Recent Publications in the Physics Department
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Publications by Kevin Crosby
Repose Angles of Lunar Mare Simulants in Microgravity
(Isa Fritz, '10; Samantha Kreppel, '10; Kevin Crosby; Erin Martin, '09; Caitlin Pennington, '09; Brad Frye, '10; Jose Monegato, '09; and Agui, J.), In Review (2009).
Computational Fluid Dynamical Model of a Cyclone Separator in Microgravity
(Crosby, K. M., Frye, B.), Proceedings of the Wisconsin Space Grant: Hubble and Beyond (2008).
Measurements of the Collection Efficiency of an Air Cyclone in Lunar Gravity
(Crosby, K. M., Agui, J., Pennington, C., Sorensen, E., Martin, E., Fritz, I., Frye, B.), Proceedings of the Wisconsin Space Grant (2008).
Inertial Filtration of Lunar Dust in Reduced Gravity
(Crosby, K. M., et al.), Report of the Joint Annual Meeting of LEAG-ICEUM-SRR (2008).
Grain Boundary Diffusion in Nanocrystalline Copper under Tensile Stress
(Crosby, K. M.), http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0307065f
(2003).
Hands-on Demonstrations and Teaching Tools for
Optics and Adaptive Optics
(Arion, D. N., Crosby, K. M., Lyons, D., Rand, K., and Randolph, A.), Proceedings
of the Optical Society of America (2003).
A Mean Field Theory of Power-Law Random Sequential Adsorption Models
(Crosby, K. M.), in revision (2002).
New Physics in an Old Machine:
Mechanics of the Trebuchet
(Crosby, K. M., Lyons, D., Pinter, C., and Randolph, A.) distributed with curriculum kits, Arbor Scientific (2001).
Case Study Experiments in
the Introductory Physics Curriculum
(Arion, D. N., Crosby, K. M., and Murphy, E. A.), Physics Teacher, September
(2000).
Reinventing the Physics Major at a Small College
(Crosby, K. M., Arion, D. N., and Quashnock, J. M.), AAPT Announcer 30 (4),
121 (2000).
Pattern formation during delamination and buckling of thin films(Crosby, K. M. and Bradley, R. M.), Phys. Rev. E 59, R2542 (1999).
Pattern Formation in Thin Film Failure
(Crosby, K. M. and Bradley, R. M.), Philos. Mag. B 78, 143 (1998).
Electromigration-induced void
drift and coalescence: Simulations and a dynamic scaling theory
(Crosby, K. M., Bradley, R. M and Boularot, H.), Phys. Rev. B 56, 8743
(1997).
Fragmentation of Thin Films Bonded to Solid Substrates: Simulations
and a Mean Field Theory
(Crosby, K. M. and Bradley, R. M.), Physical Review E 55 (1997).
Simulations of Tensile Fracture in Thin Films Bonded to Solid Substrates
(Crosby, K. M. and Bradley, R. M.), Philos. Mag. B 76, 91 (1997).
A Mean Field Theory of Athermal Martensite Growth
(Crosby, K. M. and Bradley, R. M.), Philos. Mag. Lett. 75, 131 (1997).
Optical Properties and Laser Damage Measurements of Inorganic Polymer Films
(Exarhos, G. H. and Crosby, K. M.), Laser Induced Damage in Optical Materials (1989).
Publications by Jean Quashnock
Estimating the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe Using QSO C IV
Absorbers
(J.-M. Loh, M. L. Stein and J. M. Quashnock) in preparation (2003).
A Measurement
of the Three-Dimensional Clustering of C IV Absorption-Line Systems on Scales
of 5 to 1000 Mpc
(J.-M. Loh, J. M. Quashnock and M. L. Stein); Ap. J. 560, 606 (2001).
Estimating the
K-function of a Point Process with an Application to Cosmology
(M. L. Stein, J. M. Quashnock and J.-M. Loh); Ann. Statistics 28, 1503 (2000).
Cluster-Cluster
Strong Lensing: Expectations and Detection Methods
(A. R. Cooray, G. P. Holder and J. M. Quashnock);
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 305, L11 (1999).
A New Measure of the Clustering of QSO Heavy-Element Absorption-Line Systems
(J. M. Quashnock and M. L. Stein); Ap. J. 515, 506 (1999).
A Lower Limit on Omega — Lambda Using the Gravitational Lensing Rate in the
Hubble Deep Field
(A. R. Cooray, J. M. Quashnock and M. C. Miller); Ap. J. 511, 562 (1999).
Gravitational Lensing Limits on the Average Redshift of Gamma-Ray Bursts
(D. E. Holz, M. C. Miller and J. M. Quashnock); Ap. J. 510, 54 (1999).
Optical and Near-Infrared
Observations of the Afterglow of GRB980329 from 15 Hours to 10 Days
(D. E. Reichert, D. Q. Lamb, M. R. Metzger, J. M. Quashnock, D. M. Cole, F.
J. Castander, S. Klose, J. E. Rhoads, A. S. Fruchter, A. R. Cooray and D.
E. Vanden Berk); Ap. J. 517, 692 (1999).
Optical and Near-Infrared Follow-up Observations of GRB980329
(E. Palazzi et al.); Astron. & Astrophys. 336, L95 (1998).
