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 2007
Search for new physics in lepton plus photon plus X events with 929 pb(-1) of pp collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
Search for exotic S =-2 baryons in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
Precision measurement of the top-quark mass from dilepton events at CDF II, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
Measurement of sigma(p(p)over-bar -> Z) center dot B(Z -> tau tau) in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
Search for V plus A current in top-quark decays in p(p)over-bar collisions root s=1.96 TeV, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
Inclusive search for new physics with like-sign dilepton events in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
Observation of WZ production, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
Measurement of the helicity fractions of W bosons from top quark decays using fully reconstructed t(t)over-bar events with CDF II, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
Measurement of the B+ production cross section in pp(-) collisions at root s=1960 GeV, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
Measurement of the B+ production cross section in pp(-) collisions at root s=1960 GeV, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
Search for anomalous production of multilepton events in p$(p)over-bar-$ collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
Analysis of the quantum numbers J(PC) of the x(3872) particle, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
Measurement of the ratios of branching fractions B (B-s(0)-> D-s(-) pi(+) pi(+) pi(-))/B(B-0 -> D- pi(+) pi(+) pi(-)) and B(B-s(0) -> D-s(-) pi(+))/B(B-0 -> D- pi(+)), A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
Search for W ' boson decaying to electron-neutrino pairs in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
Measurement of the ratios of branching fractions B (B-s(0)-> D-s(-) pi(+) pi(+) pi(-))/B(B-0 -> D- pi(+) pi(+) pi(-)) and B(B-s(0) -> D-s(-) pi(+))/B(B-0 -> D- pi(+)), A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
Measurement of sigma(0)(Lambda B)/sigma(0) x B(Lambda(0)(b)->Lambda(+)(c)pi(-))/B(B)over-bar(0)-> D+pi(-)) in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
Measurement of the Lambda(0)(b) lifetime in Lambda(0)(b)-> J/psi Lambda(0) in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
Search for heavy long-lived particles that decay to photons at CDF II, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
First measurement of the ratio of central-electron to forward-electron W partial cross sections in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
Polarizations of J/psi and psi(2S) mesons produced in p(p)over-bar collisins at root s-1.96 TeV, A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, et al.
Study of inclusive strange-baryon production and search for pentaquarks in two-photon collisions at LEP, P. Achard, O. Adriani, M. Aguilar-Benitez, et al.
Study of inclusive strange-baryon production and search for pentaquarks in two-photon collisions at LEP, P. Achard, O. Adriani, M. Aguilar-Benitez, et al.
Study of resonance formation in the mass region 1400-1500 MeV through the reaction gamma gamma -> K-S(0) K-+/-pi(-/+), P. Achard, O. Adriani, M. Aguilar-Benitez, et al.
Study of exclusive charmless semileptonic B decays and vertical bar V-ub vertical bar, N. E. Adam, J. P. Alexander, K. Berkelman, et al.
Suppressed decays of D-s(+) mesons to two pseudoscalar mesons, G. S. Adams, M. Anderson, J. P. Cummings, et al.
chi(c0) and chi(c2) decays into eta eta, eta eta ', and eta 'eta ' final states, G. S. Adams, M. Anderson, J. P. Cummings, et al.
Delta phi Delta eta correlations in central Au plus Au collisions at root S-NN = 200 GeV, J. Adams, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, et al.
Two-particle correlations on transverse momentum and momentum dissipation in Au-Au collisions at root sNN=130 GeV, J. Adams, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, et al.
Scaling properties of hyperon production in Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV, J. Adams, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, et al.
The energy dependence of p(t) angular correlations inferred from mean-p(t) fluctuation scale dependence in heavy ion collisions at the SPS and RHIC, J. Adams, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, et al.
Scaling properties of hyperon production in Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV, J. Adams, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, et al.
Effect of temperature on isotopic mass dependence of excitonic band gaps in semiconductors: ZnO, H. Alawadhi, S. Tsoi, X. Lu, et al.
Application of an XMM-Newton epic Monte Carlo technique to analysis and interpretation of data for the abell 1689, RX J0658-55, and centaurus clusters of galaxies, K. Andersson, J. R. Peterson, and G. Madejski
Measurement of the decay constant f(Ds)(+) using D-s(+)-> l(+)nu, M. Artuso, S. Blusk, J. Butt, et al.
Evidence for the decay D-0 -> K-pi(+)pi(-)e(+)nu(e), M. Artuso, S. Blusk, J. Butt, et al.
Antideuteron production in Y(nS) decays and the nearby continuum, D. M. Asner, K. W. Edwards, R. A. Briere, et al.
