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INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH
WAYNE STATE PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY: DAVID CINABRO
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TWO WINGS; ONE BIRD• That Side: Particle/Astro/Nuclear (PAN) Physics
• Astrophysics (1.1 Prof, 4 Students)
• Nuclear Experimental (4 Prof, 8 Postdocs, 5 Students)
• Nuclear Theory (3 Prof, 3 Postdocs, 6 Students)
• Particle Experimental (3.9 Prof, 2 Postdocs, 4 Students)
• Particle Theory (3 Prof, 1 Postdoc, 4 Students)
• This Side: Bio/Condensed Matter Physics
• Bio (3.5 Prof, 1 Postdoc, 5 Students)
• Condensed Matter Experimental (7.5 (1.5 Soft, 6 Hard) Prof, 13 Students)
• Condensed Matter Theory (2 Prof, 1 Postdoc, 2 Students)
• Atomic Physics Theory (1 Professor, 2 Students)�2
Wayne State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Physics Faculty are Active Participants in High-Profile International Experiments/Collaborations
Each of these projects/experiments worth 10s to 100s of millions of dollars. Extremely High Scientific Profiles/Objectives/Endeavors Very high Scientific/Scholarly Output: refereed papers, conference proceedings, talks, PhD production, etc. Involvement in these experiments adds to Wayne State's international profile and capacity to attract talented students.
Co-Discoverer of Top Quark
Co-Discoverer of HIGGs Boson
Co-Discoverer of Quark Gluon Plasma
CDF@FNAL
BELLE@KEK
HST
LSST
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DESI
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What is the Universe made of? Astro-Particle Theory: Petrov, Paz, Shah
How did matter form? Nuclear Theory: Gavin, Paz, Majumder
How did matter condense and life originate? Condensed matter theory: Zhi-Feng Huang
Alex Matos
Shen
Bio Comp: Mindy Huang
THEORY/COMPUTATIONAL
AstrophysicsObservation of Black Holes and Neutron Stars
Prof. E. Cackett (Jan 2012 - )
Key Questions: Black Hole Dynamics: How does matter fall into black holes? Matter at Extreme Densities: What is a neutron star made of?
Ar#st’s'impression'of'material'falling'into'a'black'hole
Observational Facilities: NASA Swift Satellite (X-ray, UV, Optical): WSU Official Member InstituteHubble Space Telescope: Significant research program beginning in July 2016Other X-ray satellites: Chandra X-ray Observatory (NASA), XMM-Newton (ESA), Suzaku (JAXA)Future missions: Astro-H (JAXA/NASA): Member of the Mission Science Working Group (Launch: February 2016)Athena (ESA): An approved large multi-billion Euro mission (Launch: 2028)
Member of the Science Working Group defining the mission.Funding: NASA and NSF ($880k total since Jan 2012)
Key$Technique:$Reverbera2on$mapping$(similar$to$medical$Doppler$Tomography$method)$to$trace$out$ma>er$around$black$holes$and$neutron$stars
Scholarly Activities Refereed papers: 49 papers Seminars: 8 seminars/colloquia Conference Talks: 8Public Lectures: 14
Other:Cackett is 1 of a 5 member Science Organizing Committee for “Getting close to black holes & neutron stars” Lorentz Center Workshop, Leiden, Feb 2016
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Nuclear PhysicsRelativistic Heavy Ion Research
Profs. W. Llope, J. Putschke, C. Pruneau, S. Voloshin
Key Questions: Properties of Quark Gluon Matter at Extreme Temperature and Density; Non-trivial structure of the vacuum, Collision Dynamics; Matter of the Early Universe
Scientific Collaborations and Research Facilities:
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
Large Hadron Collider
576 collaborators 57 institutions 11 countries
Observational Facilities (In operation) STAR Detector @ RHICALICE Detector @ LHCFunding: DoE ~650/year since 1990 + construction projects.Past Projects: WSU leadership design/construction STAR EMC (~$12M), SVT (~$4M), Tracking Software.ALICE EMCal (~$12M), DCAL (~$6M)Design/Construction Projects: ALICE Forward Calorimeter ALICE Barrel Tracker Upgrade (2018). Llope et al.S-PHENIX (>2020): Inner HCAL, TPC GEMs STAR Forward upgrades
Key$Techniques:$Detec2on$of$Rela2vis2c$Heavy$Ion$Collisions;$Measurements$of$par2cle$correla2ons,$collec2ve$flow,$$$jet$suppression/modifica2on
ALICE
STAR
> 1000 collaborators > 100 institutions > 30 countries
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Nuclear Theory
Sean Gavin and Abhijit Majumder 1. Why does the matter flow like a liquid? Matter
thermalizes within the time it takes light to pass a proton.
