ANNUAL REPORT
2006
The School of Physics
The School of Physics staff and postgraduates Photographer: David Hannah
School of Physics staff and postgraduates 2006
Photographer: Les O'Rourke
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The University of Melbourne 02Faculty of Science 03The School of PhysicsMission Statement 04Head's Report 05Growing Esteem & Future Directions 06Governance 06Executive Manager's Report 06
Academic Staff 07Research Only Staff 10Honorary Staff 11Professional Staff 12Visitors 14Research Funding 17
Research Seminar Series 23School hosted Conferences 29Postgraduates in Progress 30Theses Passed 33Group Reports & PublicationsAstrophysics 36Experimental Particle Physics 38Micro-analytical Research Centre 42 Quantum Communications Victoria 46Optics 48 ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent Xray Science 51Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics 53Theoretical Particle Physics 55
Postgraduate Physics Student Society 57Prizes & Awards 59Subjects Offered 61Outreach Programs 62Alumni & Friends 64Media 65Recruiting Organisations 67More Information 68
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HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2006
QUALITY PEOPLE
• The quality of student intake remained very high with a median ENTER score of 94.30.
• The quality of University staff is recognised through prestigious awards and the election of 11 staff as fellows of learned societies.
• Staff receive recognition for excellence in teaching through Carrick Citations and Awards.
LEARNING & TEACHING
• The Melbourne Model was adopted, providing for three year undergraduate degrees, followed by a professional or research masters degree, and the option of a PhD. Core principles for the Melbourne Model degrees were established.
• Six new Melbourne Model undergraduate degrees in Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments, Music and Science will be offered from 2008. Graduate degrees will be phased in from 2008.
• Melbourne achieved a top ranking and the highest grant of $8.9m in the Commonwealth Learning and Teaching Performance Fund.
• Staff received an exceptional nine Carrick citations for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning and two Carrick Awards for Australian University Teaching.
• Design and development of collaborative learning spaces and multi-purpose student learning hubs is underway to enhance student experience.
RESEARCH & RESEARCH TRAINING
• Since 1996 Melbourne has ranked first or second on national research indicators of total research income, research publications, RHD student load and completions.
• Melbourne recorded the largest number of research higher degree enrolments and completions nationally with continued improvement in the completion rate.
• Assessments of all faculties and departments placed more than 90% of academic units in the top three in Australia, with around half ranked as No 1
• Seven internationally outstanding researchers were awarded Federation Fellowships at the University.
• Australia’s largest biopharmaceutical company, CSL, entered into an innovation partnership providing for 50 of its scientists to relocate to the University’s Bio21 Institute.
• The University joined an elite international group of universities teaching Veterinary Science after winning accreditation by the American Veterinary Medicine Association.
INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT
• The international standing of the University as judged by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University institutional rankings continued to improve with a ranking of 78. The University was ranked No 22 in the world by the Times Higher Education Supplement Study 2006.
• The University was admitted as a member of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities. Membership is based on academic excellence, research intensity, global outlook and innovation.
• International student load increased, with international student numbers exceeding 10,000 and representing 25.9 % of student load.
• The Confucius Institute was established with support from both the Victorian and Chinese governments. It is part of a global network facilitating the teaching of the Chinese language and culture.
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Science is an international discipline which thrives on collaboration that brings together people from all over the world. Science at Melbourne is an enriching experience for staff and students from local, national or international backgrounds.
For over 100 years, the health sciences, science and engineering at Melbourne have made an exceptional and significant contribution to our reputation as a leading Australian research organisation. Today, we are consistently ranked among the top universities in the world for science:
No 1 in Australia for Biomedicine (7th in the world)
No 1 in Australia for Engineering & Technology (16th in the world, ahead of Harvard, UCLA, and Princeton)
No 2 in Australia for Science (27th in the world, all sciences)
Science, engineering and technology teaching staff are among the most internationally recognised in Australia. This is demonstrated by the uninterrupted success in the Australian Government ‘Federation Fellow’ program. The research grants awarded by this program, rank among the most prestigious in Australia and reward scientific excellence. Currently, the University of Melbourne has 12 ‘Federation Fellows’ across different branches of science, engineering and technology.
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The School of Physics >To advance the knowledge and understanding of physics for the benefit of society, science and the environment by continually achieving excellence in teaching and research. Our aim is to be one of the best Physics Schools in the world.
The School of Physics is one of the oldest and largest in Australia. It houses approximately 200 teaching & research academic staff, research staff, professional staff, postgraduate and 4th year Honours students. The School is justifiably proud of its internationally competitive and comprehensive undergraduate and research programs, particularly with the Honours, Masters and PhD programs.
The major research strengths of the department staff span a diverse range of interests including astrophysics, atom optics, cosmology, condensed matter physics, experimental particle physics, medical physics, nanotechnology and materials science, theoretical particle physics, quantum information science, X-ray and imaging optics. The breadth and depth of interests is reflected in the undergraduate teaching programs.
The School enjoys excellent international reputation in research with its collaborators in CERN (Switzerland), KEK (Japan), Advanced Photon Source (USA), Argonne Lab (USA), Hubble Telescope (USA), NASA, NIST, National Oakridge Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories, and many top universities in Europe, North America and Asia.
In addition, the School locally collaborates with researchers at other Australian facilities such as Anglo-Australian Telescope, APAC, Austin Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Parkes Telescope, Australian Synchrotron, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, Howard Florey Institute, CSIRO as well as laboratory facilities within the University of Melbourne Schools and Departments of Biochemical & Microbiology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Medicine, Pathology and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering.
The School has an outstanding record of achievement in attracting external research funding including grants from the Australian Research Council (ARC), Australian Academy of Science, Victorian Government and USA government bodies.
The School’s research activities are aligned according to 6 research groups:
Astrophysics (Astro)Experimental Particle Physics (EPP)Micro-analytical Research Centre (MARC) OpticsTheoretical Condensed Matter Physics (TCMP)Theoretical Particle Physics (TPP)
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MISSION STATEMENT
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HEAD'S REPORT
Guided by the University of Melbourne’s strategy of Growing Esteem, our staff and students continue to contribute strongly in each of the three important elements of the University’s strategic directions:
Research – Researchers operate at the highest levels internationally. Areas of research from key fundamental questions in astrophysics, cosmology and particle physics, through to important problems applying known laws of physics to complex systems or in innovative new applications. The training of students to international standards is a key driver of the School’s research activities. The upcoming Research Quality Framework will focus our attention on what we have achieved and future goals.
The School continues to contribute to the design and construction of the ATLAS experiment soon to commence at CERN, to the new radio-astrophysics MWA array in Western Australia, and to various instrumentation projects at the Australian Synchrotron. The School is leading the establishment of a large computing facility for the analysis of data from CERN. Learning & Teaching – with the new Melbourne Model aims at attracting the best and brightest students from around Australia and internationally. The School is preparing for the 3-year undergraduate program followed by a 2-year MSc that promises advanced graduate coursework and projects that are not possible in the current curriculum. Knowledge Transfer – the School continues to engage the public through an outstanding outreach program, through a re-invigorated alumni and friends program, and through a new University-encouraged engagement of business and industry.
The work of an academic department takes many forms but teaching and research are at its heart. In the pages of this report you will find a snap-shot of our research and teaching activities in 2006. In doing so, we celebrate the achievements of our students, including those who have won academic prizes and those who have completed degrees.
The report also celebrates the achievements of our staff, including the papers they have published and the research grants they have been awarded. We celebrate the diversity of our staff and students, their interests and backgrounds. We are passionate in our commitment to highest standards in teaching and research in physics.
Head of School, Professor Geoffrey Taylor
The School currently hosts the Melbourne node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computing Computer Technology, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science and Quantum Communications Victoria (QCV). The School houses a suite of premier research laboratories and facilities including:
a clean room complex equipped with advanced instrumentation for materials fabrication, characterisation and analysis including focused ion beam microscopes, UHV AFM/STM scanning probe system, UV Ramanspectrometer, and a pulsed laser deposition system.
a particle detector development and construction facility comprising clean rooms, precision wirebonder detector development, ssembly and evaluation capabilities.
advanced X-ray, laser, microscopy and atom optics laboratories
a 5 MV Pelletron accelerator providing source of MeV ion beams in 5 beamlines used in nuclear microprobe systems
excellent library with extensive collection of journals , books and texts (mostly on-line) to service the teaching and research activities ofthe School (as well as external institutions)
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SCHOOL GOVERNANCE
The School continues to be well served by the following Committee Structure and membership.
Academic Programs
Jeff McCallum (Chair), Andrew Melatos, Lloyd Hollenberg, Ray Volkas, Helen Conley Andy Martin, Ann Roberts, David Jamieson, Elisabetta Barberio, Michelle Livett, Adrew Greentree, Nikolas Stavias, Sandy Law, Colin Entwisle (Executive Officer)
Finance & Facilities
Geoffrey Taylor (Chair), David Jamieson, Helen Conley, Andrew Melatos, Rachel Webster, Colin Entwisle, Robert Scholten, Paul Spizziri, Russel Walsh, Shannon Orbons, Tim Dyce, Roland Syzmanski, Roland Szymanski, Chris Witte (ex officio), Marcia Damjanovitch-Napoleon (Executive Officer)
Promotions & Marketing
Ann Roberts (Chair), Geoffrey Taylor, David Jamieson, Helen Conley, Rachel Webster, Roger Rassool, Bruce McKellar, Elisabetta Barberio, Joanne Kuluveovski, Brant Gibson, Byron Villis, Cilla Gloger (Executive Officer)
Research & Industry
Ray Volkas (Chair), Geoffrey Taylor, Helen Conley, Stuart Wyithe, Chris Chantler, Les Allen, Steven Prawer, Joanne Kuluveovski, Shane Huntington, Jason Doukas, Cilla Gloger (Executive Officer)
Safety
Rob Scholten (Chair), Helen Conley, Roland Szymanski, Wayne Powrie, Paul Spizziri, Phil Lyons, Colin Entwisle, Marco La Rosa, Barbara Fairchild, Julie Warden (Executive Officer)
Policy
Geoffrey Taylor (Chair), Ray Volkas, Helen Conley, Rachel Webster, David Jamieson, Steven Prawer, Keith Nugent, Bruce McKellar, Les Allen, Jeff McCallum, Ann Roberts, Martin Sevior, Brant Gibson, Chris Witte, Andrew Martin, Kristine Philipp (Executive Officer)
School Meeting
Geoffrey Taylor (Chair), all staff, Paul Fraser (ex officio), Kristine Philipp (Executive Officer)
EXECUTIVE MANAGER'S REPORT
The Teaching and Research effort of the School has been well supported again this year by excellent professional staff. Staff were employed in two new centres, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science and QCV; Quantum Communications Victoria. We welcome Tania Smith, Rosslyn Ball, Joanne Gajewski and Stacey Watts to the school. Joanne Kuluveovski was promoted to Research & Communications Manager in recognition of her support for the School’s research effort and her additional secondment to MRIO. Cilla Gloger's skills were also acknowledged in a secondment to the USP Publications Module deployment. We were also fortunate to have Michelle Geil join us as the new PA to the Head, replacing Kristine Philipp.
Within the IT group, we farewelled the manager Will Belcher who was replaced by Tim Dyce. Peter Fuggle also left the team to take up a position outside the university.
Jude Prezens and Stephen Marshall joined Nick Nicola in the undergraduate laboratories, while Michael Gangoiti moved to IT Central Services.
Building works this year have included the refurbishment of the MARC area on Level 2, an upgrade of the Part II undergraduate laboratories, completion of the Geoff Opat Seminar Room, modification to research space in the basement and air conditioning for the server room.
An impressive area of offices and meeting space was also developed on Level 2 for the new ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science.
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Executive Manager, Ms Helen Conley
Academic Staff >PROFESSORS
Head of School
Geoffrey Taylor
BSc(Hons) MSc UWA, PhD Hawaii, MAIP MAPS
Research Interests: high energy particle physics, physics beyond the Standard Model, CERN laboratory, ATLAS project, supersymmetry, Higgs boson, CP violation, GRID computing, positron emission topography, medical physics
Teaching Interests: Principles and Applications of Physics
Deputy Head of School
Raymond Volkas
BSc(Hons) PhD Melb FAIP
Research Interests: beyond the standard model, neutrinos, branes and extra dimensions, particle cosmology, particle phenomenology, early universe
Teaching Interests: Quantum mechanics
Federation Fellow
Keith Nugent
BSc(Hons) Adel, PhD ANU, FAA FAIP
Research Interests: optics, synchrotron science, x-rays, coherence, quantitative phase imaging, biophysics, protein membrane imaging
Teaching Interests: n/a
Bruce McKellar
BSc(Hons), PhD Syd, DSc Melb, FAA FInstP FAIP FAPS
Research Interests: B Physics, neutrinos, CP Violation, quantum chromodynamics, early universe, particle phenomenology, general theoretical physics.
Teaching Interests: Electromagnetism, Subatomic physics, Quantum mechanics
David Jamieson
BSc(Hons), PhD Melb, FAIP, FInst, MAPS
Research Interests: quantum computing, nanotechnology, quantum physics, diamond, silicon, ion beam physics and analysis, ion implantation, microprobes, semiconductors, charge injection in semiconductors
Teaching Interests: Advanced physics, Electromagnetic & Special relativity, Further Classical & Quantum Mechanics
Steven Prawer
BSc(Hons), PhD Monash, DSc Melb, MAIP MRS
Research Interests: quantum information processing, diamond, ion implantation, micromachining, quantum optics, quantum communication, ion beam analysis, single photon sources, qubits, nanotechnology
Teaching Interests: Sensors, Condensed Matter Physics
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Rachel Webster
BSc Monash, MSc Sussex, PhD Cantab.
Research Interests: observational and theoretical cosmology, active galactic nuclei & quasars, graviational lensing, dust, galaxies, groups & clusters, low frequency radio telescopes, epoch of reionisation, galaxy formation, eResearch
Teaching Interests: Astrophysics, Special Relativity, Life in the Universe, Climate change
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS & READERS
Les Allen
BSc(Hons), MSc Port Elizabeth, PhD Sth Africa
Research Interests: atomic resolution imaging and spectroscopy, electron scattering, inner-shell ionization, phase imaging
Teaching Interests: Atomic, Molecular and Solid State Physics; Scattering & Imaging
Christopher Chantler
BSc(Hons) UWA, DPhil Oxon
Research Interests: X-ray optics, synchrotron, X-ray Absorption Fine Structure, powder diffraction, radiation shielding, atomic physics & quantum electro-dynamics, condensed matter physics
Teaching Interests: Electromagnetism & Special Relativity; Thermal Physics; Quantum Optics
Lloyd Hollenberg
BSc(Hons) PhD Melb, MAIP
Research Interests: theoretical quantum computing and information, qubit system modelling and control, algorithm, single electron transistor, decoherence of gate operations, quantum error correction
Teaching Interests: Advanced Physics; Stars & Galaxies
Girish Joshi
BSc Agra, MSc Allahabad, PhD Delhi
Research Interests: quaternions, octonions, non-commutative geometry, chaotic maps, guage theoretic model building, particle phenomenology
Teaching Interests: Quantum Mechanics; Quantum Field Theory; General Relativity
Robert Scholten
BSc Adelaide, BSc(Hons) PhD Flinders, MAIP, MAPS
Research Interests: atom optics, quantum optics, atomic physics, laser cooling, imaging, quantum imaging, atomic coherence, lasers
Teaching Interests: Advanced Physics, Computational Physics
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
Ann Roberts
BSc(Hons) PhD Syd, MAIP
Research Interests: optics, photonics, nanophotonics, imaging, microscopy, metamaterials
Teaching Interests: Biomedical Physics, Standard Physics, Optics
Martin Sevior
BSc(Hons) PhD Melb, FAIP
Research Interests: high energy physics, quarks, anti-matter, Higgs particle, Data Grid
Teaching Interests: Quantum Mechanics; Electrodynamics
Michelle Livett
BSc(Hons) PhD LaTrobe, DipEd MCAE , MAIP
Research Interests: Physics education
Teaching Interests: Biomedical Physics
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SENIOR LECTURERS
Elisabetta Barberio
MSc Bologna, PhD Siegen
Research Interests: experimental particle physics, dark matter, cosmology, ATLAS experiment, CERN laboratory, Higgs boson, structure of the universe, origin of the mass
Teaching Interests: Principles and Applications of Physics, Particle Physics
Andrew Martin
BSc(Hons) PhD Lancaster
Research Interests: theoretical condensed matter physics, Bose-Einstein condensation, quantum Hall Effect, superfluids, superconductivity
Teaching Interests: Further classical & Quantum mechanics, Thermal Physics
Andrew Melatos
BSc(Hons) PhD Syd
Research Interests: neutron stars, gravitational waves, plasma physics, superfluids
Teaching Interests: Electrodynamics, Statistical Mechanics
Jeffrey McCallum
BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Research Interests: epitaxy and defect studies in silicon, semi-conductor physics disorder defects and amorphisation, open volume defects, ion implantation, solid phase epitaxial growth, shallow junctions, new materials science
Teaching Interests: Advanced Physics, Quantum Mechanics and Thermal Physics
Roger Rassool
BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Research Interests: particle and nuclear physics, nuclear particle photons, industrial applications of physics, instrumentation, silicon detectors, medical physics
Teaching Interests: Advanced Physics, Standard Physics, Instruments for Scientists, Energy & Environment
Stuart Wyithe
BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Research Interests: astrophysics, cosmology, first stars, reionization, black holes, gravitational lensing, the early universe, eclipsing binaries, quasars
Teaching Interests: Extragalactic astrophysics & Cosmology; Stars & Galaxies
LECTURERS
Nicole Bell
BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Research Interests: beyond the standard model, cosmology, neutrino physics, branes and extra dimensions, particle cosmology, particle phenomenology, early universe
Teaching Interests: Quantum Mechanics, Advanced Physics, Thermal Physics
TUTOR
James Richmond
LLB(Hons) BSc(Hons) Melb
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Dr Andy Martin
RESEARCH STAFF Senior Research Fellows
Shane Huntington, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Harry Quiney, BSc(Hons) MSc Monash, DPhil Oxon
Paul Spizzirri, BAppSc Swinburne, MSc Melb
Steven Trpkovski, BSc(Hons) PhD VUT
Centenary Fellow
Duncan Galloway, BSc(Hons) PhD Tas
Lyle Fellow
Mark Trodden, BA(Hons) MA(Hons) MSc PhD Cantab.
Australian Research Fellow
Chanh Tran, BSc(Hons) BE, PhD Melb
Australian Postdoctoral Fellows
Nicoletta Dragomir, BSc Romania PhD VUT
Adrian Flitney, BSc(Hons) Tas, PhD Adel
Paolo Olivero, MSc PhD Torino
Patrick Reichart, PhD Munich
Research Fellows
Brian Abbey, MSc College London, MA Imperial College PhD Cantab.
