Physics and Astronomy Student Achievements 2006-2007


Grants, Fellowships and Awards

Name of StudentName of AwardAward Amount (US$)Granting InstitutionLocation
Beznosko, DmitriyRentec Fellowship$4500SB.
Hornberger, BenjaminAdvanced Photon Source Student Poster Award500Advanced Photon Source Users OrganizationArgonne National Laboratory, IL
Hornberger, BenjaminJulian Baumert PhD Thesis Award500National Synchrotron Light SourceBrookhaven National Laboratory, NY
Nichols, SarahBook Prize100Stony Brook University Physics Dept.Stony Brook, NY
Trallero, CarlosVisiting Fello35000National Research Council of CanadaOttawa, Canada
Yoon, JinmiAstronomical Society of New York Travel grant411.73Astronomical Society of New York N/A

Publications/Reports/Reviews

Name of StudentList of AuthorsYearTitle of PublicationTitle of JournalVolumePage Number
Beznosko, DmitriyD. Beznosko, G. Blazey, A. Dyshkant, V. Rykalin, J. Schellpffer, V. Zutshi2006Modular Design for Narrow Scintillating Cells with MRS Photodiodes in Strong Magnetic Field for ILC DetectorNIM_A.NIMA-D-05-00459
Beznosko, DmitriyA. Dyshkant, D. Beznosko, A. Pla-Dalmau, V. Rykalin2006Extruded scintillator for the Calorimetry applicationsCALOR 206 Conf Record.FERMILAB-CONF-06-281
Boyle, Kieran3. Z. Li, H. Enyo, Y. Goto, J. Tojo, Y. Akiba, R. Nouicer, A.L. Deshpande, K. Boyle and V. Cianciolo.2006First large scale application of novel Si stripixel detector in real large experiment: SiVTX in PHENIX upgrade at RHICTrans. Nonferrous Met. Soc. China16141
Boyle, KieranK. Boyle for the PHENIX Collaboration2007Double Longitudinal Spin Asymmetry in Neutral Pion Production in Polarized p+p Collisions at sqrt(s}=200 GeV at PHENIXProceedings of the 17th International Spin Physics Symposium (SPIN2006)N/AN/A
Dahms, TorstenTorsten Dahms, for the PHENIX collaboration2007Measurement of photons via conversion pairs in s(NN)**(1/2) = 200-GeV Au + Measurement of photons via conversion pairs in s(NN)**(1/2) = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions with the PHENIX experiment at RHICThe European Physical Journal C - Particles and Fields49249-253
Giombi, SimoneN. Drukker, S. Giombi, R. Ricci, D. Trancanelli2007More supersymmetric Wilson loopsarXiv.org e-Print archiveN/AarXiv:0704.2237
Giombi, SimoneS. Giombi, R. Ricci, D. Trancanelli2006Operator product expansion of higher rank Wilson loops from D-branes and matrix modelsJournal of High Energy Physics0610 (2006) 045
Her, Jae-hyukPokhodnya KI, Bonner M, DiPasquale AG , Rheingold AL , Her JH , Stephens PW , Park JW , Kennon BS , Arif AM , Miller JS2007Structural and magnetic properties of MCl2 (M = Fe, Mn, Co): Acetonitrile solvates INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 462471
Her, Jae-hyukPokhodnya KI , Bonner M , Her JH , Stephens PW , Miller JS 2006Magnetic ordering (T-c=90 k) observed for layered [Fe-II(TCNE center dot-)(NCMe)(2)](+)[(FeCl4)-Cl-III](-) (TCNE = tetracyanoethylene)JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY12815592
Holt, JeremyJeremy Holt and Gerald E. Brown2006Hans Bethe and the nuclear many-body problemHans Bethe and His PhysicsN/A201
Holt, JeremyGerald E. Brown, Jeremy W. Holt, Chang-Hwan Lee, and Mannque Rho2007Vector manifestation and matter formed in relativistic heavy-ion processesPhys. Rept.439161
Holt, JeremyJ. N. Orce, J. D. Holt, A. Linnemann, C. J. McKay, S. R. Lesher, C. Fransen, J. W. Holt, A. Kumar, N. Warr, V. Werner, J. Jolie, T. T. S. Kuo, M. T. McEllistrem, N. Pietralla, and S. W. Yates2006Identification of mixed symmetry states in an odd-mass nearly spherical nucleusPhys. Rev. Lett.97010501
Holt, JeremyDavid Hestenes and Jeremy W. Holt2007Crystallographic space groups in geometric algebraJ. Math. Phys.48023514
Holt, JeremyJeremy W. Holt, G. E. Brown, Jason D. Holt, and T. T. S. Kuo2007Nuclear matter with Brown-Rho-scaled Fermi liquid interactionsNucl. Phys. A785322
