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Department faculty are active scholars, publishing their work in some of the world's most recognized journals. Below is a list of the publications from research conducted in Physics & Astronomy at Sac. State post-2015. Faculty from our department are in bold and any undergraduate students are denoted [UG].
2024
| CSUS Authors | Full Author List | Title | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffery Cavanaugh [UG], Prince Yadav [UG], Eliza J. Morris, Mikkel Herholdt Jensen | Niosi, A., Võ, N. H., Sundaramurthy, P., Welch, C., Penn, A., Yuldasheva, Y., Alfareh, A., Rausch, K., Amin-Rahbar, T., Cavanaugh, J., et al. |
Kismet/CHD7/CHD8 affects gut microbiota, mechanics, and the gut-brain axis in Drosophila melanogaster | Biophys J, TBD | TBD |
| Alexander R. Pettitt | Durán-Camacho, E., Duarte-Cabral, A., Pettitt, A. R., Treß, R. G., Clark, P. C., Klessen, R. S., Bogue, K. R. J., Smith, R. J. and Sormani, M. C. | Self-consistent modelling of the Milky Way structure using live potentials | MNRAS 532, 1 | July 2024 |
| Alexander R. Pettitt | Kawata, D. , Kawahara, H., Gouda, N., Secrest, N. J., Kano, R., Kataza, H., Isobe, N., Ohsawa, R., Usui, F., Yamada, Y. et al. | JASMINE: Near-infrared astrometry and time-series photometry science | PASJ 76, 3 | June 2024 |
| Alexander R. Pettitt | Iles, E. J., Pettitt, A. R., Okamoto, T. and Kawata, D. | The impact of bar origin and morphology on stellar migration | MNRAS 527, 2 | Jan 2024 |
2023
| CSUS Authors | Full Author List | Title | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikkel Herholdt Jensen, Eliza J. Morris, Michael W. Ray | Jensen, M. H., Morris, E. J., and Ray, M. W. | Implementing a Course-Based Authentic Learning Experience with Upper- and Lower-Division Physics Classes | Am. J. Phys., 91(9):696-700 |
Sept 2023 |
| Alexander R. Pettitt | Ali, A. A., Dobbs, C. L. ; Bending, T. J. R. ; Buckner, A. S. M. and Pettitt, A. R. | Star cluster formation and feedback in different environments of a Milky Way-like galaxy | MNRAS, 524, 1 | Sept 2023 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Damoulakis, M., Barniol Duran, R. and Giannios, D. | Connecting the early afterglow to the prompt GRB and the central engine in the striped jet model | MNRAS, 523, 6250 | Aug 2023 |
| Alexander R. Pettitt | Sakre, N., Habe, A., Pettitt, A. R., Okamoto, T., Enokiya, R., Fukui, Y. and Hosokawa, T. | Massive core/star formation triggered by cloud-cloud collision - II. High-speed collisions of magnetized clouds | MNRAS, 522, 4 | July 2023 |
| Alexander R. Pettitt | Ge, Y., Wang, K., Duarte-Cabral, A., Pettitt, A. R., Dobbs, C. L., Sánchez-Monge, A., Neralwar, K. R., Urquhart, J. S., Colombo, D., Durán-Camacho, E. et al. | Large-scale velocity-coherent filaments in the SEDIGISM survey: Association with spiral arms and the fraction of dense gas | A&A, 675, A119 | July 2023 |
| Michael W. Ray | Ray, M. W. | Using a Spreadsheet Program to Fit a Gaussian Function | The Physics Teacher, 60, 224 | Mar 2023 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Laskar T., Alexander K.D., Margutti R., Eftekhari T., Chornock R., Berger E., Cendes Y., Duerr A., Perley D.A., Ravasio, M.E., et al. | The Radio to GeV Afterglow of GRB 221009A | ApJ L, 946, L23 | Mar 2023 |
| Tatiana Sergan and Vassili Sergan | Meyer, C., Davidson, P., Sergan, T., Sergan, V., Stoenescu, D., Knežević, A., Dokli, I., Lesac, A., Dozov, I. | Nematic-like elastic coefficients of the SmAb phase | Liquid Crystals, 50(10);157 | Jan 2023 |
2022
| CSUS Authors | Full Author List | Title | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael W. Ray, Jack Paulson [UG] | Paulson, J.G. and Ray, M.W. | Exploration of the Q Factor for a Parallel RLC Circuit | Am. J. Phys., 90, 903 | Dec 2022 |
| Alexander R. Pettitt | Dobbs, C. L., Bending, T. J. R., Pettitt, A. R., Buckner, A. S. M. and Bate, M. R. | The formation of clusters and OB associations in different density spiral arm environments | MNRAS, 517, 1 | Nov 2022 |