Eric Ampem-Lassen, DipEd BSc MPhil Ghana, PhD Melb
David Barnes, BSc PhD Melb
Markus Bischofberger, BSc PGDip PhD Zurich
Stefania Castelletto, Laurea Turin, PhD Polytechnic Turin
Alberto Cimmino, BSc Naples MSc PhD Melb
Jared Cole, BAppSc BEng (Hons) RMIT PhD Melb
Bipin Dhal, BSc MSc Utkal, MPhil PhD India
Mark Dijkstra, BSc MSc Groningen, PhD Columbia
Scott Findlay, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Robert Foot, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Brant Gibson, BE PhD LaTrobe
Andrew Greentree, BSc(Hons) Adel, PhD ANU
Faruque Hossain, BSc MSc Dhaka, MEngS NSW, PhD Tokyo
Archil Kobakhidze, MSc PhD Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili
Justin Kimpton, BSc(Hons) PhD Swinburne
Marco La Rosa, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Adrian Mancuso, BSc(Hons) Melb
Katherine Manson, BSc PhD ANU
Glenn Moloney, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Matthew O’Dowd, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Christopher Pakes, BSc(Hons) PhD Birmingham
Nicholas Parker, MSci PhD Durham
James Rabeau, BSc Waterloo PhD Heriot-Watt
Sergey Rubanov, MSc Russia, PhD NSW
David Simpson, BSc (Hons) VUT
Randall Wayth, BSc BE PGDip PhD Melb
Cameron Wellard, BSc PhD Melb
Garth Williams, BSc Akron, MS PhD Illinois
Hugh Wilson, BSc(Hons) PhD Syd
Jared Winton, BSc Melb
Lyle Winton, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Changyi Yang, BSc Nanjing, MSc Shanghai Inst App Phys, PhD Lund
Rotha Yu, BSc(Hons) PhD Monash
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HONORARY STAFF
Professors Emeritus
Herbert Bolotin, BSc CUNY MSc PhD Indiana DSc, FAIP
David Caro, DSc(Hons) MSc LLB(Hons) Tas, PhD Birm OBE AE FACE FAIP
Anthony George Klein, AM BEE PhD DSc Melb FAA HonFAIP
Colin Arnold Ramm, MSc UWA PhD Birm, FlnstP FAIP
Professorial Fellows
Allan Clark, BSc Tas, DPhil Oxon, University of Geneva
Peter Hannaford, BSc PhD Melb. FAIP
Alan Jackson
Jeremy Mould, BSc(Hons) Melb, PhD ANU, University of Arizona
Colin Norman, BE Melb, DPhil Oxon, John Hopkins University
Principal Fellows with the title Associate Professor
KenAmos, BSc PhD Adel DSc Melb, FAIP
Zwi Barnea, BSc MSc PolytechLNY PhD Melb, MAIP
Les Bursill, BSc DipEd Melb, PhD Monash DSc Melb
Norman Frankel, BSc MIT PhD Melb
James Jury, BSc MSc PhD Tor
Fulvio Melia, BSc(Hons) Melb, PhD MIT
Edmund Muirhead, MSc PhD Melb, MAIP
Alan Spargo, BSc PhD WA, MAIP
Maxwell Thompson, MSc PhD Melb DSc FAIP
Stuart Tovey, BA Canterbury, PhD Bristol
John Wignall, BA BSc MSc Melb, PhD Cantab.
Senior Fellows
Brendan Allman, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb, DipEd Monash, MBA LaTrobe
Valery Gurarie, MSc PhD Moscow
Gareth Moorhead, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb GAIP
Graeme O'Keefe, BSc PhD Melb
Salvy Russo, BSc Melb, PhD RMIT
Fellows
Igor Andrienko, MSc PhD Russia MRACI
David Bardos, BSc PhD Melb
Catherine Buchanan, BSc(Hons) PhD ANU
Vivianne Buzzi, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb PGDipMgmt MBS
Mukunda Das, MSc PhD India
Michael Drinkwater, BSc Syd PhD Cantab.
Matthias Eberspaecher, PhD JLUGieben DipPhys
Barbara Etschmann, BSc(Hons) PhD UWA
Moshi Geso, PhD California
Steven Karataglidis, BSc MSc, AssDip Music PhD Melb
Victor Kowalenko, BSc PhD Melb
Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway, BA Belgrade BSc(Hons) NSW, PhD
Victoria Millar, BSc(Hons) DipEd MSc Melb
Andrew Peele, BSc LLB PhD Melb
Andrew Rawlinson, BSc PhD Adel
Emma Ryan-Weber, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Grigori Tamanyan, BSc Yerevan PhD Moscow
Maurizio Toscano, BSc(Hons) PhD DipEd Melb
Meryl Waugh, BSc(Hons) Monash DipEd TTC PhD Melb
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Professional Staff >ADMINISTRATION
Ms Helen Conley, BSc Deakin DipEd Monash
Executive Manager
Mr Russell Walsh, Diploma Electronics RMIT
Finance & Resources Manager
Ms Rosslyn Ball PA/Administrator – ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-Ray Science
Ms Janet Carlon
Administrator - MARC/ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum ComputerTechnology
Ms Marcia Damjanovich-Napoleon, BA UWA
Finance Officer
Dr Joanna Gajewski, BSc (Hons) PhD Melb
Business and Marketing Manager – Quantum Communications Victoria
Ms Cilla Gloger, NHDip Admin Sth Africa
Administrative Officer
Ms Helga Kendy
Reception (part-time)
Ms Tania Smith, GradCert VETiS and AdvDip Arts VUT
Chief of Operations – ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-Ray Science
Mrs Julie Warden
Administrative Assistant (Finance)
Ms Kristine Philipp
PA to Head & Administrator
Ms Michelle Geil
PA to Head & Administrator
Ms Stacey Watts, BA Swinburne Certificate Community Studies VUT Executive Assistant - Quantum Communications Victoria
RESEARCH, COMMUNICATIONS & TEACHING
Mr Colin Entwisle, BSc(Hons) Melb
Teaching Administrative Officer
Ms Joanne Kuluveovski, BSc(Hons) Melb
Research & Communications Manger
Ms Kamala Lekange,
Librarian
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Mr William Belcher, BElecE Melb
Manager, IT services
Mr Timothy Dyce, BSc Melb
IT Manager
Mr Peter Fuggle
Systems Network Officer
Mr Simeon Scott
IT Support Officer
Ms Kathryn Sparks
IT Support Officer
Mr Linh Vu, BComSci Melb
Web and Database Administrator
UNDERGRADUATE LABORATORIES
Mr Nick Nicola, BAppSc RMIT
Laboratory Manager
Mr Steven Damen, BSc Ballarat
Technical Officer
Dr David Hoxley, BSc (Hons) PhD Melb
2nd and 3rd Year Laboratory Coordinator
Mr Philip Lyons
Technical Officer
Mr Jude Prezens, BAppSc RMIT
Undergraduate Laboratory Assistant
Mr Stephen Marshall, BSc DipEd
Undergraduate Laboratory Assistant
TECHNICAL CENTRE
Mr Roland Szymanski, PostgradDip Vacuum Technology, Certificate Industrial Electronics
Technical Manager
Mr Eliecer Bonilla Parra, Certificate Fitter & Turner
Technical Officer
Mr Ashley French, Certificates in Mechanical Instrumentation Making, Fitter & Turner
Technical Officer
Mr Philip Gargano
Technical Officer
Mr Stephen Gregory, BAppSc(Hons), BE Melb
Technical Officer
Mr Scott Moncrieff
Technical Officer EPP
Mr Wayne Powrie, Certificates in Toolmaking, Fitter & Turner
Senior Technical Officer
Mr Sandor Szilagyi
Senior Electronics Technician
Mr Michael Zammit, Certificate Fitter & Turner
Technical Officer
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Visitors >The School of Physics encourages international exchanges and visitors to the department, including academics of international standing in their field of study.
Mr Tim Alberts, BSc Netherlands
MSc candidate, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Mr Andrew Alves, BSc RMIT
PhD candidate, School of Applied Science, RMIT, Australia
Mr Michael Beljaars, BSc Netherlands
MSc candidate, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Dr David Belton, BSc(Hons) JCU PhD Melb
CSIRO Exploration and Mining, School of Geosciences, Monash University, Australia
Mr Adam Boag
PhD candidate, School of Applied Science, RMIT, Australia
Dr Michael Brown, BSc(Hons) MSc PhD Melb
Research Associate, Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, USA
Dr James E Butler
Head, Gas/Surface Dynamics Section, Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC
Professor Sudhendu Choudhury, BSc MSc PhD Dehli
Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi
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NASA astronaut, Colonel Pamela Melroy, visits the School of Physics
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Mr Eliel Cohen
PhD candidate, Pierre et Marie Currie, France
Professor Sankar Das Sarma
Distinguished University Professor & Director of Condensed Matter Theory Center, University of Maryland, USA
Mr De Vos van Steenwijk, BSc Netherlands
MSc candidate, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Mr Martin Draganski
PhD candidate, School of Applied Science, RMIT, Australia
Ms Stefanie Elbracht, BSc Germany
MSc candidate, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Professor Eliezer Finkman, BSc MSc DSc Israel
Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Professor Herbert Fried,
Department of Physics, Brown University, USA
Dr Stefano Frixione, BSc PhD Italy
INFN,Genova, Italy
Mr Peter Ha, BSc Singapore
PhD candidate, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Dr Fedor Jelezko
School of Physics, University of Stuttgart, Germany and Quantum Communication Victoria Fellow
Mr Thomas Judd, BSc(Hons) MSc Nottingham
PhD candidate, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Professor Rafi Kalish, MSc PhD Israel
Institute of Solid State Physics, Technion, Israel
Professor Yong Kim, BSc MSc PhD Korea
Department of Physics, College of Natural Sciences, Cheju National University, Republic of Korea
Dr Weihua Liu, BEG MEG China PhD Monash
CSIRO Exploration and Mining, School of Geosciences, Monash University, Australia
Miss Bridget Murphy, BSc(Hons) Monash
PhD candidate, Victorian College of Pharmacy, Monash University, Australia
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Dr Mark Oxley, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Condensed Matter Physics Division, Oakridge National Laboratory, United States
Professor Stephen Pennycook, BA MA PhD Cantab.
Condensed Matter Physics Division, Oakridge National Laboratory, United States
Mr Andrew Rabeau, BSc Canada
McMaster University, Canada
Ms Mitra Safavi
PhD candidate, Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wollongong
Professor Vassilios Sarafis, BSc(Hons) London
University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
Professor Peter Schattschneider, BSc PhD Vienna
Vienna University of Technology
Professor Reuben Shuker, PhD USA
Ben Gurion University, Israel
Dr Olaf Skjaeraasen
Institute of theoretical astrophysics, Norway
Dr Jason Smith, BA(Hons) DPhil Oxon.
Department of Materials, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Professor Kaushal Srivastava
Bhagalpur University, India
Professor Gerard Stephenson Jr, BSc PhD Massachusetts
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA
Dr Charles Tahan
Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Ms Ong-on Topon, BSc Thailand
PhD candidate, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Mr Rick van Bijnen, BSc The Netherlands
PhD candidate, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Postgraduate Shannon researching nanophotonics
The School of Physics is proud of its success in competitive research grants gained predominately from the Australian Research Council. The list below represents new and current research funding awarded to the University of Melbourne in 2006 only, unless indicated otherwise.
AUSINDUSTRY
Professor Steven Prawer et al
MNRF Nanostructural Analysis
$104,625
AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION
Associate Professor Chris Chantler
XERT absolute mapping of Ni XAFS and the from factor [a]- access to the Australian National Beamline Facility, Photon Factory, Japan
$6,830
Associate Professor Chris Chantler
Support for access to the Australian National Beamline Facility, Photon Factory, Japan
$7,027
Dr Gareth Williams
Coherent Diffractive Imaging
$10,410
Dr Justin Kimpton
The investigation of Quantum Electro-Dynamics in Hydrogen-like Titanium with an Electron-beam Ion Trap
$7,380
Dr Duncan Galloway
Transient Radiative Winds from He-rich Thermonuclear Bursts
$5,797
Dr Chanh Tran
Phase Space Tomography
$12,145
AUSTRALIAN PARTNERSHIP FOR ADVANCED COMPUTING
Dr Glenn Moloney
Australian Data Grid for Experimental & Theorectical High Energy Physics
$75,015
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Professor Rachel Webster et al
Australian e-Astronomy and Astrophysics
$75,015
AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL
Associate Professor Les Allen
Atomic Resolution Imaging and Spectroscopy
$78,030
Dr Elisabetta Barberio
Origin of Mass (DP)
$106,995
Associate Professor Chris Chantler et al
Synchrotron Developments of new techniques in X-ray interactions with Matter, Resolving major discrepancies in Quantum Physics and Chemistry (DP)
$95,827
Dr Nicoletta Dragomir
Quantitative Polarisation Phase Microscopy: A new tool for advances in structural analysis and Biophotonics (APD)
$131,058
Dr Adrian Flitney
Quantum Decoherence: A game-theoretic perspective (APD)
$75,722
Dr Shane Huntington
Nano-Engineering of Optical Fibre Fresnel Lenses (DP)
$93,636
Professor David Jamieson et al
ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology (CoE)
$830,000
Professor David Jamieson et al
Foundational National Nanotechnology infrastructure (LE)
$162,600
Professor Keith Nugent
Development in Optical Sciences (FF)
$316,222
Professor Keith Nugent et al
Advanced X-ray Optical Systems: From Innovative Idea to Intelligent Implementation (DP)
$94,316
Professor Keith Nugent et al
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science (CoE)
$1,872,718
Professor Keith Nugent et al
Non-interferometric Phase Measurement of Exotic Waves (DP)
$57,433
Dr Jeffrey McCallum et al
Fundamental implantation, epitaxy and defect studies in silicon to support ultra-shallow junction formation
$55,200
Professor Bruce McKellar
Neutrino Physics: A Window on Physics Beyond the Standard Model (DP)
$85,179
Dr Andrew Martin
Dynamics of Interacting Bose Gases/Fluids in Atomic and Condensed Matter Systems (DP)
$72,828
Dr Andrew Melatos et al
International data exchange for Global Gratitational Wave Astronomy (SRI)
$28,000
Dr Andrew Melatos et al
The Australian Virtual Observatory (LE)
$49,755
Dr Steven Melnikoff
E-research (MAMS)
$10,000
Professor Steven Prawer et al
Diamond Based Quantum Information Processing (LX)
$25,475
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Professor Steven Prawer et al
Diamond based Quantum Information Processing (DP)
$148,680
Dr James Rabeau et al
Diamond Single Photon Source (DP)
$52,020
Associate Professor Ann Roberts et al
Innovation in Photonic Device Imaging: The keystone for future technologies (DP)
$170,359
Associate Professor Ann Roberts et al
Micro-characterisation of Rare-earth-doped Optical Fibres (LX)
$11,757
Associate Professor Martin Sevior et al
The Development of Data Grids For High Energy Physics (DP)
$85,000
Associate Professor Rob Scholten et al
Quantum and Classical Imaging with light and atoms (DP)
$83,232
Professor Geoffrey Taylor et al
High Precision Silicon Pixel Detectors for High Energy Physics, Synchrotron and Medical Imaging Applications (DP)
$260,100
Professor Geoffrey Taylor et al
Support for the Australian Experimental High Energy Physics Program (LE)
$365,00
Professor Geoffrey Taylor et al
Frontier Experiments in High Energy Physics (DP)
$395,319
Dr Chanh Tran
Advancing X-ray imaging into new dimensions using Interferometry and Phase-space Tomography (ARF)
$123,810
Professor Raymond Volkas
Cosmology and Astrophysics with Neutrinos and other elementary particles (DP)
$75,406
Professor Raymond Volkas et al
Frontiers of Theorectical Particle Physics (DP)
$101,900
Professor Rachel Webster
Gravitational Lensing Probes of Quasar Structure (DP)
$79,856
Professor Rachel Webster et al
Formation and Evolution in the Extragalactic Universe (DP)
$236,422
Professor Rachel Webster et al
Australian membership of the international Gemini Partnership (LE)
$78,855
Dr Stuart Wyithe et al
The End of the Dark Ages of the Universe (DP)
$72,628
AUSTRALIAN SYNCHROTRON RESEARCH PROGRAM
Dr Garth Williams
Coherent Diffractive Imaging
$12,966
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS
Professor David Jamieson
Outreach Support
$2,840
COLONIAL FOUNDATION LTD
Associate Max Thompson
Dr Roger Rassool
Outreach Programme
$120,000
IATIA PTY LTD
Professor Keith Nugent
Postgraduate Stipend (Meehan)
Optics Characterisation Using Quantitative Phase Imaging
$34,975
TEXAS UNIVERSITY
Professor Steven Prawer et al
Fabricating novel diamond-based materials: Quantum Optics
$90,641
UNITED STATES ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE
Professor Steven Prawer et al
Quantum Computing in Diamond
$85,643
Professor David Jamieson et al
Centre for Quantum Computer Technology support of the 2nd Ion Beam Program
$105,676
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
School Support
Dr Andrew Melatos et al
The Australian Virtual Observatory (LE)
$7,500
Professor Geoffrey Taylor et al
Support fro the Australian Experimental High Energy Physics program (LE)
$25,000
Professor Rachel Webster et al
Australian membership of the International Gemini Partnership (LE)
$16,250
Professor David Jamieson et al
Foundational National Nanotechnology Infrastructure (LE)
$50,000
Professor Keith Nugent et al
Development in Optical Sciences (FF)
$50,000
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CONSULTANCIES, GENERAL
Academic Staff
Other income from private consultancies, workshop & research-related conference income
$317,888
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE & TRAINING
Professor Geoffrey Taylor et al
Australian High Energy Physics Collaboration with CERN
$17,235
Professor Steven Prawer et al
Critical components for Ultra-secure Communications Systems (ISL)
$300,000
Professor Rachel Webster
Mileura Widefield Array: Low frequency demonstrator (ISL)
$100,000
Associate Professor Chris Chantler
Major international conference of relevance to Synchrotron development: International symposium of Radiation Physics 11 (ISL)
$35,000
Dr Shane Huntington
Ultra High Throughput Optical Probes (ISL)
$43,101
DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION INDUSTRY & REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Professor Keith Nugent et al
ARC Centre of Excellence in Coherent X-ray Science
1,200,000
Dr Shane Huntington et al
Quantum Communication Victoria - Industry Development Initiative
$1,278,919
Faculty Support
Dr Duncan Galloway
Centenary Fellowship
$3,000
Dr Shane Huntington et al
Quantum Communication Victoria - Industry Development Initiative
$200,000
Professor David Jamieson et al
Foundation National Nanotechnology Infrastructure (LE)
$50,000
Professor David Jamieson et al
ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology (CoE)
$195,000
Professor Keith Nugent et al
ARC Centre of Excellence in Coherent X-ray Science (CoE)
$300,000
Professor Keith Nugent et al
Development in Optical Sciences (FF)
$50,000
Dr Andrew Melatos et al
The Australian Virtual Observatory (LE)
$7,500
Professor Geoffrey Taylor et al
Support fro the Australian Experimental High Energy Physics program (LE)
$25,000
Professor Rachel Webster et al
Australian membership of the International Gemini Partnership (LE)
$16,250
Central Support
Dr Duncan Galloway
Gravitational Waves from Neutron Stars (ECRG)
$20,000
Dr Brant Gibson et al
CSIRO Collaborative Grant (JRP)
$20,000
Dr Andrew Greentree
Towards a practical, Diamond-based Quantum and Non-linear Optical Technology (MRGS)
$30,000
Professor David Jamieson et al
Foundational National Nanotechnology Infrastructure (LE)
$195,500
Associate Professor Michelle Livett
Enhancing the teaching of Tutors and Demonstrators (LTPF)
$40,305
Dr Andrew Melatos et al
The Australian Virtual Observatory (LE)
$15,000
Dr Andrew Melatos et al
Gravity Waves (JRP)
$13,200
Professor Keith Nugent et al
Development in Optical Sciences (FF)
$100,000
Professor Keith Nugent et al
ARC Centre of Excellence in Coherent X-ray Science (CoE)
$220,000
Associate Professor Rob Scholten
Classical Correlation and Quantum Entaglement in Ghost-Imaging (JRP)
$3,300
Dr Harry Quiney
Theoretical studies of interactions involving molecules and intense X-ray laster fields (MRGS)
$12,000
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GLOSSARY
APD Australian Postdoctoral Fellow
ARF Australian Research Fellow
CoE Centre of Excellence
DP Discovery Project
ECRG Early Career Research Grant
FF Federation Fellow
ISL International Science Linkages
JRP Joint Research Project
LE Linkages, Infrastructure, Equipment & Facilities
LTPF Learning Teaching Performance Fund
MNRF Major National Research Facility
MRGS Melbourne Research Grants Scheme
SRI Special Research Initiative
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Research Seminar Series > 23
S h o w c a s i n g t h e e x c i t i n g c u t t i n g e d g e r e s e a r c h u n d e r t a k e n b y P h y s i c s p o s t g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s a t
t h e
Geoff Opat Seminar Series
4 : 1 5 p m - F r i d a y s d u r i n g S e m e s t e r H e r c u s T h e a t r e , P h y s i c s B u i l d i n g
F e a t u r e d t h i s w e e k , 2 7 O c t o b e r 2 0 0 6 :
Ga jendran Kandasamy" Quantum Control of Qubits"
Rabecca McFadden " U l t r a - h i g h E n e r g y N e u t r i n o D e t e c t i o n f r o m
L u n a r C e r e n k o v E m i s s i o n "
P l e a s e j o i n u s f o r d r i n k s a n d a n i n f o r m a l c h a t i n t h e s t a f f r o o m a f t e r t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n
School of Physics Colloquia
Professor John Ellis, CERN
From Little Bangs to the Big Bang (Feb 7)
Professor David Blair, Director, Australian International Gravitational Research Centre, School of Physics, University of Western Australia
Phonons, Photons and Gravitons: Challenges at the Threshold of Gravitational Wave Astronomy (Feb 15)
Dr Fedor Jelezko, School of Physics, University of Stuttgart, Germany and QCV Fellow
Spin-spin and light-spin coupling of single defects in diamond (Mar 1)
Dr Kron Tomas, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Applications of medical physics in diagnostics and radiotherapy: radiation as the good guy (Mar 8)
Dr Jeff McCallum, School of Physics, University of Melbourne
Some Hydrogen Effects in Silicon Processing (Mar 15)
Professor Tanya Munro, Director, Centre of Expertise in Photonics, School of Chemistry & Physics, University of Adelaide, Australia
Fundamentals and applications of soft glass microstructured optical fibres (Mar 22)
Professor Naftali Auerbach, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Tests of Time Reversal Symmetry In Nuclei (Mar 29)
Professor Stephen Hyde, Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, The Australian National University
Spatial networks and cellular patterns: from low dimensional geometry and topology to materials structure (Mar 5)
Professor Matt Visser, School of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
Analogue spacetimes (Mar 12)
Professor Mukunda Das, Department of Theoretical Physics, RSPhysSE, The Australian National University, Canberra
High Temperature Superconductivity: Two Decades after Bednorz and Müller (Mar 26)
Associate Professor Tony Gherghetta, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
The Quest for New Dimensions at the TeV Scale (May 1)
Associate Professor Ann Roberts, School of Physics, University of Melbourne
Nanophotonic metamaterials (May 10)
Associate Professor Martin Sevior, School of Physics, University of Melbourne
Nuclear Power revisited (May 17)
Dr Csaba Balasz, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
Supersymmetric origin of matter (May 26)
Dr Dejan Stojkovic, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Black holes and extra dimensions (Jun 9)
Professor Henry Smith, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Nanotechnology: where is it headed? How to get there? (Jun 28)
Professor Jeremy Mould, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, USA
Making the Most of the Great Observatories (Jul 26)
Professor Geoffrey Taylor, School of Physics, University of Melbourne
Dawn of an Era of Discovery in Particle Physics? High Energy Physics and the Large Hadron Collider (Aug 2)
Dr Barry Green, Scientific Officer, European Commission, Directorate-General for Research, Directorate J - Energy, Fusion Association Agreements, Brussels
Fusion Energy and the ITER Project, the Next Step to a Sustainable Future (Aug 9)
Professor Fulvio Melia, Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
An Update on the Supermassive Black Hole at the Galactic Centre (Aug 16)
Dr Chi-Chang Kao, National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton NY, 11973 USA
Resonant Magnetic X-ray Scattering and Magnetic Materials Research (Aug 22)
Professor Deb Kane, AIP 2006 Women in Physics lecturer, Physics Department, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW
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Chaotic Semiconductor Lasers (Aug 23)
Professor Brian Schmidt, School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, ANU, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australia
Gamma Ray Bursts: The largest Bangs in the Universe since the Big One (Aug 30)
Professor Martijn de Sterke, Theoretical Physics and Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Frontiers in photonic crystal fibre research (Sep 6)
Professor Charles A Whitten Jr, University of California, USA
The Search for a new form of matter, the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP), using the Solenoidal tracker at RHIC (STAR) Detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) (Sep 13)
Dr James McCaw, Post Doctoral Fellow, Vaccine and Immunisation Group, School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne
Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases and how it is helping to inform Australia’s influenza pandemic preparedness plan (Oct 4)
Dr Andrew Dzurak, Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Silicon Qubits and Nanoelectronics (Oct 11)
Dr Mark Trodden, Department of Physics, Syracuse University, New York, USA
Gravitational Approaches to Cosmic Acceleration (Oct 18)
Professor Karl Glazebrook, Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
The WiggleZ survey: dark energy and cosmic sound on the AAT (Oct 25)
Dr James Butler, Head, Gas/Surface Dynamics Section, Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC
Diamonds from Thin Air (Nov 1)
Professor Steven Prawer, Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, School of Physics, University of Melbourne
The Diamond Quantum Computer (Nov 8)
Dr Stefano Frixione, INFN, Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
Monte Carlos: recent progress and perspectives (Nov 15)
Professor Thomas Browder, Physics Department, Unviersity of Hawaii, Honolulu
Nuclear Power for Future Energy Generation in Australia (Nov 28)
Professor Sir Chris Llewelyn-Smith, EURATOM/UKAEA Fusion Association, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, U.K.
