Undergraduate students involved in research under my supervision
Summer 1993:
- Kristin Ohlmann '95, Emiliana Pellouchoud '95:
- 1) "The Compton Effect"
- 2) "Stopping Power of Air for Alpha Particles"
Fall 1993:
- Patrick Decowski, Kristin Ohlmann '95:
- "Linearity Test of the Amperex XP2212/PC Photomultiplier"
- Patrick Decowski:
- "Integral Response of the ASP Lead Glass Shower Counter to the Flux of Electrons Mixed with Pions"
Fall 1994 and Spring 1995:
- Adrien Hansel '98 (STRIDE student):
- "Heavy Ion Reactions" - literature search
- "Equipment for Rutherford Experiment"
Summer 1996 (at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) (supported by the NSF grant PHY9602181):
- Antonella Romano '97:
- "E155 technical Note #16: Magnetic Field Measurements of B5 Magnet"
- Antonella Romano '97, Hyun-Kyung Chung '97:
- "E155 Technical Note #17: Gain Matching for Hodoscopes at 5.5 Degree"
- Hyun-Kyung Chung '97:
- "E155 Technical Note #18: Test of Fingers for 10.5 Degree Hodoscope"
Fall 1996 (supported by the NSF grant PHY9602181):
- Antonella Romano '97, Olaf Decowski:
- Machining of mirror support for 10.5 degree Cerenkov detector tank for the E155 experiment at SLAC
Spring 1997 (supported by the NSF grant PHY9602181):
- Antonella Romano '97, Katie L. Miller '98:
- "Hadron Filter for E156 experiment at SLAC"
Fall 1997:
- Antonella Romano '97:
- Ranges of muons in different materials
- Katie L. Miller '98:
- Moving nuclear physics software from VAX to UNIX
Spring 1998 (at SLAC):
- Antonella Romano '97:
- "E155 Technical Note #54: Determination of Voltage Offsets for ADC's of Total Absorbers in 10.5 Degree Shower Counter"
Fall 1998:
- Mica Foster '00, Gayle Gossett '02, Efrosyni Seitaridou '02:
- "Small Cosmic Ray Scintillation Telescope"
Summer 1999 (at SLAC):
- Mica Foster '00:
- 1) "E155x Technical Note #88: 10.5 Degree Hodoscope Optimal y-positions"
- 2) "E155x Technical Note #89: 10.5 Degree Spectrometer Survey Results"
Fall 1999 (supported by the NSF grant PHY9901570):
- Gayle Gossett '02, Sonia Dragulin '03:
- Linearity of the Hamamatsu R329-02 photomultiplier
Spring 2000 (supported by the NSF grant PHY9901570):
- Gayle Gossett '02, Sarah Pendegrass '01, Katherine Pope '03, Hillary Lane '02 (STRIDE student):
- 1) Testing Amperex photomultipliers for scintillator array for the E158 experiment at SLAC
- 2) Polishing scintillators and machining light guides for 4*15 scintillator array for the E158 experiment at SLAC
Summer 2000 (supported by the NSF grant PHY9901570):
- Katherine Pope '03, Alaina Borden '02:
- Machining and building four scintillator array detectors for the E158 experiment at SLAC
- Hillary Lane '02 (at SLAC):
- Setting electronics for the E158 experiment
Fall 2000 (supported by the NSF grant PHY9901570):
- Jennifer Posson-Brown '02, Brandi Wilcox '03, Michele Casey '03:
- Machining and building two Cerenkov profile detectors for the E158 experiment at SLAC
Summer 2001 (at SLAC) (supported by the NSF grant PHY9901570):
- Katherine Pope'03:
- "E158 Technical Note #12: Quartz Scans During the April/May 2001 engineering Run"
Fall 2001 (supported by the NSF grant PHY9901570):
- Linn Janski '02:
- Machining two photomultiplier holders for detectors at SLAC
Spring 2002 (supported by the NSF grant PHY9901570):
- Linn Janski '02, Alaina Borden '02, Hillary Lane '02:
- Machining quartz assemblies for upgraded Cherenkov detectors for the E158 experiment at SLAC
Spring 2003 (supported by the NSF grant PHY01140267):
- Monica Marinescu '05, Darcy Lambert '05J:
- Designing and machinig four photomultiplier holders for tests of timing of hodoscope scintillator fingers
Summer 2003 (at SLAC) (supported by the NSF grant PHY01140267):
- Monica Marinescu '05, Darcy Lambert '05J:
- Calibration of positions of electron profile scanning detectors, testing electronics, and participating in shifts of E158 Run III.
Darcy Lambert '05J: "E158 Technical Note #50: Study of Ion Chamber and A-line Thermocouple Time Histories" Fall 2003 (supported by the NSF grant PHY01140267):
- Darcy Lambert '05J:
- Machining parts for scintillator bars test stand
Spring 2004 (supported by the NSF grant PHY01140267):
- Darcy Lambert '05J, Michelle Snider '04:
- Testing linearity of photomultipliers for scanners of scattered electron flux for the HAPPEX II experiment at JLab.
- Testing response of scanners to single electrons.
