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It
appears that Physics is getting more political after all.
Recent appointments include members of the Space Management
Committee: Rose Waldon (CEPAC Rep.) and
Yves Idzerda (Faculty Council Rep.), and the CLS Promotion and
Tenure Review Committee: Bennett Link.
John Carlsten accepted the faculty slot on Geoff Gamble's new
Strategic Planning Committee. These are potentially very influential posts.
Geoff Pryde, Andrea, Tom, and Sam moved to Brisbane,
Australia, on December 1, where Geoff took up a new position with Dr.
Andrew White and Dr. Timothy Ralph in quantum computing at The University
of Queensland, his undergraduate alma mater.
Geoff made valuable contributions to the Cone group’s program of
laser stabilization to spectral holes and to Spectrum Lab during his
two-year stay in Bozeman.
Rufus Cone will give a plenary talk at the 32nd
Winter Colloquium on The Physics of Quantum Electronics and has organized
a session on applications of optical coherent transients and spectral hole
burning.
Randy Babbitt, Alex Rebane, and Rufus Cone have been
chosen to organize the 8th International Meeting on Hole
Burning, Single Molecule, and Related Spectroscopies, which will be held
in Bozeman during summer 2003.
David Alexander (former researcher with Loren Acton)
and his wife, Wendy, welcomed a new addition to their family Oct. 23.
Andrew Cailliet Alexander was weighted 7 lbs., 13 oz. And was 21 ¾
inches long. David added that
“Wee David” has been wonderful with the baby and is set to be a great
big brother!
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Ph.D Thesis
Defense
“Measuring Surface Temperature of Isolated Neutron
Stars and Related Problems”,
Marcus A. Teter, Nov.
27.
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Ph.D. Orals
“The Physics of Brass Instruments”, Jack
Dostal, Oct. 8.
“Fitting
Neutrino Oscillations into the Standard Model”, Daniel Bambeck, Oct. 9.
“Cosmic Strings and the Bohm-Aharonov Effect”,
Lewis Fox, Oct. 9
“Kerr
Effect”, Ezana Negusse, Oct. 9.
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Awards Honors and New Positions
The Undergraduate Scholars Program awarded research
support to Robert Boren and Erik Aver for the 2001-2002 academic year.
Dave Klumpar is their faculty mentor.
Dick
Smith has been asked to be an Invited Speaker in the ‘Applied Surface
Modeling’ conference to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, in August 2002.
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Publications
Accepted
"A Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) Packet
Communications Subsystem for the Montana EaRth-Orbiting Pico-Explorer (MEROPE)
Cubesat", G. Hunyadi, D. M. Klumpar, S. Jepsen, B. Larsen, M. Obland,
2002 IEEE Aerospace Applications Conference Proceedings, March 9th - 16th,
2002.
"Power
Subsystem Design for the Montana EaRth Orbiting Pico-Explorer (MEROPE)
Cubesat-class Satellite", M. Obland, D. M. Klumpar, S. Kirn, G.
Hunyadi, S. Jepsen, B. Larsen 2002 IEEE Aerospace Applications Conference
Proceedings, March 9th - 16th, 2002..
"Microcontroller Design for the Montana EaRth
Orbiting Pico-Explorer (MEROPE) Cubesat-class Satellite", B. Larsen,
D. M. Klumpar, M. Wood, G. Hunyadi, S. Jepsen, M. Obland , 2002 IEEE
Aerospace Applications Conference Proceedings, March 9th - 16th, 2002.
“Recent progress in developing new rare earth
materials for hole burning and coherent transient applications”, Y.
Sun, C. W. Thiel, R. L. Cone, R. W. Equall, R. L. Hutcheson, J.
Lumin. (2002).
“Semiconductor
lasers stabilized to spectral holes in rare earth crystals to a part in
10e13 and their application to devices and spectroscopy”, G. J. Pryde,
T. Böttger, R. L. Cone, and R. C. C. Ward, J. Lumin. (2002).
"Radiation emitted by microwave envelope
solitons propagating in thin ferrite films" C. E. Zaspel and A. S.
Kindyak, Physical Review B.
"Power and initial pulse width dependent soliton
velocity in ferrite films", C. E. Zaspel and A. N. Slavin, Journal of
Applied Physics.
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Publications
"The Montana State University NASA Space Grant
Explorer-1 Science Reflight Commemorative Mission", M. Obland, G.
Hunyadi, S. Jepsen, B. Larsen, D. M. Klumpar, C. Kankelborg, and W. A.
Hiscock, Proc. 15th Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Logan,
Utah August 13th - 16th, 2001
Relating Localized Electronic States to Host Band
Structure in Rare-Earth-Activated Optical Materials, by Charles W.
Thiel, Herve Cruguel, Huasheng Wu, Yongchen Sun, Gerald J. Lapeyre, and
Rufus L. Cone, Department of Physics, Montana State University, Randy W.
Equall, Scientific Materials Corporation, Bozeman, MT, and Roger M.
Macfarlane, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA,
Optics & Photonics News, December, 2001, p. 64.
