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 2012
Accretion properties of high- and low-excitation young radio galaxies, Donghoon Son, Jong-Hak Woo, Sang Chul Kim, et al.
Nearshore internal bores and turbulent mixing in southern Monterey Bay, Ryan K. Walter, C. Brock Woodson, Robert S. Arthur, et al.
Submissions from 2011
Multi-wavelength Observations of the Flaring Gamma-ray Blazar 3C 66A in 208 October, A. A. Abdo, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, et al.
VERITAS Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected by Swift, V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen, et al.
Detection of Pulsed Gamma Rays Above 100 GeV from the Crab Pulsar, E. Aliu, T. Arlen, T. Aune, et al.
130Te neutrinoless double-beta decay with CUORICINO, E. Andreotti, C. Arnaboldi, F.T. Avignone III, et al.
Search for β+/EC double beta decay of 120Te, E. Andreotti, C. Arnaboldi, F.T. Avignone III, et al.
Broad-Line Reverberation in the Kepler-Field Seyfert Galaxy Zw 220-015, Aaron J. Barth, My L. Nguyen, Matthew A. Malkan, et al.
The lick AGN monitoring project 2011: reverberation mapping of markarian 50, Aaron J. Barth, Anna Pancoast, Shawn J. Thorman, et al.
Longitudinal Emittance Blow-Up in the LHC, P. Baudrenghien, A. Butterworth, M. Jaussi, et al.
The relation between black hole mass and host spheroid stellar mass out to z~2, Vardha N. Bennert, Matthew A. Auger, Tommaso Treu, et al.
A local baseline of the black hole mass scaling relations for active galaxies. I. Methodology and results of pilot study, Vardha Nicola Bennert, Matthew W. Auger, Tommaso Treu, et al.
The mass of the black hole in Arp 151 from bayesian modeling of reverberation mapping data, Brendon J. Brewer, Tommaso Treu, Anna Pancoast, et al.
Hubble space telescope imaging of post-starburst quasars, S. L. Cales, M. S. Brotherton, Zhaohui Shang, et al.
Search for Cosmic Strings in the COSMOS Survey, Jodi L. Christiansen, E. Albin, T. Fletcher, et al.
Reducing zero-point systematics in dark energy supernova experiments, L. Faccioli, A. G. Kim, R. Miquel, et al.
Polarization-Dependent Atomic Dipole Traps Behind a Circular Aperture for Neutral-Atom Quantum Computing, Katharina Gillen-Christandl and Bert D. Copsey
Energy and Environment Chronology, David Hafemeister
Thermal Rise Time in Nuclear Reactors after Loss of Coolant or Loss of Power Accidents, David Hafemeister
Exposing Students to the Idea that Theories Can Change, Chance Hoellwarth and Matthew J. Moelter
The implications of a robust curriculum in introductory mechanics, Chance Hoellwarth and Matthew J. Moelter
Perturbed breakup of gas bubbles in water: Memory, gas flow, and coalescence, Nathan C. Keim
Generic Transient Memory Formation in Disordered Systems with Noise, Nathan C. Keim and Sidney R. Nagel
Culture-Independent Characterization of a Novel, Uncultivated Magnetotactic Member of the Nitrospirae Phylum, Christopher T. Lefevre, Richard B. Frankel, Fernanda Abreu, et al.
Isolation of obligately alkaliphilic magnetotactic bacteria from extremely alkaline environments, Christopher T. Lefevre, Richard B. Frankel, Mihály Pósfai, et al.