Recent Publications

Faculty are encouraged to continue independent research while teaching. Below is a list of the recent publications of our faculty:

Dr. Phillip Anz-Meador

LEGEND - A three-dimensional LEO-to-GEO debris evolution model.
With: J. Liou, D.T. Hall, P.H. Krisko, And J.N. Opiela
To be published in Adv. Space Res.

Geosynchronous region orbital debris modeling with GEO_EVOLVE 2.0
With: P.H. Krisko, D.T. Hall, J.N. Opiela; and M.J. Matney
To be published in Adv. Space Res.

Dr. Quentin Bailey

Signals for Lorentz Violation in Post-Newtonian Gravity
With: V.A. Kostelecky
Phys. Rev. D 74, 045001, 2006

Lorentz-Violating Electromagnetostatics
With: V.A. Kostelecky
CPT and Lorentz Symmetry III, World Scientific, 2005

Dr. Brent Buckalew

The Starburst-Interstellar Medium Interaction in NGC 1569. II. Small-Scale Examination of Nebular Emission, H II Region Size Distribution, and H II Region Luminosity Function
With: H.A. Kobulnicky
AJ, 132, 1061, 2006

Understanding Radio-selected Thermal Sources in M33: Ultraviolet, Optical, Near-Infrared, Spitzer Mid-Infrared, and Radio Observations
ApJS, 162, 329, 2006

Dr. Nick Devereux

Kinematics of the Broad Line Region in M81
With: A. Shearer
To be published in the Astrophysical Journal

Ha Imaging of Early-Type Sa-Sab Spiral Galaxies. II. Global Properties
With: S. Hameed
Astronomical Journal 129, 2597, 2005

Dr. Andri Gretarsson

Monitoring the thermal and nonthermal excitation of fibers
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 054502, 2005

Effects of mode degeneracy in the LIGO Livingston Observatory recycling cavity
JOSA B, Vol. 24, Issue 11, pp. 2821-2828

Dr. Brian Rachford

Further Evidence for Enhanced Depletion of Nitrogen in Moderately Reddened Lines of Sight
With: A.G. Jensen, and T.P. Snow
ApJ, 654, 955, 2007

FUSE Measurements of FarUltraviolet Extinction. II. Magellanic Cloud Sight Lines
With: Cartledge, S. I. B., Clayton, G. C., Gordon, K. D., Draine, B. T., Martin, P. G., Mathis, J.S., Misselt, K. A., Sofia, U. J.; Whittet, D. C. B., Wolff, M. J.
ApJ, 630, 355, 2005

Dr. Darrel Smith

Thermal Radiation Studies for an Electron-Positron Annihilation Propulsion System
With: J. Wulff, C. Pearce, J. Bingamin, and J. Webb
41st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference. AIAA paper 2005-4323.

Experimental Determination of the Impulse Released by Electron-Positron Annihilations for Applications in Beamed Core and Thermal Rockety.
With: H. Szumila, T.J. Beyer, and B. Nollet
43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, July 2007

Dr. Michele Zanolin

Upper limits from the LIGO and TAMA detectors on the rate of gravitational-wave bursts
With: LIGO Scientific Collaboration
Phys. Rev. D. 72 (2005) 122004.

Search for gravitational waves from primordial black hole binary coalescences in the galactic halo
With: LIGO Scientific Collaboration
Phys. Rev. D. 72 (2005) 082002