DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

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Alan EntenbergPhD in physics

Professor
Department of Physics
College of Science

2010 Submissions

Published Article

Razdan, M., A. Entenberg, T. Debies, B. Parekh,P. Rai and G. A. Takacs, “Surface Modification of Poly(biphenyl dianhydride-para-Phenylene diamine)(BPDA-PDA) and Poly (pyromellitic dianhydride-oxydianiline)(PMDA-ODA) Polyimides with UV Photo-oxidation”, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 24 (2010): 1153-1166. Print. " 

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Scott Franklin

Associate Professor
Department of Physics
College of Science

2010 Submissions

Published Article

Trepanier, Melissa and Scott V. Franklin. “Column collapse of granular rods." Physical Review E, 82 (2010): 011308. Print. "  É  *

Clark, Jessica, E. Sayre, and S. Franklin, “Fluctuations in Student Understanding of Newton’s 3rd Law." Proceedings of the 2010 Physics Education Research Conference, 2010. n.p. Print. "  É  *

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Ian Hodge

Lecturer
Department of Physics
College of Science

2010 Submissions

Published Article

Hodge, Ian M. and R. Heslin. “Effects of thermal history on enthalpy relaxation in glasses 7. Thermal time constants” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 356 (2010): 1479-1487. Print. "  *

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Dawn Hollenbeck

Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
College of Science

2010 Submissions

Formal Presentation

Hollenbeck, Dawn, et al. “Model for evaluating patterned charge regulation contribution to electrostatic interactions between proteins.” March Meeting American Physical Society. Portland, OR. 16 Mar. 2010. Presentation. " 

Published Article

Hollenbeck, Dawn, et al. “Model for evaluating patterned charge regulation contribution to electrostatic interactions between low dielectric spheres.” Physical Review E, 82 (2010): 031402. Print. "  É  «

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Seth HubbardAssistant Professor of Physics and Microsystems Engineering, Graduate Faculty Golisano Institute for Sustainability

Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
College of Science

2010 Submissions

Published Article

Forbes,D., S. Hubbard, R. Raffaelle, and J.S. McNatt. “Au-catalyst - free epitaxy of InAs nanowires.” Journal of Crystal Growth, 312 (2010): 1391-1395. Print. É  *

Hubbard, S.M. “Quantum Dot Solar Cells.” in Nano- technology for photovoltaics. Ed. L. Tsakalakos. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, 2010. n.p. Print. É 

Bailey, Christopher G., Stephen J. Polly, Joanne Okvath, David V. Forbes, Cory D. Cress, Seth M. Hubbard, Ryne P. Raffaelle. “Temperature Dependent Photoluminescence Spectroscopy of InAs/GaAs Solar Cells.” Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. 20-25 June 2010. n.p. Print. "  É 

Forbes, David V., Chris G. Bailey, Stephen Polly, Chelsea Plourde, Joanne Okvath, Seth M. Hubbard, Ryne P. Raffaelle, “Substrate Orientation Effects on Quantum Dot Enhanced GaAs Solar Cells.” Proceedings of 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2010. n.p. Print. "  É 

Hubbard, Seth M., Chelsea Plourde, Zac Bittner, Christopher G. Bailey, Mike Harris, Tim Bald, Mitch Bennett, David V. Forbes, Ryne Raffaelle, “InAs Quantum Dot Enhancement of GaAs Solar Cells.” Proceedings of 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2010. n.p. Print. "  É 

Polly,Stephen J., Michael L. Harris, Zac Bittner, Chelsea R. Plourde, Christopher G. Bailey, David V. Forbes and Seth M. Hubbard. “Effect of Cell Size on GaAs Concentrators with InAs Quantum Dots.” Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. 20-25 June 2010. 2057-2061. Print. "  É 

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Michael KotlarchykDepartment Head

Professor
Department of Physics
College of Science

2010 Submissions

Formal Presentation

Kotlarchyk, Michael. “Characterization of Biomimetically -Templated Metallic Nanoparticles.” International Workshop on Dynamic Crossover Phenomena in Water and Other Glass-Forming Liquids. Florence, Italy. 11-13 Nov. 2010. Presentation.

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Manasse Mbonye

Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
College of Science

2010 Submissions

Formal Presentation

Mbonye, Manasse. “A Black Hole on a Noncommutative geometry Conference.” 19th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation. Host Organization: International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation. Mexico City, Mexico. 4-9 July 2010. Presentation.

