COS - Physics Newsletter 2023

MessagefromtheChair

Withthepandemicinrecession,many activitieshavereturned.Firstupwasaninternationalworkshopforthecomputational EinsteinToolkitforsolvingthegeneralrelativisticequationsforgravity,especiallyfor blackholemergersandgravitationalwaves. Moreaboutthatlaterinthenewsletter.

NextwasaStarPartyforournewtelescope.The20-inchaperturemaynotbe thesecondlargestinIdaho(asincorrectly reportedinthepreviousnewsletter),but itisstillquiteimpressiveandoneofthe largest.Thismainscopeandseveralsmaller oneswereavailableforviewingduringthe partyatthedome.Thesecondnightdid getsmokedout(likebeingrainedoutbut drierandhardertobreathe)afteraheavily attendedfirst.ManythankstotheCollege ofSciencestaffformakingthingsrunandto Facilitiesforsprucingupthedome!

ObservatorydomeduringtheStarParty.

ThiswasinSeptember.LaterinFebruary,fromthesamelocationbutonlyasmart phone,KayleeMaretandSamCalloswere abletocaptureanauroradisplay.

AuroraoverMoscow (photobyS.Callos)

accelerationsinducedbyVandalhits.Yes, themodelhelmetdoeshavetheinsigniaof theopposingteam;wewouldn’twantthis tobeVandalonVandal!

Angularmomentumconservation attheHomecomingTailgateevent.

(photobyJ.DeWitt)

ThiswasfollowedinOctoberbyaHomecomingtailgatingeventwherePhysicshad thehonorofrepresentingtheCollegetopotentialstudentsandtheirparents.Various activitieswereavailable,includingaspinningwheelandstoolcombotoexperience angularmomentumconservationandaninstrumentedfootballhelmetformeasuring

PostdocLeoRosaWerner takesaccelerometerdata.

(photobyJ.DeWitt)

Inthespringwewerewellrepresentedat theCollegeawardsreception.OurDepartmentManager,JessicaDeWitt,receivedthe OutstandingStaffaward,partlyforherhard workonarrangingtheToolkitworkshopand helpwiththeStarParty.

(photobyT.Evans)

(photobyT.Evans)

JessicaDeWittreceivesherOutstanding StaffawardfromDeanGingerCarney.

AndreasVasdekisacceptshisRenfrew Fellowship

AndreasVasdekiswasawardedtheMalcolm andCarolRenfrewFacultyFellowshipfor hisworkoncellmetabolicprocesses,using quantitativephaseimaging,light-sheetmicroscopy,machinelearning(forimageprocessing),andmicrofluidics(forcellmanipulation).ThispastsummerProfessorVasdekis’labwasvisitedbytwointernsfrom ClarkstonHighSchoolwhostayedonour campusforaweekdoingresearchinthe lab;thiswasincollaborationwithSTEM ACCESSatUI.ProfessorVasdekisalsodid somecalibrationworkinthecleanroom, whichwasmovedfromtheMinesbuilding toEPin2019.

TheDepartmenthaditsownawardsceremony,atourfirstpost-pandemicAwards Banquet.RabindraKhanalreceivedthe BestTAaward.StevenKreyche’sawardfor GraduateResearchwasannouncedbuthe wasnotabletoattend,beingalreadyemployedwithAerospaceCorporationinColoradoSpringstoanalyzeorbitalmechanicsforthemilitary.Steve’sthesisadvisor, JasonBarnes,acceptedforhim.SamanthaCalloswalkedawaywithalltheother awards,thoughnotliterallybecauseshewas interviewingforthePhysicsgraduateprogramattheUniversityofOregon(herfall destination).MattHedmanacceptedfor hertheUndergraduateResearchAward,the GeorgeandDellaLukeawardforhighest graduatinggpa,andtheOutstandingGraduatingPhysicsSeniorAward.

OurguestspeakerthatnightwasProfessorXiaoliEtienne,fromtheUIDepart-

Summerhigh-schoolinterns inthebiophysicslab.

Calibrationexperimentsinthecleanroom facility.

RabindraKhanalacceptstheBestTA awardfromDepartmentChairJohnHiller (photobyViolaDeWitt)

MattHedmanacceptsSamCallos’ certificatesforhermultipleawards (photobyViolaDeWitt)

mentofAgriculturalEconomicsandRural Sociology,wheresheholdstheIdahoWheat CommissionEndowedChairinCommodity RiskManagement.ShejoinedUIinadual hirewithourownZachEtienne.Hertopic thatnightwasparticularlytimely:“From FarmtoFork:What’sHappeningtoFood Prices?”Welearnedquiteabitaboutfactorsthatdrivefoodpricecycles.

Lastbutnotleastwewerevisitedby RebeccaBishop(BS‘96)whogaveatalk aboutspaceweather,onherwaytoreceivingherSilverandGoldAlumniAwardat areceptionthattookplaceattheUniversityInn.Dr.BishopisaPrincipalScientistintheSpaceScienceandApplications LaboratoryatTheAerospaceCorporation withexpertiseinunderstandingthenearEarthspaceenvironment,specificallythe ionosphere(90-2000km),anditsimpacton space/groundassetsandinthedevelopment ofspace-weatherinstrumentation.Herresearchareasincludeionosphericdynamics, ionospherecouplingtohurricanes/typhoons, andtheionosphere/thermosphereinteractions.