The Path to Fusion Power (Dec 1)
Seminars - Theory
Professor Peter Schattschneider, Vienna University of Technology
How Physics Inspires Science Fiction (Feb 28)
Professor Herbert Fried, Department of Physics, Brown University, USA
Astrophysical Implications of Charged Tachyons (Mar 7)
Professor Herbert Fried, Department of Physics, Brown University, USA
Basic Functional Methods in Quantum Field Theory (Mar 14)
Professor Herbert Fried, Department of Physics, Brown University, USA
A New Approach to the Estimation of N-Point Functions in Gauge QFT (Mar 21)
Dr Stewart Wright, Theory Group, Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Bound States in Euclidean Theories - Practical Limits (Mar 24)
Professor Matt Visser, School of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
Gravastars - How useful are they? (Apr 11)
Professor Mukunda Das, Department of Theoretical Physics, RSPhysSE, The Australian National University, Canberra
Facts and Fantasies in Mesoscopic Electron Transport (Apr 27)
Dr Jay Hubisz, Fermilab, Batavia, IL, USA
Little Higgs Models: An Alternative to Supersymmetry at the LHC? (May 16)
Professor Ross McKenzie, Department of Physics, University of Queensland
Quantum coherence of electronic excitations in biomolecules (Aug 8)
Dr Mark Trodden, Physics Department, Syracuse University and Lyle Fellow, School of Physics, University of Melbourne
Connecting Cosmology and Fundamental Physics (Oct 9)
Professor Gerald Dunne, Department of Physics, University of Connecticut
Effective Actions in Radial Backgrounds (Oct 13)
Dr Mark Trodden, Physics Department, Syracuse University and Lyle Fellow, School of Physics, University of Melbourne
Diluting Gravity with Compact Hyperbolic Extra Dimensions (Oct 16)
Dr Mark Trodden, Physics Department, Syracuse University and Lyle Fellow, School of Physics, University of Melbourne
Modified Gravity and Cosmic Acceleration (Oct 24)
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Seminars - Optics
Professor Timothy Roach, Dept of Physics, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, USA
Modelling gravitational distortion in atom optics experiments (May 2)
Dr Lincoln Turner, Fulbright Fellow, NIST, Gaithersburg Maryland USA
Atoms, molecules and how to be both at the same time (May 18)
Seminars - Astrophysics
Dr Regner Trampedach, RSAA, Mt Stromlo Observatory, The Australian National University
3D Convection in Stellar Surface Layers (Feb 22)
Dr Emma Ryan-Weber, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Uk
Gas-rich galaxies in a gas-rich cosmic web (Mar 1)
Professor Ron Ekers, Federation Fellow, Australia Telescope National Facility
Detecting Ultra High Energy Neutrinos using Lunar Cherenkov Emission at Radio Wavelengths (May 25)
Dr Michael Brown, Princeton University
The Assembly of Red Galaxies (Jul 19)
Dr Chris Fluke, Swinburne University
Future Directions in Astronomy Visualisation (Aug 30)
Dr Colin Lonsdale, Haystack Observatory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Mileura Widefield Array (Sep 21)
Seminars – Experimental Particle Physics
Emmanuel Tsesmelis, European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, Switzerland
Physics at the LHC (Oct 16)
Seminars – MARC/CQCT
Professor Sir Michael Pepper, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
Interaction Effects in Electron Transport in One-Dimensional Quantum Wires (Jun 30)
Dr Thomas Schenkel, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, USA
Progress in spin qubit development (Jun 30)
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Seminars - ARC Centre for Coherent Xray Science
Dr David Paterson, Center of Excellence for Coherent X-Ray Science
Microspectroscopy: A Versatile X-ray Microprobe. A tale of applications from mineral exploration via forensics to sub-cellular imaging for bio-medical research (Oct 6)
Dr Mark Tobin, Center of Excellence for Coherent X-Ray Science
Infrared Microspectroscopy at the Australian Synchrotron (Sep 1)
Dr Chris Glover, Center of Excellence for Coherent X-Ray Science
X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS): One of the first five beamlines to be operational at the Australian Synchrotron (Nov 3)
Dr Nigel Kirby, Center of Excellence for Coherent X-Ray Science
SAXS and the Synchrotron (Dec 8)
School-hosted Conferences > 29
Festschrift: Prof Bruce McKellar and Assoc Prof Girish Joshi
23rd Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (11 - 15 December 2006)
The University of Melbourne, saw a delegation of over 300 physicists take part in the 23rd Texas Symposium on relativistic astrophysics, cosmology, gravitation and high energy astrophysical phenomena (http://www.texas06.com). Hosted by the School of Physics' astro team, Dr Andrew Melatos and Professor Rachel Webster were chairs of the symposium organising committee.
Festscrift for Assoc Prof Girish Joshi and Prof Bruce McKellar (29 - 30 November 2006)
The School of Physics honoured retirees Assoc Professor Girish Joshi and Professor Bruce McKellar's contributions to the School and Physics community in a 2 day festschrift, organised by Professor Ray Volkas. Featuring special guest lectures and short talks in the area of theoretical particle physics and cosmology, over 80 colleagues, students and alumni were in attendance.
NUPP Summer School (2 - 6 February 2006)
Hosted by the AIP Nuclear and Particle Physics group (NUPP) and organised by Professor Bruce McKellar, a summer school was held at the School of Physics, featuring guest lectures from Professors Burce Barrett (Arizona), Wally Melnitchouk (Jefferson Laboratory), John Ellis (CERN) and Roland Crocker (Adelaide). The topics covered inlcuded nuclear structure, hadronic physics, Linear Hadron Collider physics and particle astrophysics.
20th International Conference on Xray and Inner Shell Processes (4 - 8 July 2005)
The School of Physics, University of Melbourne saw a delegation of over 400 physicists take part in the 20th International Conference on Xray and Inner Shell Processes held in July 2005. Associate Professor Chris Chantler (Chair) and Dr Harry Quiney (Secretary) were involved in the Organising Committee.
Festschrift: Prof Bruce McKellar and Assoc Prof Girish Joshi
Postgraduates in Progress >DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Ang, Joo Chew
Quantum computing
Aruldoss, Celine Kavida
Non-interferometric characterisation of partially coherent and scattered wavefields
Atkinson, Gerard Vincent
Commissioning of the ATLAS detector systems for the large hadron collider, and development of pixel detector systems for future collier experiments
Bate, Nicholas Frazer
Quasar microimaging
Bell, Simon Christopher
An ultrabright electron source from ultracold plasma
Bourke, Jay
Investigation of X-ray absorption fine structure: Development of theoretical models to describe interactions between X-rays and solid state/atomic systems
Chung, Christine Tsung Yi
Correlating the electromagnetic and gravitational wave signals
from accreting neutron stars
Coulthurst, Andrew
The phenomenology of the physics of extra dimensions
Cole, Jared H
Theoretical and computational investigation of a type-II quantum computer
Crosby, Sean Christopher
New directions in ghost imaging
D’Alfonso, Adrian John
Depth sectioning in the scanning transmission electron microscope
Daniel, Scott Arthur
Reverberation mapping of bright quasars
Davidson, Nadia May
Search for supersymmetry with the ATLAS detector at LHC
Dalseno, Jeremy P
Using B- D* + D*- Ks to measure cos 2ϕ1
Demaria, Alison
Extensions of standard model
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Postgraduate group 2006
Lau, Deborah
Raman analysis of artists’ pigments and media
Law, Sandy Sheung Che
Studies in particle cosmology
Lydon, Jennifer M
Monte Carlo characterisation of narrow photon fields for intensity modulated radiotherapy
Martin, Andrew Vincent
Determining wave fields from intensity measurements
Mastrano, Alpha
Superfluid hydrodynamics in neutron stars
McFadden, Rebecca Angela
Advanced algorithms for the detection of the EOR signal
Melchiori, Adrian Guthrie
Star formation
Miles, Elaine Robyn
Phase imaging in a scattering medium
Morley, Anthony Keith
Studies in high energy physics with ATLAS
Orbons, Shannon Michael
Fabrication of photonic structures using ion implantation.
Peralta, Carlos A
Superfluidity in neutron stars
Rab, Masum
Dynamics of dilute gas Bose Einstein condensates
Rae, Nicholas
Absolute measurement of XAFS and atomic form factors
Sidiroglou, Fotios
Microscopic characterisation of rare earth doped optical fibres
Singh, Swati
Luminosity function of radio loud quasars
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Devitt, Simon John
Quantum algorithm development
Doukas, Jason Andrew
Higher dimensional physics
Dusza, Andrew
Physics of higher dimension
Evans, Zachary William Ede
Solid state quantum computing
Filewood, Greg
A theoretical study of the dark sector of nature
Flewett,Samuel
Experimental investigations in wavefield recovery
Fraser, Paul Raymond
A multi-channel algebraic scattering theory and predictions
Gassull, Daniel
Materials issues in quantum computing
George, Damien Peter
Higher dimensional membrane world models
Glover, Jack Leigh
Experimental and theoretical investigation of X-ray mass-attenuation coefficients
Henderson, Clare Anne
Astigmatic phase retrieval of an optical vortex
Hopf, Toby Felix
Single ion implantation for construction of a quantum computer
Kandasamy, Gajendran
Quantum computation
Kazi, Sandor I
Studies in high energy physics
Langford, Sally Victoria
Earth: A prototype extra-solar planet
Smale, Lucas Francis
Experimental tests of QED in medium Z elements
Sobott, Bryn Alexander
An innovative pixel detector for x-rays
Srbinovsky, Jhan Aleksander
Ionized bubbles at the end of cosmic reionization
Stavrias, Nikolas
Measurement of wavefunction overlap of phosporous donors in silicon
Stephens, Ashley Martyn
Fault tolerant quantum computation
Takau, Viliami Tulikihakaulahi
A measurement of the near-threshold cross section on proton
Testolin, Matthew James
Quantum computation and device modelling
Tettamanzi, Giuseppe Carlo
Nanoscale superconducting electronics
Tse, Yun Fai
Study of B-pII in the Belle experiment
Urquijo, Phillip
Measurement of the CKM elements Vcb and Vcb with inclusive semileptonic B decays at the Belle experiment
Vigelius, Matthias
Compact objects as sources and detectors of gravity waves
Villis, Byron John
A defect study of MOS devices
Wedd, Robin Heathcote
Investigation of B meson decay
Whitehead, Lachlan William
High resolution imaging using partially coherent radiation
Witte, Christopher
Atomic resolution imaging and spectroscopy
Wolfe, Brandon
Two-temperature accretion plasmas
Wong, Oiwei Ivy
Neutral Hydrogen, star formation and the galaxy evolution of the Local Universe
MASTERS DEGREE BY RESEARCH
Fairchild, Barbara Anne
Micro-machining of diamond devices
Goh, Xiao Ming
Tomographic phase imaging of biological cells
Goldby, John Paul
Chaos in open quantum systems
Islam, M Tauhidul
Analysis of scattering processes in X-ray absorption fine structure and form factors
Jones, Gareth Rhys
Development of a novel position emission tomography quantitative non-invasive arterial monitor
Kidwani, Nader Maurice
Breaking of CP and CPT symmetries
Meehan, Alaster John
Optic characterisation using quantitative phase imaging
Martini, Berin
The effect of surface reconstruction on the growth of Aluminium Nitride by Pulsed Laser Depositions
Pyke, Daniel J
Phase separation of hydrogen in amorphous silicon
Makin, Melissa
On the one-dimensional Bose gas
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Theses Passed >We congratulate the following students who completed theses.