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David Merritt

Professor
Department of Physics
College of Science

2010 Submissions

Published Article

Merritt, David. “Dynamical Models of the Galactic Center.” In The Galactic Center: A Window on the Nuclear Environment of Disk Galaxies. Ed. Mark Morris, Daniel Q. Wang and Feng Yuan. Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 2010. n.p. Print. "  É 

Merritt, David. “Dark Matter at the Centers of Galaxies.” Chapter 5 from Particle Dark Matter: Observations, Models and Searches, 2010. n.p. Print. É 

Gualandris, A., S. Gillessen, D. Merritt. “The Galactic Centre star S2 as a dynamical probe for intermediate-mass black holes.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 409.3 (2010): 1146-1154. Print. É  *

Hammer, Derek et al. “The HST/ACS Coma Cluster Survey. II. Data Description and Source Catalogs.” The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 191.1 (2010): 143-159. Print. É  *

Angelil, Raymond, Prasenjit Saha, David Merritt. “Toward Relativistic Orbit Fitting of Galactic Center Stars and Pulsars.” The Astrophysical Journal, 720.2 (2010): 1303-1310. Print. É *

Merritt, D. “The Distribution of Stars and Stellar Remnants at the Galactic Center.” The Astrophysical Journal, 718.2 (2010): 739-761. Print. É  *

Batcheldor, D., A. Robinson, D.J. Axon, E.S. Perlman, D. Merritt. “A Displaced Supermassive Black Hole in M87.” The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 717.1 (2010): L6-L10. Print. É  *

Antonini, Fabio, Joshua Faber, Alessia Gualandris, David Merritt. “Tidal Breakup of Binary Stars at the Galactic Center and Its Consequences.” The Astrophysical Journal, 713.1 (2010): 90-104. Print. "  É  *

Valtonen, M. J., S. Mikkola, H.J. Lehto, T. Hyvnen, K. Nilsson, D. Merritt, A. GopakuMar, H. Rampadarath, R. HuDec, M. Basta and R. Saunders. “Measuring black hole spin in OJ287.” Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 106.3 (2010): 235-243. Print. É  *

Valtonen, M. J., S. Mikkola, D. Merritt, A. GopakuMar, H.J. Lehto, T. Hyvnen, H.Rampadarath, R. Saunders, M. Basta, R. HuDec. “Measuring the Spin of the Primary Black Hole in OJ287.” The Astrophysical Journal, 709.2 (2010). 725-732. Print. É  *

Merritt, David, Eugene Vasiliev. “Orbits Around Black Holes in Triaxial Nuclei.” The Astrophysical Journal, 726.2 (2010): 61-73. Print.

Formal Presentation

Merritt, David. “Puzzles at the Galactic Center.” Puzzles of Galactic Nuclei. Garching, Germany. 28-30 June 2010. Presentation. " 

Merritt, David. “Relativistic Stellar Dynamics.” Chandrasekhar Centenary Conference. Bangalore, India. 7-11 Dec. 2010. Presentation.

Merritt, David. “Stellar Dynamics of EMRIs.” Gravitational Waves 2010. University of Minnesota. 16 October 2010. Presentation.

Merritt, David. “Probing strong-field gravity at the galactic center using stellar motions.” APS April Meeting 2010. American Physical Society. Washington, DC. 13-16 Feb. 2010. Presentation.

Merritt, David. “Old and New Puzzles at the Galactic Center.” 2010 Meeting of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy. Boston, MA. 26-27 Apr. 2010. Presentation.

Merritt, David. “Stellar dynamics of massive black hole binaries.” LISA Massive Black Hole Binaries in the Cosmic Landscape, University of Zurich. 10-12 Feb. 2010. Presentation.

Merritt, David. “Testing Theories of Gravity at the Galactic Center Using Stellar Motions.” 2010 Meeting of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy. Boston, MA. 27 Apr. 2010. Presentation.

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Christopher O'DeaChairman of the Board, NY Astronomical Society

Professor
Department of Physics
College of Science

2010 Submissions

Published Article

Baum, Stefi A., J.F. Gallimore, C.P. O’Dea, C.L. Buchanan, J. Noel-Storr, D.J. Axon, A. Robinson, M. Elitzur, M. Dorn, S.Staudaher. “Infrared Diagnostics for the Extended 12 _m Sample of Seyferts.” The Astrophysical Journal, 710 (2010): 289-308. Print. "  É  *

Daly, Ruth A., P. Kharb, C.P. O’Dea, S.A, Baum, M.P. Mory, J. McKane, C. Altenderfer, M. Beury. “A Detailed Study of the Lobes of Eleven Powerful Radio Galaxies” The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 187.1 (2010): 1-63. Print. É  *

Gallimore, J. F., A. Yzaguirre, J. Jakoboski, M.J. Stevenosky, D.J. Axon, S.A. Baum, C.L. Buchanan, M. Elitzur, M. Elvis, C.P. O’Dea, A. Robinson. “Infrared Spectral Energy Distributions of Seyfert Galaxies: Spitzer Space Telescope Observations of the 12 _m Sample of Active Galaxies.” The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 187 (2010): 172-211. Print. É  *