TheCollegehadasecondawardsreception,followingthespringcommencement ceremony.ThistimeSamCalloswasin townandreceivedherDean’sUndergraduateAwardinperson.SteveKreycheas unabletoattend,buthisDean’sGraduate Awardwasannounced.

Finally,althoughlastyearwastheone filledwithmoose,itwasthisyearthatone wascapturedon‘film,’whiledrivinghome fromcampusonasnowyday.Thisyearis,of course,theyearoftherabbit,eventhough itwaslastyear’snewsletterthathadthe rabbitphoto;hereheisagaininatrailcam photo,confrontingawildguywhotunneled intoourrabbitcompound.

ProfessorXiaoliEtiennespeakingatthe AwardsBanquet (photobyViolaDeWitt)

SamCallosacceptsherDean’sAward fromScienceDeanGingerCarney.

SteveKreyche,Dean’sGraduateAward

Roadsidemoosedownfromthemountain.

UniversityofIdahoHosts

Successful2022NorthAmerican EinsteinToolkitWorkshop byZachEtienne

Lastsummer,theUniversityofIdaho proudlyhostedthe2022NorthAmerican EinsteinToolkitWorkshop,whichbrought togetherresearchersandstudentstoexplore thelatestadvancementsinrelativisticastrophysicsandgravitationalphysics.The Workshop,opentobothin-personandvirtualattendees,featuredanengagingmixof talksandtutorialstailoredtoaccommodate usersofallexperiencelevels.

Participantsbenefitedfromdiscussions oncutting-edgesciencecasesandrecentdevelopmentsinnumericalrelativity.Moreover,theeventconcludedwithaconversationaboutthefutureoftheEinsteinToolkit, acommunity-drivensoftwareplatformdesignedtofacilitateresearchinthiscritical

Updatefromarecentgrad

byJustinFerrera,UniversityofIdaho‘16

IgraduatedfromtheUniversityofIdaho withdegreesinPhysicsandFinancein

2016.Whilephysicswaswhatbroughtmeto Moscow,financerepresentedapracticalapplicationoftheproblem-solvingskillsthatI washoninginmyphysicsclasses–anopportunitytoapplythatskillsetinanenvironmentthatwasdynamicwithshortfeedback

Wishingyouasafeandproductive (academic!)year.

Bestregards,

scientificfield.

Aspecialhighlightofthisyear’sworkshopwasanexclusivefieldtripforin-person attendeestothenearbyLIGOHanfordfacilityonJune15.Thisobservatorymadehistoryin2015whenitdetectedgravitational wavesfromamergingpairofblackholes, earningaNobelPrizeinPhysics.During thevisit,participantshadtheopportunity towitnessthepreparationsforO4(ObservingRun4),whichisslatedtohappenlater in2023.

loops–anintriguingproposition!

Aftergraduation,Icompleteda15monthrotationalprogramatalargeasset managementfirm.Goingin,althoughI thoughtIhadanideawhatIwantedtodo, Ihadlimitedexperience(typicalforarecentgraduate),andtherotationalprogram allowedmetogetabettergraspoftheassetmanagementindustryandhowImight fitin.Overthe15months,Ispenttimebe-

EinsteinToolkitWorkshopfieldtripto LIGO.

ingonthefront-lineofretailclientinteractions,workingwithresearchersconsidering largerscaleinvestmentquestions(assetallocation,behavioralfinance,etc.),beinga resourceforfinancialadvisorsontechnical topicsandmethodology,andworkingwith fundmanagersastheyhandledtheday-todaymanagementofactivelymanagedmutualfunds.ThemostimportantlessonI learnedwastodefinemyinterestsinterms ofthetypeofenvironmentIwantedtowork in,ratherthanthespecificjob.Forme,that meantbeingsomewherewithsteeplearningcurvesinadynamicenvironmentwitha smallandhighlycollaborativeteam–somewhereIcouldlearnandhavethesupportI neededtoapplythatknowledge.

Aftertherotationalprogram,Ibegan workinginmunicipalcreditresearch,where Ihavebeenforthepast5years.Iampart ofateamofmunicipalbondcreditanalysts, portfoliomanagers,andtradersthatareresponsibleforvariousactivelymanagedbond mutualfunds.Ipredominatelyworkinthe structuredfinancespace,whereweanalyze bondsissuedinthetax-exemptmarketby

SPSActivities

byConnorO’Neill,SPSPresident

Forfallof2022,SPSparticipatedinthe grandopeningstarpartyforthenewobservatorytelescope,wherewewereabletoobservethemoon,Jupiter,Saturn,andsome starclusters!SPSalsovisitedLIGOin HanfordWashington.LIGOdetectedthe firstevidenceofgravitationalwavesrippling throughspacein2015,whichwontheteam runningtheobservatoryaNobelprizein physics!Whilewewerethere,weweregiven atourofthefacilityandlistenedtoapresentationabouthowitallworks.Wealsohad atalkfromDr.Etienneabouthisresearch simulatingblackholecollisions.

issuerslikestatehousingauthorities,with theproceedsofthedebtgoingtowardsoriginatingmortgagesforaffordablemultifamily housingorlowandmoderate-incomefirsttimehomebuyers.Ialsoworkinthehealthcaresector,wherewehaveateamofanalystsresponsibleformaintainingfundamentalcreditoutlooksforthenon-profithospitalsacrossthecountrythatissuedebtin themunicipalmarket.Wetakebothaqualitativeandquantitativeapproachtounderstandingtheissuerswecovertodevelopfundamentalopinionsthatwecanthencommunicatetoportfoliomanagersandtradersto turnintoinvestmentdecisions.

