2016 Physics & Astronomy Graduate Student Publications

A selection of referred publications.

Bishal Bhattarai and D. A. Drabold
Vibrations in amorphous silica
J. Non-crystalline Solids 439 6-14 (2016)

Andrada-Oana Mandru, Joseph P. Corbett, Jeremy M. Lucy, Andrea L. Richard, Fengyuan Yang, David C. Ingram, and Arthur R. Smith
Structure and Magnetism in Ga-rich MnGa/GaN Thin Films and Unexpected Giant Perpendicular Anisotropy in the Ultra-Thin Film Limit
Appl. Surf. Sci. 367, 312 (2016)

Andrada-Oana Mandru, Joseph P. Corbett, Andrea L. Richard, James Gallagher, Keng-Yuan Meng, David C. Ingram, Fengyuan Yang, and Arthur R. Smith
Magnetostrictive Iron Gallium Thin Films Grown onto Antiferromagnetic Manganese Nitride: Structure and Magnetism,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 142402 (2016)

Andrew Foley, Joseph Corbett, Andrea L. Richard, Khan Alam, David C. Ingram, and Arthur R. Smith
Structural and Magnetic Properties of Ferrimagnetic Epsilon-phase Mn4N and Antiferromagnetic Zeta-phase Mn10N Thin Films on MgO(001)
Journal of Crystal Growth 446, 60 (2016)

Jonathan Guerrero-Sanchez, Andrada-Oana Mandru, Noboru Takeuchi, Gregorio H. Cocoletzi, and Arthur R. Smith
Understanding the Stability of Fe Incorporation within Mn3N2(001) Surfaces: An ab-initio Study
Appl. Surf. Sci. 363, 651 (2016)

Jonathan Guerrero-Sanchez, Andrada-Oana Mandru, Noboru Takeuchi, Gregorio H. Cocoletzi, and Arthur R. Smith
Understanding the Stability of Fe Incorporation within Mn3N2(001) Surfaces: An ab-initio Study
Appl. Surf. Sci. 363, 651 (2016)

A. Narayan, et al. (including P. M. King and B. Waidyawansa)
Precision Electron-Beam Polarimetry at 1 GeV Using Diamond Microstrip Detectors
Phys. Rev. X  6, no. 1, 011013 (2016)

L. Hlophe and Charlotte Elster
Separable Representation of energy-dependent Optical Potentials
Phys. Rev. C 93, 034601 (2016)

T. Kallel, T. Koubaa, M. Dammak, S. G. Pandya, M. E. Kordesch, et al.
Spectra, energy levels and crystal field calculation of Er3+ doped in AlN nanoparticles
Journal of Luminescence 171, 42-50 (2016)

Sneha G. Pandya, Joseph P. Corbett, Wojciech M. Jadwisienczak, et al.
Structural characterization and X-ray analysis by Williamson-Hall method for Erbium doped Aluminum Nitride nanoparticles, synthesized using inert gas condensation technique
Physica E-Low-Dimension Systems & Nanostructures 79, 98-102 (2016)

J. M. Khoshman, P. Jakkala, D. C. Ingram, et al.
Optical conductivity tuning and electrical properties of a-BexZnyO thin films
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 440, 31-37 (2016)

Sneha G. Pandya, Joseph P. Corbett, Mayur Sundararajan, et al.
Stress and Strain Analysis for InSb Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Inert Gas Condensation Technique
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 16, 9, 9838-9842 (2016)

Pratheesh Jakkala, Martin E. Kordesch
Electrical properties of InGaN thin films grown by RF sputtering at different temperatures, varying nitrogen and argon partial pressure ratios
Materials Research Express 3, 10, No: 106406 (2016)

A. Thapaliya and D. R. Phillips
Halo Effective Field Theory of 6He
EPJ Web Conf. 113, 08018 (2016)

B. Acharya and D. R. Phillips
Properties of Lithium-11 and Carbon-22 at leading order in halo effective field theory
EPJ Web Conf. 113, 06013 (2016)

O. Avalos-Ovando, D. Mastrogiuseppe, and S. E. Ulloa
Symmetries and hybridization in the indirect interaction between magnetic moments in MoS2 nanoflakes
Phys. Rev. B 94, 245429 (2016)

A. M. Alsharari, M. M. Asmar, and S. E. Ulloa
Mass inversion in graphene by proximity to dichalcogenide monolayer
Phys. Rev. B 94, 241106(R) (2016)

J. P. Ramos-Andrade, O. Avalos-Ovando, P. A. Orellana, and S. E. Ulloa
Thermoelectric transport through Majorana bound states and violation of Wiedemann-Franz law
Phys. Rev. B 94, 155436 (2016)