| Alexander R. Pettitt | Kawana, Y., Saito, T., Okumura, S. K., Kawabe, R., Espada, D., Iono, D., Kaneko, H., Lee, M. M., Michiyama, T., Motohara et al. | Multiwavelength and Multi-CO View of the Minor Merger Driven Star Formation in the Nearby LIRG NGC 3110 | ApJ, 929, 100 | April 2022 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Hajela, A., Margutti, R., Bright, J.S., Alexander, K.D., Metzger, B.D., Nedora, V., Kathirgamaraju, A., Margalit, B., Radice, D., Guidorzi, C., et al. | Evidence for X-Ray Emission in Excess to the Jet-afterglow Decay 3.5 yr after the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW 170817: A New Emission Component | ApJ L, 927, L17 | Mar 2022 |
| Alexander R. Pettitt | Iles, E. J., Pettitt, A. R. and Okamoto, T. | Differences in star formation activity between tidally triggered and isolated bars: a case study of NGC 4303 and NGC 3627 | MNRAS, 510, 3 | Mar 2022 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Bošnjak, Ž., Barniol Duran, R. and Pe’er, A. | The GRB Prompt Emission: An Unsolved Puzzle | Galaxies, 10, 38 | Feb 2022 |
| Alexander R. Pettitt | Colombo, D., Duarte-Cabral, A., Pettitt, A. R., Urquhart, J. S., Wyrowski, F., Csengeri, T., Neralwar, K. R., Schuller, F., Menten, K. M., Anderson, L. et al. | The SEDIGISM survey: The influence of spiral arms on the molecular gas distribution of the inner Milky Way | A&A, 658, A54 | Feb 2022 |
| Alexander R. Pettitt | Dobbs, C. L., Bending, T. J. R., Pettitt, A. R. and Bate, M. R. | The formation of massive stellar clusters in converging galactic flows with photoionization | MNRAS, 509, 1 | Feb 2022 |
2021
| CSUS Authors | Full Author List | Title | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Stroh, M. C., Terreran, G., Coppejans, D. L., Bright, J. S., Margutti, R., Bietenholz, M. F., De Colle, F., DeMarchi, L., Barniol Duran, R., Milisavljevic, D. et al. | Luminous Late-time Radio Emission from Supernovae Detected by the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array Sky Survey (VLASS) | ApJ L, 923, L24 | Dec 2021 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Fraija, N., Veres, P., Beniamini, P., Galvan-Gamez, A., Metzger, B.D., Barniol Duran, R. and Becerra, R.L. | On the Origin of the Multi-GeV Photons from the Closest Burst with Intermediate Luminosity: GRB 190829A | ApJ, 918, 12 | Sept 2021 |
| Eliza J. Morris and Mikkel Herholdt Jensen | Morris, E. J., Jensen, M. H. and Hajra, S. G. | In-class hierarchical team model as a no-cost strategy to improve student success: Integrated peer leadership program | Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 17, 023104 | Aug 2021 |
| Eliza J. Morris | Parsa, S., Zareei, A., Santanach-Carreras, E., Morris, E.J., Amir, A., Xiao, L., and Weitz, D. A. | Unexpected scaling of interstitial velocities with permeability due to polymer retention in porous media | Phys. Rev. Fluids 6, L082302 | Aug 2021 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Fraija, N., Betancourt Kamenetskaia, B., Dainotti, M.G., Barniol Duran, R., Galvan-Gamez, A., Dichiara, S. and Caligula do, E. S. and Pedreira, A. C. | Afterglow Light Curves of Nonrelativistic Ejecta Mass in a Stratified Circumstellar Medium | ApJ, 907, 78 | Feb 2021 |
| Vassili Sergan | Meyer, C., Davidson, P., Constantin, D., Sergan, V., Stoenescu, D., Knežević, A., Dokli, I., Lesac, A. and Dozov, I. | Fréedericksz-Like Transition in a Biaxial Smectic-A Phase | Phys. Rev. X 11, 031012 | July 2021 |
2020
| CSUS Authors | Full Author List | Title | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Fraija N., Laskar T., Dichiara S., Beniamini P., Barniol Duran R., Dainotti M.G., Becerra R.L. | GRB Fermi-LAT Afterglows: Explaining Flares, Breaks, and Energetic Photons | ApJ, 905, 112 | Dec 2020 |
| Vera Margoniner, Jérôme Bürki and Matthew Block | Margoniner, V., Bürki, J. and Block, M. | Learning-assistant-supported active-learning in a large classroom | American Journal of Physics, 88, 924 | Nov 2020 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Petropoulou, M., Beniamini, P., Vasilopoulos, G., Giannios, D. and Barniol Duran, R. | Deciphering the properties of the central engine in GRB collapsars | MNRAS, 496, 3 | June 2020 |
