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contents/the university of melbourne 6the faculty of science 8THE SCHOOL OF pHYSICS 9HEAD’S REPORT 10EXECUTIVE MANAGER’S REPORT 11SCHOOL GOVERANCE 11STAFF 12VISITORS 18RESEARCH FUNDING & operating budget 19RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES 20POSTGRADUATE students 24THESES COMPLETIONS 25PART II/III UNDERGRADUATE LAB REFURBISHMENT 26GROUP REPORT & PUBLICATIONS- Astrophysics 27- Experimental Particle Physics (EPP) 30- Micro-Analytical Research Centre (MARC) 35- Materials Institute (MIM) 39- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science (CXS) 40- Optics 41- Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics (TCMP) 44- Theoretical Particle Physics (TPP) 48postgraduate physics student society (PPSS) 50prizes & awards 51oUTREACH 53ALUMNI & FRIENDS 54MEDIA 56subjects offered 57more information 58www.physics.unimelb.edu.au 5

The University of MelbourneThe university ofMelbourneEstablished in 1853, the University of Melbourneis a public-spirited institution that makes distinctivecontributions to society in research, teaching andknowledge transfer.Melbourne’s teaching excellence has beenrewarded two years in a row by grants fromthe Commonwealth Government’s Learningand Teaching Performance Fund for Australianuniversities that demonstrate excellence inundergraduate teaching and learning.Melbourne was also one of only three Australianuniversities to win ten citations -- the maximumnumber of awards possible -- under the CarrickCitations for Outstanding Contributions to StudentLearning. The citations recognise commitmentby university staff who have shown outstandingleadership and innovation in teaching, and dedicationand enthusiasm for student learning.The triple-helixThe University of Melbourne seeks to be highlyregarded in research and research training, learningand teaching, and engagement.Together these three activities are envisaged asa metaphoric triple-helix in which they are closelybound, each reinforcing the other. Growing Esteemtakes into account current national and internationalresearch priorities, aims to assist the University toaddress the pressures of space, size and coherencein undergraduate education and ensures a muchstronger link between public outreach and teachingand research.The first strand – research and research training– is core to the mission of the University, linkingMelbourne to the great centres of scholarshiparound the world. The research and research trainingstrand allows us both to achieve what we call ourresearch outcomes and output and also to trainresearch higher degree students including PhD orDoctoral research and Masters by research.The second strand – learning and teaching – refers toour curriculum (or our courses) and to the epxerienceof being a student (such as study groups, supportservices and scholarships). Learning and teachinghas been of great importance to the Universitysince its origin in 1854, and with the inception ofthe Melbourne Model undergraduate and graduateeducation have continued to be a central focus ofthought and investment at the University.The final strand – engagement – encompassesinteraction between the University and the widersociety. It includes knowledge partnerships,interactions with alumni, advancement activities andinternational programs.Knowledge partnerships are interactions betweenthe University and external groups or individuals andare essential to the ensuring the University’s publicspiritedcharacter. Melbourne will continue to expandthe number and scope of its knowledge partnershipsand ensure effective metrics to promote excellencein these activities.The University’s international strategy permeatesevery aspect of the institution’s activities. TheUniversity will continue to extend and develop itsinternational character, through partnerships withinternational Universities and organisations andprograms such as Melbourne Global Mobility. Inaddition, the University will work towards havinga more ‘cosmopolitan’ campus, with a view toincreasing the number of high calibre internationalstaff and research higher degree students.The University values its relationship with alumni,and acknowledges that there are many moreopportunities to be explored. The University seeksto engage alumni as advisors on course content,as mentors for current students and guides forprospective applicants. The University also hopesto pursue new engagement opportunities with itsgrowing international alumni. In return, alumni areable to attend many public events as well as accessthe University’s knowledge base and infrastructure.Advancement programs support research,provide scholarships to students from a variety ofbackgrounds, establish chairs in specific disciplines,expand and maintain library facilities and establishnew infrastructure. The University will continueto expand its advancement activities with a majorcampaign in 2010 designed to treble the University’sannual income from donations and gifts within fiveyears.6www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

Melbourne ModelThe Melbourne Model curriculum was introducedin 2008 and offers degrees in three broad cycles.At Bachelor degree level, students select fromone of six degrees offering a total of 87 majorfields of study. These programs lay the intellectualfoundations for employment or further study.Under the Melbourne Model, most professionalqualifications are offered at Master’s level, wherestudents can choose from a variety of professionalor specialist graduate programs offering intensive,focused graduate-level experiences that promotedeep professional learning. At Doctoral level,students develop research skills working alongsideinternational leaders in a broad range of fields.The key features of the Melbourne Model are choiceand flexibility at undergraduate level, together withdiversity and applicability at graduate level. Thecurriculum caters for students who enter Universityat undergraduate or graduate level with a variety ofgoals: those sure of their chosen path; those whohave not yet determined their future vocation; andthose who begin on one path then discover another.A vital feature of the Melbourne Model is thediversity of flexible educational pathways that itoffers to students. The Model encompasses awide range of study options and pathways, andallows students to make more timely and informeddecisions about career directions. Each individualstudent is assisted to choose a pathway through theMelbourne Model that is tailored to their developinginterests and goals.The Melbourne Model was introduced to:• Provide flexibility at undergraduate level in orderto allow for developing interests and enablemore considered choices by students aboutfurther study or career options• Improve intellectual coherence, researchrelevance and peer interaction at undergraduatelevel• Provide intensive training at graduate level tostudents with greater maturity and breadth ofperspective in order to deliver better personaland professional outcomes• Strengthen preparation for doctoral research andacademic mobility• Develop graduates with defined educational,aspirational and personal attributes2009 – A Year ofRefinementSince 2005 the global higher education market has continuedto grow, with Australia now listing education as one of its majorexports. Competition for students is significant, and not justfrom domestic institutions. China and India are building rapidlytheir own education capacity and shifts are apparent in Europeand North America. Despite our success in the undergraduatestudent market we still do poorly when it comes to researchhigher degree students compared to international competitors.Since 2005 aspects of the international student market havechanged dramatically. Financial conditions, concerns overstudent safety, and rapid growth in the Asia-Pacific region allaffect the dynamics of student mobility. Significantly, theseissues are beyond the University’s influence, and must beseen as risk factors of an increasingly competitive globalmarket. By 2005 research had already become a globalenterprise with progress in many fields at most universitiesreliant on international funding, collaboration, shared data andco-produced outcomes.Since 2005 research has continued to adapt to increasedmobility and access, with far greater emphasis on addressingmajor societal concerns. Global problems drive broaderresearch agendas and new multidisciplinary responses.Enabling this new approach is omprehensive disciplinarystrength, a core attribute of the best universities in the world.Nationally, there have been two significant reviews, theBradley Review of Higher Education and the Cutler Reviewof the National Innovation System. Elements of both reviewshave been adopted by the Federal Government during 2009,signaling significant changes for the tertiary sector. The newpartially deregulated system (unrestricted places) is designedto allow for a massive expansion in student numbers, whilstmaintaining tough regulatory restrictions on price. The principleof full funding for research has been accepted, and there is astrong push for greater numbers of students from backgroundsof disadvantage.Within the University the degree structure has beenstandardised, aligning our educational offering with the bestuniversities in Europe. The success of the program has beensuggested both by the number and quality of new generationcourse students and via imitation by several Australian (andregional) universities. In 2011, these students will transition intograduate schools to commence their professional training.Articulation of the University’s character has been achievedthrough adoption of the triple helix. As was the case over acentury ago with research, the introduction of a new strandof activity has been slow but transformative. Governments,industry bodies and the community regard ‘third stream’activities as a test of social relevance. Melbourne faces manyof the challenges of other public universities.Questions of financial stability, size, student mix, researchbreadth and external engagement continue to challenge us,and in many cases our strategy puts us at odds with everchanging government policy. Such challenges compel us toexamine our strategy regularly and refine it when required.www.physics.unimelb.edu.au 7

The faculty of sciencefaculty ofScienceAbout usOne of the oldest science faculties in Australia,we celebrated our centenary in 2003. The Facultyprovides a range of teaching and postgraduatetraining programs and community services,based on a solid foundation of research in thepure and applied sciences. It comprises fourschools and five departments - Botany, Chemistry,Earth Sciences, Physics, Genetics, InformationSystems, Mathematics & Statistics, Optometry& Vision Sciences, and Zoology, and it has anactive involvement in 13 competitively fundedresearch centres. Over 6,500 undergraduate andpostgraduate students are enrolled across its 10undergraduate and 12 postgraduate courses and itsHonours program.Faculty staff gain approximately $22 million a year incompetitive research grants, through peer-assessedgrants, the Australian Research Council (ARC),the National Health and Medical Research Council(NHMRC) and other national funding and industryagencies. Its international agenda includes jointresearch ventures, exchange of staff and students,recruitment of overseas students and the inclusionof a global perspective in curricula. Through thequality of its research and teaching, the Facultyenjoys a strong reputation, both nationally andinternationally.History of the FacultyThe Faculty of Science was established in 1903 atthe University of Melbourne, under the first Dean,Professor Henry Laurie. Initially the disciplines taughtwithin the Faculty included Chemistry, Physiology,Biology (including elementary Botany), Geology andMinerology, as well as subjects from the Schoolsof Mathematics and Natural Philosophy (Physics).Over the years, Genetics, Information Systems, andOptometry have been added to this list.http://www.science.unimelb.edu.au/8www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

the school of physicsHEAD’S REPORTRegarded by many as the first true Physicist,Galileo turned his beautifully hand-craftedtelescope to the skies and made discoveries thatchanged the world. Our 21 st Century Physicistscelebrated the 400 th anniversary of the telescopewith 2009 declared the International Year ofAstronomy.Our July Lectures in Physics always attract largecrowds and the Astronomy theme for the 2009program filled the Elizabeth Murdoch Theatrewith enthusiastic audiences on all five Fridaynights in July! In July we also hosted the annualscientific meeting of the Astronomical Societyof Australia with a distinguished line-up of localand international speakers including our ownAstrophysics group who presented their latestresearch. A significant highlight of the meetingwas a session dedicated to the Australian SquareKilometer Array Pathfinder project and its immensescientific potential. I am sure Galileo would havebeen impressed.In November 2009 our Theoretical ParticlePhysics group organised “COSPA 2009”, theInternational Symposium on Cosmology andParticle Astrophysics. We hosted an impressiveconstellation of international visitors and took theopportunity to stage another very well attendedpublic lecture by Prof. Sean Carroll from Caltechtitled “The origin of the universe and the arrow oftime”.awards for Outreach and Research respectively.On top of all this, Prof. Jeremy Mould, with twocolleagues from the USA, won the 2009 Gruberprize for cosmology. The Gruber is one of theworld’s most distinguished scientific prizes.With regard to teaching, our roll-out of theMelbourne Model curriculum continues togo very well with unprecedented numbers ofundergraduates taking our subjects (topping 1500in semester 1 of 2010) and excellent participationin the MSc with 46 students enrolled at the startof 2010. These students, together with our 80PhD/MPhil students are supported by 43 researchfellows funded from national competitive grantsobtained by our very active staff. Many of uswere also very busy towards the end of 2009preparing expressions of interest and full proposalsto establish Australian Research Council Centresof Excellence. It is very pleasing to see that thiswork has paid off – from 2011 the School will hostthree new Centres of Excellence alongside ourcontinuing Centre for Coherent X-ray Science ledby Prof. Keith Nugent. I look forward to reviewinghighlights from the new Centres in the next report!Head of School, Professor David JamiesonOur staff and associates had a very successful2009 with an impressive array of awards andprizes. Prof. Bruce McKellar carried off the FlindersMedal of the Australian Academy of Science (AAS)for his work in particle physics, Assoc. Prof. (nowProf.) Stuart Wyithe won the AAS Pawsey Medalfor his work on the early universe and Drs RogerRassool and Andrew Melatos won the Dean’sProfessor David Jamieson (Head) & Ms Helen Conley (Executive Manager)at the Part II/IIILab opening with Professor Rob Saint (Dean of Science)looking on10www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

EXECUTIVE MANAGER’SREPORTThe Teaching and Research effort of the School hasbeen well supported again this year by a strong teamof professional staff. With students moving into thesecond year of the Melbourne Model BSc , laboratorystaff continued to manage large numbers of studentsdoing new labs including the staging of further nightlabs.Building WorksThe major project completed early this year was therefurbishment of the Part II/III laboratories with theDean of Science Prof Rob Saint officially opening thespace in June. Students and staff had been usingthe new labs since March and provided very positivefeedback on the layout, facilities and equipment.Various rooms throughout the building wererefurbished for staff, students and retirees with officespace becoming increasingly tight as the Schoolgrows and becomes more successful.The consolidation of experimental research space waslargely completed maximizing available space for keyresearch projects.Professional Staff ChangesSome major changes took place at the end of 2009when Russell Walsh (Finance Manager) and NickNicola (Laboratory Manager) both retired after over25 years service each. Our sincere thanks and goodwishes go to these two outstanding professional staffleaders.With their departure a restructure of the administrationteam on Level 1 saw Cheryl Burrell stepping up intothe Finance Manager’s role and Cilla Gloger into a newrole – Research and Administration Manager. ColinEntwisle was also promoted into the new Teachingand Laboratory Coordination position.Joanne Kuluveovski, Research and CommunicationsManager gained a promotion to the Faculty ofEngineering and Jo Gajewski from QCV left onmaternity leave. Michael McDermott replaced JudePrezens in the Undergraduate labs while Jude isworking overseas for a year.Executive Manager, Ms Helen ConleyAcademicSCHOOL GOVERNANCEThe School continues to be well served by thefollowing Committee Structure and membership.Academic ProgramsRobert Scholten (Chair), Helen Conley, TonyGherghetta, Andrew Greentree, Lloyd Hollenberg,Michelle, Livett, Jeff McCallum, Andrew Melatos,Elaine Miles, Julius Orwa, Roger Rassool, AnnRoberts, Martin Sevior, Geoff Taylor, Ray Volkas,Rachel Webster, Colin Entwisle (Executive Officer)Knowledge Transfer & MarketingAndy Martin (Chair), Elisabetta Barberio, ChrisChantler, Helen Conley, Joanne, Kuluveovski, DavidJamieson, Roger Rassool, Ann Roberts, SebastianSaliba, Geoffrey Taylor, Cilla Gloger (ExecutiveOfficer)PolicyDavid Jamieson (Chair), Les Allen, Helen Conley,Tony Gherghetta, Lloyd Hollenberg, ThomasJacques, Jeff McCallum, Keith Nugent, StevenPrawer, Ann Roberts, Robert Scholten, GeoffTaylor, Ray Volkas, Rachel Webster, Hayley Wards(Executive Officer)Research & Research TrainingLes Allen (Chair), Nicole Bell, Helen Conley, BrantGibson, Joanne Kuluveovski, Vivien Lee, AndrewMelatos, Ray Volkas, Stuart Wyithe, Cilla Gloger(Executive Officer)Environmental health & SafetyJeff McCallum (Chair), Simon Bell, Helen Conley,Colin Entwisle, Steve Gregory, Justin Kimpton, LingLin, Phil Lyons, Paul Spizziri, Julie Warden (ExecutiveOfficer)SchoolDavid Jamieson (Chair), all staff, Melissa Makin,Hayley Wards (Executive Officer)School ExecutiveDavid Jamieson (Chair), Les Allen, Cheryl Burrell,Helen Conley, Ann Roberts, Robert Scholten,Russell Walsh, Hayley Wards (Executive Officer)Ex officios: Jeff McCallum, Andy Martin, GeoffTaylor, Rachel Websterwww.physics.unimelb.edu.au 11

staffteaching & researchAcademicsHead of School and professorDavid Norman JamiesonBSc(Hons), PhD Melb, FAIP, FInst, MAPSResearch Interests: Quantum computing,nanotechnology, quantum physics, diamond, silicon,ion beam physics and analysis, ion implantation,microprobes, semiconductors, charge injection insemiconductorsTeaching Interests: Advanced physics,Electromagnetism & Special relativity, FurtherClassical & Quantum MechanicsDeputy Head of School and associateprofessorAnn RobertsBSc(Hons) PhD Syd, MAIPResearch Interests: Optics, Photonics,Nanophotonics, Imaging, MicroscopyTeaching Interests: Biomedical Physics, Astrophysicsand OpticsFederation Fellow & LaureateProfessorTony GherghettaBSc(Hons), UWA MS, PhD ChicagoResearch Interests: Particle physics beyond thestandard model, Supersymmetry, Branes and extradimensions, AdS/CFT correspondence, Particlephenomenology, The early universeFederation FellowKeith Alexander NugentBSc(Hons) Adelaide, PhD ANU, FAA FAIPResearch Interests: Optics, synchrotron science,x-rays, coherence, quantitative phase imaging,biophysics, protein membrane imagingprofessorsSteven PrawerBSc(Hons), PhD Monash, DSc Melb, MAIP MRSResearch Interests: Quantum informationprocessing, diamond, ion implantation,micromachining, quantum optics, quantumcommunication, ion beam analysis, single photonsources, qubits, nanotechnologyTeaching Interests: Biomedical Physics, quantummechanicsRaymond Robert VolkasBSc(Hons) PhD Melb FAIPResearch Interests: Beyond the standard model,neutrinos, branes and extra dimensions, particlecosmology, particle phenomemology, early universeTeaching Interests: Advanced quantum mechanics,Quantum mechanics, quantum field theoryRachel Lindsey WebsterBSc Monash, MSc Sussex, PhD CambridgeResearch Interests: radio astronomy, cosmology,terabyte datasets, low frequency radio telescope,first stars, epoch of reionisation, galaxy formation,solar wind, quasars, gravitational lensing, eResearchTeaching Interests: Solar systems & cosmos,advanced electromagnetism and special relativity,astrophysics and opticsAUSTRALIAN Professorial FellowsLloyd Christopher HollenbergBSc(Hons) PhD Melb, MAIPResearch Interests: theoretical quantum computingand information, qubit system modeling and control,algorithm, single electron transistor, decoherence ofgate operations, quantum error correctionTeaching Interests: n/aGeoffrey Norman TaylorBSc(Hons) MSc UWA, PhD Hawaii, MAIP MAPSResearch Interests: high energy particle physics,physics beyond the Standard Model, CERNlaboratory, ATLAS project, supersymmetry, Higgsboson, CP violation, GRID computing, positronemission topography, medical physicsTeaching Interests: Principles and Applications ofPhysics B, advanced electromagnetism and specialrelativity12www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

