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 2000
Topologically ordered phases of smectics confined in anisotropic random media: smectic Bragg glasses, Karl Saunders, Brad Jacobsen, Leo Radzihovsky, et al.
A Discotic Disguised as a Smectic: A Hybrid Columnar Bragg Glass, Karl Saunders, Leo Radzihovsky, and John Toner
Two-Dimensional Pendulum Experiments Using a Spark Generator, Rand S. Worland and Matthew J. Moelter
Submissions from 1999
Differential photometry of suspected cataclysmic variables, N. Bennert, I. König, E. Manthey, et al.
Complete View of Stark Wave-packet Evolution, M. B. Campbell, Thomas J. Bensky, and Robert R. Jones
Leading charm in hadron-nucleus interactions in the intrinsic charm model, Thomas D. Gutierrez and R. Vogt
History of the Forum on Physics and Society, David W. Hafemeister
Reviews of Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of US Nuclear Weapons Since 1940 by Stephen Schwartz; and Killing Detente: The Right Attacks the CIA by Anne Cahn, David W. Hafemeister
Two New Topologically Ordered Glass Phases of Smectics Confined in Anisotropic Random Media, Brad Jacobsen, Karl Saunders, Leo Radzihovsky, et al.
Bacterial Magnetosomes: Microbiology, Biomineralization and Biotechnological Applications, Dirk Schlϋer and Richard B. Frankel
Submissions from 1998
Half-Cycle Pulse Assisted Electron-Ion Recombination, Thomas J. Bensky, M. B. Campbell, and Robert R. Jones
Observation of Oscillations Between Degenerate Bound-state Configurations in Rapidly Autoionizing Two-electron Atoms, M. B. Campbell, Thomas J. Bensky, and Robert R. Jones
Probing Electronic Radial Wave Packets Using Impulsive Momentum Retrieval, M. B. Campbell, Thomas J. Bensky, and Robert R. Jones
Magnetic Microstructure of Magnetotactic Bacteria by Electron Holography, Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski, Martha R. McCartney, Richard B. Frankel, et al.
Biomineralization of Magnetic Iron Minerals in Bacteria, Richard B. Frankel, Dennis A. Bazylinski, and Dirk Schϋler
Single Magnetic Domains in Magnetotactic Bacteria, Richard B. Frankel, Jin-Ping Zhang, and Dennis A. Bazylinski
How Much Reliability and Yield is Enough for a CTBT?, David W. Hafemeister
Review of The Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy, David W. Hafemeister
Review of The United States and Arms Control: The Challenge of Leadership by Allan S. Krass, David W. Hafemeister
Electric Potential in the Classical Hall Effect: An Unusual Boundary-Value Problem, Matthew J. Moelter, James Evans, Greg Elliot, et al.
Reaction Sequence of Iron Sulfide Minerals in Bacteria and Their Use as Biomarkers, Mihály Pósfai, Peter R. Buseck, D. A. Bazylinski, et al.
Submissions from 1997
Ionization of Na Rydberg Atoms by Subpicosecond Quarter-Cycle Circularly Polarized Pulses, Thomas J. Bensky, G. Haeffler, and Robert R. Jones
Single-shot Detection of Wavepacket Evolution, M. B. Campbell, Thomas J. Bensky, and Robert R. Jones
Magneto-Aerotaxis in Marine Coccoid Bacteria, Richard B. Frankel, Dennis A. Bazylinski, Mark S. Johnson, et al.
Reflections on the GAO Report on the Nuclear Triad, David W. Hafemeister