O.  Avalos-Ovando, D. Mastrogiuseppe, and S. E. Ulloa
Noncollinear exchange interaction in transition metal dichalcogenide edges
Phys. Rev. B 93, 161404(R) (2016)

 

C. Jack, A. S. Karimullah, R. Tullius, L. Khosravi Khorashad, M. Rodier, B. Fitzpatrick, L. D. Barron, N. Gadegaard, A. Lapthorn, V. M. Rotello, G. Cooke, A.O. Govorov, M. Kadodwala
Spatial Control of Chemical Processes on Nanostructures through Nano-Localized Water Heating
Nature Communications, Volume:7, 10946 (2016)

B. Bucher, S. Zhu, C. Y. Wu, R. V. F. Janssens, D. Cline, A. B. Hayes, M. Albers, A. D. Ayangeakaa, P. A. Butler, C. M. Campbell, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, J. A. Clark, H. L. Crawford, M. Cromaz, H. M. David, C. Dickerson, E. T. Gregor, J. Harker, C. R. Hoffman, B. P. Kay, F. G. Kondev, A. Korichi, T. Lauritsen, A. O. Macchiavelli, R. C. Pardo, A. Richard, M. A. Riley, G. Savard, M. Scheck, D. Seweryniak, M. K. Smith, R. Vondrasek, and A. Wiens
Direct Evidence of Octupole Deformation in Neutron-Rich 144Ba
Phys Rev Lett 116, 112503 (2016)

H. L Crawford, P. Fallon, A. O. Macchiavelli, V. M. Bader, D. Bazin, M. Bowry, C. M. Campbell, M. P. Carpenter, R. M. Clark, M. Cromaz, A. Gade, E. Ideguchi, H. Iwasaki, C. Langer, I. Y. Lee, C. Loelius, E. Lunderberg, C. Morse, A. L. Richard, J. Rissanen, D. Smalley, S. R. Stroberg, D. Weisshaar, K. Whitmore, A. Wiens, S. J. Williams, K. Wimmer, and T. Yamamato
Rotational Band Structure in 32Mg
Phys Rev C 93, 031303(R) (2016)

A.D. Ayangeakaa, R.V.F. Janssens, C.Y. Wu, J.M. Allmond, J.L. Wood, S. Zhu, M. Albers, S. Almaraz-Calderon, B. Bucher, M.P. Carpenter, C.J. Chiara, D. Cline, H.L. Crawford, H.M. David, J. Harker, A.B. Hayes, C.R. Hoffman, B.P. Kay, K. Kolos, A. Korichi, T. Lauritsen, A.O. Macchiavelli, A. Richard, D. Seweryniak, A. Wiens
Shape coexistence and the role of axial asymmetry in 72Ge
Phys Lett B 754, 254 (2016)

L. Dumont, J. Cardin, P. Benzo, M. Carrada, C. Labbe, A. L. Richard, D. C. Ingram, W. M. Jadwisienczak
SiN:Tb3+–Yb3+, an efficient down-conversion layer compatible with a silicon solar cell process
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 145, 84 (2016)

Foley, J. Corbett, A. L. Richard, K. Alam, D. C. Ingram, A. R. Smith
Structural and magnetic properties of ferrimagnetic -phase Mn4N and antiferromagnetic -phase Mn10N thin films on MgO(001)
Journal of Crystal Growth 446, 60 (2016)

A. O. Mandru, J. P. Corbett, J. M. Lucy, A. L. Richard, F. Yang, D. C. Ingram, A. R. Smith
Structure and magnetism in Ga-rich MnGa/GaN thin films and unexpected giant perpendicular anisotropy in the ultra-thin film limit
Applied Surface Science 367, 312 (2016)

J.T. Wright, D. J. Carbaugh, M.E. Haggerty, A.L. Richard, D. C. Ingram, S. Kaya, W. M. Jadwisienczak, F. Rahman
Thermal oxidation of silicon in a residual oxygen atmosphere—the RESOX process—for self-limiting growth of thin silicon dioxide films
Semiconductor Science and Technology 31 105007 (2016)

C.E. Parker, C.R. Brune, T.N. Massey, J.E. O’Donnell, A.L. Richard, D.B. Sayre
The 3H(d,)5He Reaction for E.. ≤ 300 keV
EPJ Web of Conferences 113, 03005 (2016)

A.L. Richard, C.R. Brune, D.C. Ingram, S. Dhakal, A. Karki, T.N. Massey, J.E. O’Donnell, C.E. Parker
The Breakup Cross Section of the D+D Reaction at 6.94 MeV
EPJ Web of Conferences 113, 08016 (2016)