ASSOCIATE PROFFESSORS & READERSLeslie John AllenBSc(Hons), MSc Port Elizabeth, PhD Sth AfricaResearch Interests: Atomic resolution imagingand spectroscopy, electron scattering, inner-shellionization, phase imagingTeaching Interests: Atomic, Molecular and SolidState Physics; Scattering & ImagingChristopher Thomas ChantlerBSc(Hons) UWA, DPhil OxfordResearch Interests: X-ray Optics, Synchrotron,X-ray Absorption Fine Structure, powder diffraction,radiation shielding, atomic physics & quantumelectro-dynamics, condensed matter physicsTeaching Interests: Electromagnetism & SpecialRelativity; Thermal Physics; Advanced QuantumOpticsRobert ScholtenBSc Adelaide, BSc(Hons) PhD Flinders, MAIP,MAPSResearch Interests: atom optics, quantum optics,atomic physics, laser cooling, imaging, quantumimaging, atomic coherence, lasersTeaching Interests: Advanced Physics, biomedicalphysics, astrophysics and optics, quantummechanicsASSOCIATE PROFESSORSMichelle LivettBSc(Hons), PhD LaTrobe, DipEd MCAE, MAIPResearch Interests: Physics educationTeaching Interests: Biomedical PhysicsMartin Edmund SeviorBSc(Hons) PhD Melb, FAIPResearch Interests: High Energy Physics, quarks,anti-matter, Higgs particle, Data GridTeaching Interests: Principals and applications ofPhysics, Quantum Mechanics and Thermal Physics,Electrodynamicsarc queen elizabeth ii fellowsAndrew GreentreeBSc Adel, PhD AnuResearch Interests:Quantum Computing, Phosphorus in silicon,diamond in quantum information processing, qubits,atom-photon interactions,ElectromagneticallyinducedtransparencyStuart WyitheBSc(Hons) PhD MelbResearch Interests: Astrophysics, cosmology, firststars, reionization, black holes, gravitational lensing,the early universe, eclipsing binaries, quasarsTeaching Interests: Extragalactic astrophysics &Cosmology; Computational PhysicsSENIOR LECTURERSLuigia Elisabetta BarberioMSc Bologna, PhD SiegenResearch Interests: Experimental particle physics,dark matter, cosmology,ATLAS experiment, CERN laboratory, Higgs boson,structure of the universe, origin of the massTeaching Interests: Standard Physics, SubatomicPhysics, Particle PhysicsAndrew McCallum MartinBSc(Hons) PhD LancasterResearch Interests: Theoretical condensed matterphysics, Bose-Einstein Condensation, Quantum HallEffect, superfluids, superconductivityTeaching Interests: Further classical & Quantummechanics, Advanced Thermal Physics, CondensedMatter physicsAndrew MelatosBSc PhD SydResearch Interests: Neutron stars, gravitationalwaves, plasma physics, superfluidsTeaching Interests: Advanced electrodynamics,Statistical MechanicsJeffrey McCallumBSc(Hons) PhD MelbResearch Interests: Epitaxy and defect studies insilicon, semi-conductor physics disorder defectsand amorphisation, open volume defects, ionimplantation, solid phase epitaxial growth, shallowjunctions, new materials scienceTeaching Interests: Standard Physics, AdvancedPhysics, Quantum Mechanics and Thermal PhysicsRoger Paul RassoolBSc(Hons) PhD MelbResearch Interests: Particle and nuclear physics,nuclear particle photons, industrial applications ofphysics, instrumentation, silicon detectors, medicalphysicsTeaching Interests: Standard Physics, Instrumentsfor Scientists, Energy & Environmentwww.physics.unimelb.edu.au 13

LECTURERsNicole BellBSc(Hons) PhD MelbResearch Interests: Beyond the StandardModel, cosmology, neutrino physics, branes andextra dimensions, particle cosmology, particlephenomenology, early universeTeaching Interests: Quantum Mechanics, AdvancedPhysics, Thermal PhysicsTUTORsJames RichmondLLB(Hons) BSc(Hons) MelbRESEARCH-ONLY academicsProfessorial FellowRobert John SaultBE(Hons) PhD SydSenior Research FellowsShane Huntington, BSc(Hons) PhD MelbHarry Morris Quiney, BSc(Hons) MSc Monash,DPhil OxfordSteven Trpkovski, BSc(Hons) PhD VUTLyle FellowFulvio Melia, BSc(Hons) Melb PhD, MITAustralian research fellowNicoleta Dragomir, BSc Romania PhD UT GAIPAustralian postdoctoral fellowMaximillian Scholosshauer, MSc Lund, MSc PhDUWResearch FellowsBrian Abbey, MSc PhD CambridgeAndrew Alves, BSc(Hons) PhD RMITEric Ampem-Lassen, DipEd BSc MPhil Ghana, PhDMelbSusan Angus, BE(Hons) PhD UNSWCatherine Buchanan, BSc(Hons) PhD ANUStefania Castelletto, BSc(Hons) MSc PhD Turin14www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

Bo Chen, BEng Heifei, PhD Science & TechnologyChinaAlberto Cimmino, BSc Naples MSc PhD MelbRuben Dilanyan, BSc(Hons) PhD RussiaTim Dyce, BSc(Hons) MelbUli Felzmann, PhD GermanyRobert Foot, BSc(Hons) PhD MelbKumaravelu Ganesan, BSc MSc Sri Lanka, PhDCanterburyBrant Gibson, BE PhD LaTrobeStewart Gleadow, BE(Hons) MelbCharles Hill, BSc(Hons) ANU PhD QueenslandFaruque Hossain, BSc(Hons) MSc Dhaka MEngScNSW PhD TokyoBrett Johnson, BSc(Hons) PhD MelbMark Junker, BSc Louisiana MSc PhD TexasJustin Kimpton, BSc(Hons) PhD SwinburneArchil Kobakhidze, BSC MSc PhD Tbilisi IvancJavakhishvili StateJessica Kvansakul, MSc PhD LondonHermine Landt, MSc PhD GermanyAntonio Limosani, BE BSc(Hons) PhD MelbLing Lin, MSc PhD New ZealandGlenn Moloney, BSc(Hons) PhD MelbJulius Orwa, MSc USA, PhD MelbBart Pindor, BSc Canada PhD USAOlena Ponomarenko, MSc Ukraine, BMAT PhDNewcastleClaire Rollinson, BSc VUTNicholas Setzer, BSc BA PhD USADavid Simpson, BSc(Hons) PhD VUTPaul Spizzirri, BAppSc Swinburne PhD MelbDavid Vine, BSc(Hons) PhD MonashBenedict Von Harling, BSc MSc PhD GermanyGarth Williams, BSc Akron MS PhD IllinoisChris Witte, BSc(Hons) MelbChangyi Yang, BSc Nanjing, MSc Shanghai, PhDLundHONORARY academicsProfessors EmeritusHerbert Bolotin, BSc CUNY MSc PhD Indiana DScFAIPDavid Caro, DSc(Hons) MSc LLB(Hons) Tas PhDBirm. OBE AE FACE FAIPColin Arnold Ramm, MSc UWA PhD Birm FlnstPFAIPProfessorial FellowsAllan Clark, BSc(Hons) Tas, DPhil OxfordTien Kieu, BSc(Hons) Qld PhD EdinAnthony George Klein, AM BEE PhD DSc MelbFAA HonFAIPBruce HJ McKellar, BSc(Hons) PhD Syd DSc Melb,FAA FInstP FAIP FAPSJeremy Mould, BSc(Hons) Melb PhD ANUPrincipal Fellows with the titleAssociate ProfessorKenneth Albert Amos, BSc PhD Adelaide DScMelb, FAIPZwi Barnea, BSc MSc PolytechLNY PhD MelbMAIPLeslie Arthur Bursill, DipEd BSc Melb, PhDMonash DSc MelbDavid Cookson, BSc(Hons) PhD MonashTrevor Finlayson, BSc Qld PhD MonashNorman Edward Frankel, BSc MIT PhD MelbGirish Chandra Joshi, BSc Agra MSc Alld PhDDelhi MAIPJames Jury, BSc MSc PhD TorTomas Kron, BSc PhD GermanyGeorge Legge, BSc(Hons) MSc PhD MelbFulvio Melia, BSc(Hons) Melb PhD MITEdmund Gerard Muirhead, MSc PhD Melb MAIPChris Ryan, BSc(Hons) PhD MelbVassilios Sarafis, BSc CBiol MIBiol UKAlan Edwin Charles Spargo, BSc PhD UWA MAIPMaxwell Norman Thompson, MSc PhD Melb DScFAIPStuart Norman Tovey, BA Cambridge, PhD Bristol,MAIPJohn William Graydon Wignall, BA BSc MScMelb PhD Cambridgewww.physics.unimelb.edu.au 15

Senior FellowsBrendan Allman, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb DipEdMonash MBA LaTrobeDavid Bardos, BSc(Hons) PhD MelbMark Boland, BSc(Hons) PhD MelbValery Natan Gurarie, MSc PhD MoscowGareth Moorhead, BSc(Hons) PhD Melb GAIPGraeme O’Keefe, BSc PhD MelbSalvy Peter Russo, BSc Melb PhD RMITFellowsJared Cole, PhD MelbRoland Crocker, BSc(Hons) PhD MelbBarbara Etschmann, BSc(Hons) PhD UWADuncan Galloway, BSc(Hons) PhD TasDavid Hoxley, BSc(Hons) PhD MelbSteven Karataglidis, BSc MSc Melb AssDipMusicPhD MelbVictor Kowalenko, BSc PhD MelbMartin Meyer, BA BSc(Hons) PhD MelbMatthew O’Dowd, BSc(Hons) PhD MelbVictoria Millar, DipEd BSc(Hons) MSc MelbAlicia Oshlack, BSc(Hons) PhD MelbChristopher Pakes, BSc(Hons) PhD BirminghamDonald Payne, BSc(Hons) PhD MelbAndrew Peele, BSc LLB PhD MelbCarlos Peralta, BSc(Hons) PhD MelbAndrew Alan Rawlinson, BSc PhD Adel16Patrick Reichart, PhD MunichJuris Svenne, BASc Canada PhD MITBen Toner, BSc(Hons) Melb MSc PhD USAMaurizio Toscano, DipEd BSc(Hons) PhD MelbChanh Tran, BE BSc(Hons) PhD MelbPhillip Urquijo, BSc(Hons) PhD MelbMeryl Waugh, BSc(Hons) Monash DipEd TTC PhDMelbCameron Wellard, BSc PhD MelbRichard Wilman, Mphys(Hons) PhD UKwww.physics.unimelb.edu.au

professional staffExecutive ManagerMs Helen Conley, BSc Deakin DipEd Monash, Adv.Dip Gestalt PsycotherapyADMINISTRATIONMs Rosslyn BallPA & Administrator – Center of Excellence forCoherent X-Ray ScienceMs Cheryl Burrell, BA SwinburneMs Janet CarlonAdministrator – Microanalytical Research Centre/Center for Quantum Computer TechnologyMs Patricia Gigliuto, BSc MelbCilla Gloger, NHDip Administration South AfricaSchool AdministratorMs Helga KendyReception (part-time)Ms Joanne Kuluveovski, BSc (Hons) MelbResearch & Communications ManagerDr Joanna Gajewski, BSc (Hons) PhD MBA MelbBusiness and Marketing Manager – QuantumCommunications VictoriaMrs Lisa Lansfield, BA, DipML (Japanese) MelbAdministrator - MWA Project, AstrophysicsMs Tania Smith, GradCert VETiS and AdvDip ArtsVUTChief Executive Officer – Center of Excellence forCoherent X-Ray ScienceMr Andrew Tierney,Executive Officer - Melbourne Materials InstituteMr Russell WalshFinance & Resources ManagerMrs Julie WardenAdministrative Assistant (Finance)Ms Hayley WardsPA to Head & AdministratorINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYMr Timothy Dyce, BSc(Hons)Manager, IT servicesResearch Computing ManangerMr Sean CrosbySystem AdministratorMr Sean HooleyIT Support OfficerMs Kathryn SparksIT Support SupervisorMr Linh Vu, BComSci MelbWeb and Database AdministratorActing IT ManangerLibrarianMs Kamala LekangeLABORATORY SUPPORTMr Achilleas Nicola, BAppSc RMITLaboratory ManagerMr Steven Damen, BSc BallaratTechnical OfficerMr Colin Entwisle, BSc(Hons) MelbTeaching Administrative OfficerMr Philip LyonsTechnical OfficerMr Jude Prezens, BAppSc RMITUndergraduate Laboratory AssistantMr Stephen Marshall, BSc DipEdUndergraduate Laboratory Assistant &2 nd and 3 rd Year Laboratory CoordinatorTECHNICAL SUPPORTMr Roland Szymanski, Postgrad Dip VacuumTechnolgy, Certificate Industrial ElectronicsTechnical ManagerMr Eliecer Bonilla Parra, Certificate Fitter & TurnerTechnical OfficerMr Ashley French, Certificates in MechanicalInstrumentation Making, Fitter & TurnerTechnical OfficerMr Stephen Gregory, BAppSc(Hons), BE MelbTechnical OfficerMr Jonathan Wayne Powrie, Certificates inToolmaking, Fitter & TurnerSenior Technical OfficerMr Sandor SzilagyiSenior Electronics TechnicianMr Michael Zammit, Certificate Fitter & TurnerTechnical Officerwww.physics.unimelb.edu.au 17

visitorsProf Steven Abel BSc(Hons) PhD UK Mathematical Sciences, Durham University, UKDr Krzysztof BolejkoProf Fu-Rong ChenProf Leonard FeldmanProf Eliezer FinkmanProf Mark FromholdProf Xin-Heng GuoMSc PhDPolandPhD USABSc MSc DSc IsraelBSc(Hons) PhD UKBSc PhD ChinaRecipient Of The Grace And Patricia Gruber Fellowship From NicolausCopernius Astronomical Center, WarsawDepartment of Engineering And System Science, National Tsing HuaUniversity, Hsin Chu, TaiwanMiegunyah Fellow, Rutgers University, USADepartment Of Electrical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute ofTechnologyLyle Fellow, School of Physics and Astronomy, University ofNottingham, UKCollege of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beining NormalUniversityProf Rafi Kalish MSc PhD Israel Institute Of Solid State Physics, Technion, IsraelMs Rose FootiniKoopmanDr Katherine MackDr Paolo OliveroBSc The NetherlandsBSc(Hons) PhD USABSc PhD TorinoUniversity of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPostdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge,UKExperimental Physics Department, Centre of ExcellenceNanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces, University of TorinoDr Mark Oxley BSc(Hons) PhD Melb Oakridge National Laboratory USAMs Ainhoa Pardo PerezDr Brian PattonDr Michal PrangeMSc(Hons) UK PhDGermanyInstituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM)Department of Materials, Oxford University, UKThe STEM Group, Materials Science and Technology Division, OakRidge National Laboratory, USADr Robin Scott MSc PhD UK School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, UKProf Reuben Shuker BSc Israel MSc PhD USA Physics Department, Gen-Gurion University, IsraelDr Amihai Silverman BSc MSc PhD MBA Israel Taub Computer Center, Technion, IsraelMr Joscha Specks Diploma Germany Technical University of Munchen, GermanyProf Gerard Stephenson BSc PhD MIT University of New Mexico, USAProf Dieter Suter MSc PhD Switzerland Department Of Physics, University Of DortmundMr Edward Taylor BSc(Hons) Melb University Of Leiden, The NetherlandsMs Jolanda Van de VenProf Kameshwar WaliTechnician at Endhoven University of Technology, Department ofApplied PhysicsDistinguished Research Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics,Syracuse University, USADr Mark White BA MSc PhD UK Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, UKProf Edmund WilsonBA MA OxfordCERN, Switzerland And Visiting Professor At John Adams Inistitute,Physics Department, University Of Oxford And Lyle Fellow, UniversityOf Melbourne18www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

esearch funding& Operating BudgetThe School of Physics is proud of itssuccess in competitive research grants,particularly from external fundingsources such as the Australian ResearchCouncil as listed below.PrimaryResearcher(1st CI)DISCOVERY PROJECTS (DP)DPProf LloydHollebnerg et alTitleAtom definednanostructures: atomelectronicsbeyondminaturization limitFunding$Receivedfor 2009200,000DP Prof Ray Volkas Branes and Unification 95,000DPDPProf Ray Volkaset alDr James BoltonLINKAGESProf Geoff TaylorLIEF et alLIEFProf RachelWebster et alThe standard modelof particle physics andbeyond, in the LargeHadron Collider eraThe first two billion years:the structural, chemicaland thermal evoluion of theintergalactic mediumSupport for the AustralianExperimental High EnergyPhysics ProgramMileura Widefield Array:A New Low FrequencyTelescope260,00095,000270,000680,000The School of Physics wasalso named on the followingsucessful grants as a nonleadinstitutionTypeSecondaryResearcherDISCOVERY PROJECTS (DP)DPDPDPA/Prof JeffMcCallum et al(lead ANU)Dr AndrewMelatos et al(lead ANU)Prof KeithNugent et al(lead Swinburne)TitleFunding$Receivedfor 2008Defect-inducedluminescence fromion-implanted silicon: 200,000Towards silicon photonicsapplicationsExploring the transientuniverse 160,000A new window onphotosynthesis: ultrafastcoherence dynamicsin biomoleculesand semiconductornanostructures100,000financial summary for 2009NB: Trust income and expenditurenot included in this report.www.physics.unimelb.edu.au 19

esearch seminar seriesSpeakers and visitors affiliated with the Schoolgave the following colloquia and seminars during2008. Unless indicated elsewhere, the lectures tookplace in the Laby or Hercus Theatres.COLLOQUIA9-FebDr Troy PorterSanta Cruz Institute for ParticlePhysics, University of California, SantaCruzUSA First 6 months of the Fermi/LAT Mission10-MarProfessor Kameshwar WaliDepartment of Physics, SyracuseUniversity, USASatyendra Nath Bose (1894- 1974) and SubrahmanyanChandrasekhar (1910 – 1995)17-MarProfessor Paul MidgleyDepartment of Materials Science andMetallurgy, University of Cambridge,UK3D Nanoscale Imaging with Electron Tomography24-MarDr Martain WhiteDepartment of Physics, University ofCambridge, UKMeasuring SUSY dark matters at ATLAS31-MarProfessor Mark ErikssonDepartment of Physics, University ofWisconsin-Madison, UKSilicon artificial atoms and nanomembranes7-AprDr Peter D DrummondARC Centre for Quantum-AtomOptics and Centre for Atom Opticsand Ultrafast Spectroscopy,Swinburne University of TechnologyThe world of the ultracold has made astonishingadvances over the last decade21-AprProfessor Igor BrayDepartment of Applied Physics,Faculty of Science and Engineering,Curtain University of TechnologyRecent progress in atom collision theory28-AprProfessor Feng WangCentre for Molecular Simulation,Swinburne University of TechnologySimulating Electron Spectroscopy for BiologicalMolecules5-MayProfessor John CloseDepartment of Quantum Science, TheAustralian National UniversityBose Einstein Condensates the Atom Laser andPrecision Measurement26-MayProfessor John LoveResearch School of Physical Sciencesand Engineering, The AustralianNational UniversityOptical Fibres- Yesterday Today & Tomorrow23-JunProfessor Kenneth BaldwinDeputy Director of the ARC Centre ofExcellence for Quantum-Atom Optics,The Australian National UniversityMetastable helium: atom optics and precisionmeasurement28-JulProf Simon RingerDirector, Australian Key Centrefor Microscopy & Microanalysis,University of SydneyAtomic Clustering in Multi-Component Alloys- NewTransformation Pathways and New Property-Performance Space4-AugProfessor Andrea R GersonApplied Centre for Structural andSynchrotron Science, University ofSouth AustraliaSynchrotron micro-analytical case studies fromtoenails to dirt to steel11-AugDr Chris HallMonash Centre for SynchrotronScience, Synchrotron ComputedTomography Applied to Cell Tracking18-AugProfessor StephenBuckmanResearch Director, AustralianResearch Council Centre forAntimatter-Matter Studies,Positron Interactions with Atoms Molecules andMaterials20www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

