Physics and Astronomy Student Achievements 2005-2006


Grants, Fellowships and Awards

Name of StudentName of AwardAward Amount (US$)Granting InstitutionLocation
Calaga, RamaIEEE-NPSS Graduate Student Scholarship500IEEE-NPSSN/A
Christensen, NeilMax Dresden Prize500Stony Brook University
Dahms, TorstenT. A. Pond Prize300Department of Physics and Astrononmy, Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, NY
Doebbler, Jennifer Dr. Nathaniel and Fanie Soroff Prize300.00N/AN/A
Kato, TokufumiNeutrino 2006 Scholarship495.00N/AN/A
Lapidus, SaulDavid Fox Prize400SUNY SBNA
Ma, XiaolongPeter B. Kahn Fellowship700Department of Physics & AstronomyStony Brook University
Nichols, SarahHenry B. Silsbee Prize1000Stony Brook University Physics Dept.Stony Brook, NY
Shim, HyunooBenjamin W. Lee Prize1000Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, NY
Strauss, EmanuelSoroff300Department of Physics and Astrononmy, Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, NY
Zhou, WeiCWA1104/GSEU fund370Graduate student employees unionGSEU

Publications/Reports/Reviews

Name of StudentList of AuthorsYearTitle of PublicationTitle of JournalVolumePage Number
Ananikian, DavidD. Ananikian and T. Bergeman2006Gross-Pitaevskii equation for Bose particles in a double-well potential: Two-mode models and beyondPhys. Rev. A73013604
Bender, ChadM. Simon, C. Bender, L. Prato2006The GL569 Multiple SystemAstrophysical Journal6440000
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 ANIMA-D-05-00459fresh accepted
Beznosko, DmitriyD. Beznosko, G. Blazey, A. Dyshkant, J. Maloney, V. Rykalin, J. Schellpffer2005Modular Design of Long Narrow Scintillating Cells for ILC DetectorFNAL PreprintN/AFERMILAB-PUB-05-387
Blaga, Cosmin ioanJ. S. Parker, B. J. S. Doherty, K. T. Taylor, K. D. Schultz, C. I. Blaga, and L. F. DiMauro 2006High-Energy Cutoff in the Spectrum of Strong-Field Nonsequential Double Ionization Physical Review Letters96133001
Calaga, RamaR. Calaga et al.2006High Current Superconducting Gun at 703.75 MHzPhysica C557N/A
Calaga, RamaR. Calaga, R.Tomas, A. Franchi2005Merging the Hamiltonian and Matrix approachesPhys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams8034001
Cardoza, DavidDavid Cardoza, Brett J. Pearson, Mark Baertschy and Thomas Weinacht2006Charge-transfer as a mechanism for controlling molecular fragmentationJournal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistryto be publishedto be published
Christensen, NeilNeil Christensen, Robert Shrock2006 Technifermion representations and precision electroweak constraintsPhys. Letters B63292-98
Christensen, NeilNeil Christensen, Robert Shrock2006 Extended technicolor models with two ETC groupsArxive:hep-ph/06031491
Christidi, Ilektra- athanasiaL. Ahrens, A. Artamonov, G. Atoian, K. Brown, C. Cantley, N. Cartiglia, I.A. Christidi, J.W. Glenn, A. Hatzikoutelis, D.E. Jaffe, S. Koscielniak, D.M. Lazarus, J. Mabanta, M. Marx, P. Pile, G. Redlinger, C. Scarlett and M. Sivertz2006Interbunch extinction measurement at the BNL AGS for the KOPIO experimentNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A560,2256-263
Dusling, KevinK. Dusling and N. Pietralla2005Description of ground-state band energies in well-deformed even-even nuclei with the confined beta-soft rotor modelPhysical Review C72011303-1
Dusling, KevinK. Dusling, N. Pietralla, G. Rainovski, T. Ahn, B. Bochev, A. Costin, T. Koike, T.C. Li, A. Linnemann, S. Pontillo, and C. Vaman2006Medium-spin gamma-ray spectroscopy of the transitional nucleus 160ErPhysical Review C73014317-1
Dusling, KevinK. Dusling, D. Teaney, and I. Zahed2006Thermal Dimuon Yields at NA60arXiv.org e-Print archive nucl-th/0604071
Giombi, SimoneF. Bastianelli, P. Benincasa, S. Giombi2005 Worldline approach to vector and antisymmetric tensor fields. IIJournal of High Energy Physics10(2005)114
Giombi, SimoneS. Giombi, M. Kulaxizi, R. Ricci, D. Trancanelli2005 Half-BPS geometries and thermodynamics of free fermionsarXiv.org e-Print archiveN/Ahep-th/0512101
Giombi, SimoneS. Giombi, R. Ricci, D. Robles-LLana, D. Trancanelli2005 Instantons and matter in N=1/2 supersymmetric gauge theoryJournal of High Energy Physics10(2005)021
