Research Experience for Undergraduates

2001 Research Reports

Cornell University - Wayne State University

Cornell University Participants

• Sarah Alves
  Physics Department, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Boston University, Boston, MA
  Search for the Optimal Shape of Cells for a TESLA-like Superconducting Accelerating Section
  Final Report:
  ... Full text in PostScript and PDF formats;
  ... Abstract in PostScript and PDF formats.
  Mentor: Hasan Padamsee, Cornell University
• Jacob Anderson
  Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
  Level3 Z Tracking Algorithm
  Final Report:
  ... Full text in PostScript and PDF formats;
  ... Abstract in PostScript and PDF formats.
  Mentor: David Kreinick, Cornell University
• Tison Campbell
  Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesvile, VA
  First Upper Limit on the Admixture of a Decaying Tau Neutrino
  Final Report:
  ... Full text in PostScript and PDF formats;
  ... Abstract in PostScript and PDF formats.
  Mentor: Jean Duboscq, Cornell University
• Bryan Clark
  Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
  Robust Methods of Error Estimations and Bayesian Curve Fits
  Final Report:
  ... Full text in PostScript and PDF formats;
  ... Abstract in PostScript and PDF formats.
  Mentor: Peter Lepage, Cornell University
• Amanda Deisher
  Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Montana. Missoula, MT
  Optimization of RICH Electronics
  Final Report:
  ... Full text in PostScript and PDF formats;
  ... Abstract in PostScript and PDF formats.
  Mentors: Bayar Dambasuren and Marina Artuso, Syracuse University
• Lewis Kotredes
  Physics Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
  Calculations of Undulator Radiation
  Final Report:
  ... Full text in PostScript and PDF formats;
  ... Abstract in PostScript and PDF formats.
  Mentor: Richard Talman, Cornell University
  LNS Colliding Beam Note: An Explicit Formula for Undulator Radiation, L. Kotredes and R. Talman
  
• Chris Jones
  Physics Department, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
  Simulating the Beam-Beam Interaction
  Final Report:
  ... Full text in PostScript and PDF formats;
  ... Abstract in PostScript and PDF formats.
  Mentor: Joseph Rogers, Cornell University
• Andrew Missel
  Physics Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  Cryo-Thermometry Using Thick Film Resistors
  Final Report:
  ... Full text in PostScript and PDF formats;
  ... Abstract in PostScript and PDF formats.
  Mentor: Eric Smith, Cornell University
• Jeffrey R. Moffitt
  Department of Physics, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH
  The New Beam-Position Monitoring System: Architecture, Algorithms, Interface
  Final Report:
  ... Full text in PostScript and PDF formats;
  ... Abstract in PostScript and PDF formats.
  Mentor: Mark Palmer, Cornell University
• Chad Morris
  Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
  CESR Transfer Line Optimization
  Final Report:
  ... Full text in PostScript and PDF formats;
  ... Abstract in PostScript and PDF formats.
  Mentor: David Rubin, Cornell University
• Daniel Roberts
  Physics Department, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
  Search for Lepton Family Number Violating B Decays
  Final Report:
  ... Full text in PostScript and PDF formats;
  ... Abstract in PostScript and PDF formats.
  Mentor: Andreas Warburton, Cornell University

Wayne State University Participants

• Jeremy Dick
  Global Accelerator Network
  Final Report in PostScript and PDF formats.
  Mentor: Donald Hartill, Cornell University

• Christina Lopez
  Longitudinal Beam Motion
  Final Report in PostScript and PDF formats.
  Mentor: Michael Billing, Cornell University

• Lakhjinder Kang
  Time Independent Two-Neutrino Oscillations
  Final Report in PostScript and PDF formats.
  Mentor: Giovanni Bonvincini, Wayne State University

• Nicholas E. Powell
  Upsilon Decays into f_J(2220)
  Final Report in PostScript and PDF formats.
  Mentor: Georg Viehhauser, Cornell University

• Shalhout Zaki Shalhout
  Jet Charge Method for c-cbar Tagging
  Final Report in PostScript and PDF formats.
  Mentors: Mikhail Dubrovin and Sean McGee, Wayne State University