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Assistant Professor
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The Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics Division
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+30 2610 997478
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anastop@physics.upatras.gr
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Courses

6th Semester
  • Quantum Physics II

    • Short Bio

    Α. Education

    1992: B.Sc. in Physics, University of Patras, Greece.
    1993: M.Sc. in “Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces”, Imperial College, London.
    1996: Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics, Imperial College, London. Supervisor: J. J. Halliwell

    Β. Research/Professional Career

    1996-1997: Postdoctoral Research at Imperial College.
    1997-1998: Postdoctoral Researcher  at the Department of Fundamental Physics, University of Barcelona. (Funded by the goverment of Catalunya)
    1998-2001: Postdoctoral Researcher at Gravity Theory group, University of Maryland. (Funded by NSF and the Onassis Foundation).
    2001-2003: Postdoctoral Researcher at Spinoza Institut, Utrecht University, Netherlands. (Funded by a Marie Curie Fellowship of the European Commission.)
    2004-10: Postdoctoral Researcher at Department of Physics, University of Patras. (Funded by A Marie Curie Reintegrtion grant, a Empirikion Foundtion Fellowship, and a Pythagoras II grant).
    2008-13: Teaching in Technical Institute of Patras, Department of Optics and Optometry.
    2010: Elected lecturer at Department of Physics, University of Patras.

    C. Research Interests

    • Gravity Theory. Thermodynamics of gravitating systems and black holes, quantum effects in non-inertial reference frames, gravitational quantum physics.
    • Quantum Gravity. Time in quantum mechanics, quantum measurement theory for temporal observables. quantum correlations, emergence of irreversibility and of the classical world in quantum systems.
    • Quantum Information. Open quantum systems, entanglement dynamics, relativistic quantum information.