Hornberger, BenjaminMichael Feser, Benjamin Hornberger, Chris Jacobsen, Gianluigi De Geronimo, Pavel Rehak, Peter Holl and Lothar Strüder2006Integrating Silicon detector with segmentation for scanning transmission X-ray microscopyNuclear Instruments and Methods A565 (2)841-854
Hornberger, BenjaminBenjamin Hornberger, Michael Feser, Chris Jacobsen, Stefan Vogt, Daniel Legnini, David Paterson, Pavel Rehak, Gianluigi DeGeronimo and Bradley M. Palmer2006Combined Fluorescence and Phase Contrast Imaging at the Advanced Photon SourceIPAP Conference Series 7396-398
Hornberger, BenjaminBenjamin Hornberger, Michael Feser, and Chris Jacobsen2007Quantitative amplitude and phase contrast imaging in a scanning transmission X-ray microscopeUltramicroscopy107644-655
Kato, TokufumiThe Super-Kamiokande Collaboration2006Measurement of Atmospheric Neutrino Flux Consistent with Tau Neutrino AppearancePhysical Review Letters97171801
Lepzelter, DavidKeun-Young Kim, David Lepzelter, Jin Wang2007Single molecule dynamics and statistical fluctuations of gene regulatory networks: A repressilatorJournal of Chemical Physics126034702
Liao, JinfengJinfeng Liao and Edward Shuryak2006Strongly Coupled Plasma with Electric and Magnetic ChargesPhysical Review C (in Press)
Longobardi, LuigiL. Longobardi, S. Pottorf, V. Patel, J.E. Lukens(2007)Development and testing of a persistent flux bias for qubitsIEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity(accepted)N/A
Ma, XiaolongXiaolong Ma and Konstantin K. Likharev2006Global Reinforcement Learning in Neural Networks with Stochastic SynapsesProc. WCCI/IJCNN’06N/A47-53
Ma, XiaolongXiaolong Ma and Konstantin K. Likharev2007Global Reinforcement Learning in Neural NetworksIEEE Trans. on Neural Networks18573-577
Ma, XiaolongXiaolong Ma2007An Extremely Simple Reinforcement Learning Rule for Neural Networksaccepted for publication in Advances in Neural NetworksISNN2007N/A
Nichols, SarahChristopher Impey and Sarah R. Nichols2006 Designing and Teaching an Inquiry-Based CurriculumConference Proceedings: 2006 Reinvention Center Conference on Transforming the Culture: Undergraduate Education and the Multiple Functions of the Research University
Pottorf, ShawnL. Longobardi, S. Pottorf, V. Patel, J.E. Lukens2007Development and testing of a persistent flux bias for qubitsIEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity(accepted)N/A
Rameau, JonathanT. Valla, T. E. Kidd, J. D. Rameau, H.-J. Noh, G. D. Gu, and P. D. Johnson; H.-B. Yang and H. Ding2006Fine details of the nodal electronic excitations in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+ delta Physical Review B73184518
Reyes, SebastianD. Kharzeev, S. A. Reyes and A. M. Tsvelik2007Spin density wave formation in graphene facilitated by in-plane magnetic fieldarXiv.org e-Print archiveN/AN/A
Simonian, NikitaNikita Simonian, Jingbin Li, Konstantin Likharev2007Negative differential resistance at sequential single-electron tunneling through atoms and moleculesTBP Nanotechnology special issue: (Design and function of molecular and biological devices)N/AN/A
Trallero, CarlosCarlos Trallero-Herrero, Michael Spanner, and Thomas Weinacht 2006Understanding strong-field coherent control: Measuring single-atom versus collective dynamicsPhysics Review A74051403
Yoon, JinmiJ. Yoon, D. M. Peterson, J.T. Amstrong, J. Clark III, C.Gilbreath, T. Pauls, and H. Schmitt2006Early type stars as calibrators for ground-based interferometryProceedings of SPIE6268626848
Yoon, JinmiJ. Yoon, D. M. Peterson, J.T. Amstrong, J. Clark III, C.Gilbreath, T. Pauls, H. Schmitt, and R. Zagarello2007The of Rotation on Calibrators for Ground-based InterferometryPublications of Astronomical Society of the Pacific119N/A
Zhou, WeiWei Zhou, F. E. Camino and V. J. Goldman2006Flux period scaling in the Laughlin quasiparticle interferometerPhys. Rev. B73245322
Zhou, WeiF. E. Camino, Wei Zhou and V. J. Goldman2007e/3 Laughlin Quasiparticle Primary-Filling v=1/3 InterferometerPhys. Rev. Lett.98076805

