School of Arts and Sciences, Physics & Astronomy

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  CONFERENCE ON EQUITY FOR DISCIPLINE-BASED EDUCATION RESEARCHERS IN THE MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES

  Cochran, G.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  10/1/18 → 9/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • equity 100%
  • poster 45%
  • education 33%
  • chemistry 25%
  • physics 24%

• THEORETICAL SPECTROSCOPY AND THERMODYNAMICS OF CORRELATED ELECTRON MATERIALS

  Haule, K.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  9/1/18 → 8/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • education 100%
  • crystal structure 79%
  • thermodynamics 77%
  • spectroscopy 72%
  • electrons 69%

• COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: OBSERVING THE COSMIC EVOLUTION OF NEUTRAL HYDROGEN

  Baker, A.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  9/1/18 → 8/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • galaxies 100%
  • hydrogen 72%
  • students 58%
  • education 57%
  • universe 47%

• LOOKING OUT FOR THE LITTLE GUY: A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF STAR FORMATION IN DWARF GALAXIES

  Brooks, A.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  8/15/18 → 7/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • students 100%
  • dwarf galaxies 92%
  • galaxies 72%
  • star formation 63%
  • telescopes 47%

• ADVANCED ORGANIC AND HYBRID ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION HALL EFFECT AND PHOTOCURRENT SPECTROSCOPY.

  Podzorov, V.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  8/15/18 → 7/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Hall effect 100%
  • perovskites 98%
  • photocurrents 80%
  • high resolution 59%
  • organic semiconductors 53%

• NUCLEAR REACTION STUDIES FOR NUCLEAR STRUCTURE AND NUCLEOSYNTHESIS

  Cizewski, J.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  8/1/18 → 7/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • nuclear structure 100%
  • nuclei 99%
  • nuclear fusion 93%
  • nuclear reactions 84%
  • education 58%

• ENUMERATIVE GEOMETRY, ALGEBRA, AND COMBINATORICS IN STRING THEORY

  Diaconescu, D.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  8/1/18 → 7/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • String Theory 100%
  • Enumerative Geometry 76%
  • Sheaves 69%
  • Moduli Space 65%
  • Calabi-Yau Threefolds 62%

• COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: OF MICE AND MONSTERS -- INVESTIGATING THE GROWTH OF BLACK HOLES IN DWARF GALAXIES

  Brooks, A.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  8/1/18 → 7/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • dwarf galaxies 100%
  • galaxies 92%
  • mice 73%
  • simulation 14%
  • students 12%

• HOT QUARKS 2018: A WORKSHOP ON THE PHYSICS OF ULTRARELATIVISTIC NUCLEUS-NUCLEUS COLLISIONS FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS TEXEL ISLAND, NETHERLANDS SEPT. 9-15, 2018.

  Salur, S.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  7/1/18 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Netherlands 100%
  • quarks 81%
  • nuclei 78%
  • physics 67%
  • collisions 58%

• STRONGLY CORRELATED FERMI SYSTEMS

  Kotliar, B.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  6/1/18 → 5/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • education 100%
  • metals 51%
  • students 50%
  • superconductivity 42%
  • physical properties 39%

• STRONG GRAVITATIONAL LENSING AT HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION

  Keeton, C.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  9/1/17 → 8/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • galaxies 100%
  • students 85%
  • spectral resolution 79%
  • high resolution 57%
  • radio telescopes 40%

• LOW ENERGY ELECTRODYNAMICS IN SOLIDS WITH STRONG ELECTRON CORRELATIONS

  Blumberg, G.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  8/1/17 → 7/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • superconductivity 67%
  • electrons 58%
  • electricity 44%
  • spectroscopy 41%
  • students 39%

• EMERGENCE IN DISORDERED, INTERACTING AND LIVING SYSTEMS A THE ASPEN CENTER AUGUST 12, 2017

  Coleman, P.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  7/1/17 → 12/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Condensed matter physics 100%
  • Spin glass 43%
  • Physics 21%
  • Websites 21%
  • Brain 21%

• STRAIN ENGINEERING OF BAND STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES IN TWO DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS.

