The Department of Physics at Syracuse University has been educating students and carrying out research for over 125 years. Our faculty members, research associates, graduate students, and undergraduate majors are active in fields ranging from biological and condensed matter physics, through cosmology and particle physics, to gravitational wave detection and astrophysics.

Physics attempts to understand how the world works; from the very small scales inside the nucleus of an atom to the very largest scales in the Universe; from the behavior of the most basic constituents of matter to the rich and diverse phenomena that arise when many simple components interact together. We have internationally recognized research groups working in all of these areas; from soft condensed matter and biological physics to elementary particle physics and cosmology and the search for gravitational waves

This page contains all publications submitted to SURFACE written by students, faculty, and staff in the department.

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2003

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Collective Transport in Arrays of Quantum Dots, Alan Middleton and Ned S. Wingreen

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Neutrinos in particle physics and cosmology, Salah Nasri

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Domain Wall Solutions with Abelian Gauge Fields, J. S. Rozowsky, R. R. Volkas, and K. C. Wali

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The Scalar Sector and the Eta -> 3 Pi Problem, Joseph Schechter, Abdou Abdel-Rehim, Deirdre Black, and Amir H. Fariborz

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Comparing the Higgs Sector of Electroweak Theory with the Scalar Sector of Low Energy QCD, Joseph Schechter, Abdou Abdel-Rehim, Deirdre Black, Amir H. Fariborz, and Salah Nasri

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Radiative Decays Involving a0(980) and f0(980) in the Vector Meson Dominance Model, Joseph Schechter, Deirdre Black, and Masayasu Harada

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Study of Scalar Mesons and Related Radiative Decays, Joseph Schechter, Deirdre Black, and Masayasu Harada

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Large Nc and Chiral Dynamics, Joseph Schechter, Masayasu Harada, and Francesco Sannino

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Low-Mobility Solar Cells: a Device Physics Primer with Application to Amorphous Silicon, Eric A. Schiff

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A measurement of parity-violating asymmetry with polarized electrons scattered from protons and implications for strange form factors, Baris Tamer Tonguc

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Linear Perturbations in Brane Gas Cosmology, Scott Watson and Robert H. Brandenberger

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Stabilization of Extra Dimensions at Tree Level, Scott Watson and Robert H. Brandenberger

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On the Initial Conditions for Brane Inflation, Scott Watson, Robert H. Brandenberger, and G. Geshnizjani

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First observation of the parity violating asymmetry in Moller scattering, Imran Younus

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Interface modulation spectroscopy and doping physics in amorphous silicon, Kai Zhu

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Bandtail Limits to Solar Conversion Efficiencies in Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells, Kai Zhu, Weining Wang, Eric A. Schiff, Jianjun Liang, and S. Guha

2002

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Predictions and Observations in Theories with Varying Couplings, Christian Armendariz-Picon

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Lepton energy moments, operator product expansion and the CKM parameter matrix element, V(cb), Chaouki Boulahouache

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Crystalline Order on a Sphere and the Generalized Thomson Problem, Mark Bowick, Angelo Cacciuto, David R. Nelson, and A. Travesset

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Statistical mechanics of self-avoiding crystalline membranes and topological defect formation, Angelo Cacciuto

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Stripes from (Noncommutative) Stars, Simon Catterall and J. Ambjorn

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Exact Lattice Supersymmetry: the Two-Dimensional N=2 Wess-Zumino Model, Simon Catterall and Sergey Karamov

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Clash of Symmetries on the Brane, Aharon Davidson, B. F. Toner, R. R. Volkas, and K. C. Wali

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Thermal noise in low loss flexures, Andri Marcus Gretarsson

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Hysteresis in Driven Disordered Systems: From Plastic Depinning to Magnets, M. Cristina Marchetti and Karin A. Dahmen

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Scaling, Domains, and States in the Four-Dimensional Random Field Ising Magnet, Alan Middleton

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Development of a Hybrid Photo-Diode and its Front-End Electronics for the BTEV Experiment, Raymond Mountain

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Construction, Pattern Recognition and Performance of the CLEO III LiF-TEA RICH Detector, Raymond Mountain, R. Ayad, Konstantin Vladimirovich Bukin, and A. Efimov

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Precision Measurement of Energy and Position Resolutions of the BTeV Electromagnetic Calorimeter Prototype, Raymond Mountain, K. Khroustalev, V.A. Batarin, and T. Brennan

