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David H. Miller

Professor of Physics

miller@physics.purdue.edu
Office: Physics 376
Telephone: (765) 494-5556
Fax: (765) 494-0706

B.S., Physics (Honors) 1960, Imperial College, London University, England
A.R.C.S., Physics (Honors) 1960, Imperial College, London University, England
Ph.D., High Energy Physics 1963, Imperial College, London University, England

Research Interests

Current:

Discovery Physics at the High Energy Frontier

In 2009 a new accelerator will begin operation at CERN located near Geneva Switzerland. This will open a new frontier at energies not yet explored. Using the CMS ( compact muon spectrometer) we expect to discover new particles, such as the Higgs, and new phenomena such as supersymmetry and extra dimensions and surprises that nature has in store. This will allow a giant step forward in understanding the grand unification of all forces and the theoretical framework that could contain a new view of our Universe and the existence of other Universes.

Physics of Quarks

Beauty and charm quark physics using electron-positron annihilations at the accelerator CESR at Cornell. The physics involves high precision measurements of the properties of quarks and anti quarks including couplings, interactions and spectroscopy of bound quark states. This provides a window to the physics of the very early Universe and it's subsequent evolution. Rare decays and unexpected phenomena are of particular interest to understand how the Universe formed and evolved resulting in the matter dominated Universe that exists today.

Purdue University - High Energy Physics CLEO III Silicon Group.
Cornell University CLEO.

Previous Research:

The physics of quarks and leptons.
Meson resonance physics; electron-positron annihilations at 29 GeV.

Awards and Honors

  • Fellow, the American Physical Society
  • John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 1972-73
  • Visiting Scientist, CERN, 1972-73
  • Visiting Faculty Member, Cornell University, 1992-present
  • Spokesman for experiments at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center BC20, BC8, BC48, CB61, 1967-78
  • Spokesman for experiments of the Argonne, Berkeley, Indiana, Michigan, Purdue Collaboration PEP 12 using the High Resolution Spectrometer, 1986-89
  • Spokesperson for the 22 institution, 200 physicist experiment, CLEO, studying b quark physics at the CESR collider at Cornell, 1992-1995

Professional Experience

  • Professor of Physics, Purdue University, 1976-present
  • Associate Professor of Physics, Purdue University, 1968-76
  • Assistant Professor of Physics, Purdue University, 1965-68
  • Research Associate, Purdue University, 1963-65

ยป Publications

Number of refereed publications: 602