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REU Publications

The following is a list of recent papers and conference presentations involving undergraduates. Publications are listed under the supervising professors. The names of the undergraduates are in italics.

Professor Bortoletto

  1. Capacitance Measurement of Double-Metal Double-Sided Silicon Microstrip Detectors, G. R. Stanley , D. Bortoletto, et al. , Nucl. Inst. and Meth. A 383, 104 (1996).
  2. Conformance to Specifications of Double Sided Double Metal Silicon Microstrip Sensors, T. Bollinger , A. Cross , M.S. Hargis , S. Kohel , and D. Bortoletto, et al. , CDF note #4099.
  3. Integrity of the Coupling Capacitors on Prototype Hamamatsu Silicon Sensors, T. Bollinger , A. Cross , M. S. Hargis , S. Kohel , and D. Bortoletto, et al., CDF note #4740.
  4. Irradiated SVX II Prototype Probing, G. R. Stanley and D. Bortoletto, et al. , CDF note #3295.
  5. Double Metal SVX II Probing, G. R. Stanley and D. Bortoletto, et al., CDF note #3288.
  6. Capacitance Measurement of Double Sided Double Metal Silicon Sensors, G. R. Stanley and D. Bortoletto, et al., CDF note #3260.
  7. Evaluation of Double Sided Single Metal Detectors Manufactu#FF6666 by Micron, G. R. Stanley and D. Bortoletto, et al., CDF note #3259.
  8. Optical Photometric Variability of 2S 0114+65, M. Taylor, J. P. Finley, C. Kurt , and G. Koenigsberger, Astrophys. J. 109, 396 (1995).
  9. A 2.8 Hour Pulsar in the X-ray Binary 2S 0114+65, R. C. Thomas and J. P. Finley, submitted to Astrophys. J.

Professor Cui

  1. A Peculiar Flaring Episode of Cyg X-1, Mark Ertmer , Wei Cui and Yuxin Feng, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 564, L77 (2002).
  2. The VERITAS Project, Filip Pizlo , with the VERITAS Collaboration, Proc. The Universe Viewed in Gamma-rays (Kashiwa, Japan, Sept 25-28, 2002)
  3. VERITAS Data Acquisition and Analysis Systems, Filip Pizlo , Wei Cui, Sam Nolan, John Quinn, Scott Wakeley, Ozlem Celik, and Rene Ong, Proc. The 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Tsukuba, Japan, July 31-August 7, 2003)
  4. Cessation of X-ray Pulsation of GX 1+4, Ben Smith Wei Cui, Astrophysical Journal, 602, 320 (2004).
  5. A Multiwavelength View of the TeV Blazar Markarian 421: Correlated Variability, Flaring, and Spectral Evolution, Ben Smith Wei Cui, the VERITAS Collaboration, and a multiwavelenth team, Astrophysical Journal, 630, 130 (2005).
  6. Coordinated Multiwavelength Observations of 3C 66A during the WEBT campaign of 2003-2004, Daniel Able Wei Cui and a multiwavelength team, Astrophysical Journal, 631, 169 (2005).

Professor Giordano

  1. Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling and Related Effects in a One Dimensional Superconductor, N. Giordano and E. R. Schuler , Phys. Rev. Lett. 63, 2417 (1989).
  2. Giant Conductance Fluctuations in Thin Wires, N. Giordano and E. R. Schuler , Phys. Rev. B 41, 11822 (1990).
  3. Two Dimensional Weak Localization in Combined Perpendicular and Parallel Magnetic Fields, N. Giordano and M. A. Pennington , Phys. Rev. B 47, 9693 (1993).
  4. Electron--Electron Scattering in Metal--Insulator--Metal Sandwiches, N. Giordano and N. R. Dilley , Phys. Rev. B 48 , 4675 (1993).
  5. Alteration of Electron-Electron Interaction Effects in Metal-Insulator-Metal Trilayers, N. Giordano and J. D. Monnier , Europhys. Lett. 24, 127 (1993).
  6. Crosstalk Effect in Metal-Insulator-Metal Trilayers, N. Giordano and J. D. Monnier , Phys. Rev. B 50, 9363 (1994).
  7. Motion of a Piano String: Longitudinal Vibrations and the Role of the Bridge, N. Giordano and A. J. Korty , J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 100, 3899 (1996).
  8. Studies of Liquid Flow in Ultra-small Structures, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Kansas City, MO, March, 1997, G. A. Fiete and N. Giordano (talk given by G. A. Fiete ), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42, 381 (1997).
  9. Motion of Piano Hammers, presented at the Undergraduate Research Conference, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, April, 1998, J. P. Winans, II and N. Giordano (talk given by J. P. Winans, II ).
  10. Physics of Plucking and the Harpsichord, N. Giordano and J. P. Winans, II , submitted to the Journal of Sound and Vibration.