  Andrei, E.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  6/1/17 → 5/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • engineering 100%
  • students 37%
  • graphene 30%
  • crystal structure 29%
  • membranes 27%

• QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONS AND MANY-BODY LOCALIZATION IN UNCONVENTIONAL 1D JOSEPHSON ARRAYS

  Gershenson, M.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  6/1/17 → 5/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • cryogenic temperature 100%
  • Josephson junctions 95%
  • students 93%
  • education 91%
  • quantum mechanics 85%

• DMREF: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MATERIALS DESIGN OF CORRELATED METALS AS NOVEL TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS

  Rabe, K.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  10/1/16 → 9/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • conductors 100%
  • metals 57%
  • electrical resistivity 41%
  • transport properties 34%
  • conduction 29%

• ON THE TRAIL OF THE MOST MASSIVE GALAXY CLUSTERS IN THE OBSERVABLE UNIVERSE

  Hughes, J.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  9/1/16 → 8/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • universe 100%
  • galaxies 95%
  • high temperature gases 39%
  • dark matter 30%
  • Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect 27%

• DMREF: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EMERGENT FUNCTIONALITIES IN 3D/5D MULTINARY CHALCOGENIDES AND OXIDES

  Vanderbilt, D.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  9/1/16 → 8/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • chalcogenides 100%
  • orbits 64%
  • tellurides 58%
  • oxides 54%
  • synthesis 47%

• NEUTRON AND X-RAY SCATTERING STUDIES OF TRANSITION-METAL COMPOUNDS WITH LARGE SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING

  Kiryukhin, V.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  9/1/16 → 8/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • metal compounds 100%
  • x ray scattering 82%
  • transition metals 77%
  • orbits 74%
  • permanent magnets 63%

• FAR FROM EQUILIBRIUM AND QUANTUM PHENOMENA IN STRONGLY CORRELATED SYSTEMS

  Yuzbashyan, E.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  9/1/16 → 8/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • education 100%
  • matrix theory 45%
  • physics 40%
  • students 25%
  • superconductivity 21%

• UNUSUAL WHITE DWARF SUPERNOVAE

  Jha, S.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  9/1/16 → 8/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • supernovae 100%
  • students 28%
  • explosions 26%
  • stars 19%
  • binary stars 16%

• STUDIES OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE NUCLEON

  Gilman, R.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  7/1/16 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • protons 100%
  • nucleons 87%
  • quarks 58%
  • muons 41%
  • neutrons 40%

• WE PROPOSE TO COMPLETE OUR X-RAY FOLLOW-UP PROGRAM AIMED AT OBSERVING THE ACT COSMOLOGICAL SAMPLE OF CLUSTERS, WHICH IS A WELL-DENED SAMPLE OF 22 MASSIVE GALAXY CLUSTERS DETECTED BY THE ATACAMA COSMOLOGY TELESCOPE USING THE SUNYAEV-ZEL'DOVICH E ECT (SZE).

  Hughes, J.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

  7/1/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • cosmology 100%
  • telescopes 78%
  • galaxies 75%
  • x rays 46%

• HOT QUARKS 2016: A WORKSHOP ON THE PHYSICS OF ULTRARELATIVISTIC NUCLEUS-NUCLEUS COLLISIONS FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS

  Salur, S.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  6/15/16 → 5/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • quarks 100%
  • nuclei 93%
  • physics 73%
  • gluons 71%
  • collisions 65%

• REU SITE: PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY RESEARCH AT RUTGERS

  Baker, A.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  6/1/16 → 5/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • physics 100%
  • experience 26%
  • student 23%
  • conduct of research 20%
  • benchmarking 18%