8-SepDr Tim DutyDepartment of Physics, University ofQueensland15-Sep Michael Brown School of Physics, Monash University22-Sep29-SepProfessor Joss HawthornProfessor John RehrSchool of Physics, University ofSydneyDepartment of Physics, University ofWashington6-Oct Dr Emma Ryan-Weber Swinburne University First Light10-Nov17-Nov18-Nov20-Nov24-NovMr Mark WardleProfessor Victor PlambaumProfessor Robert PKirshnerDr Paolo OliveroProfessor Fedor JelezkoTheory Seminars14-Jan25-Feb4-Mar30-Mar31-Mar22-JulProfessor LeszekRoszkowskiDr Benedict von HarlingAssociate ProfessorAndrew WaldronDr Elizabeth WinstanleyProfessor Achim KempfProfessor Ray VolkasDepartment of Physics & Engineering,Macquarie UniversityDepartment of Theoretical Physics,School of Physics, The University ofNew South WalesClowes Professor of Science, HarvardUniversity, Fundamentals of SupanovaCosmologyExperimental Physics DepartmentCentre of excellence “NanostructuredInterfaces and Surfaces”, Universityof TorinoDepartment of Physics, University ofStuttgartUniversity of SheffiledSchool of Physics, University ofMelbourneDepartment of Mathematics,University of CaliforniaUniversity of Sheffield, UnitedKingdomPerimeter Institue for TheoreticalPhysics, Ontario, CanadaSchool of Physics, University ofMelbourneArtificial atoms and microwave quantum optics usingnano-structured superconduction circutsSlow Galaxy Growth within Rapidly Growing DarkMatter HalosThe HERMES project- reconstructing the early historyof the ancient Galactic diskUnravelling the mysteries of complex systemswith x-ray and electron spectra: ab intio theory andcomputation vs experimentThe role of magnetic fields in the origin of planetarysystemsVariation of fundamental constants from Big Bang toatomic clocks: theory and observationsMicro-fabrication of diamond with ion beamsHow to build a Diamond Based Quantum Computerthat promises Expotentially Greater PowerIs the Constrained MSSM already ruled out?Energy transfer in warped string compactifications andan application to dark matterDavis Weyl Invariance and the Origins of MassBlack holes at the LHCReconciling Spacetime Continuity and Discretenessusing Tools from Information TheoryHorava- Lifshitz (2009): The Rise and Fall of aQuantum Field Theory of Gravity5-Aug Dr Marco Drewes DESY, Hamburg Quantum Effects in Leptogenesis25-Nov Csaba Csaki Cornell and KITPSearching for the Origin of Electroweak SymmetryBreaking at the LHC2-Dec Emilian Dudas Ecote Polytechnique, Paris, France GUT’s and gauge mediationAstrophysics seminars5-Feb18-Feb25-FebAndrew HopkinsDr Paul LaskyProfessor MichaelDrinkwaterHead of Anglo-Australian TelescopeScience, Anglo-Australian ObservatoryCentre for Astrophysics andSupercomputing, SwinburneUniversityHead of Physics, University ofQueenslandProgress and Opportunities at the Anglo-AustralianObservatoryNeutron Stars as a Test of Bekenstein’s ModifiedTheory of GravityThe origin of ultra-compact dwarf galaxies4-Jun Dr Rainer Hollerbach University of Leeds, England The Hall Effect in Neutron Stars16-JulMaria CunninghamSchool of Physics, University of NewSouth WalesThe Chemistry and dynamics of star formation in theG333 molecular cloud complexwww.physics.unimelb.edu.au 21

esearch seminar series30-Sept Daniel Bayliss The Australian National University Searching for Southern Transiting Planets9-Oct14-OctAdam DellerDr Rob CrainNational Radio AstronomyObservatoryCentre for Astrophysics andSupercomputing, SwinburneUniversityMilliarcsecond resolution radio “surveys” as a tool forgalactic evolution studiesGIMIC: the Galaxies-Intergalastic Medium InteractionCalcuation9-Dec Dr Katherine Mack Cambridge University Axions Inflation and the Anthropic Principle16 DecProfessor Joss Bland-HawthornMARC seminarsUniversity of SydneyAstrophotonics: the next wave in observationalcosmology29-Jan Jessica van DonkelaarFabrication And Applications Of Precision Arrays OfSingle Atoms18-Feb Michael Phillips TCAD simulations of the Hall effect5-Mar Daniel MacDonald Department of Engineering, ANU Impurities in crystalline silicon solar cells16-Apr Changyi YangSingle ion implantation technology in CQCT:challenging issues and future development23-Apr Andrew Alves Absolute quantification of charge collection efficiency30-Apr Virginia Gill Investigation of diamond properties7-May Brett Johnson DLTS/CV measurements on CQCT devices21-May Paul Spizziri Nano-materials for imaging and spectroscopy18-Jun Giuseppe TettamanziKavli Institute For Nanoscience, Delft,The NetherlandsAtomic-Scale ElectronicsPublic Lectures9-MayMichael S TurnerBruce V and Diana M RaunerDistinguished Service Provider at theUniversity of ChicagoThe Dark Side of the Universe: Beyond the stars andthe star stuff we are made of19-AugDr Jeff McCallumSchool of Physics University ofMelbourneRutherford and the Atomic Nucleus: the 100thAnniversary of a Remarkable DiscoveryProf Robert KirschnerClowes Professor of Science HarvardUniversityExploding Stars and the Accelerating Cosmos:Einstein’s Blunder UndoneCompletion Seminars1-Apr Ashley Stephens Quantum error calculation in one dimension3-Apr Byron Villis A study of defects in ion implanted silicon for advanced electronic devices17-Apr Samuel Flewett Iteractive recovery of the Coherence Function for an X-Ray Wavefield24-Apr Andrew Martin Phase imaging and atomic resolution electron microscopy5-Jun Adrian D’AlfonsoResolution of the contrast mismatch problem in transmission electron microscopy (amid othercuriosities)31-Jul Nick Bate Microimaging Quasars25-Aug Sally Langford Characterising extrasolar planets in reflected light11-Sep Simon Bell18-Sep Elaine Miles16-Oct Clare Henderson Photography with a twist-phase retrieval of an optical vortex20-Oct Masum Rab Applications of Adiabatic Transport in Bosonic Systems: Towards a fully analytical approach27-Oct Nadia Davidson Measuring Hadrons in the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider27-Nov Christine Chung Radio X-ray and Gravitiational Wave Emission from Neutral Stars4-Dec Stephen Petrie Determining the Characteristic Mass of DLA Host Haloes from 21cm Fluctations22www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

GOSS*1-May Lachlan Whitehead PCDI- Obtaining the data1-May Igor Aharonovich Fabrication of Nickel related colour centers in diamond for Quantum Optical Applications8-May Lila Warszawski A GPE model of pulsar glitches8-MayAlpha Mastrano29-May Leneke Jong Modelling of Alternating CTAP devices29-May Jinghua Fang What can we do? Nano cake tins12-Jun Anthony MorelyWhat to do next time your $1,000,000,000 experiments is waiting for a $10,000,000,000part?12-Jun Paul Geil Grey matter to dark matter and the sand in-between24-Jul Alaster Meehan Adaptive Optics with Quantitative Phase Imaging24-Jul Angela Torrence Coherent Speckle- using it to see order7-Aug Chun Hsu High speed quantum gates with cavity quantum electrodynamics7-Aug David Peake Precision Collisions: An Overview of the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC)14-Aug Evan Curwood Imaging macro-molecules using femtosecond x-ray sources14-Aug Sebastian Saliba Transport aluminium and other uses for x-ray sources21-Aug Babs Fairchild A TEM study of diamonds21-Aug Thomas Jacques Illuminating Dark Matter4-Sep Anna Phan Dark Matter Supersymmetry and ATLAS4-Sep David Shelduko Rocket Science: the physics of stove-top espresso machines2-Oct Vivien Lee Practical Child Health Screening in Developing Countries2-Oct Lucas Smale About the Arrow of Time…9-Oct Melissa Makin The Physics of Knitting9-Oct Marcus Doherty Why does NV spin-polarize?* Geoff Opat Seminar Serieswww.physics.unimelb.edu.au 23

postgraduate studentsMSc in progressCadenazzi, Guido AndrewJones, Gareth RhysMaclaurin, DougalMilicevic, MarkoPetrie, StephenRyan, Rebecca AnnaStrack, Michelle AngelineImage Reconstruction in Fresnel Coherent Diffractive Imaging.Development of a non-invasive arterial monitorQuantum entanglement, decoherence and imaging in nanoscale systemsEnhanced transmission through sub-wavelength aperturesDetermining the characteristic host halo mass of damped Lyman-alpha absorbers (DLAs)Fresnel Coherent Diffractive ImagingInvestigation of single-crystal diamond cantilevers sculpted by ion beam lithographyPhD in progressAbdul Aziz, Nor AzahAharonovich, IgorBell, Simon ChristopherBennett, Mark FrancisBourke, JayBruns Jr, Loren RichardCallen, Benjamin DavidChung, Christine Tsung YiCorro, IvanCurwood, Evan KeithD’Alfonso, Adrian JohnDavey, William EdwinDavidson,Nadia MayDoherty,Marcus WilliamDrumm, Daniel WarrenDrumm, Virginia SueElbracht, StefanieEvans, Zachary William EdeFairchild, Barbara AnneFang, JinghuaFlewett, SamuelGeil, Paul MichaelGlover, Jack LeighGoh, Xiao MingGreig, BradleyHall, Liam TerresHayward, Andrew CopplestoneHenderson, Clare AnneJacques, Thomas DavidJasperse, MartijnJong, Lenneke MariaJulius, T’Mir DangerLee, VivienHigh resolution x-ray imagingFabrication of nickel related single photon centres in DiamondDegenerate four-wave mixing in rubidium vapour cellGravitational Waves from Newly Born Neutron StarsInvestigation of X-ray absorption fine structure: Development of theoretical models to describeinteractions between X-rays and solid state/atomic systemsModelling and analysis of gravitational lensingPhysics beyond the standard model.To be advisedVortices and turbulence in dilute gas condensatesImaging large biomolecules using femtosecond x-ray pulses.Atomic resolution imaging in two and three dimensionsElectronic decay modes of the Higgs boson in ATLASSearch for supersymmetry with the ATLAS detector at LHCThe implementation of diamond colour centres in quantum communication devicesinitio investigations of single atom defined nanostructuresFabrication of devices in diamond for control of colour centres.Xray ImagingSolid state quantum computingFabrication of a single mode wave guide in single-crystal diamondStudy on diamond quantum dots with scanning probe microscopeMeasurement of the coherence properties of X-ray beams using iterative techniquesProspective signatures of high redshift quasar H11 regionsExperimental and theoretical investigation of X-ray mass-attenuation coefficientsTBAEffects of higher order corrections on the post reionization powerQuantum decoherence probe microscopyNovel quantum phase transitions in optical system.phase retrieval of an optical vortexStudies in particle cosmologyQuantum squeezing by four-wave mixing in rubidium vapourQuantum charge transport in counted-atom silicon devicesThe Improvement of Correct Mode Identification of B decays.Enhancement of the PILTAUS detector for medical imaging24www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

theses completionsWe congratulate the followingstudents on their theses completionsMScIslam, M TauhidulX-ray mass attenuation coefficient of gold and ion-chamber modellingPhDEverton, Craig WarwickFraser, Paul RaymondGeorge, Damien PeterKinnane, Mark NicholasLaw, Sandy Sheung CheMartin, Andrew VincentStavrias, NikolasStephens, Ashley MartynTakau, Viliami TulikihakaulahiTettamanzi, Giuseppe CarloWedd, Robin HeathcoteWitte, ChristopherSearch for three rare B+-+AD4- D X decaysDevelopment and application of a multi-channel algebraic theory for nucleon-nucleusscatteringDomain-wall brane models of an infinite extra dimensionInvestigation of QED using precision spectroscopy of highly charged titanium ionsNeutrino models and leptogenesisTheoretical studies in phase imaging and atomic resolution electron microscopyMeasurement of wavefunction overlap of phosporus donors in siliconFault-tolerant quantum computation with local interactionsHigh-precision coincidence measurements of nuclearNanoscale superconducting electronicsEvidence for B - +AD4- K eta’ gamma decays at the Belle detectorAtomic resolution microscopy using electron energy-loss spectroscopywww.physics.unimelb.edu.au 25

undergraduate lab refurbishmentpart II/iii undergraduatelab redevelopmentA major redevelopment of the Part II/III (2nd &3rd year) undergraduate student laboratories wascompleted in time for the second half of semesterone 2009.The recently appointed Dean of Science, ProfessorRob Saint officially opened the labs later that yearon 24 June.While it was great to see the completion of thislarge open plan flexible learning space on theground level, we still aim to press on with a futuredevelopment of the level above and continue toseek funds for the project.The area outside the Laby/Hercus theatres wouldbe enlarged to include the external walkway withthe area flowing east into the student laboratories.The space would provide world class conferencefacilities with the Museum being incorporatedinto the open plan area, and provide magnificentflexible group learning and social interactionspaces for graduate or undergraduate students.We need support to make this project a reality andcontinue to investigate all possibilities.26Photo credits: Natalie Pestana, Faculty of Science, University of MelbourneTop: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics postgraduatestudent Adrian D’AlfonsoAbove: (L-R) Helen Conley, Jude Prezens, Nick Nicola, SteveDamen, Stephen Gregory, Phil Lyons, Roger RassoolLeft: Professor Rob Saint (Dean of Science) test drives thenew equipment with the assistance of Professor DavidJamiesonLeft Below: (L-R) Geoff Taylor, Keith Nugent, Rob Saint(Dean of Science), Helen Conley, Steven Prawer, RachelWebsterwww.physics.unimelb.edu.au

group reports & publicationsAstrophysicsProf Rachel WebsterThe Astrophysics group celebrated an outstandingyear in all respects in 2009. It was the InternationalYear of Astronomy, celebrating 400 years sincethe manufacture of the telescope by Galileo, andhis subsequent observations of the solar system.The group was involved in a range of outreachactivities to celebrate this event: five outstandingJuly lectures were organized by Jeremy Mould,including Reinhardt Genzel, Brian Boyle, MichaelBrown, Jeremy Mould and David Jamieson. StuartWyithe organized a screening of the Swinburnemovie ‘Bigger than Big’ at the Natimuk Frinj withover 500 attendees, and Rachel Webster andAndrew Melatos delivered a number of public talksto different community and professional groups.Group members were particularly successful withrecognition from both outside the University andwithin. Jeremy Mould was awarded the GruberPrize for Cosmology at the IAU General Assemblyin Rio de Janerio. Stuart Wyithe was awarded thePawsey Prize of the Australian Academy of Science,Andrew Melatos received the Dean’s ResearchAward and Rachel Webster received the UniversityAward for Research Higher Degree Supervision. Inaddition, Stuart Wyithe was promoted to professor.The group was not less active in organizingmeetings: Stuart Wyithe organized the AGM of theAstronomical Society of Australia, with over 230attendees. He was ably assisted by all members ofthe group. Andrew Melatos organised a half-daysession on gravitational wave sources at the 12thMarcel Grossmann Meeting. In addition, Andrewgave six invited talks at international conferences,including at the 58th Fujihara Seminar (to informJapanese governmental agencies on the scientificimpact of building a GW detector in Japan) and the4th International Sakharov Conference on Physics.rules out a range of cosmological equationsof state and certain classes of string theorymodels for the fundamental forces of nature.• Matthias Vigelius and Andrew Melatos publishedthe most sophisticated models of magneticmountains to date, including new effects likeresistive relaxation. The updated predictions ofsignal strength confirm that they are promisingsource candidates for Advanced LIGO.• Sally Langford and Stuart Wyithe publishedtheir results on earthshine, and the story wasfeatured by Catalyst, the Australian HigherEducation Supplement and other publications.• 4. The MWA project, which includes RachelWebster and Stuart Wyithe, successfully builtthe first 32 tiles of their new telescope atBoolardy in WA, and fully tested the array.The group members published 32 refereedpublications during the year, mostly in A and A*journals. The group graduated two new PhDs – NickBate and Sally Langford and Stephen Petrie finishedan MSc and has started a PhD in population health.The group welcomed new postdoctoral fellowsJamie Bolton and David Floyd and bid farewell toStewart Gleadow.Andrew Melatos was accepted as a member of theLIGO collaboration and is making a significant impactwithin that group. Some other notable scientificachievements during the year included:• LIGO placed the best upper limit to date on theamplitude of the stochastic GW background inthe Universe. The result, published in Nature,www.physics.unimelb.edu.au 27

group reports & publicationsAstrophysicsPublications:Bolejko K & Wyithe J. 2009. Testing the copernicanprinciple via cosmological observations. Journal ofCosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2: 020.Bolton J & Becker GD. 2009. Resolving thehigh redshift Lyα forest in smoothed particlehydrodynamics simulations. Monthly Notices of theRoyal Astronomical Society. 398: L26-L30.Bolton J, Oh SP & Furlanetto SR. 2009.Photoheating and the fate of hard photons during thereionization of He II by quasars. Monthly Notices ofthe Royal Astronomical Society. 395: 736-752.Bolton J, Oh SP & Furlanetto SR. 2009. Theevolution of the Lyα forest effective optical depthfollowing He II reionization. Monthly Notices of theRoyal Astronomical Society. 396: 2405-2418.Buchanan C, Kastner JH, Hrivnak BJ & Sahai R.2009. Spitzer IRS spectra of luminous 8 μm sourcesin the large magellanic cloud: testing color-basedclassifications Astronomical Journal. 138: 1597-1608.Cheung CC, Healey SE, Landt H, Verdoes Kleijn G &Jordan A. 2009. First “Winged” and X-Shaped RadioSource Candidates. II. New Redshifts. AstrophysicalJournal Supplement Series. 181: 548-556.Cheung CC, Healey SE, Landt H, Verdoes Kleijn G &Jordan A. 2009. First “winged” and x-shaped radiosource candidates II. New redshifts. AstrophysicalJournal Supplement Series. 181: 548-556.Ekers RD, James CW, Protheroe RJ & McfaddenRA. 2009. Lunar radio Cherenkov observations ofUHE neutrinos. Nuclear Instruments and Methodsin Physics Research Section A: Accelerators,Spectrometers, Detectors and AssociatedEquipment. 604: S106-S111.Floyd D, Bate NF & Webster R. 2009. The accretiondisc in the quasar SDSS J0924+0219. MonthlyNotices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 398:233-239.Geil PM & Wyithe J. 2009. Modification of the21-cm power spectrum by quasars during theepoch of reionization. Monthly Notices of the RoyalAstronomical Society. 399: 1877-1887.James CW, Ekers RD, Alvarez-Muniz J, ProtheroeRJ, Mcfadden RA, Phillips CJ & Roberts P. 2009.Status report and future prospects on LUNASKAlunar observations with ATCA Nuclear Instrumentsand Methods in Physics Research Section A:Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors andAssociated Equipment. 604: S112-S115.Kilborn VA, Forbes D, Barnes D, Koribalski BS,Brough S & Kern K. 2009. Southern GEMS groups– II. HI distribution, mass functions and HI deficientgalaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal AstronomicalSociety. 400: 1962-1985.Kistler MD, Yuksel H, Beacom JF, Hopkins AM& Wyithe J. 2009. The star formation rate in thereionization era as indicated by gamma-ray bursts.Astrophysical Journal. 705: L104-L108.Melatos A & Warszawski L. 2009. Superfluid vortexunpinning as a coherent noise process, and the scaleinvariance of pulsar glitches. Astrophysical Journal.700: 1524-1540.Meurer GR, Wong OI, Kim JH, Hanish DJ, HeckmanTM, Werk J, Bland-Hawthorn J, Dopita MA, ZwaanMA, Koribalski B, Seibert M, Thilker DA, FergusonHC, Webster R, Putman ME, Knezek PM, DoyleMT, Drinkwater MJ, Hoopes CG, Kilborn VA, MeyerM, Ryan-Weber EV, Smith RC & Staveley_SmithL. 2009. Evidence for a nonuniform initial massfunction in the local universe. Astrophysical Journal.695: 765-780.Mould J & Sakai S. 2009. The extragalactic distancescale without cepheids II. Surface brightnessfluctuations. Astrophysical Journal. 694: 1331-1334.Mould J & Sakai S. 2009. The Extragalactic DistanceScale Without Cepheids. III. Astrophysical Journal.697: 996-998.Peralta C & Melatos A. 2009. An unstable superfluidstewartson layer in a differentially rotating neutronstar. Astrophysical Journal. 701: L75-L78.Rhook KJ, Geil PM & Wyithe J. 2009. Measurementof the baryonic acoustic oscillation scale in 21 cmintensity fluctuations during the reionization era.Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.392: 1388-1396.Santos-Costa D, Sault R & Bolton SJ. 2009.Evidence for short-term variability of Jupiter’sdecimetric emission from VLA observations.Astronomy & Astrophysics. 508: 1001-1010.28www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

