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Ahlen, Steven

Professor of Physics

PhD, University of California , Berkeley, 1976 Experimental Astrophysics, and Experimental Particle Physics. (Joined Boston University in 1985)

Selected Publications:

1. J. Beatty et al. ( SMILI Collaboration) " The Cosmic Ray 3 HE / 4 He Ration from 100 Mev/Amv", Astrophysical Journal , (413) , 268 2. S. Ahlen et al (MACRO Collaboration) " Muon Astronomy with the MACRO Detector", Astrophysical Journal, 412, 301 (1993) 3. O. Clem et al (SMILI Collaboration) " Balloon Observations of Galactic Ray Helium Before and During a Forbush Decrease", Geophysical Research Letters, 20, 1743 (1993) 4. S. Ahlen et al. (MACRO Collaboration) " First Supermodule of the MACRO Detector at Gransasso", Nuclear Instruments and Methods, (A 324) 337 1993. 5. O.Adriani et al ( L3 Silicion Microvertex Detector Collaboration) " States of the L3 Silicon Microvertex Detector", Nuclear Physics B 32, 202 (1993)


Booth, Edward

Professor of Physics

PhD Johns Hopkins University,1955 Intermediate energy, nuclear and particle physics Joined Boston University in 1956

Selected Publications:

1. D.Delli Carpini, E.C. Booth, J.P. Miller, et al " Coherent Scattering Cross-Sections for Helium near the Delta Resonance" Phys. Rev. C 43, 1525 (1991) 2. D.M. Skopik, E.C. Booth, D.Delli Carpini, J.P. Miller, F.J. Federspiel, B.E. MacGibbon and A.M. Nathan " Compton Scattering from the Proton", Phys. Rev. C-48 1497 (1993). 3. J.C. Stasko, B. Bassaleck, E.C Booth, M.B. Chertok, D. Heally, R. Jacotguillanmod, M.A. Kovash, P.J. Mack, J.P. Miller, M.A. Moinestear, D. Ottewell, M.A. Pickard, and P.Weber, " Radiative Decay of the Delta Resonance, analyzing power for Pi-Proton to Gamma N. " Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 973 (1994)


Brooks, James

Professor of Physics

PhD University of Oregon, 1973 Low Temperature Physics and magnetism Joined Boston University in 1979

Selected Publications:

1. J.J.B.M. Janssen, A.S Perel, A.M. Gerrits, W. Kang, J.S. Brooks, A Wittlin, J.A.A.J. Perenboom, and P.J.M. Van Bentum, "Fir - Spectroscopy of the field induced spin density wave gab in (TMTSF)2, C104, Physics Review B 468663 (1992). 2. J.S. Brooks " Organic Conductors and Superconductors New Directions in the Solid State" J.S. Brooks, MRS Bulletin, Aug. 1993. 3. X. Chen, A.S Perel, J.S. Brooks, R.P Guertin, D.G. Hinks, " Specific heat measurementsof Pressure induced reentrant supercondutivity in Euo Hoo Mo6 S8" Journal Applied Physics, 731886 (1993)


Chasan, Bernard

Professor of Physics

PhD Cornell University, 1961 Biophysics Joined Boston University in 1962 Selected Publications: 1. B. Chasan, H. Batliwala, L. Makowski, and D. English, An FTIR Study of M13 Coat Protein Structure in Lipid Bilayers, Biophys. J. 81 part 2, p. 91A, (1992)

2. B. Chasan, M.Kenyon, and K.J. Rothschild, Lanthanum Inhibition of Bacteriorhodopsin Proton Pumping in a planar Bilayer, Biophys. J. 53 part 2, p. 382A, (1988)

3. B. Chasan, A.K. Solomon, The Reflection Coefficient of Urea in Red Cell, BBA 821, p. 56, (1985)

4. B. Chasan, A.K. Solomon, M. Lucovic, and M. Toon, Effect of Thiourea on pCMBS Inhibition of Osmotic Water Transport in Human Red Cells, BBA 778, p. 185, (1984)


Edmonds Dean S.

Professor Emeritus

PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1958 Joined Boston University in 1961 (retired in 1988)


Sheldon Glashow

Distinguished Physicist and Research Scholar

Ph.D. Harvard 1958 Theoretical Particle Physics

Selected publications

1. Particle Physics in the Nineties. In *Erice 1990, Proceedings, Physics up to 200 TeVp. 1-15. 2. Neutrino Helioseismology with A. De Rujula. HUTP-92-A038, Aug 1992. 4pp.

