Astronomy & Astrophysics
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Research Interests |
Email Address |
| Leung, Kam-Ching |
Very close binary systems; contact and near contact systems. |
kleung@unlserve.unl.edu |
| Schmidt, Edward G. |
Variable star observations; interstellar absorption and the properties of hot stars. |
eschmidt1@unl.edu |
| Simon, Norman(emeritus) |
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nsimon@unlserve.unl.edu |
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| Atomic, Molecular, Optical & Plasma Physics |
Research Interests |
Email Address |
| Batelaan, Herman |
Quantum optics; vacuum field interaction with atoms and electrons; decoherence in matter interferometry; field emission of electrons; storage and slowing of light; slow sound and phononic band gaps; relativistic dynamics of a charged sphere. |
hbatelaan2@unl.edu |
| Burrow, Paul (emeritus) |
Low-energy electron scattering processes in gases, in particular, temporary negative ion formation and dissociative attachment. |
pburrow1@unl.edu |
| Fabrikant, Ilya I. |
Theory of electron-atom and electron-molecule collisions, electron attachment to molecules and clusters; Rydberg atom collisions, photodetachment of negative ions in external fields. |
iif@unlserve.unl.edu |
| Gallup, Gordon A. (emeritus) |
Theory of vibrational excitation in polyatomic molecules upon electron impact; electron
scattering from chiral molecules; atomic and molecular structure. |
ggallup1@unl.edu |
| Gay, Timothy J. |
Polarized electron collisions with atoms and molecules. Development of polarized electron sources and electron polarimeters. Neutrino mass measurements. Polarized photoionization of molecules. |
tgay1@unl.edu |
| Jaecks, Duane H. (emeritus) |
Experimental measurement of electron motion and distributions in atoms formed in ion collisions and photoionization. Study of correlated motion of massive particles. |
djaecks@unl.edu |
| Rudd, M. Eugene(emeritus) |
Optical testing of historic scientific instruments. Cross sections for inelastic processes in ion-atom, atom-atom, and electron-atom collisions. |
erudd@unl.edu |
| Shadwick, Bradley |
Theory of intense laser-plasma interactions with applications to
plasma based particle accelerators; plasma kinetic theory; reduced
plasma models; Hamiltonian structure; large-scale computation; and
advanced numerical algorithms. |
bshadwick2@unl.edu |
| Starace, Anthony F. |
Theory of intense laser-atom interactions; single and multiphoton detachment and ionization processes; harmonic generation; intense, short laser pulse interactions with matter; few-body dynamics; atoms in strong static fields; coherent control of atomic processes; and entanglement and decoherence of spin-based quantum information systems. |
astarace1@unl.edu |
| Uiterwaal, Kees |
Femtosecond laser processes; optical vortices; photoionization in ultrashort and intense laser pulses; ion mass spectrometry; electron spectroscopy. |
cuiterwaal2@unlnotes.unl.edu |
| Umstadter, Donald |
Nonlinear optics of high-intensity laser light in relativistic plasmas, with applications to compact particle accelerators and ultra-short duration x-ray sources. High energy density physics and extreme states of matter. |
dpu@unlserve.unl.edu |
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| Condensed Matter/Materials Physics & Nanotechnology |
Research Interests |
Email Address |
| Adenwalla, Shireen |
Novel interactions
in Thin film magnetic systems; interactions at ferroelectric/ferromagnetic
interfaces; Boron based semiconductors and neutron detection applications;
using biological templates for patterned media. |
sadenwalla1@unl.edu |
| Belashchenko, Kirill |
Electronic structure and magnetism of solids; spin-dependent
transport; microstructural evolution in alloys; microstructure/property relationships in magnetic materials. |
kdbel@unlserve.unl.edu |
| Binek, Christian |
Magnetic heterostructures,
molecular beam epitaxy, extrinsically controlled exchange bias &
spintronic applications, fundamental aspects of thermodynamics studied
with magnetic model systems. |
cbinek2@unl.edu |
| Dowben, Peter A. |
Electronic (band) structure across electronic phase transitions in reduced dimensionality. |
pdowben1@unl.edu |
| Ducharme, Stephen |
Design and study of polymers; development of a self-calibrating ellipsometer; ultrathin ferroelectric polymer films; photorefractive and xerographic polymers. |
sducharme1@unl.edu |
| Enders, Axel |
Magnetism and electronic properties of nanostructures formed by self-assembled growth, low- and variable temperature scanning tunneling microscopy, magneto-optics, magnetic dichroism with x-rays |
axel@unl.edu |
| Gruverman, Alexei |
Fundamental studies of nanoscale physical phenomena in electronic and polar materials by means of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques. Research involves application of SPM for nanoscale studies of static and dynamic properties of ferroic domains, scaling behavior of ferroelectric-based devices, electronic properties of polar surfaces, SPM-assisted methods for fabrication of nanostructures and SPM studies of electromechanical and mechanical properties of biocompatible materials and biological systems. |
email forthcoming |
| Hardy, Robert J. (emeritus) |
Statistical mechanics; computer simulations. |
rhardy1@unl.edu |
| Jaswal, Sitaram S. (emeritus) |
Atomic and electrical structure of metallic compounds and glasses; magnetic properties of solids; surfaces; interfaces; nanostructures. |
sjaswal1@unl.edu |
| Kirby, Roger A. |
Magnetism in nanostructured materials; magnetization reversal processes; magneto-optical measurements. |
rkirby1@unl.edu |
| Leslie-Pelecky, Diandra |
Cluster-assembled materials; non-equilibrium fabrication techniques. |
diandra2@unl.edu |
| Liou, Sy-Hwang |
Magnetic domain imaging; magnetic nanostructured materials and complex oxides. |
sliou@unl.edu |
| Morgan, Thomas A. (emeritus) |
Theoretical physics |
tmorgan@unlserve.unl.edu |
| Sellmyer, David J. |
Nanoscale magnetic materials, self-assembled dots, extremely high density recording media, nanostructured high-energy product magnetic materials. |
dsellmyer@unl.edu |
| Tsymbal, Evgeny |
Theory of spin-dependent electronic transport in magnetic nanoscale systems; first-principles band structure calculations; micromagnetic modeling. |
tsymbal@unl.edu |
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| High Energy Physics |
Research Interests |
Email Address |
| Bloom, Ken |
DZero experiment at Fermilab; compact muon solenoid (CMS) experiment at CERN |
kenbloom@unl.edu |
| Claes, Dan |
DZero experiment at Fermilab; compact muon solenoid (CMS) experiment at CERN |
crd@unlserve.unl.edu |
| Dominguez, Aaron |
DZero experiment at Fermilab; compact muon solenoid (CMS) experiment at CERN |
aarond@unl.edu |
| Snow, Gregory R. |
DZero experiment at Fermilab; compact muon solenoid (CMS) experiment at CERN |
gsnow@unlhep.unl.edu |
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| Other Research Areas |
Research Interests |
Email Address |
| Campbell, William B. (emeritus) |
Theoretical physics |
campbell@unlserve.unl.edu |
| Finkler, Paul (emeritus) |
Theoretical physics |
pfinkler@unlserve.unl.edu |
| Fuller, Bob (emeritus) |
Research in Physics Education |
rfuller@neb.rr.com |
| Jones, C. Edward (emeritus) |
Theoretical physics |
cjones1@unl.edu |
| Katz, Robert (emeritus) |
Track physics |
rkatz@unlserve.unl.edu |
| Weymouth, John (emeritus) |
Archaeometry |
weymouth@unlserve.unl.edu |