• EFRI 2-DARE: ENGINEERING NOVEL TOPOLOGICAL INTERFACE STATES IN 2D CHALCOGENIDE HETEROSTRUCTURES

  Wu, W.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  10/1/15 → 9/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • insulators 100%
  • chalcogenides 88%
  • education 76%
  • engineering 71%
  • students 58%

• COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EQUIPMENT FOR AND RUNNING OF THE PSI MUSE EXPERIMENT

  Gilman, R.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  9/15/15 → 8/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • proton scattering 100%
  • muons 95%
  • protons 75%
  • radii 51%
  • energy levels 34%

• CHARGE TRANSPORT AND TRAP-HEALING EFFECT AT SEMICONDUCTOR/POLYMER HETEROINTERFACES.

  Podzorov, V.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  8/1/15 → 7/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • healing 100%
  • organic semiconductors 94%
  • Hall effect 75%
  • traps 73%
  • polymers 57%

• MRI: ACQUISITION OF A LASER-DIODE-HEATED FLOATING ZONE FURNACE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

  Cheong, S.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  8/1/15 → 7/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • floating 100%
  • furnaces 95%
  • semiconductor lasers 73%
  • education 71%
  • acquisition 55%

• ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY AND MODULI SPACES IN STRING THEORY

  Diaconescu, D.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  8/1/15 → 7/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • String Theory 100%
  • Algebraic Geometry 65%
  • Knot 60%
  • Moduli Space 50%
  • Enumerative Geometry 40%

• AFTER MORE THAN FIVE YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE US/JAPANESE X-RAY ASTONOMY MISSION, ASTRO-H IS FINALIZING PREPARATIONS FOR LAUNCH IN EARLY 2016. THIS PROPOSAL REQUESTS FUNDING TO ANALYZE AND INTERPRET HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION AND OTHER DATA FROM ASTRO-H

  Hughes, J.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

  7/1/15 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Spectral resolution 100%
  • X rays 62%

• VISUALIZING NANOSCALE PHENOMENA IN LAYERED CHALCOGENIDES WITH HEAVY ELEMENTS

  Wu, W.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  6/15/15 → 5/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • point defects 100%
  • chalcogenides 98%
  • heavy elements 77%
  • education 59%
  • students 45%

• QUENCH DYNAMICS OF LOW DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM MANY BODY SYSTEMS

  Andrei, N.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  10/1/14 → 9/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • education 100%
  • students 67%
  • impurities 67%
  • molecular electronics 42%
  • Kondo effect 41%

• DMREF/COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DESIGNING, UNDERSTANDING AND FUNCTIONALIZING NOVEL SUPERCONDUCTORS AND MAGNETIC DERIVATIVES

  Kotliar, B.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  10/1/14 → 9/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Columbia (Orbiter) 100%
  • rice 81%
  • lectures 80%
  • students 67%
  • muons 61%

• COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DO WE NEED SOMETHING BEYOND COLD DARK MATTER?

  Brooks, A.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  9/15/14 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • dark matter 100%
  • simulation 40%
  • galactic evolution 24%
  • dwarf galaxies 23%
  • students 21%

• THEORY AND APPLICATION OF BERRY PHASE METHODS IN SOLIDS

  Vanderbilt, D.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  9/1/14 → 8/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • insulators 100%
  • orbitals 31%
  • differential geometry 31%
  • students 22%
  • education 22%

• THEORETICAL SPECTROSCOPY AND THERMODYNAMICS FOR CORRELATED ELECTRON MATERIALS

  Haule, K.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  9/1/14 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • education 100%
  • physical properties 79%
  • theoretical physics 69%
  • thermodynamics 68%
  • summer 60%

• INTERGRATABLE QUANTUM FIELD THEORIES:NEW METHODS AND APPLICATIONS

  Lukyanov, S.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  9/1/14 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Quantum Field Theory 100%
  • Physics 33%
  • Duality 32%
  • Mathematical Physics 31%
  • Strings 28%

