Physics Department faculty conduct research which contributes to the creation of new knowledge based in the most basic laws that govern the behavior of nature. Their research programs involve undergraduate students and international opportunities for collaborations with academics, industry, and governmental organizations.
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Submissions from 2003
Searching for planetary transits in the field of open cluster NGC 6819 – I, R. A. Street, Keith Horne, T. A. Lister, et al.
Ξ‾ and Ω distributions in hadron–nucleus interactions, R. Vogt and Thomas D. Gutierrez
Submissions from 2002
Size and structure of the narrow-line region of quasars, Nicola Bennert, Heino Falcke, Hartmut Schulz, et al.
Discovery of a Substellar Companion to the K2 III Giant ɩ Draconis, Sabine Frink, David Mitchell, Andreas Quirrenbach, et al.
Two-Dimensional Imaging of Neutral Alkali Atom Samples Using Surface Ionization, Katharina Gillen-Christandl, Gregory P. Lafyatis, Andrei Modoran, et al.
Asymmetries between strange and antistrange particle production in pion–proton interactions, Thomas D. Gutierrez and R. Vogt
Visualizing the phonon wave function, Scott C. Johnson and Thomas D. Gutierrez
Viscoelasticity from a microscopic model of dislocation dynamics, M. Christina Marchetti and Karl Saunders
Variable stars in the field of open cluster NGC 6819, R. A. Street, Keith Horne, T. A. Lister, et al.
Submissions from 2001
Measuring g with a Joystick Pendulum, Thomas J. Bensky
Computer sound card assisted measurements of the acoustic Doppler effect for accelerated and unaccelerated sound sources, Thomas J. Bensky and S. E. Frey
Magnetite Morphology and Life on Mars, Peter R. Buseck, Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski, Bertrand Devouard, et al.
Off-axis Electron Holography of Magnetotactic Bacteria: Magnetic Microstructure of Strains MV-1 and MS-1, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, Martha R. McCartney, Mihály Pósfai, et al.
Enhanced Double Ionization with Circularly Polarized Light, Glen D. Gillen, M. A. Walker, and L. D. Van Woerkom
Magnetic Microstructure of Bacterial Magnetite by Electron Holography, Martha R. McCartney, Ulysses Lins, Marcos Farina, et al.
Crystal-size Distributions and Possible Biogenic Origin of Fe Sulfides, Mihály Pósfai, Krisztina Cziner, Emö Márton, et al.
“Soft” Anharmonic Vortex Glass in Ferromagnetic Superconductors, Leo Radzihovsky, A. M. Ettouhami, Karl Saunders, et al.
A Laboratory-based Nonlinear Dynamics Course for Science and Engineering Students, Nilgun Sungar, John P. Sharpe, Matthew J. Moelter, et al.
The cataclysmic variable CW 1045+525: A secondary-dominated dwarf nova?, C. Tappert, J. R. Thorstensen, W. H. Fenton, et al.
Above‐Threshold Ionization As a Probe of Multielectron Physics, L. D. Van Woerkom, M. J. Nando, M. A. Walker, et al.
Instrument for the measurement of hysteresis loops of magnetotactic bacteria and other systems containing submicron magnetic particles, Hendrik de Waard, James Hilsinger, and Richard B. Frankel
Submissions from 2000
Biologically-Controlled Mineralization of Magnetic Iron Minerals by Magnetotactic Bacteria, D. A. Bazylinski and R. B. Frankel
Occurrence and Distribution of Diverse Populations of Magnetic Protists in a Chemically Stratified Coastal Salt Pond, Dennis A. Bazylinski, David R. Schlezinger, Brian H. Howes, et al.
Magnetite Biomineralization and Ancient Life on Mars, Richard B. Frankel and Peter R. Buseck
Doomsday Fears at RHIC, Thomas D. Gutierrez