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Research in the Physics Department

Research Areas

  • Astrophysics
  • Condensed matter physics
  • High energy physics
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Quantum optics
  • Solar sail physics

Faculty Publications

2009

  • R. Ya. Kezerashvili, “Thickness requirement for solar sail foils”, Acta Astronautica 65, 507 (2009).
  • O. L. Berman, V. S. Boyko, R. Ya. Kezerashvili, and Yu. E. Lozovik, “Monochromatic infrared wave propagation in 2d superconductor-dielectric photonic cristal”, Laser Physics 19, 2035 (2009).
  • O. L. Berman, R. Ya. Kezerashvili, and Yu. E. Lozovik, “Bose-Einstein condensation of Trapped Polaritons In Two-Dimensional Electron-Hole Systems In A High Magnetic Field”, Physical Review B 80, 115302 (2009).
  • V.S. Boyko and R. Ya. Kezerashvili, “Influence of grain boundaries on the charge order formation in the high-temperature superconductor”, Solid State Communications 149, 1254 (2009).
  • R. Ya. Kezerashvili and J. F. Vázquez-Poritz, “Deviations from Keplerian Orbits for Solar Sails”, Proceedings of the Sixth IAA Symposium on Realistic Near-Term Advanced Scientific Space Missions. Missions to the Outer Solar System and Beyond, pp. 37- 42, Aosta, Italy, 6-9 July, 2009.
  • R. Ya. Kezerashvili and J. F. Vázquez-Poritz, “Escape Trajectories of Solar Sails and General Relativity”, Proceedings of the Sixth IAA Symposium on Realistic Near-Term Advanced Scientific Space Missions. Missions to the Outer Solar System and Beyond, pp. 67-72, Aosta, Italy, 6-9 July, 2009.
  • S.-K. Zhang, W. Wang, R. R. Alfano, A. M. Dabiran, A. Osinsky, A. M. Wowchak, B. Hertog, and P. P. Chow, “Carrier-screening effect in AlGaN quantum-well Avalanche Photodiode, Proceedings of SPIE 7216, 72162G-1, (2009).
  • G. L. Matloff and P. Roseman, "Lunar partial, non-stationary space elevators and maglevs: A new lunar launch option," Acta Astronautica 65, 599-601 (2009).
  • R. Ya. Kezerashvili and G.L. Matloff, "Microscopic approach to analyze solar-sail space-environment effects," Advances in Space Research 44, 859-869 (2009).
  • L. Lufeng and T. Le, "An All-optical upstream carrier generation scheme for optical network unit using a Brillouin/erbium fiber laser”, SPIE Optical Engineering 48(6), 065001 (2009).
  • M. Ali, F. Ruiz, C. Saint-Victor, J. F. Vazquez-Poritz, "Strings on AdS Wormholes", Physical Review D80, 046002 (2009).
  • R. Ya. Kezerashvili and J. F. Vázquez-Poritz, “Solar radiation pressure and deviations from Keplerian orbits”, Physics Letters B 675, 18-21 (2009).
  • G. L. Matloff, “Electromagnetic Starship Deceleration in a Stellar Wind”, JBIS, Vol. 62, 66-68 (2009).
  • P. C. Argyres, M. Edalati, R. G. Leigh and J. F. Vazquez-Poritz, “Open Wilson lines and chiral condensates in thermal holographic QCD”, Physical Review. D79, 045022 (2009).
  • H. Lu, J. Mei, C.N. Pope and J.F. Vazquez-Poritz, “Extremal static AdS black hole/CFT correspondence in gauged supergravities”, Physics Letters B673, 77 (2009).
  • O.L. Berman, G. Gumbs and P.M. Echenique, “Quasiparticles for a quantum dot array in graphene and associated magnetoplasmons”, Physical Review B79, 075418 (2009).
  • R. Ya. Kezerashvili, I. M. Narodetskii, and A. I. Veselov, “Baryons in the field correlator method: Effects of the running strong coupling”, Physical Review D 79, 034003 (2009).