Whilemunicipalfinanceisfarfromthe mostquantitativeareaoffinance,IcontinuallyusethemathematicsandproblemsolvingbaseIlearnedinphysics.Whether thatbeworkingfromboundaryconditions foranewbondstructure,improvinganalyticsmethodologies,orwritingcodetoimproveoperationalchallengesthathelpour teambemoreefficient,thebuildingblocks IlearnedinmyUofIphysicsclasseshave servedmewell.

Forspringof2023,wehostedaUIdaho Boundtablewherewemetsomenewincomingphysicsmajors.Wealsohostedtalks fromDr.BervenandDr.Vasdekisabout theirresearch.Forourlastmeetingofthe year,wecheckedoutthe1-kilometerscale modelofthesolarsystemmadebylocalelementaryschoolersalongtheBillChipman trail!

PhysicsClubalsovisitsLIGO

Faculty

AstrophysicsandPlanetaryScience

GwenBarnes,ResearchAssociate Professor,Ph.D.Universityof Arizona2007

JasonBarnes,ProfessorandDyess FacultyFellow,Ph.D.University ofArizona2004

ZachariahEtienne,AssociateProfessor,Ph.D.UniversityofIllinois 2009

MatthewHedman,AssociateProfessorandDirectorofGraduate Studies,Ph.D.PrincetonUniversity2002

BiologicalPhysics

AndreasVasdekis,AssociateProfessor,Ph.D.UniversityofSt.Andrews2008

F.MartyYtreberg,ProfessorandAssociateDirectoroftheInstitute forModelingCollaborationand Innovation,Ph.D.Universityof Maine2000

CondensedMatterPhysics

LeahBergman,Professor,Ph.D. NorthCarolinaStateUniversity

1995

ChristineBerven,AssociateProfessor,Ph.D.UniversityofOregon

1995

YouQiang,Professor,Ph.D.UniversityofFreiburg1997

HadronicPhysics

SophiaChabysheva,ClinicalAssistantProfessor,Ph.D.Southern MethodistUniversity2009

JohnHiller,ProfessorandChair, Ph.D.UniversityofMaryland

1980

RuprechtMachleidt,UniversityDistinguishedProfessor,Ph.D.UniversityofBonn1973

FrancescaSammarruca,Professor andSecretaryoftheUniversity Faculty,Ph.D.VirginiaPolytechnicInstitute1988

ReynaldoCarson,ScientificInstrument Maker

SamuelCupp,Ph.D.,PostdoctoralFellow

JessicaDeWitt,DepartmentManager

EricFoard,Ph.D.,DirectorofPhysicsLaboratoryEducation

RamachandranKasu,Ph.D.,Postdoctoral Fellow

NicholasKutsop,Ph.D.,PostdoctoralFellow

LeoRosaWerneck,Ph.D.,Postdoctoral Fellow

MirsaeidSarollahi,Ph.D.,Postdoctoral Fellow

Transitions

GwenBarnespromotedtoResearchAssociateProfessor.

ReynaldoCarsonjoinedtheDepartmentas ShopForeperson.

JessicaDeWittpromotedtoDepartment Manager.

BrianPettyisnowMachineShopManager fortheEngineeringCollege.

Newpostdocs:SamuelCupp,Nicholas Kutsop,MirsaeidSarollahi.

Awardsin2023

Dean’sAward:SamanthaCallos

OutstandingGraduatingPhysicsSenior: SamCallos

OutstandingUndergraduatePhysicsResearch:SamCallos

GeorgeandDellaLukeAward:SamCallos

HillResearchFellowships:WilliamAuten, JoeyPerko

Dean’sGraduateAward:StevenKreyche

GraduatePhysicsResearch:StevenKreyche

BestPhysicsTA:RabindraKhanal

OutstandingCoSStaffAward:JessicaDeWitt

MalcolmandCarolRenfrewCoSFaculty Fellowship:AndreasVasdekis

UIAlumniSilverandGoldAward:RebeccaBishop(BS1996)

NewGraduates

CalebGoode(B.A.2023)

SamanthaCallos(B.S.2022)

AugustusHahn(B.S.2023)

KayleeMaret(B.S.2022)

ConnorStegner(B.S.2023)

AnNgocKhanhVo(B.S.2022)

JohnMansanarez(AppliedB.S.2023)

DustinTaylor(AppliedB.S.2022)

MichaelHeslar(M.S.2022)

Advisor:JasonBarnes

WilliamMiller(M.S.2022)

Advisor:JasonBarnes

StevenKreyche(Ph.D.2022)

Advisor:JasonBarnes

Thesistitle:Planetaryobliquityevolution:excitedretrograderotatorsand tidalresonantencounters.

SanjoySaha(Ph.D.2022)

Advisor:RuprechtMachleidt

Thesistitle:Localposition-spacetwonucleonpotentialsfromleadingto fourthorderofchiraleffectivefield theory.

Spring2023PhysicsBachelors

C.Goode,A.Hahn,C.Stegner, J.Mansanarez(photobyM.Nielsen)

NewWillmesScholarship

CathrynWillmes,widowofformerDepartmentChairHenryWillmes,hasestablishedanendowmentforaphysicsscholarshipinhonorofProfessorWillmes.Once theendowmenthasreachedasufficientbalance,theHenryWillmesPhysicsScholarshipwillbeawardedannuallytoadeserv-

ingstudent,withpreferencegiventointernationalgraduatestudents.Contributions totheendowmentarewelcomefromanyone whowishestohonorProfessorWillmes,who servedasChairforseventeenyearsandwas aUIfacultymemberfrom1969to2002.He mentoredmanyinternationalstudentsinhis workonappliednuclearphysics.

