WAYNE STATE PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY: DAVID CINABRO INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH

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1 WAYNE STATE PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY: DAVID CINABRO INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH 1

2 TWO WINGS; ONE BIRD That Side: Particle/Astro/Nuclear (PAN) Physics Astrophysics (1.1 Prof, 1 Postdoc, 4 Students) Nuclear Experimental (4 Prof, 8 Postdocs, 5 Students) Nuclear Theory (2 Prof, 3 Postdocs, 6 Students) Particle Experimental (4.9 Prof, 3 Postdocs, 6 Students) Particle Theory (3 Prof, 2 Postdocs, 5 Students) This Side: Bio/Condensed Matter Physics Bio (3 Prof, 1 Postdoc, 5 Students) Condensed Matter Experimental (7 (2 Soft, 5 Hard) Prof, 13 Students) Condensed Matter Theory (2 Prof, 1 Postdoc, 2 Students) Atomic Physics Theory (1 Professor, 2 Students) 2

3 Physics Faculty are Active Participants in High-Profile International Experiments/Collaborations Each of these projects/experiments worth 10s to 100s of millions of dollars. Extremely High Scientific Profiles/Objectives/Endeavors Very high Scientific/Scholarly Output: refereed papers, conference proceedings, talks, PhD production, etc. Involvement in these experiments adds to Wayne State's international profile and capacity to attract talented students. Co-Discoverer of Top Quark Co-Discoverer of HIGGs Boson Co-Discoverer of Quark Gluon Plasma LSST HST Wayne State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences 3

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5 What is the Universe made of? Astro-Particle Theory: Petrov, Paz, Shah How did matter form? Nuclear Theory: Gavin, Paz, Majumder How did matter condense and life originate? Condensed matter theory: Zhi-Feng Huang Alex Matos 5

6 Astrophysics Prof. E. Cackett (Jan ) Observation of Black Holes and Neutron Stars Key Questions: Black Hole Dynamics: How does matter fall into black holes? Matter at Extreme Densities: What is a neutron star made of? Ar#st s'impression'of'material'falling'into'a'black'hole Key$Technique:$Reverbera2on$mapping$(similar$to$medical$Doppler$Tomography$method)$to$trace$ out$ma>er$around$black$holes$and$neutron$stars Observational Facilities: NASA Swift Satellite (X-ray, UV, Optical): WSU Official Member Institute Hubble Space Telescope: Significant research program beginning in July 2016 Other X-ray satellites: Chandra X-ray Observatory (NASA), XMM-Newton (ESA), Suzaku (JAXA) Future missions: Astro-H (JAXA/NASA): Member of the Mission Science Working Group (Launch: February 2016) Athena (ESA): An approved large multi-billion Euro mission (Launch: 2028) Member of the Science Working Group defining the mission. Funding: NASA and NSF ($880k total since Jan 2012) Scholarly Activities Refereed papers: 49 papers Seminars: 8 seminars/colloquia Conference Talks: 8 Public Lectures: 14 Other: Cackett is 1 of a 5 member Science Organizing Committee for Getting close to black holes & neutron stars Lorentz Center Workshop, Leiden, Feb

7 Nuclear Physics Relativistic Heavy Ion Research Profs. W. Llope, J. Putschke, C. Pruneau, S. Voloshin Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider Key Questions: Properties of Quark Gluon Matter at Extreme Temperature and Density; Non-trivial structure of the vacuum, Collision Dynamics; Matter of the Early Universe Scientific Collaborations and Research Facilities: Observational Facilities (In operation) STAR RHIC ALICE LHC Funding: DoE ~650/year since construction projects. Past Projects: WSU leadership design/construction STAR EMC (~$12M), SVT (~$4M), Tracking Software. ALICE EMCal (~$12M), DCAL (~$6M) Design/Construction Projects: ALICE Forward Calorimeter ALICE Barrel Tracker Upgrade (2018). Llope et al. S-PHENIX (>2020): Inner HCAL, TPC GEMs STAR Forward upgrades 576 collaborators 57 institutions 11 countries Large Hadron Collider Key$Techniques:$Detec2on$of$Rela2vis2c$Heavy$Ion$Collisions;$Measurements$of$par2cle$ correla2ons,$collec2ve$flow,$$$jet$suppression/modifica2on STAR ALICE > 1000 collaborators > 100 institutions > 30 countries 7