Hellman,William

Professor of Physics, PhD Syracuse University, 1961 Elementary particle theory physics Joined Boston Universtiy in 1965

Selected publications

1. Refereed Pupil: Hellman, W. (1993) " Prediction of the Dependence of the Difference Limen on D," J. Acoust. Soc. AM. 93 3410-3417 2. Stand up talk presented at the Acoust. Soc. of Am. May meeting in Ottawa, Canada.Hellman w. and Hellman, R. " Predicting intent easily Discrimination from power-law modifications of of the loudness function', J. Acoust. Soc. of Am. 93 pt2: April 1993.2367

Klein, William

Professor of Physics PhD Temple University, 1972 Condensed matter theory Joined Boston University in 197

Selected publications

1. l. Monette and W. Klein, Phys. Rev.Letters 68,2336 (1992) 2. J. Rundle and W. Klewin, J. Stat. Phys.72, 405 (1993) 3. W. Klein and J. Rundle, Phys. Rev Lett.71,1288 (1993)

Lane, Kenneth

Professor of Physics PhD John Hopkins University, 1970 High Energy Physics Joined Boston University in 1987 Selected Publications 1. Spectrum of Charmed Quark-Antiquark Bound States ( with E. Eichten, et al.) Phys. Rev. Lett. 34, 369 (1975) 2. Dynamical Breaking of Weak Interaction Symmetries ( with E.Eichten), Phys. Lett. 90B, 125 (1980) 3. Supercollider Physics ( with E. Eichten, I.Hinchliffe and C.Quigg), Rev. Mod. Phys. 56,579 (1984) 4. Multiscale Technicolor and Top Production ( with E. Eichten) to appear in Phys.Lett.B

Miller, James

Professor of Physics PhD Carnegie Mellon University, 1974 Intermediate and High energy experimental Physics, muon g - 2 Joined Boston University in 1979

Selected publications

1. Alder et al. First Determination of CP Violation Parameters from K - K Decay Asymetry, Physics Letters B286 (1992) 180 2. Angelopoulos et al. (CPLEAR DID group) the CPLEAR Particle Identification Detector, Nuclear Institute and Methods, A3 11, 78 (1992) 3. A.J. Noble, K.D. Larson, B. Bassalleck, W.J. Fickinger, J.R. Hall, A.L Hallin, M.D. Hassenoff D. Horvath, J. Lowe, E.K. McIntyre, D.F. Measday, J.P. miller, B.L. Roberts, D.K. Robinson, M. Sakitt, M. Solomon, C.E. Waltham, T.M. Warner, D.A. Whitehouse and D.M Wolfe, Measurement of the - NY branching Ratio, Physics Review Letters 69, 410 (1992)

Rebbi, Claudio

Professor of Physics PhD University of Turin, 1967 Theoretical Physics, Particle Theory Joined Boston University in 1986

Selected publications

1.R. Brower, S. Huang, J. Potvin, and C. Rebbi , The Surface Tension of a Nucleating Hadron using the Free Energy of an Isolated Quark, Phys. Rev. D46, 2703 (1992) 2. E. Myers, C. Rebbi, R. Strilka, A Study of the Interaction and Scattering of Vortices in the Abelian-Higgs ( or Ginzburg-Landau) Model, Phys. Rev. D45, 1355 (1992) 3. R. Brower, C. Rebbi, and E. Vicari, Non Albelian Projective Multigrid for Lattice Gauge Theory, Phys. Rev.Lett. 66, 1263 (1991) 4. C. Rebbi, Quantum Chromodynamics: The Gauge Theory of Strong Interactions, Scientific American Magazine 248, 54-65 (1983)

Redner, Sidney

Associate Chairperson & Professor of Physics PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977 Statistical Physics condensed matter theory Joined Boston University in 1978

Roberts, B. Lee

Professor of Physics PhD College of William and Mary, 1974 Intermediate and High energy experimental physics, kaon and hyperon physics, muon g-2. Joined Boston University in 1977