POSTGRADUATE THESES
Cosgriff, Eireann Catherine
Theory and computations of atomic-cluster or wave functions for X-ray absorption near-edge structures
Masters by Research, 21 November 2006
Mastrano, Alpha
Superfluid instabilities and pulsar glitches
Masters by Research, 1 June 2006
Smith, Leighton John
A proof-of-principle design of a non-invasive arterial activity monitor
Masters by Research, 27 April 2006
Stenborg, Travis Nathan
Planetary lagrange point dynamics and Trojan asteroid Evolution
Masters by Research, 15 November 2006
Arhatari, Benedicta Dewi
High resolution phase contrast x-ray radiography
Doctor of Philosophy, 29 June 2006
Lay, Matthew
Defect studies of ion implanted silicon and silicon-dioxide for semiconductor devices
Doctor of Philosophy, 28 July 2006
Low, Catherine Isbell
Neutrino family symmetries and the quartification gauge group
Doctor of Philosophy, 21 November 2006
Maguire, Luke Patrick
Focussing of an atomic beam using a TEM01 mode lens
Doctor of Philosophy, 31 October 2006
Mancuso, Adrian Paul
Experimental phase retrieval using coherent x-ray diffraction
Doctor of Philosophy, 11 May 2006
McDonald, Kristian Lee
Topics in neutrino physics and five dimensional quark-lepton symmetric models
Doctor of Philosophy, 14 September 2006
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Academic and senior executive staff conferring at the 150th anniversary celebrations
Ouniewicz, Ivona
Construction and analysis of a simplified many-body neutrino model
Doctor of Philosophy, 11 May 2006
Scott, Rebecca Jayn
A precise measurement of the half-life of the Fermi beta-decay of 26m Al
Doctor of Philosophy, 22 December 2006
Waugh, Meryl
Neutral hydrogen in Fornax and Eridanus: blind basketweaving for beginners
Doctor of Philosophy, 16 March 2006
HONOURS PROJECTS
Peter Caradonna
Investigating the properties of hydrogen retardation on solid phase epitaxy rates in the presence of implanted B and As dopants in amorphous silicon
Supervisor: Dr Jeff McCallum (MARC)
Ivan Corro
Simulation of votices in trapped Bose-Einstein condensates
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Martin (TCMP)
Will Davey
Electron track fitting in the ATLAS detector
Supervisor: Prof Geoff Taylor (EPP)
Rhys Davies
Localisation of fields to domain walls
Supervisor: Prof Ray Volkas ( TPP)
Anita Dow
Analytic solution for the birfurcation point of the velocity of a rotating, dipolar Bose Einstein condensate leading to vortex lattice formation
Supervisor: Dr Andy Martin (TCMP)
Amy Dowler
Survey of the neutral higgs through the Tau-Lepton channel at ATLAS
Supervisor: Dr Elisabetta Barberio (EPP)
Paul Geil
Observations of 21cm emission from quasar HII regions
Supervisor: Dr Stuart Wyithe (Astro)
Shaun Gladman
A (4) flavour symmetry scheme for quark and lepton mixing angles
Supervisor: Prof Ray Volkas (TPP)
John Haasz
Waves in stratified helium-3
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Melatos (Astro)
Anna Hayton
In search of the “red edge”
Supervisor: Dr Stuart Wyithe (Astro)
Daniel Heywood
Phase locking using electromagnetically induced transparency
Supervisor: Assoc Prof Rob Scholten (Optics)
Lenneke Jong
Quantum charge transport in counted-atom silicon devices
Supervisor: Prof David Jamieson (MARC)
Darren King
Diffractive imaging using a curved wavefront
Supervisor: Prof Keith Nugent (Optics)
Vivien Lee
Motion blurring in PET imaging
Supervisor: Dr Roger Rassool (EPP)
Clement Ng
Tag variable-based continuum suppression in b → dγSupervisor: Assoc Prof Martin Sevior (EPP)
David Peake
Fill pattern monitor at the Australian Synchrotron
Supervisor: Dr Roger Rassool (EPP)
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Anna Phan
Detection of a light top squark with ATLAS
Supervisor: Dr Elisabetta Barberio (EPP)
Sabastian Saliba
Magnetic field stability of an accreting neutron star
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Melatos (Astro)
Suzanne Sheehy
Lepton flavour violating decay τ→µγ in ATLAS at the LHC
Supervisor: Prof Geoff Taylor (EPP)
David Sheludko
Diffraction-contrast imaging of excited-state cold atoms
Supervisor: Assoc Prof Rob Scholten (Optics)
Chun-Hsu Su
Cavity enhancement of diamond-based single-proton sources
Supervisor: Assoc Prof Lloyd Hollenberg (TPP)
Angela Torrance
Iterative reconstruction of fluctuation microscopy data
Supervisor: Prof Keith Nugent (Optics)
Cornelius (Anthony) van Eysden
Spin up of a Stratified Superfluid with applications to Neutron Stars
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Melatos (Astro)
Lila Warszawski
Atomic resolution imaging using energy-loss electrons in conventional transmission electron
Supervisor: Assoc Prof Les Allen (TCMP)
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA
Ivan Corro
Simulation of votices in trapped Bose-Einstein condensates
Supervisor: Dr Andy Martin(TCMP)
John Haasz
Waves in stratified helium-3
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Melatos (Astro)
James Quach
Correlations and kinetic equations for model interacting neutrino systems
Supervisor: Prof Bruce McKellar (TPP)
Ranjan Singh
Simulation of a single proton source for use in quantum key distribution networks Supervisor:
Supervisor: Assoc Prof Lloyd Hollenberg (MARC)
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Honours group 2006
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ASTROPHYSICS
PROF RACHEL WEBSTER
The Astrophysics group has had a particularly successful year with strong recognition of its research and research training program.
Dr Stuart Wyithe was awarded the Woodward medal of the University of Melbourne for the most significant research achievements in the past year in science and engineering. This award, following the Research Award from the Dean of Science earlier in the year, was a major achievement for an early career researcher. Stuart continued his very productive studies of the ‘dark ages’ and luminous sources at the time of the Epoch of Reionisation.
Dr Andrew Melatos has built a strong group of postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows working on his models of gravitational waves from accreting neutron stars. In addition, this group is becoming deeply involved with both Australian and international efforts to compute templates for the detection of the first gravitational wave signatures in LIGO data. Andrew chaired the SOC and LOC for the Texas Symposium in December at Melbourne University. This was an enormous task and resulted in a highly successful conference, which bought great credit to the School of Physics.
Professor Rachel Webster continued her work on the microlensing of lensed quasars, with the successful completion of Gemini observations of about ten systems. This data is being analysed and modeled to determine the sizes of the quasar emission regions. Professor Webster was winner of the inaugural Nature mid-career award for creative mentoring in science.
use festschrift3 photo in photolibrary or uni photo of Girish and Bruce (see JK)
Prototype of MIRA Widefield Array (low frequency radio telescope) in Boolardy, WA
At the end of 2006, the Melbourne group and its Australian collaborators were awarded an ARC LIEF grant to start the construction of the Low Frequency radio array in WA. This project was also strongly supported by NCRIS. With collaborators, MIT, Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics and Raman Research Institute, the group is gearing up to start construction in the latter part of 2007.
The Melbourne group continued to support the Australian Virtual Observatory, with Dr Catherine Manson completing her work in late 2006.
One PhD was awarded in the group in 2006: Dr Meryl Waugh. In addition, two MSc degrees were completed: Travis Stenborg and Alpha Mastrano. Alpha achieved a very high score for his thesis and was subsequently awarded an IPRS scholarship.
The group published 23 refereed papers in 2006.
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Publications for 2006 include:
Briggs FH & Barnes D."H I 21 cm observations of the PG 1216+069 sub-damped Lyα absorber field at z = 0.00632" Astrophysical Journal 640: L127-L130 (2006)
Dijkstra M, Haiman Z & Spaans M. "Lyα radiation from collapsing protogalaxies. I. Characteristics of the emergent spectrum" Astronomical Journal 649: 14-36 (2006)
Dijkstra M, Haiman Z & Spaans M. "Lyα radiation from collapsing protogalaxies. II. Observational evidence for gas infall" Astronomical Journal 649: 37-47 (2006)
Dijkstra M & Wyithe J."Lyα constraints on very low luminosity active galactic nuclei" Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 372: 1575-1584 (2006)
Gallo LC, Edwards PG, Ferrero E, Kataoka J, Lewis DR, Ellingsen SP, Misanovic Z, Welsh WF, Whiting M, Boller Th, Brinkmann W, Greenhill J & Oshlack AYKN. "The spectral energy distribution of PKS 2004-447: a compact steep-spectrum source and possible radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 370: 245-254 (2006)
Galloway D & Cumming A. "Helium-rich thermonuclear bursts and the distance to the accretion-powered millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4—3658" Astrophysical Journal 652: 559-568 (2006)
Galloway D, Psaltis D, Muno MP & Chakrabarty D. "Eddington-limited x-ray bursts as distance indicators. II. Possible compostional effects in bursts from 4U 1636—536" Astrophysical Journal 639: 1033-1038 (2006)
Hanish DJ, Meurer GR, Ferguson HC, Zwaan MA, Heckman TM, Staveley-Smith L, Bland-Hawthorn J, Kilborn VA, Koribalski B, Putman ME, Ryan-Weber EV, Oey MS, Kennicutt Jr RC, Knezek PM, Meyer M, Smith RC, Webster R, Dopita MA, Doyle MT, Drinkwater MJ, Freeman KC & Werk J."The survey for ionization in neutral gas galaxies. II. The star formation rate density of the local universe" Astrophysical Journal 649: 150-162 (2006)
Meurer GR, Hanish DJ, Ferguson HC, Knezek PM, Kilborn VA, Putman ME, Smith RC, Koribalski B, Meyer M, Oey MS, Ryan-Weber EV, Zwaan MA, Heckman TM, Kennicutt Jr RC, Lee JC, Webster R, Bland-Hawthorn J, Dopita MA, Freeman KC, Doyle MT, Drinkwater MJ, Staveley-Smith L & Werk J. "The survey for ionization in neutral gas galaxies. I. Description and initial results." Astrophysical Journal 165: 307-337 (2006)
Payne DJB & Melatos A. "Frequency spectrum of gravitational radiation from global hydromagnetic oscillations of a magnetically confined mountain on an accreting neutron star" Astrophysical Journal 641: 471-478 (2006)
Payne D & Melatos A. "Magnetic burial and the harmonic content of millisecond oscillations in thermonuclear x-ray bursts" Astrophysical Journal 652: 597-602 (2006)
Peralta CA, Melatos A, Giacobello M & Ooi A. "Gravitational radiation from nonaxisymmetric spherical couette flow in a neutron star." Astrophysical Journal 644: L53-L56 (2006)
Peralta CA, Melatos A, Giacobello M & Ooi A. "Transitions between turbulent and laminar superfluid vorticity states in the outer core of a neutron star" Astrophysical Journal 651: 1079-1091 (2006)
Wayth R & Webster R. "LENSVIEW: software for modelling resolved gravitational lens images" Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 372: 1187-1207 (2006)
Whiting MT, Webster R & Francis PJ. "Multi-object spectroscopy of the field surrounding PKS 2126-158: discovery of a z = 0.66 galaxy group" Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 368: 341-350 (2006)
Wong OI, Meurer GR, Bekki K, Hanish DJ, Kennicutt RC, Bland-Hawthorn J, Ryan-Weber EV, Koribalski B, Kilborn VA, Putman ME, Heiner JS, Webster R, Allen RJ, Dopita MA, Doyle MT, Drinkwater MJ, Ferguson hc, Freeman KC, Heckman TM, Hoopes C, Knezek PM, Meyer MJ, Oey MS, Seibert M, Smith RC, Staveley-Smith L, Thilker D, Werk J & Zwaan MA. "NGC922 - a new drop-through ring galaxy" Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 370: 1607-1611 (2006)
Wong OI, Ryan-Weber E, Garcia-Appadoo DA, Webster R, Staveley-Smith L, Zwaan MA, Meyer MJ, Barnes D, Kilborn VA, Bhathal R, De Blok WJG, Disney MJ, Doyle MT, Drinkwater MJ, Ekers RD, Freeman KC, Gibson BK, Gurovich S, Harnett J, Henning PA, Jerjen H, Kesteven MJ, Knezek PM, Koribalski B, Mader S, Marquarding M, Michin RF, O’Brien J, Putman ME, Ryder SD, Sadler EM, Stevens J, Stewart IM, Stootman F & Waugh M. "The Northern HIPASS catalogue - data presentation, completeness and reliability measures" Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 371: 1855-1864 (2006)
Wyithe J."A log-quadratic relation between the nuclear black hole masses and velocity dispersions of galaxies" Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 365: 1082-1098 (2006)
Wyithe J & Loeb A. "Cosmic variance in the transparency of the intergalactic medium after reionization" Astronomical Journal 646: 696-702 (2006)
Wyithe J & Loeb A. "Suppression of dwarf galaxy formation by cosmic reionization" Nature 441: 322-324 (2006)
Wyithe J & Padmanaban T. "What does the quasar luminosity function tell us about supermassive black hole evolution?" Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 372: 1681-1691 (2006)
Wyithe J & Padmanabhan T. "Properties of high-redshift quasars - I. Evolution of the supermassive black hole to halo mass ratio" Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 366: 1029-1036 (2006)
O’Dowd M & Urry CM. "Host galaxy evolution in radio-loud AGN" New Astronomy Reviews 50: 789-791 (2006)
The academics of the EPP group are Elisabetta Barberio, Roger Rassool, Geoff Taylor and myself. Our activities span Experimental Particle Physics, detector development, computing grid development and Science Education outreach. The cornerstones of our research are the ATLAS and Belle experiments at CERN in Switzerland and KEK in Japan respectively. In 2006 we secured funding for the next 4 years to continue this research through a series of grants from the ARC and DEST.
ATLAS
ATLAS is an experiment designed to study Electroweak symmetry breaking in the energy regime above 100 GeV via observing proton collisions at 14 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva. Substantial progress on both the construction of the LHC and the ATLAS experiment was achieved in 2006. A large fraction of the ATLAS experiment was installed in the underground cavity around the LHC collision point and succeeded in fully reconstructing cosmic ray tracks which span the entire detector. These are currently being employed for detector calibration.
The EPP group completed the installation of Patch Panel-3 signal conditioning boards in 2006. We also invested substantial effort on software tasks. These include: electron track reconstruction, electromagnetic calorimeter calibration, detector alignment and data analysis. Within the data-analysis effort, we are working in the Higgs to tau tau, Higgs to four electrons and the search for SUSY groups. Tom Atkinson also submitted his PhD thesis in this area.
Belle
Belle is a experiment at the KEK asymmetric electron-positron accelerator which provides the world highest luminosity collider used to make copious numbers of B-mesons in a clean environment. Belle has made numerous discoveries since it commenced data collection in 1999, including the observation of CP violation in B-meson decays, the first such measurement outside the neutral kaon system.
The Physics highlights of 2006 from Belle are world’s first measurement of the purely leptonic decay, B→τν and an improved analysis of the rare decay B→dγ . The B→τν decay mode is sensitive to the fundamental parameter of the Standard Model, |Vub| and to New Physics beyond the Standard Model. The new analysis of rare decay B→dγ significantly reduces the uncertainty
on its branching ratio. The result is nicely complementary to the recent measurement of Bs mixing at the CDF experiment at Fermilab.
Within the Australian group, Dr Elisabetta Barberio, from the University of Melbourne, organised a workshop on |Vxb| analyses from B-meson decays in Melbourne in February 2006. This was attended by about 20 world experts who studied the prospects for improvements in the experimental measurements and theoretical interpretation of studies sensitive to |Vub| and |Vcb|. Phillip Urquijo made presentation to the prestigious 23rd International Conference on High energy Physics. "Moments of the electron energy spectrum and partial branching fraction of /// decays at Belle". In which he presented our work to make the world’s most precise measurement of the fundamental Standard Model parameter, |Vcb|. Jeremy Dalseno also submitted his PhD thesis.
Grid Computing
When ATLAS begins operation in late 2007 it will produce roughly 15 million gigabytes of data per year, equivalent to 3 million DVDs or 1% of the total global digital information output. The Worldwide LHC Computing grid (WLCG) is a massive, distributed, international computing infrastructure designed to enable analysis of this enormous data set. It coordinates and shares processing power, data, applications and network resources from many thousands of linked computers. The EPP group has played a leading role in the development of grid in Australia and have deployed a grid infrastructure across 300 computers at 5 facilities in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide. In 2006 we developed a prototype Tier 2 site which has been incorporated into the WLCG computing grid. The WLCG itself has become a real working system which processes over 50,000 jobs per day.
Instrumentation
The EPP group has been involved in the commissioning of the Australian Synchrotron through the development of extremely high speed photon detectors, the PILATUS pixel silicon detectors via collaboration with Christian Broennimann and his group from the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) in Switzerland and PET detector developments in collaboration with the University of Wollongong and the Austin Hospital.
EXPERIMENTAL PARTICLE PHYSICS (EPP)
ASSOC PROF MARTIN SEVIOR
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Publications for 2006 include:
Abbiendi G, Barberio L & Zivkovic L. "Colour reconnection in e+e- → W+W- at √s = 189-209 GeV" European Physical Journal C 45: 291-305 (2006)
Abbiendi G, Barberio L & Zivkovic L. "Determination of αs using jet rates at LEP with the OPAL detector" European Physical Journal C 45: 547-568 (2006)
Abbiendi G, Barberio L & Zivkovic L. "Measurement of the mass and width of the W boson" European Physical Journal C 45: 307-335 (2006)
Abbiendi G, Barberio L & Zivkovic L. "Measurement of the running of the QED coupling in small-angle Bhabha scattering at LEP" European Physical Journal C 45: 1-21 (2006)
Abbiendi G, Barberio L & Zivkovic L. "Measurement of the strong coupling αs from four-jet observables in e+e- annihilation" European Physical Journal C 47: 295-307 (2006)
Abbiendi G, Barberio L & Zivkovic L. 2006. "Searches for gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking topologies in e+e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies up to √s = 209 GeV" European Physical Journal C 46: 307-341 (2006)
Abbiendi G, Moloney G & Zivkovic L. "QCD coherence and correlations of particles with restricted momenta in hadronic Z decays" Physics Letters B 638: 30-38 (2006)
Abdesselam A, Lindsay SW, Moorhead G, Taylor G & Wolter M. "The barrel modules of the ATLAS semiconductor tracker" Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A - Accel Spectrom Detect & Assoc Equip 568: 642-671 (2006)
Abe K, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zurcher D. "Study of B± → DCPK± and D*CPK± decays" Physical Review D 73 (5): 11061-11066 (2006)
Aharrouche M, Barberio L & Tayalati Y. "Energy linearity and resolution of the ATLAS electromagnetic barrel calorimeter in an electron test-beam" Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A - Accel Spectrom Detect & Assoc Equip 568: 601-623 (2006)
Aihara H, Dalseno JP, Dowd RT, Moloney G, Taylor G & Zontar D. "Belle SVD2 vertex detector" Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A - Accel Spectrom Detect & Assoc Equip 568: 269-273 (2006)
Ankowski A, Bischofberger M & Zalewska A "Characterization of ETL 9357FLA photomultiplier tubes for cryogenic temperature applications" Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A - Accel Spectrom Detect & Assoc Equip 556: 146-157 (2006)
Blyth S, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Moloney G,
Taylor G & Zhang ZP. "Improved measurements of color-suppressed decays B¯0 → D0π0, D0η, D0ω, D*0π0, D*0η and D*0ω " Physical Review D 74 (9): 20021-200210 (2006)
Chistov R, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Moloney G, Sevior M, Taylor G & Zhang ZP. "Observation of new states decaying into Λc+K-π+ and Λc+K0
sπ-" Physical Review Letters 97 (16): 20011-20016 (2006)
Chistov R, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G & Zhilich V. "Observation of B+ → Ξover-barocΛ+c and evidence for B0 → Ξover-bar-cΛ+c" Physical Review D 74 (11): 11051-11055 (2006)
Chukanov A, Challis RA, Kent NJM, Hyett N, Moorhead G, Poulsen C, Sevior M, Taylor G, Tovey S, Winton L & Zuccon P. "Production properties of K*(892)± vector mesons and their spin alignment as measured in the NOMAD experiment" European Physical Journal C 46: 69-79 (2006)
Denz H, Amaudruz P, Brack JT, Breitschopf J, Camerini P, Clark J, Clement H, Felawka L, Fragiacomo E, Gibson EF, Grion N, Hofman GJ, Jamieson B, Mathie EL, Meier R, Moloney G, Ottewell D, Patarakin O, Patterson JD, Pavan MM, Piano S, Raywood K, Ristinen RA, Rui R, Sevior M, Smith GR, Stahov J, Tacik R, Wagner GJ, Von Wrochem F & Yeomans DM. "π±p differential cross sections at low energies" Physics Letters B 633: 209-213 (2006)
Dragic J, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zurcher D. "Measurement of branching fraction and direct CP asymmetry in B0 → p0π0
decays" Physical Review D 73 (11): 11051-11056 (2006)
Fang F, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zhilich V. "Search for the hc meson in B± → hcK±" Physical Review D 74 (1): 20071-20077 (2006)
Friedl M, Dalseno JP, Moloney G, Taylor G & Ziegler T. "Belle silicon vertex detector for the super B factory" Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A - Accel Spectrom Detect & Assoc Equip 569: 37-40 (2006)
Gabyshev N, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zhang ZP. "Observation of B+ → Λc+Λc¯K+ and B0 → Λc+Λc¯K0 decays" Physical Review Letters 97 (20): 20031-20035 (2006)
Garmash A, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zurcher D. "Evidence for large direct CP violation in B± → ρ(770)0K± from analysis of three-body charmless B± → K±π±π± decays" Physical Review Letters 96 (25): 18031-18036.