Scholes H, Hughes D, Jamieson D, Inoue K, FurmanA, Muster , Forsyth , Lau , Harvey , Corrigan , GlennWhite , Mardel & Hardin . 2009. Interaction ofCe(dbp)3 with surface of aluminium alloy 2024-T3using macroscopic models of intermetallic phasesCorrosion Engineering, Science and Technology. 44:416-424.Scowcroft V, Bersier D, Mould J & Wood PR. 2009.The effect of metallicity on Cepheid magnitudes andthe distance to M33. Monthly Notices of the RoyalAstronomical Society. 396: 1287-1296.Tremblay GR, Chiaberge M, Sparks WB, Baum S,Allen MG, Axon D, Capetti A, Floyd D, MacchettoD, Miley GK, Noel-Storr J, O’Dea CP, Perlman E &Quillen A. 2009. HST/ACS emission line imagingof low-redshift 3CR radio galaxies. I. The dataAstrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 183: 278-294.Wong OI, Webster R, Kilborn VA, Waugh M &Staveley-Smith L. 2009. NOIRCAT – the NorthernHIPASS Optical/IR Catalogue. Monthly Notices ofthe Royal Astronomical Society. 399: 2264-2278.Wyithe J & Loeb A. 2009. Evidence for mergerdrivenactivity in the clustering of high-redshiftquasars. Monthly Notices of the Royal AstronomicalSociety. 395: 1607-1619.Wyithe J & Loeb A. 2009. The 21-cm powerspectrum after reionization. Monthly Notices of theRoyal Astronomical Society. 397: 1926-1934.Wyithe J, Warszawski L, Geil PM & Peng OhS. 2009. The impact of HI in galaxies on 21-cmintensity fluctuations during the reionization epoch.Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.395: 311-318.Vigelius M & Melatos A. 2009. Continuousfrequency spectrum of the global hydromagneticoscillations of a magnetically confined mountain onan accreting neutron star. Monthly Notices of theRoyal Astronomical Society. 395: 1963-1971.Vigelius M & Melatos A. 2009. Improved estimateof the detectability of gravitational radiation froma magnetically confined mountain on an accretingneutron star. Monthly Notices of the RoyalAstronomical Society. 395: 1972-1984.Vigelius M & Melatos A. 2009. Resistive relaxationof a magnetically confined mountain on an accretingneutron star. Monthly Notices of the RoyalAstronomical Society. 395: 1985-1998.Visbal E, Loeb A & Wyithe J. 2009. Cosmologicalconstraints from 21cm surveys after reionization.Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 10:030.Warszawski L, Geil PM & Wyithe J. 2009.Modification of the 21-cm power spectrum by X-raysduring the epoch of reionization. Monthly Notices ofthe Royal Astronomical Society. 396: 1106-1118.Wilman R, Edge AC & Swinbank AM. 2009. Integralfield spectroscopy of ionized and molecular gasin cool cluster cores: evidence for cold feedback?Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.395: 1355-1370.www.physics.unimelb.edu.au 29

group reports & publicationsexperimental particle physics (EPP)A/Prof Martin SeviorThe academics of the EPP group are ElisabettaBarberio, Roger Rassool, Geoff Taylor and myself.Our activities span Experimental Particle Physics,detector development, accelerator physicsresearch and computing grid development. Thecornerstones of our research are the ATLAS andBelle experiments at CERN in Switzerland and KEKin Japan respectively. In addition Dr. Rassool leadsa very active group developing advanced particledetectors and innovations in accelerator physics.We are ably supported by Drs Antonio Limosani andUli Felzmann as Research Associates. Tim Dycesupports our Tier 2 Grid Facility. In 2009 Tom Fifield,a software engineer, joined us in the role of griddeveloper.ATLASThe intense world-wide interest in the Scientificprogram at the Large Hadron Collider and the ATLASexperiment was manifest when in September 10 th2008, over a billion people world-wide watched theturn-on of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). It wasa media event of the significance of the first manstepping on the moon. From the expected search forthe “God Particle” to fears of the end of the world,people across the globe were fixated by the start ofthis incredible scientific instrument.On 19 September 2008 one sector of the LargeHadron Collider warmed above superconductingtemperature leading to the release of helium gas intothe tunnel. The incident was due to a faulty electricalconnection between two magnets.An intense program to repair the damage and torefit further safety measures and control systemsfor the LHC commenced and was completed.The beam was restarted in December 2009. Datafrom collisions were almost immediately recordedand whisked around the Earth via the World LargeHadron Collider data Grid (WLCG). In additionto many other locations, these data were madeavailable to our Tier 2 facility in Melbourne whereEPP students contributed to the first data analysisand detector validation efforts. This ability torapidly distribute data throughout the whole ATLAScollaboration was a marvelous validation of thedecade-long effort to develop data grid technology.30This allows clusters of computers to be tightlyintegrated and allows the rapid sharing of data tomembers of a grid-enabled collaboration. In thecase of ATLAS this is some 2000 Physics locatedall over the globe. The Melbourne Tier-2 facility isfully integrated into this network and is the onlyinternationally connected grid site in Australia.The implications of the ATLAS experiment areenormous with the possibility of the discoveryof new particles and physics beyond the standardmodel of our understanding. One of the main goalsremains the unearthing of the Higgs Boson, thequantum of the postulated all pervasive Higgs Fieldwhich is assumed to give all particles their mass.Although it will be quite some time before themachine and its ensuing data have been refinedsufficiently to be able to identify the signatures ofthese Higgs particles, either way its discovery ornon-discovery will be momentous. If it is seen, it willbe a triumph for a theory that has given the answerto the very basic question “Why are some particlesmore massive than others?. If it is not seen it will beback to the drawing board as physicists grapple withthe most fundamental questions in our Universe.Either way, it is certain that both ATLAS and itscompetitor CMS will be adding to the scientific textbooks of the future. We are eagerly looking forwardto the ramp up of the experiment expected in 2010and to start the search for “New Physics” in earnest.The EPP group is heavily involved in analysis ofATLAS data. Through the leadership of ElisabettaBarberio and Geoff Taylor, we play a major role inthe analysis of ATLAS data through our work in thedilepton and tau reconstruction groups.In 2009 Antonio Limonsani won an ARC AustralianPostdoctoral Fellowship for his proposal : “Searchingfor Supersymmetry in the Universe with the ATLASexperiment at the Large Hadron Collider”. He iscurrently working as inner detector software releasecoordinator for the ATLAS experiment.BelleBelle is the experiment at the KEK asymmetricelectron-positron accelerator which provides theworld highest luminosity collider and makes copiousnumbers of B-mesons. Belle has made numerousdiscoveries since it commenced data collectionin 1999, including the observation of CP violationin B-meson decays, the first such measurementwww.physics.unimelb.edu.au

outside the neutral kaon system. The significanceof Belle was recognized by the 2008 Nobel Prizefor Physics, awarded to Nambu, Kobayashi andMaskawa for “the discovery of the origin of thebroken symmetry which predicts the existenceof at least three families of quarks in nature”. Thecitation prominently highlights the results of Belle.The EPP group has played a major role in the Bellecollaboration and has significantly contributed to thesuccess of this experiment.Over the past year the KEKB accelerator hascontinuously improved the performance of the “crabcavities” which rotate beam bunches to allow themto interact and collide head-on. A number of keyparameters have been identified which have limitedthe performance of the cavities were been identifiedand fixed. As a result the KEKB accelerator achieveda new world-record Luminosity of 2.1x10 34 cm 2 sec -1 .This value is some 20% higher than the previousworld record, also set by KEKB, even though thenew beam currents employed were substantiallysmaller than previously used. Also in 2009, Belleannounced the result of a number of measurementswhich are 1-2.8 sigma away from expectations of theStandard Model. We will need a substantial increasein data to determine if these results are the effect of“New Physics” or simply statistical fluctuations.In 2009 KEK received preliminary approval for anupgrade of the KEKB accelerator which is planned toincrease the luminosity by approximately a factor of50. Construction of the new facility will commencein 2010. At the same time Belle members haveformed the Belle II collaboration to design and builda detector to exploit this increase of luminosity.The increase in luminosity will enable the Belle IIexperiment to perform precision measurementswhere the effects of Physics beyond the StandardModel of Particle Physics will be manifest.Consequently Belle II will search for “New Physics”in a way complementary to that of ATLAS.This year Antonio Limosani, Phillip Urquijo andRobin Wedd submitted papers to refereed Journalsdescribing their measurements of the branchingratios for B→X sγ, B→X ul and B→Kη’γ respectively.Both Antonio Limonsani and Phillip Urquijo’s paperswere submitted to the prestigious Journal PhysicsReview Letters.Finally, Craig Everton was awarded his Ph.D. onthe topic “Measurements of various B → D shhdecays” and Robin Wedd submitted in Ph.D. thesis,“Measurement of the branch ratio for B→Kη’γ” .Both these are based on Belle data.Distributed Computing.Martin Sevior and Tom Fifield, made the first detailedinvestigations of Cloud Computing for High EnergyPhysics. These investigations were presented atthe Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics2009 conference in Prague, the InternationalSymposium on Grid Computing, in Taipei and at aspecial Colloquium at the Victorian Partnership forAdvanced Computing. Our results were also heavilycited by Neil Geddes in his talk “Future Perspectivesof Computing in HEP” at the premiere conferencein High Energy Physics for 2009, InternationalSymposia on Lepton and Photon Interactions atHigh Energies in Hamburg, Germany. In this workwe showed how the versatile commercial ElasticComputing Cloud (EC2) of the Amazon.comcompany can be used to supplement the computingresources of High Energy Physics experiments.Advanced Accelerator andInstrumentation GroupThe Australian group makes significant contributionsto Belle through data analysis and DistributedComputing. Tom Fifield joined the Belle and BelleII projects this year as a Software Engineer. MartinSevior leads the Belle II Distributed Computinggroup.Roger Rassool leads this group’s research intothe development of advanced accelerators andinstrumentation. The group has continued to developits collaboration, both locally and internationally.In particular, the collaboration at the Paul-SchiererInsitut has developed considerably with theinstallation of the Pilatus 1M detector at theAustralian Synchrotron. This detector is based on anovel photon counting approach, pioneered by thewww.physics.unimelb.edu.auSLS-Detector group for use in the CMS experiment.31

group reports & publicationsexperimental particle physics (EPP)Several of the students are now involved in thedevelopment of the next generation pixel detectorfor synchrotron application. The intention is toultimately refine the technology to the point whereit can be used in medical application. Much of thiswork is being done in collaboration with ChristianBroenniman (DECTRIS), Graeme O’Keefe (AustinPET Centre) and the CRC for Biomedical imaging.With an energy resolving detector, it will be possibleto obtain energy specific xray images in clinicalenvironments, and ultimately pave the way for tissuespecific imaging of the human body.Complementing this program is the acceleratorresearch being undertaken in conjunction with MarkBoland and the accelerator physics group at theAustralian Synchrotron Light Source (ASLS). Herethe group’s focus is directed towards an improvedunderstanding of the beam dynamics of the highenergy electron beam at the facility. Building uponthe expertise gained during commissioning of thefacility, the group is now developing a dynamicfeedback system for compensate for beaminstabilities. As the facility grows, there will be moredemands insertion devices. Meeting this demandwill only be possible with real-time, turn-by-turncontrol of the circulating electrons. The researchbeing undertaken by the students in the PhDprogram will be critical for the future growth of thefacility.This year has been a busy one, with two PhDsand one MSc completion. We are pleased tocongratulate Bryn Sobott, Viliami Takau and GarethJones on the completion and submission of theirtheses. All three are actively employed, Gareth at theAustin hospital PET centre, Viliami at the ASLS andBryn as a postdoc within the CRC-BID.Publications:Artuso M, Barberio L & Stone S. 2009. B mesondecays. PMC Physics A. 3 (3): 1-82.Barberio L, Boudreau J, Butler B, Cheung SL,Dell’Acqua A, Di Simone A, Ehrenfeld E, Gallas MV,Glazov A, Marshall Z, Mueller J, Placakyte R, RimoldiA, Savard P, Tsulaia V, Waugh A & Young CC. 2009.Fast Simulation of Electromagnetic Showers in theATLAS calorimeter: Frozen Showers. Journal ofPhysics - Conference Series. 160: 012082.Belous K, Barberio L, Limosani A, Sevior M, TaylorG, Wedd RH & Zyukova O. 2009. Measurement ofcross sections of exclusive e+e− →V P processes at√s = 10.58 GeV. Physics Letters B. 681: 400-405.Chang Y-W, Dalseno J, Limosani A, Taylor G, WeddRH & Zyukova O. 2009. Observation of B0 →ΛΛ(bar)K0 and B0 → ΛΛ(bar)K*0 at Belle. PhysicalReview D. 79: 052006.Chen P, Sevior M, Urquijo P, Wedd RH & Zupanc A.2009. Observation of B+→pΛ(bar)π+π- at Belle .Physical Review D. 80: 111103.Dalseno J, Sevior M, Taylor G & Zyukova O. 2009.Time-dependent Dalitz plot measurement of CPparameters in B0 →K0Sπ+π- decays. PhysicalReview D. 79: 072004.G, Barberio L & L. 2009. ∑¯-antihyperon correlationsin Z0 decay and investigation of the baryonproduction mechanism. European Physical JournalC. 64: 609-625. Inami K, Limosani A, Taylor G,Wedd RH & Zyukova O. 2009. Precise measurementof hadronic τ -decays with an η meson. PhysicsLetters B. 672: 209-218.Ko BR, Barberio L, Limosani A, Sevior M, Taylor G,Wedd RH & Zyukova O. 2009. Observation of theDoubly Cabibbo-Suppressed Decay Ds+ → K+K+π-.Physical Review Letters. 102: 221802.Kullenberg T, Challis RA, Hyett NM, Poulsen CA,Sevior M, Taylor G, Tovey S, Winton L & Zuccon. 2009. A measurement of coherent neutral pionproduction in neutrino neutral current interactionsin the NOMAD experiment. Physics Letters B. 682:177-184.32www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

Kyeong S-H, Barberio L, Sevior M, Taylor G, UrquijoP, Wedd RH & Zyukova O. 2009. Measurementsof charmless hadronic b → s penguin decays in theπ+π-K+π- final state and first observation of B0 →ρ0K+π-. Physical Review D. 80: 051103.Lee V, Peake DJ, Sobott BA, Schroder B,Bronnimann Ch, Henrich B, Hansen K, O’Keefe G,Taylor G, Boland M, Thompson M & Rassool R.2009. Imaging high energy photons with PILATUSII at the tagged photon beam at MAX-lab. NuclearInstruments and Methods in Physics ResearchSection A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectorsand Associated Equipment. 603: 379-383.Limosani A, Barberio L, Julius TD, Sevior M,Taylor G, Urquijo P, Wedd RH & Zupanc A. 2009.Measurement of Inclusive RadiativeB-MesonDecays with a Photon Energy Threshold of 1.7 GeV.Physical Review Letters. 103: 241801.Liu C, Barberio L, Dalseno J, Limosani A, Sevior M,Taylor G, Wedd RH & Zyukova O. 2009. Search forthe Χ (1812) in B+ → K±ωΦ. Physical Review D. 79:071102.Louvot R, Limosani A, Sevior M, Taylor G, Wedd RH& Zyukova O. 2009. Measurement of the Decay B0s→ D(over-bar)sπ+ and Evidence for B0s → D(mp)sK± in e+e- Annihilation at √s ≈ 10:87 GeV. PhysicalReview Letters. 102: 021801.Lyubushkin , Challis RA, Hyett NM, Kent NJM,Moorhead G, Poulsen CA, Sevior M, Taylor G, ToveyS & Zaccone . 2009. A study of quasi-elastic muonneutrino and antineutrino scattering in the NOMADexperiment. The European Physical Journal. SpecialTopics. 63: 355-381.Mares TE, Radlinski AP, Moore TA, Cookson D,Thiyagarajan P, Ilavsky J & Klepp J. 2009. Assessingthe potential for CO2 adsorption in a subbituminouscoal, Huntly Coalfield, New Zealand, using smallangle scattering techniques. International Journal ofCoal Geology. 77: 54-68.Miyazaki Y, Taylor G & Zyukova O. 2009. Search forlepton-flavor-violating τ decay into a lepton and anƒ0(980) meson. Physics Letters B. 372: 317-322.Mizuk R, Urquijo P, Wedd RH & Zykova O. 2009.Dalitz analysis of B → Kπ+ψ` decays and theZ(4430)+ . Physical Review D. 80: 031104.Pakhlov P, Barberio L, Sevior M, Taylor G, WeddRH & Zyukova O. 2009. Measurement of the e+e-→ J/ψc[overline c] cross section at √s ≈ 10.6 GeV.Physical Review D. 79: 071101.Radlinski AP, Busbridge TL, Gray EA, Blach TP& Cookson D. 2009. Small angle X-ray scatteringmapping and kinetics study of sub-critical CO2sorption by two Australian coals . InternationalJournal of Coal Geology. 77: 80-89.Ryan C, Siddons DP, Moorhead G, Kirkham R, DeGeronimo G, Etschmann BE, Dragone A, DunnPA, Kuczewski A, Davey P, Jensen M, Ablett JM,Kuczewski J, Hough R & Paterson D. 2009. HighthroughputX-ray fluorescence imaging using amassively parallel detector array, integrated scanningand real-time spectral deconvolution. Journal ofPhysics - Conference Series. 186: 012013.Shen CP, Barberio L, Limosani A, Sevior M, TaylorG, Wedd RH, Urquijo P & Zyukova O. 2009.Observation of the φ(1680) and the Y(2175) in e+e-→ φπ+π-. Physical Review D. 80: 031101.Sobott BA, Broennimann Ch, Eikenberry EF, DinapoliR, Kraft R, Taylor G, Willmott PR, Schleputz CM &Rassool R. 2009. Synchrotron radiation hardnessstudies of PILATUS II. Journal of SynchrotronRadiation. 16: 489-493.Sokolov A, Barberio L, Limosani A, Sevior M, TaylorG, Wedd RH & Zyukova O. 2009. Measurement ofthe branching fraction for the decay gamma(4S) →gamma(1S)π+π-. Physical Review D. 79: 051103.Solovieva E, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P & ZyukovaO. 2009. Study of Ω0c and Ω∗0c baryons at Belle.Physics Letters B. 672: 1-5.Uehara S, Barberio L & Zyukova O. 2009. Highstatisticsstudy of neutral-pion pair productionin two-photon collisions. Physical Review D. 79:052009.www.physics.unimelb.edu.au 33

group reports & publicationsexperimental particle physics (EPP)Uehara S, Limosani A, Sevior M, Taylor G, Urquijo P,Wedd RH & Zyukova O. 2009. High-statistics studyof ηπ0 production in two-photon collisions. PhysicalReview D. 80: 032001.Vervink K, Barberio L, Sevior M & Zwahlen N. 2009.Evidence of time-dependent CP violation in thedecay B0 → D*+D*-. Physical Review D. 80: 111104.Wei J-T, Barberio L, Limosani A, Sevior M, TaylorG, Urquijo P, Wedd RH & Zyukova O. 2009.Measurement of the Differential Branching Fractionand Forward-Backward Asymmetry for B → K(*)l+l-.Physical Review Letters. 103: 171801.Wiechczynski J, Barberio L, Sevior M, TaylorG, Urquijo P, Wedd RH & Zyukova O. 2009.Measurement of B → Ds(*)Kπ branching fractions.Physical Review D. 80: 052005.Won E, Barberio L, Julius TD, Sevior M, TaylorG, Urquijo P, Wedd RH & Zyukova O. 2009.Measurement of D+ → K0SK+ and D+s → K0Sπ+branching ratios. Physical Review D. 80: 111101.Zupanc A, Barberio L, Sevior M, Taylor G, UrquijoP, Wedd RH & Zyukova O. 2009. Measurement ofyCP in D0 meson decays to the K0SK+K- final state.Physical Review D. 80: 052006.34www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

