Ephraim Fischbach
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Professor of Physics contact me Office: Physics 286 Telephone: (765) 494-5506 Fax: (765) 494-0706 |
B.A., Physics 1963 Columbia University
M.S., Physics 1964 University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Physics 1967 University of Pennsylvania
Teaching Interests
| Physics 600 | Fall 2004 | |
| Physics 660 | Fall 1998 | Spring 1999 |
| Physics 661 | Spring 1999 | Fall 1999 |
| Physics 670F | Fall 1999 |
Graduate Students
· Binh Do (with Dan Elliott)
· Dan Javorsek
· Jennifer Northrup
· Michael Stohler
· Shu-Ju Tu
Awards and Honors
Fellow, American Physical Society, 2001
Citation: For his contributions to understanding the connection between precision gravity measurements and high-energy physics.
Professional Experience
· Professor of Physics, Purdue University, 1979-present
· Visiting Professor of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1985-86
· Visiting Associate Professor of Physics, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stony Brook, NY, 1978-79
· Associate Professor of Physics, Purdue University, 1974-79
· Assistant Professor of Physics, Purdue University, 1970-74
· Research Associate, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1969-70
· Research Associate, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stony Brook, NY, 1967-69
Professional Activities
· Consultant to the 1996, 1998, and 2000 particle Data Group for photons and gravitons.
· Referee for Physical Review and Physical Review Letters.
Physics Department Liaison to the Office of the Dean of Students for students with disabilities.
· Departmental Committees: Outreach/Funfest, Undergraduate Recruitment, Graduate, Mentoring.
Selected Publications
- “Geometric Random Inner Products: A Family of Tests for Random Number Generators", S.J. Tu and E. Fischbach, Phys. Rev. E67, 016113 (2003).
- “Experimental Constraints on Strangelets and Other Exotic Nuclear Matter", D. Javorsek, E. Fischbach, and D. Elmore, Phys. Rev. D67, 034015 (2003).
- “Measurement of the Casimir Force between Dissimilar Metals", R.S. Decca, D. López, E. Fischbach and D.E. Krause, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 050402 (2003).
- “Constraining Couplings of Massive Pseudoscalars Using Gravity and Laser Experiments", E.G. Adelberger, E. Fischbach, D.E. Krause, and R.D. Newman, Phys. Rev. D68, 062002 (2003).
- “Testing Newtonian Gravity at the Nanometer Distance Scale Using the Iso-electronic Effect", E. Fischbach, D.E. Krause, R.S. Decca, and D. López, Phys. Lett. A318, 165-171 (2003).
- “Tests of Multidimensional Physics and Thermal Quantum Field Theory from the Casimir Force Measurements Using a Microelectromechanical Torsional Oscillator", R.S. Decca, E. Fischbach, G.L. Klimchitskaya, D.E. Krause, D. López, and V.M. Mostepanenko, Phys. Rev. D68, 116003 (2003).
- “Deflection of Spacecraft Trajectories as a New Test of General Relativity: Determining the Parametrized Post-Newtonian Parameters β and γ", J.M. Longuski, E. Fischbach, D.J. Scheeres, G. Giampieri, and R.S. Park, Phys. Rev. D69, 042001 (2004).
- “Precise Determination of the Casimir Force and First Realization of a ‘Casimir Less’ Experiment", R.S. Decca, D. López, H.B. Chan, E. Fischbach, G.L. Klimchitskaya, D.E. Krause, and V.M. Mostepanenko, J. Low Temp. Phys. 135, 63-74 (2004).
- “Experimental Realization of a Quantum Quincunx Using Linear Optical Elements", B. Do, M. Stohler, S. Balusubramanian, D. Elliott, C. Eash, E. Fischbach, M. Fischbach, A. Mills, and B. Zwickl, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (in press).