Donations

Ifyouwouldliketodonatetothe PhysicsDepartment,pleasecontactEric Bennett,theDirectorofDevelopment fortheCollegeofScienceatebennett@uidaho.edu,208-885-9106,orUniver-

sityofIdahoCollegeofScience,875PerimeterDrive,MS3025,Moscow,ID838443025.Onlinedonationscanbemade athttps://www.uidaho.edu/giving/way-togive.Entering‘Physics’inthedesignation fieldwillpresentyouwithalistoffundsassociatedwiththeDepartment.Thankyou!!

SummerGraduateResearchProjects2023

BorhanulAlam(Bergman)

Synthesisandstudiesofwidebandgap semiconductors

BishesworArchaya(Qiang)

Magneticandelectricalresponsesof nanoclustersunderirradiation

ElizabethAtang(G.Barnes)

Evolutionoftheupperlunarsurface

JeremiahChapleski(Ytreberg)

Proteinbindingandpredictionsofefficacy

JonahHaw(Berven)

LateraloscillationsoflevitatingpermanentmagnetarraysovertypeIIsuperconductors

CompletedThesisProjects

SanjoySaha

PhDthesis:Localposition-spacetwonucleonpotentialsfromleadingtofourthorderofchiraleffectivefieldtheory.

Abstract:Wepresentlocal,positionspacechiralNNpotentialsthroughfourordersofchiralEFTrangingfromleadingorder(LO)tonext-to-next-to-next-to-leading order(N3 LO,fourthorder)ofthe∆-lessversionofthetheory.Thelong-rangepartsof thesepotentialsarefixedbytheveryaccurate π-Nlow-energyconstantsasdeterminedintheRoy-Steinerequationsanalysis.Atthehighestorder(N3 LO),theNN databelow190MeVlaboratoryenergyare reproducedwiththeacceptable χ2 /datum

MahfujulIslam(Vasdekis)

Quantitativephasemicroscopyto measurethecrowdinglevelsofbacteriacells

RabindraKhanal(Qiang) Softmagneticnanofilmsproduced byalignedellipsoidalironcore-shell nanoparticles

DillonMorehouse(Berven)

PreparationofPhDdissertation.

RaniPreeti(Hedman)

Investigatethespectraoficymoonsin theoutersolarsystem

of1.45.TheseNNpotentialsmayserveas asolidbasisforsystematic abinitio calculationsofnuclearstructureandreactionsthat allowforacomprehensiveerroranalysis.In particular,theorderbyorderdevelopment ofthepotentialswillmakepossibleareliabledeterminationofthetruncationerrorat eachorder.Ournewfamilyoflocalpositionspacepotentialsdiffersfromexistingpotentialsofthiskindbyaweakertensorforce asreflectedinrelativelylowD-stateprobabilitiesofthedeuteron(PD ∼< 4.0%for ourN3 LOpotentials)andpredictionsfor thetritonbindingenergyabove8.00MeV (fromtwo-bodyforcesalone).Asaconsequence,ourpotentialsmayleadtodifferentpredictionswhenappliedtolightand intermediate-massnucleiin abinitio calcu-

lationsand,potentially,helpsolvesomeof theoutstandingproblemsinmicroscopicnuclearstructure.

StevenKreyche

PhDthesis:Planetaryobliquityevolution:excitedretrograderotatorsandtidal resonantencounters

Abstract:Thesearchforextraterrestrial lifealongwithourdesiretounderstandthe necessaryconditionsforthedevelopmentof lifearelargemotivatorsinthefieldofastronomy.AlthoughtheEarthremainsas oursoledatapoint,itseemsoverwhelmingly likelythateitherotherSolarSystembodiesordistantexoplanetshad,have,orwill havethecapacitytohostlifeoftheirown. Nonetheless,theassessmentofaworld’spotentialforhabitabilityisacomplexproblemthatrequiresthoroughstudyofmany contributingaspects.Onekeyaspectisthe valueandevolutionofaplanet’sobliquity, oraxialtilt,whichsetsthenatureofitsseasonsandlong-termclimatebygoverningthe distributionofsolarfluxacrossitssurface. Althoughweenjoyapleasantclimatethanks totheEarth’sstablemoderateobliquity, otherplanetarybodiesmaybeeithereven betterofforseverelychallengedincompari-

son.Inmydissertation,Ihelpbuildtoward amorecompletepictureofhabitabilityby studyingplanetaryobliquityevolutionwith theuseofnumericalsimulationsofplanetary systems.BeginningwithChapter1,Iprovideabriefbackgroundofthedynamicsthat driveobliquityevolutionanddescribepreviousworkthatestablishesourcurrentunderstandingmovingforward.InChapter2,I discussathreateningsecularspin-orbitresonancethatcandestabilizetheobliquities ofretrograderotators(planetswithobliquitiesgreaterthan90degrees).Next,in Chapter3IintroduceSMERCURY-T,a toolthatallowsforthestudyofplanetary obliquityevolutionundertheinfluenceof tidalforces.Finally,inChapter4Iapply SMERCURY-Ttostudythetidalobliquity evolutionofamoonlessEarthandapotentiallyhabitableearlyVenus.Eachofthese chaptersprovideswidercontributionspast theirindividualresultsbyurgingdirection tofuturestudies,releasingpubliclyavailable software,oridentifyingtrendsandprocess thatmaybeimportanttotheobliquityevolutionofextrasolarplanets.Thesefindings canideallybeappliedtosuchexoplanetsystemsinthefutureandfurtherourcapability todetectandcharacterizetheirspinstates.

