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2007
School of physics
Annual
Report

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contents/
the university of melbourne 6
the faculty of science 8
THE SCHOOL OF pHYSICS 9
HEAD’S REPORT 10
SCHOOL GOVERANCE 11
EXECUTIVE MANAGER’S REPORT 11
STAFF 12
VISITORS 18
RESEARCH FUNDING 19
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES 22
SCHOOL-HOSTED CONFERENCES 27
POSTGRADUATES IN PROGRESS 28
THESES COMPLETIONS 31
GROUP REPORT & PUBLICATIONS 34
- Astrophysics 34
- Experimental Particle Physics (EPP) 37
- Micro-Analytical Research Centre (MARC) 42
Quantum Communications Victoria (QCV) 46
- Optics 47
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science (CXS) 50
- Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics (TCMP) 52
- Theoretical Particle Physics (TPP) 54
postgraduate physics student society (PPSS) 57
prizes & awards 59
outreach programs 62
subjects offered 65
alumni & friends 66
media 68
recruiting organisations 70
more information 71
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The University of Melbourne
HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2007
Quality People
• The quality of the student intake remained very
high with a median ENTER of 94.7
• The quality of University staff is recognised
through prestigious awards and the election of staff
as fellows of learned societies
• A record number of University staff received
recognition for excellence in teaching with Carrick
Citations for Outstanding Contribution to Student
Learning and 4 Carrick Awards for Australian
University Teaching Research and Research Training
• Melbourne was ranked #1 or #2 in national
research indicators of total research income,
research publications, RHD student load and
completions. These indicators are used by the
Government to allocate research block funding
with the University receiving the highest allocation
nationally.
• Melbourne was ranked #1 for Australian
Competitive Grants.
• Melbourne has the largest cohort of research
students in Australia with an RHD load of over
3,000. The completion rate improved by over 10%
for the third consecutive year.
• The National Centre of Excellence for Islamic
Studies was established at the University of
Melbourne, (in collaboration with Griffith University
and the University of Western Sydney) with federal
funding of $8 million to offer world-class, multidisciplinary
teaching and research in Islamic Studies
at regional, national and international levels.
• Long-term planning has laid the foundations for
major new cross-disciplinary institutes.
• A $30 million Strategic Major Research Project
Fund was established to support areas of strategic
research importance.
Learning and Teaching
• The 6 Melbourne Model undergraduate degrees
in Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments,
Music and Science were developed for introduction
in 2008. Breadth subjects for each degree and 11
University-wide breadth subjects are a feature of the
new degrees.
• The structure of the University’s new graduate
schools was established.
• Masters level programs were developed for
introduction in 2008.
• The strength of Melbourne’s learning and
teaching programs was acknowledged and rewarded
for the third consecutive year with the award
of $8.4m in the Commonwealth Learning and
Teaching Performance Fund.
• A package of scholarships, worth $100 million
over 3 years was launched, including the Kwong Lee
Dow Young Scholars Program.
• Design and development of learning precincts
to support the Melbourne Model progressed.
International Engagement
• Melbourne remained one of two Australian
universities in the top 100 universities in the world
in the Shanghai Jiao Tong university rankings with a
ranking #79. The University was ranked #27 in the
world by the Times Higher Education Supplement
Study 2007.
• The University was an active member of
the Association of Pacific Rim Universities an
organisation whose membership is based on
academic excellence, research intensity, global
outlook and innovation.
• International student load increased, with
international student numbers exceeding 11,000 and
representing 27 % of student load.
• The Confucius Institute was established
with support from the Victorian and Chinese
governments. It is one of only two Confucius
Institutes in the world with a major focus on
business with China.Binding the Strands Together
• Consolidated income of $1.43 billion was up by
11.7 % on 2006.
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• Donations to the University’s Annual Appeal
increased significantly, with the number of
Chancellor’s Circle donors more than doubling and
donations to the University Fund up by 21% from
2006 to $795,800.
• Academic and professional leaders were
supported to manage change through organisational
and leadership programs.
• The Melbourne Student Services Model was
developed, establishing a student-centric model for
delivery of student services through ‘one-stop shop’
student centres.
• Student centres have been established for
all New Generation undergraduate degrees and
faculties which are to become graduate schools.
• The Office of the Provost has been created to
coordinate academic and student support.
• Design and development of the first learning
precinct was completed with project completion
scheduled for 2008.
• Wireless connection has been extended to all
high-use areas of the University
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International
Recognition
Over the past 150 years, the scientific community
at Melbourne has built a reputation for excellence.
Entry standards are amongst the highest in Australia,
which enables the University of Melbourne to
continue to produce graduates who will become the
scientific leaders of the future.
Students have access to prominent academics and
researchers from a range of study areas in science,
technology, agriculture and engineering.
A premier choice for anyone seeking to progress
in their career through further study, the science
experience at Melbourne offers a supportive
environment with a comprehensive range of
programs and services designed to help achieve a
person’s potential.
International reputation for academic excellence is
reflected in global rankings. It is underpinned by the
dedication to the pursuit of knowledge and success
in research.
The University of Melbourne is well regarded
amongst many universities in the world for science
and technology, ensuring that students will be
well-placed to embark on a successful global
career. According to the Times Higher Education
Supplement (THES) in 2007, the University of
Melbourne appears within the top 50 institutions
globally and is ranked:
• 7th for Life Sciences & Biomedicine
• 21st for Technology & Engineering
• 33rd for Natural Science
With respect to the rankings according to Institute of
Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the
University of Melbourne is ranked 2nd nationally and
7th within the Asia-Pacific region. For more detail,
please refer to http:/www.arwu.org/
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The school of physics
Mission Statement
To advance the knowledge and understanding of
physics for the benefit of society, science and the
environment by continually achieving excellence in
teaching and research. Our aim is to be one of the
best Physics Schools in the world.
The School of Physics is well-established and is
one of the largest schools in Australia. It houses
approximately 200 teaching & research academic
staff, research staff, professional staff, postgraduate
and 4 th year Honours students. The School is
justifiably proud of its internationally competitive
and comprehensive undergraduate and research
programs, particularly with the Honours, Masters
and PhD programs.
The major research strengths of the department
staff span a diverse range of interests including
astrophysics, atom optics, cosmology, condensed
matter physics, experimental particle physics,
medical physics, nanotechnology and materials
science, theoretical particle physics, quantum
information science, X-ray and imaging optics.
The breadth and depth of interests is reflected in
the undergraduate teaching programs. The School
enjoys excellent international reputation in research
with its collaborators in CERN (Switzerland), KEK
(Japan), Advanced Photon Source (USA), Argonne
Lab (USA), Hubble Telescope (USA), NASA, NIST,
National Oakridge Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratories, and many top universities in Europe,
North America and Asia.
In addition, the School locally collaborates with
researchers at other Australian facilities such as
Anglo-Australian Telescope, APAC, Austin Hospital,
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Parkes Telescope,
Australian Synchrotron, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute,
Howard Florey Institute, CSIRO as well as laboratory
facilities within the University of Melbourne Schools
and Departments of Biochemical & Microbiology,
Chemistry, Computer Science, Medicine, Pathology
and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering.
The School has an outstanding record of
achievement in attracting external research funding
including grants from the Australian Research
Council (ARC), Australian Academy of Science,
Victorian Government and USA government
bodies. The School’s research activities are aligned
according to 6 research groups:
• Astrophysics (Astro)
• Experimental Particle Physics (EPP)
• Micro-analytical Research Centre (MARC)
• Optics
• Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics (TCMP)
• Theoretical Particle Physics (TPP)
The School currently hosts the Melbourne node
of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum
Computing Computer Technology, the ARC
Centre of Excellence for Coherent Xray Science
and Quantum Communications Victoria (QCV).
The School houses a suite of premier research
laboratories and facilities including:
• a clean room complex equipped with
advanced instrumentation for materials fabrication,
characterisation and analysis including focused ion
beam microscopes, UHV AFM/STM scanning probe
system, UV Ramanspectrometer, and a pulsed laser
deposition system.
• a particle detector development and
construction facility comprising clean rooms,
precision wirebonder detector development,
assembly and evaluation capabilities.
• advanced X-ray, laser, microscopy and atom
optics laboratories
• a 5 MV Pelletron accelerator providing source
of MeV ion beams in 5 beamlines used in nuclear
microprobe systems
• excellent library with extensive collection of
journals, books and texts (mostly on-line) to service
the teaching and research activities of the School (as
well as external institutions).
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the school of physics
HEAD’S REPORT
Guided by the University of Melbourne’s strategy of
Growing Esteem, our staff and students continue
to contribute strongly in each of the three important
elements of the University’s strategic directions:
Research – The School continues to perform very
well in the area of gaining competitive research
funding, from both the ARC and DEST schemes,
with well over $9M in new additional funding gained
(over the lifetime of the grant). We congratulate
A/Prof Lloyd Hollenberg, Dr Stuart Wyithe and
Dr James Rabeau for the successful award of
their ARC Australian Professorial Fellowship, ARC
QE11 Fellowship and ARC Australian Postdoctoral
Fellowship, respectively. Lloyd was also elected to
the ARC College of Experts as a member of the
Physics, Chemistry and Geosciences (PCG) panel.
We welcome new ARC Federation Fellow, Professor
Tony Gherghetta who is expected to arrive from
the US to take up his appointment in 2008, we
congratulate Professor Keith Nugent’s whose ARC
Federation Fellowship was also renewed a second
time.
Researchers at the School operate at the highest
levels internationally. Areas of research from key
fundamental questions in astrophysics, cosmology
and particle physics, through to important problems
applying known laws of physics to complex
systems or in innovative new applications. We were
pleased to learn that the ARC Centre of Excellence
for Quantum Computer Technology, led by node
director, Professor David Jamieson was extended for
a further 3 years from 2008-11.
In 2007, the School also took part in the University’s
trial run of the Australian Government’s new
Research Quality Framework (RQF), a review
designed to evaluate nationally research conducted
at universities. I thank Professor Keith Nugent,
A/Prof Les Allen and Joanne Kuluveovski for
coordinating the School’s efforts in capitalizing and
maximizing the School’s achievements in this area.
Despite the anti-climax of the newly elected Labor
government dropping the RQF scheme towards the
end of 2007, we know that the data collected and
metrics analysis will still serve a useful exercise for
the revamped Excellence in Research for Australia
(ERA) exercise, a similar but dramatically simplified
evaluation review by the in-coming government.
Learning & Teaching – Academics spent much
time working on the curriculum changes associated
with the new Melbourne Model for which their
contributions are greatly acknowledged. The School
is preparing for the 3-year undergraduate program
to be rolled out in 2008, as well as designing the
new 2-year MSc that promises advanced graduate
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coursework and projects not possible in the current
curriculum. The School took the lead to implement
the new MSc in 2009. It is also pleasing to see the
continued strong representation of our degrees –
approx 34 Honours/Postgraduate Diploma students
and 66 postgraduates studied at the School in 2007.
Knowledge Transfer – the School continues to
engage the public through an outstanding outreach
program, through a re-invigorated alumni and friends
program, and through a new University-encouraged
engagement of business and industry. We formally
acknowledged and thanked a number of important
donations from our benefactors in an alumni
reunion party. We were successful in engaging
two industries to participate in ARC Linkage Project
grants (Herma Technologies and Hewlett-Packard).
We are also excited by commercial developments by
A/Prof Rob Scholten’s spin-off company MOGLabs
Pty Ltd. Finally, a good website is necessary to help
promote knowledge transfer activities. In a major
project, the School’s website was redeveloped
and launched, thanks to the efforts of Joanne
Kuluveovski and Linh Vu.
The work of an academic department takes many
forms but teaching and research are at its heart. In
the pages of this report you will find a snap-shot of
our research and teaching activities in 2007. In doing
so, we celebrate the achievements of our students
and staff, including those who have won academic
prizes, completed degrees, gained funding and
published papers.
On a personal note, 2007 saw me serving as Head
for the last time before handing over to in-coming
Head, Professor David Jamieson. I would like to
thank all the staff for their support, counsel and
hard work over the years. It has been an enormous
privilege to lead the School and I am proud of the
fact that we have a School that is vibrant and has a
commitment to the highest standards in teaching
and research in physics.
Head of School, Professor Geoffrey Taylor
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SCHOOL GOVERNANCE
The School continues to be well served by the
following Committee Structure and membership.
Academic Programs
Jeff McCallum (Chair), Andrew Melatos, Lloyd
Hollenberg, Geoff Taylor, Ray Volkas, Andy Martin,
Ann Roberts, David Jamieson, Elisabetta Barberio,
Michelle Livett (ex officio), Andrew Greentree,
Helen Conley, Sandy Law, Colin Entwisle (Executive
Officer)
Finance & Facilities
Geoffrey Taylor (Chair), David Jamieson, Helen
Conley, Andrew Melatos, Rachel Webster, Colin
Entwisle, Robert Scholten, Chris Witte, Helen
Conley, Paul Spizziri, Russel Walsh, Tim Dyce,
Roland Syzmanski, Marcia Damjanovich-Napoleon
(Executive Officer)
Knowledge Transfer & Marketing
Ann Roberts (Chair), Geoffrey Taylor, David
Jamieson, Roger Rassool, Elisabetta Barberio, Andy
Martin, Helen Conley, Joanne Kuluveovski, Brant
Gibson, Nikolas Stavrias, Cilla Gloger (Executive
Officer)
Research & Industry
Ray Volkas (Chair), Geoffrey Taylor, Steven Prawer,
Chris Chantler, Les Allen, Stuart Wyithe, Helen
Conley, Joanne Kuluveovski, Shane Huntington,
Nikolas Stavrias, Cilla Gloger (Executive Officer)
Safety
Rob Scholten (Chair), Helen Conley, Roland
Szymanski, Wayne Powrie, Paul Spizziri, Phil Lyons,
Colin Entwisle, Marco La Rosa, Mathew Lay, Julie
Warden (Executive Officer)
Policy
Geoffrey Taylor (Chair), Ray Volkas, Jeff McCallum,
Ann Roberts, Rachel Webster, David Jamieson,
Steven Prawer, Keith Nugent, Bruce McKellar, Les
Allen, Martin Sevior, Brant Gibson, Lila Warszawski,
Helen Conley, Michelle Geil (Executive Officer)
School Meeting
Geoffrey Taylor (Chair), all staff, Paul Fraser (ex
officio), Michelle Geil (Executive Officer)
EXECUTIVE MANAGER’S
REPORT
The teaching and research effort and knowledge
transfer activities of the School continue to be well
supported by outstanding professional staff.
This year, we have seen some staff move on and
we thank them for their contributions and wish them
every success in their new roles. In their place, we
welcome the following:
• Hayley Wards, who replaced Michelle Geil, as
PA to Head of School
• Shona McIntosh, part-time receptionist who
helped out Helga Kendy while on maternity leave
• Tania Carrubba, who replaced Marcia
Damjanovich-Napolean as Finance Officer when
Marcia left to move to Canberra.
• Sean Hooley, who replaced Simeon Scott in IT
support
• Steve Marshall who replaced David Hoxley as
Part 2/3 laboratory coordinator, when David left to
take up an academic position at LaTrobe
• Lisa Lansfield, in a new role, joined the Astro
team as ‘Administrator’ for the MWA project,
working with Prof Rachel Webster
From February through to July this year, I was
seconded to the Office of the Vice Principal & Head
of Adminstration to replace a staff member on long
service leave. It was an excellent opportunity to
see how the Central Adminstration works and also
enabled me to extend my networks. Special thanks
to Russell Walsh and Joanne Kuluveovski, who
shared my role, and to others in the School who had
increased responsibilties.
