Department of Physics and |
Office: CP 208 Lab: CP 186 |
Honors Fellow |
Tel: (305) 348-1710 |
Florida International University |
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Miami, Fl 33199 |
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Electromagnetic Production of Strangeness and few-body form factors
The interaction of an electron and an atomic nucleus is well understood, described by QED (Quantum Electrodynamics). However the interactions of the constituents of the atomic nucleus are less well understood. By using a probe of known interaction type, we can isolate the part of the reaction we do not know.The Experimental Nuclear
Physics Group here at FIU is focussed mostly on work with how quarks in
few-body systems behave. I am co-spokesman of a series of experiments ( E94-107,
E98-108, and E07-012) at Jeffersons Lab's experimental
Hall A exploring how strange
quarks are produced and how simple particles containing strange quarks
behave. A good list of
on-line references is available which describes the theoretical efforts
to predict this behavior and past attempts to measure that same behavior.
The first two experiments are now in analysis and the third is close to the
production stage (respectively) and
a web page has been set up (here) for the experiments.
I am the spokesperson of FIU's Center for High Energy Physics, Education and Outreach, CHEPREO. CHEPREO is part of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). CMS is a general purpose detector designed to run at the highest luminosity at the LHC, which will collide beams of high energy protons into each other. It is also well adapted for studies at the initially lower luminosities. The CMS Collaboration consists of over 1940 scientists and engineers from 159 institutes in 36 countries. The main design goals of CMS are:
Professor Reinhold has compiled a page for students to learn about nuclear and particle physics. It should be of general interest.