- Office Address:
- Kirby W. Kemper
- Department of Physics
- Florida State University
- 204 Keen Building
- Tallahassee, FL 32306-4350
- Phone: (850) 644-2867
- Fax: (850) 644-8630
- E-mail: kirby@phy.fsu.edu
- Position:
- Professor of Physics, Vice President for Research
- Education:
- BS: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1962
MS: Indiana University, 1964
PhD: Indiana University, 1968
Research Interest:
- Experiments with polarized beams and targets, nuclear
structure with radioactive beams. Teaching of non-physics majors.
- Personal Data:
- Born: April 13, 1940, New York, New York
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- Experience:
- 1962-68: Teaching and Research Assistant, Indiana
University
- 1968-71: Research Associate, Florida State University
- 1971-75: Assistant Professor, Florida State University
- 1975-79: Associate Professor, Florida State University
- 1977: Visiting Fellow, The Australian National University
- 1979-94: Professor, Florida State University
- 1981: Visiting Fellow, The Australian National
University
- 1985-88: Associate Chairman, Physics Department
- 1982-88: Director, Physics Department Graduate Program
- 1990-97: Director, Accelerator Laboratory
- 1994-present: Distinguished Research Professor
- 1997-2003: Chair, Physics Department,
Florida State University
- 2003-present: Vice
President for Research, Florida State University
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- Organizations:
- Fellow American Physical Society
- Sigma Pi Sigma
- Sigma Xi
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- Awards:
- 1990: College of Arts and Science Excellence in
Teaching
- 1994: Named a Florida State University
Distinguished Research Professor
- 1994: Received a Teaching Incentive Award
- 1983-present: Co-founder and Lecturer of the
Summer High School Science and Math Camp at FSU
Post-doctoral Advisor: N. R. Fletcher
Ph.D. Thesis Supervisor: R. G. Wilkinson (deceased)
| Supervised Ph.D. Students: |
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R. L. White, 1974 |
G. E. Moore, 1975 |
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G. J. Kekelis, 1975 |
G. M. Hudson, 1976 |
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R. J. Puigh, 1976 |
L. H. Harwood, 1978 |
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R. I. Cutler, 1979 |
C. W. Glover, 1981 |
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M. F. Vineyard, 1984 |
M. E. Clark, 1984 |
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D. P. Sanderson, 1986 |
S. P. Van Verst, 1988 |
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D. E. Trcka, 1989 |
A. J. Mendez, 1993 |
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E. L. Reber, 1994 |
M. A. Tiede, 1994 |
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P. V. Green, 1995 |
P. L. Kerr, 1995 |
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T. L. Drummer, 1998 |
P. D. Cathers, 2000 |
| Post-doctoral Advisees: |
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A. W. Obst |
M. E. Williams-Nortorn |
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A. F. Zeller |
G. A. Norton |
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A. J. Lumpkin |
L. A. Parks |
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J. Cook |
X. Aslanoglou |
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S. M. Aziz |
F. Merechal |
Selected Recent Publications from 220 Total Publications
- Observation of pheripheral localization in polarized nuclear reactions
- E.E. Bartosz, P.D. Cathers, K.W. Kemper, F. Marechal, D. Robson, G. Grawert, K. Rusek, Phys. Lett. in press.
- Breakup couplings in 6He+4He elastic scattering
- K. Rusek and K.W. Kemper, Phys. Rev. C61 (2000) 034608.
- Inverse Kinematics Proton Scattering on 18Ne and Mirror Symmetry in A =18 Nuclei
- L.A. Riley, J.K. Jewell, P.D. Cottle, T. Glasmacher, K.W. Kemper, N. Alamanos, Y. Blumenfeld, J.A. Carr, M.J. Chromik, R.W. Ibbotson, F. Marechal, W.E. Ormand, F. Petrovich, H. Scheit, and T. Suomijarvi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82 (1999) 4196.
- The role of spin effects in 12C(6Li,d)16Og.s.
- T.L. Drummer, E.E. Bartosz, P.D. Cathers, M. Fauerbach, K.W. Kemper, E.G. Myers and K. Rusek, Phys. Rev. C59 (1999) 2574.
- Deformation effects in 6Li
- K.D. Veal, C.R. Brune, W.H. Geist, H.J. Karwowski, E.J. Ludwig, A.M. Mendez, E.E. Bartosz, P.D. Cathers, T.L. Drummer, K.W.Kemper, A.M. Eiró, F.D. Santos, B. Kozlowska, H.J. Majer, and I.J. Thompson, Phys. Rev. Lett, 81 (1998) 1187.
- Quadrupole collectivity in 32,34,36,38Si and the N = 20 shell closure
- R.W. Ibbotson, T. Glasmacher, B.A. Brown, L. Chen, M.J. Chromik, P.D. Cottle, M. Fauerbach, K.W. Kemper, D.J. Morrissey, H. Scheit, and M. Thoennessen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80 (1998) 2081.
- Proton scattering on the unstable 38S nucleus: Isovector contribution to the 21+ state
- J.H. Kelley, T. Suomijärvi, S.E. Hirzebruch, A. Azhari, D. Bazin, Y. Blumenfeld, J.A. Brown, P.D. Cottle, S. Danczyk, M. Fauerbach, T. Glasmacher, J.K. Jewell, K.W. Kemper, F. Maréchal, D.J. Morrissey, S. Ottini, J.A. Scarpaci, and P. Thirolf, Phys. Rev. C56 (1997) R1206.
- Continuum-discretized coupled-channels analysis of 6Li +4 He scattering at Ec.m. = 11.1 MeV
- K. Rusek, P.V. Green, P.L. Kerr and K.W. Kemper, Phys. Rev. C56 (1997) 1895.
- Collectivity in 44S
- T. Glasmacher, B.A. Brown, M.J. Chromik, P.D. Cottle, M. Fauerbach, R. W. Ibbotson, K.W. Kemper, D.J. Morrissey, H. Scheit, D.W. Sklenicka, and M. Steiner, Phys. Lett. B395 (1997) 163.
- New Region of Deformation: The Neutron-Rich Sulfur Isotopes
- H. Scheit, T. Glasmacher, B.A. Brown, J.A. Brown, P.D. Cottle, P.G. Hansen, R. Harkewicz, M. Hellström, R.w. Ibbotson, J.K. Jewell, K.W. Kemper, D.J. Morrissey, M. Steiner, P. Thirolf, and M. Thoennessen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77 (1996) 3936.
Collaborators not appearing in Publication List:
N. Alamanous A. Aprahamian S. Austin Z. Ayer F.D. Becchetti B. Blank J. Cizewski L.K. Fifield D.L. Gay V. Hnizdo J.W. Jänecke J.J. Kolata Y.Y. Sharon T.L. Talley G. Tungate R.P. Ward
