The physics department has been largely expanding over the past few years, and focuses on conducting the most current and innovative research and outreach in the industry. Below are some research publications conducted by the department that focus on a variety of related topics.

Manuscripts from 2009

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First measurement of the ratio of branching fractions B(Lambda(0)(b) -> Lambda(+)(c) mu(-) (nu)over-bar(mu))/B(Lambda(0)(b) -> Lambda(+)(c) pi(-)), T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Search for a Higgs Boson Decaying to Two W Bosons at CDF, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Direct Measurement of the W Production Charge Asymmetry in pp Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Evidence for a Narrow Near-Threshold Structure in the J/psi phi Mass Spectrum in B+ -> J/psi phi K+ Decays, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Search for Gluino-Mediated Bottom Squark Production in p(p) over bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Search for a Fermiophobic Higgs Boson Decaying into Diphotons in pp Collisions at s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Measurement of cross sections for b jet production in events with a Z boson in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Measurement of the k(T) Distribution of Particles in Jets Produced in p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Search for High-Mass Resonances Decaying to Dimuons at CDF, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Top quark mass measurement in the t(t)over bar all hadronic channel using a matrix element technique in p(p)over bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Measurement of the top quark mass at CDF using the "neutrino phi weighting" template method on a lepton plus isolated track sample, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Search for Top-Quark Production via Flavor-Changing Neutral Currents in W+1 Jet Events at CDF, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Measurement of the t(t)over-bar production cross section in 2 fb(-1) of p(p)over-bar collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV using lepton plus jets events with soft muon b tagging, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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First Measurement of the t(t) over bar Differential Cross Section d sigma/dM(t(t) over bar) in p(p) over bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Search for the Decays B-(s)(0) -> e(+)mu(-) and B-(s)(0) -> e(+)e(-) in CDF Run II, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Top quark mass measurement in the lepton plus jets channel using a modified matrix element method, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Search for new particles decaying into dijets in proton-antiproton collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Observation of New Charmless Decays of Bottom Hadrons, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Search for the Production of Narrow t(b)over-bar Resonances in 1:9 fb(-1) of p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Searching the inclusive l gamma E-T + b-quark signature for radiative top quark decay and non-standard-model processes, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Measurement of the b-hadron production cross section using decays to mu(-DX)-X-0 final states in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Search for standard model Higgs boson production in association with a W boson using a neural network discriminant at CDF, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

Search for narrow resonances lighter than (sic) mesons, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Measurement of the t(t)over-bar cross section in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV using dilepton events with a lepton plus track selection, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Measurement of particle production and inclusive differential cross sections in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Search for WW and WZ production in lepton plus jets final state at CDF, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

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Search for Long-Lived Massive Charged Particles in 1.96 TeV p(p)over-bar Collisions, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.

Fermi Discovery of Gamma-Ray Emission from Ngc 1275, A. A. Abdo, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, et al.

The CMS barrel calorimeter response to particle beams from 2 to 350 GeV/c, S. Abdullin, V. Abramov, B. Acharya, et al.

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Observation of Two-Source Interference in the Photoproduction Reaction AuAu -> AuAu rho(0), B. I. Abelev, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, et al.

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Measurements of phi meson production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), B. I. Abelev, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, et al.

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Indications of Conical Emission of Charged Hadrons at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, B. I. Abelev, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, et al.

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Beam-energy and system-size dependence of dynamical net charge fluctuations, B. I. Abelev, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, et al.

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Measurement of D* mesons in jets from p plus p collisions at root s=200 GeV, B. I. Abelev, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, et al.

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Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions B(B-+/- -> J/psi pi(+/-))/B(B-+/- -> J/psi K-+/-), A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.

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Observation of Extended Very High Energy Emission from the Supernova Remnant Ic 443 with Veritas, V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen, et al.

Multiwavelength observations of LS 1+61 degrees 303 with Veritas, Swift, and RXTE, V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen, et al.

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Evidence for long-term gamma-ray and x-ray variability from the unidentified TeV source HESS J0632+057, V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen, et al.

Veritas observations of a very high energy gamma-ray flare from the blazar 3C 66A, V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen, et al.

Discovery of Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Radiation from the Bl Lac 1es 0806+524, V. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen, et al.

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Laboratory-scale study of field of view and the seismic interpretation of fracture specific stiffness, A. Acosta-Colon, L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, and D. D. Nolte

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Exhumation and incision history of the Lahul Himalaya, northern India, based on (U-Th)/He thermochronometry and terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide methods, B. Adams, C. Dietsch, L. A. Owen, et al.

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Measurement of B(Ds+ -> l plus v) and the decay constant fDs+ from 600 pb(-1) of e(+)e(-) annihilation data near 4170 MeV, J. P. Alexander, D. G. Cassel, J. E. Duboscq, et al.

