CWRU Physics Faculty

My past research activities have included, in rough chronological order, supersonic aerodynamics, quantum collision theory, nuclear and particle physics, quantum field theory, quantum statistical mechanics, nonlinear optics, and, throughout the duration, various issues in mathematical physics. Most of this work was theoretical in nature, but the aerodynamics and particle physics sectors involved several experimental projects as well. In addition, I co-organized a unique conference celebrating the centennial of the Michelson-Morley experiment [1] as well as the first in a series of international workshops on thermal field theories [2].

In recent years I have been involved primarily with teaching a variety of graduate courses in theoretical physics and in transforming my lecture notes for a few of these courses into graduate-level textbooks. In conjunction with the quantum-theory component of this activity, I am writing a updated sequel to the monograph on multiparticle quantum collision theory that I had co-authored previously [3].

I continue to pursue a number of research projects in probability theory and high-energy hadronic production processes [4-6] stemming from my participation in the MiniMax experiment at the Tevatron [7-8] and the preliminary studies for the FELIX detector at the LHC [9].

Recently, radiation amplitude zeros in W-photon production processes were discovered at the Tevatron by the D0 collaboration [ Arazov et al., Phys. Rev. Letters, 100, 241805 (2008)]. This provides empirical support for the simplest form of the gauge-boson couplings consistent with the standard model and the underlying radiation symmetry that explains the occurrence of these zeros and has inspired the resumption of our prior studies of radiation symmetry [10-15] in order to explore the possibility of further applications and, perhaps, a broader physical significance.

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