2008

  • O. L. Berman, R.Ya. Kezerashvili, and Yu. E. Lozovik, “Instability of dipole agnetoexcitons in quantum wells’ and graphene superlattices”, Physics Letters A 372, 6536 (2008).
  • O. L. Berman, V.S. Boyko, R.Ya. Kezerashvili, and Yu. E. Lozovik, “Anomalous far-infrared monochromatic transmission through a film of type-II superconductor in magnetic field”, Physical Review B 78, 094506 (2008).
  • O. L. Berman, R.Ya. Kezerashvili, and Yu. E. Lozovik, “Collective properties of magnetobiexcitons in quantum wells and graphene”, Physical Review B 78, 035135 (2008).
  • O. L. Berman, G. Gumbs, and Yu. E. Lozovik, “Magnetoplasmons in layered graphene structures”, Physical Review B 78, 085401 (2008).
  • O. L. Berman, Yu. E. Lozovik and D. W. Snoke, “Theory of Bose-Einstein condensation and superfluidity of two-dimensional polaritons in an in-plane harmonic potential”, Physical Review B 77, 155317 (2008).
  • O. L. Berman, Yu. E. Lozovik and G. Gumbs, “Bose-Einstein condensation and Superfluidity of magnetoexcitons in Graphene”, Physical Review B 77, 155433 (2008).
  • V.S. Boyko, “Dislocation description of twins in high-temperature superconductor YBCO”, Low Temp. Phys., 34, 503–507 (2008).
  • R. Ya. Kezerashvili, Solar Sail Interstellar Travel: 1. Thickness of Solar Sail Films, JBIS, Vol. 61, pp.430-439, 2008.
  • R. Ya. Kezerashvili,  L. L. Margolin, Sh. M. Tsiklauri, Three-electron quantum dot in a magnetic field, Few Body Syst. Vol. 44, 241-244, 2008.
  • G. L. Matloff, R. Ya. Kezerashvili, C. Maccone and Les Johnson, The Beryllium Hollow-body Solar Sail: Exploration of the Sun’s Gravitational Focus and the Inner Oort Cloud”, 2008, physics.space-ph, arXiv: 0809.3535.
  • R. Ya. Kezerashvili, G. L. Matloff, Solar Radiation and the Beryllium Hollow-Body Sail: 2. Diffusion, Recombination and Erosion Processes, JBIS, Vol. 61, pp. 47-57, 2008.
  • D. K. Mynbaev, C. Cabo, R. Ya. Kezerashvili, J. Liou-Mark, Support of Study on Engineering Technology from Physics and Mathematics, Proceedings of 2008 American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Paper No. AC 2008-1783; 2008, Physics Education, physics.ed-ph, arXiv:0807.1950.
  • G. L. Matloff, R. Ya. Kezerashvili, Interstellar Solar Sailing: A Figure of Merit for Monolayer Sail, JBIS, Vol. 61, pp. 330-333, 2008.
  • Kaufmann, T.; Bullock, J. S.; Maller, A.; Fang, T., “Simulating the Gaseous Halos of Galaxies”, in Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Disks ASP Conference   Series, Vol. 396, Proceedings of the conference held 1-5 October, 2007 at the Centro Convegni Matteo Ricci, Rome, Italy. Edited by José G. Funes, S.J., and Enrico Maria Corsini. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2008., p.439