Antideuteron production in Y(nS) decays and the nearby continuum, D. M. Asner, K. W. Edwards, R. A. Briere, et al.
Search for radiative decays of Upsilon(1S) into eta and eta', S. B. Athar, R. Patel, V. Potlia, et al.
chi(cJ) decays to h(+)h(-)h(0), S. B. Athar, R. Patel, V. Potlia, et al.
CMS physics technical design report, volume II: Physics performance, G. L. Bayatian, S. Chatrchyan, G. Hmayakyan, et al.
Radiative decays of the Upsilon(1S) to gamma pi(0)pi(0), gamma eta eta and gamma pi(0)eta, D. Besson, T. K. Pedlar, D. Cronin-Hennessy, et al.
Observation of Upsilon(3S)->tau(+),tau(-) and tests of lepton universality in Upsilon decays, D. Besson, T. K. Pedlar, D. Cronin-Hennessy, et al.
Electrical properties of individual gold nanowires arrayed in a porous anodic alumina template, K. Biswas, Y. Qin, M. DaSilva, et al.
Dalitz plot analysis of the D+->pi(-)pi(+)pi(+) decay, G. Bonvicini, D. Cinabro, M. Dubrovin, et al.
The CMS pixel system, D. Bortoletto
Comparison of particle production in quark and gluon fragmentation at root s similar to 10 GeV, R. A. Briere, T. Ferguson, G. Tatishvili, et al.
Precision determination of the D-0 mass, C. Cawlfield, B. I. Eisenstein, I. Karliner, et al.
Dramatic variability of X-ray absorption lines in the black hole candidate Cygnus X-1, C. H. Chang and W. Cui
Measurement of interfacial area per volume for drainage and imbibition, D. Q. Chen, L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, J. Griffin, et al.
Control of defect structure in compound semiconductors with stoichiometry: Oxygen in CdTe, G. Chen, I. Miotkowski, S. Rodriguez, et al.
Quantum phase transition in the quantum compass model, H. D. Chen, C. Fang, J. P. Hu, et al.
Exact mapping between classical and topological orders in two-dimensional spin systems, H. D. Chen and J. P. Hu
Soy isoflavones do not affect bone resorption in postmenopausal women: A dose-response study using a novel approach with Ca-41, J. M. K. Cheong, B. R. Martin, G. S. Jackson, et al.
Correlation energy in a spin-polarized two-dimensional electron liquid in the high-density limit, S. Chesi and G. F. Giuliani
Exchange energy and generalized polarization in the presence of spin-orbit coupling in two dimensions, S. Chesi and G. F. Giuliani
Gravitating p-branes, T. E. Clark, S. T. Love, M. Nitta, et al.
Oscillating p-branes, T. E. Clark, S. T. Love, M. Nitta, et al.
Domain walls, the extended superconformal algebra and the supercurrent, T. E. Clark, M. Nitta, and T. ter Veldhuis
Relativistic beaming and the intrinsic properties of extragalactic radio jets, M. H. Cohen, M. L. Lister, D. C. Homan, et al.
MOJAVE: Monitoring of jets in active galactic nuclei with VLBA experiments. III. Deep VLA images at 1.4 Ghz, N. J. Cooper, M. L. Lister, and M. D. Kochanczyk
Study of dipion transitions among Upsilon(3S), Upsilon(2S), and Upsilon(1S) states, D. Cronin-Hennessy, K. Y. Gao, J. Hietala, et al.
Astability and negative differential resistance of the Wigner solid, G. A. Csathy, D. C. Tsui, L. N. Pfeiffer, et al.
Chandra view of the unidentified TeV gamma-ray source Hess J1804-216 (vol 652, pg L109, 2006), W. Cui and A. Konopelko
Novel constraints on light elementary particles and extra-dimensional physics from the Casimir effect, R. S. Decca, D. Lopez, E. Fischbach, et al.
Tests of new physics from precise measurements of the Casimir pressure between two gold-coated plates, R. S. Decca, D. Lopez, E. Fischbach, et al.
Measurement of absolute hadronic branching fractions of D mesons and e(+)e(-) -> D(D)over-bar cross sections at the psi(3770), S. Dobbs, Z. Metreveli, K. K. Seth, et al.
Natural focusing of x rays from ferroelectric lithium niobate wafers, S. Durbin, T. Jach, S. Kim, et al.
