Samuel Kováčik

Contact Information

Office number: F2 - 137
Email: samuel.kovacik(you know what)fmph.uniba.sk

Research interests

I'm interested in various aspects of physics of quantum space and various models related to it. From the M-theory (numerical simulations), through noncommutative physics (fuzzy spaces mostly) to phenomenological aspects (regular black holes and modification of vacuum dispersion). List of my papers can be found here, here is our recent poster here.

Teaching

Theoretical physics
Two semester class for pedagogical combination physics/mathematics and physics/informatics. We cover most important topics of classical and modern physics from a slightly more mathematical that is common for students of pedagogics. Preliminary and auxiliary notes can be found here.

Selected topics in statistical physics
This is something like Statistical physics and thermodynamics 2. We go beyond the level of undergraduate class in most important topic of statistical physics (partition function, phase transitions, out-of-equilibrium systems) and try to connect to other areas of physics and math (Bayesian statistics, basics of information theory, Monte Carlo methods). Preliminary and auxiliary notes can be found here.

Supervising

I'm mostly interested in physics of quantum space and hope some students will be too. I usually announce some thesis topics but also, I' generally happy to discuss it with a potential candidate and come up with something new. It should concert numerical/analytical study of some models of physics in quantum space, behaviour of small black holes, random matrix models and so on. Nothing too fancy, but with some hope of being publishable later on. Basic introduction to QM for students before taking the course and interested in quantum space is here. Some supervised works:


• Quantum gravity phenomenology
• Entropická sila
• Behaviour of microscopic black holes