| Eliza J. Morris, and Mikkel Herholdt Jensen | Jensen, M. H., Morris, E. J., Tran, H., Nash, M. A. and Tan, C. | Stochastic ordering of complexoform protein assembly by genetic circuits | PLoS Comput Biol 16(6): e1007997 | June 2020 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Fraija, N., De Colle, F., Veres, P., Dichiara, S., Barniol Duran, R., Caligula do E. S. Pedreira, A. C., Galvan-Gamez, A. and Betancourt Kamenetskaia, B. | Description of Atypical Bursts Seen Slightly Off-axis | ApJ, 896, 25 | June 2020 |
| Vassili Sergan and Tatiana Sergan | Sergan, V., Sergan, T. , Dozov, I., Joly, S. and Voss R. | Orientational order Induced by a polymer network in the isotropic phase of liquid crystal | Phys. Rev. E 101, 052705 | May 2020 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Beniamini, P., Barniol Duran, R., Petropoulou, M. and Giannios D. | Ready, Set, Launch: Time Interval between a Binary Neutron Star Merger and Short Gamma-Ray Burst Jet Formation | ApJ L 895, 2 | May 2020 |
| Matthew Block | Block, M. S., D’Emidio, J. and Kaul R. K. | Kagome model for a Z_2 quantum spin liquid | Physical Review B, 101, 020402(R) | Jan 2020 |
2019
| CSUS Authors | Full Author List | Title | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Ray | Tadic, A., Reyes Borunda, A. and Ray, M. W. | Development of a voltage controlled resistor for use in a self-balancing resistance bridge | Rev Sci Instrum 90, 124706 | Dec 2019 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Fraija, N., Barniol Duran, R., Dichiara, S. and Beniamini P. | Synchrotron Self-Compton as a Likely Mechanism of Photons beyond the Synchrotron Limit in GRB 190114C | ApJ, 883, 162 | Oct 2019 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Laskar, T., van Eerten, H., Schady, P., Mundell, C. G., Alexander, K. D., Barniol Duran, R., Berger, E., Bolmer, J. , Chornock, R., Coppejans, et al. | A Reverse Shock in GRB 181201A | ApJ, 884, 121 | Oct 2019 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Fraija, N., Dichiara, S., Caligula do, A. C., Pedreira1, E. S., Galvan-Gamez, E. S., Becerra, R. L., Barniol Duran, R. and Zhang B. B. | Analysis and Modeling of the Multi-wavelength Observations of the Luminous GRB 190114C | ApJ L, 879, L26 | July 2019 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Laskar, T., Alexander, K. D., Gill, R., Granot, J., Berger, E., Mundell, C. G., Barniol Duran, R., Bolmer, J., Duffell, P., van Eerten, H. et al. | ALMA Detection of a Linearly Polarized Reverse Shock in GRB 190114C | ApJ L, 878, L26 | June 2019 |
| Vera Margoniner, Jérôme Bürki and Micaela Kapp [UG] | Margoniner, V., Bürki, J. and Kapp, M. | Monkeying Around in Mechanics: Using Student-Student Dialogue Videos to Increase Physics Learning | Phys. Teacher, 57.4, 232 | April 2019 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Peters, C., van der Horst, A. J., Chomiuk, L., Kathirgamaraju, A., Barniol Duran, R., Giannios, D., Reynolds, C., Paragi, Z. and Wilcots, E. | Observational Constraints on Late-time Radio Rebrightening of GRB/Supernovae | ApJ, 872, 28 | Feb 2019 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Kathirgamaraju, A., Tchekhovskoy, A., Giannios, D. and Barniol Duran, R. | EM counterparts of structured jets from 3D GRMHD simulations | MNRAS, 484, 1 | Jan 2019 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Fraija, N., De Colle, F., Veres, P., Dichiara, S., Barniol Duran, R., Galvan-Gamez, A. and Caligula A. C. do Pedreira E. S. | The short GRB 170817A: Modelling the off-axis emission and implications on the ejecta magnetization | ApJ, 871, 123 | Jan 2019 |
2018
| CSUS Authors | Full Author List | Title | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Beniamini, P., Petropoulou, M., Barniol Duran, R. and Giannios, D. | A Lesson from GW170817: Most Neutron Star Mergers Result in Tightly Collimated Successful GRB Jets | MNRAS, 483, 1 | Nov 2018 |
