Tuna Yildirim
Assistant Teaching Professor , Department of Physics
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Department of Physics PSF 417 Tempe, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 1504Campus: Tempe
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Education
- PhD in Theoretical/Mathematical Physics — December 2014 — The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA — PhD Advisor: Prof. Vincent Rodgers
- MS in Physics — December 2009 — The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- BS in Engineering Physics— June 2006 — Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Google Scholar URL
Research Interests
- Topological Field Theories
- Gauge theories in 2+1 dimensions
- Geometric Quantization
- Knot Theory
- Black Hole Near Horizon Physics
Publications
- "Electrostatic forces and higher order curvature terms of Young–Laplace equation on nanobubble stability in water"
Tuna Yildirim, Sudheera Yaparatne, John Graf, Sergi Garcia-Segura and Onur Apul
NPJ Clean Water (2022)5:18, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41545-022-00163-4
- “On Quantum Microstates in the Near Extremal, Near Horizon Kerr Geometry”
Ananda Guneratne, Leo Rodriguez, Sujeev Wickramasekara, Tuna Yildirim
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 698, 012010, 2016, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/698/1/012010, arXiv:1606.03341 [hep-th]
- “Chern-Simons Splitting of 2+1D Gauge Theories”
Tuna Yildirim
Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics, 93, 231-241, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1090/pspum/093/01556, arXiv:1506.08232 [math-ph]
- “Topologically Massive Yang-Mills Theory and Link Invariants”
Tuna Yildirim
Int. J. Mod. Phys. A, 30(7):1550034, 2015, https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0217751X15500347, arXiv:1311.1853 [hep-th]
- “Topologically Massive Yang-Mills Theory and Link Invariants”
Tuna Yildirim
2014, Ph.D. Thesis, The University of Iowa, ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1519/ , arXiv:1412.4310 [hep-th]
- “Chern-Simons Splitting of 2+1D Pure Yang-Mills Theory at Large Distances”
Tuna Yildirim
2014, arXiv:1410.8593 [hep-th]
- “Near-Extremal Kerr AdS2xS2 Solution and Black-Hole/Near-Horizion-CFT Duality”
Ananda Guneratne, Leo Rodriguez, Sujeev Wickramasekara, Tuna Yildirim
2012, arXiv: 1206.2261 [hep-th]
- “A Near Horizon CFT Dual of Kerr-Newman-AdS”
Bradly K. Button, Leo Rodriguez, Catherine A. Whiting and Tuna Yildirim
Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 26:3077-3090, 2011, https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0217751X11053663, arXiv:1009.1661 [hep-th]
- “Entropy and Temperature from Black-Hole/Near-Horizon-CFT Duality” Leo Rodriguez and Tuna Yildirim Class. Quantum Grav. 27 155003, 2010. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0264-9381/27/15/155003, arXiv:1003.0026 [hep-th]
Courses
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 111 | General Physics |
| PHY 113 | General Physics Laboratory |
| PHY 111 | General Physics |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 302 | Mathematical Mthds Physics II |
| PHY 314 | Quantum Physics I |
| PHY 598 | Special Topics |
| PHY 494 | Special Topics |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 131 | Univ Physics II: Elctrc/Magnet |
| PHY 201 | Math Methods Physics I |
| PHY 494 | Special Topics |
| PHY 598 | Special Topics |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 111 | General Physics |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 121 | Univ Physics I: Mechanics |
| PHY 131 | Univ Physics II: Elctrc/Magnet |
| PHY 314 | Quantum Physics I |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 131 | Univ Physics II: Elctrc/Magnet |
| PHY 121 | Univ Physics I: Mechanics |
| PHY 494 | Special Topics |
| PHY 598 | Special Topics |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 121 | Univ Physics I: Mechanics |
| PHY 131 | Univ Physics II: Elctrc/Magnet |
| PHY 314 | Quantum Physics I |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 150 | Physics I |
| PHY 131 | Univ Physics II: Elctrc/Magnet |
| PHY 121 | Univ Physics I: Mechanics |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 121 | Univ Physics I: Mechanics |
| PHY 112 | General Physics |
| PHY 494 | Special Topics |
| PHY 598 | Special Topics |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 131 | Univ Physics II: Elctrc/Magnet |
| PHY 121 | Univ Physics I: Mechanics |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 112 | General Physics |
| PHY 494 | Special Topics |
| PHY 598 | Special Topics |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 121 | Univ Physics I: Mechanics |
| PHY 121 | Univ Physics I: Mechanics |
| PHY 121 | Univ Physics I: Mechanics |
| PHY 121 | Univ Physics I: Mechanics |
2019 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 114 | General Physics Laboratory |
| PHY 114 | General Physics Laboratory |
2019 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 121 | Univ Physics I: Mechanics |
| PHY 121 | Univ Physics I: Mechanics |
Service
- Faculty Advisor - Scholars of Physical Mathematics at ASU (2023 - )
- Department of Physics – General Studies Course Committee Member (2022 - )
- Department of Physics – The Sundial Project – Early Start Program Faculty (2022 - )
- Department of Physics – Teaching Assistant Training (2022 - )
- Department of Physics – Lab Instructor Search Committee Member (2022)
- Department of Physics – Faculty Open Search Committee Member (2022-2023)
- Department of Physics – Teaching Faculty Search Committee Member (2023)
- Department of Physics – Lab Manual Author – PHY114, PHY132, PHY252 Manuals - (2020)