Gokhroo G, Dalseno JP, Moloney G & Zhilich V. "Observation of a near-threshold D0D¯0π0
enhancement in B → D0D¯0π0K decay" Physical Review Letters 97 (16): 20021-20025 (2006)
Ikado K, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G & Zurcher D. "Evidence of the purely leptonic decay B- →τ-V-τ" Physical Review Letters 97 (25): 18021-
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18026 (2006)
Inami K, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zupanc A. "First observation of the decay τ- → ϕK-ντ." Physics Letters B 643: 5-10 (2006)
Ishikawa A, Dalseno JP, Moloney G, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zhang ZP. "Measurement of forward-backward asymmetry and Wilson coefficients in B → K*l+l-" Physical Review Letters 96 (25): 18011-18016 (2006)
Jen C-M, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zupanc A. "Improved measurements of branching fractions and CP partial rate asymmetries for B → ωK and B → ωπ." Physical Review D 74 (11): 11011-11016 (2006)
Krokovny P, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Urquijo P & Zhilich V. "Measurement of the quark mixing parameter cos2ϕ1 using time-dependent Dalitz analysis of B¯0 → D[K0
s π+π-]h0" Physical Review Letters 97 (8): 18011-18016.
Kumar R, Dalseno JP, Moloney G, Taylor G & Zupanc A. "Observation of B± → χc1π± and search for direct CP violation" Physical Review D 74 (5): 11031-11036 (2006)
Miyazaki Y, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Moloney G, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zurcher D. "Search for lepton and baryon number violating τ- decays into Λ¯π- and Λπ-." Physics Letters B 632: 51-57 (2006)
Miyazaki Y, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zhilich V. "Search for lepton flavor violating τ- decays with a K0
s meson" Physics Letters B 639: 159-164 (2006)
Mizuk R, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Moloney G, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zurcher D. "Search for the θ(1540)+ pentaquark using kaon secondary interactions at Belle" Physics Letters B 632: 173-180 (2006)
Mohapatra D, Dalseno JP, Moloney G, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zurcher D. "Observation of b → dγ and determination of |Vtd /Vts|" Physical Review Letters 96 (22): 16011-16015 (2006)
Nakano E, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Urquijo P & Zontar D. "Charge asymmetry of same-sign dileptons in B0 — B0 mixing" Physical Review D 73 (11): 20021-200213 (2006)
Natkaniec Z, Dalseno JP, Dowd RT, Moloney G, Taylor G & Zontar D. "Status of the Belle silicon vertex detector" Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A - Accel Spectrom Detect & Assoc Equip 560: 1-4 (2006)
Poluektov A, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Urquijo P & Zurcher D. "Measurement of ϕ3 with a Dalitz plot analysis of B+ → D(*)K(*)+ decay" Physical Review D 73 (11): 20091-200916 (2006)
Ronga FJ, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Urquijo P & Zurcher D. "Measurement of CP violation in B0 → D*-π+ and B0 → D- π+ decays" Physical Review D 73 (9): 20031-200317 (2006)
Schael S, Barberio L & Weiglein G. "Search for
neutral MSSM Higgs bosons at LEP" European Physical Journal C 47: 547-587 (2006)
Schumann J, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Moloney G, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zurcher D. "Evidence for B → η’π improved measurements for B → η’K" Physical Review Letters 97 (6): 18021-18026 (2006)
Seidl R, Moloney G, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zurcher D. "Measurement of azimuthal asymmetries in inclusive production of Hadron pairs in e+e- annihilation at Belle" Physical Review Letters 96 (23): 20021-20026 (2006)
Seuster R, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zhilich V. "Charm hadrons from fragmentation and B decays in e+e- annihilation at √s = 10.6 GeV" Physical Review D 73 (3): 20021-200222 (2006)
Sevior M. "Considerations for nuclear power in Australia" International Journal of Environmental Studies 63 (6): 859-872 (2006)
Somov A, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zhilich V. "Measurement of the branching fraction, polarization and CP asymmetry for B0 →p+p- decays, and determination of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa phase ϕ2" Physical Review Letters 96 (17): 18011-18016 (2006)
Soni N, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zhilich V."Measurement of branching fractions for B → χc1(2)K(K*) at Belle"" Physics Letters B 634: 155-164 (2006)
Taylor G. "Australia: host for a nuclear waste storage site? International Journal of Environmental Studies 63 (6): 873-881 (2006)
Ushiroda Y, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Moloney G, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zupanc A. "Time-dependent CP asymmetries in B0 → K0
sπ0γ transitions" Physical Review D 74 (11): 11041-11046 (2006)
Venugopal S, Buyya R & Winton L. "A grid service broker for scheduling e-Science applications on global data grids" Concurrency and Computation-Practice and Experience 18: 685-699 (2006)
Villa S, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zhilich V. "Observation of a χ’c2 candidate in γγ → DD- production at Belle" Physical Review Letters 96 (8): 20031-20036 (2006)
Villa S, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zurcher D. "Search for the decay B0 → γγ" Physical Review D 73 (5): 11071-11075 (2006)
Widhalm L, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zurcher D. "Measurement of D0 → πlν(Klν) form factors and absolute branching fractions" Physical Review Letters 97 (6): 18041-18046 (2006)
Wu C-H, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zhang ZP. "Study of J/Ψ → ρρ¯, ΛΛ¯ and observation of ηc → ΛΛ¯ at Belle" Physical Review Letters 97 (16): 20031-20036 (2006)
Yusa Y, Dalseno JP, Taylor G & Zhang ZP. "Search for neutrinoless decays τ → lhh and τ → lV0" Physics Letters B 640: 138-144 (2006)
Zhang LM, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G,
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Urquijo P & Zurcher D. "Improved constraints on D0 - D¯0 mixing in D0 → K+π- decays from the Belle detector" Physical Review Letters 96 (15): 18011-18016 (2006)
Tovey S. "Antimatter: a short history" Australian Physics 43 (5): 160-166 (2006)
Yao W-M, Barberio L & Zhu R-Y. "Review of Particle Physics" Journal of Physics G - Nuclear and Particle Physics 33: 1 (2006)
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View of toroidal magnets in the Linear Hadron Collider at CERN, Switzerland
View of toroidal magnets in the Linear Hadron Collider at CERN, Switzerland
The Microanalytical Research Centre (MARC) is a member of the Australian Research Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology. The Centre aims to position Australia as a leader in quantum computer technology, a field which will play a crucial role in the future of information technology. MARC is also a partner in the Nanostructural Analysis Network Organisation (NANO) which is a Major National Research Facility. In addition to these major national consortia MARC houses an emerging international program on quantum diamond which has spun out Quantum Communications Victoria (QCV) thanks to a grant from the State Government of Victoria. We also enjoy a close collaboration with Applied Physics at RMIT, the Australian National University and other research groups worldwide.
Together with Lloyd Hollenberg, his theory team and our partners in the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, we made several important breakthroughs in 2006 with the quantum computer project. We successfully produced a new class of quantum dots using a self-aligned process based on ion implantation to produce both the dots and the leads used for control. This was an important milestone because it showed our ability to fabricate, control and analyse devices based on single electrons. Our work on these devices was published in several papers in Applied Physics Letters , Nanotechnology etc. We have also continued to develop the method of implanting single atoms into silicon and one of our students (Toby Hopf) spent several months at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California installing this equipment on their ion beam system. Other students spend extended stays in laboratories in Europe and the USA where they worked on different devices containing single atoms implanted in Melbourne.
In the diamond research project we concluded a long study on the most important aspect of diamond as a promising material for microelectronic devices: the transport of electric charge. Using our nuclear microprobe to scan synthetic diamonds at high temperature, we were able to obtain detailed images of charge transport through this very complex material. These images allowed us to formulate a universal theory for charge transport and this was published in the Journal of Applied
Physics . Our work , on making micro- and nano-scale gadgets in diamond also attracted a lot of attention. This work, which uses a highly unusual method based on focused ion beams to carve complicated devices from diamond, has applications to the development of sources of single photons for secure communication systems and quantum information processing. Some of these applications were described in a major international review prepared by Andrew Greentree .
Work on the quantum computer project also kept the group in very high demand for presentations at conferences and workshops during 2006. Many of our staff and students gave talks on their work at the first International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2006 (ICONN2006) and the 17th Biennial Congress of the Australian Institute of Physics, both held in Brisbane in July and December 2006. Our work also formed the topic on several public lectures given by our personnel at various places around Australia. Our personnel were also in high demand by other institutions. The end of 2006 saw several of our postdoctoral staff leave to take up permanent appointments at other Institutions and Universities in Australia: Jim Rabeau to Macquarie University, Chris Pakes to LaTrobe University and Sergey Rubanov to Bio21.
We look forward to many new upgrades to our facilities in 2007. These include a significant enhancement in our abilities to make our own devices based on our ion beam physics expertise with the arrival of a mask aligner and e-beam evaporator into our clean rooms as well as a significant development of our quantum measurement capabilities with a new cryogenic low temperature measurement system. We are grateful to the ARC for providing funds for this new equipment. We are also grateful to the School of Physics for the extensive renovation of our office space in 2006. This has created a very comfortable environment for all our staff and students.
MICRO-ANALYTICAL RESEARCH CENTRE (MARC)
ARC Centre for Quantum Computer Technology
PROFESSOR DAVID JAMIESON
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Prof Steven Prawer and Prof David Jamieson
Publications for 2006 include:
Hollenberg L, Wellard C & Greentree A. "Computational modeling of donor-based quantum computer architectures in silicon" In Retih M & Schommers W (eds), Handbook of Theoretical and Computational Nanotechnology Volume 3. Valencia, United States: American Scientific Publishers, pp. 49-112.
Alves A, Reichart P, Siegele R, Johnston PN & Jamieson D. "Ion beam lithography using single ions" Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B - Beam Interact with Materials and Atoms 249: 730-733 (2006)
Buehler TM, Chan V, Ferguson AJ, Dzurak AS, Hudson FE, Reilly DJ, Hamilton AR, Clark RG, Jamieson D, Yang C, Pakes C & Prawer S. "Controlled single electron transfer between Si:P dots" Applied Physics Letters 88 (19): 21011-21013 (2006)
Chan VC, Buehler TM, Ferguson AJ, Mccamey DR, Reilly DJ, Dzurak AS, Clark RG, Yang C & Jamieson D. "Ion implanted Si:P double dot with gate tunable interdot coupling" Journal of Applied Physics 100 (10): 61041-61043 (2006)
Cimmino A & Klein A. "Progress towards a high-precision Aharanov-Casher experiment with neutrons highlighting its topological nature" Physica B 385-386: 1392-1394 (2006)
Cole JH, Devitt SJ & Hollenberg L. "Precision characterization of two-qubit Hamiltonians via entanglement mapping" Journal of Physics A - Mathematical and General 39: 14649-14659 (2006)
Cole JH, Greentree A, Oi KL, Schirmer SG, Wellard C & Hollenberg L. "Identifying a two-state Hamiltonian in the presence of decoherence" Physical Review A 73 (6): 23331-23338 (2006)
Devitt SJ, Cole JH & Hollenberg L. "Scheme for direct measurement of a general two-qubit Hamiltonian" Physical Review A 73 (5): 23171-23175 (2006)
Devitt SJ, Fowler A & Hollenberg L. "Robustness of Shor’s algorithm" Quantum Information & Computation 6 (7): 616-629 (2006)
Dollinger G, Bergmaier A, Hauptner A, Dietzel S, Drexler GA, Greubel C, Hable V, Reichart P, Kruchen R, Cremer T & Friedl AA. "Hydrogen microscopy and analysis of DNA repair using focused high energy ion beams" Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B - Beam Interact with Materials and Atoms 249: 270-277 (2006)
Dragomir N, Ampem-Lassen E, Baxter GW, Pace P, Huntington S, Farrell PM, Stevenson AJ & Roberts A. "Analysis of changes in optical fibers during arc-fusion splicing by use of quantitative phase imaging" Microscopy Research and Technique 69: 847-851 (2006)
Fardin EA, Holland AS, Ghorbani K & Reichart P. "Enhanced tunability of magnetron sputtered Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 thin films on C-plane sapphire substrates" Applied Physics Letters 89 (2): 29011-29013 (2006)
Fletcher NH, Hollenberg L, Smith J, Tarnopolsky AZ & Wolfe J. "Vocal tract resonances and the sound of the Australian didjeridu (yidaki) II. Theory" Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 119 (2): 12051-12059 (2006)
Furman SA, Scholes FH, Hughes AE, Jamieson D, Macrae CM & Glenn AM. "Corrosion in artificial defects II. Chromate reactions" Corrosion Science 48: 1827-1847 (2006)
Gaebel T, Domhan M, Popa I, Wittmann C, Neumann P, Jelezko F, Rabeau J, Stavrias N, Greentree A, Prawer S, Meijer J, Twamley J, Hemmer PR & Wrachtrup J. "Room-temperature coherent coupling of single spins in diamond" Nature Physics 2: 408-413 (2006)
Gaebel T, Domhan M, Wittmann C, Popa I, Jelezko F, Rabeau J, Greentree A, Prawer S, Trajkov E, Hemmer PR & Wrachtrup J. "Photochromism in single nitrogen-vacancy defect in diamond" Applied Physics B 82: 243-246 (2006)
Greentree A, Devitt SJ & Hollenberg L. "Quantum-information transport to multiple receivers" Physical Review A 73 (3): 23191-23195 (2006)
Greentree A, Olivero P, Draganski M, Trajkov E, Rabeau J, Reichart P, Gibson B, Rubanov S, Huntington S, Jamieson D & Prawer S. "Critical components for diamond-based quantum coherent devices" Journal of Physics - Condensed Matter 18: S825-S842 (2006)
Greentree A, Salzman J, Prawer S & Hollenberg L. "Quantum gate for Q switching in monolithic photonic-band-gap cavities containing two-level atoms" Physical Review A 73 (1): 38181-38186 (2006)
Greentree A, Tahan C, Cole JH & Hollenberg L. "Quantum phase transitions of light" Nature Physics 2: 856-861 (2006)
Griffith EJ, Ralph JF, Greentree A & Clark TD. "Spectroscopy of a Cooper-pair box in the Autler-Townes configuration" Physical Review B 74 (9): 45101-451011 (2006)
Gurarie V, Otsuka PH, Jamieson D & Prawer S."Crack-arresting compression layers produced by ion implantation" Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B - Beam Interact with Materials and Atoms 242: 421-423 (2006)
Hearne S, Trajkov E, Jamieson D, Butler JE & Prawer S. "The role of charge trapping at grain boundaries on charge transport in polycrystalline chemical vapor deposited diamond based detectors" Journal of Applied Physics 99 (11): 37031-37038 (2006)
Hollenberg L, Greentree A, Fowler A & Wellard C. "Two-dimensional architectures for donor-based quantum computing" Physical Review B 74 (4): 53111-53118 (2006)
Hudson FE, Ferguson AJ, Yang C, Jamieson D, Dzurak AS & Clark RG. "Coulomb blockade in a nanoscale phosphorus-in-silicon island" Microelectronic Engineering 83: 1809-1813 (2006)
Jamieson D, Chan V, Hudson FE, Andresen SE, Yang C, Hopf TF, Hearne S, Pakes C, Prawer S,
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Gauja E, Dzurak AS & Clark RG. "Quantum effects in ion implanted devices" Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B - Beam Interact with Materials and Atoms 249: 221-225 (2006)
Kandasamy G, Wellard C & Hollenberg L. "Cross-talk compensation of hyperfine control in donor-qubit architectures" Nanotechnology 17: 4572-4580 (2006).
Klein A. "Neutron interferometry: The pioneering contributions of Samuel A. Werner" Physica B 385-386: 1356-1358 (2006)
Laird J, Jagadish C, Jamieson D & Legge G. "Scanning ion deep level transient spectroscopy: I. Theory" Journal of Physics D - Applied Physics 39: 1342-1351 (2006)
Laird J, Jagadish C, Jamieson D & Legge G. "Scanning ion deep level transient spectroscopy: II. Ion irradiated Au—Si Schottky junctions" Journal of Physics D - Applied Physics 39: 1352-1362 (2006)
McCamey DR, Huebel H, Brandt MS, Hutchison WD, McCallum J, Clark RG & Hamilton AR. "Electrically detected magnetic resonance in ion-implanted Si:P nanostructures" Applied Physics Letters 89 (18): 21151-21153 (2006)
Mitic M, Cassidy MC, Petersson KD, Starrett RP, Gauja E, Brenner R, Clark RG, Dzurak AS, Yang C & Jamieson D "Demonstration of a silicon-based quantum cellular automata cell" Applied Physics Letters 89 (1): 35031-35033.