Holt, JeremyJeremy W. Holt and Gerald E. Brown2005Hans Bethe: The Nuclear Many Body ProblemarXiv.org e-Print archiveN/AN/A
Holt, JeremyJason D. Holt, Jeremy W. Holt, T. T. S. Kuo, G. E. Brown, S. K. Bogner2005Low momentum shell model effective interactions with all-order core polarizationPhys. Rev. C72041304(R)
Holt, JeremyT. T. S. Kuo, Jason D. Holt, Jeremy W. Holt, G. E. Brown, and S. K. Bogner2005Kirson-Babu-Brown Core Polarization Diagrams and low-momentum shell model effective interactionsJournal of Physics: Conference Series201
Huang, Yu-tinYu-tin Huang 2005N=4 Super Yang-mills NMHV loop in superspace Physics Letters B631177
Liao, JinfengJinfeng Liao and Edward Shuryak2006WHAT DO LATTICE BARYONIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES TELL US ABOUT QUARKS, DIQUARKS AND BARYONS AT T>T_cPhysical Review D73014509
Liao, JinfengVladimir Korepin and Jinfeng Liao2005QUEST FOR FAST PARTIAL SEARCH ALGORITHMQuantum Information Processing (in press)quant-ph/0510179
Liao, JinfengJinfeng Liao and Edward Shuryak2005POLYMER CHAINS AND BARYONS IN A STRONGLY COUPLED QUARK-GLUON PLASMAarxiv (submitted to Nuclear Physics A)hep-ph/0508035
Newaz, A.K.M.W.Song, A.K.M. Newaz, J.K. Son, E.E. Mendez2006Drastic Reduction of Shot Noise in semiconductor Physical Review Letter96126803
Pottorf, ShawnPatel V, Chen W, Pottorf S, Lukens JE2005A fast turn-around time process for fabrication of qubit circuitsIEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY15117
Reyes, SebastianS. A. Reyes, A. M. Tsvelik2005Crossed Spin-1/2 Heisenberg Chains as a Quantum Impurity ProblemPhysical Review Letters95186404
Reyes, SebastianS. A. Reyes, A. M. Tsvelik2006Finite temperature correlation function for one-dimensional Quantum Ising model: the virial expansionarXiv.org e-Print archiveN/AN/A
Reyes, SebastianS. A. Reyes, A. M. Tsvelik2006High temperature limit of the order parameter correlation functions in the quantum Ising model Nuclear Physics B(In press)N/A
Sobczyk, AleksanderA.SOBCZYK, V.Scheuss, K.Svoboda2005“NMDA Receptor Subunit Dependent [Ca2+] Signaling in Individual Hippocampal Dendritic Spines”Journal of Neuroscience25(26)6037
Sobczyk, AleksanderN.Jura, E.Scotto-Lavino, A.SOBCZYK, D.Bar-Sagi2006“Differential modification of Ras proteins by ubiquitination”Molecular Cell21679
Sobczyk, AleksanderR.Yasuda, C.Harvey, H.Zhong, A.SOBCZYK, L.van Aelst, K.Svoboda2006“Super-sensitive Ras activation in dendrites and spines of pyramidal neurons revealed by 2-photon fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy”Nature Neuroscience9(2)283
Trallero, CarlosC. Trallero-Herrero, J. L. Cohen and T. C. Weinacht2006Strong Field Atomic Phase MatchingPhysics Review Letters96063603
Trallero, CarlosJulio C. Drake Perez, C. Trallero-Giner, V. Lopez Richard, C. Trallero-Herrero, Joseph L. Birman2005Gross-Pitaevskii equation: Variational approachphysica status solidi (c)23665
Trallero, CarlosCarlos Trallero-Giner, J. Drake, V. Lopez-Richard, C. Trallero-Herrero and Joseph L. Birman2006Bose-Einstein condensates: Analytical methods for the Gross-Pitaevskii equationPhysics Letters A354115
Wang, JingJing Wang, Hongbing Lu, Tianfang Li, and Zhengrong Liang2005An Alternative Solution to the Non-uniform Noise Propagation Problem in Fan-beam FBP Image ReconstructionMedical Physics323389-3394
Wang, JingJing Wang, Tianfang Li, Hongbing Lu, and Zhengrong Liang2006Noise Reduction for Low-dose Single-slice Helical CT SinogramsIEEE Trans. Nucl. Science53n/a
Yan, Koon-kiuHuafeng Xie, Koon-Kiu Yan, Sergei Maslov2005Effects of Community Structure on Search and Ranking in Information NetworkProceeding of NATO ASI Geilo 2005N/AN/A
Zhou, WeiF. E. Camino, W. Zhou, V. J. Goldman2005Realization of a Laughlin quasiparticle interferometer: Observation of fractional statisticsPhys. Rev. B72075342
Zhou, WeiF. E. Camino, Wei Zhou, V. J. Goldman2005Aharonov-Bohm Superperiod in a Laughlin Quasiparticle InterferometerPhys. Rev. Lett95246802
Zhou, Wei Wei Zhou, F. E. Camino, V. J. Goldman2005Flux Period Scaling in the Laughlin Quasiparticle InterferometerSubmitted to PRB (now available at cond-mat/0512329)NANA