Selected publications

1. A.J. Noble, K.D. Larson, B, Bassalleck, W.J. Fickinger, J.R. Hall, A.L. Hallin, M.D. Hasinoff, D. Horvath, J. Lowe, E.K. McIntyre, D.F. Measday, J.P. Miller, B.L. Roberts, D.K. Robinson, M. Sakitt, M. Salomon, C.E. Waltham, T.M. Warner, D.A. Whitehouse, and D.M. Wolfe " Measurement of the ................. Branching Ratio", Physics Review Letters,69,410 (1992) 2. R. Adler, et al.( CP-Lear collaboration) " First Determination of Cp Violation Parameters from....... Decay Asymmetry" Physics letters B, 286,180 (1992) 3. K.D. Larson, A.J. Noble, B. Bassalleck, H. Buckhardt, W.J. Fickinger, J.R. Hall, A.L.Hallin, M.D. Hasinoff, D. Horvath, P.G. Jones, S. Lowe, E.K. McIntyre, D.F. Measday, J.P. Miller, B.L. Roberts, D.K. Robinson, M. Sakitt, M. Salomon, S. Stanjilaus, C.E. Waltham, T.M. Warner, D.A.Whitehouse, and D.M. Wolfe " Weak Radiative Decay ........... and the Radiative Capture Reaction........." Physics Review, D 47, 794 (1993) 4. R.J. Powers, M. Eckhause, P.P. Guss, A.D. Hancock, D.W. Hertzog, D. Joyce, J.R. Kane, W.C. Phillips, W.F. Vulcan, R.E. Welsh, R.J. Whyley, R.G. Winter, E.J. Austin, G.W. Dodson, J.P. Miller, F. O'brien, D.R. Tieger, B.L. Roberts, R.B. Sutton, and A.R. Kunselman, " Strong Interaction Effects in Sigma Hyperonic Atoms of W and ..., Physics review, C 47, 1263 (1993)

Rohlf, James

Professor of Physics PhD California Institute of Technology, 1980 Experimental High energy physics Joined Boston University in 1988

Selected publications

1. Undergraduate Physics Text, J.Rohlf " Modern Physics from Alpha to Z", Wiley (1994) 2. Search for the Topic Quark, C.Albajar et al., Phys.Lett.257 B459 (1991) 3. Search for Quark Structure G.Arnison et al., Phys.Lett B 244 (1986) 4. Discovery of the Z Boson, G.Arnison et al., Phys.Lett. 126B, 398 (1983) 5. Discovery of the W.Boson, G.Arnison et al., Phys Lett. 122B, 103 (1983)

Rothschild, Kenneth

Professor of Physics PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973 Molecular Biophysics,Molecular Electronics Joined Boston University in 1977

Selected publications

1. Baenziger, J.E., K.W. Miller, M.P. McCarthy, R.J Rothschild 1992. Probing Conformational changes in the nicotinoc acetylcholine receptor by Fournier Transform Infrared Difference Spectroscopy. Biosphys. J. 62:64-66. 2. Rath, P., L.L.J. DeCaluwe, P.H.M. Bovee-Geurts, W.J. DeGrip, K.J. Rothschild 1993. Fournier transform infrared difference spectroscopy of rhodopsin mutants: Light 3. Sonar, S. Krebs,M.P.Khorana, H.G. and Rothschild, K.J. Static and Time Resolved Absorption Spectroscopy of the Bacteriorhodopsin Mutant TYr-185 Phe: Evidence for an Equilibrium between bR570 and an O-ike Species, Biochemistry, 32, 2263, 1993. 4. Shen, Y., C.R. Safinya, K.S. Liang, A.F. Ruppert, K.J. Rothschild 1993. Stabilization of the Membrane Protien Bacteriorhodospin to 140 C in two Dimensional Films. Nature. 366:48-50.

Shimony, Abner

Professor of Philosophy & Physics PhD Philosophy Yale University, 1953 PhD Physics Princeton Unviersity, 1962 Philosophy of Physics, Quantum Mechanics Joined Boston University in 1968

Selected publications

1. "That There Exists No Greatest Prime" ( a poem) Synthese 93, 313-4 (1992) 2. " On Carnap: Reflections of a Metaphysical Student" Synthese 93, 261-274 (1992) 3. " Proposed GH Experiment Using Cascades of Down Conversion Photons", in Quantum Con- troland Measurement ed. H. Ezawa and Y. Murayama (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1993) with D.Green- berger, H. Bernstein, M. Horne, and A Zeulinger. 4. " Complementarity of One Particle and Two Particle Interference," Physical Rev. A48, 1023 - 1027 (1993), with Gregg Jaeger and Michael Horne.