Executive Manager, Ms Helen Conley
Academic
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teaching & research
Academics
Head of School
Geoffrey Norman Taylor
BSc(Hons) MSc UWA, PhD Hawaii, MAIP MAPS
Research Interests: high energy particle physics,
physics beyond the Standard Model, CERN
laboratory, ATLAS project, supersymmetry, Higgs
boson, CP violation, GRID computing, positron
emission topography, medical physics
Teaching Interests: Principles and Applications of
Physics B, advanced electromagnetism and special
relativity
Deputy Head of School
Raymond Robert Volkas
BSc(Hons) PhD Melb FAIP
Research Interests: Beyond the standard model,
neutrinos, branes and extra dimensions, particle
cosmology, particle phenomemology, early universe
Teaching Interests: Advanced quantum mechanics,
Quantum mechanics, quantum field theory
Federation Fellow & Laureate
Professor
Keith Alexander Nugent
BSc(Hons) Adelaide, PhD ANU, FAA FAIP
Research Interests: Optics, synchrotron science,
x-rays, coherence, quantitative phase imaging,
biophysics, protein membrane imaging
professors
David Norman Jamieson
BSc(Hons), PhD Melb, FAIP, FInst, MAPS
Research Interests: Quantum computing,
nanotechnology, quantum physics, diamond, silicon,
ion beam physics and analysis, ion implantation,
microprobes, semiconductors, charge injection in
semiconductors
Teaching Interests: Advanced physics,
Electromagnetism & Special relativity, Further
Classical & Quantum Mechanics
Steven Prawer
BSc(Hons), PhD Monash, DSc Melb, MAIP MRS
Research Interests: Quantum information
processing, diamond, ion implantation,
micromachining, quantum optics, quantum
communication, ion beam analysis, single photon
sources, qubits, nanotechnology
Teaching Interests: Biomedical Physics, quantum
mechanics
Rachel Lindsey Webster
BSc Monash, MSc Sussex, PhD Cambridge
Research Interests: radio astronomy, cosmology,
terabyte datasets, low frequency radio telescope,
first stars, epoch of reionisation, galaxy formation,
solar wind, quasars, gravitational lensing, eResearch
Teaching Interests: Solar systems & cosmos,
advanced electromagnetism and special relativity,
astrophysics and optics
ARC Professorial Fellow
Lloyd Christopher Hollenberg
BSc(Hons) PhD Melb, MAIP
Research Interests: theoretical quantum computing
and information, qubit system modeling and control,
algorithm, single electron transistor, decoherence of
gate operations, quantum error correction
Teaching Interests: n/a
ASSOCIATE PROFFESSORS & READERS
Leslie John Allen
BSc(Hons), MSc Port Elizabeth, PhD Sth Africa
Research Interests: Atomic resolution imaging
and spectroscopy, electron scattering, inner-shell
ionization, phase imaging
Teaching Interests: Atomic, Molecular and Solid
State Physics; Scattering & Imaging
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Christopher Thomas Chantler
BSc(Hons) UWA, DPhil Oxford
Research Interests: X-ray Optics, Synchrotron,
X-ray Absorption Fine Structure, powder diffraction,
radiation shielding, atomic physics & quantum
electro-dynamics, condensed matter physics
Teaching Interests: Electromagnetism & Special
Relativity; Thermal Physics; Advanced Quantum
Optics
Robert Scholten
BSc Adelaide, BSc(Hons) PhD Flinders, MAIP,
MAPS
Research Interests: atom optics, quantum optics,
atomic physics, laser cooling, imaging, quantum
imaging, atomic coherence, lasers
Teaching Interests: Advanced Physics, biomedical
physics, astrophysics and optics, quantum
mechanics
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
Michelle Livett
BSc(Hons), PhD LaTrobe, DipEd MCAE, MAIP
Research Interests: Physics education
Teaching Interests: Biomedical Physics
Ann Roberts
BSc(Hons) PhD Syd, MAIP
Research Interests: Optics, Photonics,
Nanophotonics, Imaging, Microscopy
Teaching Interests: Biomedical Physics, Astrophysics
and Optics
Martin Edward Sevior
BSc(Hons) PhD Melb, FAIP
Research Interests: High Energy Physics, quarks,
anti-matter, Higgs particle, Data Grid
Teaching Interests: Principals and applications of
Physics, Quantum Mechanics and Thermal Physics,
Electrodynamics
arc qeii fellow
James Stuart Wyithe
BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Research Interests: Astrophysics, cosmology, first
stars, reionization, black holes, gravitational lensing,
the early universe, eclipsing binaries, quasars
Teaching Interests: Extragalactic astrophysics &
Cosmology; Computational Physics
SENIOR LECTURERS
Luigia Elisabetta Barberio
MSc Bologna, PhD Siegen
Research Interests: Experimental particle physics,
dark matter, cosmology,
ATLAS experiment, CERN laboratory, Higgs boson,
structure of the universe, origin of the mass
Teaching Interests: Standard Physics, Subatomic
Physics, Particle Physics
Andrew McCallum Martin
BSc(Hons) PhD Lancaster
Research Interests: Theoretical condensed matter
physics, Bose-Einstein Condensation, Quantum Hall
Effect, superfluids, superconductivity
Teaching Interests: Further classical & Quantum
mechanics, Advanced Thermal Physics, Condensed
Matter physics
Andrew Melatos
BSc PhD Syd
Research Interests: Neutron stars, gravitational
waves, plasma physics, superfluids
Teaching Interests: Advanced electrodynamics,
Statistical Mechanics
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staff
Jeffrey McCallum
BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Research Interests: Epitaxy and defect studies in
silicon, semi-conductor physics disorder defects
and amorphisation, open volume defects, ion
implantation, solid phase epitaxial growth, shallow
junctions, new materials science
Teaching Interests: Standard Physics, Advanced
Physics, Quantum Mechanics and Thermal Physics
Roger Paul Rassool
BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Research Interests: Particle and nuclear physics,
nuclear particle photons, industrial applications of
physics, instrumentation, silicon detectors, medical
physics
Teaching Interests: Standard Physics, Instruments
for Scientists, Energy & Environment
LECTURER
Nicole Bell
BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Research Interests: Beyond the Standard
Model, cosmology, neutrino physics, branes and
extra dimensions, particle cosmology, particle
phenomenology, early universe
Teaching Interests: Quantum Mechanics, Advanced
Physics, Thermal Physics
TUTOR
James Richmond
LLB(Hons) BSc(Hons) Melb
RESEARCH-ONLY academics
Professorial Fellow
Robert John Sault
BE(Hons), PhD Syd
Senior Research Fellows
Shane Huntington, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Harry Morris Quiney, BSc(Hons) MSc Monash,
DPhil Oxford
Steven Trpkovski, BSc(Hons) PhD VUT
Centenary Fellow
Duncan Galloway, BSc(Hons) PhD Tas
Lyle Fellow
Mark Trodden, BA(Hons) MA(Hons) MSc PhD
Cambridge
Australian postdoctoral fellows
Nicoleta Dragomir, BSc Romania PhD VUT MAIP
Adrian Flitney, BSc(Hons) Tas, PhD Adel
Paolo Olivero, MSc PhD Torino
Maximillian Scholosshauer, MSc Lund, MSc PhD
UW
Research Fellows
Brian Abbey, MSc PhD Cambridge
Eric Ampem-Lassen, DipEd BSc MPhil Cape
Coast, PhD Melb
Markus Bischofberger, BSc PGDip PhD Zurich
Catherine Buchanan, BSc(Hons) PhD ANU
Stefania Castelletto, BSc(Hons) MSc PhD Turin
Bo Chen, BEng Heifei, PhD Science & Technology
China
Alberto Cimmino, BSc Naples MSc PhD Melb
Jared Cole, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Bipin Dhal, BSc MSc Utkal, MPhil PhD India MAIP
Mark Dijkstra, BSc MSc Groningen, PhD Columbia
Rouben Dilanian, BSc(Hons) PhD Yerevan State
Scott Findlay, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Robert Foot, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Kumaravelu Ganesan, BSc MSc Sri Lanka, PhD
Canterbury
Brant Gibson, BE PhD LaTrobe
Faruque Hossain, BSc(Hons) MSc Dhaka MEngSc
NSW PhD Tokyo
Justin Kimpton, BSc(Hons) PhD Swinburne
Archil Kobakhidze, BSC MSc PhD Tbilisi Ivanc
Javakhishvili State
Marco La Rosa, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Glenn Moloney, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Matthew O’Dowd, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Julius Orwa, MSc USA, PhD Melb
Nicholas Parker, MSci PhD Durham
Carlos Peralta, BSc(Hons) MSc Venezuela PhD
Melb
Olena Ponomarenko, MSc Ukraine, BMAT PhD
Newcastle
Claire Rollinson, BSc VUT
Sergey Rubanov, MSc Russia PhD NSW
David Simpson, BSc(Hons) PhD VUT
Garth Williams, BSc Akron, MS PhD Illinois
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Jared Winton, BSc Melb
Changyi Yang, BSc Nanjing, MSc Shanghai, PhD
Lund
Rotha Yu, BSc(Hons) PhD Monash
HONORARY academics
Professors Emeritus
Herbert Bolotin, BSc CUNY MSc PhD Indiana DSc
FAIP
David Caro, DSc(Hons) MSc LLB(Hons) Tas PhD
Birm. OBE AE FACE FAIP
Anthony George Klein, AM BEE PhD DSc Melb
FAA HonFAIP
Colin Arnold Ramm, MSc UWA PhD Birm FlnstP
FAIP
Professorial Fellows
Allan Clark, BSc(Hons) Tas, DPhil Oxford
Jeremy Mould, BSc(Hons) Melb PhD ANU
Colin Norman, BE Melb, DPhil Oxford
Principal Fellows with the title
Associate Professor
Kenneth Albert Amos, BSc PhD Adelaide DSc
Melb, FAIP
Zwi Barnea, BSc MSc PolytechLNY PhD Melb
MAIP
Leslie Arthur Bursill, DipEd BSc Melb, PhD
Monash DSc Melb
Trevor Finlayson, BSc Qld PhD Monash
Norman Edward Frankel, BSc MIT PhD Melb
Girish Chandra Joshi, BSc Agra MSc Alld PhD
Delhi MAIP
James Jury, BSc MSc PhD Tor
Tomas Kron, BSc PhD Germany
George Legge, BSc(Hons) MSc PhD Melb
Fulvio Melia, BSc(Hons) Melb PhD MIT
Edmund Gerard Muirhead, MSc PhD Melb MAIP
Chris Ryan, BSc(hons) PhD Melb
Vassilios Sarafis, BSc CBiol MIBiol UK
Alan Edwin Charles Spargo, BSc PhD UWA MAIP
Maxwell Norman Thompson, MSc PhD Melb DSc
FAIP
Stuart Norman Tovey, BA Cambridge, PhD Bristol,
MAIP
John William Graydon Wignall, BA BSc MSc
Melb PhD Cambridge
Senior Fellows
Brendan Allman, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb DipEd
Monash MBA LaTrobe
David Bardos, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Mark Boland, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Valery Natan Gurarie, MSc PhD Moscow
Gareth Moorhead, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb GAIP
Graeme O’Keefe, BSc PhD Melb
Salvy Peter Russo, BSc Melb PhD RMIT
James White, BA CarltonColl Med PhD
Pennsylvania
Fellows
Igor Andrienko, MSc PhD Russia MRACI
Vivianne Buzzi, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb PGDipMgmt
MBS
Roland Crocker, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Mukunda Das, MSc PhD India
Barbara Etschmann, BSc(Hons) PhD UWA
David Hoxley, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Steven Karataglidis, BSc MSc Melb AssDipMusic
PhD Melb
Victor Kowalenko, BSc PhD Melb
Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway, BA Belgrade
BSc(Hons) PhD UNSW
Antonio Limosani, BE BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Martin Meyer, BA BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Victoria Millar, DipEd BSc(Hons) MSc Melb
Alicia Oshlack, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Christopher Pakes, BSc(Hons) PhD Birmingham
Donald Payne, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Andrew Peele, BSc LLB PhD Melb
Andrew Alan Rawlinson, BSc PhD Adel
Patrick Reichart, PhD Munich
Grahame Rosolen, BSc Syd PhD Cambridge
Emma Ryan-Weber, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Juris Svenne, BASc Canada PhD MIT
Grigori Tamanyan, BSc Yerevan PhD Moscow
Maurizio Toscano, DipEd BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Chanh Tran, BE BSc(Hons) PhD Melb
Meryl Waugh, BSc(Hons) Monash DipEd TTC PhD
Melb
Cameron Wellard, BSc PhD Melb
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professional staff
ADMINISTRATION
Ms Helen Conley, BSc Deakin DipEd Monash
Executive Manager
Ms Rosslyn Ball
PA & Administrator – Center of Excellence for
Coherent X-Ray Science
Ms Janet Carlon
Administrator – Microanalytical Research Centre/
Center for Quantum Computer Technology
Ms Tania Carrubba, Business (Accounting)
Chisholm, BComm La Trobe
Finance and Resources Officer
Ms Cilla Gloger, NHDip Administration South Africa
School Administrator
Ms Marcia Damjanovich-Napoleon, BA UWA
Finance and Resources Officer
Ms Helga Kendy
Reception (part-time)
Ms Joanne Kuluveovski, BSc (Hons) Melb
Research & Communications Manager
Dr Joanna Gajewski, BSc (Hons) PhD MBA Melb
Business and Marketing Manager – Quantum
Communications Victoria
Ms Shona McIntosh
Reception (part-time)
Mrs Lisa Lansfield
Administrator - Astronomy
Ms Tania Smith, GradCert VETiS and AdvDip Arts
VUT
Chief Executive Officer – Center of Excellence for
Coherent X-Ray Science
Mr Russell Walsh
Finance & Resources Manager
Mrs Julie Warden
Administrative Assistant (Finance)
Ms Hayley Wards
PA to Head & Administrator
Ms Stacey Watts, BA Swinburne and Cert
Community Studies VUT
Executive Assistant – Quantum Communications
Victoria
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Mr Timothy Dyce, BSc(Hons)
Manager, IT services
Mr Sean Hooley
IT Support Officer
Ms Kathryn Sparks
IT Support Supervisor
Mr Linh Vu, BComSci Melb
Web and Database Administrator
Ms Kamala Lekange
Librarian
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Mr Roland Szymanski, Postgrad Dip Vacuum
Technolgy, Certificate Industrial Electronics
Technical Manager
Mr Eliecer Bonilla Parra, Certificate Fitter & Turner
Technical Officer
Mr Ashley French, Certificates in Mechanical
Instrumentation Making, Fitter & Turner
Technical Officer
Mr Philip Gargano
Technical Officer
Mr Stephen Gregory, BAppSc(Hons), BE Melb
Technical Officer
Mr Scott Moncrieff
Technical Officer EPP
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Mr Jonathan Wayne Powrie, Certificates in
Toolmaking, Fitter & Turner
Senior Technical Officer
Mr Sandor Szilagyi
Senior Electronics Technician
Mr Michael Zammit, Certificate Fitter & Turner
Technical Officer
LABORATORY SUPPORT
Mr Achilleas Nicola, BAppSc RMIT
Laboratory Manager
Mr Steven Damen, BSc Ballarat
Technical Officer
Mr Colin Entwisle, BSc(Hons) Melb
Teaching Administrative Officer
Mr Philip Lyons
Technical Officer
Mr Jude Prezens, BAppSc RMIT
Undergraduate Laboratory Assistant
Mr Stephen Marshall, BSc DipEd
Undergraduate Laboratory Assistant &
2 nd and 3 rd Year Laboratory Coordinator
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visitors
Dr Jessica Chapman, BSc(Hons) PhD UK
Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO, NSW
Professor Benjamin Owen, BS PhD California
Department of Physics, Penn State University, USA
Associate Professor Chun-Soo Go, BA MA PhD
Korea
Division of Microelectronics and Display Technology,
Wonkwang University, Korea
Mr Zhaojun Han, BSc(Hons) Singapore
MSc Student from Nanyang Technological University
Mr Kensuke Inoue, BSc MSc Japan
Surface Sciene Laboratories, Toray Research Center
Inc., Shiga, Japan
Mr Thomas Judd, MSc(Hons) Nottingham
PhD student from University of Nottingham
Professor Rafi Kalish, MSc PhD Israel
Institute of Solid State Physics, Technion, Israel
Professor Roy Kerr, MSc NZ PhD Cambridge
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Mr Gan Lahav, BSc MBA Israel
PhD student from Institute of Solid State Physics,
Technion, Israel
Ms Kirsty Rhook, BSc(Hons) Melb
PhD student from Institute of Astronomy and Corpus
Christi College, University of Cambridge, UK
Mr Tzachi Sabati, BSc MSc Israel
Student from Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Professor Thomas Weiler, BSc Stanford PhD USA
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, USA
Associate Professor Lawrence Widrow,
BSc(Hons) Stanford PhD Chicago
Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and
Astronomy, Queens University, Canada
Mr Huw Campbell, BSc(Hons) UNSW
PhD student from Department of Physics, University
of New South Wales
Mr Karl Wette, BSc ANU
PhD student from the Australian National University
Dr Bruce Yabsley, BSc(Hons) PhD Syd
University of Sydney, High Energy Physics Group
Dr Weihua Liu, BEG MEG China PhD Monash
CSIRO Exploration and Mining, School of
Geosciences, Monash University, Australia
Professor Abraham Loeb, BSc MSc PhD Israel
Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Institute
for Theory and Computation at Harvard University
Ms Aimee Mcnamara, BSc(Hons) South Africa
PhD student from University of Sydney
Dr Peter Nellist, BA(Hons) PhD Cambridge
Department of Materials, University of Oxford,
United Kingdom
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esearch funding
The School of Physics is proud of its success in
competitive research grants, particularly from
external funding sources such as the Australian
Research Council. The following list below
represents the major new and current research
funding awarded specifically to the School of Physics
in the funding year 2007 only, unless indicated
otherwise.
AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION
Dr Brian Abbey
Coherent Diffractive Imaging and the concept of
support
$14,214
A/Prof Chris Chantler
XERT absolute mapping of Ni XAFS and the from
factor [a]- access to the Australian National
Beamline Facility, Photon Factory, Japan
$6,483
Prof Keith Nugent et al
Planning access to the Spring8 compact SASE
source (SCSS) X-ray free electron laser
$2,750
Dr Gareth Williams
Coherent Diffractive Imaging
$11,644
AUSTRALIAN PARTNERSHIP FOR ADVANCED
COMPUTING
Dr Glenn Moloney
Australian Data Grid for Experimental & Theoretical
High Energy Physics
$15,625
AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL
A/Prof Les Allen
Atomic Resolution Imaging and Spectroscopy (DP)
$79,610
Dr Elisabetta Barberio
Origin of Mass (DP)
$93,567
A/Prof Chris Chantler et al
Critical tests of quantum electrodynamics in heavy
atomic systems (DP)
$153,037
Dr Nicoletta Dragomir
Quantitative Polarisation Phase Microscopy: A new
tool for advances in structural analysis and
Biophotonics (APD)
$86,928
Dr Adrian Flitney
Quantum Decoherence: A game-theoretic
perspective (APD)
$77,255
Prof Tony Gherghetta
New dimensions of the quantum universe (FF)
$263,641
A/Prof Lloyd Hollenberg
Quantum nanotechnology: concepts to devices
(APF)
$77,257
Dr Shane Huntington
Nano-Engineering of Optical Fibre Fresnel Lenses
(DP)
$95,532
Prof David Jamieson et al
ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer
Technology (CoE)
$815,000
Prof Keith Nugent et al
Advanced X-ray Optical Systems: From Innovative
Idea to Intelligent Implementation (DP)
$124,245
Prof Keith Nugent, A/Prof Ann Roberts et al
Next generation front projection screens (LP)
[Industry Partner: Herma Projection Screen
Technology Pty Ltd]
$30,607
Prof Keith Nugent
Development in Optical Sciences (FF)
$322,625
Prof Keith Nugent et al
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray
Science (CoE)
$742,936
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Dr Jeffrey McCallum et al
Fundamental implantation, epitaxy and defect
studies in silicon to support ultra-shallow junction
formation
$55,200
Dr Andrew Martin
Dynamics of Interacting Bose Gases/Fluids in
Atomic and Condensed Matter Systems (DP)
$74,303
Dr Chris Pakes, Prof David Jamieson,
Prof Steven Prawer et al
Infrastructure for surface and molecular-level
electronic and spintronic materials measurement
(LE)
$445,000
Prof Steven Prawer et al
Diamond based Quantum Information Processing
(DP)
$151,690
Prof Steven Prawer et al
Optical information processing with diamond (LP)
[Industry Partner: Hewlett-Packard]
$276,803
Dr Max Schlosshauer et al
Decoherence in quantum computing and quantum
electromechanical systems (APD)
$87,904
A/Prof Rob Scholten et al
Quantum and Classical Imaging with light and atoms
(DP)
$127,376
Prof Geoffrey Taylor et al
High Precision Silicon Pixel Detectors for High
Energy Physics, Synchrotron and Medical Imaging
Applications (DP)
$184,104
Prof Geoffrey Taylor et al
Frontier Experiments in High Energy Physics (LE)
$190,000
Prof Geoffrey Taylor, Dr Elisabetta Barberio,
A/Prof Martin Sevior et al
Frontier Experiments in High Energy Physics (DP)
$301,112
Dr Chanh Tran
Advancing X-ray imaging into new dimensions using
Interferometry and Phase-space Tomography (ARF)
$13,210
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Prof Raymond Volkas
Cosmology and Astrophysics with Neutrinos and
other elementary particles (DP)
$80,052
Prof Raymond Volkas, Prof Bruce McKellar,
A/Prof Girish Joshi
Frontiers of Theoretical Particle Physics (DP)
$88,369
Prof Rachel Webster et al
Australian membership of the international Gemini
Partnership (LE)
$62,309
Prof Rachel Webster et al
Mileura Widefield Array: a new low frequency
telescope (LE)
$494,000
Dr Stuart Wyithe et al
The End of the Dark Ages of the Universe (DP)
$79,610
Dr Stuart Wyithe et al
Formation of supermassive black holes (QE11)
$108,472
EUROPEAN UNION
Prof Steven Prawer et al
Engineered Quantum Information in Nanostructured
Diamond (FP)
$33,304
UNITED STATES ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE
Prof Steven Prawer et al
Quantum Computing in Diamond
$14,872
Prof David Jamieson et al
Centre for Quantum Computer Technology support
$79,275
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE &
TRAINING
Prof Geoffrey Taylor et al
Australian High Energy Physics Collaboration with
CERN
$158,682
Prof Steven Prawer et al
Critical components for Ultra-secure
Communications Systems (ISL)
$0 *
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Prof Steven Prawer et al
EQUIND: Engineered Quantum Information in
Diamond (ISL)
$275,000
Prof Rachel Webster
Mileura Widefield Array: Low frequency
demonstrator (ISL)
$0 *
A/Prof Chris Chantler
Major international conference of relevance to
Synchrotron development: International symposium
of Radiation Physics 11 (ISL)
$0 *
DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION INDUSTRY &
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Prof Keith Nugent et al
Support for ARC Centre of Excellence in Coherent
X-ray Science
354,500
Dr Shane Huntington et al
Quantum Communication Victoria – Industry
Development Initiative
$975,534
Prof Steven Prawer et al
MNRF Nanostructural Analysis
$115,875
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
Dr Nicole Bell
Intersections of particle physics with cosmology and
astrophysics (MRGS)
$12,964
Dr Catherine Buchanan
Astrophysics Fellowship (RFCI)
$50,338
A/Prof Ann Roberts
Nanophotonic metamaterials: phase, resonance and
sensing (MRGS)
$23,909
Prof Rachel Webster
Gravitational lensing studies of quasars (MRGS)
$23,400
Dr Andrew Melatos et al
Precision pulsar timing with the Australian Square
Kilometer Array Pathfinder (CRSS)
$23,680
* Grant is live but no funding received in year 2007
GLOSSARY
APD Australian Postdoctoral Fellow
ARF Australian Research Fellow
APF Australian Professorial Fellow
CRSS Collaborative Research Support Scheme with CSIRO
CoE Centre of Excellence
DP Discovery Project
ECRG Early Career Research Grant
FF ARC Federation Fellow
FP Framework Project
ISL International Science Linkages
LE Linkages, Infrastructure, Equipment & Facilities
MNRF Major National Research Facility
MRGS Melbourne Research Grants Scheme
RFCI Melbourne Research Fellowship (Career Interruption)
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Colloquia
Speakers and visitors affiliated
with the School gave the following
colloquia and seminars during 2007.