  • Maller, A. H., “Halo Mergers, Galaxy Mergers, and Why Hubble Type Depends on Mass”, in Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Disks ASP Conference Series, Vol. 396, Proceedings of the conference held 1-5 October, 2007 at the Centro Convegni Matteo Ricci, Rome, Italy. Edited by José G. Funes, S.J., and Enrico Maria Corsini. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2008., p.251
  • Maller, A. H.; Berlind, A. A.; Blanton, M.; Hogg, D. W., “Intrinsic Properties of Low-{z} Sloan Digital Sky Survey Galaxies”, in Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Disks ASP Conference Series, Vol. 396, Proceedings of the conference held 1-5 October, 2007 at the Centro Convegni Matteo Ricci, Rome, Italy. Edited by José G. Funes, S.J., and Enrico Maria Corsini. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2008., p.75
  • Kaufmann, Tobias; Bullock, James S.; Maller, Ari; Fang, Taotao, “Cold Cloud Infall and Galaxy Formation”, The Evolution of Galaxies through the neutral hydrogen window, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1035, pp. 147-150 (2008).
  • Kaufmann, Tobias; Wadsley, James; Bullock, James; Fang, Taotao; Maller, Ari, “Cold cloud and hot gas infall as galaxy formation probe”, 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 13-20 July 2008, in Montréal, Canada., p.1468
  • G. L. Matloff, “The Solar Collector and Near Earth Object Deflection,” Acta Astronautica, 62, 334-337 (2008).
  • T. Binoth, G. Ossola, C.G. Papadopoulos, R. Pittau, "NLO QCD corrections to tri-boson production", Journal of High Energy Physics 0806:082 (2008).
  • P. Mastrolia, G. Ossola, C.G. Papadopoulos, R. Pittau , "Optimizing the Reduction of One-Loop Amplitudes", Journal of High Energy Physics 0806:030 (2008).
  • Giovanni Ossola, Costas G. Papadopoulos, Roberto Pittau, "On the Rational Terms of the one-loop amplitudes", Journal of High Energy Physics 0805:004 (2008).
  • Giovanni Ossola, Costas G. Papadopoulos, Roberto Pittau, "CutTools: A Program implementing the OPP reduction method to compute one-loop amplitudes", Journal of High Energy Physics 0803:042 (2008).
  • M. Cvetic and J.F. Vazquez-Poritz, “Warped Resolved Labc Cones”,  Physical Review D 77, 126003 (2008).
  • P. Argyres, M. Edalati and J.F. Vazquez-Poritz, “Lightlike Wilson loops from AdS/CFT”, Journal of High Energy Physics 03, 071 (2008).
  • Sheng-kun Zhang, Wubao Wang, Robert R. Alfano, Amir. M. Dabiran, Andrei Osinsky, Andrew M. Wowchak, Brian Hertog, and Peter P. Chow, “Injection and Avalanche Electroluminescence of Al0.1Ga0.9N/Al0.15Ga0.85N Multiple Quantum Wells”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Volume: 14 Issue: 4 Page(s): 1010-1013, Date: July-Aug. 2008.
  • Xuecong Zhou, Sheng-kun Zhang, Wubao Wang, Robert R. Alfano, Hong Lu, Maria C. Tamargo, Aidong Shen, C. Y. Song, and H. C. Liu, “Interband and Intersubband Optical Properties of doped n-Zn0.46Cd0.54Se/ Zn0.24Cd0.25Mg0.51Se Multiple Quantum Wells for Intersubband Device Applications”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Volume: 14  Issue: 4 Page(s): 1042-1047, Date: July-Aug. 2008.