Skocpol, William

Professor of Physics PhD Harvard University, 1974 Condensed matter experimental Physics. Joined Boston University in 1987

Selected publications

1. S.Q. Chen, W.J. Skocpol, E. DeObaldia, M. O'Malley, and P.M. Mankiewich, " Two and Three Dimensional Flux Unbinding in YBa$ 2$CU 3$0$ 7$ Thin films at Small Magnetic Fields", Phys- ics Review B47, 2936 - 9 (1993) 2. S.J. Berkowitz, E. Deobaldia, M.L. Galloway, G. Morales, K.F. Ludwig, P.M. Mankewich, W.J. Skocpol, R.H. Ono, J.A. Beall, L.R. Vale, and D.A. Rudman, " Etching and Annealing of Subtrates For Superconducting Multilayers and Devices" IEEE Trans. on Applied Supercon- ductivity 3, 2950-2 (1993) 3. J.L. Smith, C.M. Fowler, B.L. Freeman, W.L. Hulls, J.C. King, F.M. Muellet, D.G. Rickel, J.S. Brooks, J.D. Goette, P.M. Mankiewich, E.I. DeObaldia, W.J. Skocpol, and M. O'Malley "Fermi Surface and Critical Field of YBCO", Physica B 186- 188, 104-6 (1993).

Stachel, John

Professor of Physics PhD Stevens Institute of Technology, 1952 General relativity, foundations of relativistic space-time theories. Editor of the Einstein Papers Joined Boston University in 1964

Selected publications

1. " The other Einstein" Einstein Contra Field theory, Science in Context, Vol. 6 91993) 275-290.

H. Eugene Stanley

Professor of Physics and Physiology
PhD Harvard University, 1967
Phase transitions,scaling polymer physics, fractals and chaos
Joined Boston University in 1976.
Director of the Center for Polymer Studies

Selected publications

1. M. Araujo, S. Havlin, H.Larralde, & H.E. Stanley, "Random Force Dominated Reaction Kinet- ics, Particles Moving Under Random Forces", Phys.Rev.Lett. 68, 1791 (1992)
2. T. Nagatani, J.Lee, H.E. Stanley " Analytic Solution of the Growth Site Probability Dis- tribution for Structural Models of Diddusion Limited Aggregation", Phys.Rev.A 45, 1035 (1992)
3. S. Schwarzer, M. Wolf, S. Haulin, P. Meakin, & H.E. Stanley " Multifractal Spectrum of off-lattice Three Dimensional Diffusion-Limited Aggregation", Phys Rev.A46 R-3016 (1992)
4. S. Sastry, F. Sciortino, & H.E. Stanley, " Limits of Stability of teh Liquid Phase in Lattice Model with Water Like Properties", J. CHem Phys 98, 9863-9872 (1993)

Sulak, Lawrence

Chairperson & Professor of Physics

PhD Princeton Universtiy, 1970

Experimental Particle Physics, proton decay, monopoles, muon g-2, neutrino astrophysics. Joined Boston University in 1985

Selected publications


Whitaker, Scott

Professor of Physics & Dean of The Graduate School

PhD University of California at Berkeley, 1976

Experimental colliding beam physics, super-symmetric particle searches. Joined Boston University in 1985

Selected publications

1. J.Z Bai et al (BES Collaboration) " Measurement of the Mass of the Tau Lepton', Phys.Rev.Lett.69,3021 (1992) 2. K. Abe et al (SLD Collaboration) " A Measurement of Jet Rates and 2s at the 2 Resonance" Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 2528 (1993) 3. J.S. Whitaker et al " The Gemuon System Based on Cathode Strip Chambers", GEM TN 92-199, September 1992. 4. J. Shank et al. " CSC tests at RD5", Gem TN 93-402, April 1993

Willis, Charles

Professor of Physics PhD Syracuse University, 1957 Condensed matter , Surface physics, Nonlinear Physics, and Biophysics. Joined Boston University in 1958

Selected publications

1. C.R. Willis ( with R. Bresch) " Removal of Singularities from Collective Variable Theories" Phys. Rev. 45A, 5422 (1992) 2. C.R. Willis ( with Dauxois and M. Peyrard) " Localized Breather Solutions in a discrete Klein-Gordon Model and Applications to DNA", Physica 57 D, 267 (1992) Refereed 3.. C.R. Willis (with S. Flach) ` Asympitotic Behavior of Discrete Kink Systems in the continuum Limit", Phys. Rev. E 47 4. C.R. Willis ( with P.T. Dinda) " Kink Dynamics for a Deformable Substrate Potential" Physica 700, 217 (1994)