group reports & publicationsmicro-analytical research centre (MARC)dr jeff m c callumThe Microanalytical Research Centre (MARC)undertakes research in the areas of advancedmaterials and device fabrication and characterization.The research effort of the MARC group ispredominantly in the areas of silicon and diamondmaterials and device development, with a strongemphasis on ion beam processing and ion beamanalysis.An activity of key importance in the MARC groupis the experimental program of the Melbournenode of the Australian Research Council Centreof Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology(CQCT). The CQCT is internationally recognized forits groundbreaking research into quantum devicedevelopment and measurement. The Melbournenode of CQCT is headed by Prof. Lloyd Hollenbergwho also leads the Centre’s theoretical program. Theexperimental programs at Melbourne are centredon our expertise in single ion implantation, lead byProf. David Jamieson, for single atom quantum bit(qubit) formation and materials characterization anddevelopment, lead by Dr Jeff McCallum. There isvery strong collaboration between researchers at theMelbourne node and researchers at the other majornodes, particularly the team at the University of NewSouth Wales (UNSW).Prof. Jamieson also leads the Melbournecontribution to the Atomic Functionalities in SiliconDevices (AFSiD) project that is funded through theEuropean Union Seventh Framework.The diamond group within MARC is lead by Prof.Steven Prawer. This group has a strong internationalreputation in the field of diamond-based quantumoptics and quantum computing and is part of theconsortium that at the end of 2009 was awarded$42M funding to develop the bionic eye. This is amajor and prestigious initiative which will conductan ambitious program of research over the next fouryears and will bring a number of new post-doctoralfellows and research endeavours to the group. TheMARC group also has strong research linkages withthe Australian National University, Royal MelbourneInstitute of Technology and other research groupsworldwide.The CQCT’s quantum device (Ion Beam) programat the University of Melbourne collaborates closelywith the quantum device program at the Universityof New South Wales on the fabrication of Si:Pdevices containing single or few dopant atomsby top-down methods. Over the past decadethe group has perfected an integrated method ofcounting single atoms into silicon devices that isnow commonly referred to as deterministic doping.In 2009 a number of the Si:P devices showedextremely interesting characteristics based on thetransfer of single electrons between a gate-definedquantum dot structure and a small number ofphosphorus donors implanted nearby. This researchis detailed in the CQCT Annual Report. A highlightof 2009 was the invitation to present our work at aninterdisciplinary workshop “Atomics09” in Germanywith delegates working on different strategies forthe exploitation of the quantum attributes of singleatoms. The group has also worked on developinga step-and-repeat system that incorporates ouron-chip single ion detectors and employs a scannednano-scale aperture that collimates the ion beam toless than 100 nm. This system will, when it is fullyfunctional, provide precise control over the locationof our single ion implants. The nano-scale aperturesare fabricated by focused ion beam milling of Sicantilevers and SiN membranes and use SEM andTEM imaging to characterise the milling process.In 2010 the system will be used to demonstratecontrolled implantation of low energy single ions.The CQCT’s Materials Program at the Universityof Melbourne has developed and utilizes a numberof defect characterization techniques in order toinform the Centre on optimal processing strategiesand defect control in its device structures. In 2009,the fixed oxide charge and the Al-Si work-functiondifference were measured for the gate structuresused in the Centre devices. The group is also movingtowards measurement of spin-dependent transportin electrically detected magnetic resonance (EDMR)devices completely fabricated with ion implantationtechniques. This is another important collaborationwith colleagues at UNSW. A temperaturedependentHall measurement capability was alsoadded to the group’s characterization suite this year.The system will allow measurement of carrier-type,concentration and mobility over the temperaturerange 20 - 320 K. The Hall system is also equippedwith a 1 Tesla electro-magnet.www.physics.unimelb.edu.au 35

group reports & publicationsmicro-analytical research centre (MARC)The diamond group receives considerable nationaland international recognition for its work ondevelopment of optical centres in diamond forpotential applications in quantum computing andfor its work in engineering of diamond structures.In 2009, a particular highlight was the recognitionof the group’s work in discovering a new ultrabrightsingle photon source in diamond based on Cr. Thework was published in the high impact journal NanoLetters: Aharonovich, I., Castalletto, S., Simpson,D. A., Stacey, A., McCallum, J., Greentree, A.D., and Prawer, S., Two-Level Ultrabright SinglePhoton Emission from Diamond Nanocrystals, NanoLetters, 9, 3191-5, (2009). The group’s work onMeV and focused ion beam processing of diamondto form free-standing membranes, waveguide,photonic and cavity structures has lead to stronginternational and industry linkages in this importantarea of development for future quantum optical andengineering applications of diamond. The group’srecognized expertise in engineering of diamondstructures was also instrumental in it being part ofthe consortium that secured $42M funding fromthe Australian government to develop the bioniceye. The diamond group’s task is to engineer anelectrically-conductive diamond electrode arraywhich will interface to the optic nerve. They havealready made considerable progress toward thedevelopment of these structures.In addition to the bionic project funding, MARCgroup members were successful in attractingresearch funding from a number of sourcesfor research programs commencing in 2010.One particular highlight has been the EducationInfrastructure Fund/Superscience Heavy IonAccelerator Project which is jointly fundedbetween ANU and University of Melbourne andwill provide $1.3M over the next three years todevelop equipment and resources for the Pelletronlaboratory. This is a great funding boost for this partof our core infrastructure. The end of 2010 marks theend of the funding cycle for CQCT and during 2010a new centre bid which expands on the activitiesof the Centre will be formulated. In January 2010,the MARC group will also be reviewed by a panelof distinguished scientists. 2010 will be a very busyyear and we look forward to continued internationalsuccess for the MARC group and the CQCT.Publications:Aharonovich I, Castelletto S, Simpson D, StaceyAD, Mccallum J, Greentree A & Prawer S. 2009.Two-Level Ultrabright Single Photon Emission fromDiamond Nanocrystals. Nano Letters. 9 (9): 3191-3195.Aharonovich I, Santori C, Fairchild BA, Orwa J,Ganesan K, Fu KC, Beausoleil RG, Greentree A &Prawer S. 2009. Producing optimized ensemblesof nitrogen-vacancy color centers for quantuminformation applications. Journal of Applied Physics.106: 124904.Aharonovich I, Zhou C, Stacey AD, Orwa J,Castelletto S, Simpson D, Greentree A, Treussart F,Roch J-F & Prawer S. 2009. Enhanced single-photonemission in the near infrared from a diamond colorcenter. Physical Review B. 79: 235316.Ampem-Lassen E, Simpson D, Gibson B, TrpkovskiS, Hossain F, Huntington S, Ganesan K, HollenbergL & Prawer S. 2009. Nano-manipulation of diamondbasedsingle photon sources. Optics Express. 17(14): 11287-11293.Andresen SES, Mccamey DR, Brenner R, AhrensMA, Mitic M, Chan VC, Gauja E, Hudson FE,Ferguson AJ, Buehler TM, Reilly DJ, Clark RG,Dzurak AS, Hamilton AR, Wellard C, Yang C, Hopf T,Mccallum J, Jamieson D, Hollenberg L, HutchisonWD, Huebl H & Brandt MS. 2009. Measuring thecharge and spin states of electrons on individualdopant atoms in silicon. In Fanciulli M (ed), Topicsin Applied Physics: Electron spin resonance andrelated phenomena in low-dimensional structures.Berlin, Germany: Springer Verlag, pp. 169-182.Arsat R, Breedon M, Shafiei M, Spizzirri P, Gilje S,Kaner RB, Kalantar-Zadeh K & Wlodarski W. 2009.Graphene-like nano-sheets for surface acousticwave gas sensor applications. Chemical PhysicsLetters. 467: 344-347.Budi A, Henry DJ, Gale JD & Yaraovsky I. 2009.Comparison of embedded atom method potentialsfor small aluminium cluster simulations. Journal ofPhysics - Condensed Matter . 21: 144206.Canning J, Gibson B, Huyang G, Crossley MJ, SumTJ, Neto C & Khoury T. 2009. Post-processingof self-assembled supramolecular structures. InHamilton M(ed), Proceedings of AustralasianConference on Optical Fibre Technology. 491-492.Melbourne, Australia: Australian Optical Society.36www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

Canning J, Gibson B, Huyang G, Sum TJ, Neto C &Crossley MJ. 2009. Processing waveguide photoniccomponents into self-assembled organic films. InWai PK(ed), Proceedings of the 14th Optoelectronicsand Communications Conference. 1 Thl8-Thl9. NewJersey, United States: IEEE Press.Canning J, Huyang G, Gibson B, Neto C, KhouryT, Martelli C, Skivesen N, Sum TJ, Kristensen M &Crossley MJ. 2009. Supramolecular porphyrin wiresand post-processing. In Wai PK(ed), Proceedingsof the 14th Optoelectronics and CommunicationsConference. 1 Thl5-Thl6. New Jersey, United States:IEEE Press.Castelletto S, Roberts A & Scholten R. 2009.Correlated imaging visibility using a parametricdownconversion source seeded with partiallycoherent stimulation. Journal of the Optical Societyof America B - Optical Physics. 26 (6): 1221-1227.Devitt SJ, Fowler A, Stephens AM, GreentreeA, Hollenberg L, Munro WJ & Nemoto K. 2009.Architectural design for a topological cluster statequantum computer. New Journal of Physics. 11:083032.Fang J, Spizzirri P, Cimmino A, Rubanov S &Prawer S. 2009. Extremely high aspect ratioalumina transmission nanomasks: their fabricationand characterization using electron microscopy.Nanotechnology. 20: 065706.Fowler A & Goyal K. 2009. Topological clusterstate quantum computing. Quantum Information &Computation. 9 (9-10): 721-738.Fowler A & Stephens AM. 2009. High-thresholduniversal quantum computation on the surface code.Physical Review A. 80: 052312.Gibson B, Su C, Ladouceur F, Greentree A,Hollenberg L & Hiscocks MP. 2009. Towardsall-diamond efficient single-photon sources:PartI - Theory. In Hamilton M(ed), Proceedingsof Australasian Conference on Optical FibreTechnology. 32-33. Melbourne, Australia: AustralianOptical Society.Greentree A, Beausoleil RG, Hollenberg L, MunroWJ, Nemoto K, Prawer S & Spiller TP. 2009. Singlephoton quantum non-demolition measurements inthe presence of inhomogeneous broadening. NewJournal of Physics. 11: 093005.Hancock Y & Finlayson T. 2009. Thermal expansionof magnetite (4.2–300 K). Philosophical Magazine.89 (22-24): 1913-1921.Hossain F, Murch GE, Belova IV & Turner BD. 2009.Electronic, optical and bonding properties of CaCO3calcite. Solid State Communications. 149: 1201-1203.Huyang G, Canning J, Gibson B, Khoury T, SumTJ, Neto C & Crossley MJ. 2009. Focused ionbeam processing and engineering of devicesin self-assembled supramolecular structures.Nanotechnology. 20: 485301.Johnson B, Caradonna P & Mccallum J. 2009.Dopant enhanced H diffusion in amorphous siliconand its effect on the kinetics of solid phase epitaxy.Materials Science and Engineering B. 157: 6-10Johnson B, Mccallum J, Atanacio AJ & PrinceKE. 2009. Intrinsic and boron-enhanced hydrogendiffusion in amorphous silicon formed by ionimplantation. Applied Physics Letters. 95: 101911.Jong LM, Greentree A, Conrad VI, Hollenberg L &Jamieson D. 2009. Coherent tunneling adiabaticpassage with the alternating coupling scheme.Nanotechnology. 20: 405402.Kalantar-Zadeh K, Sadek AZ, Partridge JG,Mcculloch DG, Li YX, Yu XF, Spizzirri P & WlodarskiW. 2009. Nanoporous titanium oxide synthesizedfrom anodized Filtered Cathodic Vacuum Arc Ti thinfilms. Thin Solid Films. 518: 1180-1184.Lim WH, Huebl H, Willems Van Beveren LH,Rubanov S, Spizzirri P, Angus S, Clark RG & DzurakAS. 2009. Electrostatically defined few-electrondouble quantum dot in silicon. Applied PhysicsLetters. 94: 173502.Mcdonnell & Flitney A. 2009. Signal acquisition viapolarization modulation in single photon sources.Physical Review E. 80: 060102.Morello A, Escott CC, Huebl H, Willems VanHiscocks MP, Su C, Gibson B, Greentree A,Beveren LH, Hollenberg L, Jamieson D, Dzurak ASHollenberg L & Ladouceur F. 2009. Slot-waveguide& Clark RG. 2009. Architecture for high-sensitivitycavities for optical quantum information applications.single-shot readout and control of the electron spinOptics Express. 17 (9): 7295-7303.of individual donors in silicon. Physical Review B. 80:081307.www.physics.unimelb.edu.au 37

group reports & publicationsmicro-analytical research centre (MARC)Nguyen T, Spizzirri P, Wilson G & Mulvaney P. 2009.Tunable light emission using quantum dot-coatedupconverters. Chemical Communications. 2009 (2):174-176.Pakes CI, Hoxley D, Rabeau JR, EdmondsMT, Kalish R & Prawer S. 2009. Scanning Kelvinprobestudy of the hydrogen-terminated diamondsurface in ultrahigh vacuum. Applied Physics Letters.95: 123108.Paradowska AM, Price JHW, Finlayson T, LienertU, Walls PW & Ibrahim R. 2009. Residual stressdistribution in steel butt welds measured usingneutron and synchrotron diffraction. Journal ofPhysics - Condensed Matter . 21: 124213.Pardowska A, Price JWH & Finlayson T. 2009.Comparison of residual stress measurementstechniques applicable to the steel weldedcomponents. Zavarivanje i zavarene konstrukcije. 54(3): 119-127.Price J, Paradowska AM & Finlayson T. 2009.Measurement of residual stresses in weld repairsin steels. In Singh R (ed), Weld cracking in ferrousalloys. Cambridge, United Kingdom: WoodheadPublishing, pp. 459-474.Rahman R, Park SH, Cole J, Greentree A, MullerRP, Klimeck G & Hollenberg L. 2009. Atomisticsimulations of adiabatic coherent electron transportin triple donor systems. Physical Review B. 80:035302.Rollinson C, Orbons SM, Huntington S, Gibson B,Canning J, Love JD, Roberts A & Jamieson D. 2009.Metal-free scanning optical microscopy with a fractalfiber probe. Optics Express. 17 (3): 1772-1780.Ryan C, Siddons DP, Moorhead G, Kirkham R, DeGeronimo G, Etschmann BE, Dragone A, DunnPA, Kuczewski A, Davey P, Jensen M, Ablett JM,Kuczewski J, Hough R & Paterson D. 2009. HighthroughputX-ray fluorescence imaging using amassively parallel detector array, integrated scanningand real-time spectral deconvolution. Journal ofPhysics - Conference Series. 186: 012013.Sadek AZ, Zheng H, Breeden M, Bansal V,Bhargava SK, Latham K, Zhu J, Yu L, Hu Z, SpizzirriP, Wlodarski W & Kalantar-Zadeh K. 2009. High-Temperature Anodized WO3 Nanoplatelet Films forPhotosensitive Devices. Langmuir. 25 (16): 9545-9551.Simpson D, Ampem-Lassen E, Gibson B, TrpkovskiS, Hossain F, Huntington S, Greentree A, HollenbergL & Prawer S. 2009. A highly efficient two leveldiamond based single photon source. AppliedPhysics Letters. 94: 203107.Siyushev P, Jacques V, Aharonovich I, Kaiser F,Muller T, Lombez L, Atature M, Castelletto S, PrawerS, Wrachtrup J & Jelezko F. 2009. Low-temperatureoptical characterization of a near-infrared singlephotonemitter in nanodiamonds. New Journal ofPhysics. 11: 113029.Stacey AD, Aharonovich I, Prawer S & Butler JE.2009. Controlled synthesis of high quality micro/nano-diamonds by microwave plasma chemicalvapor deposition. Diamond and Related Materials.18: 51-55.Stacey AD, Michaelson Sh, Orwa J, Rubanov S,Prawer S, Cowie BCC & Hoffman A. 2009. Nearcoalescent submicron polycrystalline diamond filmsdeposited on silicon: Hydrogen bonding and thermalenhanced carbide formation. Journal of AppliedPhysics. 106: 103503.Stacey AD, Prawer S, Rubanov S, Ahkvlediani R,Michaelson Sh & Hoffman A. 2009. The effect oftemperature on the secondary electron emissionyield from single crystal and polycrystalline diamondsurfaces. Applied Physics Letters. 95: 262109.Stacey AD, Prawer S, Rubanov S, Akhvlediani R,Michaelson Sh & Hoffman A. 2009. Temperatureenhancement of secondary electron emission fromhydrogenated diamond films. Journal of AppliedPhysics. 106: 063715.Testolin M, Cole J & Hollenberg L. 2009. Modelingtwo-spin dynamics in a noisy environment. PhysicalReview A. 80: 042326.Tettamanzi GC, Pakes CI, Lam SKH & Prawer S.2009. Flux noise in ion-implanted nanoSQUIDs.Superconductor Science & Technology. 22: 064006.Tettamanzi GC, Pakes CI, Potenza A, Rubanov S,Marrows CH & Prawer S. 2009. Superconductingtransition in Nb nanowires fabricated using focusedion beam. Nanotechnology. 20: 465302.Tomljenovic-Hanic S, Greentree A, De Sterke CM& Prawer S. 2009. Flexible design of ultrahigh-Qmicrocavities in diamond-based photonic crystalslabs. Optics Express. 17 (8): 6465-6475.38www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

group reports & publicationsMELBOURNE MATERIALS INSTITUTE (mim)prof steven prawer -directorThe Melbourne Materials Institute hadsome major achievements in 2009In March, Andrew Tierney was appointed asExecutive Officer to support the Director, ProfessorSteven Prawer in establishing the Institute. InSeptember, after rounds of careful planning,the MMI Business Case was submitted to theDeputy Vice-Chancellor Research by the Deanof Engineering, Professor Iven Mareels and theDirector. In December, the MMI moved into itsnew offices on the Ground Floor of the David CaroBuilding, giving the Institute a physical home.FundingThe MMI was a foundation partner in the successfulBionic Vision Australia consortium which receiveda grant of $42 million to develop a prosthesis thatwill restore sight to people suffering from maculardegeneration. This consortium includes the MMI,the School of Engineering, the Bionic Ear Institute,the Centre for Eye Research Australia, NICTA,the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology(University of Melbourne) and the University of NewSouth Wales. The MMI’s role is to deliver materialssolutions to the challenge of creating a bionic eye,including a biocompatible diamond electrode arraythat will be attached to the retina.The MMI also supported a number of successfulARC Linkage grants (totalling $2 035 000) andDiscovery grants (totalling $650 000). The MMIsupported a Laureate Fellowship application for DrFedor Jelezko and a number of Future Fellowshipapplications. If successful, these appointments willsignificantly strengthen the materials science andengineering area.under the four themes of Nanomedicine, Materialsfor Energy, Materials Processing, and QuantumTechnologies.PartnershipsThe Director spearheaded the University’s efforts tosecure a number of major partnerships. In August,the Vice-Chancellor Glyn Davis signed a MoU withthe CEO of Better Place Australia, Evan Thornley.The partnership envisions an energy educationcentre being built on the campus. This agreementsaw a major ARC grant application being submittedwith the Dean of Engineering as Chief Investigator.The ultimate goal is the conversion of theUniversity’s car fleet to electrical vehicles poweredentirely by renewable sources.The Director also led the University’s engagementwith the DSTO. This culminated in a MoU beingsigned in March that will facilitate a university-wideresearch agreement, greater collaboration betweenresearchers in the two organisations and thedevelopment of a Defence Science Institute, to lookat issues such as Bioterrorism, Human Platforms,Signature Management, Energy & PropulsionSystems, Radar on a Chip, and Data Management.The MMI also initiated partnerships with keyinternational materials science institutes, includingthe London Centre for Nanotechnology and theVanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science andEngineering. In 2009, we hosted visits by theDirectors, Professor Gabriel Aeppli and ProfessorLen Feldman. Professor Feldman also delivered the2009 Miegunyah Lecture ‘The Quantum Revolution’.The MMI, in partnership with Materials Australia,hosted the annual Borland Lecture and the GifkinLecture, providing a valuable link between industryand the university’s research.The MMI was pleased to support six successfulbids for the inaugural Interdisciplinary Seed-FundingScheme. We supported projects that cover topicsas diverse as early detection for Legionella, trackingneural stem cells, developing electroactive polymerfoams and developing nanoparticle mucosalvaccines for dentistry applications. This scheme wascritical in developing the interdisciplinary interactionswithin the University and catalysing thoserelationships into new and innovative research. MMInow has over 40 researchers associated with it,www.physics.unimelb.edu.au 39