Public External Presentations

Name of StudentList of AuthorsYearTitle of PresentationName of MeetingLocation
Calaga, RamaR. Calaga2005Optimizing the cavity shape for ERLsOptimizing the cavity shape for ERLsJefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia
Calaga, RamaR. Calaga2005ERL Cavity for High Currents12th Workshop of RF SuperconductivityCornell, Ithaca, NY
Cardoza, DavidDavid Cardoza, Mark Baertschy and Thomas Weinacht2005Gaining Mechanistic Insight from Closed-Loop Learning Control of Molecular FragmentationFrontiers in Optics/Laser Science XXITucson, AZ
Cardoza, DavidDavid Cardoza, Brett J. Pearson, Thomas Weinacht2006Imaging Dissociative Wavefunctions of Polyatomic Molecules Through Wave Packet InterferenceConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser ScienceLong Beach, CA
Cardoza, DavidDavid Cardoza, Mark Baertschy and Thomas Weinacht2005Understanding Learning Control of Molecular FragmentationGordon Research Conference on Quantum Control of Light and MatterColby, ME
Cardoza, DavidDavid Cardoza2006Controlling Molecular Reactions Using Shaped, Ultrafast Laser PulsesSeminar at Carleton CollegeNorthfield, MN
Christensen, NeilNeil Christensen2005Studies of Dynamical Electroweak Symmetry BreakingMSU High Energy SeminarMichigan State University
Christensen, NeilNeil Christensen2005Studies of Dynamical Electroweak Symmetry BreakingYale University High Energy SeminarYale University
Christensen, NeilNeil Christensen2005Studies of Dynamical Electroweak Symmetry BreakingBU High Energy SeminarBoston University
Desai, SatishSatish Desai2006A Search for Technicolor Production at D0Satish DesaiDallas TX
Desai, SatishSatish Desai, Venkatesh Kaushik2006A Search for WH Associated Production at D0APS April MtgDallas, TX
Eardley, MatthewMatthew D. Eardley, Claire V. Shean, Harold J. Metcalf2004Atomic Nanofabrication with Metastable HeliumBoulder School for Condensed Matter and Materials PhysicsBoulder, Colorado
Eardley, MatthewMatthew Eardley, Ying-Ju Wang, Svenja Knappe, John Moreland, Leo Hollberg, John Kitching2006Excitation of Atoms with Magnetic MicrostructuresAPS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical PhysicsKnoxville, Tennessee
Franchini, FabioFabio Franchini & Alexander Abanov2006Hydrodynamic Description of Correlators in Quantum FluidsInvited SeminarUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Franchini, FabioFabio Franchini & Alexander Abanov2006Coupling of Spin and Charge Degrees of Freedom in a Hydrodynamic Two-Fluid ApproachAPS March MeetingBaltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD
Giombi, SimoneSimone Giombi2006Half-BPS geometries of type IIB supergravity and free fermionsInvited SeminarUniversity of Bologna, Italy
Holt, JeremyJeremy W. Holt, G. E. Brown, J. D. Holt, T. T. S. Kuo, S. K. Bogner2005Fermi liquid theory and Kuo-Brown effective interactions2005 Second Joint Meeting of the Nuclear Physics Division of the APS and JPSMaui, Hawaii
Kamin, JasonJason Kamin2006 A hadron blind detector for the PHENIX experimentHot Quarks 2006Villasimius, Sardegna, Italy
Kato, TokufumiTokufumi Kato for The Super-Kamiokande Collaboration2005A Search for Tau Appearance in Atmospheric Neutrinos with Super- KamiokandeICRC 2005Pune, India
Krycka, KathrynKathryn Krycka, Chi-Chang Kao, Sara Majetich, Madhur Sachan2006Anomalous X-ray Characterization of ε-Co Nanoparticles with Thin Oxide ShellsAPS March MeetingBaltimore, MD
Krycka, KathrynK. L. Krycka and C.C. Kao2005Characterization of Nano-Magnetic and Biological Systems Using Anomalous Small Angle X-ray Scattering X-rays and Neutrons: Essential Tools for NanoscienceWashington, DC
