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 2016
Noise Expands the Response Range of the Bacillus subtilis Competence Circut, Andrew Mugler, Mark Kittisopikul, Luke Hayden, et al.
Manuscripts from 2011
Measurement of the B- lifetime using a simulation free approach for trigger bias correction, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Measurement of b Hadron Lifetimes in Exclusive Decays Containing a J/Psi in p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, B. A. Gonzalez, S. Amerio, et al.
Observation of B-s(0) -> J/psi K*(892)(0) and B-s(0) -> J/psi K-S(0) decays, T. Aaltonen, B. A. Gonzalez, S. Amerio, et al.
Measurement of t(t)over-cap spin correlation in p(p)over-cap collisions using the CDF II detector at the Tevatron, T. Aaltonen, B. A. Gonzalez, S. Amerio, et al.
Search for Randall-Sundrum gravitons in the diphoton channel at CDF, T. Aaltonen, B. A. Gonzalez, S. Amerio, et al.
Search for a new heavy gauge boson W' with event signature electron plus missing transverse energy in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, B. A. Gonzalez, S. Amerio, et al.
Search for High Mass Resonances Decaying to Muon Pairs in root s=1.96 TeV p(p)over-bar Collisions, T. Aaltonen, B. A. Gonzalez, S. Amerio, et al.
Two-pion Bose-Einstein correlations in central Pb-Pb collisions at root(NN)-N-S=2.76 TeV, K. Aamodt, A. A. Quintana, D. Adamova, et al.
Suppression of charged particle production at large transverse momentum in central Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV, K. Aamodt, A. A. Quintana, D. Adamova, et al.
Centrality Dependence of the Charged-Particle Multiplicity Density at Midrapidity in Pb-Pb Collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV, K. Aamodt, A. A. Quintana, D. Adamova, et al.
Insights into the high-energy gamma-ray emission of markarian 501 from extensive multifrequency observations in the Fermi era, A. A. Abdo, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, et al.
Multi-wavelength observations of the flaring gamma-ray blazar 3C 66A in 2008 October, A. A. Abdo, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, et al.
Spectral energy distribution of markarian 501: Quiescent state versus extreme outburst, V. A. Acciari, T. Arlen, T. Aune, et al.
High p(T) nonphotonic electron production in p plus p collisions at root s=200 GeV, H. Agakishiev, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, et al.
Scaling properties at freeze-out in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, A. V. Alakhverdyants, et al.
Measurement of the Parity-Violating Longitudinal Single-Spin Asymmetry for W-+/- Boson Production in Polarized Proton-Proton Collisions at root s=500 GeV, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, A. V. Alakhverdyants, et al.
Strange and multistrange particle production in Au plus Au collisions at root s(NN)=62.4 GeV, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, A. V. Alakhverdyants, et al.
Polarity effects in the x-ray photoemission of ZnO and other wurtzite semiconductors, M. W. Allen, D. Y. Zemlyanov, G. I. N. Waterhouse, et al.
Gamma(1S) -> gamma f(2)'(1525); f(2)'(1525) -> (KSKS0)-K-0 decays, D. Besson, D. P. Hogan, T. K. Pedlar, et al.
Correlation of fermi photons with high-frequency radio giant pulses from the crab pulsar, A. V. Bilous, V. I. Kondratiev, M. A. McLaughlin, et al.
Effect of oxygen plasma etching on graphene studied using Raman spectroscopy and electronic transport measurements, I. Childres, L. A. Jauregui, J. F. Tian, et al.
Rephasing invariance and neutrino mixing (vol 11, pg 080, 2010), S. H. Chiu and T. K. Kuo
Catastrophic partial drainage of Pangong Tso, northern India and Tibet, J. M. Dortch, L. A. Owen, M. W. Caffee, et al.
Too young or too old: Evaluating cosmogenic exposure dating based on an analysis of compiled boulder exposure ages, J. Heyman, A. P. Stroeven, J. M. Harbor, et al.
Chandra discovery of 10 new x-ray jets associated with FR II radio core-selected AGNs in the Mojave sample, B. S. Hogan, M. L. Lister, P. Kharb, et al.
Measurements of inclusive W and Z cross sections in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV, V. Khachatryan, A. M. Sirunyan, A. Tumasyan, et al.
Measurement of the B+ Production Cross Section in pp Collisions at root s=7 TeV, V. Khachatryan, A. M. Sirunyan, A. Tumasyan, et al.
Dijet Azimuthal Decorrelations in pp Collisions at root s=7 TeV, V. Khachatryan, A. M. Sirunyan, A. Tumasyan, et al.
Search for Stopped Gluinos in pp Collisions at root s=7 TeV, V. Khachatryan, A. M. Sirunyan, A. Tumasyan, et al.