Unless indicated elsewhere, the
lectures took place in the Laby or
Hercus Theatres.
Dr A Kozlov, Tohoku University, Sendai Japan
Anti-neutrino experiments at Tohoku University
(23 Jan)
Dr Graeme Stewart, University of Glasgow,
Experimental Particle Physics Group, Technical
Co-ordinator for the ScotGrid Tier 2 site
Enabling Grids for eScience: How to build a working
grid (7 Feb)
Dr Kia Wallwork, Powder Diffraction Beamline
Scientist, Australian Synchrotron
High Resolution Powder Diffraction at the Australian
Synchrotron (2 Mar)
Dr Andrew Greentree, School of Physics,
University of Melbourne
Solid light: towards a fusion of condensed matter and
quantum optics (7 Mar)
Professor Ronald Thornton, Director and
Professor, Center for Science and Math Teaching,
Departments of Physics and Education, Tufts
University, USA
Creating Effective Learning Environments In
Introductory Science Courses (14 Mar)
Dr Bruce Yabsley, Falkiner High Energy Physics
Group, School of Physics, University of Sydney
A test of EPR correlations in B 0
-B 0
bar pairs at the
Belle experiment (21 Mar)
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Dr Peter Nellist, Department of Materials,
University of Oxford, UK
Novel approaches to three-dimensional imaging
and analysis of materials using aberration corrected
scanning transmission electron microscopy (28 Mar)
Dr Stuart Wyithe, School of Physics, University of
Melbourne
Dwarf Galaxies and Cosmic Reionization (4 Apr)
Professor Paul Malvaney, ARC Federation Fellow,
School of Chemistry & Bio21 Institute, University of
Melbourne
Single Metal Nanocrystal Spectroscopy (18 Apr)
Professor Murray Salby, Bureau of Meteorology
Research Centre, University of Colorado, USA
Interannual Changes of Stratospheric Temperature
and Ozone: Relationship to Changes of the Global
Circulation (2 May)
Dr Bruce Cowie, Soft X-ray Beamline Scientist,
Australian Synchrotron
The Soft X-ray Beamline at the Australian
Synchrotron (4 May)
Dr Nicole Bell, School of Physics, University of
Melbourne
Highlights of Neutrinos in Cosmology (9 May)
Dr Mark Oxley, Materials Science and Technology
Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge
TN, USA
Imaging and spectroscopy using aberration corrected
electron microscopy (23 May)
Professor Ian Kennedy, Department of Mechanical
and Aeronautical Engineering, Biomedical
Engineering Graduate Group, University of California,
USA
Optical Biosensors with Nanoscale Inorganic
Materials (4 Jul)
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Professor David Jamieson, School of Physics,
University of Melbourne
On the Path to Building the World’s First Silicon-
Based Quantum Computer: Control of Electron
States on Single Phosphorus Atoms (25 Jul)
Professor Alex Hamilton, ARC Professorial Fellow,
School of Physics, University of New South Wales
Holes in a spin: Spin-electronics using holes in
semiconductor nanostructures (1 Aug)
Professor Federico Rosei, INRS Énergie, Matériaux et
Télécommunications, University of Quebec, Canada
Strategies for controlled assembly at the nanoscale
(3 Oct)
Dr Andrew Truscott, Research School of Physical
Sciences and Engineering, Australian National
University
Experiments with a metastable Bose-Einstein
condensate (10 Oct)
Dr Ben Powell, School of Physics, University of
Queensland
Fifty years of BCS theory (8 Aug)
Dr Daniel Riley, Faculty of Engineering, MAME
(Bio21 Institute), University of Melbourne
Novel Methods for Advanced Materials
Characterisation: review of the Australian Research
Landscape (15 Aug)
Dr Ze’ev Bomzon, Centre for Micro-Photonics, Faculty
of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, Swinburne
University of Technology
The physics of life: a journey of a young physicist into
the abyss of the life-sciences (17 Oct)
Professor Ray Volkas, School of Physics, University of
Melbourne
Domain-wall branes (24 Oct)
Professor Guifre Vidal, ARC Federation Fellow,
School of Physical Sciences, University of
Queensland
Entanglement renormalization, quantum criticality
and topological order (28 Aug)
Dr Andrew Hopkins, School of Physics, University
of Sydney
The Star Formation History of the Universe (29 Aug)
Dr Joachim Brand, Institute of Fundamental
Sciences, Massey University, Auckland, New
Zealand
Solitons and vortices in Bose-Einstein condensates
(5 Sep)
Professor Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Centre for
Biophotonics and Laser Science, School of Physical
Sciences, University of Queensland
Optically driven mechanical micro/nanosystems
(12 Sep)
Professor David L. Wiltshire, Department of Physics
and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Gravitational energy as dark energy: Towards
concordance cosmology without Lambda (21 Nov)
Professor Thomas Weiler, Department of Physics &
Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, USA
Doing Physics and Astrophysics with Neutrino Flavor
(5 Dec)
Professor Roger W Clay, Department of Physics,
University of Adelaide
Recent Progress in Understanding the Highest Energy
Cosmic Rays with the Pierre Auger Observatory
(13 Dec)
Professor Avi Loeb, Astronomy Department, Harvard
University, USA
Three Astrophysical Laboratories for Particle Physics
(19 Dec)
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Seminars – Theoretical
physics
Professor Vladimir Bazhanov, Australian National
University
Dissipative quantum systems: exact results (29 May)
Professor K. Akama, Saitama Medical University,
Japan
Dynamical foundation of the brane world gravity
(22 Aug)
Dr Csaba Balazs, Monash University
The status of super-matter (9 Oct)
Dr Archil Kobakhidze, School of Physics, University
of Melbourne
Gravity on quantum spacetimes (23 Oct)
Seminars - Astrophysics
Associate Professor Lawrence Widrow,
Department of Physics, Queen’s University, Canada
Galaxies by Design (15 Mar)
Alicia Oshlack, Division of Bioinformatics, Walter
and Eliza Hall, Institute of Medical Research
Going ape over microarrays: Gene expression
evolution in primates (or how an astrophysicist
became an expert in bioinformatics) (21 Feb)
Dr Chris Blake, Swinburne University
Hunting dark energy from the optical to the radio
(25 Jul)
Professor Chris Tinney, Department of
Astrophysics, University of New South Wales
2006/2007 - An End-of-Financial year Report on
Exoplanets (6 Aug)
Marusa Bradac, UC Santa Barbara, USA
Dark Matter and Highest Redshift Galaxies: Seeing
the Invisible with Gravitational lensing (4 Oct)
Seminars – MARC/ARC CoE
for Quantum Computer
Technology
Associate Professor Jingbo Wang, University of
Western Australia
Group Identification by Quantum Walks (13 Apr)
Mr Martin Draganiski, RMIT PhD Student
Ellipsometry for Ion Beam Physicists (3 May)
Seminars – Optics group
Dr Paul Lett, NIST, Washington DC, USA
Squeezing light out of atoms (23 May)
Dr Lincoln Turner, Fulbright Fellow, NIST
Gaithersburg MD, USA
Spinor oscillations in an antiferromagnetic Bose-
Einstein condensate (30 May)
Seminars – ARC CoE CXS
hosted ‘Science with
Synchrotrons’ series
(Fritz-Loewe Theatre,
McCoy Building)
Dr Kia Wallwork, Powder Diffraction Beamline
Scientist, Australian Synchrotron
High Resolution Powder Diffraction at the Australian
Synchrotron (2 Mar)
Dr Bruce Cowie, Soft X-ray Beamline Scientist,
Australian Synchrotron
The Soft X-ray Beamline at the Australian
Synchrotron (4 May)
Dr Julian Adams, Protein Crystallography Beamline
Scientist (PX), Australian Synchrotron
Protein Crystallography at the Australian Synchrotron
(1 June)
Dr Emma Ryan-Weber, University of Cambridge,
UK
Intergalactic metals at high redshift (18 Oct)
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seminars - general
Richard G. Caro, CEO, TangibleFuture, Inc. San
Francisco, USA.
Turning Science into Profits (9 Aug)
Professor Joseph Silk, Department of Physics,
University of Oxford and Australian Academy of
Science Selby Lecturer for 2007
The Dark Side of the Universe (15 Aug)
The synthetic diamond materials grown by CVD
can be large single crystals, aggregates of diamond
crystals grown as a bulk mass forming plates up to
300 mm diameter, or thin films of nanocrystals. The
controlled growth can produce purer and even more
perfect diamond than is found in nature. But better
yet, it enables the controlled growth of diamond
with the desired properties for specific technological
applications. This may allow us to exploit the
exceptional properties of diamond in new and novel
technologies”
Professor Mark Trodden, Cottrell Scholar at
Department of Physics, Syracuse University, New
York, USA and School of Physics’ Sir Thomas Lyle
Fellow 2007
Modern Cosmology and the Building Blocks of the
Universe (17 Oct)
Professor Tien Kieu, Portland House Group
Econophysics: what is it and what is available out
there? (2 Nov)
F. F. Lange, Materials Department, UCSB, USA
Growth of ZnO Epitaxial Films in Water at 90°C
(19 Nov)
Public Lectures
Dr James E Butler, Head of the Gas/Surface
Dynamics Section of the Naval Research Laboratory,
Washington DC, USA
The Diamond Age (7 Mar)
Dr Ziggy Switkowski, Chair of the Australian
Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Climate Change and Nuclear Power in Australia
(12 Jun)
“The world is experiencing a strong warming trend
believed to be driven by greenhouse gas emissions
associated with the burning of fossil fuels for energy
production. Australians’ demand for electricity, and
energy in general, is expected to double by 2050.
The challenge is to moderate and meet this growing
demand in an environmentally responsible way.
Nuclear power is already widely used around the
world and the debate for its deployment in Australia
is well underway. This presentation will review the
nuclear fuel cycle in the context of low emission
energy technology and point to the potential role
of nuclear power in Australia’s energy and climate
change strategy.”
“While exquisite Diamonds are still being found and
mined around the world, the scientific developments
of the last 50 years have now enabled the growth
of diamonds which are not found in nature and
will enable new technologies and improve existing
technologies. These ‘new’ Diamonds are made
using high pressures and temperatures to stabilize
the carbon crystal as diamond during its growth,
conditions thought similar to the formation of
diamond under the earth’s crust. More recently
and surprisingly due to the unexpected conditions,
Diamonds have been synthesized using low
pressure chemical reactions and kinetics in a process
called Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) to produce
a remarkable range of diamonds.
THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS PRESENT
Climate Change and Nuclear
Power in Australia
A lecture to be delivered by Dr Ziggy Switkowski
Chair of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Tuesday 12 June
6.30pm
Prince Philip Theatre, Architecture Building
The University of Melbourne, Parkville
Admission is FREE.
Bookings are ESSENTIAL.
To register, please email
community-relations@unimelb.edu.au
with ‘Switkowski’ in the subject heading,
or phone (03) 8344 1019
The world is experiencing a strong warming trend believed to be driven by greenhouse gas
emissions associated with the burning of fossil fuels for energy production. Australians’ demand
for electricity, and energy in general, is expected to double by 2050. The challenge is to moderate
and meet this growing demand in an environmentally responsible way. Nuclear power is already
widely used around the world and the debate for its deployment in Australia is well underway. This
presentation will review the nuclear fuel cycle in the context of low emission energy technology and
point to the potential role of nuclear power in Australia’s energy and climate change strategy.
Dr Ziggy Switkowski is a former CEO of Telstra. He is currently a non-executive director of Suncorp,
Tabcorp, Healthscope and Opera Australia. In 2006 he chaired the Prime Minister’s Review of
Uranium Mining, Processing and Nuclear Energy, and more recently has been appointed to the Chair
of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation. Dr Switkowski is a graduate of the
University of Melbourne with a PhD in nuclear physics.
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Professor Roy Kerr, University of Canterbury, New
Zealand
Unravelling Einstein’s Secrets (13 Nov)
Professor Avi Loeb, Director of the Institute for
Theory and Computation, Harvard University
The Past and Future of Our Universe (17 Dec)
“Renowned mathematician and physicist Professor
Roy Kerr from the University of Canterbury New
Zealand will today present his famous work from
the 1960s, of testing Einstein’s theories of the
existence of black holes and other objects in highenergy
astrophysics, at 6.30pm at the University
of Melbourne. For over forty years physicists had
debated Einstein’s theories of the existence of black
holes in the universe. In 1963 a meeting of over
300 astronomers and their theoretical colleagues,
astrophysicists and general relativists, came together
to try to understand the death throes of spinning
stars.
Professor Kerr obtained one of the most astounding
breakthroughs ever seen in physics. He became
the first physicist to unravel Einstein’s theories
and presented a paper providing a mathematical
solution showing that the spin of the collapsing star
would not stop a black hole forming. He published
a solution to Einstein’s equations that redirected the
research of major groups around the world, providing
the exact representation of untold numbers of
massive black holes that populate the universe.
“The initial conditions of our Universe can be
summarized on a single sheet of paper. Yet the
Universe is full of complex structures today, such as
stars, galaxies and groups of galaxies. The talk will
describe how complexity first emerged in the form
of the first stars out of the simple initial state of the
Universe at early cosmic times.
The future of the Universe is even more surprising.
Over the past decade it was realised that the cosmic
expansion has been accelerating. If this accelerated
expansion will continue into the future, then within
a hundred billion years there will be no galaxies left
for us to observe within our horizon except one: the
merger product between our own Milky Way galaxy
and its nearest neighbour, the Andromeda galaxy.”
In this lecture, Professor Kerr will tell the story of
the discovery of this solution and of its application to
colossal events in the universe.”
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school-hosted conferences
School/CXS Workshop
Future Directions in Physical
Biosciences (14-15 May)
The School of Physics in conjunction with the ARC
Centre of Excellence for Coherent Xray Science
hosted the workshop to understand more fully
this emerging interdisciplinary field with respect to
physics approaches applied in the biological sciences
and physical sciences in the exploration of biology.
Speakers included:
David Millar (Molecular Biology, Scripps Institute)
Single-molecule fluorescence studies of
biomolecular folding, assembly and dynamics.
Jill Trewhella (Molecular and Microbial Biosciences,
University of Sydney)
Probing biomolecular complexes and interactions
with neutrons
Frances Separovic (Chemistry, University of
Melbourne)
NMR & biomolecules
Rob Evans (Engineering, University of Melbourne)
ICT in the Life Sciences
Chris Jacobsen (Physics & Astronomy, Stony Brook
University)
Challenges in biophotonics: one perspective.
Ross McKenzie (Physics, University of Queensland)
The role of quantum physics in biomoleculart
function.
Stephen Hyde (Applied Maths, Australian National
University)
Crystallization is death? Two tales of self-assembly
in-vivo and in-vitro.
Peter Robinson (Physics, University of Sydney)
Brain Modelling: Results and Perspectives
CXS 2 nd Annual
Workshop
Facilitating X-ray Biophotonics –
Physicists and Biologists Working
Together (April)
Approximately 60 local and international delegates
gathered for the second annual workshop of
the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent
X-ray Science, held at Bio21 at the University of
Melbourne
CQCT/QCV Workshop
Quantum Diamond (20 July)
Approximately 120 delegates from research
institutions such as University of Stuttgart, ENS
Cachon, Imperial College London, University of
Oxford, University of Munich, Australian National
University, University of Queensland, University of
New South Wales and industry collaborator, Element
6 participated in the Quantum Diamond workshop.
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postgraduates in progress
Masters by Research
Fairchild, Barbara Anne
Activation of donors in silicon at extremely low
concentrations
Goh, Xiao Ming
Tomographic phase imaging of biological cells
Goldby, John Paul
Chaos in open quantum systems
Chung, Christine Tsung Yi
X-ray millisecond pulsars as sources of gravitational
waves
Crosby, Sean Christopher
New directions in ghost imaging
D’Alfonso, Adrian John
Depth sectioning in the scanning transmission
electron microscope
Islam, M Tauhidul
Analysis of scattering processes in X-ray absorption
fine structure and form factors
Davey, William
Electronic decay modes of the Higgs boson in
ATLAS
Kidwani, Nader Maurice
Breaking of CP and CPT symmetries
Doctor of Philosophy
Aharonovich, Igor
Growth of nanodiamond on optical fibres
Atkinson, Gerard Vincent
Commissioning of the ATLAS detector systems for
the large hadron collider, and development of pixel
detector systems for future collier experiments
Bate, Nicholas Frazer
Quasar microimaging
Bell, Simon Christopher
Degenerate four-wave mixing in rubidium vapor cell
Bourke, Jay
Investigation of X-ray absorption fine structure:
Development of theoretical models to describe
interactions between X-rays and solid state/atomic
systems
Davidson, Nadia May
Search for supersymmetry with the ATLAS detector
at LHC
Doukas, Jason Andrew
Higher dimensional physics
Evans, Zachary William Ede
Solid state quantum computing
Fang, JingHua
Study on diamond quantum dots with scanning
probe microscope
Filewood, Greg
A theoretical study of the dark sector of nature
Flewett, Samuel
Experimental investigations in wavefield recovery
Fraser, Paul Raymond
A multi-channel algebraic scattering theory and
predictions
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Geil, Paul
Prospective signatures of high redshift quasar H11
regions
Martin, Andrew Vincent
Determining wave fields from intensity
measurements
George, Damien Peter
Higher dimensional membrane world models
Mastrano, Alpha
Superfluid hydrodynamics in neutron stars
Glover, Jack Leigh
Experimental and theoretical investigation of X-ray
mass-attenuation coefficients
McFadden, Rebecca Angela
Advanced algorithms for the detection of the EOR
signal
Henderson, Clare Anne
Astigmatic phase retrieval of an optical vortex
Jacques, Thomas
Studies in particle cosmology
Jong, Lenneke
Quantum charge transport in counted-atom silicon
devices
Meehan, Alaster John
Optic characterisation using quantitative phase
imaging
Melchiori, Adrian Guthrie
Star formation
Miles, Elaine Robyn
Phase imaging in a scattering medium
Kandasamy, Gajendran
Quantum computation
Morley, Anthony Keith
Studies in high energy physics with ATLAS
Kazi, Sandor I
Studies in high energy physics
Langford, Sally Victoria
Earth: A prototype extra-solar planet
Lau, Deborah
Raman analysis of artists’ pigments and media
Law, Sandy Sheung Che
Studies in particle cosmology
Lee, Vivien
Enhancement of the PILTAUS detector for medical
imaging
Makin, Melissa Irene
Photonic phase transitions
Orbons, Shannon Michael
Fabrication of photonic structures using ion
implantation.