The Form and Evolution of the Clustering of QSO Heavy-Element Absorption-Line
Systems
(J. M. Quashnock and D. E. Vanden Berk); Ap. J. 500, 28 (1998).
Publications by Brian Schwartz
Spin correlations in pp?pnp+ pion production near threshold
(W.W. Daehnick, Swapan K. Saha, R.W. Flammang, H.O. Meyer, J. Balewski, R.E.
Pollock, B. v. Przewoski, B. Lorentz, F. Rathmann, B. Schwartz, T. Wise and
P.V. Pancella); Phys. Rev. C65, 024003 (2002).
Nuclear Polarization of Hydrogen Molecules from Recombination of Polarized
Atoms
(T. Wise, W. Haeberli, B. Lorentz, P.A. Quin, F. Rathmann, B. Schwartz, T.G.
Walker, A. Wellinghausen, J.T. Balewski, J. Doskow, H.O. Meyer, R.E. Pollock,
B. v. Przewoski, T. Rinckel, Swapan K. Saha, and P.V. Pancella); Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 042701 (2001).
Complete Set of Polarization Observables in pp?pppo close to Threshold
(H.O. Meyer, A. Wellinghausen, J.T. Balewski, J. Doskow, R.E. Pollock, B.
v. Przewoski, T. Rinckel, L.D. Knutson, W. Haeberli, B. Lorentz, F. Rathmann,
B. Schwartz, T. Wise, W.W. Daehnick, Swapan K. Saha, and P.V. Pancella); Phys. Rev. C63, 064002 (2001).
Observation of a Large Longitudinal Analyzing Power in a Nuclear Reaction
(H.O. Meyer, L.D. Knutson, J.T. Balewski, W.W. Daehnick, J. Doskow, W. Haeberli,
B. Lorentz, R.E. Pollock, P.V. Pancella, B. v. Przewoski, F. Rathmann, T.
Rinckel, Swapan K. Saha, B. Schwartz, P. Thorngren-Engblom, A. Wellinghausen
and B. T. Wise); Phys. Lett. B480, 7 (2000).
Measurement of Spin Correlation Coefficients in pp?dp+
(B. v. Przewoski, J.T. Balewski, J. Doskow, H.O. Meyer, R.E. Pollock, T. Rinckel,
P. Thorngren-Engblom, A. Wellinghausen, W. Haeberli, B. Lorentz, F. Rathmann,
B. Schwartz, T. Wise, W.W. Daehnick, Swapan S. Saha, and P.V. Pancella); Phys. Rev. C61, 064604 (2000).
Facility for Studying Spin Dependence in Pion Production near Threshold
(T. Rinckel, P. Thorngren-Engblom, H.O. Meyer, J.T. Balewski, J. Doskow, R.E.
Pollock, B. v. Przewoski, F. Sperisen, W.W. Daehnick, R.W. Flammang, Swapan
S. Saha, W. Haeberli, B. Lorentz, F. Rathmann, B. Schwartz, T. Wise, and P.V.
Pancella) Nucl. Instr. Meth. A439, 117 (2000).
Measurement of Partial -Wave Contributions in pp?ppp0,
(H.O. Meyer, J.T. Balewski, J. Doskow, R.E. Pollock, B. v. Przewoski, T. Rinckel,
P. Thorngren-Engblom, W. Haeberli, B. Lorentz, F. Rathmann, B. Schwartz, T.
Wise, W.W. Daehnick, Swapan S. Saha, and P.V. Pancella); Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 5439 (1999).
Spin Correlation Coefficients in pp?pnp+ from 325 to 400 MeV
(Swapan K. Saha, W.W. Daehnick, R.W. Flammang, J.T. Balewski, H.O. Meyer,
R.E. Pollock, B. v. Przewoski, T. Rinckel, P. Thorngren-Engblom, B. Lorentz,
F. Rathmann, B. Schwartz, T. Wise, and P.V. Pancella); Phys. Lett. B461, 175 (1999).
Polarization Lifetime near an Induced Depolarizing Resonance
(B. v. Przewoski, W. Daehnick, J. Doskow, M. Dzemidzic, R. Flammang, B. Lorentz,
H.O. Meyer, P.V. Pancella, R.E. Pollock, P. Quinn, T. Rinckel, S. Saha, B.
Schwartz, F. Sperisen P. Thorngren-Engblom, P. Ugorowski and T. Wise); Rev. Sci. Instr. 69, 3146 (1998).
Isopspin mixing in 37K and spin decomposition of Gamow-Teller strength in
37Ca decay
(N.I. Kaloskamis, et. al.); Phys. Rev. C 55, 640 (1997).
Publications by Julie Dahlstrom
Searching for Naphthalene Cation Absorption in the Interstellar Medium
(Searles, Justin M.; Destree, Joshua D.; Snow, Theodore P.; Salama, Farid; York, Donald G.; Dahlstrom, Julie); Astrophysical Journal, 732, 50 (2011).
Studies of Diffuse Interstellar Bands V. Pairwise Correlations of Eight Strong DIBs and Neutral Hydrogen, Molecular Hydrogen, and Color Excess
(Friedman, Scott D.; York, Donald G.; McCall, Benjamin J.; Dahlstrom, Julie; Sonnentrucker, Paule; Welty, Daniel E.; Drosback, Meredith M.; Hobbs, L. M.; Rachford, Brian L.; Snow, Theodore P.); Astrophysical Journal, 727, 33 (2011).
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