Floyd, David J. E., D. Axon, S.A. Baum, A. Capetti, M. Chiaberge, J. Madrid, C.P. O’Dea, E. Perlman, W. Sparks. “Hubble Space Telescope Near-infrared Snapshot Survey of 3CR Radio Source Counterparts. III. Radio Galaxies and Quasars in Context.” The Astrophysical Journal, 713 (2010): 66-81. Print. *

Tremblay, Grant R., C.P. O’Dea, S.A. Baum, A.M. Koekemoer, W.B. Sparks, G. de Bruyn, A.P. Schoenmakers. “Episodic Star Formation Coupled to Reignition of Radio Activity in 3C 236.” The Astrophysical Journal, 715 (2010): 172-185. Print. "  É  *

Edge, A. C., J.B.R Oonk, R. Mittal, S.W. Allen, S.A. Baum, H. Bohringer, J.N. Bregman, M.N. Bremer, F. Combes, C.S. Crawford, M. Donahue, E. Egami, A.C. Fabian, G.J. Ferland, S.L. Hamer, N.A. Hatch, W. Jaffe, R.M. Johnstone, B.R. McNamara, C.P. O’Dea, P. Popesso, A.C. Quillen, P. Salomíª, C.L. Sarazin, G.M. Voit, R.J. Wilman, M.W. Wise. “Herschel observations of FIR emission lines in brightest cluster galaxies.” Astronomy and Astrophysics, 518 (2010): L46-50. Print. É  *

Edge, A.C., J.B.R. Oonk, R. Mittal, S.W. Allen, S.A. Baum, H. Bhringer, J.N. Bregman, M.N. Bremer, F. Combes, C.S. Crawford, M. Donahue, E. Egami, A.C. Fabian, G.J. Ferland, S.L. Hamer, N.A. Hatch, W. Jaffe, R.M. Johnstone, B.R. McNamara, C.P. O’Dea, P. Popesso, A.C. Quillen, P. Salom, C.L. Sarazin, G.M. Voit, R.J. Wilman, M.W. Wise. “Herschel photometry of brightest cluster galaxies in cooling flow clusters.” Astronomy and Astrophysics, 518 (2010): L47. Print. É  *

O’Dea, Kieran P., A.C. Quillen, C.P. O’Dea, G.R. Tremblay, B.T. Snios, S.A. Baum, K. Christiansen, J. Noel-Storr, A.C. Edge, M. Donahue, G.M. Voit. “Hubble Space Telescope Far-ultraviolet Observations of Brightest Cluster Galaxies: The Role of Star Formation in Cooling Flows and BCG Evolution.” The Astrophysical Journal, 719 (2010): 1619-1632. Print. "  É  *

Russell, H. R., J.S. Sanders, A.C. Fabian, S.A. Baum, M. Donahue, A.C. Edge, B.R. McNamara, C.P. O’Dea. “Chandra observation of two shock fronts in the merging galaxy cluster Abell 2146.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 406 (2010): 1721-1733. Print. É  *

Kharb, P.; Hota, Ananda; Croston, J. H.; Hardcastle, M. J.; O'Dea, C. P.; Kraft, R. P.; Axon, D. J.; Robinson, A. "Parsec-scale Imaging of the Radio-bubble Seyfert Galaxy NGC 6764." The Astrophysical Journal, 723 (2010): 580-586. Print.

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Michael Richmond

Professor
Department of Physics
College of Science

2010 Submissions

Published Article

Grosso, Nicholas, et al. “A few days before the end of the 2008 extreme outburst of EX Lupi: accretion shocks and a smothered stellar corona unveiled by XMM-Newton.” Astronomy and Astrophysics, 522 (2010): 56-65. Print. É  Ëœ

Richmond, Michael, et al. “Proper Motions with Subaru II. A Sample in the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey Field.” Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Japan, 62.1 (2010): 91-99. Print. Ëœ

Bhatti, Waqas, et al. “Variable Point Sources in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Stripe 82. I. Project Description and Initial Catalog.” Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 186.2 (2010): 233-258. Print. É  Ëœ

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Andrew RobinsonDirector, Astrophysical Sciences and Technology

Professor
Department of Physics
College of Science

2010 Submissions

Formal Presentation

Robinson, A., D.J. Axon, S. Young, J.E. Smith, J.H. Hough. “Probing gas flows around supermassive black holes with spectropolarimetry. What drives the growth of black holes?”. Durham University. Durham, UK. 26-29 July 2010. Presentation.