group reports & publicationsarc centre of excellencefor coherent x-ray science (CXS)Professor Keith Nugent2009 was a great year for CXS. It began with the newsthat we had done very well in the ARC review at theend of 2008 and that our funding level is to be increasedand extended until December 2013. This is very excitingfor us and we celebrated in a joint event with anotherUniversity of Melbourne led centre, the CoE for Free-Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology which also had asimilarly successful review outcome.The acquisition of guaranteed funding for a further fiveyears means that we can re-focus on the long-termgoals that should be at the centre of the planning ofan organisation such as CXS. With this in mind, inSeptember, CXS held a very enjoyable and productiveplanning retreat in Beechworth in which we gaveconsiderable thought to the directions we should take.With the able assistance of the members of our ScientificAdvisory Board, well-informed decisions were made andwe are already seeing many of these bearing fruit.Another response to the review was our decision todo some re-casting of the directions of the centre.Accordingly, we invited a group led by Dave Kielpinskifrom Griffith University to join us so that we can enhanceour experimental work in the study of the interactionof high-fields with atomic structures, an importantaspect of our long term goal of enabling the analysis ofmolecular structures using X-ray free electron lasers.We have named this new part of CXS the AttosecondScience Program as it will concentrate on the interactionof extremely short light pulses with atomic systems.An attosecond is extremely short – there are 10 18attoseconds in one second , which is a 1 followed byeighteen zeroes, and this is the same as the number ofseconds in the age of the universe.As part of this re-structuring, we also have elected toclose down the Detectors & Beamline DevelopmentProgram based at Monash University. This decisionwas made easier by the news that Chris Hall had beenoffered an ongoing position at the Australian Synchrotronwith the result that the program was no longer viable.Rob Lewis also took the opportunity to resign fromCXS so as to enable him to re-focus on his work relatedto biomedical imaging. We wish both of these formerCXS members well in their future research and fullyanticipate an ongoing relationship with both of them. Ourassociation with work on detectors will continue as wedeepen our relationship with the Cooperative ResearchCentre for Biomedical Imaging Development.Scientifically, the centre continues to perform superbly.CXS members continue to be highly productive andpublishing high-impact science. There are a numberof measures of the impact of our work but one that isnotable is the number of our papers that are featured onthe covers of journals. This year, three CXS papers werefeatured on the cover of the journal in which they werepublished. This is an exceptional result and indicates thatworld continues to take note of the quality of our science.A centre is more than the sum of its parts and thesum of its outputs. We have continued to ensure thatmembers of CXS have access to a vibrant program ofcentre activities, meetings, workshops and visitors. Wewant CXS members to be able to meeting the leadingscientists in the world and discuss their ideas with themand with each other. This has led to a number of veryproductive workshops, also outlined in this report, as wellas innovative ideas such as the “ Talking Backwards”workshop in which physicists were asked to explainedbiology to CXS members, and biologists asked toexplain physics. This is in addition to CXS workshopson commercialisation, intellectual property, careers andscience. We thank our active IP and Advisory Boardmembers for their contributions to all of these activities.2009 was also a year in which some of our outreachactivities hit a new level of achievement. The movieproject continues to proceed well and we were ableto see a preview of it at our end-of-year function. Wealso formed a partnership with Santa Maria College,Northcote which we have called Growing Tall Poppies. Thisprogram was supported by the Catholic Education Officeand the University of Melbourne through a KnowledgeTransfer grant, and it went on to be selected as thewinner of the Victorian State Impact Award from thenew Schools First grant system sponsored by the NationalAustralia Bank and the Federation of Young Australian.As a result, the partnership was awarded a cash grant of$100,000 to support its further development. This awardhas led to considerable publicity for CXS and Santa MariaCollege and will lead to further exciting developmentsover the coming years.We have had some staff depart from CXS and so wewish them well. In particular, Garth Williams has beenwith CXS since its beginning and he has now moved onto an ongoing position at the X-ray free electron projectat the SLAC laboratory run by Stanford University inCalifornia. We wish Garth well, but expect to continue towork with him in the coming yearsFor publications produced from the University ofMelbourne Physics staff, please refer to the Optics groupreport. For publications produced by all ARC nodes andparticipating partner institutions, please refer to:www.coecxs.org40www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

group reports& publicationsopticsProfessor Keith NugentAnn Roberts’ collaboration with the University’sCentre for Cultural Materials Conservation continuesto gain strength with students co-supervised byAnn and members of the CCMC, completing theirPhD studies. Both Nicole Tse and Elizabeth Hindesuccessfully negotiated the myriad challengesof interdisciplinary research to make significantcontributions to cultural materials analysis andconservation using novel optical techniques.Research into plasmonics and metamaterials, led byAnn Roberts and supported by an ARC DiscoveryProject, has also led to the development of a newnanophotonic metamaterial device that could formthe basis of new compact plasmonic devices suchas lenses and nanoantennas.Ann Roberts and Keith Nugent continued with theirwork on a linkage project aiming at developing novelforms of projection screens.High-harmonic diffraction data obtained using the CXS facilities based at Swinburne.This image was highlighted in the Kaleidoscope section of the Physical Reviewwebsite.and spin-echo with diamond NV centres in bulkand nanocrystal form. We are now able to makequantum measurements of a single quantum spin.We were delighted to have been successful inapplication for an ARC Discovery project with theTheoretical Condensed Matter Physics Group.The application High-resolution electron diffractionimaging for the nanosciences received a total sum of$750,000 over three years.The ultracold plasma project made substantialprogress during 2009. We have designed,constructed, demonstrated and installed a novelslow atom source, using a Zeeman atom slowerwith a tapered helix solenoid. We have competeda demonstration of a new non-iterative techniquefor imaging inhomogeneous cold atom clouds,using phase retrieval from a single diffractionmeasurement. We have also improved the lasertechnology for our UCP experiments, establishingcritical factors affecting laser linewidth and modestability. An exciting development is the successfuldemonstration of cold electron bunches byphotoionisation of a cloud of cooled and trappedatoms. Finally, in collaboration with the CXSTheory and Modelling Program, we are developinga computational simulation of partially coherentelectron imaging, using Fresnel wave propagation incombination with a Gaussian-Schell model for partialcoherence.In the diamond colour-centre spectroscopyproject we have designed and developed a singlephotonconfocal microscopy system with opticallydetected magnetic resonance. The system readilydemonstrates anti-bunching, Rabi oscillations,www.physics.unimelb.edu.au 41

group reports & publicationsopticsPublications:Arhatari BD, Peele AG, Hannah K, Kappen P, NugentK, Williams G, Yin GC, Chen YM, Chen JH & SongYF. 2009. A coherence approach to phase-contrastmicroscopy II: Experiment. Ultramicroscopy. 109:280-286.Blaikie RJ, Lin L & Reeves RJ. 2009. Plasmonenhancedoptical transmission of nanostructuredmetallic multilayers. International Journal ofNanotechnology. 6 (3-4): 222-232.Blanc W, Dussardier B, Monnom G, Peretti R, JurdycA, Jacquier B, Foret M & Roberts A. 2009. Erbiumemission properties in nanostructured fibers. AppliedOptics. 48 (31): G119-G124.Castelletto S, Roberts A & Scholten R. 2009.Correlated imaging visibility using a parametricdownconversion source seeded with partiallycoherent stimulation. Journal of the Optical Societyof America B - Optical Physics. 26 (6): 1221-1227.Chantler C. 2009. Charge and state populationin dilute plasmas from beam-foil spectroscopy.Canadian Journal of Physics. 86: 331-350.Chantler C. 2009. Development and applicationsof accurate measurement of X-ray absorption. TheEuropean Physical Journal. Special Topics. 169: 147-153.Chantler C, Hayward AC & Grant IP. 2009.Theoretical Determination of Characteristic X-RayLines and the Copper Kα Spectrum. Physical ReviewLetters. 103: 123002.Chantler C & Kimpton J. 2009. Recent developmentsin x-ray tests of quantum electrodynamics. CanadianJournal of Physics. 87: 763-772.Chantler C, Laming JM, Silver JD, DietrichDD, Mokler PH, Finch EC & Rosner SD. 2009.Hydrogenic Lamb shift in Ge31+ and the finestructureLamb shift. Physical Review A. 80:022508.Chen B, Dilanyan R, Teichmann S, Abbey B, PeeleAG, Williams G, Hannaford P, Van Dao L, Quiney H& Nugent K. 2009. Multiple wavelength diffractiveimaging. Physical Review A. 79: 023809.Chen B, Williams G, Quiney H, Nugent K, TeichmannS, Hannaford P, Dao LV & Peele AG. 2009.Diffractive imaging using a polychromatic highharmonicgeneration soft-x-ray source. Journal ofApplied Physics. 106: 023110.Chen YP, Hitchcock J, Dries D, Junker M, WelfordC, Pollack SE, Corcovilos TA & Hulet RG. 2009.Experimental studies of Bose-Einstein condensatesin disorder. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena. 238:1321-1325.Fang J, Lin L, Roberts A, Spizzirri P & Prawer S.2009. Highly odered, free-standing silver nano-wirearrays: fabrication and optical properties. In HamiltonM(ed), Proceedings of Australasian Conference onOptical Fibre Technology. 537-538. Melbourne,Australia: Australian Optical Society.Flewett S, Quiney H, Tran CQ & Nugent K. 2009.Extracting coherent modes from partially coherentwavefields. Optics Letters. 34 (14): 2198-2200.Flewett S, Quiney H, Tran CQ, Peele AG,Whitehead LW, Mcnulty I & Nugent K. 2009. Directmeasurement of the coherent modes of a partiallycoherent wavefield. In Hamilton M(ed), Proceedingsof Australasian Conference on Optical FibreTechnology. 59-60. Melbourne, Australia: AustralianOptical Society.Glover JL, Chantler C & De Jonge MD. 2009. Nanoroughnessin gold revealed from X-ray signature.Physics Letters A. 373: 1177-1180.Goh XM, Lin L & Roberts A. 2009. Control of lightpropogation using spatial modulated aperture arraysin a metal film. In Hamilton M(ed), Proceedingsof Australasian Conference on Optical FibreTechnology. 306-307. Melbourne, Australia:Australian Optical Society.Goh XM, Lin L & Roberts A. 2009. Spatially varyingnear-resonant aperture arrays for beam manipulation.In Stockman MI(ed), Proceedings of Spie. 73947394271-7394278. Washington, United States: SPIE- The International Society for Optical Engineering.Henderson CA, Williams G, Peele AG, Quiney H& Nugent K. 2009. Astigmatic phase retrieval: anexperimental demonstration. Optics Express. 17(14): 11905-11915.Hulet RG, Dries D, Junker M, Pollack SE, HitchcockJ, Chen YP, Corcovilos T & Welford C. 2009. TunableInteractions in a Bose-Einstein Condensate ofLithium: Photoassociation and Disorder-InducedLocalization. In Cote R, Gould PL, RozmanM & Smith WW(eds), Proceedings of the XXIInternational Conference on Atomic Physics. 150-159. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co.42www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

Junker M, Bell S & Scholten R. 2009. Ultracoldplasma electron source. In Hamilton M(ed),Proceedings of Australasian Conference on OpticalFibre Technology. 352-353. Melbourne, Australia:Australian Optical Society.Lin L, Hande L & Roberts A. 2009. Resonantnanometric cross-shaped apertures: Single aperturesversus periodic arrays. Applied Physics Letters. 95:201116.Mcculloch A, Sheludko D, Quiney H & Scholten R.2009. Single-plane phase imaging of cold atoms.In Hamilton M(ed), Proceedings of AustralasianConference on Optical Fibre Technology. 587-588.Melbourne, Australia: Australian Optical Society.Miles E, Roberts A, Sloggett R & Tse N. 2009.Speckle and Conservation. In Notea A(ed), 9thInternational Conference on NDT of Art. 1-9.Jerusalem, Israel: International Seminars Ltd.Miles ER & Roberts A. 2009. Non-destructivespeckle imaging of subsurface detail in paper-basedcultural materials. Optics Express. 17 (15): 12309-12314.Nguyen H, Milicevic M, Roberts A, Baxter GW,Collins T & Davis TJ. 2009. Towards a refractiveindex sensor untilizing nanostructures surfaceplasmon resonance on the end-face of anoptical fibre. In Hamilton M(ed), Proceedingsof Australasian Conference on Optical FibreTechnology. 475-476. Melbourne, Australia:Australian Optical Society.Nugent K. 2009. Caught in a spin. Nature Physics.5: 17-18.Payne A, Kimpton J, Kinnane MN & Chantler C.2009. Simulation and minimization of nonlineareffects in backgammon-type multi-wire gasproportional counters. Measurement Science &Technology. 20: 025601.Pollack SE, Dries D, Junker M, Chen YP, CorcovilosTA & Hulet RG. 2009. Extreme Tunability ofInteractions in a 7Li Bose-Einstein Condensate.Physical Review Letters. 102: 090402.Quiney H & Ponomarenko O. 2009. Core-electronlocalization effects in a diatomic molecule interactingwith intense ultrashort-pulse XUV radiation:Quantum-dynamic simulations. In Hamilton M(ed),Proceedings of Australasian Conference on OpticalFibre Technology. 5-6. Melbourne, Australia:Australian Optical Society.Roberts A & Milicevic M. 2009. Interaction ofrays with aperture arrays. In Hamilton M(ed),Proceedings of Australasian Conference on OpticalFibre Technology. 304-305. Melbourne, Australia:Australian Optical Society.Rollinson C, Orbons SM, Huntington S, Gibson B,Canning J, Love JD, Roberts A & Jamieson D. 2009.Metal-free scanning optical microscopy with a fractalfiber probe. Optics Express. 17 (3): 1772-1780.Saliba SD, Junker M, Turner LD & Scholten R.2009. Mode stability of external cavity diode lasers.Applied Optics. 48 (35): 6692-6700.Saliba SD & Scholten R. 2009. Linewidths below100 kHz with external cavity diode lasers. AppliedOptics. 48 (36): 6961-6966.Scholten R, Bell SC, Sheludko DV, White J, Turner L,T, Smeets B, Jeppesen M, Hofmann C & JasperseM. 2009. Quantum Coherence in the Rubidium5S-5P-5D Ladder System: Applications in FrequencyConversion, Imaging, and Squeesing. In DrampyanR (ed), New Trends in Quantum Coherence andNonlinear Optics. New York, United States: NovaScience Publishers, pp. 197-219.Teichmann S, Chen B, Dilanyan R, Hannaford P &Dao LV. 2009. Spectral characteristics across thespatial profile of a high-harmonic beam. Journal ofPhysics D - Applied Physics. 42 (13): 135108.Vine D, Paganin DM, Pavlov KM, Uesugi K, TakeuchiA, Suzuki Y, Yagi N, Kampfe T, Kley E-B & Forster E.2009. Deterministic Retrieval of Complex Green’sFunctions Using Hard X Rays. Physical ReviewLetters. 102: 043901.Vine D, Williams G, Abbey B, Pfeifer MA, Clark JN,De Jonge MD, Mcnulty I, Peele AG & Nugent K.2009. Ptychographic Fresnel coherent diffractiveimaging. Physical Review A. 80: 063823.Whitehead LW, Williams G, Quiney H, Vine D,Mcnulty , Flewett S, Nugent K, Peele , Balaur &Dilanyan R. 2009. Diffractive Imaging Using PartiallyCoherent X Rays. Physical Review Letters. 103:243902.Yam SP, Brodzeli Z, Wade SA, Rollinson C, BaxterGW & Collins SF. 2009. Use of first-order diffractionwavelengths corresponding to dual-gratingperiodicities in a single fibre Bragg grating forsimultaneous temperature and strain measurement.Measurement Science & Technology. 20 (3):034008.Reshak AH, Sarafis V & Heintzmann R. 2009.Second harmonic imaging of chloroplasts using thetwo-photon laser scanning microscope. Micron. 40:378-385.www.physics.unimelb.edu.au 43

group reports& publicationstheoretical condensed matter physics(TCMP)A/Prof Les AllenHighlights from the Centre for Quantum ComputingTechnology (CQCT) theory program led by ProfessorLloyd Hollenberg include:• a concept paper on decoherence based detection(Nanotechnology),• a proposal for mapping donor electron wavefunctions in silicon using 29Si spin probes(Physical Review Letters), with the Purduegroup,• a follow up on the theory for decoherencedetection sensitivity for randomly fluctuatingmagnetic fields (Physical Review Letters) byPhD student Liam Hall.• The use of NV diamond for a novel detection ofthe Aharonov-Casher phase was carried out byPhD student Dougal Maclaurin in collaborationwith Dr. Andy Martin and Dr. Andy Greentree(Physical Review A, Rapid Communication).• CQCT postdocs A. Fowler and C. Hill completedwork in surface code based quantumcommunication protocols and multiple receiverquantum transport protocols respectively.• The group also participated in the first singleelectron spin readout in silicon achieved at theUNSW node of the CQCT.QE II Fellow Dr Andy Greentree and his studentscontinued investigating single photon nonlinearoptics and the Jaynes-Cummings-Hubbard model(solid-light). Outputs from the year included• an invited book chapter (with Prof. Hollenberg),16 published journal articles, and, with Prof.Steven Prawer,• two ARC grants relating to quantum optics indiamond were obtained. The first grant is aDiscovery Project that will bring Dr Tomljenovic-Hanic to the TCMP group in 2010 as a newAustralian Research Fellow. The second isa linkage project with Hewlett-Packard. DrGreentree maintains active collaborationswith NII Tokyo, HP Bristol and HP Palo Alto,TU Karlsruhe, UNSW and the University ofAdelaide.collaborations (UK, the Netherlands, Canada, NewZealand, Japan and Germany). Highlights of thiswork include• a proposal to measure large topologicalAharonov-Casher phases in nitrogen vacancycenters in diamond and presented a newtechnique to study the fundamental propertiesof ultracold dipolar gases. As a result of thiswork Dr. Andy Martin gave an invited talk at theUniversity of Otago, New Zealand.The highlight for the subgroup of Professor LesAllen, working mainly on imaging beyond thenanoscale, was a paper published with the groupof Professor Susanne Stemmer from the Universityof California in Santa Barbara in which quantitativebright field imaging in scanning transmissionelectron microscopy was described for the firsttime. These results are related to imaging in aconventional transmission electron microscope bythe quantum mechanical principle of reciprocity andthus make direct comment on the long standingand important problem of lack of contrast (typically200 - 500%) typically found in that mode of imaging(the so-called Stobbs factor). Our results show thatit is not the theory of how fast electrons interactwith condensed matter which is at the root of thecontrast problem, as has been widely speculated.Papers were also published on quantitativeZ-contrast imaging of crystals containing heavyelements, a model of phonon excitation by fastelectrons in a crystal with correlated atomic motionsand a paper incorporating the theory of multiplescattering of the probe electron in electron energylossspectroscopy. Professor Allen delivered invitedkeynote contributions at international conferences inCanada, the UK and Taiwan.Dr Andy Martin, Senior Lecturer in the TCMP Group,published 7 papers (including two in A* ERA rankedjournals) in the fields of ultracold dilute gas dynamicsand topological phase measurements using defectsin diamond. This work involved several international44www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