Darcy Lambert '05J: "HAPPEX Technical Note: Testing Sensitivity to Single Electrons of Modified Electron Flux Scanner for HAPPEX" Darcy Lambert '05J: "HAPPEX Technical Note: Test of High Gain XP2982 Phototube for the HAPPEX Scanners" Darcy Lambert '05J: Presentation at Society of Physics Students Zone Meeting, Wellesley College, MA, March 5-6, 2004: "Scanner for Precise Determination of Electron Flux Profile in Parity Violation Experiments at JLab" Darcy Lambert '05J: Poster at the Faculty-Student Collaboration Cellebration, Smith College, April 17, 2004: "Electron Flux Profile Scanners for the HAPPEX Experiment in the Thomas Jefferson National Lab" Summer 2004 (supported by the NSF grant PHY01140267):
- Darcy Lambert '05J:
- Installing and testing scanners for the HAPPEX experiment at JLab.
- Participation in data collection and evaluation for the HAPPEX experiment at JLab.
Fall 2004 (supported by the NSF grant PHY01140267):
- Darcy Lambert '05J:
- Timing properties of hodoscope scintillator bar..
Winter 2005 (supported by the NSF grant PHY01140267): - Darcy Lambert '05J, Laura Peterson '08:
- Linearity of photomultiplier used in polarimetry measurements in the E158 experiment.
- "E158 Technical Note: Test of linearity of the Hamamatsu R2154-07 PMT used in polarimetry measurement in the E158 experiment"
Spring 2005 (supported by the NSF grant PHY01140267):
- Darcy Lambert '05J, Carolyn Tewksbury '07:
- Timing properties of scintillator bars
- Darcy Lambert '05J, Laura Peterson '08 (poster at "Celebrating Collaborations" on April 16):
- "Measurements of Performance of the Polarimetry Detector Used in a Precise High Energy Electron-Electron Scattering Experiment at SLAC"
Fall 2005 (supported by the NSF grant PHY01140267): Carolyn Tewksbury '07: LabVIEW interface for automated digital scope data acquisition Fall 2006 (supported by the NSF grant PHY0555555):
- Selamnesh Nida '07, Xiao Min Zhao '09:
- Tests of cosmic rays respose of quartz blocks for the PREx detector
- PREx Collaboration Meeting, JLab, December 2006:
- "PREx Detector: Status Report"
Spring 2007 (supported by the NSF grant PHY0555555):
- Selamnesh Nida '07:
- Simulations of PREx detector performance
- PREx Collaboration Meeting, JLab, May 2007:
- "PREx Detectors: Progress Report"
Summer 2007 (supported by the NSF grant PHY0555555):
- PREx Technical Notes, Detector simulations:
- Selamnesh Nida '07, Piotr Decowski
- "Thin Detector for PREx"
- "Stack Detector for PREx"
Fall 2007 (supported by the NSF grant PHY0555555):
- Diana Jaunzeikare '11:
- LabVIEW control of optical filter changer for photomultiplier testing setup
- Katie Su '11:
- Machining parts for PREx detectors and cosmic tests
- Shorena Kalandarishvili '11:
- VECTORWORKS drawings of PREx detectors for the machine shop
Spring 2008 (supported by the NSF grant PHY0555555):
- Diana Jaunzeikare '11, Anna Boehle '11,
- "Setup for Precise Determination of Photomultiplier Linearity and Sensitivity to Single Photons" Poster at "Celebrating Collaborations" event, Smith College, April 2008.
- Shorena Kalandarishvili '11, Katie Su '11,
- "Design, Construction, and Performance of Cherenkov Detectors for PREx Experiment at TJNAF in Virginia" Poster at "Celebrating Collaborations" event, Smith College, April 2008.
Summer 2008 (at JLab, Virginia) (supported by the NSF grant PHY0555555):
- Anna Boehle '11, Diana Jaunzeikare '11 and Piotr Decowski
- "Gains of photomultipliers used in PREx detector prototypes in the January 2008 tests and comparison of test results with the GEANT simulations" PREX/HAPPEX Technical Note, JLab, June 2008.
- Anna Boehle '11 under supervision of Robert Michaels (JLab)
- "Recent Cavity Monitor Tests" Talk given by R. Michaels at the Hall A Parity Meeting, JLab, July 22-23, 2008.
- Diana Jaunzeikare '11 under supervision of Robert Michaels (JLab)
- "Monte Carlo Simulation Status" Talk given by R. Michaels at the Hall A Parity Meeting, JLab, July 22-23, 2008.
Academic Year 2008 - 2009 (supported by STRIDE and the NSF grant PHY0555555):
- Anna Boehle '11 and Aimee Shore '10
- "Measuring Photons from Light Emitting Diode, One by One" Poster at the "Celebrating Collaborations" event, Smith College, April 2009.
Summer 2009 (at JLab, Virginia) (supported by the NSF grant PHY0555555):
- Aimee Shore '10:
- Tests of linearity of photomultipliers for the HAPPEX III detectors
- "PMT Gain Linearity in HAPPEX III at JLab" Poster at the DNP APS Fall Meeing, Hawaii, October 2009.