L. Khosravi Khorashad, L. V. Besteiro, Z. Wang, J. Valentine,  A. O. Govorov
Localization of excess temperature using plasmonic hot spots in metal nanostructures: Combining nano-optical and the Fano effect
J. Phys. Chem. C, 120, 13215–13226 (2016)

A. Cecconello, J. S. Kahn, C.-H. Lu, L. Khosravi Khorashad, A. O. Govorov, and I. Willner
DNA Scaffolds for the Dictated Assembly of Left-/Right-Handed Plasmonic Au NP Helices with Programmed Chiro-Optical Properties
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 9895–9901 (2016)

C.E. Parker, C.R. Brune, T.N. Massey, J.E. O’Donnell, A.L. Richard, and D.B. Sayre
The 3H(d,γ)5He Reaction for Ec.m. ≤ 300 keV
EPJ Web of Conferences 113, 03005 (2016)

A.L. Richard, C.R. Brune, D.C. Ingram, S. Dhakal, A. Karki, T.N. Massey, J.E. O’Donnell, and C.E. Parker
The Breakup Cross Section of the D+D Reaction at 6.94 MeV
EPJ Web of Conferences 113, 08016 (2016)

P.E. Bosted, A.S. Biselli, S. Careccia, G. Dodge, R. Fersch, S.E. Kuhn, J. Pierce, Y. Prok, X. Zheng, K.P. Adhikari, D. Adikaram, Z. Akbar, M.J. Amaryan, S. Anefalos Pereira, G. Asryan, H. Avakian, R.A. Badui, J. Ball, N.A. Baltzell, M. Battaglieri, V. Batourine, I. Bedlinskiy, S. Boiarinov, W.J. Briscoe, S. Bültmann, V.D. Burkert, T. Cao, D.S. Carman, A. Celentano, S. Chandavar, G. Charles, T. Chetry, G. Ciullo, L. Clark, L. Colaneri, P.L. Cole, M. Contalbrigo, O. Cortes, V. Crede, A. D'Angelo, N. Dashyan, R. De Vita, A. Deur, C. Djalali, R. Dupre, H. Egiyan, A. El Alaoui, L. El Fassi, P. Eugenio,E. Fanchini, G. Fedotov, A. Filippi, J.A. Fleming, T.A. Forest, A. Fradi, M. Garçon, N. Gevorgyan, Y. Ghandilyan, G.P. Gilfoyle, K.L. Giovanetti, F.X. Girod, C. Gleason, W. Gohn, E. Golovatch, R.W. Gothe, K.A. Grifoen, N. Guler, L. Guo, K. Hafdi, C. Hanretty, N. Harrison, M. Hattawy, D. Heddle, K. Hicks, M. Holtrop, S.M. Hughes, Y. Ilieva, D.G. Ireland, B.S. Ishkhanov, E.L. Isupov, D. Jenkins, H. Jiang, H.S. Jo, K. Joo, S. Joosten, D. Keller, M. Khandaker, W. Kim, A. Klein, F.J. Klein, V. Kubarovsky, S.V. Kuleshov, L. Lanza, P. Lenisa, K. Livingston, H.Y. Lu, I .J .D. MacGregor, N. Markov, M.E. McCracken, B. McKinnon, C.A. Meyer, R. Minehart, M. Mirazita, V. Mokeev, A Movsisyan, E. Munevar, C. Munoz Camacho, P. Nadel-Turonski, L.A. Net, A. Ni, S. Niccolai, G. Niculescu, I. Niculescu, M. Osipenko, A.I. Ostrovidov, R. Paremuzyan, K. Park,E. Pasyuk, P. Peng, W. Phelps, S. Pisano, O. Pogorelko, J.W. Price, S. Procureur, D. Protopopescu, A.J.R. Puckett, B.A. Raue, M. Ripani, A. Rizzo, G. Rosner, P. Rossi, P. Roy, F. Sabatié, C. Salgado, R.A. Schumacher, E. Seder, Y.G. Sharabian,A. Simonyan, Iu. Skorodumina, G.D. Smith, N. Sparveris, Ivana Stankovic, S. Stepanyan, I.I. Strakovsky, S. Strauch, V. Sytnik, M. Taiuti, Ye Tian, B. Torayev, M. Ungaro, H. Voskanyan, E. Voutier, N.K. Walford, D.P. Watts, X. Wei, L.B. Weinstein,M.H. Wood, N. Zachariou, L. Zana, J. Zhang, Z.W. Zhao, I. Zonta
(CLAS Collaboration)
Target and Beam-Target Spin Asymmetries in Exclusive π+ and π- Electroproduction with 1.6 to 5.7 GeV Electrons
Phys. Rev. C 94, 055201 (2016)

