Michael Vineyard's Research Page

For many years I have been involved in electromagnetic nuclear physics research with the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) Collaboration in Hall B at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. This work is aimed at developing an understanding of nuclear structure in terms of the fundamental constituents -- quarks and gluons. A copy of a recent paper on measurements of the neutron magnetic form factor can be found here.

Recently I have become interested in applications of nuclear physics to environmental problems. This involves the study of environmental materials using ion-beam analysis (IBA) techniques with the 1.1-MV tandem Pelletron accelerator in the Union College Ion-Beam Analysis Laboratory and Mossbauer spectroscopy. A copy of a recent paper on the analysis of atmospheric aerosols collected in the Adirondack Mountains can be found here and one on the analysis of synthetic turf can be found here.

An almost complete list of my publications can be found here.

Undergraduate students participate in all of my research projects. Below is a list of publications with undergraduate student co-authors(* indicates student co-author).

Michael F. Vineyard, Scott M. LaBrake, Sajju Chalise,* Morgan L. Clark,* Skye T. Conlan,* and Zachary H. Porat,* "PIXE Analysis of Synthetic Turf," Environment and Ecology Research 6(1), 60-65 (2018).
Michael F. Vineyard, Sajju Chalise,* Morgan L. Clark,* Scott M. LaBrake, Andrew M. McCalmont,* Brendan C. McGuire,* Iseinie I. Mendez,* Heather C. Watson, and Joshua T. Yoskowitz,* "Undergraduate Research and Training in Ion-Beam Analysis of Environmental Materials," Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, CAARI 2016, Physics Procedia 90, 344-353 (2017).
M. F. Vineyard, S. M. LaBrake, S. F. Ali,* B. J. Nadareski,* A. D. Safiq,* J. W. Smith,* and J. T. Yoskowitz,* "Characterization of Atmospheric Aerosols in the Adirondack Mountains using PIXE, SEM/EDX, and Mirco-Raman Spectroscopies," Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. B 350, 77 (2015).
Scott M. LaBrake, Michael F. Vineyard, Colin F. Turley,* Robert D. Moore,* and Christopher Johnson,* "Construction of a scattering chamber for ion-beam analysis of environmental materials in undergraduate physics research," 22^{nd} International Conference on Applications of Accelerators in Research and Industry (CAARI 2012), AIP Conf. Proc. 1525, 745 (2013).
Scott M. LaBrake, Michael F. Vineyard, Maria V. Battaglia,* Katie J. Schuff,* Colin L. Gleason,* Charles I. Harrington,* Shivani Pathak,* Colin F. Turley,* and Robert D. Moore,* "Using PIXE to Teach Materials Analysis at Union College," 21^{st} International Conference on Applications of Accelerators in Research and Industry (CAARI 2010), AIP Conf. Proc. 1336, 748 (2011).
T. Carroll,* M. Vineyard, T. Auger, W. Brooks, S. Fabbro, A. Freyberger, V. Gyurjyan, M. Ito, B. Madre, Y. Patois, S. Philips, M. Swynghedauw, and J. Tang, "Status of the Control System for the CLAS Detector at Jefferson Lab". Conference proceedings of ICALEPCS '97 The International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems, Nov. 3 - 7, 1997, Beijing, China.
M. F. Vineyard, T. J. Carroll,* and M. N. Lack,* "Drift-Chamber Gas System Controls Development for the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer". Conference proceedings of ICALEPCS '95 The International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems, Oct. 29 - Nov. 3, 1995, Chicago, IL.
M. F. Vineyard, S. E. Atencio,* J. F. Crum,* G. P. Gilfoyle, B. G. Glagola, D. J. Henderson, D. G. Kovar, C. F. Maguire, J. F. Mateja, R. G. Ohl,* F. W. Prosser, J. H. Rollinson,* and R. S. Trotter,* "Light-particle correlations with evaporation residues in the ^{40}Ca+^{12}C reaction at E(^{40}Ca)=450 MeV", Phys. Rev. C49, 948 (1994).
Brian M. McKeever* (M. F. Vineyard), "A Study of the Feasibility of Performing an \eta\prime Photoproduction Experiment at CEBAF", The Journal of Undergraduate Research in Physics, Vol. 13, Num. 1, 10 (1994).
M. F. Vineyard, J. F. Mateja, C. Beck, S. E. Atencio,* L. C. Dennis, A. D. Frawley, D. J. Henderson, R. V. F. Janssens, K. W. Kemper, D. G. Kovar, C. F. Maguire, S. J. Padalino, F. W. Prosser, G. S. F. Stephans, M. A. Tiede, B. D. Wilkins, and R. A. Zingarelli, "Energy dependence of fusion evaporation-residue cross sections in the ^{28}Si+^{12}C reaction", Phys. Rev. C47, 2374 (1993).
M. F. Vineyard, J. S. Bauer,* J. F. Crum,* C. H. Gosdin,* R. S. Trotter,* D. G. Kovar, C. Beck, D. J. Henderson, R. V. F. Janssens, B. D. Wilkins, C. F. Maguire, J. F. Mateja, F. W. Prosser, and G. S. F. Stephans, "Fusion evaporation residue cross sections for ^{28}Si+^{40}Ca at E(^{28}Si)=309, 397, and 452 MeV", Phys. Rev. C45, 1784 (1992).
M. F. Vineyard, J. S. Bauer,* C. H. Gosdin,* R. S. Trotter,* D. G. Kovar, C. Beck, D. J. Henderson, R. V. F. Janssens, B. D. Wilkins, G. Rosner, P. Chowdhury, H. Ikezoe, W. Kuhn, J. J. Kolata, J. D. Hinnefeld, C. F. Maguire, J. F. Mateja, F. W. Prosser, and G. S. F.Stephans, "Energy Dependence of Fusion Evaporation-Residue Cross Sections in the ^{28}Si + ^{28}Si Reaction", Phys. Rev. C41, 1005 (1990).