| Vassili Sergan and Tatiana Sergan | Sergan, V., Sergan, T. A., Bos, P. J., Lu, L., Herrera, R. and Sergan, E. V. | Control of Liiquid Crystal Alignment Using Surface-localized Low-density Polymer Networks and its Applications to Electro-optical Devices | J. Mol. Liq., 267, 1 | Oct 2018 |
| Eliza Morris | Ding, Y., Contreras-Llano, L. E. , Morris, E. J., Mao, M. and Tan, C. | Minimizing Context-dependency of Gene Networks Using Artificial Cells | ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 10, 36 | Aug 2018 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Laskar, T., Alexander, K. D., Berger, E., Guidorzi, C., Margutti, R., Fong, W., Kilpatrick, C. D., Milne, P., Drout, M. R., Mundell, C. G., et al. | First ALMA Light Curve Constrains Refreshed Reverse Shocks and Jet Magnetization in GRB 161219B | ApJ, 862, 94 | July 2018 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Beniamini, P., Barniol Duran, R. and Giannios, D. | Marginally fast cooling synchrotron models for prompt GRBs | MNRAS, 476, 2 | Feb 2018 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Kathirgamaraju, A., Barniol Duran, R. and Giannios, D. | Off-axis short GRBs from structured jets as counterparts to GW events | MNRAS, 473, 1 | Jan 2018 |
2017
| CSUS Authors | Full Author List | Title | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Fraija, N., Lee, W. H., Araya, M., Veres, P., Barniol Duran, R. and Guiriec, S. | Modeling the High-energy Emission in GRB 110721A | ApJ, 484, 94 | Oct 2017 |
| Rodolfo Barniol Duran | Fraija, N., Veres, P. , Zhang, B. B., Barniol Duran, R., Becerra, R. L., Zhang, B., Lee, W. H., Watson, A. M., Ordaz-Salazar, C. and Galvan-Gamez, A. | Theoretical Description of GRB 160625B with Wind-to-ISM Transition and Implications for a Magnetized Outflow | ApJ, 848 15 | Oct 2017 |
| Mikkel Herholdt Jensen | Guo, M., Pegoraro, A. F., Mao, A., Zhou, E. H., Arany, P. R., Han, Y., Burnette, D. T., Jensen, M. H., Kasza, K. E., Moore, J. R., et al. | Cell volume change through water efflux impacts cell stiffness and stem cell fate | PNAS, 114 (41) E8618-E8627 | Sep 2017 |
| Vassili Sergan and Tatiana Sergan | Sergan, T., Dozov, I., Sergan, V. and Voss, R. | Comparative study of the anchoring strength of reactive mesogens and industrial polyimides used for the alignment of liquid crystals | Phys Rev E., 95(5-1):052706 | May 2017 |
| Josh Moss | The ATLAS collaboration | Measurement of the ZZ production cross-section in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV using the ZZ→ℓ-ℓ+ℓ'-ℓ'+ and ZZ→ℓ-ℓ+νν decay channels with the ATLAS detector | JHEP, 99, 2017 | Jan 2017 |
2016
| CSUS Authors | Full Author List | Title | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliza J. Morris | Morris, E. J., Chavez, M., Tan, C. | Dynamic Biomaterials: Toward Engineering Autonomous Feedback | Current Opinion in Biotechnology 39:97-104 | Jun 2016 |
| Michael W. Ray | Hall, D. S., Ray, M. W., Tiurev, K., Ruokokoski, E., Gheorghe, A. H. and Möttönen, M. | Tying quantum knots | Nature Physics 12, 478 | Jan 2016 |
2015
| CSUS Authors | Full Author List | Title | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikkel Herholdt Jensen and Eliza J. Morris | Jensen, M. H., Morris, E. J. and Weitz, D. A. | Mechanics and dynamics of reconstituted cytoskeletal systems | Biochim Biophys Acta. 1853(11 Pt B) | Nov 2015 |
| Matthew Block | D'Emidio, J., Block, M. S. and Kaul, R. K. | Rényi entanglement entropy of critical SU(N) spin chains | Phys Rev E. 92, 054411 | Aug 2015 |
| Christopher Taylor | Taylor, C. L., Petitpas, G. R. and del Rio, M. S. | High-resolution Observations of Molecular Gas in the Early-type Dwarf Galaxy NGC 404 | ApJ, 149, 187 | May 2015 |
| Jérôme Bürki | Gong, L., Bürki, J., Stafford, C. A. and Stein, D. L. | Lifetimes of Metal Nanowires with Broken Axial Symmetry | Phys Rev B. 91, 035401 | Jan 2015 |
Papers pre-2015
A list of older papers can be found in this pdf document.