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Prof. Dr. Sibel BAŞKAL
Tel:	0 (312) 210 5092
Fax:	0 (312) 210 1281
Room:	309
e-mail:	baskal@newton.physics.metu.edu.tr
www:	http://www.physics.metu.edu.tr/~baskal/
Address:	Orta Dogu Teknik Üniversitesi Fizik Bolumu 06531 Ankara TURKIYE

Ph. D. METU

M. Sc. METU

B. Sc. METU

Main Interest

Manifestations of Wigner\'s little groups and of group contractions in optical sciences.

Problems in classical field theories such as sigma models, non-abelian gauge fields and general relativity with a particular focus on their symmetry properties.

Recent or Key Publications

de Sitter group as a symmetry for optical decoherence
S. Baskal, Y. S. Kim, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 39 (2006) 7775

Rotations associated with Lorentz boosts
S. Baskal, Y. S. Kim, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 38 (2005) 6545

The language of Einstein spoken by optical instruments
S. Baskal, Y. S. Kim, Optics and Spectroscopy 99 (2005) 461

Lorentz Group in Classical Ray Optics
S. Baskal, E. Georgieva, Y. S. Kim, M. E. Noz, Journal of Optics B: Quantum Semiclass. Opt 6 (2004) S455

Lens optics as an optical computer for group contractions
S. Baskal, Y. S. Kim, Phys. Rev. E 67 (2003) 056601

Wigner Rotations in Laser Cavities
S. Baskal, Y. S. Kim, Phys. Rev. E. 66 (2002) 026604

Killing-Yano Symmetry for a Class of Spacetimes Admitting Parallel Null 1-Planes
D. Baleanu, S. Baskal, Il Nuovo Cimento B 117 (2002) 501

Shear Representations of Beam Transfer Matrices
S. Baskal, Y. S. Kim, Phys. Rev. E 63 (2001) 56606

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Prof. Dr. Sibel BAŞKAL

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