Publications:Aharonovich I, Castelletto S, Simpson D, StaceyAD, Mccallum J, Greentree A & Prawer S. 2009.Two-Level Ultrabright Single Photon Emission fromDiamond Nanocrystals. Nano Letters. 9 (9): 3191-3195.Aharonovich I, Santori C, Fairchild BA, Orwa J,Ganesan K, Fu KC, Beausoleil RG, Greentree A &Prawer S. 2009. Producing optimized ensemblesof nitrogen-vacancy color centers for quantuminformation applications. Journal of Applied Physics.106: 124904.Aharonovich I, Zhou C, Stacey AD, Orwa J,Castelletto S, Simpson D, Greentree A, Treussart F,Roch J-F & Prawer S. 2009. Enhanced single-photonemission in the near infrared from a diamond colorcenter. Physical Review B. 79: 235316.Ampem-Lassen E, Simpson D, Gibson B, TrpkovskiS, Hossain F, Huntington S, Ganesan K, HollenbergL & Prawer S. 2009. Nano-manipulation of diamondbasedsingle photon sources. Optics Express. 17(14): 11287-11293.Behan , Cosgriff E, Kirkland I & Nellist D. 2009.Three-dimensional imaging by optical sectioningin the aberration-corrected scanning transmissionelectron microscope. Philosophical Transactionsof the Royal Society of London Series A -Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences.367 (1903): 3825-3844.Blakie PB, Ticknor C, Bradley AS, Martin A, DavisMJ & Kawaguchi Y. 2009. Numerical method forevolving the dipolar projected Gross-Pitaevskiiequation. Physical Review E. 80: 016703.Cole J & Hollenberg L. 2009. Scanning quantumdecoherence microscopy. Nanotechnology. 20:495401.Cornish SL, Parker NG, Martin A, Judd TE, ScottRD, Fromhold TM & Adams CS. 2009. Quantumreflection of bright matter-wave solitons. Physica D:Nonlinear Phenomena. 238: 1299-1305.Corro I, Scott RG & Martin A. 2009. Dynamics oftwo-component Bose-Einstein condensates inrotating traps. Physical Review A. 80: 033609.Devitt SJ, Fowler A, Stephens AM, GreentreeA, Hollenberg L, Munro WJ & Nemoto K. 2009.Architectural design for a topological cluster statequantum computer. New Journal of Physics. 11:083032.Doukas JA & Hollenberg L. 2009. Loss of spinentanglement for accelerated electrons in electricand magnetic fields. Physical Review A. 79: 052109.Flitney A, Schlosshauer M, Schmid C, LaskowskiW & Hollenberg L. 2009. Equivalence between Bellinequalities and quantum minority games. PhysicsLetters A. 373: 521-524.Gibson B, Su C, Ladouceur F, Greentree A,Hollenberg L & Hiscocks MP. 2009. Towardsall-diamond efficient single-photon sources:PartI - Theory. In Hamilton M(ed), Proceedingsof Australasian Conference on Optical FibreTechnology. 32-33. Melbourne, Australia: AustralianOptical Society.Greentree A, Beausoleil RG, Hollenberg L, MunroWJ, Nemoto K, Prawer S & Spiller TP. 2009. Singlephoton quantum non-demolition measurements inthe presence of inhomogeneous broadening. NewJournal of Physics. 11: 093005.Hall LT, Cole J, Hill C & Hollenberg L. 2009. Sensingof Fluctuating Nanoscale Magnetic Fields UsingNitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond. PhysicalReview Letters. 103 (22): 220802.Helmer F, Mariantoni M, Fowler A, Von Delft J,Solano E & Marquardt F. 2009. Cavity grid forscalable quantum computation with superconductingcircuits. Europhysics Letters. 85: 50007.Henderson MR, Afshar V. S, Greentree A,Ebendorff-Heidepriem H & Monro TM. 2009.Efficient coupling of emissions of embedded singlephoton sources within optical fibres . In HamiltonM(ed), Proceedings of Australasian Conference onOptical Fibre Technology. 479-480. Melbourne,Australia: Australian Optical Society.Hiscocks MP, Su C, Gibson B, Greentree A,Hollenberg L & Ladouceur F. 2009. Slot-waveguidecavities for optical quantum information applications.Optics Express. 17 (9): 7295-7303.Jong LM, Greentree A, Conrad VI, Hollenberg L &Jamieson D. 2009. Coherent tunneling adiabaticpassage with the alternating coupling scheme.Nanotechnology. 20: 405402.Karnutsch , Smith , Graham , Tomljenovic-Hanic S,Mortensen NA, Eggleton , O’Faolain , Krauss , Xiao& Mcphedran . 2009. Temperature stabilization ofoptofluidic photonic crystal cavities. Applied PhysicsLetters. 94: 231114.Lebeau JM, D’Alfonso AJ, Findlay SD, Stemmer S &Allen L. 2009. Quantitative comparisons of contrastin experimental and simulated bright-field scanningtransmission electron microscopy images. PhysicalReview B. 80: 174106.Lebeau JM, Findlay SD, Wang X, Jacobson AJ, AllenL & Stemmer S. 2009. High-angle scattering of fastelectrons from crystals containing heavy elements:Simulation and experiment. Physical Review B. 79:214110.www.physics.unimelb.edu.au 45

group reports & publicationstheoretical condensed matter physics (TCMP)Lee , Grillet , Tomljenovic-Hanic S, Magi , Moss ,Eggleton , Gai , Madden , Choi , Luther-Davies &Bulla . 2009. Photowritten high-Q cavities in twodimensionalchalcogenide glass photonic crystals.Optics Letters. 34 (23): 3671-3673.Lee MW, Grillet C, Tomljenovic-Hanic S, Moss D,Eggleton BJ, Gai X, Madden S, Choi D-Y, Bulla D& Luther-Davies B. 2009. Photoinduced high-Qcavities in chalcogenide photonic crystals. InBaets R(ed), LEOS Annual Meeting ConferenceProceedings 2009. 821-822. United States: OpticalSociety of America.Louis SGR, Greentree A, Munro WJ & NemotoK. 2009. Teleportation of composite systemsfor communication and information processing.Quantum Information & Computation. 9 (1-2): 1-15.Maclaurin D, Greentree A, Cole JH, Hollenberg L &Martin A. 2009. Single atom-scale diamond defectallows a large Aharonov-Casher phase. PhysicalReview A. 80: 040104.Makin MI, Cole JH, Hill CD, Greentree A &Hollenberg L. 2009. Time evolution of GaussianPulses in the one-dimensional Jaynes-Cummnings-Hubbard Hamiltonian. In Hamilton M(ed),Proceedings of Australasian Conference on OpticalFibre Technology. 302-303. Melbourne, Australia:Australian Optical Society.Makin MI, Cole JH, Hill C, Greentree A & HollenbergL. 2009. Time evolution of the one-dimensionalJaynes-Cummings-Hubbard Hamiltonian. PhysicalReview A. 80: 043842.Martin AV, Findlay S & Allen L. 2009. Model ofphonon excitation by fast electrons in a crystal withcorrelated atomic motion. Physical Review B. 80:024308.Mckellar B, Okuniewicz I & Quach JQ. 2009.Non-Boltzmann behavior in models of interactingneutrinos. Physical Review D. 80: 013011.Morello A, Escott CC, Huebl H, Willems VanBeveren LH, Hollenberg L, Jamieson D, Dzurak AS& Clark RG. 2009. Architecture for high-sensitivitysingle-shot readout and control of the electron spinof individual donors in silicon. Physical Review B. 80:081307.Parker NG, Martin A, Adams CS & Cornish SL.2009. Bright solitary waves of trapped atomicBose-Einstein condensates. Physica D: NonlinearPhenomena. 238: 1456-1461.46Parker NG, Ticknor C, Martin A & O’Dell DHJ. 2009.Structure formation during the collapse of a dipolaratomic Bose-Einstein condensate. Physical ReviewA. 79: 013617.Park SH, Rahman R, Klimeck G & Hollenberg L.2009. Mapping Donor Electron Wave FunctionDeformations at a Sub-Bohr Orbit Resolution.Physical Review Letters. 103: 106802.Quach JQ, Makin MI, Su C, Greentree A &Hollenberg L. 2009. Band structure, phasetransitions, and semiconductor analogs in onedimensionalsolid light systems. Physical Review A.80: 063838.Rahman R, Lansbergen GP, Park SH, Verduijn J,Klimeck G, Rogge S & Hollenberg L. 2009. OrbitalStark effect and quantum confinement transition ofdonors in silicon. Physical Review B. 80: 165314.Rahman R, Park SH, Boykin TB, Klimeck G, Rogge S& Hollenberg L. 2009. Gate-induced g-factor controland dimensional transition for donors in multivalleysemiconductors. Physical Review B. 80: 155301.Rahman R, Park SH, Cole J, Greentree A, MullerRP, Klimeck G & Hollenberg L. 2009. Atomisticsimulations of adiabatic coherent electron transportin triple donor systems. Physical Review B. 80:035302.Simpson D, Ampem-Lassen E, Gibson B, TrpkovskiS, Hossain F, Huntington S, Greentree A, HollenbergL & Prawer S. 2009. A highly efficient two leveldiamond based single photon source. AppliedPhysics Letters. 94: 203107.Stephens AM & Evans ZWE. 2009. Accuracythreshold for concatenated error detection in onedimension. Physical Review A. 80: 022313.Su C, Greentree A & Hollenberg L. 2009. Highperformancediamond-based single-photon sourcesfor quantum communication. Physical Review A. 80:052308.Su C, Greentree A, Munro WJ, Nemoto K &Hollenberg L. 2009. Pulse shaping by coupledcavities: Single photons and qudits. Physical ReviewA. 80: 033811.Testolin M, Cole J & Hollenberg L. 2009. Modelingtwo-spin dynamics in a noisy environment. PhysicalReview A. 80: 042326.www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

Tomljenovic-Hanic S, De Sterke CM, Steel MJ &Rahmani . 2009. Comparison of the sensitivity ofair and dielectric modes in photonic crystal slabsensors. Optics Express. 17 (17): 14552-14557.Tomljenovic-Hanic S, Greentree A, De Sterke CM& Prawer S. 2009. Flexible design of ultrahigh-Qmicrocavities in diamond-based photonic crystalslabs. Optics Express. 17 (8): 6465-6475.Van Bijnen R, Dow AJ, O’Dell DHJ, Parker NG &Martin A. 2009. Exact solutions and stability ofrotating dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates in theThomas-Fermi limit. Physical Review A. 80: 033617.Witte C, Findlay SD, Oxley MP, Rehr JJ & Allen L.2009. Theory of dynamical scattering in near-edgeelectron energy loss spectroscopy. Physical ReviewB. 80: 184108.Yang X-D, Riseborough PS, Modic KA, Fisher RA,Opeil CP, Finlayson T, Cooley JC, Smith JL, GoddardPA, Silhanek AV & Lashley JC. 2009. Influence ofmagnetic fields on structural martensitic transitions.Philosophical Magazine. 89 (22-24): 2083-2091.www.physics.unimelb.edu.au 47

group reports& publicationstheoretical particle physics (TPP)Prof Ray VolkasResearch highlights for 2009 include the continuingdevelopment of “soft wall” models as wellas work on Higgsless models of electroweaksymmetry breaking by ARC Federation FellowProfessor Tony Gherghetta In work with Kapustaand Kelley from the University of Minnesota,Gherghetta adapted the soft wall idea in a waythat would permit insights into how quantumchromodynamics binds quarks and gluons intohadrons. Because this binding involves extremelystrong forces, it is notoriously difficult to solve therequired field equations to extract observablessuch as hadron masses. By exploiting a dualitybetween extra-dimensional theories and theoriesinvolving strong interactions (the Maldacenaconjecture), Gherghetta and collaborators wereable to obtain reasonable results for importantquantities such as the hadron masses. Ina separate paper with Sword, also from theUniversity of Minnesota, Gherghetta used softwallideas to understand the origin of quark andlepton families and masses. Finally in work withCui at Harvard and Wells at CERN, a model ofcomposite W,Z bosons was constructed satisfyingelectroweak precision tests. In this model massis generated, not by the Higgs mechanism, butinstead by strong dynamics of a new force.Dr Nicole Bell has for some time been exploringthe nature of dark matter by looking in a modelindependentway at constraints on its propertiesimposed by astrophysical and cosmologicalobservations. In 2009, her attention turned to thepossibility that dark matter may consist of a verylong-lived particle that decays over a cosmologicaltime scale into a daughter dark matter particle ofslightly smaller mass. Working with her studentAhmad Galea and new research fellow Dr KalliopiPetraki, she began a detailed study of constraintson such decays. This work will be reported onfurther in 2010. Also on the dark matter front,research fellow Dr Robert Foot continued hisinvestigations of the possibility that the dark matteris “mirror matter”. Mirror matter is a hypotheticalset of particles and forces that essentially duplicatethe known particles and forces. Mirror protonsand mirror electrons are stable particles, so mirroratoms constitute dark matter candidates. Footexamined this hypothesis in the light of newexperimental results from the DAMA/Libra andCDMS collaborations.48Professor Ray Volkas continued his research ondomain-wall brane models. Two pieces of workcompleted in 2009 were a study with Chkareuli(Tbilisi) and Kobakhidze of domain-wall solutionsusing vector fields rather than scalar fields, andthe development of a new kind of grand-unifieddomain-wall brane model with his student JayneThompson. On-going work with student BenCallen on the flavour problem in models of thistype will be discussed more fully in the 2010report.There were a number of personnel changesin 2009. It was with great pleasure that wewelcomed Dr Kalliopi Petraki as a research fellowspecialising in astroparticle physics to the group.Petraki completed her PhD under Professor AlexKusenko at UCLA, and Melbourne is her firstpostdoc. Two PhD students graduated: DamienGeorge and Sandy Law, who were both supervisedby Prof Ray Volkas. George is now a postdoc atNikhef, the Netherlands institute for high energyphysics, in Amsterdam. Law also moved onto a postdoc position, at Chung Yuan ChristianUniversity in Taiwan. We continue to enjoy thecontributions of Drs Robert Foot, Benedict vonHarling, Archil Kobakhidze and Nicholas Setzer aspostdocs. Visitors to the group included ProfessorJ. L. Chkareuli from Tbilisi, Georgia, and ProfessorEmilian Dudas from the Ecole Polytechnique inParis.From 18-20 November, the group hosted theCosPA 2009 International Symposium onCosmology and Particle Astrophysics, one of anannual series of conferences in the Asia-Pacificregion. Approximately 50 participants camefrom Asia-Pacific regions such as mainlandChina, Japan, Korea, New Zealand and Taiwan,plus several participants from other institutionsin Australia, with good representation also fromthe US. Professor Sean Carroll of the CaliforniaInstitute of Technology delivered a very wellreceived and attended public lecture on the originof the arrow of time as part of the conference.www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

publications:Agashe K, Gopalakrishna S, Han T, Huang G-Y &Soni A. 2009. LHC signals for warped electroweakcharged gauge bosons. Physical Review D. 80:075007.Bassler KE, Forrester P & Frankel N. 2009.Eigenvalue separation in some random matrixmodels. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 50:033302.Bell N & Jacques TD. 2009. Gamma-ray constraintson dark matter annihilation into charged particles.Physical Review D. 79: 043507.Chkareuli JL, Kobakhidze A & Volkas R. 2009.Vector-field domain walls. Physical Review D. 80:065008.Christandl M & Toner B. 2009. Finite de Finettitheorem for conditional probability distributionsdescribing physical theories. Journal of MathematicalPhysics. 50: 042104.Ciarcelluti P & Foot R. 2009. Early Universecosmology in the light of the mirror dark matterinterpretation of the DAMA/Libra signal. PhysicsLetters B. 679: 278-281.Cui , Gherghetta T & James . 2009. Emergentelectroweak symmetry breaking with compositeW,Z bosons. Journal of High Energy Physics. 11:080.Foot R. 2009. Evidence for mirror dark matter fromthe CDMS low energy electron recoil spectrum.Physical Review D. 80: 091701.Fuller GM, Kusenko A & Petraki K. 2009. Heavysterile neutrinos and supernova explosions. PhysicsLetters B. 670: 281-284.Kobakhidze A. 2009. Noncommutative correctionsto classical black holes. Physical Review D. 79:047701.Kobakhidze A, Pesor NE & Volkas R. 2009.Soft supersymmetry breaking from stochasticsuperspace. Physical Review D. 79: 075022.Kowalenko V. 2009. Generalizing the ReciprocalLogarithm Numbers by Adapting the PartitionMethod for a Power Series Expansion. ActaApplicandae Mathematicae. 106: 369-420.McKellar B, Goldman T, Stephenson Jr GJ & AlsingPM. 2009. Epoch dependent dark energy. In BalazsC & Wang F(eds), The Dark Side of the Universe.118-124. New York, United States: AmericanInstitute of Physics.McKellar B, Okuniewicz I & Quach JQ. 2009.Non-Boltzmann behavior in models of interactingneutrinos. Physical Review D. 80: 013011.McKellar B, Okuniewicz I & Quach JQ. 2009.Solvable model kinetic equations with non-Boltzmann properties. International Journal ofModern Physics A. 24 (6): 1087-1096.Toner B & Regev O. 2009. Simulating QuantumCorrelations with Finite Communication. SIAMJournal on Computing. 39 (4): 1562-1580.Van Bijnen R, Dow AJ, O’Dell DHJ, Parker NG &Martin A. 2009. Exact solutions and stability ofrotating dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates in theThomas-Fermi limit. Physical Review A. 80: 033617.Volkas R & Thompson JE. 2009. SO(10) domain-wallbrane models. Physical Review D. 80: 125016.Photo courtesy of Fermilab 95-759George DP, Trodden M & Volkas R. 2009. Extradimensionalcosmology with domain-wall branes.Journal of High Energy Physics. 2: 035.Gherghetta T. 2009. The Standard Model in a Soft-Wall Warped Dimension. Progress of TheoreticalPhysics Supplement. 180: 145-153.Gherghetta T, Kapusta JI & Kelley TM. 2009. Chiralsymmetry breaking in the soft-wall AdS/QCD model.Physical Review D. 79: 076003.Gherghetta T & Sword D. 2009. Fermion flavor inthe soft-wall AdS model. Physical Review D. 80:065015.Gopalakrishna S, Lee SJ & Wells JD. 2009. Darkmatter and Higgs boson collider implications offermions in an Abelian-gauged hidden sector.Physics Letters B. 680: 88-93.www.physics.unimelb.edu.au 49

postgraduate physics student society(PPSS)DR STUART WYITHE,Postgraduate PhysicsCoordinatorWithin the School of Physics, postgraduate researchis an integral part of all research areas. Physicspostgraduates are therefore integrated into Schoollife at all levels. For example, the crucial role playedby students in the research success of the School ishighlighted during the weekly postgraduate seminarseries. This series serves to inform the School as awhole of individual research programs.Since 2006, the School has expanded thepostgraduate seminar series to include a fullcolloquium by final year students, describing thework presented in their thesis. This final colloquiumprovides the opportunity for the School to celebratethe achievements of postgraduate students. Thisinitiative has been well received in 2009 by staff andstudents alike in the quality and excellence of thepresentations received. The profile of completionseminars was raised by the staging of some in theprimary Physics colloquium time slot.In addition, the seminar series offers ourstudents valuable experience in scientific and oralpresentation skills. Postgraduate students are alsointegrated into the day-to-day workings of the Schoolthrough representatives on each of the Schoolscommittees. Postgraduate student participationon School committees is coordinated by thePostgraduate student society, and aims to ensurethat postgraduate student needs are met at all levels.melissa makin, PPSSPresidentThis year, the Postgraduate Physics StudentSociety (PPSS) continued to perform its vital rolein supporting the graduate students of the school.This cohort increased significantly this year, asit was the first year in which the new Masters(previously Honours) students have been officiallypart of the graduate cohort, and their presencewas keenly welcomed - in both the committee andthe general members. We gratefully acknowledgethe continued funding and support given by theGraduate Student Association (with whom we areaffiliated) with our increased membership.We continued to perform our essential role oforganising student representation on Schoolcommittees, as well as organising a number ofsocial events during the year. These included apool competition, a barbecue, and the fabulouslysuccessful trivia night.A key success during this year was to ensurethe continued provision of drinks after the Fridayafternoon seminar (GOSS or completion seminar).The presence of these drinks ensures the presenceof staff and students, which facilitates a healthy,happy well-socialised school where the degree ofcommunication between research groups is high.For more information, visit the PPSS website atwww.ph.unimelb.edu.au/ppss/The School aims to assist postgraduates with theskills they will need to successfully complete theirdegree and to move forward in the future. To preparepostgraduate students to make the most of theirtime within the department, the School conductsan induction day, where the roles and perceptionsof students and supervisors alike, as well as therequirements of postgraduate study are discussed.The School recognises the importance of bridgingthe gap between undergraduate and postgraduatestudy. To this end the School organises aPostgraduate student research exhibition. Thisexhibition showcases the work of our postgraduatesto interested 2nd and 3rd year physics students, andprovides an opportunity for them to find out whatwork in research is like from the student perspective.50www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