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Optical switching and memory using tungsten oxide, Joseph Michael Osman

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Photocarrier Drift Mobility Measurements and Electron Localization in Nanoporous Silicon, P. N. Rao, Eric A. Schiff, L. Tsybeskov, and P. Fauchet

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Effects of Light Scalar Mesons in η\to 3π Decay, Joseph Schechter, Abdou Abdel-Rehim, Deirdre Black, and Amir H. Fariborz

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Vector Meson Dominance Model for Radiative Decays Involving Light Scalar Mesons, Joseph Schechter, Deirdre Black, and Masayasu Harada

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Thermionic Emission Model for Interface Effects on the Open-Circuit Voltage of Amorphous Silicon Based Solar Cells, Eric A. Schiff

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Isotropization in Brane Gas Cosmology, Scott Watson and Robert H. Brandenberger

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Infrared Charge-Modulation Spectroscopy of Defects in Phosphorus Doped Amorphous Silicon, Kai Zhu, Eric A. Schiff, and G. Ganguly

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Determining the Locus for Photocarrier Recombination in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Kai Zhu, Eric A. Schiff, N. G. Park, J. van de Lagemaat, and A. J. Frank

2001

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Measuring the Speed of Sound of Quintessence, Christian Armendariz-Picon, Joel K. Erickson, R. R. Caldwell, Paul J. Steinhardt, and V. Mukhanov

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Fuzzy physics, Ydri Ben Saad Badis

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Exploration of the existence and implications of a light scalar meson nonet using effective chiral Lagrangian models, Deirdre Margaret Black

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Universal Negative Poisson Ratio of Self Avoiding Fixed Connectivity Membranes, Mark Bowick, Angelo Cacciuto, G. Thorleifsson, and A. Travesset

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Universality Classes of Self-Avoiding Fixed-Connectivity Membranes, Mark Bowick, Angelo Cacciuto, Gudmar Thorleifsson, and Alex Travesset

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The Formation of Vortex Loops (Strings) in Continuous Phase Transitions, Mark Bowick, Angelo Cacciuto, and Alex Travesset

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The Geometrical Structure of 2d Bond-Orientational Order, Mark Bowick and Alex Travesset

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A Two-Dimensional Lattice Model with Exact Supersymmetry, Simon Catterall and S. Karamov

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Testing a Fourier Accelerated Hybrid Monte Carlo Algorithm, Simon Catterall and Sergey Karamov

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The Ising Model on a Dynamically Triangulated Disk with a Boundary Magnetic Field, Simon Catterall, Scott V. McGuire, Mark Bowick, and Simeon Warner

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Numerical studies of vortex dynamics in type-II superconductors, Michael Chance Faleski

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Critical behavior of spin models on fluctuating bounded geometries, Scott V. McGuire

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The Three-Dimensional Random Field Ising Magnet: Interfaces, Scaling, and the Nature of States, Alan Middleton and Daniel S. Fisher

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Dynamics of causal sets, David Porter Rideout

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Introduction to Effective Lagrangians for QCD, Joseph Schechter

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Complementary Ansatz for the Neutrino Mass Matrix, Joseph Schechter, Deirdre Black, Amir H. Fariborz, and Salah Nasri

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Remark on Pion Scattering Lengths, Joseph Schechter, Deirdre Black, and Nae Woong Park

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Investigating the Light Scalar Mesons, Joseph Schechter, D. Black, Amir H. Fariborz, Salah Moussa, and S. Nasri

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Anomaly Induced QCD Potential and Quark Decoupling, Joseph Schechter, Stephen D.H. Hsu, and Francesco Sannino

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Doubly Perturbed S_3 Neutrinos and the s_{13} Mixing Parameter, Joseph Schechter, Renata Jora, and M. Naeem Shahid

2000

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A Dynamical Solution to the Problem of a Small Cosmological Constant and Late-Time Cosmic Acceleration, Christian Armendariz-Picon, V. Mukhanov, and Paul J. Steinhardt

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Essentials of k-Essence, Christian Armendariz-Picon, V. Mukhanov, and Paul J. Steinhardt

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Topics on vortex matter in type-II superconductors, Panayotis Benetatos

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The Statistical Mechanics of Membranes, Mark Bowick and Alex Travesset

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An Improved Limit on the Rate of the Decay K^+ -> pi^+ mu^+ e^-, Duncan Brown and R. Appel

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A Lattice Path Integral for Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics, Simon Catterall and Eric B. Gregory