Published Article

Gnerucci, A., A. Marconi, A. Capetti, D.J. Axon, A. Robinson. “Spectroastrometry of rotating gas disks for the detection of supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei I. Method and simulations.” Astronomy and Astrophysics, 511.A19 (2010): 20. Print. *

Baum, Stefi A., J. Gallimore, C. O’Dea, C. Buchanan, J. Noel-Storr, D. Axon, A. Robinson, M. Elitzur, M. Dorn and S. Staudaher. “Infrared Diagnostics for the Extended 12 _m Sample of Seyferts”. The Astrophysical Journal, 710.1 (2010): 289-308. Print. É  *

Gallimore, J. F., A. Yzaguirre, J. Jakoboski, M. J. Stevenosky, D. J. Axon, S. A. Baum, C. L. Buchanan, M. Elitzur, M. Elvis, C. P. O’Dea and A. Robinson. “Infrared Spectral Energy Distributions of Seyfert Galaxies: Spitzer Space Telescope Observations of the 12 _m Sample of Active Galaxies”. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 187.1 (2010) 172-211. Print. É  *

Batcheldor, D., A. Robinson, D.J. Axon, E.S. Perlman, D. Merritt. “A Displaced Supermassive Black Hole in M87.” The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 717.1 (2010): L6-L10. Print. É  *

Robinson, Andrew, S. Young, D.J. Axon, P. Kharb, J.E. Smith. “Spectropolarimetric Evidence for a Kicked Supermassive Black Hole in the Quasar E1821+643.” The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 717.2 (2010): L122-L126. Print. É  *

Kharb, P., A. Hota, J.H. Croston, M.J. Hardcastle, C.P. O’Dea, R.P. Kraft, D.J. Axon, A. Robinson. “Parsec-scale Imaging of the Radio-bubble Seyfert Galaxy NGC 6764.” The Astrophysical Journal, 723.1 (2010): 580-586. Print. É *

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Joel Shore

Lecturer
Department of Physics
College of Science

2010 Submissions

Published Article

Kondakova, M. E., J.C. Deaton, T.D. Pawlik, D.J. Giesen, D. Y. Kondakov, R. H. Young, T.L. Royster, D.L. Comfort, and J.D. Shore. “Highly efficient fluorescent-phosphorescent triplet-harvesting hybrid organic light-emitting diodes.” Journal of Applied Physics, 107 (2010): 014515. Print. É *

Halpern, J.B., C. M. Colose, C. Ho-Stuart, J. D. Shore, A. P. Smith,and J. Zimmermann. “Comment on ‘Falsification of the atmospheric CO2 greenhouse effects within the frame of physics.’” International Journal of Modern Physics B, 24 (2010): 1309-1332. Print. *

Cok,R. S. and J. D. Shore. “White-emitting OLED devices in an RGBW format with microelement white subpixels.” Journal of the Society for Information Display, 18 (2010): 621-628. Print. É  *

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Robert Teese

Professor
Department of Physics
College of Science

2010 Submissions

Formal Presentation

Teese, Robert B., Priscilla Laws, Patrick Cooney, and Maxine Willis. “LivePhoto Video Analysis Workshop.” University of Central FL, Orlando. 8-11 Jan. 2010. Presentation.

Laws, Priscilla, Robert B. Teese, Patrick Cooney, and Maxine Willis. “Active Learning with Video Analysis -- Workshops and Assessment.” AAPT Winter Meeting. Washington, DC. 17 Feb. 2010. Presentation

Cooney, Patrick J., Robert Teese, Priscilla Laws, and Maxine Willis. “LivePhoto Physics: The Impact of Video-Analysis Activities on Learning.” AAPT Summer Meeting. Portland, OR. 19 July 2010. Presentation.

Teese, Robert B., Priscilla Laws, Patrick Cooney, and Maxine Willis. “LivePhoto Projectile Motion ILD.” AAPT Summer Meeting. Portland, OR. 20 July 2010. Presentation.

Teese, Robert B., Priscilla Laws, Patrick Cooney, and Maxine Willis. “LivePhoto Video Analysis Workshop.” AAPT Summer Meeting. Portland, OR. 12-16 July 2010. Presentation.

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George Thurston

Professor
Department of Physics
College of Science

2010 Submissions

Published Article

Hollenbeck, Dawn, M. K. Martini, A. Langner, A. Harkin, D. Ross, and G. Thurston. “Model for evaluating patterned charge-regulation contributions to electrostatic interactions between low-dielectric spheres.” Physical Review E, 82.3 (2010): n.p. Web. "  É  *

Banerjee, Priya R, A. Pande, J. Patrosz, G. M. Thurston and J. Pande. “Cataract-associated mutant E107A of human _D-crystallin shows increased attraction to _-crystallin and enhanced light scattering”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010. n.p. Web. É  *

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