Peake, David Joseph
The development of optimized electron injection
strategy for synchrotron beams
Phan, Anna Thuy Tran
Physics with ATLAS
Quach, James Quang
Bandwidth Structure of Solid Light
Rab, Masum
Dynamics of dilute gas Bose Einstein condensates
Rae, Nicholas
Absolute measurement of XAFS and atomic form
factors
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postgraduates in progress
Saliba, Sabastian Dylan
Ultracold plasmas in the laboratory and applications
to astrophysical plasmas
Sheludko, David Viktor
Ultra cold plasma imaging
Singh, Swati
Luminosity function of radio loud quasars
Tse, Yun Fai
Study of B-pII in the Belle experiment
Van Eysden, Anthony
Gravitational radiation from astrophysical phenomena
Vigelius, Matthias
Compact objects as sources and detectors of gravity
waves
Smale, Lucas Francis
Experimental tests of QED in medium Z elements
Villis, Byron John
A defect study of MOS devices
Sobott, Bryn Alexander
An innovative pixel detector for x-rays
Srbinovsky, Jhan Aleksander
Ionized bubbles at the end of cosmic reionization
Stacey, Alastair Douglas
Surface doping of diamond
Stavrias, Nikolas
Measurement of wavefunction overlap of
phosporous donors in silicon
Stephens, Ashley Martyn
Fault tolerant quantum computation
Su, Chun-Hsu
Cavity Enhancement of single-photon sources for
quantum communication and computing
Takau, Viliami Tulikihakaulahi
A measurement of the near-threshold cross section
on proton
Warszawski, Lila
Superfluid turbulence in astrophysics and condensed
matter physics
Wedd, Robin Heathcote
Investigation of B meson decay
Whitehead, Lachlan William
High resolution imaging using partially coherent
radiation
Witte, Christopher
Atomic resolution imaging and spectroscopy
Wolfe, Brandon
Two-temperature accretion plasmas
Wong, Oiwei Ivy
Neutral Hydrogen, star formation and the galaxy
evolution of the Local Universe
Tettamanzi, Giuseppe Carlo
Nanoscale superconducting electronics
Torrance, Angela
Fluctuation microscopy using soft x-rays
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theses completions
We congratulate the following students on their
theses completions:
Postgraduate
Davies, Rhys
SU(5) grand unification in an extra dimension
Masters by Research, 7 December 2007
Makin, Melissa Irene
On the One-Dimensional Bose Gas
Masters by Research, 5 June 2007
Pyke, Daniel James
An investigation of hydrogen implanted into
crystalline and amorphous silicon
Masters by Research, 16 May 2007
Aruldoss, Celine Kavida
Non-interferometric characterisation of partially
coherent and scattered wavefields
Doctor of Philosophy, 27 November 2007
Atkinson, Thomas Martin Edward
Electron reconstruction with the ATLAS inner
detector
Doctor of Philosophy, 14 May 2007
Cole, Jared Heath
Controllable few state quantum systems for
information processing
Doctor of Philosophy, 26 February 2007
Conrad, Vincent Ivan
Designing a solid-state qubit: computational
modeling of two level quantum systems in silicon
and associated nano-electronics
Doctor of Philosophy, 25 June 2007
Coulthurst, Andrew
Split fermions: baryogenesis and quark-lepton
symmetry
Doctor of Philosophy, 1 November 2007
Dalseno, Jeremy Peter
Measurement of branching fraction and timedependent
CP asymmetry parameters In B ->
D*+D*- KS decays
Doctor of Philosophy, 9 May 2007
Demaria, Alison
Symmetry breaking and extra dimensions in
SU(3)^N grand unification
Doctor of Philosophy, 16 May 2007
Devitt, Simon John
Quantum information engineering: concepts to
quantum technologies
Doctor of Philosophy, 17 December 2007
Hopf, Toby Felix
Single ion implantation for construction of a quantum
computer
Doctor of Philosophy, 4 October 2007
Lydon, Jennifer Margaret
Monte Carlo characterisation of narrow photon fields
for intensity modulated radiotherapy
Doctor of Philosophy, 25 January 2007
Peralta, Carlos Andres
Superfluid spherical Couette flow and rotational
irregularities in pulsars
Doctor of Philosophy, 13 April 2007
Sidiroglou, Fotios
Micro-characterisation of rare-earth doped optical
fibres
Doctor of Philosophy, 3 August 2007
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theses completions
Urquijo, Phillip
Measurement of the CKM elements Vcb and Vub
from inclusive semileptonic B decays at the Belle
experiment
Doctor of Philosophy, 22 October 2007
Drumm, Daniel
Modeling single-photon sources: the validation and
use of CASTEP in investigation diamond colour
centres for Quantum Key Distribution
Supervisor: Prof Steven Prawer
Honours
Bell, Michael
Signal strength of Bs→ D(+/-)sK(-/+) decay from
Y(5S) data set from KEKB
Supervisors: Prof Geoffrey Taylor and Dr Glenn
Moloney
Bennett, Mark
Gravitational wave signal from pulsar glitches
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Melatos
Butenuth, Anke
Phase vortices in merging Bose-Einstein
condensates
Supervisor: A/Prof Les Allen
Campbell, Daniel
The effect of specimen tilt on scanning transmission
electron microscopy
Supervisor: A/Prof Les Allen
Chang, Ching Tung (Tony)
DLTS study of single ion and molecular implantation
damage in silicon
Supervisor: Dr Jeff McCallum
Christensen, Renee
A study of the Supersymetric Higgs leptonic decay
at ATLAS
Supervisor: Prof Geoffrey Taylor
Dahlhaus, Jan Patrick
The effect of molecular structure on high harmonic
generation
Supervisor: Prof Keith Nugent
Doherty, Marcus
Single photon collection efficiency of a diamond
colour centre - optical fibre interface
Supervisors: Prof Lloyd Hollenberg and Dr Brant
Gibson
Dunn, Michael
Interface trap density reduction in this silicon oxides
using ion implantation
Supervisor: Dr Jeff McCallum
Gill, Virginia
Age mapping of radioisotopes by daughter trace
element analysis
Supervisors: Prof David Jamieson, Dr Chris Ryan and
Dr David Belton
Gummersall, David
Literature review of low energy fusion reactions for
potential energy production
Supervisor: Dr Roger Rassool
Harris, Lachlan
Investigation CP violation in the B - meson system
Supervisor: Dr Martin Sevior
Hayward, Andrew
Theoretical investigations of x-ray spectra in copper
and complex solid state structures
Supervisor: A/Prof Chris Chantler
Jamaludin, Nur Anis
Collapse instabilities of dilute Bose-Einstein
condensates
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Martin
Jasperse, Martijn
Relative intensity squeezing by 4 wave mixing in
Rubidium vapour
Supervisor: A/Prof Rob Scholten
T’Mir, Julius
Continuum Supression in b -> d gamma Decays
Supervisor: A/Prof Martin Sevior
Kos, Daniel
Development of new powder diffraction standards
for X-ray experiments
Supervisor: A/Prof Chris Chantler
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Lowden, Roger
Ghost imaging with non-degenrate seeded
parametric down conversion
Supervisor: A/Prof Rob Scholten and Dr Stefania
Castelletto
Lugg, Nathan
Modelling energy filtered transmission electron
microscopy of inner shell electron ionisation using
transition matrix methods
Supervisor: A/Prof Les Allen
Magoulas, Christina
Red wing damping effects of Lyα resonant
absorption of neutral hydrogen near the epoch of
reionization
Supervisor: A/Prof Stuart Wyithe
Malone, Alexander
Radiative decay of supernova neutrinos
Supervisor: Dr Nicole Bell
Mcguinness, Liam
Generation of slow light pulses in Rubidium Vapour
Supervisor: A/Prof Rob Scholten
Milicevic, Marko
Nanophotonic coaxial resonators
Supervisor: A/Prof Ann Roberts
Payne, Andrew
Non-linear effects and resolution optimisation in
the backgammon-type multi-wire gas proportional
counter
Supervisors: A/Prof Chris Chantler and Dr Justin
Kimpton
Pesor, Nadine
Studies in two extra dimensions
Supervisor: Prof Ray Volkas
Petrie, Stephen
Determining the geometries of ionized hydrogen
regions surrounding high-redshift quasars
Supervisor: A/Prof Stuart Wyithe
Priymak, Maxim
Comprehensive model of neutron star crystal
dynamics
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Melatos
Priymak, Serguey
Iterative algorithm for solution of transport of
intensity equation
Supervisors: Prof Keith Nugent and Dr Harry Quiney
Ruff, Andrea
Quasar wind models
Supervisor: Prof Rachel Webster
Schubert, Anja
Improving image resolution via simulation of PET
detector element using Geant4 environment
Supervisors: Dr Graeme O’Keefe and Dr Roger
Rassool
Shao, Qi Tao
Detection of light stop quarks with ATLAS
Supervisor: Dr Elisabetta Barberio
Smith, Jason
Modeling flocking phenomena through Physics
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Martin
Thompson, Jayne
Dvali-Shifman mechanism with SO(10) in the bulk
Supervisor: Prof Ray Volkas
Van Donkelaar, Jessica
Single Ion Implantation using a Nano-aperture mask:
Precision Placement for CTAP
Supervisor: Prof David Jamieson
Wang, David
The effect of decoherence on phase estimation
Supervisor: Prof Lloyd Hollenberg
Zugno, Laura
Superradiance in rotating Bose-Einstein
condensates: a laboratory model of a black hole
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Martin
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group reports & publications
Astrophysics
prof Rachel Webster
The Astrophysics group has further developed its
key programs in four major areas: gravitational waves
and neutron stars, reionization and cosmology,
microlensing studies of quasars and the construction
of a new low frequency radio telescope the MWA
at Boolardy in WA, in collaboration with MIT and
Harvard in the USA, the Raman Research Institution
in India and a range of Australian Universities.
During 2007, Dr Stuart Wyithe and his collaborators
developed the most sophisticated current theory
of Ly-alpha photon transmission through the IGM
from galaxies. He used this model to compute
the observed Ly-alpha luminosity functions, and
determine the limit of usefulness of the Ly-alpha
luminosity function as a cosmological probe of
reionization. Finally the results for the transmission of
Ly-alpha photons were combined with the observed
equivalent widths of Ly-alpha emitting galaxies to
argue that the Ly-alpha emitters are not powered by
standard stellar populations.
Professor Webster lead a LIEF grant for $1.43M to
fund the Australian contribution to the construction
of the MWA telescope for a further 2 years.
Professor Bob Sault joined the Astrophysics group,
providing leadership and technical expertise for the
MWA project. Professor Webster also obtained a
new ARC DP for gravitational lensing studies. Dr
Wyithe and Professor Sault obtained a new ARC
DP to support studies of reionization. Dr Catherine
Buchanan started a Melbourne Research Fellowship
(Career Interruptions).
During 2007, Rachel Webster was appointed to the
ARC College of Experts, Andrew Melatos completed
his term on the National Committee of Astronomy,
and Stuart Wyithe was awarded the Edgeworth
Medal of the Royal Society of NSW. One PhD
was awarded in the group in 2006: Dr Ivy Wong.
Members of the group who left included Ivy Wong
(PDF at Yale), Matt O’Dowd (PDF at Columbia),
Carlos Peralta (PDF at MPI in Potsdam), Mark
Dijkstra (PDF at Harvard).
Dr Andrew Melatos has built a strong group of
postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows
working on calculating rigorously from first
principles the gravitational wave signal from two
promising sources: (i) fast-spinning neutron stars
with a magnetically supported mountain on the
surface; and (ii) turbulent flows following a rotational
glitch in the superfluid interior of a neutron star.
The detectability of these signals by international
facilities like the Laser Interferometer Gravitational
Wave Observatory (LIGO) was estimated.
Professor Rachel Webster continued her work
on the microlensing of lensed quasars. With her
collaborators, she developed a new technique to
use close pairs of lensed images with anomalous
magnifications to constrain the sizes of the emission
regions.
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Publications:
Journal Articles
Bate NF, Webster R & Wyithe J, “Smooth matter
and source size in microlensing simulations of
gravitationally lensed quasars”, Monthly Notices of
the Royal Astronomical Society 381: 1591 (2007)
Bhat NDR, Wayth R, Knight HS, Bowman JD, Oberoi
D, Barnes D, Briggs FH, Cappallo RJ, Herne D, Kocz
J, Lonsdale CJ, Lynch MJ, Stansby B, Stevens J,
Torr G, Webster R & Wyithe J, “Detection of crab
giant pulses using the mileura widefield array low
frequency demonstrator field prototype system”,
Astrophysical Journal 665: 618 (2007)
Bowman JD, Barnes D, Briggs FH, Corey BE, Lynch
MJ, Ramesh Bhat ND, Cappallo RJ, Doeleman
SS, Favous BJ, Herne D, Hewitt JN, Johnston
CW, Kasper JC, Kocz J, Kratzenberg E, Lonsdale
CJ, Morales MF, Oberoi D, Salah JE, Wyithe J,
Webster R, Wayth R, Torr G, Stevens J & Stanby
B, “Field deployment of prototype antenna tiles
for the mileura widefield array low frequency
demonstrator”, Astrophysical Journal 133: 1505
(2007)
Carilli CL, Wang R, Van Hoven MB, Swarakanath K &
Wyithe J, “A search for HI 21 cm absorption toward
the highest redshift (z ~5.2) radio-loud objects”,
Astronomical Journal 133: 2741 (2007)
Chatterjee S, Gaensler BM, Melatos A, Brisken
WF & Stappers BW, “Pulsed x-ray emission from
pulsar a in the double pulsar system J0737 – 3039”,
Astrophysical Journal 670: 1301 (2007)
Dijkstra M, Lidz A & Wyithe J, “The impact of The
IGM on high-redshift Lyα emission lines”, Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 377: 1175
(2007)
Dijkstra M & Wyithe J, “Very massive stars in highredshift
galaxies”, Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society 379: 1589 (2007)
Dijkstra M, Wyithe J & Haiman Z, “Luminosity
Functions of Lyα Emitting Galaxies and Cosmic
Reionization of Hydrogen”, Monthly Notices of the
Royal Astronomical Society 379: 253 (2007)
Fender RP, Dahlem M, Homan J, Corbel S, Sault
R & Belloni TM, “The variable radio counterpart
and possible large-scale jet of the new Z source
XTE J1701−462”, Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society 380 (1): L25 (2007)
Galloway D, Morgan EH, Krauss MI, Kaaret P
& Chakrabarty D, “Intermittent pulsations in an
accretion-powered millisecond pulsar”, Astrophysical
Journal 654: L73 (2007)
Heger A, Cumming A, Galloway D & Woosley SE,
“Models of type 1 x-ray bursts from GS 1826—
24: a probe of rp-process hydrogen burning”,
Astrophysical Journal 671: L141 (2007)
Heinz S, Schulz NS, Brandt WN & Galloway D,
“Evidence of a parsec-scale x-ray jet from the
accreting neutron star Circinus X-1”, Astrophysical
Journal 663: L93 (2007)
Jenet FA, Melatos A & Robinson PA, “Fundamental
emission via wave advection from a collapsing
wave packet in electromagnetic strong plasma
turbulence”, Physics of Plasmas 14: 1007021 (2007)
Kim S, Rosolowsky E, Lee Y, Kim Y, Jung YC,
Elmergreen BG, Freeman KC, Sault R, Kesteven m,
Mcconnell D & Chu Y-H, “A catalog of H I clouds in
the large magellanic cloud”, Astrophysical Journal
Supplement Series 171 (2): 419 (2007)
Krimm HA, Markwardt CB, Deloye CJ, Romano P,
Chakrabarty D, Campana S, Cummings JR, Galloway
D, Gehrels N, Hartman JM, Kaaret P, Morgan EH
& Tueller J, “Discovery of the accretion-powered
millisecond pulsar swift J1756.9-2508 with a lowmass
companion”, Astrophysical Journal 668: L147
(2007)
Melatos A, “Gravitational waves from accreting
neutron star”, Advances in Space Research, 40:
1472 (2007)
Melatos A, Jenet FA & Robinson PA,
“Electromagnetic strong plasma turbulence”,
Physics of Plasmas 14: 0207031 (2007)
Melatos A & Peralta C, “Superfluid turbulence and
pulsar glitch statistics”, Astrophysical Journal 662:
L99 (2007)
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Meyer MJ, Zwaan MA, Webster R, Brown MJI &
Staveley-Smith L, “The weak clustering of gas-rich
galaxies”, Astrophysical Journal 654: 702 (2007)
Oey MS, Meurer GR, Yelda S, Furst EJ, Caballero-
Nieves SM, Hanish DJ, Levesque EM, Thilker
DA, Walth GL, Bland-Hawthorn J, Dopita MA,
Ferguson HC, Heckman TM, Doyle MT, Drinkwater
MJ, Freeman KC, Kennicutt Jr RC, Kilborn VA,
Knezek PM, Koribalski B, Meyer M, Putman ME,
Ryan-Weber EV, Smith RC, Staveley-Smith L,
Webster R, Werk J & Zwaan MA, “The survey for
ionization in neutral gas galaxies III. Diffuse, warm
ionized medium and escape of ionizing radiation”,
Astrophysical Journal 661: 801 (2007)
Payne D & Melatos A, “Burial of the polar magnetic
field of an accreting neutron star – II. Hydromagnetic
stability of axisymmetric equilibria”, Monthly Notices
of the Royal Astronomical Society 376: 609 (2007)
Wyithe J & Loeb A, “The correlation between
the distribution of galaxies and 21-cm emission
at high redshifts”, Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society 375: 1034 (2007)
Wyithe J & Loeb A, “The imprint of cosmic
reionization on galaxy clustering”, Monthly Notices
of the Royal Astronomical Society 382: 921 (2007)
Wyithe J, Loeb A & Schmidt BP, “The correlation
between star formation and 21-cm emission during
the reionization epoch”, Monthly Notices of the
Royal Astronomical Society 380: 1087 (2007)
Wyithe J & Morales MF, “Biased reionization and
non-Gaussianity in redshifted 21-cm intensity”,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
379: 1647 (2007)
Skjaeraasen O & Melatos A, “Superluminal
electromagnetic waves in pulsar winds”, Advances
in Space Research 40: 1505 (2007)
Srbinovsky JA & Wyithe J, “Constraining the quasar
contribution to the reionization of cosmic hydrogen”,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
374: 627 (2007)
Vigelius M, Melatos A, Chatterjee S, Gaensler BM
& Ghavamian P, “Three-dimensional hydrodynamic
simulations of asymmetric pulsar wind bow shocks”,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
374: 793 (2007)
Villar-Martin M, Sanchez SF, Humphrey A, Dijkstra
M, Di Serego Alighieri S, De Breuck C & Gonzalez
Delgado R, “VIMOS-VLT spectroscopy of the
giant Lyα nebulae associated with three z ~ 2.5
radio galaxies”, Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society 378 (2): 416 (2007)
Wyithe J & Cen R, “The extended star formation
history of the first generation of stars and the
reionization of cosmic hydrogen”, Astrophysical
Journal 659: 890 (2007)
Wyithe J & Loeb A, “Smooth boundaries to
cosmological HII regions from galaxy clustering”,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
374: 960 (2007)
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experimental particle physics (EPP)
A/Prof Martin Sevior
The academics of the EPP group are Elisabetta
Barberio, Roger Rassool, Geoff Taylor and myself.
Our activities span Experimental Particle Physics,
detector development and computing grid
development. The cornerstones of our research
are the ATLAS and Belle experiments at CERN in
Switzerland and KEK in Japan respectively. In 2007,
Antonio Limosani joined our group as a Research
Associate.
ATLAS
ATLAS is an experiment designed to study
Electroweak symmetry breaking in the energy
regime above 100 GeV via observing proton
collisions at 14 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider
(LHC) at CERN, Geneva. Substantial progress on
both the construction of the LHC and the ATLAS
experiment was achieved in 2007. The ATLAS
experiment was installed in the underground cavity
around the LHC collision point and succeeded in fully
reconstructing cosmic ray tracks which span the
entire detector. These are currently being employed
for detector calibration.
In 2007, the focus of the EPP group moved firmly
into software and data analysis tasks within ATLAS.
These include: electron track reconstruction,
electromagnetic calorimeter calibration, detector
alignment and data analysis. Within the data-analysis
effort, we are working in the Higgs to tau tau, Higgs
to four electrons and the search for SUSY groups.
Tom Atkinson was awarded his Ph.D. thesis on the
topic: “Electron reconstruction in ATLAS simulations”.
BELLE
Belle is a experiment at the KEK asymmetric
electron-positron accelerator which provides
the world highest luminosity collider used to
make copious numbers of B-mesons in a clean
environment. Belle has made numerous discoveries
since it commenced data collection in 1999,
including the observation of CP violation in B-meson
decays, the first such measurement outside the
neutral kaon system.
The Physics highlight of 2007 from Belle was
world’s first measurement of D 0 mixing. This is an
effect where a neutral D 0 meson, (which consists of
a charm quark and an anti-up quark) spontaneously
converts to an anti D 0 meson, (anti-charm quark
and up quark). A similar process has been observed
previously in the neutral K and B meson systems.
However, the effect is much smaller in the D meson
system and the rate of mixing is sensitive to Physics
not described by the Standard Model. Further
investigations of mixing in the D meson system will
continue.