Zimmerman , George

Professor of Physics

PhD Yale University, 1963

Low Temperature Physics, Magnetism Joined Boston University in 1963

Selected publications

1. R.E. Powers, Y.Z. Negm, M.S. Tahar, & G.O. Zimmerman, " Critical Current Behavior in Fiber Sponybco Superconducting Rods" 5th International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISJEC), Nov. 2. G.O. Zimmerman, Y.Z. Negm, M.S. Tahar, S. Buczkowski, R.E. Powers, & R. McConeghy " High Current Composite Superconductor Electrical Power Lead", Physica, 201 P.291 (1993)


Bansil, Rama

Associate Professor

PhD University of Rochester, 1974 Biophysics, Polymers. (Joined Boston Universtiy 1977)

Selected publications

1. F. Sciortino, R. Bansil, H.E. Stanley & P. Alstrom " Interference of Phase Separation and Goluton: A Zeroth-order Model " Phys Rev. E, 47 4615 (1993) 2. R. Bansil, " Phase Separation in Polymer Solutions and Gels" J. de Physique IV 3, 225 (1993) 3. " Diffusion of Linear Polymer Changes in Methylmethacrylate Gels" Macromolecules, 26, 305 (1993) 4. K.R. Bhaskar, P.Garik, B.S. Turner, J.D. Bradley, R. Bansil, H.E. Stanley and J.T. Lamont, " Viscous Fingering of HCL Through Gastric Mucin" Nature 30, 458 (1992)


El-Batanouny, Maged

Associate Professor

PhD University of California at Davis Surface Physics, solitions Joined Boston University 1981

Selected publications

1. "Azimuthal Rotation of a Continously Cooled UHV Sample Holder for Surface Physics Inves- tigations" W. Franzen, V. Kollias, & M. El-Batanouny, Rev. Sci. Instum. 63, 4227 (1992) 2. " Molecular Dynamics Studies of Temperature Dependent Structural Transitions on fee (111) Metallic Surfaces", R. Ravelo & M. El-Batanouny, Phys. Rev. B47 (1993) 3. " Frozen Spin Wave Structure on the NiO (100) Surface Observed by Metastable He23S Scattering" A.Swan, M.Marynowski, W.Frazen


Pi, So-Young

Associate Professor PhD State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1974 Theoretical Field Theory, elementary particles, theoretical astrophysics joined Boston University in 1982

Selected publications

1. "Self-Dual Chern Simons Solitons I in recent Developments in Field Theory", J.E. Kim ed., Min Elim. Sa (1992) 2. " Self-Dual Chern Simons Solitions II Progress of Theoretical Physics", Supp. 107, 1 (1992) 3. " Finite and Infinite Symmetries in (2H) Dimensional Field Theory" in Analds deFisica, Vol 2

Stone, James L.

Associate Professor

PhD University of Michigan, 1976 Experimental Particle Physics, astrophysics, neutrinos, proton decay,monopole searches Joined Boston University in 1985

Selected publications

1." Search for Nuclearites Using the MACRO Detector", Ahlen et al. MACRO Collaboration, Phys Rev Lett. 69 (1992) pp 1860 - 1863. 2. " Muon Astronomy with MACRO detector at Gran Sasso" Stone et al. MACRO Collaboration, Nucl. Phys. B (Proc Supp) 28A (1992) pp. 385-388. 3. " Measurement of the Decoherence Function with the MACRO Detector at Gran Sasso" Ahlen et al. Macro Collaboration Phys. Rev D46 (1992) pp. 4836 - 4845. 4. " First Supermodule of the MACRO Detector at GranSasso", Ahlen et.al., MACRO Collaboration, Nucl. Instr. & Meth. A324 (1993) pp. 337 - 362. Assistant Professors


Chivukula, R. Sekhar

Assistant Professor of Physics

PhD Harvard University Elementary particle theory Joined Boston University in 1987

Selected publications

1. " Critical Constraints on Chival Hierarchies" M. Golden and E.H. Simmons, Physical Review Letters { \ bf 70}, 1587 (1993) 2. " Triviality Bounds in Two-Doublet Models; D. Kominis and \rsc, Phys. Rev. Lett.B { bf 304}, 152 (1993) 3. " Phenomenology of Non-Standard Higgs", \rsc and V. Koulovassilopoulos, Phys. Lett B { \bf 309}, 371 (1993) 4. " Walking Technicolor and the $ \ zbb $ Vertex", \rsc, E. Gates, E.H. Simmons and J. Terning, Phys. Lett. B { \bf 311}, 157 (1993).