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New measurement of exclusive decays of the chi(c0) and chi(c2) to two-meson final states, D. M. Asner, K. W. Edwards, J. Reed, et al.

Incorporation of (Be)-B-10 into Early Solar System Materials: a New Model, G. E. Bricker and M. W. Caffee

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Comment on "Spectroscopic Signatures of Novel Oxygen-Defect Complexes in Stoichiometrically Controlled CdSe'' Chen et al. Reply SO PHYSICAL Comment on "Anomalies in electrostatic calibrations for the measurement of the Casimir force in a sphere-plane geometry", G. Chen, J. S. Bhosale, I. Miotkowski, et al.

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Experimental studies of Bose-Einstein condensates in disorder, Y. P. Chen, J. Hitchcock, D. Dries, et al.

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Inelastic Neutron-Scattering Measurements of a Three-Dimensional Spin Resonance in the FeAs-Based BaFe1.9Ni0.1As2 Superconductor, S. X. Chi, A. Schneidewind, J. Zhao, et al.

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Brane vector dynamics from embedding geometry, T. E. Clark, S. T. Love, M. Nitta, et al.

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Comment on "Contribution of Drifting Carriers to the Casimir-Lifshitz and Casimir-Polder Interactions with Semiconductor Materials", R. S. Decca, E. Fischbach, B. Geyer, et al.

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Comment on "Anomalies in electrostatic calibrations for the measurement of the Casimir force in a sphere-plane geometry", R. S. Decca, E. Fischbach, G. L. Klimchitskaya, et al.

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Application of the proximity force approximation to gravitational and Yukawa-type forces, R. S. Decca, E. Fischbach, G. L. Klimchitskaya, et al.

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Inclusive hadron yields from D-s(+) decays, S. Dobbs, Z. Metreveli, K. K. Seth, et al.

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Nature and timing of large landslides in the Himalaya and Transhimalaya of northern India, J. M. Dortch, L. A. Owen, W. C. Haneberg, et al.

Time-Dependent Nuclear Decay Parameters: New Evidence for New Forces?, E. Fischbach, J. B. Buncher, J. T. Gruenwald, et al.

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Study of D-0 -> pi(-)e(+)ve, D+ -> pi(0)e(+)ve, D-0 -> K(-)e(+)ve, and D+ -> (K)over-bar(0)e(+)ve in tagged decays of the psi(3770) resonance, J. Y. Ge, D. H. Miller, V. Pavlunin, et al.

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Thermal Conductivity and Thermal Rectification in Graphene Nanoribbons: A Molecular Dynamics Study, J. N. Hu, X. L. Ruan, and Y. P. Chen

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Perturbation of nuclear decay rates during the solar flare of 2006 December 13, J. H. Jenkins and E. Fischbach

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Multiple-scattering speckle in holographic optical coherence imaging, K. Jeong, J. J. Turek, M. R. Melloch, et al.

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Electroweak symmetry breaking as a proximity effect, S. Khlebnikov

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Imaging of the diffusion of single band 3 molecules on normal and mutant erythrocytes, G. C. Kodippili, J. Spector, C. Sullivan, et al.

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Characterization of an Associated Particle Neutron Generator With ZnO:Ga Alpha-Detector and Active Focusing, D. S. Koltick, S. Z. Kane, M. Lvovsky, et al.

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Cosmogenic nuclide burial ages and provenance of the Xigeda paleo-lake: Implications for evolution of the Middle Yangtze River, P. Kong, D. E. Granger, F. Y. Wu, et al.

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Latest Pleistocene glacial chronology of the Uinta Mountains: support for moisture-driven asynchrony of the last deglaciation, B. J. C. Laabs, K. A. Refsnider, J. S. Munroe, et al.

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Cosmogenic nuclides in the solar gas-rich H3-6 chondrite breccia Frontier Mountain 90174, I. Leya, K. C. Welten, K. Nishiizumi, et al.

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First-order magnetic and structural phase transitions in Fe1+ySexTe1-x, S. L. Li, C. de la Cruz, Q. Huang, et al.

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Mojave: Monitoring of Jets in Active Galactic Nuclei with Vlba Experiments. V. Multi-Epoch Vlba Images, M. L. Lister, H. D. Aller, M. F. Aller, et al.

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Doubly resonant Raman electron paramagnetic transitions of Cr3+ in ruby (Al2O3:Cr3+), X. Lu, S. Venugopalan, H. J. Kim, et al.

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Magnetocentrifugal launching of jets from discs around Kerr black holes, M. Lyutikov

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First-Principles Calculations of the Electronic Structure of Tetragonal alpha-FeTe and alpha-FeSe Crystals: Evidence for a Bicollinear Antiferromagnetic Order, F. J. Ma, W. Ji, J. P. Hu, et al.