In addition Belle has made a number of discoveries
of new particles and resonances in the charm sector.
These include: Z(4430), Y(4660), Y(4008), Psi(4415)
and D sJ
(2700). The interpretation and classification
of these particles is a challenge for theoretical
Physicists.
Within the Australian group, Dr. Elisabetta Barberio,
made an invited plenary presentation at the
prestigious Lepton-Photon 2007 conference: “CKM
Element Magnitudes (Leptonic and Semileptonic B,
D, and K Decays)”.
Jeremy Dalseno’s PhD thesis, “Measurement
of branching fraction and Time-Dependent CP
Asymmetry Parameters in B 0 →D *+ D *- K s
Decays”
was passed by his examiners. Jeremy is now a JSPS
fellow working at KEK.
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experimental particle physics (EPP)
Phillip Urquijo was awarded his PhD from his work at
Belle. His topic was: “Inclusive semileptonic B-meson
decays at Belle”. He has recently taken up a position
as Research Associate with the University of Geneva
where he will work on the ATLAS experiment.
GRID COMPUTING
When ATLAS begins operation it will produce
roughly 15 million gigabytes of data per year,
equivalent to 3 million DVDs or 1% of the total global
digital information output. The Worldwide LHC
Computing grid (WLCG) is a massive, distributed,
international computing infrastructure designed
to enable analysis of this enormous data set. It
coordinates and shares processing power, data,
applications and network resources from many
thousands of linked computers. The EPP group has
played a leading role in the development of grid
in Australia and has deployed a grid infrastructure
across 300 computers at 5 facilities in Sydney,
Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide. In 2007, we
developed a fully functional Tier 2 site which has
been incorporated into the WLCG computing grid.
In 2007, we participated in the first of the LHC
Computing GRID data challenges.
INSTRUMENTATION
The EPP group development of extremely high
speed photon detectors has enabled the Australian
synchrotron to rapidly reach full intensity by
providing a world unique beam diagnostic facility.
In 2007, one of the first PILATUS pixel silicon
detectors was provided to our group as a result of
a long term collaboration and development with
Christian Broennimann and his group from the Paul
Scherrer Institut (PSI) in Switzerland. The ability of
PILATUS to provide exceptionally high resolution,
noise suppression and readout-rate enables
qualitatively new types of measurements with high
intensity X-ray sources. In 2007, we commenced
an investigation into the suitability of PILATUS for
Medical Imaging in with colleagues from the Austin
Hospital.
Publications:
Journal Articles
Abdesselam A, Atkinson TME, Bright GM, Hegeman
J, Kazi SI, Moncrieff S, Moorhead G, Saavedra
A, Taylor G, Ekelof T & Winton J, “The ATLAS
semiconductor tracker end-cap module”, Nuclear
Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section
A - Accel Spectrom Detect & Assoc Equip 575: 353
(2007)
Abe K, Dalseno JP, Limosani A, Sevior M, Urquijo
P & Zhilich V, “Observation of a charmoniumlike
state produced in association with a J/ψ in e+eannihiliation
at √s ≈ 10.6 GeV”, Physical Review
Letters 98: 0820011 (2007)
Ahmad A, Moorhead G, Taylor G & Zsenei A,
“The silicon microstrip sensors of the ATLAS
semiconductor tracker”, Nuclear Instruments &
Methods in Physics Research Section A - Accel
Spectrom Detect & Assoc Equip 578: 98 (2007)
Aihara H, Dalseno JP, Moloney G, Taylor G & Ziegler
T, “Status and upgrade plans of the Belle silicon
vertex detector”, Nuclear Instruments & Methods
in Physics Research Section A - Accel Spectrom
Detect & Assoc Equip 582: 709 (2007)
Barberio L, “Inclusive and exclusive determination
of |Vcb| and form factors. Nuclear Physics B -
Proceedings Supplements. 170: 102-106 (2007)
Belous K, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor G,
Urquijo P & Zupanc A, “Measurement of the τ lepton
mass and an upper limit on the mass difference
between τ+ and τ-”, Physical Review Letters 99:
0118011 (2007)
Chang M-C, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani
A, Taylor G, Urquijo P, Wedd RH & Zupanc A,
“Observation of the decay B0 → J/ψη”, Physical
Review Letters 98: 1318031 (2007)
Chang P, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Moloney G, Sevior
M, Taylor G, Wedd RH & Zupanc A, “Improved
measurements of branching fractions and CP
asymmetries in B→ ηh decays”, Physical Review D
75: 0711041 (2007)
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Chao Y, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani A,
Moloney G, Sevior M, Taylor G & Zupanc A,
“Measurements of time-dependent CP violation
in B 0
→ ωK 0S , ƒ 0 (980)K0S,K0Sπ0 and K+K-K0S
decays”, Physical Review D 76: 0911031 (2007)
Chen K-F, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani A,
Moloney G, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P, Wedd
RH & Zupanc A, “Observation of time-dependent
CP violation in B0 → η’K0 decays and improved
measurements of CP asymmetries in B0 →
(vartheta)K0, K0sK0sK0s and B0 → J/ψK0 decays”
Physical Review Letters 98: 0318021-0318026
(2007)
Chen K-F, Barberio L, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo
P, Wedd RH & Zupanc A, “Search for B → h(*)
νν(bar) decays at Belle”, Physical Review Letters 99:
2218021 (2007)
Chen WT, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Moloney G,
Sevior M, Taylor G & Zupanc A, “A study of γγ →
K0sK0s production at energies from 2.4 to 4.0 GeV
at Belle”, Physics Letters B 651: 15 (2007)
Dalseno JP, Limosani A, Moloney G, Sevior
M, Taylor G, Urquijo P, Wedd RH & Zupanc A,
“Measurement of branching fraction and timedependent
CP asymmetry parameters in B0
→ D*+D*-K0s decays”, Physical Review D 76:
0720041 (2007)
Dolezal Z, Escobar C, Gadomski S, Garcia C,
Gonzalez S, Kodys P, Kubik P, Lacasta C, Marti S,
Mitsou VA, Moorhead G, Phillips PW, Reznicek P &
Slavik R, “Laser tests of silicon detectors”, Nuclear
Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section
A - Accel Spectrom Detect & Assoc Equip 573: 12
(2007)
Drutskoy A, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani A,
Moloney G, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zupanc
A, “Measurement of inclusive Ds, D0, and J/ψ
rates and determination of the Bs(*)B(over-bar)
(*)s production fraction in bb(over-bar) events at
the Y(5S) resonance” Physical Review Letters 98:
0520011-0520016 (2007)
Epifanov D, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani A,
Moloney G, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P, Wedd RH
& Zupanc A, “Study of τ- → KSπ-ντ decay at Belle”
Physics Letters B 654: 65-73 (2007)
Fratina S, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani A,
Moloney G, Sevior M, Urquijo P & Zupanc A,
“Evidence for CP violation in B0 → D+D- decays”
Physical Review Letters 98: 2218021-2218026
(2007)
Garmash A, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Moloney G,
Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zupanc A, “Dalitz analysis of
three-body charmless B0 → K0π+π- decay” Physical
Review D 75: 0120061-01200610 (2007)
G, Barberio L & L, “Bose-Einstein study of positionmomentum
correlations of charged pions in hadronic
Z0 decays” European Physical Journal C 52: 787-
803 (2007)
G, Barberio L & L, “Inclusive production of charged
hadrons in photon-photon collisions” European
Physical Journal C 49: 457-472 (2007)
G, Barberio L & L, “Measurement of the e+e- →
W+W- cross section and W decay branching
fractions at LEP” European Physical Journal C 52:
767-785 (2007)
G, Barberio L & L, “Search for invisibility decaying
Higgs bosons with large decay width using the
OPAL detector at LEP” European Physical Journal C
49: 457-472 (2007)
Go A, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani A, Taylor G
& Zupanc A, “Measurement of Einstein-Podolsky-
Rosen-Type flavor entanglement in Y(4S) →
B0B(overbar)0 decays” Physical Review Letters 99:
1318021-1318026 (2007)
Hokuue T, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani
A, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zurcher D,
“Measurements of branching fractions and q2
distributions for B→π[script l]ν and B→ρ[script l]
ν decays with B → D(*)[script l]ν decay tagging”
Physics Letters B 648: 139-148 (2007)
Drutskoy A, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani
A, Moloney G, Sevior M, Taylor G & Zupanc A,
“Measurement of exclusive B0s decays at the
Y(5S) resonance” Physical Review D 76: 0120021-
0120029 (2007)
Ishino H, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani A,
Sevior M, Urquijo P & Zupanc A, “Observation of
direct CP violation in B0 → π+π- decays and modelindependent
constraints on the quark-mixing angle
Φ2” Physical Review Letters 98: 2118011-2118016
(2007)
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experimental particle physics (EPP)
Kusaka A, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani A,
Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P, Wedd RH & Zupanc
A, “Measurement of CP asymmetry in a timedependent
dalitz analysis of B0 → (ρπ)0 and a
constraint on the quark mixing matrix angle Φ2.”
Physical Review Letters 98: 2216021-2216026
(2007)
La Rosa M, Moloney G & Winton L, “Towards Belle
Monte Carlo production on the APAC national grid
infrastructure” Journal of Research and Practice in
Information Technology 39 (2): 115-123 (2007)
Lin S-W, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani A, Taylor
G & Zupanc A, “Observation of B decays to Two
Kaons” Physical Review Letters 98: 1818041-
1818046 (2007)
Mori T, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani A, Moloney
G, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zupanc A, “High
statistics study of the ƒ0(980) resonance in γγ →
π+π- production” Physical Review D 75: 0511011-
0511016 (2007)
Pakhlova G, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor
G, Urquijo P & Zupanc A, “Measurement of the nearthreshold
e+e- → D(*)±D(*)(-/+) cross section using
initial-state radiation” Physical Review Letters 98:
0920011-0920016 (2007)
Park KS, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani A, Sevior
M, Taylor G & Zupanc A, “Study of the charmed
baryonic decays B(over-bar)0 → Σ++cρ(over-bar)
π- and B(over-bar)0 → Σ0cρ(over-bar)π+” Physical
Review D 75: 0211011-0211016 (2007)
Lin S-W, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Moloney G,
Sevior M, Taylor G & Zhang CC, “Measurements of
branching fractions for B → Kπ and B → ππ decays”
Physical Review Letters 99: 1216011-1216015.
(2007)
Matyja A, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor
G, Urquijo P & Zupanc A, “Observation of B0
→ D*-τ+ντ decay at Belle” Physical Review Letters
99: 1918071-1918075 (2007)
Medvedeva T, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Moloney
G, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zupanc A,
“Observation of the decay [overline B]0 →
Ds+Lambda[overline p]” Physical Review D 76:
0511021-0511025 (2007)
Miyazaki Y, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor
G, Urquijo P & Zupanc A, “Search for lepton flavor
violating τ- decays into [script l]-η, [script l]-η’ and
[script l]-π0” Physics Letters B 648: 341-350 (2007)
Mizuk R, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor
G, Urquijo P & Zupanc A, “Experimental constraints
on the spin and parity of the Λc(2880)+” Physical
Review Letters 98: 2620011-2620016 (2007)
Mori T, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani A, Moloney
G, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zupanc A, “High
Statistics Measurement of the Cross Sections of
γγ → π+π- Production” Physical Society of Japan
Journal 76: 0741021-07410211 (2007)
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Ryan C, Siddons DP, Moorhead G, Kirkham R, Dunn
PA, Dragone A & De Geronimo G, “Large detector
array and real-time processing and elemental
image projection of x-ray and proton microprobe
flourescence data” Nuclear Instruments & Methods
in Physics Research Section B - Beam Interact with
Materials and Atoms 260: 1-7 (2007)
Samoylov O, Challis RA, Hyett NM, Kent NJM,
Moorhead G, Poulsen C, Sevior M, Taylor G, Tovey
S, Zuccon P & Winton L, “Search for the exotic θ+
resonance in the NOMAD experiment” European
Physical Journal C 49: 499-510 (2007)
Satoyama N, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani A,
Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P, Wedd RH & Zupanc
A, “A search for the rare leptonic decays B+ → μ+νμ
and B+ → e+νe” Physics Letters B 647: 67-73 (2007)
Schumann J, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani A,
Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zupanc A, “Search
for B decays into η’ρ, η’K*, η’φ, η’ω and η’η(‘)” Physical
Review D 75: 0920021-0920028 (2007)
Schwanda C, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani
A, Moloney G, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P &
Zupanc A, “Moments of the hadronic invariant mass
spectrum B → Χclν decays at Belle” Physical Review
D 75: 0320051-0320059 (2007)
Sokolov A, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani
A, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zupanc A,
“Observation of the decay Y(4S) → Y(1S)π+π-”
Physical Review D 75: 0711031-0711036 (2007)
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Somov A, Dalseno JP, Limosani A, Moloney G,
Urquijo P & Zupanc A, “Improved measurement
of CP-violating parameters in B → ρ+ρ- decays”
Physical Review D 76: 0111041-0111047 (2007)
Staric M, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani A, Sevior
M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zupanc A, “Evidence for
D0-D(bar)0 mixing” Physical Review Letters 98:
2118031-2118036 (2007)
Tajima O, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani A,
Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P, Wedd RH & Zupanc
A, “Search for invisible decay of the Y(1S)” Physical
Review Letters 98: 1320011-1320016 (2007)
Tajima O, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor
G, Urquijo P, Wedd RH & Zupanc A, “Search for
CP-violating decays Y(4S) → B0B(bar)0 → J/ψK0s +
J/ψ(ηc)K0s” Physical Review Letters 99: 2116011-
2116015 (2007)
Taylor G, “Looking forward to the large hadron
collider” International Journal of Modern Physics A.
22 (27): 5039-5051 (2007)
Tsai Y-T, Dalseno JP, Limosani A, Moloney G, Sevior
M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zupanc A, “Search for B0
→ p[overeline p], Λ[overline Λ] and B+ → ρ[overline
Λ] at Belle” Physical Review D 75: 1111011-1111015
(2007)
Wang XL, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani A, Sevior
M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zupanc A, “Observation
of Two Resonant Structures in e+e- → π+ π- ψ(2S)
via Initial State Radiation at Belle” Physical Review
Letters 99: 1420021-1420025 (2007)
Xie QL, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Moloney G, Taylor
G, Urquijo P, Wedd RH & Zupanc A, “Search for B+
→ J/ψη’K+ and B0 → J/ψη’K0s decays” Physical
Review D 75: 0171011-0171016 (2007)
Yuan CZ, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Sevior M, Taylor
G & Zupanc A, “Measurement of the e+e- π+π-
J/ψ cross section via initial-state radiation at Belle”
Physical Review Letters 99: 1820041-1820046
(2007)
Zhang LM, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani
A, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zupanc A,
“Measurement of D0 — D0(bar) mixing parameters
in D0 → Ksπ+π- decays” Physical Review Letters
99: 1318031-1318036 (2007)
Zupanc A, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani A,
Moloney G, Sevior M, Taylor G & Zhulanov V,
“Improved measurement of B0bar → Ds-D+ and
search for B0bar → Ds+Ds- at Belle”Physical
Review D 75: 0911021-0911027 (2007)
Tsuboyama T, Dalseno JP, Moloney G, Taylor G
& Ziegler T, “Silicon vertex detector for the KEK
Super B factory” Nuclear Instruments & Methods
in Physics Research Section A - Accel Spectrom
Detect & Assoc Equip 572: 321-324 (2007)
Urquijo P, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Limosani A,
Moloney G, Sevior M, Taylor G, Wedd RH & Zupanc
A, “Moments of the electron energy spectrum and
partial branching fractions of B → Xceν decays at
the Belle detector” Physical Review D 75: 0320011-
03200116 (2007)
Wang CH, Barberio L, Dalseno JP, Sevior M,
Taylor G, Urquijo P & Zupanc A, “Measurement of
charmless B decays to ηK* and ηρ” Physical Review
D 75: 0920051-09200510 (2007)
Wang M-Z, Dalseno JP, Moloney G & Zupanc
A, “Study of B+ → ρ[overline Lambda ]gamma,
p[overline Lambda ]ρi0 and B0 → p[overline Lambda
]pi-” Physical Review D 76: 0520041-0520047
(2007)
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micro-analytical research centre (MARC)
prof david jamieson
A major research focus of the Micro-analytical
Research Centre (MARC) arises from its role in the
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence
for Quantum Computer Technology (CQCT). The
CQCT has developed an international reputation
in the emerging area of quantum computer
technology with a strong focus on development
of a silicon-based solid-state quantum computer.
The Melbourne node of the Centre has particular
expertise in single ion implantation for single atom
quantum bit formation, materials characterization
and development, and theoretical modeling through
Lloyd Hollenberg and Andrew Greentree and their
team. The Melbourne team also works in close
collaboration with researchers at the other major
nodes of the Centre and in particular the team at the
University of New South Wales (UNSW). MARC
also hosts a diamond group that has interests in
diamond-based quantum optics and quantum
computing. This program enjoys considerable
international recognition and has linkages with
some of the top researchers world-wide in this field.
Quantum Communications Victoria (QCV) which has
strong links with MARC and is supported through
a grant from the State Government of Victoria has
capitalised on the research expertise in diamond to
produce a single photon source, one of the building
blocks required for quantum key distribution. The
MARC group also has strong research linkages with
the Australian National University, Royal Melbourne
Institute of Technology and other research groups
worldwide.
In 2007, the CQCT Ion Beam Program developed a
step and repeat strategy for implantation of single
atoms in ordered arrays for quantum devices.
The approach was developed in consultation with
members of the Integrated Quantum Device
program at UNSW and Dr Grahame Rosolen
from CSIRO. Step and repeat is now under active
development by Dr Andrew Alves. Lloyd Hollenberg,
Andrew Greentree and the Device Modeling
program team have provided additional theoretical
support for step and repeat by testing the precision
with which the atoms will have to be located for
some key device layouts. The Device Modeling
team, in collaboration with Gerhard Klimeck’s group
at Purdue, has also performed the most detailed
calculations on the Stark shift for P donors in Si in
proximity to an interface. This work is very important
for development of a quantum computer based
on phosphorus in silicon. The work is published in
Physical Review Letters.
Careful detective work by a MARC team and
researchers at UNSW led to great improvements
in the quality of the oxides that are used in our
quantum device structures. This research effort
resulted in adoption of new oxide growth and postgrowth
thermal processing protocols and allowed us
to accomplish oxide defect densities that are suitably
low for the new generations of quantum devices that
are currently under development. The focused-ion
beam (FIB) and transmission electron microscopy
resources at Bio21 continue to be an indispensable
resource for the MARC group and the CQCT. Under
the skilled operation of Sergei Rubanov, this system
allows us to produce cross-sections from selected
regions of nanoscale quantum device structures,
providing intimate detail of the structures formed
by our fabrication processes and allowing us to
diagnose faults quickly. The FIB is also heavily
utilized in the diamond research project where it is
used along with MeV light ion implantation to carve
tiny structures into diamond. Structures including
waveguides, mirrors, optical cavities and cantilevers
have been produced using this novel method.
This research is receiving considerable attention
internationally.
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In 2007, there were some major ARC-funded
equipment purchases including an optical mask
aligner, electron beam/thermal evaporator and
pattern-generator for the FIB/SEM system in our
cleanroom. These instruments will greatly improve
our capability to make semiconductor and diamond
device structures in-house. We also commissioned
a unique micro-Raman system that is housed at
Bio21. This instrument allows visible and near
infra-red micro-Raman and photoluminescence
measurements to be performed and is being used
across a broad range of MARC group activities.
