Physics

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Woodward is an international expert in XUVOIR ground, and space-based observational astrophysics, instrumentation development, and telescope construction, management, and operations. He also has significant experience in national space policy. His primary research is on the physical properties of astrophysical grains in interstellar, circumstellar, and solar system environments, the physics of nova explosions and their chemical contributions to the…

My research centers on the role of gravity in cosmology: I use gravitational lensing and classical dynamics to study the mass distribution in the Universe, from sub-galactic to galaxy-cluster scales, with the goal of elucidating the nature of dark matter and constraining cosmological parameters. Gravitational lensing is the deflection of light from distant background sources by the intervening mass distribution, like galaxies and clusters of galaxies…

My research is focused on precision measurements of the fundamental parameters of the standard model of particle physics, and searches for new physics beyond the standard model. Currently, I am working on experiments aiming to discover (or rule out) subtle differences in matter and antimatter in the lepton sector (neutrinos and electron-like charged leptons). Such effects would be evidence CP (Charge-Parity) violation, and would constitute the first…

Our research is of theoretical and computational nature, and focuses on mesoscale theories of nonequilibrium phenomena in extended systems, with applications to Statistical Mechanics, Soft Matter Physics, and Materials Science. Generically, systems outside of thermodynamic equilibrium involve unstable interfaces and moving topological defects. We develop theories at the mesoscale of the relevant phases, analyze their macroscopic scale asymptotics, and…

• Planetary magnetospheres, auroras, and ionospheres
•  Giant planet coupling with their moons and rings 
• Solar wind interaction with planetary magnetospheres 
• Fundamental space plasma physics: MHD and plasma waves, wave-particle interaction (particle acceleration/heating/scattering), collisionless shock waves (particularly very high Mach number processes)

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I work on experimental collider experiments, in particular the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. My research has three main thrusts: - On the physics analysis front, I focus on searching for signs of new physics, beyond what is currently known and encapsulated in the Standard Model. My physics program is currently focused on signatures with many jets and low missing transverse momentum, inspired by models of R-parity violating and Stealth…

Evan is a multiwavelength observer of extragalactic objects, with a concentration on nearby galaxies. He has studied the interstellar medium, the stellar populations, the chemical abundances, and the dark matter content of nearby galaxies, with a focus on dwarf galaxies.

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Theory of transport and electron-electron correlations in disordered systems, quantum Hall effect, hopping conduction, metal-nonmetal transition and transport in nano-crystal films.

• 1972-1982 and 1990-1995: QCD, Strong interaction Physics, Heavy Quark Physics, axions;
• 1982-1990 and since 1996: All aspects of supersymmetric theories at strong coupling;
• Since 2003: Supersymmetric solitons, sigma models (including applications in Condensed Matter).