Professor Nolte

  1. Enhanced Diffusion in Nonstoichiometric AlAs/GaAs Heterostructures, D. D. Nolte, I. Lahiri, R. Guersen , M. R. Melloch, J. M. Woodall, Defect and Diffusion Forum, 157-159, 1-16 (1998) (Invited paper).
  2. The Faraday Photorefractive Effect in a Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor, G. A. Sefler , E. Oh, R. S. Rana, A. K. Ramdas and D. D. Nolte, Opt. Lett. 17, 1420 (1992).
  3. Optical Absorption by Silver Precipitates in AlGaAs, D. Crouse , D. D. Nolte, J. C. P. Chang and M. R. Melloch, J. Appl. Phys. 81, 7981 (1997).
  4. Transient Enhanced Diffusion in Arsenic-Rich Nonstoichiometric AlAs/GaAs Quantum Wells, R. Guersen , I. Lahiri, M. R. Melloch, J. M. Woodall and D. D. Nolte, Transient Enhanced Diffusion in Arsenic-Rich Nonstoichiometric AlAs/GaAs Quantum Wells, submitted to Phys. Rev. B (1998).
  5. Magneto-Photorefractive Effects in a Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor, R.S. Rana, D. D. Nolte, G. A. Sefler , Eunsoon Oh, I. Miotkowski and A. K. Ramdas, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 38, 797 (1993).
  6. Magneto-Photorefractive Effects in a Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor, D. D. Nolte, G. A. Sefler , R. S. Rana, Eunsoon Oh, I. Miotkowski and A. K. Ramdas, Conf. Lasers and Electro-Optics, May 3-7, Baltimore MD (1993).
  7. Precipitation in Fe-Doped GaAs or Ag-Implanted AlGaAs, J. C. P. Chang, D. T. McInturff, M. R. Melloch, J. M. Woodall, D. T. Crouse and D. D. Nolte, 39th Annual Electron. Mat. Conf. (EMC), Fort Collins, CO (1997).
  8. Transient-Enhanced Diffusion and Interface Intermixing in Nonstoichiometric AlAs/GaAs Superlattices, D. D. Nolte, R. Guersen , I. Lahiri, M. R. Melloch, J. R. Woodall, March Meeting of the American Phys. Soc., Los Angelos, CA March 16 (1998).

Professor Pyrak-Nolte

  1. Immiscible Fluid Flow in a Fracture, L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, D. Helgeson, G. M. Haley, and J. W. Morris ,
  2. Proceedings of the 33rd U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, eds. J. R. Tillerson \& W. R. Wawersik, Pub. A A Balkema, Rotterdam, p. 571-578. (1992).
  3. Partitioning of Seismic Energy into Interfaces Waves Propagating along a Fracture, D. Graham and L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, EOS - Transactions, American Geophysical Union 74, 407-408 (1993).
  4. Incipient Interface Waves Used to Monitor Rock Failure, L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, S. Roy, and C. Neumann , The 2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 19-21, 1996, Volume 2, p 1169-1175.
  5. Incipient Interface Waves as Seismic Precursors to Failure During Fracture, L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, S. Roy, and C. Neuman , Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 1995.
  6. Transition from the Displacement Discontinuity Limit to the Scattering Regime for Fracture Interface Waves, J. Beachy , C. Ziegler , L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, and D. D. Nolte, Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, 1996.
  7. Numerical and Experimental Models of Fluid Flow in Single Fractures and Fracture Networks, J.-T. Cheng, M. R. Dorbin , G. A. Fiete , A. Lumsdaine, J. Tran, M. Gaston, L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, and N. J. Giordano, 1997 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Dec. 8-12, 1997, San Francisco, CA.
  8. Compressional Wave Anisotropy in Fractu#FF6666 Rock, L. J. Pyrak-Nolte and M. Kowalsky , Proceedings of the 36th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, June 29 - July 2, 1997, Columbia University, New York, New York.
  9. Compressional Wave Anisotropy in Fractu#FF6666 Rock, L. J. Pyrak-Nolte and M. Kowalsky , 1997 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Dec. 8-12, 1997, San Francisco, CA.
  10. Compressional Wave Anisotropy Caused by Single and Multiple Fractures, L. J. Pyrak-Nolte and J.-Y. Shiau , 1998, SPE/ISRM Eurock '98, Trondheim, Norway, 8-10 July 1998, SPE 47366.

Professor Shipsey

  1. Electrical Aspects of Quality Control in the Fabrication of a Silicon Microstrip Tracker for a Particle Physics Experiment, M. Neustadt and I. Shipsey to be presented at the Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, November (1998) (talk given by M. Neustadt ).
  2. Thermo-Mechanical Aspects of the Fabrication of a Silicon Microstrip Tracker for a Particle Physics Experiment, I. Shipsey and D. Tournear , to be presented at the Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, November (1998) (talk given by D. Tournear ).
  3. The Mechanical Design of the Silicon Microstrip Detector for CLEO III, I. Shipsey and D, Tournear , presented at the Spring Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society, Columbus, Ohio, May (1998), at the Undergraduate Research Conference at Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, April (1998), andat the Purdue University Undergraduate Research Symposium, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN , April (1998) (all three talks given by D. Tournear ).
  4. Radiation Hardness of Electronically Conductive Glass Micro Strip Gas Chambers, I. Shipsey, B.A. Knapp, et al. , Nucl. Inst. and Meth. A, in press (1998).
  5. Properties of Thin Film Microstrip Gas Chambers, B. Knapp and I. Shipsey, Spring Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society, Indianapolis, Indiana, May (1997) (talk given by B. Knapp ).
  6. Properties of a Moscow Glass MSGC, B.A. Knapp I. Shipsey et al., Nucl. Inst and Meth. A 388, 42 (1997).
  7. Glass Microstrip Gas Chambers Passivated by Carbon, Amorphous Silicon and Glass Films, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Microstrip Gas Chambers, I. Shipsey, Bill Vernon , et al., Lyon, France (1995).
  8. Glass and Plastic Microstrip Gas Chambers, N. Menon and I. Shipsey, presented at the Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, November (1992) (talk given by N. Menon ).   
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