Oi DKL, Devitt SJ & Hollenberg L. "Scalabe error correction in distributed ion trap computers" Physical Review A 74 (5): 23131-23139 (2006)
Olivero P, Rubanov S, Reichart P, Gibson B, Huntington S, Rabeau J, Greentree A, Salzman J, Moore D, Jamieson D & Prawer S. "Characterization of three-dimensional microstructures in single-crystal diamond" Diamond and Related Materials 15: 1614-1621 (2006)
Orbons SM, Van Dijk L, Bozkurt M, Johnston PN, Reichart P & Jamieson D. "Focused ion beam machined nanostructures depth profiled by macrochannelling ion beam analysis" Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B - Beam Interact with Materials and Atoms 249: 747-751 (2006)
Prawer S, Rubanov S, Hearne S, Jamieson D & Kalish R. "Spatial extent of band bending in diamond due to ion impact as measured by secondary electron emission: Experiment and theory" Physical Review B 73 (15): 32021-32024 (2006)
Rabeau J, Reichart P, Tamanyan G, Jamieson D, Prawer S, Jelezko F, Gaebel T, Popa I, Domhan M & Wrachtrup J. "Implantation of labelled single nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond using 15N" Applied Physics Letters 88 (2): 31131-31133 (2006)
Reichart P, Spemann D, Hauptner A, Bergmaier A, Hable V, Hertenberger R, Greubel C, Setzer A, Dollinger G, Jamieson D, Butz T & Esquinazi P. "3D-Hydrogen analysis of ferromagnetic
microstructures in proton irradiated graphite" Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B - Beam Interact with Materials and Atoms 249: 286-291 (2006)
Santori C, Fattal D, Spillane SM, Florentino M, Beausoleil RG, Greentree A, Olivero P, Draganski M, Rabeau J, Reichart P, Gibson B, Rubanov S, Jamieson D & Prawer S. "Coherent population trapping in diamond N-V centers at zero magnetic field" Optics Express 14 (17): 7986-7994 (2006)
Santori C, Tamarat P, Neumann P, Wrachtrup J, Fattal D, Beausoleil RG, Rabeau J, Olivero P, Greentree A, Prawer S, Jelezko F & Hemmer P. "Coherent population trapping of single spins in diamond under optical excitation" Physical Review Letters 97 (24): 74011-74014 (2006)
Sidiroglou F, Huntington S, Roberts A, Stern R, Fletcher IR & Baxter GW. "Simultaneous multidopant investigation of rare-earth-doped optical fibers by an ion microprobe" Optics Letters 31 (22): 3258-3260 (2006)
Tamarat Ph, Gaebel T, Rabeau J, Khan M, Greentree A, Wilson H, Hollenberg L, Prawer S, Hemmer P, Jelezko F & Wrachtrup J. "Stark Shift Control of Single Optical Centers in Diamond" Physical Review Letters 97 (8): 30021-30024 (2006)
Tarnopolsky AZ, Fletcher N, Hollenberg L, Lange B, Smith J & Wolfe J. "Vocal tract resonances and the sound of the Australian didjeridu (yidaki) I. Experiment" Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 119 (2): 11941-119411 (2006)
Taylor ML, Franich RD, Alves A, Reichart P, Jamieson D & Johnston PN. "Ion transmission through nano-apertures" Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B - Beam Interact with Materials and Atoms 249: 752-755 (2006)
Trajkov E & Prawer S. "Conduction mechanisms in ion-implanted and annealed polycrystalline CVD diamond" Diamond and Related Materials 15: 1714-1719 (2006)
Wellard C, Hollenberg L & Das Sarma S. "Theory of the microwave spectroscopy of a phosphorus-donor charge qubit in silicon: Coherent control in the Si:P quantum-computor architecture" Physical Review B 74 (7): 53061-53069 (2006)
Wilson HF, Prawer S, Spizzirri P, Jamieson D, Stavrias N & Mckenzie DR. "P2 dimer implantation in silicon: A molecular dynamics study" Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B - Beam Interact with Materials and Atoms 251: 395-401 (2006)
Yin Y, Hang L, Proschek M, Mckenzie DR, Bilek MMM, Allan S, Han J, Rubanov S, Lauder RDT & Godfrey RB. "Characterisation of a large area scanning PECVD deposition system with small size RF electrodes" Thin Solid Films 515: 307-312 (2006)
Yin Y, Pan YQ, Hang L, Bilek MMM, Mckenzie D & Rubanov S. "Dielectric substrate self-bias and plasma confinement in two-dimensional
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scanning radio frequency plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition" Vacuum 81: 441-445 (2006)
Canning J, Gibson B, Rabeau J, Mancuso A & Huntington S. "Air-clad optical fibre filament for generating broadband radiation" In Lowrey A, ORA-01403: Roberts A(eds), ACOFT&AOS Conference 2006 66-68 Melbourne, Australia: Australian Optical Society
Devitt SJ, Schirmer SG, Oi DKL, Cole J & Hollenberg L. "Subspace confinement of qubit systems. In Dobson J & Sang R(eds), Australian Institute of Physics 17th National Congress 2006 1-4. Cronulla, Australia: The Australian Institute of Physics
Evans ZWE, Cole J & Hollenberg L. "A comparison of gate characterisation methods" In Dobson J & Sang R(eds), Australian Institute of Physics 17th National Congress 2006 4931-4934. Cronulla, Australia: The Australian Institute of Physics
Gibson B & Dower P. "Fiber evanescent field power maximization via refractive index design" In ORA-01403: no data found, Lowrey A & Roberts A(eds), ACOFT&AOS Conference 2006 66-68. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Optical Society
Greentree A, Devitt SJ & Hollenberg L. "Adiabatic protocols for operator measurement based entanglement and quantum computing. In Dobson J & Sang R(eds), Australian Institute of Physics 17th National Congress 2006 4741-4744. Cronulla, Australia: The Australian Institute of Physics
Hollenberg L, Greentree A, Wellard C, Fowler AG, Devitt SJ, Cole J & Stephens AM. "Electron spin qubit transport and fault-tolerant architectures for Si:P quantum computing" In Dobson J & Sang R(eds), Australian Institute of Physics 17th National Congress 2006 4961-4964. Cronulla, Australia: The Australian Institute of Physics
Sidiroglou F, Stern R, Fletcher IR, Huntington S, Baxter GW & Roberts A. "Investigation of dopant profiles in erbium doped optical fibres by ion microprobe and fluorescence confocal microscopy" In Roberts A, Lowery A & ORA-01403: no data found(eds), ACOFT&AOS Conference 2006 97-99. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Optical Society
Stephens AM & Hollenberg L. "Fault tolerant quantum computation on isolated logical cells" In Dobson J & Sang R(eds), Australian Institute of Physics 17th National Congress 2006 4901-4904. Cronulla, Australia: The Australian Institute of Physics
Draganski MA, Olivero P, Rubanov S, Spizzirri P, Johnston PN, Jamieson D & Prawer S. "Creation and characterization of buried microstructures in diamond by ion implantation" In Jagadish C & Lu GQ(eds), Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 324-327. Melbourne, Australia: IEEE Press
Hollenberg L, Greentree A, Wellard C, Fowler A,
Devitt SJ & Cole J. "Qubit transport and fault-tolerant architectures in silicon" In Jagadish C & Lu GQ(eds), Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 348-350. Melbourne, Australia: IEEE Press
Hollenberg L & Wellard C. "Modelling nanoelectronic quantum control of donor qubits in silicon" In Jagadish C & Lu GQ(eds), Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 653-656. Melbourne, Australia: IEEE Press
Hopf TF, Yang C, Jamieson D, Tamanyan G, Andresen SE, Gauja E, Dzurak AS & Clark RG. "Development of single ion detection system for the implantation of donors with nanoscale precision" In Jagadish C & Lu GQ(eds), Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 563-566. Melbourne, Australia: IEEE Press
Jamieson D, Chan V, Andresen SE, Yang C, Hopf TF, Pakes C, Rubanov S, Hearne S, Prawer S, Gauja E, Dzurak AS & Clark RG. "Fabrication of single atom nanoscale devices by ion implantation" In Jagadish C & Lu GQ(eds), Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 560-562. Melbourne, Australia: IEEE Press
Orbons SM, Freeman D, Luther-Davies B, Gibson B, Huntington S, Jamieson D & Roberts A. "Nanoscale annular array metamaterials" In Jagadish C & Lu GQ(eds), Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 355-358. Melbourne, Australia: IEEE Press
Tettamanzi G, Pakes C, Potenza A, Marrows CH, Prawer S & Jamieson D. "Superconducting microbridge junctions fabricated using focused ion beams" In Jagadish C & Lu GQ(eds), Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 355-358. Melbourne, Australia: IEEE Press
Yang C, Jamieson D, Hearne S, Hopf TF, Pakes C, Prawer S, Andresen SE, Dzurak AS, Gauja E, Hundson FE & Clark RG. "Integration of single ion implantation method in focused ion beam system for nanofabrication" In Jagadish C & Lu GQ(eds), Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 567-569. Melbourne, Australia: IEEE Press
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Following its establishment in July 2005 via a State Government of Victoria Science, Technology and Innovation grant, Quantum Communications Victoria (QCV) has been operating successfully for over a year within the School of Physics. The progress of the QCV during this time has been excellent with key milestones met.
The QCV has assembled a team of expert research and engineering personnel across the fields of photonics and material science and established a business development and marketing program. During this time there have been a number of procedures put in place and internal and external relationships developed in order to ensure the effective running of the program. The QCV has an Executive Board who meet quarterly and an Industry Advisory Group (IAG) to provide valuable advice and direction to the QCV. The Executive Board and IAG draws together significant expertise and experience from industry, academia and government.
The research efforts of the QCV continue to focus on the research and development of a device capable of producing single packets of light (photons) which can be transmitted in optical fibre. Such a device will resolve the existing issues of single photon generation in current quantum communication systems. The QCV device is a diamond-based Single Photon Source module suitable for optical fibre based quantum communications.
In the later part of 2006 QCV was joined for six months by Dr James Butler, Head Gas/Surface Dynamics Section, Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC. Dr Butler has extensive diamond knowledge and during his time with the QCV has made substantial contributions to furthering the research and development program.
The first QCV annual report was produced for the financial year 2005/2006 and received an overwhelmingly positive response to the quality and content. Furthermore, through out the year the QCV has carried out various promotional activities, and continued to promote the School of Physics and the QCV via internal and external avenues which include competitions, conferences and media announcements.
Dr Shane Huntington was a winner of the 2006 Young Tall Poppy award from the Australian Institute of Policy and Science which aims to promote awareness of Australia’s intellectual achievements. Additionally, the QCV entered the ICT Secrets of Innovation Competition, an initiative of the Federal Government. This award recognises innovation in science that will have an impact on information communication technology across the areas of commerce, health and communications. The QCV entered the Single Photon Source module as the innovation and was announced as a finalist in the security division. The winners of the awards will be announced in 2007.
The QCV out reach program continues to aim at educating and informing school teachers and students as well as the general public. The QCV participated in the University of Melbourne open day with an interactive stand at the School of Physics, which was well attended by members of the public. The first QCV newsletter was also distributed to a broad audience of more than 500 school teachers and students in early December 2006. The QCV will continue to produce and distribute the newsletter on a quarterly basis. Additionally, the QCV hosted a lunch time media forum and two media training workshops which were aimed at educating academics in how to communicate effectively with the media. The forum and workshops were well attended by staff and post graduate students from the Faculty of Science and received an overwhelmingly positive response. The QCV will again be running these workshops in 2007.
The industry engagement program continues to work towards establishing and maintaining links with related industries and forming strategic relationships with specific companies and organisations. These activities aim to inform Australian industry of the implications of quantum communications and to enable new avenues of competitive benefits for current industries in Australia, particularly Victoria.
For publications in 2006 please refer to publications list under MARC and Optics group reports.
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QUANTUM COMMUNICATIONS VICTORIA (QCV)
DR SHANE HUNTINGTON, CEO
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Quantum Communications Victoria (QCV) Team
From left (front row): Dr Brant Gibson, Dr Joanna Gajewski, Mr Chun-Hsu, Dr Eric Ampem-Lassen, Ms Jess Molnar, Mr Daniel Drumm & Mr Marcus Doherty.
Back row: Dr Shane Huntington, Dr Faruque Hossain, Prof. Lloyd Hollenberg, Prof. Steven Prawer, Mr David Simpson, Dr Steve Trpkovski & Ms Stacey Watts
and are recognised as the new standard for testing theoretical models of atomic and solid structure. Chris Chantler was successful in receiving an ARC Discovery Grant ‘Critical Tests of Quantum Electro-Dynamics (QED) in heavy atomic systems,’ to extend our leadership in fundamental tests of atomic physics. Chris was also Guest Editor of the journal Radiation Physics & Chemistry, Volume 75, Issue 11 (2006).
Rob Scholten and his students have been making excellent progress on a number of fronts. In particular, the team has made an extension of their diffractive contrast imaging methods, from the imaging of ground-state ultracold atoms to imaging of atoms in specific excited states. Imaging the excited-state atom distribution will be used to optimise photo-ionisation of cold atom samples, to generate intense electron bunches which will then be used for a new source of coherent X-rays. The imaging is also a component of our ARC DP funded research project, 'Quantum and classical imaging with light and atoms'. Laser control of the atomic quantum state is used to actively control the refractive index of the cold atoms which are being imaged. Future work will use that control to enhance or suppress the image, for example to demonstrate imaging of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) for the first time.
EIT was used as the basis for a new scheme to lock the frequency difference between two lasers to the energy separation between two hyperfine levels of an atom. The hyperfine splitting is the basis of atomic clocks as used in GPS systems and cell phone base stations. Many leading-edge experiments in atomic physics now rely on having two lasers with precisely that frequency difference, for example in producing Bose-Einstein condensates, generating slow light, demonstrating quantum qubits with atoms, and measuring atto-Tesla magnetic fields such as those produced by human brain activity.
The group is also having an impact beyond academia and a laser controller developed in the lab was commercially launched, and a new company (MOG Laboratories Pty. Ltd., ABN 42 125 895 025) established to further develop and market the design. The University is now in the late stages of licensing the IP to international laser and instrumentation companies.
Rob and Ann appointed Dr Stefania Castelletto to work with them. Stefania joined us from the Italian Institute of Metrological Research on quantum and classical two-beam imaging.
OPTICS
PROFESSOR KEITH NUGENT
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The group has had a very successful year with many developments and recognition of group members.
Ann Roberts and her colleagues have been concentrating on producing novel metallic nanophotonic structures. In collaboration with researchers at the Australian National University and members of the MARC, we have produced patterned metallic films that resonate in the near-infrared. This research was presented at ETOPIM in Sydney in July, AOS/ACOFT, the annual SPIE meeting in San Diego in August and NFO9 in Lausanne in September. We also made advances in the application of phase microscopy to imaging complex three dimensional structures. This research was reported at a number of international and local meetings during the year. The collaboration with the Department of Physiology into applications of phase microscopy to live cell imaging continues and we have recently obtained striking images showing the birefringence of heart cells.
We were delighted that Dr Nicoleta Dragomir was successful in attracting an ARC Discovery grant and an Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship which she commenced in July, and Ann was awarded an Edward Clarence Dyason Universitas 21 Fellowship and a grant from the Australian Academy of Science to visit Europe in 2007. Ann’s student, Shannon Orbons, was presented a prize as one of the best three student presenters at ETOPIM and also received an SPIE scholarship to attend the annual meeting in San Diego in August. Xiao Ming Goh was awarded the CiSRA prize for best poster at the AIP Congress in Brisbane in December.
Chris Chanter and his colleagues and students continued their development of synchrotron experimental techniques and research into atomic, chemical, bioactive and condensed matter systems. Chris has had a very successful years and we were delighted that he was awarded the International JARI Enterprise Award for 'outstanding work in the radiation sciences', the nature of the research being recognised to be of a leading and challenging nature,’ at the International Symposium on Radiation Physics in Portugal. He was also co-winner of the national David Syme Rearch Award for ‘original research making an important contribution to the fields of Biology, Chemistry, Geology or Physics’ by an Australian researcher. Furthermore, Martin de Jonge was awarded the Chancellor’s Prize for the best Doctoral Thesis at the University of Melbourne in 2006, in Science or Engineering. These are all extremely prestigious awards and very notable achievements.
The most recent measurements by this team are almost two orders of magnitude more accurate and precise than all previous literature,
Keith Nugent has been almost exclusively involved in the establishment of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science. However he has had many other demands on his time, including chairing a committee developing a ten year strategic plan for synchrotron-based science in Australia and chairing the committee seeking to appoint the Science Director for the Australian Synchrotron. He has also been working with the company IATIA on taking over an ARC linkage project with the Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, a project that has been relinquished by the previous commercial partner. This process will see Alaster Meehan move to a scholarship funded by this project and taking on an enrolment that also involved the Department of Optometry and Vision Science. Keith has also continued his activity as a member of the Board of Directors for IATIA Ltd, a company that continues to develop.
Publications for 2006 include:
Abbey B, Lipp JD, Barber ZH & Rayment T. "Structure-film thickness relationship study of sputtered NiO/Ni bilayers using depth profiling and atomic force microscopy techniques" Journal of Applied Physics 99 (12): 49141-49149 (2006)
Abbey B, Lipp JD, Barber ZH & Rayment T. "Monte Carlo study of variations in the surface sensitivity of energy-resolved x-ray absorption spectra from Ni-NiO thin-film bilayers" Physical Review B 74 (24): 54081-54088 (2006)
Allman BE & Nugent K. "Phase imaging with thermal neutrons" Physica B 385-386: 1395-1401 (2006)
Arhatari BD, Peele AG, Nugent K & De Carlo F. "Quality of the reconstruction in x-ray phase contrast tomography" Review of Scientific Instruments 77 (6): 37091-37096 (2006)
Belpassi L, Tarantelli F, Sgamellotti A & Quiney H. "Electron density fitting for the Coulomb problem in relativistic density-functional theory" Journal of Chemical Physics 124 (12): 41041-41048 (2006)
Belpassi L, Tarantelli F, Sgamellotti A & Quiney H. "The electronic structure of alkali aurides. A four-component Dirac—Kohn—Sham study" Journal of Physical Chemistry A 110: 4543-4554 (2006)
Castelletto S, Degiovanni IP, Schettini V & Migdall A. "Optomizing single-photon-source heralding efficiency and detection efficiency metrology at 1550 nm using periodically poled lithium niobate" Metrologia 43: S56-S60 (2006)
Chantler C. "CAMOP: Report on the 20th international conference on x-ray and inner-shell processes, 4-7 July 2005, Melbourne, Australia." Physica Scripta 73: c107-c112 (2006)
Chantler C, Kinnane MN, Su C & Kimpton J. "Characterization of Kα spectral profiles for vanadium, component redetermination for scandium, titanium, chromium, and manganese, and development of the satellite structure for Z=21 to Z=25" Physical Review A 73 (1): 25081-250816 (2006)
Curl C, Bellair CJ, Harris P, Allman E, Roberts A, Nugent K & Delbridge L. "Single cell volume measurement by Quantitative Phase Microscopy (QPM): A case study of Erythrocyte Morphology" Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry 17: 193-200 (2006)
De Jonge MD, Tran C, Chantler C & Barnea Z. "Improved techniques for measuring x-ray mass attenuation coefficients" Optical Engineering 45 (4): 65011-65018 (2006)
Dhal B, Peele AG, Mcmahon PJ, De Carlo F & Nugent K. "Bending magnet source: A radiation source for X-ray phase contrast tomography" Radiation Physics and Chemistry 75: 2004-2007 (2006)
Dragomir N, Ampem-Lassen E, Baxter GW, Pace P, Huntington S, Farrell PM, Stevenson AJ & Roberts A. "Analysis of changes in optical fibers during arc-fusion splicing by use of quantitative phase imaging" Microscopy Research and Technique 69: 847-851 (2006)
Dragomir N, Baxter GW & Roberts A. "Phase-sensitive imaging techniques applied to optical fibre characterisation" IET Optoelectronics 153 (5): 217-221 (2006)
Kimpton J, Kinnane MN & Chantler C. "Development of backgammon-type multiwire proportional counters for the detection of x rays" Review of Scientific Instruments 77 (8): 31021-31027 (2006)
Kinnane MN, Kimpton J & Chantler C. "A status report on experimental tests of QED in medium-Z systems" Radiation Physics and Chemistry 75: 1744-1748 (2006)
Kouskousis BP, Rollinson CM, Kitcher DJ, Collins SF, Baxter GW, Wade SA, Dragomir N & Roberts A. "Quantitative investigation of the refractive-index modulation within the core of a fiber Bragg grating" Optics Express 14 (22): 10332-10338 (2006)
Kumar A, Misra D, Kadhane U, Kelkar AH, Dhal B & Tribedi LC. "L x-ray emission from fast highly charged Cu ions in collisions with gaseous targets: Saturation effect in excitation and transfer" Radiation Physics and Chemistry 75: 1704-1706 (2006)
Maguire LP, Van Bijnen RMW, Mese E & Scholten R. "Theoretical calculation of saturated absorption spectra for multi-level atoms" Journal of Physics B - Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics 39: 2709-2720 (2006)
Meijer T, White JD, Smeets B, Jeppesen M & Scholten R. "Blue five-level frequency-upconversion system in rubidium" Optics Letters 31 (7): 1002-1004 (2006)
Orbons SM & Roberts A."Resonance and extraordinary transmission in annular aperture arrays" Optics Express 14 (26): 12623-12628 (2006)
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Peele AG, Quiney H, Dhal B, Mancuso A, Arhatari BD & Nugent K. "New opportunities in x-ray tomography" Radiation Physics and Chemistry 75: 2067-2071 (2006)
Pfeifer MA, Williams G, Vartanyants IA, Harder R & Robinson IK. "Three dimensional mapping of a deformation field inside a nanocrystal" Nature 442: 63-66.