Public External Presentations

Name of StudentList of AuthorsYearTitle of PresentationName of MeetingLocation
Boyle, KieranKieran Boyle for the PHENIX Collaboration2006Double Longitudinal Spin Asymmetry in Neutral Pion Production in Polarized pp Collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV at PHENIX17th International Spin Physics Symposium (SPIN06)Kyoto, Japan
Boyle, KieranKieran Boyle for the PHENIX Collaboration2006Recent Results from the PHENIX spin program at RHIC”, Second Meeting of the APS Topical Group on Hadronic PhysicsNashville, TN
Boyle, KieranKieran Boyle for the PHENIX Collaboration2006Recent Results from PHENIX Longitudinal Spin ProgramInternational Workshop on RHIC Spin PhysicsTokyo, Japan
Christidi, Ilektra- athanasiaI.A. Christidi2006Search for the rare decay K(+)->pi(+)nunu(bar) with BNL's E949HEP seminarPhysics dept, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Dahms, TorstenTorsten Dahms2006Electromagnetic Probes - PHENIX resultsAnnual RHIC and AGS Users MeetingBrookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
Dahms, TorstenTorsten Dahms2007Search for Thermal Photons in PHENIXWinter Workshop on Nuclear DynamicsBig Sky, MT
Giombi, SimoneSimone Giombi2006Giant Wilson loops from D-branes and matrix modelsYoung Researchers ConferencePerimeter Institute, Waterloo, CA
Giombi, SimoneSimone Giombi2006Giant Wilson loops from D-branes and matrix modelsInvited SeminarUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Holt, JeremyJeremy W. Holt2006Brown-Rho scaling with low momentum nucleon-nucleon interactionsTheoretical Hadron Group SeminarNagoya University
Holt, JeremyJeremy W. Holt2006Fermi liquid theory with Brown-Rho-scaled nucleon-nucleon interactionsTheoretical Nuclear Physics SeminarPusan National University
Hornberger, BenjaminBenjamin Hornberger, Christian Holzner, Chris Jacobsen, Pavel Rehak, Stefan Vogt, Daniel Legnini, David Paterson, Martin de Jonge, Lothar Strueder and Peter Holl2007Phase Contrast Imaging with a Segmented Detector in a Scanning X-ray MicroprobeArgonne Users WeekArgonne National Laboratory, IL
Kato, TokufumiTokufumi Kato for the Super-Kamiokande Collaboration2006Tau Neutrino Appearance in the Atmospheric NeutrinosDPF2006: Joint Meeting of Pacific Region Particle Physics Communities Honolulu, Hawaii
Kato, TokufumiTokufumi Kato for the Super-Kamiokande Collaboration2006Tau Neutrino Appearance in the Atmospheric NeutrinosNEUTRINO 2006Santa Fe, NM
Longobardi, LuigiL. Longobardi, S. Pottorf, V. Patel, J.E. Lukens(2006)Development and testing of a persistent flux bias for qubitsApplied Superconductivity ConferenceSeattle, WA
Longobardi, LuigiDouglas Bennett, Luigi Longobardi, Vijay Patel, Wei Chen, Dmitri Averin, Antonio Di Lorenzo, Vladimir Kuznetsov, Jaan Mannik, Shawn Pottorf, Kristian Rabenstein, James Lukens2007Studies of decoherence in a large area Nb flux qubitAPS March MeetingDenver, CO
Longobardi, LuigiD. A. Bennett, V. Patel, L. Longobardi, J. E. Lukens(2006)Low Back-action Readouts for Flux Qubits Applied Superconductivity ConferenceSeattle, WA
Ma, XiaolongXiaolong Ma2007Reinforcement Training of CrossNets: Prospects and ProblemsFena 2007Los Angeles, CA