RecentPublications(2022-23)

Studentauthorsareunderlined.

AstrophysicsandPlanetaryScience

(thelargenumberofLIGOpublicationsarenotincluded)

I.J.Daubar,C.Dundas,A.S.McEwen,A.Gao,D.Wexler,S.Piqueux,G.S.Collins, K.Miljkovic,T.Neidhart,J.Eschenfelder,G.D.Bart(Barnes),K.Wagstaff,G. Doran,L.,(2022).“NewCratersonMars:AnUpdatedCatalog.”Journalof GeophysicalResearch:Planets,127,e2021JE007145.

DanielCoulter;JasonW.Barnes;Fortney,Jonathan,“JupiterandSaturnasSpectral AnalogsforExtrasolarGasGiantsandBrownDwarfs”,TheAstrophysicalJournal Supplement,2022November9.

Chandler,ClaytonK.;Radebaugh,Jani;McBride,JohnH.;Morris,ThomasH.; Arnold,Karl;Lorenz,RalphD.;Barnes,JasonW.;Hayes,Alexander G.;Narteau, Clement;Rodriguez,Sebastien;Rittenour,Tammy,“Near-SurfaceStructureofa LargeLinearDuneandanAssociatedCrossingDuneoftheNorthernNamibSand SeafromGroundPenetratingRadar:ImplicationsfortheHistoryofLargeLinear DunesonEarthandTitan”,AeolianResearch,2022August1.

SebastienRodriguez;SandrineVinatier;DanielCordier;GabrielTobie;RichardK. Achterberg;CarrieM.Anderson;SarahV.Badman;JasonW.Barnes;ErikaL. Barth;BrunoB´ezard;NathalieCarrasco;BenjaminCharnay;RogerN.Clark; PatriceColl;ThomasCornet;AthenaCoustenis;IsabelleCouturier-Tamburelli; MichelDobrijevic;F.MichaelFlasar;RemcoR.J.deKok;CarolineFreissinet; MarinaGaland;ThomasGautier;WolfD.Geppert;CailtinA.Griffith;MurthyS. Gudipati;LinaZ.Hadid;AlexanderG.Hayes;AmandaR.Hendrix;Ralf Jaumann; DonaldE.Jennings;AntoineJolly;KlaraKalousova;TommiT.Koskinen;PanayotisLavvas;SebastienLebonnois;Jean-PierreLebreton;AliceLe Gall;Emmanuel Lellouch;StephaneLeMouelic;RosalyM.C.Lopes;JuanM.Lora;RalphD. Lorenz;AntoineLucas;ShannonMacKenzie;MichaelJ.Malaska;KathleenMandt; MarcoMastrogiuseppe;ClaireE.Newman;ConorA.Nixon;JaniRadebaugh;Scot C.Rafkin;PascalRannou;EllaM.Sciamma-O’Brien;JasonM.Soderblom;AnezinaSolomonidou;ChristopheSotin;KatrinStephan;DarrellStrobel;CyrilSzopa; NicholasA.Teanby;ElizabethP.Turtle;VeroniqueVuitton;Robert A.West, “ScienceGoalsandNewMissionConceptsforaFutureExplorationof Titan’sAtmosphere,GeologyandHabitability:TitanPOlarScout/orbiteErand Insitulake landerandDrONeexplorer(POSEIDON)”,ExperimentalAstronomy,1-63,2022 January11.

F.G.LopezArmengol,Z.B.Etienne,S.C.Noble,B.J.Kelly,L.R.Werneck, etal. Handingofftheoutcomeofbinaryneutronstarmergersforaccurateandlong-term postmergersimulations.Phys.Rev.D 106,083015(2022).

T.Assumpcao,L.R.Werneck,T.PierreJacques,Z.B.Etienne.Fasthyperbolic relaxationellipticsolverfornumericalrelativity:Conformallyflat,binarypuncture initialdata.Phys.Rev.D 105,104037(2022).

J.A.A’Hearn,M.M.Hedman,C.R.Mankovich,H.Aramona,M.S.Marley.2022.Ring SeismologyoftheIceGiantsUranusandNeptunePSJ3:194.

C.Paranicas,E.Roussos,K.Dialynas,P.Kollmann,N.Krupp,M.M.Hedman,R.C. Allen,G.Hospodarsky.2022.TheElectricFieldoutwardofSaturn’s MainRings ApJ934:11.

M.M.Hedman,P.D.Nicholson,M.ElMoutamid,S.Smotherman.2022.Readingthe RecentHistoryofSaturn’sGravityFieldinitsRings.PSJ3:61.

