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Dr. Romulus Godang
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
University of South Alabama
Office: ILB 104
Ph: 251-460-6224, Ext: 6-2133
Fax: 251-460-6800, Lab: 6-1493
Email: godang@usouthal.edu
godang@slac.stanford.edu
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research interests are the precision measurements of the elements
of CKM matrix aimed for understanding the source of asymmetry and behavior between matter
and anti-matter
(CP violation), testing the
Standard Model (SM) and discovering new particles. Experiments tell us that for every
fundamental particle there exists an anti-particle. The big bang is almost certainty
produced particles and anti-particles in equal numbers. However, our observations indicate
that we live in a universe of matter, not anti-matter. There must be some other undiscovered
phenomenon (beyond SM) that makes matter and anti-matter behave differently. Its source may
lie in the properties of
the Higgs Boson, SUper-SYmmetry,
Gravitons or Extra Dimensions
BABAR and Belle's results lead to 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics
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RESEARCH EXPERIMENTS
- The BABAR experiment at
SLAC, National Accelerator Center,
at Stanford University in California, USA. The primary goals of this experiment are to
study of CP asymmetries in B mesons decay and to measure the precise fundamental parameters
in the Standard Model. The BABAR is an international collaboration that consists
of 650 physicists and engineers from 75 institutions in 10 countries.
- The CMS experiment
at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. This
experiment is in the design and construction phase, and will start taking
data in 2007. The main goals are to answer the basic questions those
are related to a discovery of Higgs boson, supersymmetric particles, mini black holes, gravitons.
Currently there are 3600 people working for CMS, 3000 of which are scientists and engineers.
These people come from 183 institutes in 38 countries, spanning Europe, Asia,
the Americas, and Australasia.
- The Neutrino Factory and
Muon Collider in conjunction mainly with Fermi National
Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab),
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL),
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL),
CERN (Europe),
KEK (Japan),
Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK) and
INFN (Italy).
The primary goal of this research is to measure the physics parameters describing
neutrino mixing, and in particular the prospects of observing and measuring CP violation in
the lepton sector. It is designed to assess the feasibility and potential of high energy high
luminosity muon colliders operating at a center-of-mass energy in the range 100 GeV - 4 TeV.
This collaboration consists of 135 scientists and engineers from all over the world.
- The MICE experiment at
Accelerator Science and
Technology Centre in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. This experiment is designed and
constructed to show a section of cooling channel capable of giving the desired performance
for a Neutrino Factory. The leptonic CP violation in the lepton sector is a key ingredient
to explain the mystery of the baryon anti-baryon asymmetry in our universe.
This collaboration consists of 140 scientists and engineers from 7 countries.
- The Super B
Experiment at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata", near INFN
National Laboratory of Franscati, Italy. This experiment is designed with a very
high luminosity asymmetric e+ - e- flavor factory. The heavy flavor factory,
Super B, will be a partner with the LHC and future ILC experiments.
The primary goals of this experiment are to study the details of
the New Physics that uncovered at hadron colliders.
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