The year 2007 saw our associates, Lloyd Hollenberg
promoted to full professor at the University of
Melbourne and Andrew Greentree awarded an
ARC Queen Elizabeth II fellowship to commence in
2008. We said farewell to a number of PhD students
associated with MARC and CQCT projects who
completed in 2007: Toby Hopf, Jared Cole, Simon
Devitt, Gajendran Kandasamy and Vince Conrad,
all of whom are gainfully employed in postdoctoral
fellowships or in government positions. MARC
researchers were also well-represented at national
and international conferences and workshops during
2007. The end of 2007 also marked the end of
an era since it was David Jamieson’s last year as
MARC Director, a position he has held since being
appointed to the role in 1995. In 2008 David dons
the mantel of head of school and Jeff McCallum
takes over as director of MARC.
In 2008, we look forward to continued international
success for the MARC group and the CQCT. In
February 2008, the Melbourne node will host the
annual workshop of the Centre and this will be an
ideal opportunity for us to showcase our work to an
international audience and to develop new linkages.
Publications:
Journal Articles
Alves A, Johnston PN, Reichart P, Jamieson D &
Siegele R, “Characterization of ion tracks in PMMA
for single ion lithography”, Nuclear Instruments &
Methods in Physics Research Section B - Beam
Interact with Materials and Atoms 260: 431 (2007)
Andresen SES, Brenner R, Wellard C, Yang C, Hopf
TF, Escott CC, Clark RG, Dzurak AS, Jamieson D &
Hollenberg L, “Charge state control and relaxation in
an atomically doped silicon device” Nano Letters 7
(7): 2000 (2007)
Canning J, Gibson B, Rabeau J, Mancuso A,
Aslund M & Huntington S, “Air-clad optical fibre
filament for generating broadband radiation”, Optics
Communications 273: 379 (2007)
Conrad VI, Greentree A & Hollenberg L,
“Multiplexing single electron transistors for
application in scalable solid-state quantum
computing” Applied Physics Letters 90: 0431091
(2007)
Daniels JE, Finlayson T, Davis M, Damjanovic D,
Studer AJ, Hoffman M & Jones JL, “Neutron
diffraction study of the polarization reversal
mechanism in [111]c-oriented Pb(Zn 1/3
Nb 2/3
)
O 3
-χPBTiO 3
”, Journal of Applied Physics 101:
1041081 (2007)
Daniels JE, Finlayson T, Studer AJ, Hoffman M &
Jones J, “Time-resolved diffraction measurements
of electric-field-induced strain in tetragonal lead
zirconate titanate”, Journal of Applied Physics 101:
0941041 (2007)
Devitt SJ, Greentree A & Hollenberg L, “Information
Free Quantum Bus for Generating Stabiliser States”,
Quantum Information Processing 6 (4): 229 (2007)
Devitt SJ, Greentree A, Ionicioiu R, O’Brien JL,
Munro WJ & Hollenberg L, “Photonic module: An
on-demand resource for photonic entanglement”
Physical Review A 76: 0523121 (2007)
Devitt SJ, Schirmer SG, Oi DKL, Cole J & Hollenberg
L, “Subspace confinement: how good is your
qubit?” New Journal of Physics 9: 3841 (2007)
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group reports & publications
micro-analytical research centre (MARC)
Dower P, Farrell P & Gibson B, “Optimal refractive
index design for an optical fibre-based evanescent
field sensor”, Systems & Control Letters. 56: 634
(2007)
Finlayson T & Xiong XY, “A study of the anomalous
field evaporation of Sm(Co 0.68
Fe 0.20
Cu 0.10
Zr 0.02
) 7.5
alloy
by 3D atom probe”, Ultramicroscopy 107: 781 (2007)
Johnson B & Mccallum J, “Dopant-enhanced solidphase
epitaxy in buried amorphous silicon layers”,
Physical Review B 76: 0452161 (2007)
Landmesser G, Klemradt U, Johnson RL &
Finlayson T, “Surface enhancement of soft-mode
transformation in Ni 2
MnGa”, Applied Physics Letters
90: 0219071 (2007)
Flitney A & Hollenberg L, “Multiplayer quantum
minority game with decoherence”, Quantum
Information & Computation 7 (1): 111 (2007)
Flitney A & Hollenberg L, “Nash equilibria in
quantum games with generalized two-parameter
strategies” Physics Letters A 363: 381 (2007)
Gibson B & Dower P, “Refractive index design and
validation for evanescent field power maximization in
optical fibre sensors” Optics Communications 279:
303 (2007)
Goh XM, Dragomir N, Jamieson D, Roberts A &
Belton DX, “Optical tomographic reconstruction of
ion beam induced refractive index changes in silica”
Applied Physics Letters 91: 1811021 (2007)
Han ZJ, Tay BK, Ha PCT, Shakerzadeh M, Cimmino
A, Prawer S & Mckenzie D, “Electronic conductance
of ion implanted and plasma modified polymers”,
Applied Physics Letters 91: 0521031 (2007)
Hossain F, Murch GE, Sheppard L & Nowotny J,
“Reactivity of ideal and defected rutile TiO 2
(110)
surface with oxygen”, Advances in Applied Ceramics
106 (1-2): 95 (2007)
Huntington S, Gibson B, Canning J, Digweed-
Lyytikainen K, Love JD & Steblina V, “A fractal-based
fibre for ultra-high throughput optical probes”, Optics
Express 15 (5): 2468 (2007)
Huntington S & Ladouceur F, “Evanescent fields—
direct measurement, modeling and application”,
Microscopy Research and Technique 70: 181 (2007)
Lashley JC, Hundley MF, Mihaila B, Smith JL, Opeil
CP, Finlayson T, Fisher RA & Hur N, “Heat capacity
in magnetic and electric fields near the ferroelectric
transition in triglycine sulfate”, Applied Physics
Letters 90: 0529101 (2007)
Lashley JC, Schulze RK, Mihaila B, Hults WL,
Cooley JC, Smith JL, Riseborough PS, Opeil CP,
Fisher RA, Svitelskiy O, Suslov A & Finlayson T,
“Electronic instabilities in shape-memory alloys:
Thermodynamic and electronic structure studies of
the martensitic transition”, Physical Review B 75:
2051191 (2007)
Martelli C, Canning J, Gibson B & Huntington S,
“Bend loss in structured optical fibres”, Optics
Express 15 (26): 17639 (2007)
Martelli C, Olivero P, Canning J, Groothoff N, Gibson
B & Huntington S, “Micromachining structured
optical fibers using focused ion beam milling”,
Optics Letters 32 (11): 1575 (2007)
Orbons SM, Freeman D, Luther-Davies B, Gibson
B, Huntington S, Jamieson D & Roberts A, “Optical
properties of silver composite metamaterials”,
Physica B 394: 176 (2007)
Orbons SM, Roberts A, Jamieson D, Haftel MI,
Schlockermann C, Freeman D & Luther-Davis B,
“Extraordinary optical transmission with coaxial
apertures”, Applied Physics Letters 90: 2511071
(2007)
Pakes C, Hoxley D, Rubanov S, Rabeau J, Hearne S,
Jamieson D, Prawer S & Kalish R, “Work function
of hydrogen-terminated diamond surfaces under ion
impact” Surface Science 601: 5732 (2007)
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Pan AV, Pysarenko SV, Wexler D, Rubanov S,
Ionescu M & Dou SX, “Multilayered deposition
and its role in the enhancement of YBa 2
Cu 3
O 7
film
performance”, Physica C - Superconductivity and its
Applications 460-462: 1379 (2007)
Rabeau JR, Stacey AD, Rabeau A, Prawer S, Jelezko
F, Mirza I & Wrachtrup J, “Single nitrogen vacancy
centers in chemical vapor deposited diamond
nanocrystals”, Nano Letters 7 (11): 3433 (2007)
Rahman R, Wellard C, Bradburg FR, Prada M, Cole J,
Klimeck G & Hollenberg L, “High precision quantum
control of single donor spins in silicon”, Physical
Review Letters 99: 0364031 (2007)
Schroer D, Greentree A, Gaudreau L, Eberl
K, Hollenberg L, Kotthaus JP & Ludwig S,
“Electrostatically defined serial triple quantum dot
charged with few electrons”, Physical Review B 76:
0753061 (2007)
Waldermann FC, Olivero P, Nunn J, Surmacz K,
Wang ZY, Jaksch D, Taylor RA, Walmsley IA,
Draganski M, Reichart P, Greentree A, Jamieson
D & Prawer S, “Creating diamond color centers for
quantum optical applications”, Diamond and Related
Materials 16: 1887 (2007)
Wu XD & Finlayson T, “Study of the phase
trasnformations in Ni 2
MnGa by capacitance
dilatometry”, Journal of Physics - Condensed
Matter 19: 0262181 (2007)
Full Written Papers
Finlayson T, Griffiths JR, Viano DM, Fitzpatrick ME,
Oliver EC & Wang QG, “The partition of stresses in
Al-Si-based metal-matrix composites” In Senden
TJ, Jackson I, Fitz Gerald JD & Barnhoorn A(eds),
Proceedings of the 31st Annual Condensed Matter
and Materials Meeting, 1-3. Melbourne, Australia:
Australian Institute of Physics (2007)
Smith J, Rey G, Dickens P, Fletcher N, Hollenberg L
& Wolfe J, “Vocal tract resonances and the sound of
the Australian didjeridu (yidaki) III. Determinants of
playing quality”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America 121 (1): 547 (2007)
Taylor ML, Alves A, Reichart P, Franich RD, Rubanov
S, Johnston P & Jamieson D, “Ion beam lithography
using a nano-aperture”, Nuclear Instruments &
Methods in Physics Research Section B - Beam
Interact with Materials and Atoms 260: 426 (2007)
Testolin MJ, Hill CD, Wellard C & Hollenberg L,
“Robust controlled-NOT gate in the presence of
large fabrication-induced variations of the exchange
interaction strength”, Physical Review A 76:
0123021 (2007)
Thewalt MLW, Steger M, Yang A, Stavrias N,
Cardona M, Riemann H, Abrosimov NV, Churbanov
MF, Gusev AV, Bulanov AD, Kovalev ID, Kaliteevskii
AK, Godisov ON, Becker P, Pohl H-J, Ager Iii JW
& Haller EE, “Can highly enriched 28 Si reveal new
things about old defects?”, Physica B 401-402: 587
(2007)
Villis BJ & Mccallum J, “Angular dependence of
defect formation in H-implanted silicon studied
using deep level transient spectroscopy”, Nuclear
Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section
B - Beam Interact with Materials and Atoms 257: 212
(2007)
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quantum communications victoria (QCV)
Dr Joanna Gajewski
In the final year of the QCV program has been filled
with a number of notable achievements:
• The QCV team has continued to execute the
Technology Plan and established a world-class
single-photon optical characterisation facility. This
facility is integral for prototyping the single photon
source device and has enabled the completion of
the world’s first packaged single photon source
prototype, the SPS 1.01.
• QCV exhibited at the Optical Fibre
Communication (OFC) trade show in San Diego
in February, 2008. QCV’s attendance at this trade
show coincided with the launch of the SPS 1.01,
the world’s first packaged single photon source
prototype. Attendance at the OFC trade show
generated significant interest in the SPS 1.01 on the
world wide stage.
The QCV now finds itself at a crucial phase in its
evolution which will see it develop into a commercial
entity focused on generating revenue from its
products and technology capabilities. The next
stage of the QCV will be the most challenging but
has the potential to reap great commercial benefits
from years of focused technology development. We
have established world leading technology and we
now are working hard to ensure that we capture this
benefit and create a long-term sustainable business.
Finally, the team at QCV would like to take this
opportunity to thank CEO Dr Shane Huntington
who moved on at the end of 2007 to take up a
senior administrative role within the University of
Melbourne. His leadership and contributions to the
success of QCV have been outstanding.
For publications during 2007, please refer to the
MARC and Optics group reports.
• QCV continues to execute a solid intellectual
property management strategy. The QCV has
filed several more patents in the past 12 months
which encompass the development of the SPS
1.01 product and continues to regularly evaluate its
intellectual property position.
• The QCV commercialisation program continues
to work towards launching the single photon
source technology into the global marketplace. The
marketing program continues to build on the solid
branding of the program. This has led to a more than
47 media articles and citations throughout the past
twelve months in a variety of global publications.
• QCV is currently executing a strategy to take the
program forward via an incorporated entity which
will provide a platform for the commercialisation of
the single photon technology.
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group reports & publications
optics
Professor Keith Nugent
The year 2007 was again an active period for the
Optics Group. We had four PhD students and
one MSc student complete and an active ongoing
student cohort.
Ann Roberts had a very productive outside studies
program, spending second semester visiting the
National University of Singapore and Imperial
College in the UK as well as delivering an invited
talk at the Asia-Pacific Conference on Near-field
Optics in Huangshan in China. Ann also received an
ARC Discovery Project grant with VUT and CSIRO
entitled ‘Nanophotonic resonanators: Metamaterials,
extraordinary transmission and sensing’.
The group was also successful in attracting support
of $738,000 for an ARC LIEF grant to establish a
state-of-the-art laser facility. Particular highlights
of the work of the atom optics group included
the extension of our diffractive contrast imaging
methods, from the imaging of ground-state ultracold
atoms to imaging of atoms in specific excited states;
quantum imaging with classical light, demonstrating
that “spooky action at a distance” is possible
without quantum mechanics; and application of
electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) as
the basis for a new scheme to precisely lock the
frequency difference between two lasers to the
“atomic clock” transition.
Nugent and Roberts were successful in attracting
an ARC Linkage Project grant with the aim of
developing new forms of projection screens
using new optical ideas developed in the group.
Jessica Kvansakul was appointed to a postdoctoral
fellowship on this grant and will take up her position
in 2008.
Nugent’s activities concentrated on the development
of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent
X-ray Science, as reported elsewhere in this
report, including nine invited presentations. Nugent
also chaired the decadal planning committee for
synchrotron-based science in Australia and launched
the report “Accelerating the Future” at the Australian
Academy of Science in June.
The Australian Synchrotron continues to bring great
opportunities for research, particularly for A/Prof
Chris Chantler and his research interests in X-ray
Optics and Condensed Matter Physics. Chantler was
awarded an ARC LIEF grant of $700,000 to develop
beamlines and prepare for X-ray Extended Range
Techniques pioneered by Chantler, Barnea, Tran and
de Jonge. These experimental methods, yielding
accuracies 100-fold better than the literature, find
exciting applications in XAFS, XANES, chemistry,
engineering, earth sciences and biomedicine [de
Jonge et al, PRA75(2007)].
Chantler was nominated by SCANZ for the
International XAFS Commission. His new theory
applies to organometallic catalysts and biomedical
systems [Glover et al, AIP 2007]. The Finite
Difference Method theory was applied successfully
in the XAFS regime for the first time [Bourke et al,
PLA360 (2007)]. Experiments testing QED have led
to several papers [Chantler et al, PRA 76(2007)],
invited talks and plenaries. Other successes include
new measurement of powder diffraction standards
[Chantler et al, JApplCryst40(2007)] and X-ray
detectors which were cited in the APS News,
November 2007. We also congratulate Chantler who
was elected Fellow, Australian Institute of Physics
in 2007.
We are also delighted to report that the innovative
technology developed by the group has also been
prepared for commercialisation and a licensing
agreement has been signed between the University
of Melbourne and spin-off company MOG
Laboratories Pty Ltd, for the IP associated with a
laser controller equipment developed in our labs.
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optics
Publications:
Journal Articles
Aruldoss CK, Dragomir N & Roberts A,
“Noninterferometric characterization of partially
coherent scalar wave fields and application to
scattered light”, Journal of the Optical Society of
America A -Optics Image Science and Vision 24
(10): 3189 (2007)
Bell SC, Heywood DM, White JD, Close JD &
Scholten R, “Laser frequency offset locking using
electromagnetically induced transparency” Applied
Physics Letters 90: 1711201 (2007)
Belpassi L, Tarantelli F, Sgamellotti A, Quiney H,
Van Stralen JNP & Visscher L, “Nuclear electric
quadrupole moment of gold”, Journal of Chemical
Physics 126: 0643141 (2007)
De Jonge MD, Tran C, Chantler C, Barnea Z, Dhal
B, Paterson D, Kanter EP, Southworth SH, Young L,
Jennings G, Linton JA & Beno MA, “Measurement
of the x-ray mass attenuation coefficient and
determination of the imaginary component of the
atomic form factor of tin over the energy range of
20—60 KeV”, Physical Review A 75: 0327021
(2007)
Dragomir N, Goh XM, Curl C, Delbridge L & Roberts
A, “Quantitative polarized phase microscopy for
birefringence imaging”, Optics Express 15 (26):
17690 (2007)
Etschmann B, Ryan C, Vogt S, Maser J, Brugger
J, Harland CL & Legnini D, “Selective x-ray Bragg
spectrometry: optimizing flourescence microprobe
sensitivity for precious metals”, X-Ray Spectrometry
36: 111 (2007)
Bourke J, Chantler C & Witte C, “Finite difference
method calculations of x-ray absorption fine
structure for copper”, Physics Letters A 360: 702
(2007)
Glover JL & Chantler C, “The analysis of x-ray
absorption fine structure: beam-line independent
interpretation”, Measurement Science & Technology
18: 2916 (2007)
Castelletto S, Degiovanni IP, Schettini V & Migdall
AL, “Reduced deadtime and higher rate photoncouting
detection using a multiplexed detector
array”, Journal of Modern Optics 54 (2-3): 337
(2007)
Chantler C, Laming JM, Dietrich DD, Hallett WA,
Mcdonald R & Silver JD, “Hydrogenic Lamb shift in
iron Fe 25+ and fine-structure Lamb shift”, Physical
Review A 76: 0421161 (2007)
Chantler C, Rae N & Tran C, “Accurate determination
and correction of the lattice parameter of LaB 6
(standard reference material 660) relative to that of
Si (640b)”, Journal of Applied Crystallography 40:
232 (2007)
Crosby SC, Castelletto S, Aruldoss CK, Scholten R
& Roberts A, “Modelling of classical ghost images
obtained using scattered light” New Journal of
Physics 9: 2851 (2007)
Goh XM, Dragomir N, Jamieson D, Roberts A &
Belton DX, “Optical tomographic reconstruction of
ion beam induced refractive index changes in silica”,
Applied Physics Letters 91: 1811021 (2007)
Harder R, Pfeifer MA, Williams G, Vartaniants IA &
Robinson IK, “Orientation variation of surface strain”
Physical Review B 76: 1154251 (2007)
Hudson LT, Gillaspy JD, Pomeroy JM, Szabo CI,
Tan JN, Radics B, Takacs E, Chantler C, Kimpton
J, Kinnane MN & Smale LF, “Detection of faint
x-ray spectral features using wavelength, energy,
and spatial discrimination techniques”, Nuclear
Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section
A - Accel Spectrom Detect & Assoc Equip 580: 33
(2007)
Islam MT, Islam SA & Latif SA, “Detection of
arsenic in water, herbal and soil samples by
neutron activation analysis technique”, Bulletin of
Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 79:
327 (2007)
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Kimpton J, Kinnane MN, Smale LF, Chantler C,
Hudson LT, Henins A, Szabo CI, Gillaspy JD, Tan JN,
Pomeroy JM, Takacs E & Radics B, “Data acquisition
system development for the detection of x-ray
photons in multi-wire gas proportional counters”,
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research
Section A - Accel Spectrom Detect & Assoc Equip
580: 246 (2007)
Nugent K, “X-ray noninterferometric phase imaging:
a unified picture”, Journal of the Optical Society of
America A - Optics Image Science and Vision 24 (2):
536 (2007)
Orbons SM, Freeman D, Luther-Davies B, Gibson
B, Huntington S, Jamieson D & Roberts A, “Optical
properties of silver composite metamaterials”
Physica B 394: 176 (2007)
Orbons SM, Roberts A, Jamieson D, Haftel MI,
Schlockermann C, Freeman D & Luther-Davis B,
“Extraordinary optical transmission with coaxial
apertures”, Applied Physics Letters 90: 2511071
(2007)
Ponomarenko O, Radny MW & Smith PV, “Clean
and metal-doped bundles of boron-carbide
nanotubes: A density functional study”, Physical
Review B 76: 0354141 (2007)
Tran C, Williams G, Roberts A, Flewett S, Peele
AG, Paterson D, De Jonge MD & Nugent K,
“Experimental measurement of the four-dimensional
coherence function for an undulator x-ray source”
Physical Review Letters 98: 2248011 (2007)
Williams G, Pfeifer M, Vartanyants I & Robinson
I, “Effectiveness of iterative algorithms in
recovering phase in the presence of noise”, Acta
Crystallographica Section A 63 (1): 36 (2007)
Williams G, Quiney H, Dhal B, Tran C, Peele AG,
Nugent K, De Jonge MD & Paterson D, “Curved
beam coherent diffractive imaging”, Thin Solid Films
515: 5553 (2007)
Williams G, Quiney H, Peele AG & Nugent
K, “Coherent diffractive imaging and partial
coherence”, Physical Review B 75: 1041021 (2007)
Journal Articles Unrefereed
Dragomir N, Roberts A & Delbridge L,
“Cardiomycytes birefingence imaging: simultaneous
phase and retardation 2D measurements”, G I T
Imaging & Microscopy 9 (3): 62 (2007)
Puddu E, Andreoni A, Degiovanni IP, Bondani
M & Castelletto S, “Ghost imaging with intense
fields from chaotically seeded parametric
downconversion”, Optics Letters 32 (9): 1132 (2007)
Schettini V, Polyakov SV, Degiovanni IP, Brida
G, Castelletto S & Migdall AL, “Implementing a
multiplexed system of detectors for higher photon
counting rates”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in
Quantum Electronics 13 (4): 978 (2007)
Scholten R, “Enhanced laser shutter using a hard
disk drive rotary voice-coil actuator”, Review of
Scientific Instruments 78: 0261011 (2007)
Sheueq C, Sarafis V, Kiew R, Liu H, Salino A, Kuo-
Huang L, Yang Y, Tsai C, Lin C, Ku MSB & Yong
JWH, “Bizonplast, a unique chloroplast in the
epidermal cells of microphylls in the shade plant
Selaginella Erythropus (Selaginellaceae)”, American
Journal of Botany 94 (12): 1922 (2007)
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arc centre of excellence for coherent x-ray science (CXS)
Professor Keith Nugent
The year 2007 saw CXS scientific infrastructure
commissioned, delivered and installed. We
began the process of learning how to use it most
effectively resulting in a very successful year.