Below are links to posters and pictures from recent presentations of some of my research students.

Mia Villeneuve ('22) presented a poster at the Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society in Crystal City, VA, on Oct. 14-17, 2019.
Colin Langton ('22) presented a poster at the Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society in Crystal City, VA, on Oct. 14-17, 2019.
Jacob Feinstein ('21) presented a poster at the Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society in Crystal City, VA, on Oct. 14-17, 2019.
Sajju Chalise ('19) presented a poster at the Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society in Pittsburgh, PA, on Oct. 25-28, 2017.
Skye Conlan ('18) presented a poster at the Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society in Pittsburgh, PA, on Oct. 25-28, 2017.
Morgan Clark ('17) presented a poster at the Conference on Applications of Accelerators in Research and Industry (CAARI 2016) in Fort Worth, TX, on Oct. 30 - Nov. 4, 2016. She won a CAARI 2016 Award of Excellence for her presentation.
Brian Cattafe ('17) presented a poster at the Union College Homecoming/Family Weekend on Oct. 2, 2016.
Josh Yoskowitz ('16) presented a poster at the Annual Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society in Santa Fe, NM, October 28-31, 2015.
Morgan Clark ('17) presented a poster at the Union College Homecoming/Family Weekend on Oct. 10, 2015.
Xuanhan (Eason) Zhao ('15) presented a poster at the XXXIV Annual Rochester Symposium for Physics Students at SUNY Oswego on Apr. 11, 2015.
Josh Yoskowitz ('16) presented a poster at the Fourth Joint Meeting of the Nuclear Physics Divisions of the American Physical Society and the Physical Society of Japan in Waikoloa, Hawaii, October 7-11, 2014.
Salina Ali ('15) presented a poster at the Fourth Joint Meeting of the Nuclear Physics Divisions of the American Physical Society and the Physical Society of Japan in Waikoloa, Hawaii, October 7-11, 2014.
Josh Yoskowitz ('16) presented a poster at the Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society in Newport News, VA, on Oct. 23-26, 2013.
Alex Safiq ('14) presented a poster at the Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society in Newport News, VA, on Oct. 23-26, 2013.
Salina Ali ('15) presented a poster at the Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society in Newport News, VA, on Oct. 23-26, 2013.
Xuanhan (Eason) Zhao ('15) presented a poster at the Spring Meeting of the New York State Section of the American Physical Society at Wells College in Aurora, NY, on Apr. 19-20, 2013.
Chris Johnson ('12) presented a poster at the Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI, on Oct. 26-29, 2011.
Colin Turley ('13) presented a poster at the Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI, on Oct. 26-29, 2011.
Colin Gleason ('11) presented a poster at the Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society in Santa Fe, NM, on Nov. 2-6, 2010.
Chad Harrington ('11) presented a poster at the Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society in Santa Fe, NM, on Nov. 2-6, 2010.
Shivani Pathak ('10) presented a poster at the Joint Meeting of the New York State and New England Sections of the American Physical Society at Union College in Schenectady, NY, on April 23-24, 2010.
Chad Harrington ('11) presented a poster at the Joint Meeting of the New York State and New England Sections of the American Physical Society at Union College in Schenectady, NY, on April 23-24, 2010.
Colin Gleason ('11) presented a poster at the Joint Meeting of the New York State and New England Sections of the American Physical Society at Union College in Schenectady, NY, on April 23-24, 2010.
Chad Harrington ('11) presented a poster at the Joint Meeting of the Nuclear Physics Divisions of the American and Japanese Physical Societies in Waikoloa, Hawaii, October 13-17, 2009.
Colin Gleason ('11) presented a poster at the Joint Meeting of the Nuclear Physics Divisions of the American and Japanese Physical Societies in Waikoloa, Hawaii, October 13-17, 2009.
Chad Harrington ('11) presented a poster at the Union College 2008 Summer Research Poster Session on August 6, 2008. Here's a photo of Chad at the poster session.
Peter Bonventre ('11) presented a poster at the Union College 2008 Summer Research Poster Session on August 6, 2008. Here's a photo of Peter at the poster session.
Richie Bonventre ('08) presented a poster at the 2007 Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society in Newport News, VA, October 10-13, 2007. Here's a photo of Richie at the conference.
Christian Shultz ('08) presented a poster at the 2007 Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society in Newport News, VA, October 10-13, 2007. Here's a photo of Christian at the conference.
Richie Bonventre ('08) and Christian Shultz ('08) gave talks at the Rochester Symposium for Physics Students at the University of Rochester on April 21, 2007. Here's a photo of them at the conference.
Elliot Imler ('08) presented a poster at the 2006 Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society in Nashville, TN, October 25-28, 2006.
Christian Shultz ('08) presented a poster at the 2006 Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society in Nashville, TN, October 25-28, 2006.
Fatima Mahmood ('06) presented a poster at the Joint Meeting of the Nuclear Physics Divisions of the American and Japanese Physical Societies in Maui, HI, September 18-22, 2005.
Justin King ('06) presented a poster at the Joint Meeting of the Nuclear Physics Divisions of the American and Japanese Physical Societies in Maui, HI, September 18-22, 2005.
Fatima Mahmood ('06) presented a poster at Physics of the Microworld: From Quarks to Nanostructures, The New York State Section of the American Physical Society, The New York City College of Technology, New York, NY, October 15-16, 2004. Fatima won a $100 award for best undergraduate poster.

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