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Research Overview
A brief survey of (some) of the research opportunities in the
Columbia’s Physics Department
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Step 1
Your graduate research can and should be the defining step in your career as a scientist
You should choose your field of research with some care and lots of thought
You have already chosen A superb department covering essentially all
aspects of modern physics…
which Is embedded in one of the premier research universities in the world
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Overview
Theory A. Blaer N. Christ R. Friedberg B. Greene D. Kabat T.D. Lee R. Mawhinney A. Mueller E. Weinberg
Particle Physics A. Caldwell J. Conrad H. Evans B. Knapp W. Lee J. Parsons F. Sciulli M. Shaevitz M. Tuts S. Westerhof W. Willis
Nuclear Physics B. Cole M. Gyulassy M. May J. Nagle D. Son W. Zajc
Condensed Matter T. Halpin-Healy S. Hartmann T. Heinz R. Osgood A. Pinczuk H. Stormer T. Uemura
Astrophysics E. Aprile C. Hailey L. Hui S. Kahn R. Mukherjee M. Ruderman
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Theory A. Blaer
phase transitions in low-temperature boson and fermion systems N. Christ
QCD on the lattice R. Friedberg
mathematical and computational physics. B. Greene
Strings D. Kabat
Strings T.D. Lee
Everything R. Mawhinney
QCD on the lattice A. Mueller
QCD E. Weinberg
Particle theory, early universe, black holes
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Condensed Matter T. Halpin-Healy
phase transitions, critical phenomena,, nonlinear dynamics
S. HartmannPhoton echo experiment and theory
T. HeinzUltrafast optoelectronics and spectroscopy, non-linear optics
R. Osgoodlaser and electron probes of single-crystal surfaces
A. PinczukSpectroscopy of Nanostructures and Quantum Liquids
H. StormerElectronic Properties of Lower-Dimensional Electron Systems
T. UemuraSR studies of superconducting materials
2D electron system
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Astrophysics
E. AprileLiquid-Xe telescope gamma ray observations
C. HaileyX-ray and gamma ray astrophysics
L. HuiCosmology
S. KahnX-ray and gamma ray astrophysics
R. MukherjeeGamma-ray astrophysics
M. RudermanCompact objects, neutron stars
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Particle Physics
A. CaldwellZEUS
J. ConradNeutrino phyics
H. EvansD0
B. KnappHiRes
W. Lee(Astro)-Neutrino physics
J. ParsonsD0, ATLAS
F. SciulliZEUS
M. ShaevitzNeutrino physics
M. TutsD0
S. WesterhofHiRes
W. WillisATLAS
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Nuclear Physics
B. ColeProton-nucleus, PHENIX
M. GyulassyPhenomenology of heavy ion collisions
M. MayHypernuclei
J. NaglePHENIX
D. SonQCD at high density
W. ZajcPHENIX
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Where We Work
Almost all activity at Brookhaven National Laboratory Previously:
“Fixed-target” experiments at BNL:
E859 (W.A. Zajc, co-spokesperson E866, E858 E910 (B.A. Cole, spokesperson)
Currently: PHENIX Experiment at RHIC
(W.A. Zajc, spokesperson)
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BNL CampusBNL Campus
PHOBOS BRAHMS
Booster
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Intersection points
Intersection points
Close-up of intersection point
Close-up of intersection point
What is RHIC?
RHIC = Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider Made of two intersecting rings
2.4 miles around Two counter-rotating beams Intersect at six locations
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We have a theory of the strong interaction:It works well except when
the interaction is strong!
Why is RHIC?
To understand fundamental aspects of the strong interaction: Where does the proton get its spin?
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How does nuclear matter “melt”?
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What is PHENIX?PHENIX
Pioneering High Energy Nuclear Ion eXperiment The largest, most sophisticated
heavy ion experiment ever built A major piece of civil engineering A showcase for Nevis Labs’
special talents in developing sophisticated electronics
A precision microscope, thermometer, etc. with which to probe the new states of matter that will be formed at RHIC.