    D. Research

    • 51 publications in journals, single author in 18.
    • 7 publications in conference proceedings.
    • 2 papers [Class. Quant. Grav. 25, 154003, 2008 , Class. Quant. Grav. 30, 165007, 2013] selected among highlights of the year by the journal.
    • Author of “Particle or Wave: The Evolution of the Concept of Matter in Modern Physics” (Princeton University Press, 2008).  The book was a selection of the Scientific Americal Book Club.
    Research Activities
    1. C. Anastopoulos and J. J. Halliwell, Generalised Uncertainty Relations and Long Time Limits for Quantum Brownian Motion Models, Phys. Rev. D51, 6870, 1995
    2. C. Anastopoulos, Decoherence and Classical Predictability of Phase Space Histories, Phys. Rev. E53, 4711, 1996
    3. C. Anastopoulos, Quantum Theory of Nonrelativistic Particles Interacting with Gravity, Phys. Rev. D54, 1600, 1996
    4. C. Anastopoulos, Coarse Grainings and Irreversibility in Quantum Field Theory, Phys. Rev. D56, 1009, 1997
    5. C. Anastopoulos, N-particle Sector of Field Theory as a Quantum Open System, Phys. Rev. D56, 6702, 1997
    6. C. Anastopoulos and A. Zoupas, Non–Equilibrium Quantum Electrodynamics, Phys. Rev. D58, 105006, 1998
    7. C. Anastopoulos, Preferred Consistent History Sets, Int. J. Theor. Phys. 37, 2261, 1998
    8. C. Anastopoulos, Classical Limits of Quantum Field Theories, Int. J. Theor. Phys. 38, 2721, 1999
    9. C. Anastopoulos, Information Measures and Classicality in Quantum Mechanics, Phys. Rev. D59, 045001, 1999
    10. N. Savvidou and C. Anastopoulos, History Quantisation of Parameterised Systems Development of a General Algorithm, Class. Quant. Grav. 17, 2463, 2000
    11. C. Anastopoulos, Quantum Fields in Non-Static Background: α Histories Perspective, J. Math. Phys. 41, 617, 2000
    12. C. Anastopoulos and B. L. Hu, Two-level Atom-Field Interaction: Exact Master Equation for Non-Markovian Dynamics, Decoherence and Relaxation, Phys. Rev. A62, 033821, 2000
    13. C. Anastopoulos, Continuous-time Histories: Observables, Probabilities, Phase Space Structure and the Classical Limit, , J. Math. Phys. 42, 3225, 2001
    14. C. Anastopoulos, Quantum Correlation Functions and the Classical Limit, Phys. Rev. D63, 125024, 2001
    15. C. Anastopoulos, Quantum Theory without Hilbert Spaces, Found. Phys. 31, 2545, 2001
    16. C. Anastopoulos, Frequently Asked Questions about Decoherence, Int. J. Theor. Phys. 41, 1573, 2002
    17. C. Anastopoulos and N. Savvidou, Quantum Mechanical Histories and the Berry Phase, Int. J. Theor. Phys. 41, 529, 2002
    18. C. Anastopoulos, Quantum Processes on Phase Space, Ann. Phys. 303, 273, 2003
    19. C. Anastopoulos, Quantum Vs.Stochastic Processes and the Role of Complex Numbers, Int. J. Theor. Phys. 42, 1229, 2003
    20. C. Anastopoulos and N. Savvidou, Role of Phase Space Geometry in Heisenberg Uncertainty Relations, Ann. Phys. 308, 329, 2003
    21. C. Anastopoulos, Coherent States of Spinning Relativistic Particles, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 37, 8619, 2004
    22. C. Anastopoulos, On the Relation Between Quantum Mechanical Probabilities and Event Frequencies, Ann. Phys. 313, 368, 2004
    23. C. Anastopoulos, Spin-Statistics Theorem and Geometric Quantization, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 19, 655, 2004
    24. C. Anastopoulos and N. Savvidou, History Minisuperspace Models, Class. Quant. Grav. 22, 1841, 2005
    25. S. Shresta, C. Anastopoulos A. Dragulescu and B.L.Hu, Non-Markovian qubit dynamics in a thermal field bath: Relaxation, decoherence, and Entanglement, Phys. Rev. A71, 022109, 2005
    26. C. Anastopoulos, Quantum Probabilities Vs. Event Frequencies, Braz. J. Phys. 35, 503, 2005
    27. C. Anastopoulos, Classical versus Quantum Probability in Sequential Measurements, Found. Phys. 36, 1601, 2006
    28. C. Anastopoulos, Some Remarks on the Role of Complex Numbers in Quantum Theory, Int. J. Theor. Phys. 45, 1483, 2006
    29. C. Anastopoulos and N. Savvidou, Time-of-Arrival Probabilities and Quantum Measurements, J. Math. Phys. 47, 122106, 2006