I.J.Cohen,C.Beddingfield,R.Chancia,G.DiBraccio,M.M.Hedman,S.MaKenzie, B.Mauk,K.M.Sayanagi,K.M.Soderlund,E.Turtle,C.Ahrens,C.S.Arridge, S.M.Brooks,E.Bunce,S.Charnoz,A.Coustenism,R.A.Dillman,S.Dutta,L.N. Fletcher,R.Harbison,R.Helled,R.Holme,L.Jozwiak,Y.Kasaba,P.Kollmann, S.Luzcz-Cook,K.Mandt,O.MoussismA.Mura,G.Murakami,M.ParisimA. Rymer,S.Stanley,K.Stephan,R.J.Vervack,M.H.Wong,P.Wurz. 2022.TheCase foraNewFrontiers-ClassUranusOrbiter:SystemScienceatanUnderexploredand UniqueWorldwithaMid-scaleMission.PSJ3:58.

M.Parisi,M.Vaquero,M.M.Hedman,M.S.Tiscareno.2022.GravityInvestigationof Saturn’sInnerSystemwiththeInnovativeSkimmerConcept.PSJ3:19.

BiologicalPhysics

G.Kukal,A.E.Vasdekis,andA.G.McDonald,“Raman-probesformonitoringmetabolitesandnutrientfateinYarrowialipolyticausingdeuteratedglucose”,Biocatalysis andAgriculturalBiotechnology 39,102241(2022).

S.Nemati,A.Singh,S.Dhuey,A.G.McDonald,D.Weinreich,A.E.Vasdekis,“DensityFluctuationsYieldDistinctGrowthandFitnessEffectsinSingleBacteria”, CommunicationsBiology 5,397(2022).

L.Dunn,H.Luo,N.R.Subedi,R.Kasu,A.G.McDonald,D.Christodoulides,A. E.Vasdekis,“Video-RateRaman-basedMetabolicImagingbyAiryLight-Sheet IlluminationandPhoton-SparseDetection”,PNAS 120,e2210037120(2023).

BarnesJE,Lund-AndersenP,PatelJS,YtrebergFM,“Theeffectofmutationson bindinginteractionsbetweentheSARS-CoV-2receptorbindingdomainandneutralizingantibodiesB38andCB6,”Sci.Rep., 12:18819(2022).

LiS,PatelJS,YangJM,CrabtreeAB,RubensteinBM,Lund-AndersenP,Ytreberg FM,RowleyPA,“DefiningtheHIVCapsidBindingSiteofNucleoporin153,” mSphere, 7:e00310-22(2022).

BarnesJE,MillerCR,YtrebergFM,“Searchingforamechanisticdescriptionof pairwiseepistasisinproteinsystems,”Proteins 90:1474(2022).

BeachSS,HullM,YtrebergFM,PatelJS,MiuraTA,“Molecularmodelingpredicts novelantibodyescapemutationsinrespiratorysyncytialvirusfusionglycoprotein,” JVirol 96:e00353(2022).

CondensedMatterPhysics

AmrahCanul,IsiakaLukman,andLeahBergman,“TheGaussiannatureofthebandedgeofZnOmicrocrystallinethinfilms”,AIPAdvances 12,125201(2022)

HadronicPhysics

S.S.ChabyshevaandJ.R.Hiller,“Tadpolesandvacuumbubblesinlight-frontquantization,”Phys.Rev.D 105,116006(2022).

J.Flores,S.S.ChabyshevaandJ.R.Hiller,“Reducednuclearhelicityamplitudes fordeuteronelectrodisintegrationandotherprocesses,”Phys. Rev.C 107,045205 (2023).

R.Machleidt,“PhenomenologyandMesonTheoryofNuclearForces,”in:Tanihata, I.,Toki,H.,Kajino,T.(eds)HandbookofNuclearPhysics.Springer,Singapore. (2022).

R.Machleidt,“AlternativeFactsinMicroscopicNuclearStructure,” Proc.39thInternationalWorkshoponNuclearTheory,RilaMountains,Bulgaria,July 2022,edited byM.GaidarovandN.Minkov(HeronPress,Sofia,2022)p.156.

S.K.Saha,D.R.Entem,R.MachleidtandY.Nosyk,“Localposition-spacetwonucleonpotentialsfromleadingtofourthorderofchiraleffectivefieldtheory,” Phys.Rev.C 107,034002(2023).

F.Sammarruca,“Neutronskinsystematicsfrommicroscopicequationsofstate,”Phys. Rev.C 105,064303(2022).

F.Sammarruca,“Theequationofstateofneutron-richmatteratfourthorderofchiral effectivefieldtheoryandtheradiusofamedium-massneutronstar,”Proc.39th InternationalWorkshoponNuclearTheory,RilaMountains,Bulgaria,July2022, editedbyM.GaidarovandN.Minkov(HeronPress,Sofia,2022).

F.Sammarruca,“TheSymmetryEnergy:CurrentStatusof AbInitio Predictionsvs. EmpiricalConstraints,”Symmetry 15,450(2023).

RecentPresentations(2022-23)

AstrophysicsandPlanetaryScience

G.Barnes,“NewImpactCratersonMars,”JetPropulsionLaboratory,MarsForum, Pasadena,CA.February4,2022.

AEEtgen,GDBart(Barnes),IJDaubar,2022.“ContributionofIndividual BlastZone FeaturestoMartianSurfaceAlbedoChanges.”53rdLunarandPlanetaryScience Conference,held7-11March,2022atTheWoodlands,Texas.LPI Contribution No.2678,2022,id.2375.

EFMAtang,GDBart(Barnes),2022.“MeasurementsofRegolithDepthfrom aYoung MareSurfaceontheMoon.”53rdLunarandPlanetaryScienceConference,held 7-11March,2022atTheWoodlands,Texas.LPIContributionNo.2678,2022, id.2554.