Semiconductor Lasers Stabilized to Spectral Holes in
Rare Earth Crystals, Thomas Böttger, Geoffrey J. Pryde, Nicholas M.
Strickland, Peter B. Sellin, and Rufus L. Cone, Department of Physics and
The Spectrum Lab, Montana State University,
Optics & Photonics News, December, 2001, p. 23.
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Abstracts
Submitted
"Analysis
of Low-energy Ion-Beam Induced Disorder in Surface Layers of Al(100) using
High-energy Ion Backscattering and Channeling", C.V. Ramana, Bum-sik
Choi, R.J. Smith, submitted for the American Physical Society March
Meeting in Indianapolis, IN March 18-22.
"Initial
stages of oxidation of the ceramic matrix composite ZrB$_{2}$(SiC) at high
temperatures", C. Tripp, A. Stephenson, M. Loeffler, Bum-sik Choi,
R.J. Smith, V. Shutthanandan, S. Thevuthasan, submitted for the American
Physical Society March Meeting in Indianapolis, IN March 18-22.
"Combined
use of HEIS and LEIS techniques for the study of metal-metal interface
formation", C.V. Ramana, Bum-sik Choi, R.J. Smith, submitted for the
American Physical Society March Meeting in Indianapolis, IN March 18-22.
"Use of
Ti monolayers as an interfactant to promote expitaxial growth of Fe films
on Al(100)", C.V. Ramana, Bum-sik Choi, R.J. Smith, submitted for the
American Physical Society March Meeting in Indianapolis, IN March 18-22.
Range
correlator demonstrated in 0.5 GHz spectral holographic gratings at 1.5
microns, Z. Cole, K. M. Rupavatharam, K.D. Merkel, T. Böttger, W.
R. Babbitt, and R.L. Cone, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: CLEO,
Long Beach, CA, May 19-24, 2002.
Abstract
submitted for the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society,
St. Louis MO April 29- May 1,
2002.
"Initial
stages of oxidation of the ceramic matrix composite ZrB2(SiC) at high
temperatures", C.
Tripp, A. Stephenson, M. Loeffler, Bum-sik Choi, R.J. Smith, V.
Shutthanandan, S. Thevuthasan, submitted for the American Physical Society
March Meeting in Indianapolis, IN March 18-22.
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Invited Talks
"MEROPE:
Montana's 1st Satellite", Mike Obland, Lion's Club Regional
Convention, Bozeman, MT, October 6th.
"Gravitational Wave Astronomy: A New Window
on the Universe", Bill Hiscock, Physics & Astronomy Colloquium,
University of Montana, Nov. 9.
“Laser Source Development”, Kevin Repasky,
OpTeC Seminar, MSU, Dec. 10.
Recent progress in developing new rare earth
materials for hole burning and coherent transient applications, Y.
Sun, C. W. Thiel, R. L. Cone, R. W. Equall, and R. L. Hutcheson, 7th
International Meeting on Hole Burning, Single Molecule, and Related
Spectroscopies, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 18 - 23.
Lasers
Stabilized to Spectral Holes in Rare Earth Doped Crystals, Thomas Böttger,
Montana Board of Research and Commercialization Technology, Butte,
Montana, November 16, 2001.
"Origin and Evolution of Filament-Prominence
Systems", Piet Martens, Astronomical Institute at Utrecht Iniversity
(my alma mater) in The Netherlands on December 6.
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Contributed Talks
"MEROPE", Mike Obland, Western Regional
Space Grant Conference, Kah-Nee-Ta, OR, October 19th.
Semiconductor Lasers
Stabilized to Spectral Holes in Rare Earth Crystals to a Part in 1013
and Their Application to Devices and Spectroscopy, G. J. Pryde, T. Böttger,
Y. Sun, and R. L. Cone, 7th International Meeting on Hole
Burning, Single Molecule, and Related Spectroscopies, Academia Sinica,
Taipei, Taiwan, November 18 - 23, 2001.
Rare
Earth Spectroscopy and Introductions to Bozeman, Montana, Yongchen Sun,
Henan Normal University, China, December 5, 2001.
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Poster Sessions
Yves Idzerda, Johnathon Holroyd, Alexandre Lussier,
Ezana Negusse, and Damond Resnick attended the 56th Annual Conference on
Magnetism and Magnetic Materials in Seattle, Nov.
12-16.
"Destruction of Magnetic Domain Correlation in
Co/Cu Multilayers with Field Application”, Yves Idzerda, 56th Annual
Conference on
Magnetism and Magnetic Materials in Seattle, Nov.
12-16.
"The Effects of TiN and SrTiO Overlayers on
Fe3O4 Thin Films", Alex Lussier, 56th Annual Conference on Magnetism
and Magnetic Materials in Seattle, Nov. 12-16.
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Proposals Submitted
"The Correlation Between Solar Prominences and Sigmoids', $
14,000, M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, to have Ms. Ivy Merriot work with
Piet Martens for two summers.