Nichols, SarahSarah R. Nichols, Brett J. Pearson, George Gibson, and Thomas C. Weinacht2007Dissociative Ionization of an Aligned Molecular SampleCLEO/QELSBaltimore, MD
Nichols, SarahSarah R. Nichols, Brett J. Pearson, and Thomas C. Weinacht2006Production of Highly Charged States of Molecular Nitrogen in an Impulsively Aligned Sample2006 Cross Border WorkshopStorrs, CT
Pottorf, ShawnL. Longobardi, S. Pottorf, V. Patel, J.E. Lukens2006Development and testing of a persistent flux bias for qubitsApplied Superconductivity ConferenceSeattle, WA
Pottorf, ShawnS. Pottorf, V. Patel, J.E. Lukens2006Nb/AlOx/Nb Junction Quality Measurements for Flux QubitsApplied Superconductivity ConferenceSeattle, WA
Pottorf, ShawnShawn Pottorf, Vijay Patel, J. E. Lukens2007Low-frequency Critical Current Fluctuation Measurements in Nb/AlOx/Nb JunctionsAmerican Physical SocietyDenver, CO
Pottorf, ShawnDouglas Bennett, Luigi Longobardi, Vijay Patel, Wei Chen, Dmitri Averin, Antonio Di Lorenzo, Vladimir Kuznetsov, Jaan Mannik, Shawn Pottorf, Kristian Rabenstein, James Lukens2007Studies of decoherence in a large area Nb flux qubitAmerican Physical SocietyDenver, CO
Reyes, SebastianS. A. Reyes and A. M. Tsvelik2006Quantum Impurity Problem with Non-universal IndicesXI Training Course in the Physics of Strongly Correlated SystemsVietri Sul Mare, Salerno, Italy
Reyes, SebastianS. A. Reyes and A. M. Tsvelik2007Spin density wave formation in graphene facilitated by in-plane magnetic fieldAPS March MeetingDenver, CO, USA
Simonian, NikitaNikita Simonian, Jingbin Li, Konstantin Likharev2007Universal Negative Differential Resistance in Single-Electron Transport through Atoms and MoleculesAPS March MeetingDenver, CO
Simonian, NikitaNikita Simonian, Jingbin Li, Konstantin Likharev2007Universal Negative Differential Resistance in Single-Electron Transport through Atoms and MoleculesNano and Giga ChallengesPhoenix, AZ
Trallero, CarlosCarlos Trallero2006Coherent Control of Atoms Under Strong FieldsPhysics Department ColloqiumColby College, Waterville, ME
Trallero, CarlosCarlos Tralero, Michael Spanner and Thomas Weinacht2006Understanding Strong Field Coherent Control: From Single Atom Dynamics to Stimulated Emission Gordon Research Conference: Multiphoton ProcessesTilton School, Tilton, NH
Trallero, CarlosCarlos A. Trallero, Brett Pearson, Thomas C. Weinacht2007Strong Field Coherent Control with Simple Pulse Shapes: Towards Shaped Pulse SpectroscopyConference on Lasers and Electro OpticsBaltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MA
Yoon, JinmiJ. Yoon, Deane Peterson, R. Zagarello, NRL, and USNO2007The effects of rotation on early type stars as ground-based interferometry calibratorsAstronomical Society of New YorkHofstra University, Heamstead, NY
Zhang, YanY.ZHANG, B. NIELSEN, E.E. MENDEZ,J.JIMENEZ2007Hydrostatic Pressure Study of GaN-Based FETsAPS March MeetingDenver, CO
Zhou, WeiWei Zhou, F. E. Camino and V. J. Goldman2007Tunable-coupling quantum antidot moleculeAPS March MeetingDenver, CO

Post-graduate Appointments

Name of StudentJob TitleHiring InstitutionLocation
Hornberger, BenjaminStaff ScientistXradia, IncConcord, CA
Trallero, CarlosVisiting Fellow (Postdoctoral fellow)Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of CanadaNRC, Ottawa, Canada