IJDaubar,CDundas,ASMcEwen,AGao,DWexler,SPiqueux,GSCollins,K Miljkovi´c,TNeidhart,JEschenfelder,GDBart(Barnes),KWagstaff,GDoran, LPosiolova,GSpeth,DSusko,AWerynski,MMalin,2022.“NewCraterson Mars:ResultsfromaCompleteCatalogof1,203RecentImpacts.”53rdLunarand PlanetaryScienceConference,held7-11March,2022atTheWoodlands,Texas. LPIContributionNo.2678,2022,id.1590

J.Barnes,“Dragonfly:NASA’sTitanRotorcraftLander”,invited colloquiumforthe UniversityofAlaska,Fairbanks,2022August12.

Z.Etienne,“AdvancingMultimessengerAstrophysicswithNext-GenerationBlackHole andNeutronStarBinaryMergerSimulations,”AlbertEinsteinInstitute,Potsdam, Germany,25May2022;UniversityofLisbon,Portugal,13June2022.

M.M.Hedman,TheUranianRing-MoonSystem.2022FallMeetingoftheAmerican GeophysicalUnion.

H.Sharma,M.M.Hedman,S.Vahidinia.NewInsightsintoEnceladusPlumeParticle LaunchVelocities.2022FallMeetingoftheAmericanGeophysicalUnion.

V.Afigbo,M.M.Hedman.WhatMakesSaturnRing?AQuesttoQuantifytheAmplitudesofSaturn’sPlanetaryNomal-ModeOscillationsusingRingSeismology.2022 FallMeetingoftheAmericanGeophysicalUnion.

S.Callos,M.M.Hedman,D.Hamilton.AComprehensiveSurveyofSpokesinCassini ImagesofSaturn’sBring.2022meetingoftheDivisionforPlanetary Sciences.

M.M.Hedman,I.Regan,T.Becker,S.Brooks,S.Jarmak.Newinformationabout Uranus’dustyringsfromVoyager2images.2022meetingoftheDivisionfor PlanetarySciences.

K.Denny,M.M.Hedman,D.Bockelee-Morvan,G.Filacchione,F.Capaccioni.Possible WaterVaporEmissionFeatureinNear-InfraredEnceladusPlumeSpectrafrom Cassini-VIMS.2022meetingoftheDivisionforPlanetarySciences.

J.A’Hearn,M.M.Hedman,C.Mankovich,H.Aramona,M.S.Marley.RingSeismology oftheIceGiantsUranusandNeptune.2022meetingoftheDivisionforDynamical Astronomy.

M.M.Hedman,P.D.Nicholson,M.ElMoutamid.Usingdiskstructuresashistorical records:AcasestudyinvolvingSaturn’srings.2022meetingofthe Divisionfor DynamicalAstronomy.

BiologicalPhysics

A.Vasdekis,AmericanPhysicalSociety,LasVegas,Nevada(2023).

F.M.Ytreberg,SimonFraserUniversityBiophysicsandSoftMatter Seminar,Burnaby, BC,Canada,Apr2022.

F.M.Ytreberg,WashingtonStateUniversityPhysicsColloquium,Pullman,WA,Jan 2022.

F.M.Ytreberg,BiophysicalSocietyAnnualMeeting,Feb2022.

CondensedMatterPhysics

L.Bergman,“TemperatureResponseoftheOpticalPropertiesofUltra-WideBandgap β-Ga2O3 Films,”APSMarchmeetingpresentation,BulletinoftheAmericanPhysicalSociety2022.

Y.Qiang,Keynotepresentationon“AdvancedRadiationNano-detectorforNuclear EnergyApplication”at5thGlobalWebinaronAppliedScience,Engineeringand Technology,October22,2022.

Y.Qiang,KeynotetalkatInternationalInovSciTechconference,WEBAS,November 2022.

Y.Qiang,KeynoteSpeakeratCMPFORUM2023February06-08,2022,Porto,Portugal,virtualtalk.

HadronicPhysics

J.Hiller,“GravityandQuantumMechanics:Newton-Schr¨odingerandEinstein-KleinGordonsolitons,”UIPhysicsDepartmentcolloquium,23January2023.

J.Hiller,“Light-fronteffectivepotentialbetweenstaticsources,”contributedvirtual talk,AprilmeetingoftheAmericanPhysicalSociety(2023).

R.Machleidt,“Alternativefactsinmicroscopicnuclearstructure,” InvitedTalk,39th InternationalWork-shoponNuclearTheory,RilaMountains,Bulgaria,July2022.

F.Sammarruca,“Theequationofstateofneutron-richmatteratfourthorderofchiraleffectivefieldtheoryandtheradiusofamedium-massneutronstar,”invited talk(virtual)givenatthe39thInternationalWorkshoponNuclear Theory,Rila Mountain,Bulgaria,July4-8,2022.

F.Sammarruca,“Neutronstars:Themostbizarrelaboratoryfornuclearphysics,” invitedtalk(virtual)atthe2022NorthAmericanEinsteinToolkitSummerSchool, UniversityofIdaho,Moscow,Idaho,June13-17,2022.

CurrentExternalFunding

AstrophysicsandPlanetaryScience

G.D.Barnes,NASAMarsDataAnalysis,BlastingMars:WhatFactors EnableDetectionofNewImpactSites?,2021-2023, 466,258.