prizes & awardsUNDERGRADUATEprize Selection Criteria Value RecipientDwight PrizeE M and J FWard Prize forExperimental PhysicsRamm Prize inExperimental PhysicsT F Ryan (Roentgen)PrizeWilliam SutherlandPrizePOSTGRADUATEAwarded to the student achieving the highest results in First yearadvanced level, on recommendation by the HeadAwarded to the most outstanding student in experimental physicsin the final year of the BSc degree with a major in physics.Prize is awarded to a student enrolling in either Honours orpostgraduate degree by research in Experimental Physics who hasdemonstrated excellent research potential.Prize is awarded to the student with the highest aggregate score in640-182 Physics for Biomedical Science at First Year.Awarded to the student achieving the highest results in SecondYear Physics who is proceeding to study Physics at the Third Yearlevel.$700 Andrew Bennet$1,000 Sophie Dawson$2000 Gabrielle Fejes$400 Lev GutkinBookvouchersworth $200Timothy Trottprize Selection Criteria Value RecipientThe CISRA Prize inPhysicsProfessorKernot ResearchScholarship inPhysicsDixson ResearchScholarship inPhysicsKlein Prize inExperimental PhysicsJohn TyndallScholarship PrizeWomen in PhysicsPrizeDieul-KurzweilScholarshipDean’s Award(Honours Level) -PhysicsEligible candidates must be enrolled in, or have completed in theprevious 12 months, the degree of PhD in the School of Physics atthe University of Melbourne.Awarded on recommendation of the Head on the basis of Honoursresults. Holders are required to conduct research in Physics atpostgraduate level.Awarded on the basis of Honours results in Physics. The holderis required to conduct research in Physics at the University atpostgraduate levelAwarded to a student who has completed fourth year Honours (orequivalent) in the School of Physics at the University of Melbourne,and who is currently enrolled in a Research Higher Degree in theSchool of Physics at the University of Melbourne.Awarded to a student who is enrolled in a Research Higher degreewho is conducting advanced studies or research in the School ofPhysicsAwardees are to be selected on the basis of academic excellenceand demonstrated research potential, financial need may also beconsidered.Awarded to a student who has been admitted to candidature for aResearch Higher degree in the School of Physics and is in need offinancial assistance to pursue the course.The Dean’s Honour List - Honours Level is determined byacademic merit and is comprised of students with outstandingdistinction. It is awarded at the honours level of the Bachelor ofScience in all areas of study.$2,000approxLiam Hall$2,000 Brendan Mulkerin$1,500approx$500approxSudhir RaskuttiMichelle Strack$350 Kent Wootten$1,000approx~$2,360Sarah McLeodDougal Maclaurinwww.physics.unimelb.edu.au 51

prizes & awardsBryan Scholarship inBiological Sciencestudent prize inphysical sciences- royal society ofvictoriaWyselaskischolarship innatural scienceSTAFFDetermined by academic merit and awarded to a student enrolledin the Bachelor of Science (Honours) in a branch of Natural Sciencein a Biological Science department.The winner is picked based on an extended abstract and a talkintended for a non-specialist audience.Awarded on academic merit to a student who is enrolled in aMasters, Postgraduate Diploma or Honours in a branch of NaturalScienceLinden GearingLila Warszawaski$1,500 Lyndon Koensprize Selection Criteria Value Recipientdean’s award inreseach excellenceDean’s awardfor excellence inteaching - outreachactivitiesflinders medal -australian academyof sciencepawsey medal -australian academyof sciencemalcolm chaikinprizenab schools firstgrantThis award is presented in recognition of excellence in researchactitivies being undertaken within the Faculty of ScienceThis award is presented in recognition of ongoing, outstandingperformance in educational activities within the Faculty of Scienceand the wider communityThe Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture recognises scientificresearch of the highest standing in the physical sciences, andhonours the contributions of Australia’s early scientific researchers.Nominations for this award are invited from AAS Fellows only.This medal is awarded by the AAS for outstanding research inphysics by scientists under 40 yearsThe Malcolm Chaikin Prize is awarded for Research Excellence inPhysics at University of New South WalesAwarded for developing an outreach program, Growing TallPoppies, with the aim of encouraging more students to studyphysics.Dr Andrew MelatosDr Roger RassoolProf Bruce McKellarA/Prof Stuart WyitheDr Susan AngusCXS2009 GRUBER PRIZE Cosmology prize of the peter and patricia gruber foundationThe recipients of the 2009 Cosmology Prize of The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation are, (pictured right, from left to right) Jeremy Mould,Professorial Fellow at the University ofMelbourne School of Physics, Wendy Freedman, Director of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington in Pasadena,California; Robert Kennicutt, Director of the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge in England.These three renowned astronomers are being honoured for their leadership in the definitivemeasurement of the value of the Hubble constant, one of the most important numbers in astronomy.The Hubble constant indicates the rate at which the universe has been expanding since the “BigBang,” thus connecting the universe’s age with its size.The Cosmology Prize was the first to be awarded when the Gruber International Prize Program wasinaugurated in 2000; and its tenth anniversary, which the Foundation celebrated this year, coincideswith the International Year of Astronomy.Freedman, Kennicutt, and Mould received the Prize on August 4, 2009, at the opening ceremony ofthe International Astronomical Union’s General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.The prize consists of a gold medal and $500,000.52www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

outreach programsInservice 2009The School of Physics annuallyorganises an In-Service Day in Physicsfor VCE Physics teachers.The 2009 program was held on Friday, 13thNovember, with over 100 teachers attending. Theprogram included the following speakers:Dr. Andrew Melatos School of Physics, University of Melbourne Einstein’s RelativityBen Keneally Better Place Electric Power and climate changeDr Nigel Kirby Australian Synchrotron The Australian synchrotronExpert panelVCE Physics teachers focus groupStandard responses to answers I physics exams or inclassA/Prof Michelle LivettAssociate Dean of Undergraduate Studies,Faculty of Science, University of MelbourneThe Melbourne ModelNick NicolaUndergraduate Laboratory Manager, Schoolof Physics, University of MelbourneLecture demonstrations 101: Physics from the dark sideJuly Lectures2009 Theme: International Year ofAstronomyThis very popular series of free public lectures hasa long and enviable history in the school. Presentedby the School’s teaching and research staff, they areaimed at giving an insight into fundamental questionsin physics, and advances in current research.Friday3-JulyProfessor David JamiesonHead of Department, School ofSchool of Physics, University ofMelbourneGalileo’s invention of the astronomical telescope andhis remarkable discoveries: moons, stars and a newplanetFriday10-JulyProfessor Jeremy MouldAstrophysics group, University ofMelbourneThe Hubble Space Telescope and the HubbleConstantFriday17-JulyProfessor Michael BrownLecturer, Monash UniversityThe Giant Magellan Telescope - 400+10 years afterGalileoFriday24-JulyProfessor Reinhard GenzelMax-Planck Institute forExtraterrestrial Physics, Germany& Dept of Physics, University ofCalifornia, USAThe supermassive black hole at the centre of theGalaxyFriday31-JulyProfessor Brian BoyleDirector, CSIRO Australia TelescopeNational FacilityThe Square Kilometre Arraywww.physics.unimelb.edu.au 53

alumni & friendsWe highly value the support we receivefrom our alumni for prizes and awardsthat support our staff and students aswell as our potential building projects inthe future2009 Victorian HonourRoll of WomenDr Jean E LabyThe Victorian Honour Roll of Women recognises andcelebrates the achievements of Victorian women. Allof the inductees have used their skills, knowledge, andcommitment to better their communities. They haveexcelled in their chosen fields and are testament to thedepth of talented women we have in this State.“Being the first female PhD in physics showed itcould be done. She pushed on the doors that werelocked to women and burst through them - she wastruly a trailblazer” commented David Jamieson wheninterviewed about Jean’s achievements.In 1959 Dr Jean Laby became the first woman toreceive the Doctor of Philosophy degree in physicsat the University of Melbourne. Jean was one ofAustralia’s pioneer atmospherics physicists and thesole female atmospherics physicist of her generation,and her work gained international recognition. Shehad several papers published in Nature, the mostprestigious scientific journal. As a role model sheopened the way for women to participate equally withmen within the scientific and academic world at a timewhen it involved obstinate gender hurdles.There is a legion of female PhD students who havefollowed on from Jean’s legacy. Jean and her sister,Betty spent much of their childhood at the universityaccompanying their father, Professor Thomas H. Laby,who was head of what is now called the School ofPhysics. Not only did Jean inherit her father’s love ofphysics, but also the desire to teach. The two don’talways go together. Scientists aren’t always the bestcommunicators but Jean possessed both these skills.In 1961 she took up the position of senior lecturer at theRoyal Australian Air Force Academy at Point Cook andremained the only woman on staff until 1980.In 1975 she obtained a $US25,000 grant for a globalstudy of climatic impact and developed lightweightmicro-electric control systems to automate thecollection of high altitude atmospheric data. Jeanand her colleagues can claim to be the pioneers in54an experimental technique that continues to be ofcritical importance today to our understanding of, andthe interaction with, the earth’s climate. She laid thefoundations for climate change and pollution studieswith the techniques they developed. Jean also travelledto South Africa and South America to undertakeatmospheric research with high-altitude balloons. Shecamped out in fields in primitive conditions and she justput up with it, along with all the discrimination.All up an outstanding achievement by a remarkablewoman - now appropriately recognized on the VictorianHonour Roll of Women.Dr Jean E Labywww.physics.unimelb.edu.au

OFFICIAL OPENING OFTHEPHYSICS MUSEUMThe pathway to the future isbuiltupon the past...“Just 400 years ago a man put two small piecesof glass in a tube, pointed it at the sky and madediscoveries that changed the world - that man wasGalileo and its fair to say that his ideas shapedthe world we live in today!” And so began DavidJamieson in his welcome to a celebration inthe School of Physics of the official opening ofthe museum. It may seem strange to “open”something that has been around for a while, but wefelt that it was time to formally acknowledge theefforts of Ed Muirhead, former Chair of the Schoolof Physics, and others in cultivating, shaping andbuilding the School’s historic record.In his address, the Vice-Chancellor Professor GlynDavis, highlighted many of the achievements of theSchool and the pioneering efforts which have laidan exceptional path for successive generations ofteachers and researchers. He warmly welcomedback many of the School’s graduate students,and made a special mention to Betty Laby whosefamily has had a long association with the Schoolof Physics. As well as the Head, Betty & Jean’sfather, Professor Thomas H. Laby was Chairmanof the Optical Munitions Panel, and spearheadedthe School’s contribution to the war effort withthe manufacturing of optical glass and opticalinstruments in the Physics department - pureexcellence in knowledge transfer.Many items depicting these and other effortshave been painstakingly restored and cataloguedin the collection. For almost twenty years, Ed hasoverseen this heroic task with the assistance ofmany including Anna Fairclough, Belinda Nemecand Nick Nicola to name but a few. Together theyhave established what can only be described as along lasting legacy to the School. Their work hasbeen made possible through generous support ofthe Cultural Collections Group, the Russell and MabGrimwade Miegunyah Fund Committee, the PotterFoundation and our own Friends of the PhysicsMuseum.Top: Museum opening - Anne Muirhead, Ed Muirhead, Anita Muirhead, MaryMuirheadAbove: Fiona & David Caro, Val Crohn and others enjoying the Museum openingAbove: Pat Spicer, Tony Klein at the Museum openingAs evidenced on the day, it is a fitting location for amuseum with students passing constantly throughnormal daily interaction. So with the foundationstones well laid, we are now walking the path. Ourvision is to transform the space around our museuminto a magnificent flexible group learning and socialinteraction space for new Generation Mastersstudents. We need support to make this project areality and continue to investigate all possibilities.www.physics.unimelb.edu.au 55

mediaScience OutreachMUPPETSMembers of the Schoolof Physics wereregularly featured inthe media during 20092009 astro Media CommentarySally Langford: Earthshine reflects Earth’s oceansand continents from the dark side of the moon, Apr-7, ASTROBIOLOGY; Celestial mirror, 9-Apr, SYDNEYMORNING HERALD; Shedding light on exoplanethunt, Apr, BBC NEWS; Spotting Distant Worlds fromthe Backyard, Apr-19, TIME HEALTH & SCIENCE;Astronomer takes shine to planets, 29-Apr, THEAUSTRALIAN.Prof Jeremy Mould: Aussie astronomer wins formeasuring universe, 4-Jun, AAP NEWSWIRE;Aussie’s out of this world, 4-Jun, MX; Astronomera star, 5-Jun, DAILY TELEGRAPH; Astronomicalaward, 5-Jun, CANBERRA TIMES; Cosmic awardwinner, 5-Jun, ADELAIDE ADVERTISER; Aussiewho measure space honoured, 5-Jun, HOBARTMERCURY; Astronomer who found the universe’snumber, 8-Jun, THE AUSTRALIAN; Prestigious pricefor Melbourne astronomer, 9-Jun, THE AGE; GruberFoundation, 9-Jun, CYBER ED, COURIER MAIL.Prof Rachel Webster: 400 Years of AstronomicalTelescopes, Episode 67, Jun, UP CLOSE PODCAST,UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE; First Impressions:Rachel Webster, 27-Jun, THE AUSTRALIAN;Adelaide Festival of Ideas panel discussion, 3-Aug,LATE NIGHT LIVE - RADIO NATIONAL SYDNEY;Get science on to emissions, not taxes, 25-Jul,GEELONG ADVERTISERS;A/Prof Stuart Wyithe: The First Galaxies, Jan/Feb, AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE; Pushing the limits ofLady Luck, Jul, THE AUSTRALIAN; Latrobe ValleyGeothermal Energy, 3-Jul, ABC GIPPSLAND;2009 EPP Media CommentaryA/Prof Martin Sevior: Nuclear Power, 24-Jul,ABC2 NEWS BREAKFAST; Nuclear Power, 26-Aug,BREAKFAST - 2CC CANBERRA; Wind power,13-Oct, STATEWIDE DRIVE - ABC VICTORIASTATEWIDE.Prof Geoff Taylor: Lotto Draw, 30-Jun, CHANNEL7, TODAY TONIGHT; Hadron Collider, 5-Aug, DRIVE -ABC 891 ADELAIDE; Large Hadron Collider, 19-Oct,DRIVE - ABC 936 HOBART; Large Hadron Collider,25-Nov, DRIVE - ABC 774 MELBOURNE2009 MARC Media CommentaryProf David Jamieson: Joining dots on Galileo’s‘discovery’ of Neptune, Jul, THE AGE; Galileo’snotebooks, 6-Jul, BREAKFAST with RED SYMONS,ABC 774 Melbourne; Galileo’s notebooks may revealsecrets of new planet, 9-Jul, THE MELBOURNENEWS ROOM, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE;Galileo may have been the first to discover planetNeptune, Aug-Sep, APS PHYSICS2009 OPTICS Media CommentaryMOGLabs Laser Diode Controller named in ‘Smart100’ Index, 14-Apr, AUSTRALIAN ANTHILL.Prof Tony Klein: Giant steps are what they took(for man), walking on the moon, 11-Jul, THE AGE;Apollo expert recalls ‘15 minutes of moon fame,24-Jul, AUSTRALIAN JEWISH NEWS; Education isvital, 27-Aug, THE AGE; One small step for mankind,20-Sep, THE AGE.Mr James Richmond: Atheism, 28-Oct, THE AGE2009 TCMP Media CommentaryProf Lloyd Hollenberg: The big picutre in miniature,5-Sep, WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN.2009 TPP Media CommentaryProf Tony Gherghetta: In Search of a 5thDimension, May, AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE.Prof Fulvio Melia: Cracking the Einstein Code.Prof Ray Volkas: Angels and Demons, Jun,UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE REVIEW.56www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

subjects offeredFIRST YEAR SUBJECTS640-111/2 Physics 1/2: Advanced640-131 Physics 1640-132 Physics 2: Physical Science & Technology640-171 Physics 1: Fundamentals640-172 Physics 2: Life Sciences & Environment640-182 Physics for BiomedicineSECOND YEAR SUBJECTS640-223 Quantum Mechanics & Thermal Phys (Adv)640-225 Electromagnetism & Spec Relativity (Adv)640-234 Further Classical & Quantum Mechanics640-237 Astrophysics & Optics 2640-243 Quantum Mechanics & Thermal Phys640-245 Electromagnetism & Relativity640-251 Instrumentation for Scientists640-299 Part 11 LaboratoryTHIRD YEAR SUBJECTS640-311/12 Undergraduate Seminar640-321 Quantum Mechanics (Advanced)640-322 Thermal Physics (Advanced)640-323 Electrodynamics (Advanced)640-341 Quantum Mechanics640-342 Statistical Physics640-343 Electrodynamics640-351 Astrophysics & Optics 3640-353 Atomic, Molecular & Solid State Physics640-354 Sub-atomic Physics640-364 Computational Physics640-381 Principles & Applications of Sensors640-393/4 Part 111 LaboratoryMaster of ScienceWith the change in curriculum to Melbourne Model,in 2009 the School was pleased to offer an excitingalternative to Honours, a new two-year Masters ofScience in Physics degree, comprising both coursework and research project.The Master of Science - Physics program (ResearchTraining) offers students an exciting array of topics,designed to prepare students for a career as aprofessional physicist and beyond.Students can select seven from the following:Quantum MechanicsQuantum Field TheoryGeneral RelativityStatistical MechanicsPhysical CosmologyParticle PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsOpticsExperimental MethodsAdvanced Seminars in:Astrophysics/Physical CosmologyParticle PhysicsCondensed MatterOpticsStudents must undertake one of the followingProfessional Tools:Critical Analysis in Sciencee-ScienceEthics in ScienceSystems Modelling and SimulationThinking and Reasoning with DataScience and CommunicationScience in ContextMoney, People and ProjectsHONOURSThe Honours year comprises course work (640-496) and research project (640-497). The content ofcourse work may vary from year to year.www.physics.unimelb.edu.au 57

ecruitingorganisationsIn addition to the many universitiesand schools that hire our graduatesas lecturers, postdoctoral fellowsand teachers, other organizations thathave recruited our graduates include:ANZ BankAustralian Nuclear Science Technology Organisation(ANSTO)Austin HospitalAustralian SynchrotronAustralian GovernmentAustralian Radiation Protection and Nuclear SafetyAgency (ARPANSA)Australian Strategic Policy InstituteBureau of MeteorologyBoston Consulting GroupCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial ResearchOrganisation (CSIRO)Department of Human ServicesDepartment of Education, Science and Technology(DEST)Department of FinanceDepartment of Primary IndustriesDepartment of Innovation, Industry and RegionalDevelopment (DIIRD)Defence Science Technology Organisation (DSTO)Energy Core Geothermal Heating & CoolingErnst & YoungGBC Scientific EquipmentGoogleGRA Supply Chain ConsultantsHoward Florey Institute of Experimental Physiologyand MedicineIatia Vision SciencesIntelKPMGLEK ConsultingMacquarie BankMomentum Funds ManagementNote Printing AustraliaPriceCooperWaterhouseVictorian GovernmentWalter Hall & Eliza Institutemore informationSchool of Physics – David Caro BuildingUniversity of Melbourne VIC 3010AustraliaT: +61 8344 7670F: +61 9347 4783E: enquiries@physics.unimelb.edu.auAuthorised by Professor David JamiesonPublished by the School of Physics, July 201058www.physics.unimelb.edu.au

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