X. Zheng, K.P. Adhikari, P. Bosted, A. Deur, V. Drozdov, L. El Fassi, Hyekoo Kang, K. Kovacs, S. Kuhn, E. Long, S.K. Phillips, M. Ripani, K. Slifer, L.C. Smith, D. Adikaram, Z. Akbar, M.J. Amaryan, S. Anefalos Pereira, G. Asryan, H. Avakian,R.A. Badui, J. Ball, N.A. Baltzell, M. Battaglieri, V. Batourine, I. Bedlinskiy, A.S. Biselli, W.J. Briscoe, S. Bültmann, V.D. Burkert, D.S. Carman, A. Celentano, S. Chandavar, G. Charles, J.-P. Chen, T. Chetry, Seonho Choi, G. Ciullo, L. Clark, L. Colaneri, P.L. Cole, N. Compton, M. Contalbrigo, V. Crede, A. D'Angelo, N. Dashyan, R. De Vita, E. De Sanctis, C. Djalali,G.E. Dodge, R. Dupre, H. Egiyan, A. El Alaoui, L. Elouadrhiri, P. Eugenio, E. Fanchini, G. Fedotov, R. Fersch, A. Filippi,J.A. Fleming, N. Gevorgyan, Y. Ghandilyan, G.P. Gilfoyle, K.L. Giovanetti, F.X. Girod, C. Gleason, E. Golovach, R.W. Gothe, K.A. Grifoen, M. Guidal, N. Guler, L. Guo, C. Hanretty, N. Harrison, M. Hattawy, K. Hicks, M. Holtrop, S.M. Hughes,Y. Ilieva, D.G. Ireland, B.S. Ishkhanov, E.L. Isupov, D. Jenkins, H. Jiang, H.S. Jo, S. Joosten, D. Keller, G. Khachatryan, M. Khandaker, A. Kim, W. Kim, F.J. Klein, V. Kubarovsky, L. Lanza, P. Lenisa, K. Livingston, I .J .D. MacGregor, N. Markov, B. McKinnon, M. Mirazita, V. Mokeev, A. Movsisyan, E. Munevar, C. Munoz Camacho, G. Murdoch, P. Nadel-Turonski, L.A. Net,A. Ni, S. Niccolai, G. Niculescu, I. Niculescu, M. Osipenko, A.I. Ostrovidov, M. Paolone, R. Paremuzyan, K. Park, E. Pasyuk,P. Peng, S. Pisano, O. Pogorelko, J.W. Price, A.J.R. Puckett, B.A. Raue, A. Rizzo, G. Rosner, P. Rossi, P. Roy, F. Sabatié, C. Salgado, R.A. Schumacher, Y.G. Sharabian, Iu. Skorodumina, G.D. Smith, D. Sokhan, N. Sparveris, I. Stankovic, I.I. Strakovsky, S. Strauch, M. Taiuti, Ye Tian, M. Ungaro, H. Voskanyan, E. Voutier, N.K. Walford, D.P. Watts, X. Wei, L.B. Weinstein, M.H. Wood, N. Zachariou, J. Zhang
(CLAS Collaboration)
Measurement of Target and Double-Spin Asymmetries for the ep → eπ+(n) Reaction in the Nucleon Resonance Region at Low Q2
Phys. Rev. C 94, 045206 (2016)