Ma, XiaolongXiaolong Ma and Konstantin Likharev2006Global Reinforcement Learning in Neural Networks with Stochastic SynapsesWCCI 2006Vancouver Canada
Newaz, A.K.M.A.K.M. Newaz, W. Song, B. Nielsen, E. E. Mendez, R. Hey, H. Kostial, and H. T.Grahn2006Shot Noise in Coherently Coupled GaAs-AlGaAs Double-APS March MeetingBaltimore
Newaz, A.K.M.Y. Lin, A.K.M. Newaz, E.E. Mendez and J.Nitta2006Magnetotunneling Spectroscopy in InGaAs Double-well APS March MeetingBaltimore
Pottorf, ShawnS. Pottorf, Vijay Patel, Wei Chen, J. E. Lukens2005Junction Quality Measurments for Qubit FabricationBoulder School for Condensed Matter and Material PhysicsBoulder, Colorado
Reyes, SebastianS. A. Reyes, A. M. Tsvelik2006Crossed Spin-1/2 Heisenberg Chains as a Quantum Impurity ProblemAPS March MeetingBaltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD
Sobczyk, AleksanderA.SOBCZYK, K.Svoboda2006“Activity-dependent modulation of fractional NMDA receptor Ca2+ currents in individual dendritic spines”Channels, Receptors and SynapsesCold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA
Sobczyk, AleksanderA.SOBCZYK, V.Scheuss, K.Svoboda2005“NMDA receptor subunit-specific Ca2+ signaling in individual dendritic spines”Gordon Research Conference on Excitatory Amino Acids and Brain FunctionCentre Paul Langevin, Aussois, France
Tartamella, ChrisTartamella, C.M., Swesty, F.D, Lattimer, J.M.2006The Effects of the Equation of State of Hot, Dense Matter on the Dynamics of Core Collapse Supernova ModelsWinter Meeting of the American Astronomical SocitetyWasington DC
Trallero, CarlosCarlos Trallero, Jayson Cohen and Thomas Weinacht2005Coherent control in the strong field limitGordon Research Conference on Quantum Control Of Light And MatterColby College, Waterville, ME
Trallero, CarlosCarlos Trallero and Thomas Weinacht2006Strong field atomic phase matchingDAMOPKnoxville, TN
Wang, JingJing Wang, Tianfang Li, Hongbing Lu, and Zhengrong Liang2006Penalized weighted least-squares approach to sinogram noise reduction and image reconstruction for low-dose x-ray computed tomographySPIE Medical Imaging ConferenceSan Diego
Wang, JingJing Wang, Tianfang Li, Hongbing Lu, and Zhengrong Liang2006Noise reduction of low-dose helical CT by 3D penalized weighted least-squares sinogram smoothingSPIE Medical Imaging ConferenceSan Diego
Yan, Koon-kiuJacob Bock Axelsen, Koon-Kiu Yan, Sergei Maslov2005Parameters of the proteome evolution from the distribution of sequence identities of paralogous proteinsAPS March meetingBaltimore
Yoon, JinmiJinmi Yoon, Deane Peterson, Thomas Amstrong, James H. Clark III, Charmaine Gilbreath, Thomas Pauls, Henrique Schmitt2006Early type stars as calibrators for ground-based interferometryThe International Society for Optical EngineeringOlando, Florida, USA
Zhou, WeiWei Zhou, F. E. Camino, V. J. Goldman2005Quantum Transport in an Aharonov-Bohm Electron Interferometer24th International Conference on Low Temperature PhysicsOrlando, FL
Zhou, WeiWei Zhou, F. E. Camino, V. J. Goldman2006Flux period scaling in an Laughlin quasiparticle interferometerAPS March Meeting 2006Baltimore, MD

Post-graduate Appointments

Name of StudentJob TitleHiring InstitutionLocation
Calaga, Rama2-3 Year TOOHIG Fellowship, Research AssociateLARP/BNL/LHCUpton, NY/ Geneva, Switzerland
Christensen, NeilPostdoctoral ResearcherMichigan State UniversityLansing, MI
Franchini, FabioPost-Doctoral FellowshipAbdus Salam Iternational Center for Theoretical PhysicsTrieste, Italy
Newaz, A.K.M.Post DocWashington University at St. LouisSt. Louis