The Short-Wavelength Laser Source Program, led
by Professor Lap Van Dao saw the commissioning
of the new femtosecond laser system and the first
observation of fully coherent X-rays in the southern
hemisphere. While claiming that anything is the
“first in the southern hemisphere” always seems
a bit weak, we were absolutely delighted that the
teams based at Swinburne University of Technology
and the University of Melbourne were able to
achieve this goal so rapidly and so successfully.
As a result the Short-Wavelength Laser Source
Program, with the Experimental Methods Program,
has already started to obtain very promising
experimental diffraction data.
The femtosecond laser facility was largely funded
by the Victorian State Government and so we
were delighted to have the Victorian Minister for
Innovation, The Hon Gavin Jennings, declare it open
in September.
The Theory and Modelling Program has established
a very successful interaction with the Laser Program
and has begun its program of theoretical work
looking at the physics of the generation of high
harmonic laser light.
Professor Keith Nugent’s renewed Federation
Fellowship started in 2007 and it brought with it
significant support from the University of Melbourne,
including the establishment of a program using
ultracold plasmas as an electron source to produce
coherent X-rays. As a result, we were pleased to
welcome A/Professor Rob Scholten and his students
into CXS as the new Ultra-Cold Plasma Source
Program.
The Experimental Methods Program, led by
Associate Professor Andrew Peele, continued its
program of experimental work and its interaction
with the Biological Science Program working
towards the goal of high resolution imaging of a
malaria-infected red blood cell. This is a challenging
problem but one in which we continue to make
excellent progress.
The Experimental Methods Program, with excellent
support from the Detector & Beamline Development
Program, has also been very active in the design of
our microscope end-station - a facility that will be of
value across a wide swathe of Australian science.
We have also been active in developing an Australiawide
collaboration in scanning X-ray microscopy
that will use this facility over the coming years, and
which will ultimately see this facility relocated as a
national resource at the Australian Synchrotron.
The Biological Science Program and the CSIRO
Program have also been working closely on the
structure of natural haemozoin and have obtained
some very promising results.
CXS is determined to embed itself deeply within
the Australian scientific community and so we have
made significant efforts to establish linkages. This
has included a very stimulating workshop with the
ARC Centre of Excellence for Matter-Anti Matter
Science, and detailed discussions with the CRC for
Biomedical Imaging Development that we hope
will lead to an exciting collaborative project on the
development of X-ray detector technology.
We have also signed the Memoranda of
Understanding with the Australian Synchrotron and
the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Centre
in Taiwan.
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We are pleased to have met all our milestones
and have continued to develop as a cohesive
interdisciplinary team determined to work together
on challenging but important problems. CXS has
established a high profile national and international
presence and, through our specialist workshops
– notable in the level of attendance by non-CXS
members – has nucleated important new national
programs, the impact of which will be felt over the
next few years. CXS has done the groundwork, in
both facilities and relationships that will lead to the
delivery of high impact science for Australia. The
next few years are going be exciting, and a great
deal of fun.
For publications produced from the University of
Melbourne Physics staff, please refer to the Optics
group report. For publications produced by all ARC
nodes and participating partner institutions, please
refer to www.coecxs.org
The Hon Minister Gavin Jennings and Prof Keith Nugent at the opening of the Femtosecond Laser Facility at Swinburne University
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theoretical condensed matter physics (TCMP)
A/Prof Les Allen
Research carried out within the TCMP group in 2007
can be classified into two general areas: imaging
of condensed matter systems at atomic resolution
and the dynamics of dilute gas Bose Einstein
Condensates (BECs). This work has resulted in
twelve publications in international refereed journals,
including two in the high impact journal of Physical
Review Letters. A/Prof Les Allen delivered invited
talks at the following international conferences:
Microscopy and Microanalysis (Fort Lauderdale),
Inverse Quantum Scattering Theory (Siófok) and
Electron Microscopy and Multiscale Modelling
(Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow). He also
served on the International Advisory Board for the
Siófok conference. Dr Andy Martin delivered an
invited talk at a workshop on Quantum Reflection at
Harvard University.
The group was funded by two continuing Australian
Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects worth
$155,000. The DP grants enabled the continuing
appointment of two postdoctoral research fellows in
the group, namely Dr Scott Findlay and Dr Nicholas
Parker.
Strong international collaborations have been a
feature of the research done. Links are in place
with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, The
SuperSTEM Facility at Daresbury, Oxford University,
The university of California (Santa Barbara),
Nottingham University, Imperial College London,
McMaster University, The University of Otago, The
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (with the
group of Nobel Prize winner Prof. W. Ketterle) and
the University of Durham.
Publications:
Books
Schlosshauer M, “Decoherence and the quantumto-classical
transition” Berlin, Germany: Springer
Science+Business Media (2007)
Journal Articles
Amos K, Faessler A & Rodin V, “Charge-exchange
reaction cross sections and the Gamow-Teller
strength for double β decay”, Physical Review C 76:
0146041 (2007)
Bosman M, Keast VJ, Garcia-Munoz JL, D’Alfonso
AJ, Findlay S & Allen L, “Two-dimensional mapping
of chemical information at atomic resolution”
Physical Review Letters 99: 0861021 (2007)
Canton L, Amos K, Karataglidis S, Pisent G, Svenne
JP & Van Der Knijff D, “Particle-unstable and
weakly-bound light nuclei with a Sturmian approach
that preserves the Pauli principle”, Nuclear Physics A
790: 251c (2007)
Conrad VI, Greentree A & Hollenberg L,
“Multiplexing single electron transistors for
application in scalable solid-state quantum
computing”, Applied Physics Letters 90: 0431091
(2007)
Corro I, Parker N & Martin A, “Rotation of an
atomic Bose-Einstein condensate with and without
a quantized vortex” Journal of Physics B - Atomic
Molecular and Optical Physics 40: 3615 (2007)
D’Alfonso AJ, Findlay S, Oxley MP, Pennycook SJ,
Van Benthem K & Allen L, “Depth sectioning in
scanning transmission electron microscopy based
on core-loss spectroscopy” Ultramicroscopy 108: 17
(2007)
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Devitt SJ, Greentree A & Hollenberg L, “Information
Free Quantum Bus for Generating Stabiliser States”,
Quantum Information Processing 6 (4): 229 (2007)
Devitt SJ, Greentree A, Ionicioiu R, O’Brien JL,
Munro WJ & Hollenberg L, “Photonic module: An
on-demand resource for photonic entanglement”
Physical Review A 76: 0523121 (2007)
Martin A, Scott RG & Fromhold TM, “Transmission
and reflection of Bose-Einstein condensates incident
on a Gaussian tunnel barrier” Physical Review A 75:
0656021 (2007)
Martin AV & Allen L, “Measuring the phase of a
Bose-Einstein condensate” Physical Review A 76:
0536061 (2007)
Drampyan R, Greentree A & Durrant AV, “Two field
nonlinear Faraday rotation in rubidium vapor in a
Doppler-free geometry” Optics Communications
276: 251 (2007)
Findlay S, Schattschneider P & Allen L, “Imaging
using inelastically scattered electrons in CTEM and
STEM geometry” Ultramicroscopy 108: 58 (2007)
Martin AV & Allen L, “Phase imaging from a
diffraction pattern in the presence of vortices”,
Optics Communications 277: 288 (2007)
Oxley MP, Varela M, Pennycook TJ, Van Benthem
K, Findlay S, D’Alfonso AJ, Allen L & Pennycook
SJ, “Interpreting atomic-resolution spectroscopic
images”, Physical Review B 76: 0643031 (2007)
Flitney A & Greentree A, “Coalitions in the quantum
Minority game: Classical cheats and quantum
bullies” Physics Letters A 362: 132 (2007)
Flitney A & Hollenberg L, “Multiplayer quantum
minority game with decoherence” Quantum
Information & Computation 7 (1): 111 (2007)
Flitney A & Hollenberg L, “Nash equilibria in
quantum games with generalized two-parameter
strategies” Physics Letters A 363: 381 (2007)
Judd TE, Henning A, Hardwick PA, Scott RG,
Balanov AG, Wilkinson PB, Fowler D, Martin A &
Fromhold TM, “Chaotic transport in semiconductor,
optical, and cold-atom systems” Progress of
Theoretical Physics Supplement 166: 169 (2007)
Karataglidis S & Amos K, “Electron scattering form
factors from exotic nuclei” Physics Letters B 650:
148 (2007)
Karataglidis S, Kim YJ & Amos K, “Nucleon-nucleus
scattering as a test of shell structure of some light
mass exotic nuclei”, Nuclear Physics B 793: 40
(2007)
Klenov DO, Findlay S, Allen L & Stemmer S,
“Influence of orientation on the contrast of highangle
annular dark-field images of silicon” Physical
Review B 76: 0141111 (2007)
Parker N, Cornish SL, Adams CS & Martin A, “Bright
solitary waves and trapped solutions in Bose-
Einstein condensates with attractive interactions”,
Journal of Physics B - Atomic Molecular and Optical
Physics 40: 3127 (2007)
Schroer D, Greentree A, Gaudreau L, Eberl
K, Hollenberg L, Kotthaus JP & Ludwig S,
“Electrostatically defined serial triple quantum dot
charged with few electrons”, Physical Review B 76:
0753061 (2007)
Van Bijnen R, O’Dell DHJ, Parker N & Martin A,
“Dynamical instability of a rotating dipolar Bose-
Einstein condensate” Physical Review Letters 98:
1504011 (2007)
Waldermann FC, Olivero P, Nunn J, Surmacz K,
Wang ZY, Jaksch D, Taylor RA, Walmsley IA,
Draganski M, Reichart P, Greentree A, Jamieson
D & Prawer S, “Creating diamond color centers for
quantum optical applications” Diamond and Related
Materials 16: 1887 (2007)
Canton L, Pisent G, Svenne JP, Amos K &
Karataglidis S, “Predicting narrow states in the
spectrum of a nucleus beyond the proton drip line –
Reply”, Physical Review Letters 99: 089202 (2007)
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theoretical particle physics (TPP)
Prof Ray Volkas
We have been very pleased to welcome Dr Nicole
Bell to our group who arrived in Australia end of
2006 in anticipation of starting the new academic
year in 2007. She has hit the ground running by
recruiting PhD student Thomas Jacques from
the University of Canterbury in New Zealand,
and Honours student Alex Malone from our
undergraduate cohort. The next several years
promise to be a very exciting time in particle
astrophysics and cosmology, and we look forward to
substantial contributions Nicole and her students.
Research highlights in 2007 include: Ray Volkas
and his students Rhys Davies and Damien George
constructed what may be a phenomenologicallyrealistic
grand-unified domain-wall brane model.
George and Volkas, working with international
collaborators A. Davidson (Ben-Gurion) and K.
Wali (Syracuse) and post-doc A. Kobakhidze later
extended this construction to a larger unification
group. R. Foot, A. Kobakhidze, K. McDonald and
Volkas re-invented the old idea that mass arises from
the quantal violation of classical scale invariance by
writing down a phenomenologically acceptable (and
extremely simple) new model.
During the year we were also delighted to learn that
Professor Tony Gherghetta was awarded an ARC
Australian Federation Fellowship. He has accepted
this prestigious position and will begin in the TPP
group in early 2008. Tony was an undergraduate
at the University of Western Australia, before
moving to the US to pursue graduate studies at the
University of Chicago where he completed a thesis
under Professor Y. Nambu. He then undertook postdoctoral
fellowships at the University of Michigan,
CERN and the University of Lausanne before joining
the University of Minnesota as a tenure-track
Assistant Professor. He was awarded tenure early,
and at the time of receiving the ARC Federation
Fellowship offer had been promoted to Associate
Professor.
Tony is an expert in physics beyond the standard
model, and he has made a huge impact in models
using extra dimensions and branes. His most highly
cited papers, written with K. Dienes and E. Dudas,
established that grand unification can occur at a low
energy scale in models with large extra dimensions.
He has also made highly influential contributions to
the study of warped extra dimensions, also known
as type 1 Randall-Sundrum models.
In 2007, we also saw the publication of the
Festschrift in Honor of Bruce H. J. McKellar and
Girish C. Joshi by World-Scientific Publishing of
Singapore. These papers were also featured in a
special edition of the International Journal of Modern
Physics. This tribute to Bruce and Girish was tinged
with sadness by the sudden and untimely death of
Professor Ronald Anderson S. J. of Boston College,
Girish’s first PhD student and a participant in the
Festschrift.
During 2007, Alison Demaria and Andrew Coulthurst
were awarded their PhDs and are now working
in private industry. Rhys Davies was awarded an
MSc, completed in just 10 months, and is now
a doctoral student at Oxford University working
with P. Candelas on Calabi-Yau manifolds. Kristian
McDonald left to take up a post-doctoral fellowship
at the TRIUF laboratory in Vancouver, Canada.
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publications:
Journal Articles
Batell B & Gherghetta T, “Holographic mixing
quantified”, Physical Review D 76: 0450171 (2007)
Batell B & Gherghetta T, “Yang-Mills localization in
warped space”, Physical Review D 75: 0250221
(2007)
Beacom JF, Bell N & Mack GD, “Upper bound on
the dark matter total annihilation cross section”,
Physical Review Letters 99: 2313011 (2007)
Bell N, “How magnetic is the neutrino?”,
International Journal of Modern Physics A 22 (27):
4891 (2007)
Cho HT, Cornell AS, Doukas JA & Naylor W, “ Split
fermion quasinormal modes”, Physical Review D75:
1040051 (2007)
Coulthurst A, Mcdonald K & Mckellar B, “Quarklepton
symmetry in five dimensions”, Physical
Review D 75: 0450181 (2007)
Davies R & George DP, “Fermions, scalars, and
Randall-Sundrum gravity on domain-wall branes”,
Physical Review D 76: 1040101 (2007)
Demaria A & Mcdonald K, “Quartification on an
orbifold”, Physical Review D 75: 0560061 (2007)
Foot R & Kobakhidze A, “A simple explanation of
the PVLAS anomaly in spontaneously broken mirror
models”, Physics Letters B 650: 46 (2007)
Foot R, Kobakhidze A, Mcdonald K & Volkas R,
“Neutrino mass in radiatively broken scale-invariant
models”, Physical Review D 76: 0750141 (2007)
Foot R, Kobakhidze A & Volkas R, “Electroweak
Higgs as a pseudo-Goldstone boson of broken scale
invariance”, Physics Letters B 655: 156 (2007)
Foot R & Volkas R, “Generalised leptonic colour”,
Physics Letters B 645: 345 (2007)
Gabella M, Gherghetta T & Giedt J, “Gravity dual and
CERN LHC study of single-sector supersymmetry
breaking”, Physical Review D 76: 0550011 (2007)
George DP & Volkas R, “Kink modes and effective
four dimensional fermion and Higgs brane models”,
Physical Review D 75: 1050071 (2007)
Gherghetta T, Kadota K & Yamaguchi M, “Warped
leptogenesis with Dirac neutrino masses”, Physical
Review D 76: 0235161 (2007)
Goldman T, Stephenson Jr. GJ & Mckellar B,
“Multichannel oscillations and relations between
LSND, KARMEN, and MiniBooNE, with and without
CP violation”, Physical Review D 75: 0913011 (2007)
Kobakhidze A, “Aharonov-Bohm interactions of a
vector unparticle”, Physical Review D. 76: 0977011
(2007)
Kobakhidze A & Mckellar B, “Particle interference as
a test of Lorentz-violating electrodynamics”, Physical
Review D 76: 0930041 (2007)
Kobakhidze A & Mersini-Houghton L, “Birth of
the universe from the landscape of string theory”,
European Physical Journal C 49: 869 (2007)
Law SSC & Volkas R, “Leptogenesis implications in
models with Abelian family symmetry and one extra
real Higgs singlet”, Physical Review D 75: 0435101
(2007)
Mcdonald K & Mckellar B, “The Type-II Singular
See-Saw Mechanism”, International Journal of
Modern Physics A 22 (12): 2211 (2007)
Slatyer TR & Volkas R, “Cosmology and fermion
confinement in a scalar-field-generated domain wall
brane in five dimensions” Journal of High Energy
Physics 4: 621 (2007)
Volkas R, “Scalar kink braneworlds and cosmology”,
Modern Physics Letters A 22 (25-28): 1959 (2007)
Wignall J, “ Some comments on the definition of
mass”, Metrologia 44: L19-L22 (2007)
Foot R & Volkas R, “Natural electroweak symmetry
breaking in generalised mirror matter models”,
Physics Letters B 645: 75 (2007)
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group reports & publications
theoretical particle physics (TPP)
Full Written Papers
Volkas R, “A domain-wall-brane-localized standard
model” In Rajantie A, Contaldi C, Dauncey P &
Stoica H(eds)”, AIP Conference Proceedings 957
(1): 279-282 New York, United States: American
Institute of Physics (2007)
Gorchtein M, Bell N, Ramsey-Musolf MJ, Vogel P &
Wang P, “Model independent naturalness bounds on
magnetic moments of majorana neutrinos” In Feng
JL(ed), SUSY06, 903 287-290 New York, United
States: American Institute of Physics (2007)
Volkas R, “A4 Symmetry breaking scheme for
understanding quark and lepton mixing angles”
In Sissakian A, Kozlov G & Kolganova E(eds),
Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference in
High Energy Physics, 1 316-319. Singapore: World
Scientific Publishing Co (2007)
Volkas R, “The brane as a Higgs domain wall: ideas
and issues” In Feng JL(ed), SUSY06, 903 419-422
New York, United States: American Institute of
Physics (2007)
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postgraduate physics student society
(PPSS)
DR STUART WYITHE,
Postgraduate Physics
Coordinator
Within the School of Physics, postgraduate research
is an integral part of all research areas. Physics
postgraduates are therefore integrated into School
life at all levels. For example, the crucial role played
by students in the research success of the School is
highlighted during the weekly postgraduate seminar
series. This series serves to inform the School as a
whole of individual research programs.