2007

  • O. L. Berman, Yu. E. Lozovik, D. W. Snoke and R. D. Coalson, “Superfuidity of “dirty" indirect magnetoexcitons in coupled quantum wells in high magnetic field”, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19, 386219 (2007).
  • V.S. Boyko, Siu-Wai Chan, “Microstructure design by twinning in high-temperature superconductor YBCO for enhanced Jc at high magnetic fields”, Physica C, 466, 56-60 (2007).
  • R. Ya. Kezerashvili, Meson Exchange Currents in Pion Double Charge Exchange Reaction, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 790, pp. 336-339, 2007.
  • R. Ya. Kezerashvili, G. L. Matloff, Solar Radiation and the Beryllium Hollow -Body Sail: 1. The Ionization and Disintegration Effects, JBIS, Vol. 60, pp. 169-179, 2007.
  • R. Ya. Kezerashvili, V. S. Boyko, “Composite Meson Model and Meson Exchange Currents” European Physical Journal, Hadrons and Nuclei, A31, 662-664, 2007.
  • R. Ya. Kezerashvili, V.S.Boyko, “Pion double charge exchange in a composite-meson model”, Phys. Rev. C 75, 015203-1-6, 2007.
  • R. Ya. Kezerashvili, C. Cabo, D.K. Mynbaev,  The Transfer of Knowledge from Physics and Mathematics to Engineering Applications. Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management: KGCM 2007, July 8-11, 2007, Orlando, Florida, USA, Vol. 3, pp.234-239, 2007.
  • G. L. Matloff, L. Johnson, and C. Maccone, “Helios and Prometheus: A Solar/Nuclear Outer-Solar System Mission, JBIS, 60, 439-442 (2007).
  • G. L. Matloff, “Kuiper Belt Objects: Determining Mass and Density from Extrasolar Probe Flybys” IAC-07-C.4.6.01, Presented at 58th International Astronautical Congress, Hyderabad, India, Sept. 2007.
  • G. L. Matloff and R. Ya Kezerashvili, “Interstellar Solar Sailing: A Figure of Merit for Monolayer Sails,” Presented at 5th IAA Symposium on Realistic Near-Term Advanced Scientific Space Missions, Aosta, Italy July 2007.
  • Giovanni Ossola, "Reduction of one-loop amplitudes at the integrand level: Current status and future outlook", Acta Physica Polonica B 38, pp.3569-3575 (2007).
  • P. Gambino, P. Giordano, G. Ossola, N. Uraltsev, "Inclusive semileptonic B decays and the determination of |V(ub)|", Journal of High Energy Physics 0710:058 (2007).
  • Y. Deng, T. M. Garoni, J. Machta, G. Ossola, M. Polin, A. D. Sokal, "Dynamic critical behavior of the Chayes-Machta-Swendsen-Wang algorithm", Physical Review Letters 99:055701 (2007).
  • Giovanni Ossola, Costas G. Papadopoulos, Roberto Pittau, "Numerical evaluation of six-photon amplitudes", Journal of High Energy Physics 0707:085 (2007).
  • Giovanni Ossola, Costas G. Papadopoulos, Roberto Pittau, "Reducing full one-loop amplitudes to scalar integrals at the integrand level", Nuclear Physics B 763, pp147-169 (2007).
  • W. Chen, M. Cvetic, H. Lu, C.N. Pope and J.F. Vazquez-Poritz, “Resolved Calabi-Yau cones and flows from Labc superconformal field theories”, Nuclear Physics B 785, pp. 74-97 (2007).
  • H. Lu, C.N. Pope and J.F. Vazquez-Poritz, “A new construction of Einstein-Sasaki spaces”, Physical Review D 75, 026005 (2007).
  • J.T. Liu, H. Lu, C.N. Pope and J.F. Vazquez-Poritz, “New supersymmetric solutions of N=2, D=5 gauged supergravity with hyperscalars”, Journal of High Energy Physics 10, 093 (2007).
  • J.T. Liu, H. Lu, C.N. Pope and J.F. Vazquez-Poritz, “Bubbling AdS black holes”, Journal of High Energy Physics 10, 030 (2007).
  • P. Argyres, M. Edalati and J.F. Vazquez-Poritz, “Spacelike strings and jet quenching from a Wilson loop”, Journal of High Energy Physics 04, 049 (2007).
  • P. Argyres, M. Edalati and J.F. Vazquez-Poritz,  “No-drag string configurations for steadily moving quark-antiquark pairs in a thermal bath”, Journal of High Energy Physics 0701 (2007) 105.
  • Sheng-kun Zhang, H. Lu, W. B. Wang, B. B. Das, N. Okoye, M. Tamargo and R. R. Alfano, “Radiative and nonradiative recombination processes in ZnCdSe/ZnCdMgSe multi-quantum wells”, J. Appl. Phys. 101, 023111 (2007); also in February 2007 issue of Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science
  • Shen, H. Lu, M. C. Tamargo, W. Charles, I. Yokomizo, C.Y. Song, H. C. Liu, Sheng-kun Zhang, X. Zhou, R. R. Alfano, K. J. Franz and C. Gmachl, “Intersubband Transitions in MBE-grown Wide Bandgap II-VI Semiconductors”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 995 (2007).
  • Shen, H. Lu, M. C. Tamargo, W. Charles, I. Yokomizo, K. J. Franz, C. Gmachl, Sheng-kun Zhang, X. Zhou, and R. R. Alfano, “Intersubband absorption in CdSe/ZnCdMgSe self-assembled quantum dots multi-layers”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 071910 (2007).


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