Quiney H, Peele AG, Cai Z, Paterson D & Nugent K. "Diffractive imaging of highly focused x-ray fields" Nature Physics 2: 101-200 (2006)
Rae N, Chantler C, Tran C & Barnea Z. "Accurate determination of x-ray energies using powder diffraction" Radiation Physics and Chemistry 75: 2063-2066 (2006)
Sidiroglou F, Huntington S, Roberts A, Stern R, Fletcher IR & Baxter GW. "Simultaneous multidopant investigation of rare-earth-doped optical fibers by an ion microprobe" Optics Letters 31 (22): 3258-3260 (2006)
Orbons SM, Freeman D, Luther-Davies B, Gibson B, Huntington S, Jamieson D & Roberts A. "Nanoscale annular array metamaterials" In Jagadish C & Lu GQ(eds), Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 355-358 Melbourne, Australia: IEEE Press
Sidiroglou F, Stern R, Fletcher IR, Huntington S, Baxter GW & Roberts A. "Investigation of dopant profiles in erbium doped optical fibres by ion microprobe and fluorescence confocal microscopy" In Roberts A, Lowery A & ORA-01403: no data found(eds), ACOFT&AOS Conference 2006 97-99. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Optical Society
Dragomir N, Goh XM, Baxter G & Roberts A. "Micro-tomographic reconstruction for arbitrary refractive index profiling of optical fibers" In Drapela TJ & Williams PA(eds), Technical Digest: SOFM 2006 1055 119-122 Washington DC, United States: Optical Society of America
Smale LF, Chantler C, De Jonge MD, Barnea Z & Tran C. "Analysis of x-ray absorption fine structure using absolute x-ray mass attenuation coefficients: Application to molybdenum" Radiation Physics and Chemistry 75: 1559-1563 (2006)
Thornton J, Arhatari BD, Peele AG & Nugent K. "Optimising visibility for the neutron radiography of titanium and nickel gas turbine components" Physica B 385-386: 917-920 (2006)
Tran C, Mancuso A, Dhal B, Nugent K, Peele AG, Cai Z & Paterson D. "Phase-space reconstruction of focused x-ray fields" Journal of the Optical Society of America A - Optics Image Science and Vision 23 (7): 1779-1786 (2006)
Tran C & Nugent K. "Recovering the complete coherence function of a generalized Schell model field" Optics Letters 31 (22): 3226-3227 (2006)
Williams G, Pfeifer MA, Vartanyants IA & Robinson IK. "Internal structure in small Au crystals resolved by three-dimensional inversion of coherent x-ray diffraction" Physical Review B 73 (9): 41121-41128 (2006)
Williams G, Quiney H, Dhal B, Tran C, Nugent K, Peele AG, Paterson D & De Jonge MD. "Fresnel coherent diffractive imaging" Physical Review Letters 97 (2): 55061-55064 (2006)
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Witte C, Chantler C, Cosgriff EC & Tran C. "Atomic cluster calculation of the x-ray near-edge absorption of copper" Radiation Physics and Chemistry 75: 1582-1585 (2006)
De Jonge MD, Tran C, Chantler C & Barnea Z. "X-ray optics for the future: high-accuracy measurements of x-ray mass attenuation coefficients" AOS News 20 (3): 30-37 (2006)
Chantler C. "Atomic and solid state theory, experimental and application in x-ray physics: proceedings of the 20th international conference on x-ray and inner-shell processes, July 4-8 2005, Melbourne, Radiation Physics and Chemistry 75: 1431-1433 (2006)
Dragomir N, Goh XM, Baxter GW & Roberts A. "Non-destructive three-dimensional index profiling of optical fibres and photonic devices" In Lowrey A(ed), ACOFT&AOS Conference 2006 103-105. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Optical Society Australia"
Funding for CXS arrived at the beginning of 2006, although the Centre had been functioning as a collaboration from the middle of 2005. The administrative structure of the Centre has been put into place and is functioning well, with Executive Meetings held every two months; and annual meetings of the Advisory Board, Scientific Advisory Board and the Intellectual Property Sub-Committee.
CXS was officially declared open by the University of Melbourne Vice Chancellor, Professor Glynn Davis, at a ceremony on April 19; the date of the first Advisory Board Meeting.
Among the 42 Referred publications produced by CXS members, one featured as a cover article in Nature Physics. All our publications were in the fields of theoretical and condensed matter physics, optical and laser physics, biophysics, quantum chemistry, biochemistry, and radiation and matter.
CXS members were invited to speak at 25 national and international symposiums, conferences, universities and research facilities. We were host to 11 international visitors and conducted four interdisciplinary workshop of our own.
Media and commercialisation activities have commenced, with articles on CXS research appearing in Nature Physics and the La Trobe University Bulletin. A series of articles also appeared in the CXS newsletter, In Coherence, as part of our media initiative. Presentations to school and media exposure has added to the public’s awareness of CXS, and we made eight presentations to outside organizations.
CXS has broadened its funding base with members attracting over $2M in additional support.
The purchase of the Ultra Fast Laser System, used in the investigation of the nature of non-linear physical processes in laser-molecule interactions, was completed. The laser system and the XUV momchromator are housed at Swinburne University of Technology. Translation Stages and the CCD Camera package were also purchased to accompany the Ultra Fast Laser System.
The Experimental Methods Program at La Trobe University has established a new microfabrication facility including: basic labware and chemicals, water purification and convection oven, spin coater, ultrasonic bath and fume hoods, and computer controlled dual sputtering and RIE system was obtained to complement the existing Electron-Beam Lithography System.
The new Coherent Scattering Studies Laboratory, located in room D013 (basement) of the School of Physics at the University of Melbourne, is now operational.
We are pleased to welcome the following new staff to the CXS team in 2006:
Dr Brian Abbey – Theory and Modeling Program team at University of Melbourne
Dr Eugenui Balaur – Biological Science Program team at La Trobe University
Dr Chris Hall – Detector and Beamline Development Program team at Monash University
Ms Norma Hayes – Detector and Beamline Development Program team at Monash University
Dr David Parry – CSIRO Program team
Dr Mark Pfeifer – Experiential X-ray Physics Program team at La Trobe University
Dr Olena Ponomarenko – Theory and Modeling Program team at University of Melbourne
Ms Danielle Smith – Biological Science Program team at La Trobe University
Dr Priya Bhakat – Electron Microscopy and 2-D Protein Crystallography specialist
Finally, we would like to congratulate the following members for their achievements:
Prof Keith Nugent on receiving his second ARC Federation Fellowship
Assoc Prof Mike Ryan for receiving the Roche Molecular Biochemical Medal (May 2006) from the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ms Cherrine Chan for being awarded a CXS summer cadetship to work with the Biological Sciences Program Team on a CXS Summer Cadetship in 2006
Ms Claudia Leidhold, Freiburg (PhD student), for visiting the Biological Sciences Program Team on a DAAD Fellowship from October 2006 to January 2007
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For publications produced from the University of Melbourne Physics staff, please refer to the Optics group report. For publications produced by all ARC nodes and participating partner institutions, please refer to www.coecxs.org.
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Professors Geoff Taylor, Glyn Davis (Vice-Chancellor), Keith Nugent, Michael Barber (Swinburne), Leann Tilley (Monash University), Margaret Clayton (ARC) at the opening launch of the ARC Centre of Excellence
for Coherent Xray Science at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, April 2006.
Research carried out within the TCMP group in 2006 can be classified into two general areas: imaging of condensed matter systems and the dynamics of dilute gas BECs. This work has resulted in eight publications in international refereed journals and ten conference contributions. Assoc Prof Les Allen delivered invited talks at the 19th Australian Conference on Microscopy and Microanalysis in Sydney and at the workshop on Electron Microscopy: Fundamental Limits and New Science at Cornell University. Les Allen was also an invited lecturer at a summer school on the fundamentals of electron microscopy organized by the Kavli Institute at Cornell. Dr Andy Martin gave three invited University seminars (University of Bristol, University of Birmingham and the University of Nottingham) and one contributed talk at the AIP 17th National Congress. In addition Dr Nick Parker presented the groups work at an invited seminar at the ANU as well as giving a contributed talk at the AIP 17th National Congress. Dr Scott Findlay delivered an invited talk at a congress in Chicago, Illinois on Materials Research in an Aberration Free Environment.
The group was funded by two continuing Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects worth $145,000 in 2006. The DP grants have enabled the continuing appointment of two postdoctoral research fellows in the group, namely Dr Scott Findlay and Dr Nicholas Parker.
Strong international collaborations have been a feature of the research done. Links are in place with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the SuperSTEM Facility at Daresbury, Trinity College Dublin, Nottingham University, Imperial College London, McMaster University, The University of Otago, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (with the group of Nobel Prize winner Prof. W. Ketterle) and the University of Durham.
Publications for 2006 include:
Allen L, Findlay S, Oxley MP, Witte C & Zaluzec NJ. "Channeling effects in high-angular-resolution electron spectroscopy" Physical Review B 73 (9): 41041-410411 (2006)
Allen L, Findlay S, Oxley MP, Witte C & Zaluzec NJ. "Modelling high-resolution electron microscopy based on core-loss spectroscopy" Ultramicroscopy 106: 1001-1011 (2006)
Amos K, Richter WA, Karataglidis S & Brown BA. "Proton reaction cross sections as measures of the spatial distributions of neutrons in exotic nuclei" Physical Review Letters 96 (3): 25031-25034 (2006)
Canton L, Pisent G, Amos K, Karataglidis S, Svenne JP & Van Der Knijff D."Collective-coupling analysis of spectra of mass-7 isobars: 7He, 7Li, 7Be, and 7B" Physical Review C 74 (6): 46051-46059 (2006)
Canton L, Pisent G, Svenne JP, Amos K & Karataglidis S. "Predicting narrow states in the spectrum of a nucleus beyond the proton drip line" Physical Review Letters 96 (7): 25021-25024 (2006)
Dow AJ & Foda O. "On the domain wall partition functions of level-1 affine so(n) vertex models" Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (05): 05010--05026 (2006)
Dupuis M, Karataglidis S, Bauge E, Delaroche JP & Gogny D. "Correlations in microscopic optical model for nucleon elastic scattering off doubly closed-shell nuclei" Physical Review C 73 (1): 46051-460512 (2006)
Kim Y, Amos K & Karataglidis S. "Properties of effective interactions and the excitation of 6¯ states in 28Si" Nuclear Physics A 779: 82-98 (2006)
Martin A, Chen F-R, Hsieh W-K, Kai J-J, Findlay S & Allen L. "Spatial incoherence in phase retrieval based on focus variation" Ultramicroscopy 106: 914-924 (2006)
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ASSOC PROFFESSOR LES ALLEN
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Assoc Prof Les Allen with Chris Witte
Martin A, Ishizuka K, Kisielowski C & Allen L. "Phase imaging and the evolution of a gold-vacuum interface at atomic resolution" Physical Review B 74 (17): 21021-21024 (2006)
Mermod P, Blomgren J, Johansson C, Ohrn A, Osterlund M, Pomp S, Bergenwall B, Klug J, Nilsson L, Olsson N, Tippawan U, Nadel-Turonski P, Jonsson O, Prokofiev A, Renberg P-U, Maeda Y, Sakai H, Tamii A, Amos K, Crespo R & Moro A. "95 MeV neutron scattering on hydrogen, deuterium, carbon, and oxygen" Physical Review C 74 (5): 40021-400223 (2006)
Parker N & Adams CS. "Response of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate to a rotating elliptical trap" Journal of Physics B - Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics 39: 43-55 (2006)
Parker N, Van Bijnen R & Martin A. "Instabilities leading to vortex lattice information in rotating Bose-Einstein condensates" Physical Review A 73 (6): 16031-16034 (2006)
Svenne SP, Amos K, Karataglidis S, Van Der Knijff D, Canton L & Pisent G. "Low-energy neutron-12C analyzing powers: Results from a multichannel algebraic scattering theory" Physical Review C 73 (2): 76011-76013 (2006)
Van Benthem K, Lupini AR, Oxley M, Findlay S, Allen L & Pennycook SJ. "Three-dimensional ADF imaging of individual atoms by through-focal series scanning transmission electron microscopy." Ultramicroscopy 106: 1062-1068 (2006)
Allen L, Oxley MP & Ishizuka K. "Electron microscope Cs correction using iterative wave-function reconstruction" Microscopy and Analysis 20 (4): 15-17 (2006)
Martin A, Van Bijnen R, Dow AJ, Parker N & O’Dell DHJ. "Instabilities leading to vortex lattice formation in rotating bose-einstein condensates" In Dobson J & Sang R(eds), Australian Institute of Physics 17th National Congress 2006. WC00911-WC00914. Cronulla, Australia: The Australian Institute of Physics.
Parker N, Martin A, Cornish SL & Adams CS. "Collisions between bright solitary waves of three-dimensional bose-einstein condensates" In Dobson J & Sang R(eds), Australian Institute of Physics 17th National Congress 2006 1191-1194. Cronulla, Australia: The Australian Institute of Physics.
Amos K, Fraser PR, Karataglidis S, Van Der Knijff D, Svenne JP, Canton L & Pisent G. "Low energy nuclear scattering and sub-threshold spectra from a multi-channel algebraic scattering theory" In Demetriou P, Harissopulos S & Julin R(eds), AIP
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Amos K, Karataglidis S, Fraser PR, Van Der Knijff D, Svenne JP, Canton L & Pisent G. "Solution of multi-channel problems using MCAS for spectra and scattering cross sections" In Bauge E(ed), Workshop proceedings 57-66. Paris, France: OECD Publications.
Dupuis M, Karataglidis S, Bauge E, Delaroche JP & Gogny D. "Microscopic inelastic scatterng calculations with second order Born approximation. Link with quantum pre-equilibrium models" In Bauge E(ed), Workshop proceedings 67-74 Paris, France: OECD Publications.
Karataglidis S. "Modern optical potentials and the role of nuclear structure" In Demetriou P, Harissopulos S & Julin R(eds), AIP Conference Proceedings 831 250-257. New York, United States: American Institute of Physics.
At the end of 2005, the TPP group and the School of Physics said a kind of farewell to Dr Girish Joshi as he entered “retirement” after about 35 years service. By late 2006, we began anticipating the impending “retirement” of Professor Bruce McKellar also. In both cases the word “retirement” is enveloped in scare quotes, because they both shall remain very active in research. Indeed, in Girish’s case the activity is not only in research but also in teaching as he continues to lecture Honours year level general relativity. To celebrate their remarkable and long careers, we organized a two-day Festschrift that was held on 29 and 30 November 2006 at the School of Physics. Attended by about 35 colleagues and former students from Australia and abroad, we enjoyed a programme of stimulating talks concentrating on theoretical particle physics but also crossing over into condensed matter physics and quantum computation. We were also fortunate to hear a fascinating public lecture by Professor Rajaraman of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi on nuclear disarmament in South Asia. The proceedings will be published by World Scientific both as a book and as a special issue of International Journal of Modern Physics A.
The first stage of life after Bruce and Girish saw the arrival of Dr Nicole Bell as a new Lecturer at the end of December 2006. Nicole is an expert on particle cosmology and astrophysics, with particular expertise in neutrino physics and dark matter. She also maintains an interest in straight particle physics. After completing her PhD in the School in 2000, she spent three years in the theoretical astrophysics group at the Fermilab accelerator laboratory near Chicago, and the last two years as a Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar at Caltech. Along the way she picked up a number of prestigious awards, including the Bragg Gold Medal for Excellence in Physics from the Australian Institute of Physics for the best physics PhD thesis authored at an Australian university in 2000, a second prize at the Young Researchers Competition in Honor of John Archibald Wheeler in Princeton, the Alvin Tollestrup Award at Fermilab and the Michelson Postdoctoral Prize Lectureship at Case Western Reserve University. Her post-postdoctoral career has started quickly as she is already supervising a PhD student and an Honours student. We welcome her, and look forward to great achievements in the future. The second stage of life after Bruce and Girish depends on
the appointment of a third continuing academic within the group. An offer has been made, and we are awaiting the outcome.
We congratulate both Kristian McDonald and Catherine Low who completed their doctoral theses in 2006. Kristian is now a research fellow in the School, while Catherine has moved back to her native New Zealand to pursue a high school teaching career. We also welcome Dr Archil Kobakhidze, who joined the group as a research fellow in October 2006.
Research-wise, the group continues to thrive. Topics active during 2006 included orbifold symmetry breaking, brane-worlds and extra dimensions, B-physics, high-energy neutrino astrophysics, many-body neutrino physics, extensions of the Standard Model and leptogenesis.
Publications for 2006 include:
Bardos D, Day R, Lawson N & Linacre N. "Dynamical response to fishing varies with compensatory mechanism: An abalone population model" Ecological Modelling 192: 523-542 (2006)
Bell N, Gorchtein M, Ramsey-Musolf MJ, Vogel P & Wang P. "Model independent bounds on magnetic moments of Majorana neutrinos. Physics Letters B 642: 377-383 (2006)
Bell N, Pierpaoli E & Sigurdson K."Cosmological signatures of interacting neutrinos" Physical Review D 73 (6): 35231-352317 (2006)
Choudhury SR, Cornell AS, Gaur N & Joshi G. "Signatures of new physics in dileptonic b-decays" International Journal of Modern Physics A 21 (12): 2617-2634 (2006)
Choudhury SR, Cornell AS, Joshi G & McKellar B. "Analysis of the B → K *2(→ K π)l+l- decay" Physical Review D 74 (5): 40311-40318 (2006)
Coulthurst A."Generating the baryon asymmetry of the universe in split fermion models" Physical Review D 73 (10): 35171-351710 (2006)
Coulthurst A, McDonald KL & McKellar B. "Suppressing proton decay by separating quarks and leptons" Physical Review D 74 (12): 77011-77014 (2006)
Demaria A, Low CI & Volkas R. "Neutrino masses in quartification schemes" Physical Review D 74 (3): 30051 - 300510 (2006)
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PROFESSOR RAY VOLKAS
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Doukas JA, Choudhury SR & Joshi G. "Lepton number violation via intermediate black hole processes" Modern Physics Letters A 21 (34): 2561-2568 (2006)
Flitney A & Greentree A. "Coalitions in the quantum Minority game: Classical cheats and quantum bullies" Physics Letters A 362: 132-137 (2006)
Foot R. "Generalized mirror matter models" Physics Letters B 632: 467-470 (2006)
Foot R. "Implications of the DAMA/NaI and CDMS experiments for mirror matter-type dark matter" Physical Review D 74 (2): 35141-35148 (2006)
Forrester P, Frankel N & Garoni TM. "Asymptotic form of the density profile for Gaussian and Laguerre random matrix ensembles with orthogonal and symplectic symmetry" Journal of Mathematical Physics 47 (2): 33011-330126.
Forrester P, Frankel N & Makin MI. "Analytic solutions of the one-dimensional finite-coupling delta-function Bose gas" Physical Review A 74 (4): 36141-361420 (2006)
Friedland A, Mckellar B & Okuniewicz I. "Construction and analysis of a simplified many-body neutrino model" Physical Review D 73 (9): 30021-300220 (2006)
Gailis R & Frankel N. "Short wavelength analysis of the evolution of perturbations in a two-component cosmological fluid" Journal of Mathematical Physics 47 (6): 25061-250627 (2006)
Gailis RM & Frankel N. "Two-component cosmological fluids with gravitational instabilities" Journal of Mathematical Physics 47 (6): 25051-250525 (2006)
He X, Keum Y & Volkas R. "A4 flavour symmetry breaking scheme for understanding quark and neutrino mixing angles" Journal of High Energy Physics 4: 391-3918 (2006)
Ignatiev A. "X rays test the Pauli exclusion principle" Radiation Physics and Chemistry 75: 2090-2096 (2006)
Ignatiev A & Kuzmin VA. "Neutrino statistics and non-standard commutation relations" Physics Letters A 359: 26-30 (2006)
Ignatiev A & Mckellar B. "Possible new interactions of neutrino and the KATRIN experiment" Physics Letters B 633: 89-92 (2006)
McDonald KL & McKellar B. "Orbifold reduction of the quark-lepton symmetric model" Physical Review D 74 (5): 60051-60058 (2006)
McDonald KL & McKellar B. "Systematic study of leptonic mixing in a class of SUH(2) models." Physical Review D 73 (7): 30041-300412 (2006)
Wintle B & Bardos D. "Modeling species-habitat relationships with spatially autocorrelated observation data" Ecological Applications 16 (5): 1945-1958 (2006)
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Demaria A, Low CI & Volkas R. "Erratum: Unification via intermediate symmetry breaking scales with the quartification gauge group [Phys.Rev. D 72, 075007 (2005)]" Physical Review D 73 (7): 99021. (2006)
Bell N, Cirigliano V, Ramsey-Musolf MJ, Vogel P & Wise MB. "Magnetic moments of dirac neutrinos" In Eisenstein RA, Van Hecke H, Stephenson GJ, Barnes PD & Cooper MD(eds), Particles and Nuclei 842 874-876. New York, United States: American Institute of Physics (2006)
Volkas R. "Mirror Dark Matter" In Studenikin AI(ed), Proceedings of the 12th Lomonosov Conference on Elementary Particle Physics 130-137. New Jersey, United States: World Scientific Publishing Co (2006)
PPSS >POSTGRADUATE PHYSICS STUDENT SOCIETY (PPSS)
DR STUART WYITHE
Within the School of Physics, postgraduate research is an integral part of all research areas. Physics postgraduates are therefore integrated into School life at all levels. For example, the crucial role played by students in the research success of the School is highlighted during the weekly postgraduate seminar series. This series serves to inform the School as a whole of individual research programs.