    30. C. Anastopoulos and B. L. Hu, Decoherence in Quantum Gravity: Issues and Critiques, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 67, 012012, 2007
    31. C. Anastopoulos and N. Savvidou, Quantum probabilities for time-extended Alternatives, J. Math. Phys. 48, 032106, 2007
    32. C. Anastopoulos and B. L. Hu, Intrinsic and Fundamental Decoherence: Issues and Problems, Class. Quant. Grav. 25, 154003, 2008
    33. C. Anastopoulos and N. Savvidou, Time-of-Arrival Probabilities and Quantum Measurements: II Application to tunnelling times, J. Math. Phys. 49, 022101 , 2008
    34. C. Anastopoulos, Time-of-Arrival Probabilities and Quantum Measurements: III Decay of unstable states, J. Math. Phys. 49, 022103, 2008
    35. C. Anastopoulos, Gravitational Backreaction in Cosmological Spacetimes, Phys. Rev. D79, 084029, 2009
    36. C. Anastopoulos, S. Shresta and B. L. Hu, Non-Markovian Entanglement Dynamics of Two Qubits Interacting with a Common Electromagnetic Field, Q. Inf. Proc. 8, 549, 2009
    37. C. Anastopoulos, S. Kechribaris and D. Mylonas, Generalized Uncertainty Relations and Entanglement Dynamics in Quantum Brownian Motion Models, Phys. Rev. A82, 042119, 2010
    38. C. Fleming, N. Cummings, C.Anastopoulos and B. L. Hu, The Rotating-Wave Approximation: Consistency and Applicability from an Open Quantum System Analysis, J. Phys A: Math. Theor. 43, 405304, 2010
    39. C. Anastopoulos and N. Savvidou, Consistent Thermodynamics for Spin Echoes, Phys. Rev. E83, 021118, 2011
    40. C. Anastopoulos and N. Savvidou, Coherences of Accelerated Detectors and the Local Character of the Unruh Effect, J. Math. Phys. 53, 012107, 2012
    41. C. Anastopoulos and N. Savvidou, Entropy of Singularities in Self-Gravitating Radiation, Class. Quant. Grav. 29, 025004, 2012
    42. C. Fleming, N. Cummings, C.Anastopoulos and B. L. Hu, Non-Markovian Dynamics and Entanglement of Two-Level Atoms in a Common Field, J. Phys A: Math. Theor. 45, 065301, 2012
    43. C. Anastopoulos and N. Savvidou, Time-of-Arrival Probabilities for General Particle Detectors , Phys. Rev. A86, 012111, 2012
    44. C. Anastopoulos and B. L. Hu, A Master Equation for Gravitational Decoherence: Probing the Textures of Spacetime , Class. Quant. Grav. 30, 165007, 2013
    45. C. Anastopoulos and N. Savvidou, Quantum Temporal Probabilities in Tunneling Systems , Ann. Phys. 336, 281, 2013
    46. C. Anastopoulos and B. L. Hu, Problems with the Newton-Schrodinger equation, New J. Phys. 16, 085007, 2014
    47. C. Anastopoulos and N. Savvidou, Real-time particle-detection probabilities in accelerated macroscopic detectors, Gen. Rel. Grav. 47, 1842, 2014
    48. N. Savvidou and C. Anastopoulos, The thermodynamics of self-gravitating systems in equilibrium is holographic, Class. Quant. Grav. 31, 055003, 2014
    49. C. Anastopoulos and B. L. Hu, Probing a Gravitational Cat State, Class. Quant. Grav. 32, 165022, 2015
    50. M. Derakshani, C. Anastopoulos and B. L. Hu, Probing a Gravitational Cat State: Experimental Possibilities, J. Phys: Conf. Ser. 701, 012015, 2016
    51. C. Anastopoulos and N. Savvidou, The thermodynamics of a black hole in equilibrium implies the breakdown of Einstein equations on a macroscopic near-horizon shell, JHEP 2016, 144, 2016
    52. D. Moustos and C. Anastopoulos, Non-Markovian time evolution of an accelerated qubit, Phys. Rev D95, 025020 , 2017
    53. C. Anastopoulos and N. Savvidou, Path of a Tunneling Particle, Phys Rev. A95 , 052120, 2017
    54. C. Anastopoulos and N. Savvidou, Time-of-Arrival Correlations, Phys. Rev. A95, 032105 , 2017
    55. C. Anastopoulos and B. L. Hu, Equivalence Principle for Quantum Systems: Dephasing and Phase Shift of Free-Falling Particles, Class. Quant. Grav. 35, 035011, 2018
    56. C. Anastopoulos, Decays of Unstable Quantum States, Int. J. Theor. Phys. 58 , 890 , 2019
    57. C. Anastopoulos and N. Savvidou, Time of Arrival and Localization of Relativistic Particles, J. Math. Phys. 60, 032301, 2019
    58. C. Anastopoulos and N. Savvidou, Multi-Time Measurements in Hawking Radiation: Information at Higher-Order Correlations, Class. Quant. Grav. 37, 025015, 2020