Faculty in the Physics Department have research programs in a wide range of areas. Students at all levels are encouraged to discuss opportunities for contributing to faculty research with one of the faculty members listed below:
- Susan M. Fischer: Nuclear physics
- Gabriela Gonzalez-Aviles: Materials science
- Christopher G. Goedde: Nonlinear optics, dynamical systems, computational physics
- Eric Landahl: Ultra-fast physics
- Robert Matson: Complex fluids
- Jesus Pando: Cosmology
- Anuj P. Sarma: Star formation, radio astronomy
Recent Publications
S. Fischer, S. Gros, et al. "Performance tests of a large area position-sensitive planar germanium detectors with conventional and amorphous contacts." Nuclear Instrum. and Meth. 602A. (2009): 466.
C. Goedde. "The interplay of thermal and pump fluctuations in stimulated Brillouin scattering" (with E. Huynh et al). Optics Communications 281, 836-845, 2008.
G. Gonzalez Aviles. "The Structure of Strontium-doped Hydroxyapatite: An Experimental and Theoretical Study." Phys Chem DOI: 10.1039/b802841a, 2008.
G. Gonzalez Aviles. "In Situ Studies on the Kinetics of Formation and Crystal Structure of the Phase In4Sn3O12 Using High-energy, X-ray Diffraction" (with JS Okasinski et al). J Appl Phys 104: (4) 043520, 2008.
E. Landahl, B. Kraessig, et al. "A simple cross-correlation technique between infared and hard x-ray pulses." Applied Physics Letters. 94. (2009): 171113.
E. Landahl. "Mechanism of cooperative behavior in systems of slow and fast molecular motors." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 11. (2009): 4890.
E. Landahl. "Unfolding acoustic phonons: Coherent high-wavevector modes from a superlattice observed in bulk with time-resolved X-ray diffraction" (with M. Trigo et al). Physical Review Letters 101, 025505, 2008.
J. Pando, S. Shaheen, & L. Sands. "Detection of protein Secondary Structures a the Discreet Wavelet Transform." Physical Review E. 80 (2009): 051909.
W. Matson. "Pattern Formation in a Rotating Suspension of Non-Brownian Bouyant Particles." Physics of Fluids, August 2008.
W. Matson. "Measured Scaling Properties of the Transition Boundaries in a Rotating Suspension of Non-Brownian Settling Particles." Journal of Fluid Mechanics, February 2008.
A. P. Sarma, T. Troland, J. Romney & T. Huynh. "VLBA Observations of the Zeeman effect in H2o masers in OH43.8-0.01," Astrophysical Journal, vol. 674, 295-303, 2008.
A. P. Sarma, E. Momjian, T. H. Troland, and R. M. Crutcher, "Very Large Array H I Zeeman Observations of NGC 1275 (Perseus A)," Astronomical Journal 130, 2566 (2005).
H. Imai and A. P. Sarma,"The Kinematics, Physical Condition and Magnetic Field of the W3 IRS 5 region," Astrophysics and Space Science 295, 71 (2005).
A. P. Sarma, E. Momjian. "Detection of the Zeeman Effect in the 36 GHz Class I CH3OH Maser Line with EVLA." Astrophysical Journal. 705. (2009): L176-L17.