Charged particle multiplicities in pp interactions at root s=0:9, 2:36, and 7 TeV, V. Khachatryan, A. M. Sirunyan, A. Tumasyan, et al.
Measurement of the Isolated Prompt Photon Production Cross Section in pp Collisions at root s=7 TeV, V. Khachatryan, A. M. Sirunyan, A. Tumasyan, et al.
First measurement of the cross section for top-quark pair production in proton-proton collisions at root s=7 TeV, V. Khachatryan, A. M. Sirunyan, A. Tumasyan, et al.
Effect of Strain on Stripe Phases in the Quantum Hall Regime, S. P. Koduvayur, Y. Lyanda-Geller, S. Khlebnikov, et al.
Measurements of branching fractions for electromagnetic transitions involving the chi(bJ)(1P) states, M. Kornicer, R. E. Mitchell, C. M. Tarbert, et al.
Results from the first two years of VERITAS observations, F. Krennrich, M. Bautista, M. Beilicke, et al.
Spin Waves in the (pi, 0) Magnetically Ordered Iron Chalcogenide Fe1.05Te, O. J. Lipscombe, G. F. Chen, C. Fang, et al.
Hysteresis and interfacial energies in smooth-walled microfluidic channels, Y. H. Liu, D. D. Nolte, and L. J. Pyrak-Nolte
Double explosions and jet formation in gamma-ray burst-supernova progenitors, M. Lyutikov
Dynamics of strongly magnetized ejecta in gamma-ray bursts, M. Lyutikov
Schwarzschild black holes as unipolar inductors: Expected electromagnetic power of a merger, M. Lyutikov
Surface ages and rates of erosion at the Calico Archaeological Site in the Mojave Desert, Southern California, L. A. Owen, T. Davis, M. W. Caffee, et al.
In situ heating of the 2007 May 19 CME ejecta detected by stereo/plastic and ACE, C. E. Rakowski, J. M. Laming, and M. Lyutikov
Late Quaternary glacial chronology on Nevado Illimani, Bolivia, and the implications for paleoclimatic reconstructions across the Andes, C. A. Smith, T. V. Lowell, L. A. Owen, et al.
Prostate specific antigen detection in patient sera by fluorescence-free BioCD protein array, X. F. Wang, M. Zhao, D. D. Nolte, et al.
Cosmogenic radionuclides in L5 and LL5 chondrites from Queen Alexandra Range, Antarctica: Identification of a large L/LL5 chondrite shower with a preatmospheric mass of approximately 50,000 kg, K. C. Welten, M. W. Caffee, D. J. Hillegonds, et al.
Mutational Analysis of Photosystem I of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: The Role of Four Conserved Aromatic Residues in the j-helix of PsaB., Wu Xu, Yingchun Wang, Eric Taylor, et al.
Observation of a ubiquitous three-dimensional superconducting gap function in optimally doped Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2, Y. M. Xu, Y. B. Huang, X. Y. Cui, et al.
Orbital characters of bands in the iron-based superconductor BaFe1.85Co0.15As2, Y. Zhang, F. Chen, C. He, et al.
Nodeless superconducting gap in A(x)Fe(2)Se(2) (A = K, Cs) revealed by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, Y. Zhang, L. X. Yang, M. Xu, et al.
Manuscripts from 2010
Combination of Tevatron Searches for the Standard Model Higgs Boson in the W+W- Decay Mode, T. Aaltonen, V. M. Abazov, B. Abbott, et al.
Combined Tevatron upper limit on gg -> H -> W+W- and constraints on the Higgs boson mass in fourth-generation fermion models, T. Aaltonen, V. M. Abazov, B. Abbott, et al.
First Measurement of the b-Jet Cross Section in Events with a W Boson in p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.
Measurement of the t(t)over-bar production cross section in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV using soft electron b-tagging, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.
Measurements of the top-quark mass using charged particle tracking, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.
Search for Pair Production of Supersymmetric Top Quarks in Dilepton Events from p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, et al.
Study of multi-muon events produced in p (p)over-bar interactions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. Alvarez Gonzalez, et al.
