Professor of Physics
UMC
| Office: | 414 Physics Building |
| Phone: | 573-882-4838 |
| E-mail: | satpathys@missouri.edu |
| Webpage: | http://web.missouri.edu/~satpathys/ |
| Biographical Information: | Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 1982 |
Research Interests
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics: Electronic Structure and Magnetism in Solids
The principal focus of my research involves a theoretical description
of the physical phenomena in solids resulting from the fundamental behaviour
of the interacting electrons. A variety of computational and analytical tools
are employed, with some developed as needed. Methods such as the Density-Functional
Calculations, Exact Diagonalization Techniques, the Quantum Monte Carlo Methods,
and sometimes the diagramatic perturbation theory are used to obtain insights
into the physics of the real materials. Everyday tools in our study include
numerical methods such as the solution of differential equations, diagonalization
of large matrices, solution of the Euler-Lagrange problem, etc.
Some of our ongoing research topics include:
(iii) Semiconductor and Magnetic oxides interfaces
(iv) Photonic Band Gap materials
Selected Publications
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3. Z. Zhang and S. Satpathy, Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Periodic Structures: Bloch Wave Solution of the Maxwell's Equations, Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 2650 (1990).
4. Z. Zhang and S. Satpathy, Electron States, Magnetism, and the Verwey Transition in Magnetite, Phys. Rev. B 44, 13 319 (1991).
5. M. Springborg, S. Satpathy, N. Malinowski, U. Zimmermann, and T. P. Martin, Electronic Shell Structure and Relative Abundances of Cesium-Coated C60, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 1127 (1996).
6. S. Satpathy, Dynamical Jahn-Teller Effect, Double Exchange, and the Isotope Shift in the Manganites: A Toy Model, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 10, L501 (1998)
7. S. Pathak and S. Satpathy, Self-Trapped Magnetic Polaron: Exact Solution of a Continuum Model in One Dimension, Phys. Rev. B 63, 214413 (2001)
8. Z. Popovic and S. Satpathy, Origin of Charge-Orbital Order in the Half-Doped Manganites, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 197201 (2002)
9. S. Mishra and S. Satpathy, One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal: The Kronig-Penney Model, Phys. Rev. B 68, 045121 (2003)
10. H. Meskine, T. Saha-Dasgupta, and S. Satpathy, Is the self-trapped magnetic polaron energetically stable in the electron doped manganites?, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 056401 (2004)
11. Z. S. Popovic, S. Satpathy, and W. C. Mitchel, Electronic structure of the substitutional versus interstitial manganese in GaN, Phys. Rev. B (RC), 70, 161308 (2004)