R. Dickson, R. A. Schumacher, K. P. Adhikari, Z. Akbar, M. J. Amaryan, S. Anefalos Pereira, R. A. Badui, J. Ball, M. Battaglieri, V. Batourine, I. Bedlinskiy, A. Biselli, S. Boiarinov, W. J. Briscoe, V. D. Burkert, T. Cao, D. S. Carman, A. Celentano, S. Chandavar, G. Charles, T. Chetry, G. Ciullo, L. Colaneri, P. L. Cole, N. Compton, M. Contalbrigo, O. Cortes, V. Crede, A. D’Angelo, N. Dashyan, R. De Vita, E. De Sanctis, A. Deur, C. Djalali, M. Dugger, R. Dupre, A. El Alaoui, L. El Fassi, P. Eugenio, E. Fanchini, G. Fedotov, A. Filippi, J. A. Fleming, N. Gevorgyan, Y. Ghandilyan, G. P. Gilfoyle, K. L. Giovanetti, F. X. Girod, R. W. Gothe, K. A. Grifoen, L. Guo, K. Hafdi, H. Hakobyan, C. Hanretty, N. Harrison, M. Hattawy, M. Holtrop, K. Hicks, S. M. Hughes, Y. Ilieva, D. G. Ireland, B. S. Ishkhanov, E. L. Isupov, H. Jiang, H. S. Jo, S. Joosten, D. Keller, G. Khachatryan, M. Khandaker, A. Kim, W. Kim, F. J. Klein, V. Kubarovsky, S. V. Kuleshov, L. Lanza, P. Lenisa, K. Livingston, H. Y. Lu, I. J. D. MacGregor, P. Mattione, B. McKinnon, C. A. Meyer, M. Mirazita, N. Markov, V. Mokeev, K. Moriya, E. Munevar, G. Murdoch, P. Nadel-Turonski, L. A. Net, A. Ni, M. Osipenko, A. I. Ostrovidov, K. Park, E. Pasyuk, W. Phelps, S. Pisano, O. Pogorelko, J. W. Price, Y. Prok, A. J. R. Puckett, B. A. Raue, M. Ripani, A. Rizzo, G. Rosner, P. Roy, C. Salgado, E. Seder, Y. G. Sharabian, I. Skorodumina, E. S. Smith, G. D. Smith, D. Sober, D. Sokhan, N. Sparveris, S. Stepanyan, I. I. Strakovsky, I. Stankovic, S. Strauch, V. Sytnik, M. Taiuti, M. Ungaro, H. Voskanyan, E. Voutier, N. K. Walford, D. P. Watts, D. Weygand, M. H. Wood, N. Zachariou, L. Zana, J. Zhang, and I. Zonta (CLAS Collaboration)
Photoproduction of the f1 (1285) Meson
Phys. Rev. C 93, 065202 (2016)

C. A. Paterson, D. G. Ireland, K. Livingston, B. McKinnon, K. P. Adhikari, D. Adikaram, Z. Akbar, M. Amaryan, S. Anefalos Pereira, R. A. Badui, J. Ball, N. A. Baltzell, M. Battaglieri, I. Bedlinskiy, A. Biselli, W. J. Briscoe, W. K. Brooks, V. D. Burkert, D. S. Carman, A. Celentano, T. Chetry, G. Ciullo, L. Clark, L. Colaneri, P. L. Cole, N. Compton, M. Contalbrigo, O. Cortes, V. Crede, A. D’Angelo, R. De Vita, A. Deur, C. Djalali, M. Dugger, R. Dupre, H. Egiyan, A. El Alaoui, L. El Fassi, E. Fanchini, G. Fedotov, A. Filippi, J. A. Fleming, N. Gevorgyan, Y. Ghandilyan, G. P. Gilfoyle, K. L. Giovanetti, F. X. Girod, D. I. Glazier, C. Gleason, R. W. Gothe, K. A. Grifoen, L. Guo, K. Hafdi, N. Harrison, M. Hattawy, K. Hicks, M. Holtrop, S. M. Hughes, Y. Ilieva, B. S. Ishkhanov, E. L. Isupov, D. Jenkins, H. Jiang, K. Joo, D. Keller, G. Khachatryan, M. Khandaker, W. Kim, F. J. Klein, V. Kubarovsky, S. V. Kuleshov, L. Lanza, P. Lenisa, H. Y. Lu, I. J. D. MacGregor, N. Markov, P. Mattione, C. A. Mayer, M. E. McCracken, V. Mokeev, A. Movsisyan, E. Munevar, C. Munoz Camacho, P. Nadel-Turonski, L. A. Net, A. Ni, S. Niccolai, G. Niculescu, M. Osipenko, A. I. Ostrovidov, R. Paremuzyan, K. Park, E. Pasyuk, P. Peng, S. Pisano, O. Pogorelko, J. W. Price, Y. Prok, D. Protopopescu, A. J. R. Puckett, B. A. Raue, M. Ripani, B. G. Ritchie, A. Rizzo, G. Rosner, P. Roy, F. Sabatié, C. Salgado, R. A. Schumacher, E. Seder, Y. G. Sharabian, I. Skorodumina, G. D. Smith, D. I. Sober, D. Sokhan, N. Sparveris, I. I. Strakovsky, S. Strauch, V. Sytnik, M. Taiuti, B. Torayev, R. Tucker, M. Ungaro, H. Voskanyan, E. Voutier, N. K. Walford, D. P. Watts, X. Wei, N. Zachariou, L. Zana, J. Zhang, and I. Zonta (CLAS Collaboration)
Photoproduction of Λ and Σ0 Hyperons Using Linearly Polarized Photons
Phys. Rev. C 93, 065201 (2016)