8 Nuclear Theory Sean Gavin and Abhijit Majumder 1. Why does the matter flow like a liquid? Matter thermalizes within the time it takes light to pass a proton. 2. Why is the matter so strongly interacting? It flows as if nearly viscosity free. 3. Can we deduce universal properties related to the Big Bang? Effect of viscosity and other transport phenomena on multi-particle correlations 8

9 Particle Physics: Profs. D. Cinabro & G. Bonvicini B-Quark Rare Decays & Physics beyond the Standard Model Key Question: Is there new physics beyond the Standard Model? Key$Technique:$Search$for$rare$BMquark$decays + M. Barrett Observational Facilities/Experiments: CLEO & CESR (Now completed) Discovery: b > u transition Belle II KEK B-Factory, Japan WSU Official Member Institute Data taking to begin in late 2016 B-Factory to produce 100 Billion b-quarks by Current focus: Detector construction Belle I Discovery: CP Violation in b-sector Funding: ~$240k/year Belle II Collaboration: 700 Collaborators/30 Countries Technical$Contribu2ons$(1):$$$ Radia2on$Monitor,$Cinabro$w/$Nayak$ Detects'unwanted'radia#on'from'the'colliding'beams.''Monitor,'characterize'&'reduce'such' with'masks,'beam'steering,'and'beam'vacuum'system'op#miza#on.' System'built$at$Wayne$State.''Being'installed'now'at'Belle'II.'Expect'1st'beams'in'1/2016.' 9 Wayne State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

10 Particle Physics: Profs. P. Karchin & R. Harr Physics beyond the Standard Model Key Question: Is there new physics beyond the Standard Model? Key$Techniques:$Search$for$anomalous$processes$&$decays CMS: flagship projects of U.S. Particle Physics research Supported by DOE + NSF. Strongly endorsed by HEPAP. Observational Facilities/Experiments: CMS LHC, CERN Past Projects: CDF FNAL, Illinois Current/Future Projects: 4000 physicists, 182 institutions, 42 countries, 1/3 from the U.S. Construction/upgrade of CMS detector component (M$ project), data analysis, and management of the project. Research/Accomplishments Highlights: Continuous DOE funding since 1995 for accelerator-based projects at DESY (Germany), Fermilab (USA), and CERN (Switzerland). Note: A group with just 2 faculty is considered small and increases the difficulty of maintaining funding. 10 Wayne State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

11 Particle Theory Gil Paz, Alexey Petrov, Nausheen Shah 1. Why there is more matter than antimatter in the Universe? Testing modern theories at current accelerators (CERN, KEK, FNAL)? 2. What makes heavy quarks heavy? Heavy quark physics and effective field theories. 3. Physics of the recently discovered Higgs boson. How decay patterns reveal quantum glimpses of new physics. simulated data in the CMS particle detector on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN 11

12 Experimental Bio Physics Xiang-qiang (Rosie) Chu Christopher Kelly Takeshi Sakamoto WHERE PHYSICS MEETS BIOLOGY: Expertise: Time-resolved Neutron Scattering and Nanoscale Optical Spectroscopy applied to Biological Systems 12

13 Expertise: Scanning Probes and Atomic Force Microscopy, Florescence Microscopy, Polymers and Applications to Biological Systems Peter Hoffmann Ashis Mukhopadhyay Experimental CM Physics (Soft) 13

14 Expertise: Semiconductor Devices, Nanofabrication and Nanotechnology, Biomedical Applications, Raman Spectroscopy, Applied Physics, Spintronics, Ferromagnetism, Multiferroics, Superconductivity, Low Temperature Physics Jian Huang Gavin Lawes Boris Nadgorny Ratna Naik Karur Padmanablan Zhixian Zhou Experimental CM Physics (Hard) 14

15 Condensed Matter Theory Zhi-Feng Huang How does ordered structure emerge from complex systems? Theory of non-equilibrium complex systems formation and dynamics of materials and nanostructures How do quantum dots grow? How do graphene and other 2D materials selfassemble? How do phases separate? Dynamics of phase transitions How do nanostructures in block copolymers, colloids form? 15 Alloy solidification, nucleation, and phase separation

16 CONCLUSION Many varieties of research Lots of opportunities for graduate student participation Talk to Professors whose research interests you Do it as soon as possible as there are many ways to get involved before starting to work together closely, for example most research groups have weekly meetings and starting to go to those will get you acquainted with what is going on in the group SUMMER IS COMING! 16