• NUCLEAR REACTIONS TO PROBE STRUCTURE OF EXOTIC NUCLEI

  Cizewski, J.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  8/15/14 → 7/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • nuclei 100%
  • nuclear reactions 85%
  • probes 54%
  • nuclear physics 44%
  • accelerators 32%

• RESEARCH IN HIGH ENERGY THEORY

  Neuberger, H.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  7/1/14 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Hadrons 100%
  • Colliding beam accelerators 89%
  • Toys 79%
  • Color 45%
  • Computer simulation 34%

• GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON PHOTONUCLEAR REACTIONS AND FRONTIERS AND CAREERS IN PHOTONUCLEAR PHYSICS IN HOLDERNESS, NH, AUGUST 10-15, 2014

  Gilman, R.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  7/1/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • physics 100%
  • career 76%
  • fee 17%
  • travel 15%
  • money 14%

• CAREER:PROBING THE QUARK GLUON PLASMA WITH JET TOMOGRAPHY

  Salur, S.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  5/1/14 → 4/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • gluons 100%
  • quarks 82%
  • hadrons 50%
  • tomography 49%
  • students 39%

• HOT QUARKS 2014: A WORKSHOP ON THE PHYSICS OF ULTRARELATIVISTIC NUCLEUS-NUCLEUS COLLISIONS FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS; LAS NEGRAS, ALMERIA SPAIN; SEPT. 21-28, 2014

  Salur, S.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  4/15/14 → 3/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Spain 100%
  • nuclei 73%
  • quarks 67%
  • collisions 56%
  • physics 55%

• THE PLANCK SATELLITE IS CONDUCTING AN ALL-SKY SURVEY TO STUDY THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND. IN MID-MARCH 2013, THE TEAM RELEASED RESULTS FROM THE FIRST 15.5 MONTHS OF OBSERVATIONS INCLUDING A CATALOG OF CONFIRMED AND CANDIDATE GALAXY CLUSTERS DETECTED

  Hughes, J.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

  3/19/14 → 3/18/17

  Project: Research project

  • catalogs 100%
  • galaxies 73%
  • microwaves 67%
  • conduction 66%

• PWA90: EMERGENT FRONTIERS OF CONDENSED MATTER WILL BE HELD AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, PRINCETON, NJ, 14-15 DECEMBER 2013

  Coleman, P.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  12/1/13 → 11/30/14

  Project: Research project

  • physics 100%
  • researchers 17%

• MRI: DEVELOPMENT OF AN ULTRA-HIGH VACUUM CRYOGEN-FREE LOW TEMPERATURE PROXIMAL PROBE SYSTEM FOR THE EXPLORATION OF LOW DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS AND NANO-DEVICES

  Andrei, E.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  9/1/13 → 8/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • temperature probes 100%
  • ultrahigh vacuum 73%
  • New Brunswick 37%
  • probes 35%
  • isolation 27%

• EAGER: A DATA-INTENSIVE INSTRUMENT FOR STRONGLY CORRELATED SYSTEM MATERIAL DESIGN

  Kotliar, B.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  9/1/13 → 8/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • New Brunswick 100%
  • architecture (computers) 83%
  • supercomputers 69%
  • waste heat 36%
  • thermoelectric materials 29%

• LOCAL MOMENT AND HEAVY FERMION PHYSICS

  Coleman, P.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  9/1/13 → 8/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • fermions 100%
  • electrons 69%
  • moments 67%
  • physics 59%
  • superconductivity 39%

• DMREF: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: HIGH-THROUGHPUT MAPPING OF FUNCTIONAL DIELECTRIC/METALLIC HETEROSTRUCTURES

  Rabe, K.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  9/1/13 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • superlattices 100%
  • sampling 58%
  • synthesis 50%
  • physics 44%
  • oxides 43%

• RESEARCH IN EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS AT THE LHC

  Chou, J.

  National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation (NSF))

  8/15/13 → 7/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • physics 100%
  • dark matter 78%
  • substructures 47%
  • Higgs bosons 46%
  • transverse momentum 46%