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Proposals
Funded
"Yohkoh 10th Anniversary
Meeting-Travel Support for Young Scientists", supplement of $
4,770 to NSF award, bringing the total up to $13,030, Piet Martens.
“Lasers
Stabilized to Spectral Holes in Rare Earth Doped Crystals”, Rufus Cone,
$200,000.
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Colloquia
“Quantum Information Science”, Michael Nielsen,
Associate Professor of Physics, University of Queensland, Australia, Nov.
2.
“Coronal Loops:
The Mysterious Building Blocks of Solar and Stellar Coronae”,
James A. Klimchuk, Naval Research Laboratory, Nov. 9.
“The Magnetic Personality of the Universe”, Loren
W. Acton, Montana State University Physics, Nov. 16.
“RF Photonics for array processing”, Kelvin
Wagner, Optoelectronic Computing Systems Center, Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Nov. 30.
“WHO'S GOT A PARADIGM? Do We Have a Suitable
Model for Space Plasma Physics?” Gerald T. Davidson, Red Lodge, MT
(Formerly of Lockheed Research Labs.), Dec. 7.
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Seminars
Condensed Matter Seminar
"Physics
and Applications of GaN: A
Pyroelectric Semiconductor", Hugo Schmidt, Nov. 5.
"Electron Holography", Gerry Lapeyre, Nov.
12.
“Polarized X-ray Studeis of the Capping of
Fe3O4”, Alex Lussier, Nov.
19.
Relativity & Space Science Seminar
“Origin
and Evolution of Filament-Prominence Systems”, Piet Martens, MSU, Nov.1.
“Extrasolar
Planets”, Malina Schindel, MSU, Nov. 5.
“Cosmic
Strings and the Bohm-Aharonov Effect”, Lewis Fox, Nov. 8.
"Progress
in evaluating the gravitational radiation reaction", Jonathon Witte,
Nov. 14.
"No
Supermassive Black Hole in M33?"
D. Merritt, L. Ferrarese, C. Joseph, Science (19 July, 2001),
Abstract discussion, John Belz, Nov. 19.
“The
trajectory of a spinning test particle orbiting a black hole”, Jeff
Crowder, Nov. 29.
“Magnetic
Helicity Transport in the Quiet Sun:
Theory & Observations”, Brian Welsch & Dana Longcope,
Dec. 6.
“The
Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray Spectrum: Latest Results From the
High-Resolution Fly's Eye”, John Belz, Dec. 13.
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Visitors
to Research Groups
Professor
Jun Ye, Fellow of the Joint Institute of Laboratory Astrophysics, National
Institute of Standards and Technology, and Physics Department University
of Colorado, met with all of the optics groups in the Physics Department
and with Peter Sellin of Spectrum Lab.
Boris A.
Ivanov, Institute of Magnetism, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
Kiev, collaborated with Craig Zaspel.
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Conferences and Other Travel
Charles Kankelborg attended an AAPT workshop for new faculty at ACP in
College Park, MD, Nov 8-11.
Bill Hiscock attended the Seventh Great Midwestern
Regional Space Grant Meeting in Chicago, IL, Nov. 1-3. He gave
presentations on the National Space Grant Alliance (of which he is
Chairman of the Board) and the National Space Grant Student Satellite
Committee, which he co-chairs.
Dick Smith traveled with to PNNL, Richland WA with
three other MSU delegates to discuss proposed research and development
projects for fuel cells.
Rufus Cone, Alex Rebane, Randy Babbitt, Yongchen Sun
and Randy Reibel visited Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan, for the7th
International Hole Burning, Single Molecule, and Related Spectroscopies
Conference, November 16-24, 2001. Sun traveled on to Hong Kong, where he visited Huasheng Wu,
and to China where on Dec 5 he presented a talk at his undergraduate
university, Henan Normal University.
Jerry Lapeyre, Yves Idzerda, Johnathon Holroyd,
Alexandre Lussier, Ezana Negusse, and Damond Resnick attended the 56th
Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials in Seattle Nov.
12-16.
Yves Idzerda attended the a Science Advisory
Committee Meeting for the Advanced Light Source in Berkeley, CA, Nov.
28-Dec. 1.
Jerry Lapeyre attended an AVS meeting in San
Francisco, Oct 28-Nov. 2.
John Hermanson attended the Midwest Physics Chairs
meeting in Chicago, IL, Nov. 3-4.
David McKenzie traveled to Fuchinobe, Japan, for
Yohkoh SXT operations, Nov. 15-Dec. 15.
Dana Longcope traveled to Washington, DC, for a NASA
Review Board, Nov. 15-17.
Ron Hellings traveled to LaVerne, CA, to attend LISA
working group meeting at Cal Tech and collaborate with T. Moore of Pomona,
Nov. 16-26.
Dave Klumpar participated in the Geospace Management
Operations Working Group in Washington, DC, Nov. 14-16.
Larry Kirkpatrick traveled to Princeton, NJ, to serve
as Chair of the Physics GRE Committee, Nov. 1-4.
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