Cohen, Andrew

Asssitant Professor of Physics PhD Harvard University Mathematical Physics Joined Boston University in 1989 Selected Publications 1. A. Cohen & A. Nelson " SuperSymmetric Barygonesis", Phys Lett. B297, 111 (1992) 2. A. Cohen, D. Kaplan, & A. Nelson " Progress in Electroweak Baryogenesis" Annual Review in Nuclear & Particle Science 3. A. Cohen, " Baryons from Electroweak Physics" Fermilab Meeting, DPF 1992 C. Albright, P. Kaspek, R. Raja, J. Yon,ed. 4. A. Cohen, " Electroweak Baryogenesis" Texas/Pascos 1992 B. Sadovlet, J. Silk,ed.


Crommie, Michael

Assistant Professor of Physics

PhD University of California Berkeley Experimental Condensed Matter Physics Joined Boston University in 1993

Selected publications

1. M.F. Crommie, C.P. Lutz, and D.M. Eigler, " Spectroscopy of a single adsorbed atom", Phys.Rev. B 48 Rapid Communication, 2851 (1993). 2. M.F. Crommie, C.P. Lutz, and D.M. Eigler, " Imaging standing waves in a 2-dimensional electron gas", Nature 363, 524 (1993). 3. M.F. Crommie, C.P. Lutz, D.M. Eigler, " Confinement of electrons to quantum corrals on a metal surface", Science 262, 218 (1993).


Goldberg, Bennett

Assistant Professor of Physics PhD Brown University, 1987 Experimental condensed matter physics Joined Boston University in 1989

Selected publications

1. B.B. Goldberg, D. Heinman, A. Pinczuk, L. Pfeiffer and K. West, "Magnet-optics in the fractional quantum Hall and electron solid regimes" in low dimensional Electronic systems: New concepts, eds. G. Bauer, F. Kuchar, and H.Heinrich (Springer-Verlag) p.270 - 279 (1992) (refereed) 2. E. Aifer, K.K. Williams, B.B. Goldberg, L. Pfeiffer and K. West, "Polarized Transmission Spectroscopy of high-mobility Single Quantum Wells in the Integer Hall regime", Bull. Am. Phys.38 179 (1993) 3. M. Olver. J.Z. Pastalan, S. Romaine, B.B. Goldberg, G. Springholz, J. Oswald, and G. Bauer, "Quantum Hall Effect in PbTe IV-VI Semiconductor


Ludwig, Karl

Assistant Professor of Physics PhD Stanford University, 1986 Condensed matter experimental physics Joined Boston University in 1988

Selected publications

1. " Kinetics of True Mean-Field Ising Models and the Languin Equation: a Comparison" K.F. Ludwig jr. and B. Park, Phys. Rev B 46, 5079 (1992) 2. " Etching and Annealing of Subtrates for Superconducting Multilayers and Devices" S. Berkowitz, E. DeObaldia, M.L. Galloway, G. Morales, K.F. Ludwig, P.M. Mankiewich, W.J. Skocpol, R.H. Ono, J.A. Beall, L.R. Vale, P.A. Rodman, IEEE Trans.Appl. Supercon. 3, 2950 (1993)


Murthy, Ganpathy

Assistant Professor of Physics PhD Yale University, 1987 Theoretical statistics and condensed matter physics Joined Boston University in 1990

Selected publications


Rohm, Ryan

Assistant Professor of Physics PhD Princeton University 1985 Theoretical high energy physics Joined Boston University in 1988

Selected publications


Simmons, Elizabeth

PhD Harvard University 1990 Particle Theory Joined Boston University in 1993

Selected publications

1. " Phenomenology of a Technicolor Model with Softly Broken Flavor Symmetry", with J. Chay. Nuclear Physics B315 (1989) 315 2. " Unifying the Standard Model" with H. Georgi and E.E. Jenkins, Physical Review Letters 63 (1989) 1540 3. " Multijet Physics at Hadron Colliders", with R.S. Chivukula and M.Golden, Nuclear Physics, B363 (1991) 83 4. " Non-Oblique Effects in the $ zb\ bar b$ vertex from ETC dynamics", with R.S. Chivukula, S.B. Selipsky, Physical Review Letter 69 (1992), 575.