C.J.Cline,G.D.Barnes(Co-I),J.Anderson,M.Cintala,O.Barnouin,R.Daly, SolarSystemWorkings,NASA,Theroleofsmall-scaletargetheterogeneitiesin theformationandmorphologyofsmallcraters,2020-2023, 1,071,913( 132,086 forUIdaho).

PI:JasonW.Barnes(UIdaho),Co-IShannonM.MacKenzie(JHU/APL),Co-IMichael J.Malaska(JPL/Caltech),Co-IRajaniD.Dhingra(JPL/Caltech),TitanSurfacePhaseFunctions,NASACassiniDataAnalysisProgram,2022-2024, 589,380 ( 377,771toUIdaho)

ElizabethTurtle(JHU/APL),DeputyPIJasonW.Barnes(UIdaho).Dragonfly. NASANewFrontiers,2018-2038, 849,000,000( 4,000,000forUIdaho).

Z.Etienne,superB:NumericalRelativityforLISA&3GDetectors, NASAAstrophysics TheoryProgram, 409,021,2022-2025.

Z.Etienne,BoostingAlgorithmicEfficiency:NumericalRelativityinDynamical,CurvilinearCoordinates,NSFGravitationalPhysics–Theory,2021-2024, 174,803.

Z.Etienne,CollaborativeResearch:WoUMMA:TowardBinaryNeutronStarMergers onaMoving-mesh,NSFWindowsontheUniverse:TheEraofMulti-Messenger Astrophysics,2021-2024, 483,465( 226,347toEtienne).

Z.Etienne,CollaborativeResearch:MeasuringGwithaMagneto-GravitationalTrap, NSFGravitationalPhysics—Experiment,2020-2023, 567,990( 118,517toEtienne).

Z.Etienne,CollaborativeResearch:Frameworks:TheEinsteinToolkitecosystem: Enablingfundamentalresearchintheeraofmulti-messengerastrophysics,NSF OAC,2020-2024, 2,300,415( 335,902toEtienne).

Z.Etienne,COVIDAugmentationon“AdvancingComputationalMethodstoUnderstandtheDynamicsofEjection,Accretion,WindsandJetsinNeutronStar Mergers”award,NASACOVID, 28,609toZ.Etienne,2021-2023.

P.D.Nicholson(PICornellUniversity),M.ElMoutamid(Co-ICornell University), R.French(Co-IWellesleyCollege),M.M.Hedman(Co-IUniversityofIdaho),M. Tiscareno(Collab.SETIInstitute),G.Stewart(CollabU.Colorado).Vertical StructureinSaturn’sRings.NASACassiniDataAnalysisProgram2023-2025. TotalBudget 619,197.TotalfundsforUI: 158,229.

M.M.Hedman(PIUniversityofIdaho),M.Marley(Co-IU.Arizona), J.Fortney (CollaboratorUCSC).SeismologicalStudiesoftheIceGiants.NASA CassiniData AnalysisProgram,2021-2024, 242.783( 178,271toUIdaho).

M.M.Hedman(PIUniversityofIdaho),R.French(Co-ISETIInstitute),D.P.Hamilton(Co-IU.Maryland).TheRecentHistoryofSaturn’sDustyRings.NASA CassiniDataAnalysisProgram,2021-2024, 543,223( 275,386toUIdaho).

BiologicalPhysics

A.E.Vasdekis,NationalScienceFoundation,PI,2041523,CollaborativeResearch: Multidimensionalsingle-cellphenotypingforelucidatinggenometophenomerelationships, 362,000,03/21–03/24.

A.E.Vasdekis,NationalScienceFoundation,seniorpersonnel,(PI:T.Xing),CBET2019231,MRI:Acquisitionofa3DPrinterforStudyingBiofluidsandBiomechanics, 252,542(totalaward),09/20–08/23.

A.E.Vasdekis,DepartmentofEnergy,GenomicSciencesProgram, PI,DE-SC0022282, IntegrativeImagingofPlantRootsduringSymbiosiswithMycorrhizalFungi, 1,700,000,09/21–08/24.

A.E.Vasdekis,DepartmentofEnergy,GenomicSciencesProgram, co-PI(PI:G.Stephanopoulos),ImprovingFermentationRobustnessbyCellularNoiseEngineering, 430,000 (awardedtoVasdekis),09/21–08/24.

A.E.Vasdekis,DepartmentofEnergy,GenomicSciencesProgram, co-PI(PI:C.J. Marx),Convertingmethoxygroupsonlignin-derivedaromaticsfromatoxichurdle toausefulresource:asystems-drivenapproach, 150,000,09/21–08/24.

WichmanHA(PI),YtrebergFM(associatedirector)“CenterforModelingComplex Interactions,”NIHCOBRE,2020-2025, 10,999,565.

CondensedMatterPhysics

L.Bergman,Co-PIwithMattMcCluskeyWSU(PI),DepartmentofEnergy,Response ofgalliumoxidetopressure,temperatureandalloying,Total 451,299, 213,095 toUI.(6/1/22–5/31/25).

C.Berven,Co-PI,PIH.Hess,USDOTUniversityTransportationCenterforFederalRegion10,“InterfacingMajorSubsystemsforaResilientElectricVehicle ChargingSystemforRemoteLocations”, 40,000total/ 20,000CB,3/01/2022 to3/31/2023.

HadronicPhysics

F.SammarrucaandR.Machleidt,DepartmentofEnergy,NuclearTheoryattheUniversityofIdaho,2021-2023, 240,000.

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