Observation of single top quark production and measurement of vertical bar V-tb vertical bar with CDF, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Search for WW and WZ Resonances Decaying to Electron, Missing E-T, and Two Jets in p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Search for R-Parity Violating Decays of Sneutrinos to e mu, mu tau, and e tau Pairs in p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Measurement of Z gamma production in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Measurement of the top quark mass and p(p)over-bar -> t(t)over-bar cross section in the all-hadronic mode with the CDF II detector, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Measurement of W-Boson Polarization in Top-Quark Decay in p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Inclusive Search for Standard Model Higgs Boson Production in the WW Decay Channel Using the CDF II Detector, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Search for single top quark production in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV in the missing transverse energy plus jets topology, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Exclusion of an Exotic Top Quark with-4/3 Electric Charge Using Soft Lepton Tagging, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Measurement of d sigma/dy of Drell-Yan e(+)e(-) pairs in the Z mass region from p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Studying the underlying event in Drell-Yan and high transverse momentum jet production at the Tevatron, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Search for New Bottomlike Quark Pair Decays Q(Q)over-bar -> (tW +/-)((t)over-barW +/- in Same-Charge Dileption Events, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Measurement of the top quark mass in the dilepton channel using m(T2) at CDF, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Search for Supersymmetry with Gauge-Mediated Breaking in Diphoton Events with Missing Transverse Energy at CDF II, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Search for New Physics with a Dijet Plus Missing E-T Signature in p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Search for Technicolor Particles Produced in Association with a W Boson at CDF, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Measurement of the Lambda(0)(b) Lifetime in Lambda(0)(b) -> Lambda(+)(c)pi(-) Decays in p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Search for anomalous production of events with two photons and additional energetic objects at CDF, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Study of the associated production of photons and b-quark jets in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Measurement of the Ratio sigma(t(t)over-bar)/sigma(Z/gamma*-> ll) and Precise Extraction of the t(t)over-bar Cross Section, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Measurement of the WW plus WZ Production Cross Section Using the lepton plus jets Final State at CDF II, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Measurement of the W+W- Production Cross Section and Search for Anomalous WW gamma and WWZ Couplings in p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s 1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Search for the Production of Scalar Bottom Quarks in p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Measurements of branching fraction ratios and CP asymmetries in B-+/- -> DCPK +/- decays in hadron collisions, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Search for the Higgs Boson Using Neural Networks in Events with Missing Energy and b-Quark Jets in p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Search for new color-octet vector particle decaying to t(t)over-bar in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, B. A. Gonzalez, et al.
Diffractive W and Z production at the Fermilab Tevatron, T. Aaltonen, B. A. Gonzalez, S. Amerio, et al.
Updated search for the flavor-changing neutral-current decay D-0 -> mu(+)mu(-) in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, B. A. Gonzalez, S. Amerio, et al.
Measurement of the WW plus WZ production cross section using a matrix element technique in lepton plus jets events, T. Aaltonen, B. A. Gonzalez, S. Amerio, et al.
Measurement of the top pair production cross section in the dilepton decay channel in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, B. A. Gonzalez, S. Amerio, et al.
Improved Search for a Higgs Boson Produced in Association with Z -> l(+)l(-) in p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, B. A. Gonzalez, S. Amerio, et al.
Search for the supersymmetric partner of the top quark in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV, T. Aaltonen, B. A. Gonzalez, S. Amerio, et al.
Direct Top-Quark Width Measurement at CDF, T. Aaltonen, B. A. Gonzalez, S. Amerio, et al.
Top Quark Mass Measurement in the lepton plus jets Channel Using a Matrix Element Method and in situ Jet Energy Calibration, T. Aaltonen, B. A. Gonzalez, S. Amerio, et al.
Elliptic Flow of Charged Particles in Pb-Pb Collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV, K. Aamodt, B. Abelev, A. A. Quintana, et al.
Charged-Particle Multiplicity Density at Midrapidity in Central Pb-Pb Collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV, K. Aamodt, B. Abelev, A. A. Quintana, et al.
Charged-particle multiplicity measurement in proton-proton collisions at root s=7 TeV with ALICE at LHC, K. Aamodt, N. Abel, U. Abeysekara, et al.
Transverse momentum spectra of charged particles in proton-proton collisions at root s=900 GeV with ALICE at the LHC, K. Aamodt, N. Abel, U. Abeysekara, et al.
Two-pion Bose-Einstein correlations in pp collisions at root s=900 GeV, K. Aamodt, N. Abel, U. Abeysekara, et al.
Midrapidity Antiproton-to-Proton Ratio in pp Collisons root s=0.9 and 7 TeV Measured by the ALICE Experiment, K. Aamodt, N. Abel, U. Abeysekara, et al.
Charged-particle multiplicity measurement in proton-proton collisions at root s=0.9 and 2.36 TeV with ALICE at LHC, K. Aamodt, N. Abel, U. Abeysekara, et al.
First proton-proton collisions at the LHC as observed with the ALICE detector: measurement of the charged-particle pseudorapidity density at root s=900 GeV, K. Aamodt, N. Abel, U. Abeysekara, et al.
Alignment of the ALICE Inner Tracking System with cosmic-ray tracks, K. Aamodt, N. Abel, U. Abeysekara, et al.