Smith, Kevin

PhD Yale University, 1988 Experimental condensed matter physics Joined Boston University in 1991

Selected publications

1. "Fermi Surface of a Quasi-Low Dimensional Oxide Conductor", with Klaus Breuer, M. Greenblatt, and W.McCarroll, Phys.Rev.Lett. 70, 3772 (1993) 2. " The Electronic Structure of Solids Studied Using Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy", a review article with Stephen D. Kevan, progress in Solid State Chemistry 3. " Non-Adiabatic Adsorbate Vibrational Damping and Surface Electronic Structure H on W (001)"with Stephen D.Kevan, Phys.Rev.Lett.64, 567 (1990) 4. " Surface State to Surface Resonance Transitions in TA (011) with E.Kneedler, D. Skelton and S.D. Kevan, Phys.Rev.Lett 64, 3151 (1990)


Wang, Ziqiang

PhD Columbia University, 1989 Theoretical Physics Joined Boston University in 1993

Selected publications

1. " Mesoscopic Conductance Fluctuations in Disordered Metals". A. Pruisken and Z. Wang, in Nanostructure Physics and Fabrication, ( Academic press, 1989) 2." Pairing in Two Dimensions: A Systematic Approach". S. Sachdev and Z. Wang, Phys. Rev. B43, 10229 (1991) 3. " Critical Behavior of the Hall Coefficient Near the Mobility Edge". X.F. Wang, Z. Wang, G. Kotilar, and C. Castellani, Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 2504 (1992) 4. " Reduction of the Fermi Liquid Coherence in the Infinite-U Hubbard Model" Z. Wang, G. Kotliar, preprint (1993)


Worstell, William

PhD Harvard University, 1986 Experimental particle physics,monopole searches,muon g-2. Joined Boston University in 1986

Selected publications

1. MACRO Collaboration, " Muon Astronomy with the Macro Detector", Astrophysical Journal July 20 (1993) 2. MACRO Collaboration, " First Supermodule of the Macro Detector @ GranSasso", Nucl.Inst. and Meth.Phys.Rev., 324A, 337 (1993) Zhou, Bing PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986 High Energy particle astrophysics Joined Boston University in 1987

Selected publications

1. L3 Collab., O.Adriani et.al., Phys.Lett B292 (1992) 172. Isolated Hard Proton Emission in Hadronic Z Decays 2. L3 Collab., O.Adriani et al., Phys. Lett B 303 (1993) 391. A Search for the Neutral Higgs Boson at LEP. 3. L3 Collab, O Adriani et al., Phys. Lett. B 309 (1993) 451. Determination of the Effective Electroweak Mixing Angle from 2 Decays. 4. L3 Collab, O.Adriani et al. Phys.Lett B 292 (1992) 463, Determination of the # of Light Neutrino Species

Research Associate Professors


Dye, Stephen

Research Associate Professor PhD University of Hawaii at Manoa Joined Boston University in

Selected publications

1.S.T. Dye et. al., " An Experimental Upper Limit to the Galactic Stellar Collapse Rate Phys. Rev. Lett. 62 (1989) 2069-2072 2. R.Becker Szendy et al " Search for Muon Nuetrino Oscilations with the Irvine- Michigan Brookhaven Detector", Phys. Rev. Lett. 69 (1992) 1010-103 3. R. Becker-Szendy et al., " The Electron and Muon-Nuetrino Content of the Astmospheric Flux", Phys. Rev. D 46 91992 3720-3724


Marin, Alexandru

Research Associate Professor PhD. Institute for Atomic Physics, Bucharest 1977 Joined Boston University in 1989

Selected publications

1. The MACRO Collaboration, " Muon Astronomy with the MACRO Detector", Astro- physical Journal 412 (1993) 301 2. The L3 Collaboration, " High Mass Phton Pair in l+l- Events at LEP", CERN-PPE/ 92-152, Sep 1992, Phys.Lett. B295 (1992) 337 3. The L3 Collaboration, " Search for Non-Minimal Higgs Bosons in Z Decays", CERN- PPE/92-163, Zeitschrift fur Physik C57 (1993) 355 4. O. Adriani et al. (L3 Collaboration), " A Search for the Nuetral Higgs Boson at LEP", Phys. Lett. B303 (1993) 391