Review E 76 (2007) 036205.
3. Piecewise analytic approximation for Bose-Einstein condensates in isotropic harmonic traps, by Stavros Theodorakis, Physical Review A 70 (2004) 063619.
4. Speed selection mechanism for propagating fronts in reaction-diffusion systems with multiple fields, by Stavros Theodorakis and Epameinondas Leontidis, Physical Review E 65 (2002) 026122.
5. Certain similarities between the evolution of cooperation and phase transitions in Physics, by Stavros Theodorakis, Systems Research and Behavioral Science 18 (2001) p. 63-67.
6. Emergence of approximate translation invariance in finite intervals as a speed selection mechanism for propagating fronts, by Stavros Theodorakis and Epameinondas Leontidis, Physical Review E 62 (2000) p. 7802-7806.
7. Analytic solutions for the evolution of domain walls, by Stavros Theodorakis, Physical Review D 60 (1999) 125004.
8. Proximity effect through higher derivatives in superconducting filaments, by Stavros Theodorakis, Physical Review B 59 (1999) p. 9522-9526.
9. Phenomenological model for organic superconductors, by Stavros Theodorakis, Physical Review B 57 (1998) p. 3635-3639.
10. Undulating vortices in layered superconductors, by Stavros Theodorakis and Abdel Mouneim Ettouhami, Physical Review B 51 (1995) p. 11664-11668.
11. Theory of vortices in weakly Josephson coupled layered superconductors, by Stavros Theodorakis, Physical Review B 42 (1990) p. 10172-10177.
12. Heavy family masses: analytic results, by S. Dimopoulos and S. Theodorakis, Physics Letters B 154 (1985) p. 153-158.



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