In addition, the seminar series offers our students valuable experience in scientific and oral presentation skills. Postgraduate students are also integrated into the day-to-day workings of the School through representatives on each of the Schools committees. Postgraduate student participation on School committees is coordinated by the Postgraduate student society, and aims to ensure that postgraduate student needs are met at all levels.
The School aims to assist postgraduates with the skills they will need to successfully complete their degree and to move forward in the future. To prepare postgraduate students to make the most of their time within the department, the School conducts an induction day, where the roles and perceptions of students and supervisors alike, as well as the requirements of postgraduate study are discussed.
The School organises a focus day for senior postgraduate students to assist with the transition out of postgraduate study. The School also recognises the importance of bridging the gap between undergraduate and postgraduate study. To this end the School organises a Postgraduate student research exhibition. This exhibition showcases the work of our postgraduates to interested second and third year physics students.
Each of the above activities was undertaken during 2006. As a new initiative in 2006, the School expanded the postgraduate seminar series to include a full colloquium by final year students, describing the work presented in their thesis. This final colloquium provides the opportunity for the School to celebrate the achievements of postgraduate students.
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Postgraduate Physics Students Society Ball, 2006
ANDREW MARTIN (PPSS President 2006)
The Postgraduate Physics Student Society (PPSS) is an association of which each postgraduate degree student is automatically a member. It is affiliated with the University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association, which formally provides funding for the range of activities the PPSS undertakes, though the School of Physics significantly supports the PPSS both financially and logistically.
The purposes of the PPSS are to enhance the academic and professional life of its members, encourage social interaction of students within the School, to co-ordinate representation of School of Physics Postgraduate students on School committees and to represent School of Physics Postgraduate Students to the Science Faculty and University. Additionally, the PPSS creates leadership positions for its members, enhancing skills prior to entering formal employment.
In 2006, these goals were achieved by running numerous social events, including a BBQ, a trivia night, pool competition and a soiree. A large number of postgraduate students in physics participated in these events, making them a great success. On the more formal side, student attendance at the various School committee meetings was high, indicating the enthusiasm of postgraduate students to participate in the running of School and the business of the University that affects the School.
In 2007 the PPSS aims to continue fulfilling these duties, and with the enthusiastic group of volunteers in office bearer roles and on committees, the coming years should be quite productive.
For more information, visit the PPSS website at http://www.ph.unimelb.edu.au/pgss/
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Prizes & Awards > 59
Assoc Prof Rob Scholten, Dr Elisabetta Barberio, Prof Tony Klein, Anna Phan, David Shelduko
UNDERGRADUATE
Dwight Prize
Selection Criteria: Awarded to the student achieving the highest results in First year advanced level, on recommendation by the Head
Value: $700
Recipient: Lee Ming Yeoh
E M and J F Ward Prize for Experimental Physics
Selection Criteria: Awarded to the most outstanding student in experimental physics in the final year of the BSc degree with a major in physics.
Value: $600
Recipient: Christina Magoulas
Ramm Prize in Experimental Physics
Selection Criteria: Prize is awarded to a student enrolling in either Honours or postgraduate degree by research in Experimental Physics who has demonstrated excellent research potential.
Value: $1000
Recipient: Anna Phan
T F Ryan (Roentgen) Prize
Selection Criteria: Prize is awarded to the student with the highest aggregate score in 640-151 and 640-152 Physics for Biomedical Science at First Year.
Value: $600
Recipient: Jason Juke Carabott
William Sutherland Prize
Selection Criteria: Awarded to the student achieving the highest results in Second Year Physics who is proceeding to study in Physics at the Third Year level.
Value: Book vouchers worth $200
Recipient: Paul Nathaniel Beuchat
POSTGRADUATE
The CISRA Prize in Physics
Selection Criteria: Eligible candidates must be enrolled in, or have completed in the previous 12 months, the degree of PhD in the School of Physics at the University of Melbourne.
Value: $2,000 approx
Recipient: Andrew Coulthurst
Dieul-Kurzweil Scholarship
This scholarship is awarded every three years.
Selection Criteria: The Scholarship is awarded to a student who has been admitted to candidature for the degree of Master of Science in the School of Physics and is in need of financial assistance to pursue the course.
Value: $2,360.00 approx
Recipient: Xiaoming Goh
Dixson Research Scholarship in Physics
Selection Criteria: Awarded on the basis of Honours results in Physics. The holder is required to conduct research in Physics at the University at postgraduate level
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Value: $2000
Recipient: Rhys Davies
John Tyndall Scholarship Prize
Selection Criteria: Awarded to a student who is enrolled in a Masters or Doctorate degree who is conducting advanced studies or research in the School of Physics
Value: $550
Recipient: Chun-Hsu Su
Klein Prize in Experimental Physics
Selection Criteria: Awarded to a student who has completed fourth year Honours (or equivalent) in the School of Physics at the University of Melbourne, and who is currently enrolled in the degree of Masters of Science (by Research) or PhD in the School of Physics at the University of Melbourne.
Value: $500 approx
Recipients: Anna Phan and David Sheludko
Professor Kernot Research Scholarship in Physics
Selection Criteria: Awarded on recommendation of the Head on the basis of Honours results. Holders are required to conduct research in Physics at postgraduate level.
Value: $2,525
Recipient: Anna Phan
STAFF
Professor Bruce McKellar
Recipient of the biennial Massey Medal for his contributions to physics by an Australian physicist, awarded jointly by the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) and the Institute of Physics (IoP) UK.
Professor Rachel Webster
Winner of the inaugural Nature Mentoring Award (mid-career category) for her services to mentoring early career science researchers ($10,000).
Professor Keith Nugent (IATIA Pty Ltd)
Winner of the inaugural Victorian ATS Patron's Award for technology with most export potential.
Assoc Professor Chris Chantler
Recipient of the Journal of Applied Radiation & Isotopes's Enterprise Award for outstanding work in the radiation sciences.
Co-winner of the University of Melbourne's David Syme Research Prize for original scientific contribution to the industrial and commercial development of Australia.
Dr Shane Huntington
Recipient of the Tall Poppies Award for his services in science communication and promotion of telecommunications security.
Dr Stuart Wyithe
Winner of the University of Melbourne's Woodward Medal for pioneering research into the formation of the first galaxies 13 billion years ago.
Nature Mentoring Awards: Prof Rachel Webster (mid career) and [Chemistry] Prof Tom Healey (life- time)
Syme Research Award: Assoc Prof Chris Chantler
Subjects Offered >FIRST YEAR SUBJECTS
640-121/2 Physics (Advanced) A/B640-141/2 Physics A/B640-151/2 Physics Biomedical Science A/B640-161/2 Physics: Principles & Applications640-176 Solar System & Cosmos640-177 Stars & Galaxies
SECOND YEAR SUBJECTS
640-223 Quantum Mechanics & Thermal Phys (Adv)640-225 Electromagnetism & Spec Relativity (Adv)640-234 Further Classical & Quantum Mechanics640-237 Astrophysics & Optics 2640-243 Quantum Mechanics & Thermal Phys 640-245 Electromagnetism & Spec Relativity640-251 Instrumentation for Scientists640-261 Energy & Environment
THIRD YEAR SUBJECTS
640-321 Quantum Mechanics (Advanced)640-322 Thermal Physics (Advanced)640-323 Electrodynamics (Advanced)640-341 Quantum Mechanics640-342 Thermal Physics640-343 Electrodynamics640-351 Astrophysics & Optics 3640-353 Atomic, Molecular & Solid State Phys640-354 Subatomic Physics640-364 Computational Physics640-381 Principles & Applications of Sensors640-385 Modelling, Visualisation and Analysis
HONOURS
The Honours year comprises course work and research project. The content of course work may vary from year to year but typically include subjects chosen from:
Extragalaxies, Astro & CosmologyGeneral RelativityParticle Physics 1Particle Physics 2Quantum Mechanics AQuantum Mechanics BQuantum StructuresQuantum Field TheoryQuantum OpticsScattering & ImagingStatistical Mechanics
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Outreach Programs >JULY LECTURES
This very popular series of free public lectures has a long and enviable history in the school. They are aimed at giving an insight into fundamental questions in physics, and advances in current research. They are given by researchers from this school, and delivered in a format that is accessible to the interested lay person. This year’s theme was ‘Physics Unleashed’
Associate Professor Ann Roberts, School of Physics, University of Melbourne & Associate Professor Robyn Sloggett, Director, Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, University of Melbourne
Physics, art and art fraud (Jul 7)
Associate Professor Martin Sevior, School of Physics, University of Melbourne
Physics, energy and power (Jul 17)
Professor David Jamieson, School of Physics, University of Melbourne & Dr Andrew Jamieson, Centre for Classics & Archaeology, School of Historical Studies, University of Melbourne
Physics, time and archaeology (Jul 21)
Dr Graeme Pearman, CSIRO - Marine and Atmospheric Research
Physics, the environment and climate change (Jul 28)
PHYSICS GYMNASIUM
This series of monthly lectures is specifically designed to provide enrichment and encouragement for senior high-school students who are studying physics. The meetings are held monthly during the school year at 5 15 pm.
Dr Stuart Wyithe, School of Physics, University of Melbourne
Earth Shine (Mar 29)
Dr Mark Boland, Accelerator Physicist of the Australian Synchrotron
Bright Light from Heavy Electrons...an overview of the Australian Synchrotron Project (May 17)
Professor David Jamieson, School of Physics, University of Melbourne (Jul 19)
Was Einstein Right?
Associate Professor Ann Roberts, School of Physics, University of Melbourne
Optics for Art’s sake (Aug 9)
Dr Roger Rassool, School of Physics, University of Melbourne
If we could talk to the animals (Oct 18)
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Muppets in action!
PHYSICS IN SERVICE DAY
This professional development day consists of 5 sessions relevant to teachers of VCE Physics. It is designed to keep teachers aware of developments in physics, expand their horizons, and assist them in keeping up to date with the current high schools physics syllabus.
The new study design for VCE Physics has seen the inclusion of special relativity, the synchrotron and photonics to the syllabus, areas traditionally outside the experience of many teachers. The In-service provided specialist speakers in these areas along with recent PhD graduate teachers who discussed their approaches to these topics.
Professor Joe Wolfe, School of Physics, The University of New South Wales, Sydney
Introduction to relativity: a multi-level, multi-media resource
Dr Mark Boland, Accelerator Physicist, Australian Synchrotron
The Synchrotron and its uses
Sandor Kazi, VCE Physics Teacher
Sound and Wave Motion
Catherine Bellair, VCE Physics Teacher, Yavneh College
The nature of waves and “Phase Microscopy”
Dr Alex Mazzolini, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, Swinburne University
Teaching Photonics at VCE level
Dr Catherine Low, School of Physics, University of Melbourne
Interactions of light and matter
Nick Nicola, Undergraduate Laboratory Manager, School of Physics, University of Melbourne
Lecture Demos: A practical viewpoint
MUPPETS
MUPPETS stands for Melbourne University Physics Promotion, Education &Teaching Services
From July 10-14, 2006 the WARP team hit Traralgon, entertaining hundreds of Grade 5/6 children within a 100km radius.
We set up at the St Paul’s Campus of Lavalla Catholic College on Grey St, using their fabulous auditorium.
During the week of August 21 – 25 a dedicated team of physics graduate students and staff took the WARP Physics and Laser Show to the western suburbs. The “Out West Tour” was located at the Altona North campus of Bayside Secondary College, and about 1500 year-5/6 students from 22 local schools were bussed in.
The show was presented in inimitable style by Roger Rassool, who was assisted by Chris Witte. Nick Nicola and Steve Mitchell did an excellent job keeping the equipment intact and working, and an enthusiastic group of graduates and senior undergraduates composed the off-stage support.
It was, as usual, a delight to see the absolutely positive response of the students to the demonstrations. It is clear to the team that we not only succeed in showing that Science can be fun, but that the students leave on a high, with a better understanding of some basic physics phenomena.
Each school was presented with a “show bag” containing, amongst other things, a collection of simple experiments for the teacher use in class, and the components of a diffraction-grating spectrometer for each student to build.
We believe that the program is achieving its aim of interesting students in Science at an early age, so as to broaden their choices as they progress through the school system. The program continues to be supported through the Colonial Foundation. In total, over 5000 students have taken part in such activities for 2006.
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Spinning wheel demo with Chris Witte and student
Alumni & Friends >DAVID CARO BUILDING
In December 2006, the School of Physics was renamed the David Caro building in honour of Professor David Caro (AO OBE FInstP, FAIP, FACE) whose valuable life-long contributions to national university life and the international physics community were formally acknowledged.
David Caro was made professor of experimental physics and Head of School in 1961 during the days when Physics was still located in what is now known as Old Physics. He oversaw the design and planning of the "new" physics building at its current site.
Along with Assoc Prof John Rouse, they were the first to design a variable energy cylcotron, the first of its kind in Australia. This spearheaded the research in experimental particle and nuclear physics in Australia and was instrumental in providing the country with a talented crop of highly trained experimental physicists over the next decade.
DONATIONS and SUPPORT
The School continues to acknowledge the support of the Mr Andrew Brookes of the Colonial Foundation. They have generously provided $360,000 over 3 years to expand Dr Roger Rassool's and Assoc Prof Max Thompson's Outreach activities.
The School was also pleased to announce two new postgraduate prizes: Klein Prize in Experimental Physics and the CiSRA Prize in Physics.
The Klein Prize was set up by Emeritus Professor Tony Klein (former Head of School 1987-1995), Victor and Fleur Spitzer and Naomi Kaldor.
The CiSRA Prize was supported by Canon Information Systems Research Australia by Dr Stephen Hardy and Dr Ian Gibson.
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Prof Geoffrey Taylor, Dr Roger Rassool, Assoc Prof Max Thompson and Mr Andrew Brookes, Executive Officer Colonial Foundation
Spinning wheel demo with Chris Witte and student
Profs Geoff Taylor, David Caro and Mrs Fiona Caro Dr Ian Gibson and CiSRA winner, Andrew Coulthurst
Media >Members of the School of Physics were regularly featured in the media during 2006 (excluding local university newspapers and local media releases)
MEDIA APPEARANCESDr Shane Huntington/QCV in media release Group Formed to Commercialise Quantum Cryptography, Information Week, 23 January 2006.
Dr Shane Huntington/QCV in media release MagiQ Technologies, Silicon Graphics, Qucor and the University of Melbourne form Joint Venture to Enable Next Generation Quantum Cryptography Devices, MagiQ Technologies, 23 January 2006.
Prof David Jamieson in Comment on the enrichment of uranium in Iran, SBS radio, 13 April 2006.
Dr Michelle Livett in Physics grads forsake kids (by Bernard Lane) , The Australian, 29 March 2006.
Dr Stuart Wyithe in When Dwarf Galaxies Gave Way to Giants, Harvard University, 2 May 2006.
Dr Shane Huntington/QCV in Diamonds Take a Quantum Leap to IT security, Computerworld, 5 May 2006.
Dr Shane Huntington/QCV in Diamonds Take a Quantum Leap to IT security, Networkworld, 5 May 2006.
Dr Shane Huntington/QCV in Diamonds Used Against Internet Eavesdropping, ferret.com.au, 19 May 2006.
Dr Stuart Wyithe in The Short Reign of Dwarf Galaxies, New Scientist, 17 May 2006.
Dr Stuart Wyithe in Emergence of the Galactic Heavyweights, ScienceNow, 18 May 2006.
Assoc Prof Martin Sevior in Next-generation power is inevitable: physicist (by Adam Morton), The Age, 22 May 2006.
Prof Geoffrey Taylor (EPP group) in Hunt for the God Particle (by Peter Calamai), Cosmos, Issue 9, Jun 2006.
Assoc Prof Martin Sevior in Plugging in to Nuclear (by Elizabeth Keenan), Time Asia, 12 June 2006.
Dr Roger Rassool in University Makes Learning a Lot of Fun, Taralgon Journal, 12-14 July 2006.
Dr Steven Melnikoff in Supercomputers: Strength in Numbers (by Cynthia Karena), The Age, 18 July 2006.
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Dr Ian Gibson and CiSRA winner, Andrew Coulthurst
Prof Tony Klein in Greenies to Fight ALP on Backflip (by Liegh Dayton), The Australian, 27 July 2006.
Dr Roger Rassool in Storage Fear on Uranium, MX (Melbourne), 27 July 2006
Prof David Jamieson in Quantum Technology (What a Wonderful World with Viarnne Mischon), 3WBC 94.1 radio, 14 August 2006.
Assoc Prof Martin Sevior in Irish Energy Miracle 'A Joke' (by Peter Weekes), The Age, 20 August 2006.
Dr Stuart Wyithe in Australia's Top 10 Scientific Minds Under 45 (by Wilson da Silva), Cosmos, Issue 10, August 2006.
Prof Geoffrey Taylor (EPP group) in Bullseye (by Stephen Battersby), New Scientist, 26 August 2006.
Prof David Jamieson in The Boom in Physics, ABC radio Newcastle, 1 September 2006.
Prof David Jamieson in Quantum Leap in Physics Prospects (by Brendan O'Keefe), The Australian, 7 September 2006.
Dr Roger Rassool in Fuel Cells , Scope - Channel 10 TV, 9 October 2006
Prof Geoffrey Taylor in Voyage to the Heart of the Matter (by Lisa Macnamara), The Australian, 18 October 2006
Prof Rachel Webster in Scholarship Growth Trails Fee Hikes (by Lisa Macnamara), The Australian, 25 October 2006.
Prof Ray Volkas in Discovery of the Neutrino, ABC 774 radio, October 2006
Prof Geoffrey Taylor in World's Largest Scientific Grid Sustains a Million Jobs per Month, CERN press release, 25 September 2006.
Assoc Prof Martin Sevior in Bemoaning the Dear Bowser Won't Find New Fuel Technologies (by Martin Seviour), The Australian, 2 October 2006.
Dr Andrew Greentree in A Small Step to Higher Resolution, Nature Physics, News & Views article Vol 2 October 2006 pp 657-8.
Dr Andrew Greentree in Light Does Matter, Nature Physics, News & Views article Vol 2 October 2006 pp 803.
Prof David Jamieson in Power to Make a Difference in a World Hit by Climate Change, Canberra Times, 30 October 2006.
Prof Rachel Webster in Dutch Courage (by Jenny Hogan), Nature, Vol 444, 9 November 2006.
Prof David Jamieson in Physics is Booming (Lindy Byrne Show), ABC 774 radio, 6 December 2006
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Recruiting Organisations >In addition to the many universities and schools that hire our graduates as lecturers, postdoctoral fellows and teachers, other organisations that have recruited our graduates include:
Australian Nuclear Science Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
Austin Hospital
Australian Synchrotron
Australian Government
Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Bureau of Meteorology
Boston Consulting Group
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Department of Human Services
Department of Education, Science and Technology (DEST)
Department of Finance
Defence Science Technology Organisation (DSTO)
Ernst & Young
GBC Scientific Equipment
Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine
Intel
KPMG
LEK Consulting
Macquarie Bank
Momentum Funds Management
Portland House Group
Note Printing Australia
Victorian Government
Walter Hall & Eliza Institute
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Publication title: The School of Physics, Annual Report 2006Authorised by: Professor Geoffrey Taylor Published by: The School of Physics, September 2007 Copyright: The University of MelbournePhotography: David Hannah, Jim Rule, Michael Silver, Les O'Rourke
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