From 2006, the School has expanded the
postgraduate seminar series to include a full
colloquium by final year students, describing the
work presented in their thesis. This final colloquium
provides the opportunity for the School to celebrate
the achievements of postgraduate students. This
initiative has been well received in 2007 by staff and
students alike in the quality and excellence of the
presentations received.
In addition, the seminar series offers our
students valuable experience in scientific and
oral presentation skills. Postgraduate students
are also integrated into the day-to-day workings
of the School through representatives on each of
the Schools committees. Postgraduate student
participation on School committees is coordinated
by the Postgraduate student society, and aims to
ensure that postgraduate student needs are met at
all levels.
The School aims to assist postgraduates with
the skills they will need to successfully complete
their degree and to move forward in the future. To
prepare postgraduate students to make the most
of their time within the department, the School
conducts an induction day, where the roles and
perceptions of students and supervisors alike, as
well as the requirements of postgraduate study are
discussed.
The School recognises the importance of bridging
the gap between undergraduate and postgraduate
study. To this end the School organises a
Postgraduate student research exhibition. This
exhibition showcases the work of our postgraduates
to interested 2nd and 3rd year physics students,
and provides an opportunity for them to find out
what work in research is like from the student
perspective.
Andrew Martin, PPSS
President
The Postgraduate Physics Student Society (PPSS)
aims to support and enhance the experience of all
students studying physics at a postgraduate level.
It is affiliated with the University of Melbourne
Postgraduate Association (UMPA) and gratefully
acknowledges funding provided by UMPA for our
activities throughout 2007. The PPSS also receives
generous support of the School of Physics both
financially and logistically. Every student studying
for a postgraduate physics degree is automatically
a member of the association. The PPSS creates
leadership positions for its members, enhancing
skills prior to entering formal employment.
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postgraduate physics student society (PPSS)
The activities organized by the PPSS aim to enhance
the academic and professional life of its members
and encourage social interaction of students within
the School. In 2007, these activities included
BBQs, a trivia night, a pool competition and the
soiree. These events were very successful and
promoted a collegial, friendly and interactive student
body. Ultimately, this contributes to a positive and
motivating environment in which to study.
It is encouraging to see students take an active
interest in the issues that are affecting the school.
Additionally, in 2007, we also undertook to redevelop
the PPSS website :
http://www.ph.unimelb.edu.au/ppss/
The PPSS performs the important role of providing
student representation on School committees,
allowing the postgraduates to have a say on how the
School’s policies affect them. In 2007, this program
had a strong level of participation and we look
forward to these roles continuing in 2008 under the
new in-coming PPSS president, Adrian D’Alfonso.
Trivia night, School of Physics
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prizes & awards
UNDERGRADUATE
Dwight Prize
Selection Criteria: Awarded to the student achieving
the highest results in First year advanced level, on
recommendation by the Head
Value: $700
Recipient: Ada Wing Chi Yan
E M and J F Ward Prize for Experimental
Physics
Selection Criteria: Awarded to the most outstanding
student in experimental physics in the final year of
the BSc degree with a major in physics.
Value: $600
Recipient: Tessa Satherley
T F Ryan (Roentgen) Prize
Selection Criteria: Prize is awarded to the student
with the highest aggregate score in 640-151 and
640-152 Physics for Biomedical Science at First Year.
Value: $600
Recipient: Chu Lu Chen
William Sutherland Prize
Selection Criteria: Awarded to the student achieving
the highest results in Second Year Physics who is
proceeding to study Physics at the Third Year level.
Value: Book vouchers worth $200
Recipient: Linden James Gearing
Ramm Prize in Experimental Physics
Selection Criteria: Prize is awarded to a student
enrolling in either Honours or postgraduate degree
by research in Experimental Physics who has
demonstrated excellent research potential.
Value: $1000
Recipient: Andrew Payne
Andrew Payne and Prof David Jamieson at the award of the Ramm Prize
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prizes & awards
POSTGRADUATE
The CISRA Prize in Physics
Selection Criteria: Eligible candidates must be
enrolled in, or have completed in the previous 12
months, the degree of PhD in the School of Physics
at the University of Melbourne.
Value: $2,000 approx
Recipient: Alison Demaria
Professor Kernot Research
Scholarship in Physics
Selection Criteria: Awarded on recommendation of
the Head on the basis of Honours results. Holders
are required to conduct research in Physics at
postgraduate level.
Value: $2,525
Recipient: Jayne Thompson
Dixson Research Scholarship in Physics
Selection Criteria: Awarded on the basis of Honours
results in Physics. The holder is required to conduct
research in Physics at the University at postgraduate
level
Value: $2000
Recipient: Martijn Jasperse
Women in Physics Prize
Selection Criteria: Awardees are to be selected on
the basis of academic excellence and demonstrated
research potential, financial need may also be
considered.
Value: $1,500
Recipient: Daisy Horin
Geoff Opat Scholarship
Selection Criteria: The Geoffrey Opat Scholarship
is organised by The King David School in honour
of the late Professor Geoffrey Opat. A scholarship
is awarded by The King David School to a talented
Year 11 student with a keen interest in physics.
The Scholarship takes the form of an on-campus
mentoring experience involving a Physics
postgraduate studying at School of Physics,
University of Melbourne. The bursary is to be
administered directly by the Finance department of
The King David School.
Student Recipient: Josh Teichman
Mentor Recipient: Elaine Miles
Klein Prize in Experimental Physics
Selection Criteria: Awarded to a student who has
completed fourth year Honours (or equivalent) in the
School of Physics at the University of Melbourne,
and who is currently enrolled in the degree of
Masters of Science (by Research) or PhD in the
School of Physics at the University of Melbourne.
Value: 500 approx
Recipients: Liam Mcguinness
John Tyndall Scholarship Prize
Selection Criteria: Awarded to a student who is
enrolled in a Masters or Doctorate degree who is
conducting advanced studies or research in the
School of Physics
Value: $550
Recipient: Marcus Doherty
Elaine Miles, Josh Teichman, Mrs Teichman and Milorad Cerovac (Science
Coordinator, The King David School)
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STAFF
Dr Andrew Greentree
Winner of the 2007 Woodward Medal in Science
and Technology in recognition of an outstanding
body of published work exploring the applications of
quantum mechanics to computing and information
processing.
Dr Greentree applies the ‘design’ rules of quantum
mechanics to research with photons (light). His
work has been pivotal in the design of radical new
architectures capable of meeting the challenges
of ever increasing speed and performance for
computing devices.
One of Dr Greentree’s most significant contributions
has been the development of the concept of ‘Solid
Light’ – based on the idea that light can be directly
harnessed to solve very significant problems
by quantum simulation. The concept provides a
completely new and unexpected paradigm for
computers based on light.
Dr Greentree’s prodigious output has been published
in top ranking international journals, including Nature
Physics and Physical Review Letters. He has also
made a considerable impact in the wider community
through live radio interviews, press releases and
web based reviews.
Dr Shane Huntington and QCV
1 st prize in the “2007 Secrets of Australian ICT
competition (Security Division)” for their work in
development of Single Photon Source device.
Drs Joanna Gajewski, Stephen Trpkovski, Shane Huntington (QCV) and the Hon
Minister Helen Coonan
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outreach programs
July Lectures
This very popular series of free public lectures has
a long and enviable history in the school. Presented
by the School’s teaching and research staff, they are
aimed at giving an insight into fundamental questions
in physics, and advances in current research. The
theme for 2007 is “Physics Breakthroughs”
The Large Hadron Collider – our
window on the Big Bang (6 July)
Professor Geoffrey Taylor, School of Physics
On the border of France and Switzerland an
accelerator is nearing completion that will replicate
the conditions that existed shortly after the Big Bang
that started our Universe. This lecture looks at the
advanced technology of the accelerator and the
fundamental building blocks of nature it will reveal.
A Quantum Leap for Computers
quantum information (13 July)
Professor Lloyd Hollenberg, School of Physics
Quantum Mechanics is the modern theory of the
subatomic world, and in an ongoing revolution in our
understanding of this reality the science of quantum
information processing has emerged. Around the
world teams are now racing to understand and
harness the awesome information processing
power of quantum mechanical systems to design
and construct a Quantum Computer. This lecture
looks at this revolutionary concept – what a quantum
computer physically is and the extraordinary
computational power it is capable of.
Breakthroughs, hoaxes, frauds and
delusions – recent breakthroughs that
weren’t (20 July)
Professor David Jamieson, School of Physics
Report of transistors made from plastic and super
heavy atoms never seen before created a sensation.
Unfortunately these discoveries were found to exist
only in the imagination of their discoverers. Like
poly water, N-rays, cold fusion and perpetual motion
machines from the past they have vanished into
oblivion. This lecture looks at recent breakthroughs
that weren’t and how we tell the difference between
real and pathological physics.
Hidden Mass in Cosmic Collisions – the
first pictures of dark matter (27 July)
Dr Andrew Melatos, School of Physics
The Chandra x-ray telescope has, for the first time,
provided sensational images that reveal the dark
matter distribution in two colliding galaxies. Dark
matter has long been required to explain the way
stars orbit inside galaxies and these new images
provide additional dramatic confirmation that dark
matter exists and behaves differently from ordinary
matter. This lecture looks at the implications of this
new discovery.
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Physics Gymnasium
This series of lectures is specifically designed to
provide enrichment and encouragement for senior
high-school students who are studying physics.
• Dr Norm Frankel, “Matter matters” (21 March)
• A/Prof Max Thompson, “The mighty Neutron
Saves the Earth” (16 May)
• Dr Roger Rassool, “Ecological sustainability”
(20 June)
• Dr Mark Boland, “The Australian Synchrotron:
Open for Science!” (8 August)
• Dr Andrew Melatos, “The Worldwide Search
for Gravitational Waves” (24 October)
Inservice 2007
This professional development day, held 16
November 2007, consists of 5 sessions relevant
to teachers of VCE Physics. It is designed to keep
teachers aware of developments in physics, expand
their horizons, and assist them in keeping up to date
with the current high schools physics syllabus.
• Dr Adam Micolich, School of Physics, UNSW,
“Wave particle duality”
• Dr Roger Rassool, “Electronics and Photonics”
• Jiufu Lim, “Materials and their Uses”
• Sean Crosby, “Further electronics”
• Prof Rachael Webster, “Einstein’s Special
relativity”
• A/Prof Max Thompson, “Newtonian
mechanics”
• Prof Geoffrey Taylor, “Electric Power”
• Nick Nicola, “Lecture demonstrations 101:
Physics from the dark side”
MUPPETS
Approximately 1700 years 5 and 6 students from
22 schools in the Melbourne central and eastern
suburbs attended this program during February
2007. It was held at “The Open Stage Theatre” of
the University of Melbourne which proved to be an
excellent location.
The Physics and Laser Shows were also presented
in the regional western Victoria during 21-23
Feb, particularly in Horsham and at the Wesley
Performing Arts Centre. Approximately 2500
students from 28 primary schools, from as far
afield as St Arnaud to Nhill, attended. Again, as
a consequence of the generosity of the Colonial
Foundation, we were able to provide transport for
many of these schools.
MUPPETS travel to Nhill
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outreach programs
STARS
Following a highly successful Professional Day
for VCE teachers, that was held in November, we
realised that many VCE teachers, particularly from
less well-funded schools, did not have access to
demonstration equipment and professional help.
We therefore initiated the STARS program (Students
and Teachers Accessing Research Scientists) that
teachers could join. This allows them to borrow
demonstration equipment from the School of
Physics, to have access to professional scientists
and other VCE teachers, and importantly to have the
privilege of recommending one year11 student, with
outstanding potential, to attend a residential school
in July.
The STARS program is multidisciplinary, and allows
access to all the scientific disciplines studied at
the University of Melbourne including chemistry,
biology, earth sciences etc. We have specifically set
up collaboration with the GTAC (Gene Technology
Access Centre) to widen the areas of assistance to
the teachers. About 90 VCE teachers have enrolled
in STARS, and most have recommended students
from year 11 to attend the STARS School.
This residential school was held from July 8 – 14.
A total of 80 students attended. More than half of
these are from outside the Melbourne area, and
many were from disadvantage schools in rural
drought-stricken areas.
MUPPETS travel to St Arnaud
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subjects offered
FIRST YEAR SUBJECTS
640-121/2 Physics (Advanced) A/B
640-141/2 Physics A/B
640-151/2 Physics Biomedical Science A/B
640-161/2 Physics: Principles & Applications
640-176 Solar System & Cosmos
640-177 Stars & Galaxies
SECOND YEAR SUBJECTS
640-223 Quantum Mechanics & Thermal Phys (Adv)
640-225 Electromagnetism & Spec Relativity (Adv)
640-234 Further Classical & Quantum Mechanics
640-237 Astrophysics & Optics 2
640-243 Quantum Mechanics & Thermal Phys
640-245 Electromagnetism & Spec Relativity
640-251 Instrumentation for Scientists
640-261 Energy & Environment
640-299 Part 11 Laboratory
HONOURS
The Honours year comprises course work (640-496)
and research project (640-497).
The content of course work may vary from year to
year but typically include subjects chosen from:
Extragalaxies, Astro & Cosmology
General Relativity
Particle Physics 1
Particle Physics 2
Quantum Mechanics A
Quantum Mechanics B
Quantum Structures
Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Optics
Scattering & Imaging
Statistical Mechanics
THIRD YEAR SUBJECTS
640-311/12 Undergraduate Seminar
640-321 Quantum Mechanics (Advanced)
640-322 Thermal Physics (Advanced)
640-323 Electrodynamics (Advanced)
640-341 Quantum Mechanics
640-342 Thermal Physics
640-343 Electrodynamics
640-351 Astrophysics & Optics 3
640-353 Atomic, Molecular & Solid State Phys
640-354 Subatomic Physics
640-364 Computational Physics
640-381 Principles & Applications of Sensors
640-393/4 Part 111 Laboratory
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alumni & friends
COCKTAIL REUNION PARTY
In March 2007, the School of Physics held its
biennial alumni reunion cocktail party in the foyer
of the Hercus and Laby theatre in which the guests
of honor included benefactors who have supported
the School through donations, major gifts and
sponsoring of prizes including: Mr Andrew Brookes
(Colonial Foundation), Professor Tony Klein, Fleur and
Victor Spitzer, Naomi Kaldor, Ms Val Crohn and Dr
Stephen Hardy (CiSRA).
DONATIONS and SUPPORT
The School would like to acknowledge and thank Ms
Val Crohn (nee Sherriff) who has generously donated
$30,000 to set up the ‘Women in Physics’ prize, in
order that female students may be encouraged to
pursue higher studies in physics. Awardees are to
be selected on the basis of academic excellence and
demonstrated research potential, financial need may
also be considered. The inaugural winner, student
Ms Daisy Horin, will be awarded the cash prize
formally in 2008. Ms Crohn is an alumnus of the
department who obtained her Masters of Science
degree in 1948, under the supervision of Professor
Leslie Martin.
It was also great to see School of Physics staff and
students in support of Movember (http://www.
movember.com/), raising funds and awareness for
men’s health issues.
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Ms Val Crohn and Daisy Horin Prof Geoff Taylor, Ms Val Crohn and Prof Tony Klein

Dr Brant Gibson, Dr Andy Martin and Sebastian
Saliba in support of ‘Movember’
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media
Members of the School of Physics
were regularly featured in the media
during 2007 (excluding local university
newspapers and local media releases).
Prof Rachel Webster in “Nature rewards excellent
scientific mentors in Australasia” (by Carina Dennis),
www.scienceinpublic.com/nature, 1 December
2006
Dr Andrew Greentree in “You talkin’ to me?” (Mark
Buchanan), New Scientist, 13 January 2007
Dr Andrew Greentree in “Making Light (More)
Solid”, Slashdot, 15 January 2007
Prof Geoffrey Taylor and Dr Marco La Rosa in
“When subatomic particles collide”, www.theage.
com.au, 19 February 2007
Dr Roger Rassool and A/Prof Max Thompson,
“International science laser show”, Wimmera Mail
Times, 21 February 2007
Prof Geoffrey Taylor and Dr Markus
Bischofberger in “Full speed to the God particle”
(by Deborah Smith), Sydney Morning Herald, 15
March 2007
Prof Geoffrey Taylor and Dr Markus
Bischofberger in “Secrets of life, the universe and
all that” (by Stephen Gauchi), The Sunday Age, 25
March 2007
ARC CXS in “Shattering the crystal lattice”, 5th
World Conference of Science Journalists, Science
Stories, April 2007
ARC CXS in “A certain synching feeling leaves
scientists beaming”, The Age, 20 April 2007
ARC CXS in “Nanotechnology”, Australian Capability
Report, Invest Australia, May 2007
ARC CXS in “Synchrotron Expansion Plans
Unveiled”, News in Science, ABC Science Online, 24
May 2007
Dr Shane Huntington in “Dangling carats to catch
a thief” (by Geoff Maslen), The Education Age, 18
June 2007
A/Prof Les Allen and Dr Scott Findlay in
“Uncharted atomic landscapes”, Science News,
August 2007
Dr Marco La Rosa and Dr Glenn Moloney in
“Trio’s world-first science cluster” (by Mahesh
Sharma), News Ltd, 4 September 2007
Masum Rab (PhD student with Dr Andy Martin)
in “Quantum bodies go here or there, but not in
between”, New Scientist, 29 September 2007
School of Physics in “World’s largest science
project gets some local supercomputing help”,
www.idm.net.au, September 2007
ARC CXS in “So what does a synchrotron do?”,
Postgraduate Study, The Age, 6 October 2007
Prof Rachel Webster comments on a new radio
telescope for “The Science Show” (interviewer
Robyn Williams), ARC Radio National Sydney, 20
October 2007
A/Prof Martin Sevior comments on nuclear energy
for “Morning Show” (interviewer Fiona Wyllie), ABC
Mid North Coast NSW, 26 October 2007
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A/Prof Ann Roberts in “Behold the ultimate
predator-the invisible army” (by Stephen Cauchi),
The Sunday Age, 11 November 2007
ARC CXS in “Seeing the light in femtoseconds”,
Australian Life Scientist Online, November 2007
ARC CXS in “World Class Laser Facility for
Victoria’s X-ray Scientists”, Media Newswire
Online, November 2007 & Biotechnology Victoria,
December 2007
ARC CXS in “Power Failure!”, Australasian Science,
December 2007
ARC CXS in “Mitochondria: The Good, The Bad &
The Ugly!”, Australasian Science, Dec 2007
ARC CXS Femtosecond Laser Facility research and
infrastructure discussed in Victorian Parliament’s
HANSARD, 7th December 2007
Dr Max Schlosshauer publishes reference text
book “Decoherence and the Quantum-To-Classical
Transition” (ISBN: 978-3-540-35773-5, www.
springer.com)
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ecruiting organisations
In addition to the many universities
and schools that hire our graduates
as lecturers, postdoctoral fellows
and teachers, other organizations that
have recruited our graduates include:
ANZ Bank
Australian Nuclear Science Technology Organisation
(ANSTO)
Austin Hospital
Australian Synchrotron
Australian Government
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety
Agency (ARPANSA)
Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Bureau of Meteorology
Boston Consulting Group
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organisation (CSIRO)
Department of Human Services
Department of Education, Science and Technology
(DEST)
Department of Finance
Department of Primary Industries
Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional
Development (DIIRD)
Defence Science Technology Organisation (DSTO)
Energy Core Geothermal Heating & Cooling
Ernst & Young
GBC Scientific Equipment
Google
GRA Supply Chain Consultants
Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology
and Medicine
Iatia Vision Sciences
Intel
KPMG
LEK Consulting
Macquarie Bank
Momentum Funds Management
Note Printing Australia
PriceCooperWaterhouse
Victorian Government
Walter Hall & Eliza Institute
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more information
Additional contact information:
School of Physics – David Caro Building
University of Melbourne VIC 3010
Australia
T: +61 8344 7670
F: +61 9347 4783
E: enquiries@physics.unimelb.edu.au
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