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Research
Research Focus:

Particle Physics

Experimental

Particle and Nuclear Physics research focuses on the fundamental constituents of matter, and their interactions, governed by the basic principles of quantum mechanics and special relativity.

We currently carry out experiments at two facilities. Jefferson Laboratory, in Virginia, is an intense source of high-energy electrons and photons. The CLEO facility at Cornell University produces new forms of matter from e+e- annihilation at high energy.

At Jefferson Laboratory we are focusing on the structure of baryons involving exclusive reactions, and searching for exotic five-quark baryons. At CLEO, we are investigating similar “exotic hadron” phenomena, and also the role of fundamental symmetries in the decays of “charmed” D mesons.

Future planned experiments include a search for neutrino oscillations at a nuclear reactor complex.

Faculty

Gary Adams, John Cummings, Jim Napolitano, and Paul Stoler.

Theoretical

Particle phenomenology, lattice field theory, string theory, high energy mathematical and computational physics.

Faculty

Joel Giedt

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