2. Why is the matter so strongly interacting? It
flows as if nearly viscosity free. 3. Can we deduce universal properties related to
the Big Bang? Effect of viscosity and other transport phenomena on multi-particle correlations
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and Chun Shen
Wayne State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Particle Physics: Profs. D. Cinabro & G. Bonvicini
Observational Facilities/Experiments: CLEO & CESR (Now completed)Discovery: b —> u transitionBelle II Detector @ KEK B-Factory, JapanWSU Official Member InstituteData taking to begin in late 2016B-Factory to produce 100 Billion b-quarks by 2028.Current focus: Detector constructionBelle I Discovery: CP Violation in b-sectorFunding: ~$240k/year
B-Quark Rare Decays & Physics beyond the Standard ModelKey Question: Is there new physics beyond the Standard Model?
Key$Technique:$Search$for$rare$BMquark$decays
Belle II Collaboration: 700 Collaborators/30 Countries
Technical$Contribu2ons$(1):$$$Radia2on$Monitor,$Cinabro$w/$Nayak$Detects'unwanted'radia#on'from'the'colliding'beams.''Monitor,'characterize'&'reduce'such'with'masks,'beam'steering,'and'beam'vacuum'system'op#miza#on.'System'built$at$Wayne$State.''Being'installed'now'at'Belle'II.'Expect'1st'beams'in'1/2016.'
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started early 2019
first results
+ new postdoc Liventsov
Wayne State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Particle Physics:
Observational Facilities/Experiments: CMS Detector @ LHC, CERN Past Projects: CDF Detector @ FNAL, IllinoisCurrent/Future Projects: Construction/upgrade of CMS detector component (M$ project), data analysis, and management of the project.
Research/Accomplishments Highlights: Continuous DOE funding since 1995 for accelerator-based projects at DESY (Germany), Fermilab (USA), and CERN (Switzerland). Note: A group with just 2 faculty is considered small and increases the difficulty of maintaining funding.
Physics beyond the Standard ModelKey Question: Is there new physics beyond the Standard Model? Key$Techniques:$Search$for$anomalous$processes$&$decays
Profs. P. Karchin & R. Harr
4000 physicists, 182 institutions, 42 countries, 1/3 from the U.S.
CMS: flagship projects of U.S. Particle Physics research Supported by DOE + NSF. Strongly endorsed by HEPAP.
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Particle Theory
Gil Paz, Alexey Petrov, Nausheen Shah 1. Why there is more matter than antimatter in
the Universe? Testing modern theories at current accelerators (CERN, KEK, FNAL)?
2. What makes heavy quarks heavy? Heavy quark
physics and effective field theories. 3. Physics of the recently discovered Higgs
boson. How decay patterns reveal quantum glimpses of new physics.
simulated data in the CMS particle detector on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN
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•Xiang-qiang (Rosie) Chu •Christopher Kelly •Takeshi Sakamoto
Experimental Bio Physics
WHERE PHYSICS MEETS BIOLOGY:
Expertise: Time-resolved Neutron Scattering and Nanoscale Optical Spectroscopy applied to Biological Systems
NEW: YU-MING (MINDY) HUANG
NEW AREA: COMPUTATIONAL BIO PHYSICS
• HOW DO CELLS WORK?
• HOW DO THEY MOVE?
• MOLECULAR DYNAMICS TO EXPLAIN CELLULAR PROCESSES
• COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION OF THESE PROCESSES
• MOLECULAR BASIS OF LIFE
• COMPUTATIONAL/PHYSICAL METHODS
• WORK CLOSELY WITH EXPERIMENTALISTS TO VERIFY
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•Peter Hoffmann •Ashis Mukhopadhyay
Experimental CM Physics (Soft)
Expertise: Scanning Probes and Atomic Force Microscopy, Florescence Microscopy, Polymers and Applications to Biological Systems
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•Jian Huang •Gavin Lawes •Boris Nadgorny •Ratna Naik •Karur Padmanablan •Zhixian Zhou
Experimental CM Physics (Hard)
Expertise: Semiconductor Devices, Nanofabrication and Nanotechnology, Biomedical Applications, Raman Spectroscopy, Applied Physics, Spintronics, Ferromagnetism, Multiferroics, Superconductivity, Low Temperature Physics
JOE SKLENAR (NEW!)
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Condensed Matter Theory
Theory of non-equilibrium complex systems – formation and dynamics of materials and nanostructures • How do quantum dots grow? • How do graphene and other 2D materials self-
assemble? • How do phases separate? Dynamics of phase
transitions • How do nanostructures in block copolymers, colloids
form?
Alloy solidification, nucleation, and phase separation
Zhi-Feng Huang How does ordered structure emerge from complex systems?
Alex Matos-Abiague
How to control electron movement? Spin movement?
CONCLUSION• Many varieties of research
• Lots of opportunities for graduate student participation
• Talk to Professors whose research interests you
• Do it as soon as possible as there are many ways to get involved before starting to work together closely, for example most research groups have weekly meetings and starting to go to those will get you acquainted with what is going on in the group
• SUMMER IS COMING!
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