Effects of multiple scattering in cold nuclear matter on J/psi suppression and P2T in heavy ion collisions, A. M. Glenn, J. L. Nagle, and D. Molnar
Effects of multiple scattering in cold nuclear matter on J/psi suppression and P2T in heavy ion collisions, A. M. Glenn, J. L. Nagle, and D. Molnar
Laboratory test of Newton's second law for small accelerations, J. H. Gundlach, S. Schlamminger, C. D. Spitzer, et al.
Very high energy observations of gamma-ray burst locations with the whipple telescope, D. Horan, R. W. Atkins, H. M. Badran, et al.
Very high energy observations of gamma-ray burst locations with the whipple telescope, D. Horan, R. W. Atkins, H. M. Badran, et al.
Measurement of B(Upsilon(5S)-> B-s((*))(B)over-bar(s)((*))) using phi mesons, G. S. Huang, D. H. Miller, V. Pavlunin, et al.
Measurement of B(Upsilon(5S)-> B-s((*))(B)over-bar(s)((*))) using phi mesons, G. S. Huang, D. H. Miller, V. Pavlunin, et al.
Proposed design of a josephson diode, J. P. Hu, C. J. Wu, and X. Dai
Single spike solutions for strings on S-2 and S-3, R. Ishizeki and M. Kruczenski
Microcantilever mechanics in flowing viscous fluids, A. Jana, A. Raman, B. Dhayal, et al.
Fourier-domain digital holographic optical coherence imaging of living tissue, K. Jeong, J. J. Turek, and D. D. Nolte
Volumetric motility-contrast imaging of tissue response to cytoskeletal anti-cancer drugs, K. Jeong, J. J. Turek, and D. D. Nolte
Multiwaveband polarimetric observations of 15 active galactic nuclei at high frequencies: Correlated polarization behavior, S. G. Jorstad, A. P. Marscher, J. A. Stevens, et al.
Doppler boosting, superluminal motion, and the kinematics of AGN jets, K. I. Kellermann, Y. Y. Kovalev, M. L. Lister, et al.
Enhanced fibronectin adsorption on carbon nanotube/poly(carbonate) urethane: Independent role of surface nano-roughness and associated surface energy, D. Khang, S. Y. Kim, P. Liu-Snyder, et al.
Bulk black hole, escaping photons, and bounds on violations of Lorentz invariance, S. Khlebnikov
Josephson effect in thin films: The role of vortex excitations, S. Khlebnikov
Josephson effect in thin films: The role of vortex excitations (vol 85, pg 67, 2007), S. Khlebnikov
The Whipple Observatory 10 m gamma-ray telescope, 1997-2006, J. Kildea, R. W. Atkins, H. M. Badran, et al.
A molecular beacon DNA microarray system for rapid detection of E-coli O157 : H7 that eliminates the risk of a false negative signal, H. Kim, M. D. Kane, S. Kim, et al.
Theoretical interpretation of anomalous enhancement of nuclear reaction rates observed at low energies with metal targets, Y. E. Kim and A. L. Zubarev
Evaluation of the spectrin compartment size in normal and diseased red blood cells by single particle tracking, G. C. Kodippili, J. Spector, C. Sullivan, et al.
A neutron based vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detection system, D. Koltick, Y. Kim, S. McConchie, et al.
Observations of the unidentified TeV gamma-ray source TeV J2032+4130 with the Whipple Observatory 10 m telescope, A. Konopelko, R. W. Atkins, G. Blaylock, et al.
The inner jet of the radio galaxy M87, Y. Y. Kovalev, M. L. Lister, D. C. Homan, et al.
Experimental investigation of the Casimir force beyond the proximity-force approximation, D. E. Krause, R. S. Decca, D. Lopez, et al.
Chronology of the lost glacial maximum in the upper bear river basin, Utah, B. J. C. Laabs, J. E. S. Munroe, J. G. Rosenbaum, et al.
Oligodeoxyribonucleotide association with single-walled carbon nanotubes studied by SPM, R. R. Lahiji, B. D. Dolash, D. E. Bergstrom, et al.
Correlating electrical resistance to growth conditions for multiwalled carbon nanotubes, C. Lan, P. B. Amama, T. S. Fisher, et al.
Using inhomogeneity to raise the superconducting critical temperature in a two-dimensional XY model, Y. L. Loh and E. W. Carlson
Bond-propagation algorithm for thermodynamic functions in general two-dimensional Ising models, Y. L. Loh, E. W. Carlson, and M. Y. J. Tan
Measurement of prominent eta-decay branching fractions, A. Lopez, S. Mehrabyan, H. Mendez, et al.
Dynamics of (SUSY) AdS space isometry breaking, S. T. Love