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Theoretical model for the experimental magnetization data from the layered III-VI diluted magnetic semiconductor In(1-x)MnxSe (x=0.014 & 0.027), D. Meda, J. H. Blackburn, L. Maxwell, et al.

Be-10 and Cl-36 interlaboratory comparisons: Implications for terrestrial production rates?, S. Merchel, W. Bremser, V. Alfimov, et al.

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Observation of D+->eta e(+)nu(e), R. E. Mitchell, M. R. Shepherd, D. Besson, et al.

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J/psi and psi(2S) Radiative Transitions to eta(c), R. E. Mitchell, M. R. Shepherd, D. Besson, et al.

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Dalitz plot analysis of D-s(+)-> K+K-pi(+), R. E. Mitchell, M. R. Shepherd, D. Besson, et al.

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Observation of eta ' Decays to pi(+) pi(-) pi(0) and pi(+) pi(-) e(+) e(-), P. Naik, J. Rademacker, D. M. Asner, et al.

Simulating drainage and imbibition experiments in a high-porosity micromodel using an unstructured pore network model, V. J. Niasar, S. M. Hassanizadeh, L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, et al.

Exposure Histories of Cm2 Carbonaceous Chondrites-an Update, K. Nishiizumi and M. W. Caffee

Measurements of high-energy neutron cross sections for accurate cosmogenic nuclide production rates, K. Nishiizumi, K. C. Welten, H. Matsumura, et al.

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Improved measurement of absolute branching fraction of Ds(+) -> tau(+) v(tau), P. U. E. Onyisi, J. L. Rosner, J. P. Alexander, et al.

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Charmonium decays to gamma pi(0), gamma eta, and gamma eta ', T. K. Pedlar, J. Xavier, D. Cronin-Hennessy, et al.

Preliminary Be-10 chronology for the last deglaciation of the western margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet, V. Rinterknecht, Y. Gorokhovich, J. Schaefer, et al.

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Search for D-0 -> (p)over-bare(+) and D-0 -> pe(-), P. Rubin, N. Lowrey, S. Mehrabyan, et al.

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Three-dimensional holographic imaging of living tissue using a highly sensitive photorefractive polymer device, M. Salvador, J. Prauzner, S. Kober, et al.

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Magnetic properties of the superconducting state of iron-based superconductors, K. J. Seo, C. Fang, B. A. Bernevig, et al.

Rates of basin-wide rockwall retreat in the K2 region of the Central Karakoram defined by terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide Be-10, Y. B. Seong, L. A. Owen, M. W. Caffee, et al.

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Lateglacial and Holocene cosmogenic surface exposure age glacial chronology and geomorphological evidence for the presence of cold-based glaciers at Nevado Sajama, Bolivia, C. A. Smith, T. V. Lowell, and M. W. Caffee

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Cumulant versus jet-like three-particle correlations, J. G. Ulery and F. Q. Wang

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Gyromagnetic Imaging: Dynamic Optical Contrast Using Gold Nanostars with Magnetic Cores, Q. S. Wei, H. M. Song, A. P. Leonov, et al.

Cosmogenic Radionuclides in Three Paired Howardites and a Polymict Diogenite from Pecora Escarpment Icefield, Antarctica, K. C. Welten, M. W. Caffee, and A. W. Beck

Cosmogenic Radionuclides in Bunburra Rockhole Achondrite Fall, K. C. Welten, K. Nishiizumi, M. W. Caffee, et al.

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Compositional Contrast of Biological Materials in Liquids Using the Momentary Excitation of Higher Eigenmodes in Dynamic Atomic Force Microscopy, X. Xu, J. Melcher, S. Basak, et al.

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Receptor overexpression or inhibition alters cell surface dynamics of EGF-EGFR interaction: New insights from real-time single molecule analysis, C. X. Yu, J. Hale, K. Ritchie, et al.

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Localization and the Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition in Disordered Graphene, Y. Y. Zhang, J. P. Hu, B. A. Bernevig, et al.

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Abnormal electronic transport in disordered graphene nanoribbon, Y. Y. Zhang, J. P. Hu, X. C. Xie, et al.

Manuscripts from 2008

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Search for third generation vector leptoquarks in p(p)over-barcollisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, et al.

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Measurement of correlated b(b)over-bar production in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1960 GeV, T. Aaltonen, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, et al.

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First run II measurement of the W boson mass at the Fermilab Tevatron, T. Aaltonen, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, et al.

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Search for resonant t(t)over-bar production in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, et al.

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Measurement of lifetime and decay-width difference in B-S(0)-> J/psi phi decays, T. Aaltonen, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, et al.