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Phase Diagram of Four-Dimensional Dynamical Triangulations with a Boundary, Simon Catterall and Simeon Warner

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Phase Diagram of Three-Dimensional Dynamical Triangulations with a Boundary, Simon Catterall, Simeon Warner, and Ray Renken

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A measurement of the strange quark content of the proton, William Edward Kahl

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Driven Vortices in Confined Geometry: the Corbino Disk, M. Cristina Marchetti

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Energetics and Geometry of Excitations in Random Systems, Alan Middleton

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Viscoelastic Depinning of Driven Systems: Mean-Field Plastic Scallops, Alan Middleton, M. Cristina Marchetti, and Thomas Prellberg

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The Cleo III Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector, Raymond Mountain, Marina Artuso, R. Ayad, and A. Efimov

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Exploring the Structure of a Possible Light Scalar Nonet, Joseph Schechter, Deirdre Black, and Amir H. Fariborz

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Unitarized Pseudoscalar Meson Scattering Amplitudes in Three Flavor Linear Sigma Models, Joseph Schechter, Deirdre Black, Amir H. Fariborz, Sherif Moussa, and Salah Nasri

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Measurement of the production ratio of charged and neutral B mesons at the upsilon(4S) resonance, Silvia M. Schuh

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A Historical Perspective on Cancer, Rafael D, Sorkin

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Internal friction of fused silica and gravitational-wave detection, William James Startin

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Master Equation for Hydrogen Recombination on Grain Surfaces, Gianfranco Vidali, Ofer Biham, Itay Furman, and Valerio Pirronello

1999

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k-Inflation, Christian Armendariz-Picon, T. Damour, and V. Mukhanov

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Interacting Topological Defects on Frozen Topographies, Mark Bowick, David R. Nelson, and Alex Travesset

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Reconstructing the Conformal Mode in Simplicial Gravity, Simon Catterall and Emil Mottola

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The Conformal Mode in 2D Simplicial Gravity, Simon Catterall and Emil Mottola

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Monte Carlo studies of field theory and quantum gravity, Eric B. Gregory

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Viscoelastic Depinning of Driven Systems: Mean-Field Plastic Scallops, M. Cristina Marchetti, Alan Middleton, and Thomas Prellberg

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Application of combinatorial optimization algorithms in the study of elastic interfaces, David McNamara

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Computational Complexity of Determining the Barriers to Interface Motion in Random Systems, Alan Middleton

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Numerical Investigation of the Thermodynamic Limit for Ground States in Models with Quenched Disorder, Alan Middleton

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Performance of the CLEO III LiF-TEA Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector in a High Energy Muon Beam, Raymond Mountain, Marina Artuso, R. Ayad, and F. Azfar

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The CLEO-III Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector, Raymond Mountain, Marina Artuso, R. Ayad, and F. Azfar

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The CLEO-III RICH Detector and Beam Test Results, Raymond Mountain, J.C. Wang, Marina Artuso, and R. Ayad

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Transport in disordered silicon materials, Rao Prasanna Nagaraj

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Chiral Lagrangian Treatment of Pi Eta Scattering, Joseph Schechter, Deirdre Black, and Amir H. Fariborz

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Light Scalar Mesons, Joseph Schechter, Deirdre Black, and Amir H. Fariborz

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Mechanism for a Next-to-Lowest Lying Scalar Meson Nonet, Joseph Schechter, Deirdre Black, and Amir H. Fariborz

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The Skyrme Model for Baryons, Joseph Schechter and H. Weigel

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Search for cellular retinol and retinal binding proteins in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Kaixuan Wang

1998

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New Analytical Results on Anisotropic Membranes, Mark Bowick and Alex Travesset

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The Tubular Phase of Self-Avoiding Anisotropic Crystalline Membranes, Mark Bowick and Alex Travesset

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Anisotropic Membranes, Simon Catterall, Mark Bowick, Simeon Warner, Gudmar Thorleifsson, and Marco Falcioni

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Monte Carlo Renormalization of 2d Simplicial Quantum Gravity Coupled to Gaussian Matter, Simon Catterall, Eric B. Gregory, and G. Thorleifsson

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The Nature of the Continuum Limit in the 2D RP^2 Gauge Model, Simon Catterall, M. Hasenbusch, R. R. Horgan, and R. Renken

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Dynamics of the Conformal Mode and Simplicial Gravity, Simon Catterall, Emil Mottola, and T. Bhattacharya