J.P. Jacobs - curriculum vitae
James P. Jacobs |
curriculum vitae |
EDUCATION
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University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Ph.D., Physics, 8/91.
- Dissertation: Search for a Permanent Electric Dipole Moment
on Mercury 199 Atoms as a Test of Time Reversal Symmetry.
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University of Washington, Seattle, WA, M.S., Physics, 6/85.
- Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR B.S., Physics, 6/83.
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, National
Exchange Program, Physics, 9/80--6/81.
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Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, Study Abroad
Program, Japanese Language, 9/78--6/79.
PUBLICATIONS
Pressure shift and broadening of the 254-nm
intercombination line of mercury by N2.
Phys. Rev. A. 68, 32722, (2003).
(With R. B. Warrington).
New Limit on the Permanent Electric Dipole Moment of 199Hg.
Phys. Rev. Lett.
86, 2505, (2001),
(with M.V. Romalis, W.C. Griffith, and E.N. Fortson).
Quantitative Investigation of Fresnel Reflection in the
Electomagnetism Laboratory.
Am. Jour. of Phys. 67, 606, (1999), (With M. Dekker,
A. J. Kromminga, D. A. Baak, and O. J. Pilskalns).
Limit on the electric-dipole moment of 199Hg using
synchronous optical pumping.
Phys. Rev. A. 52, 3521, (1995),
(with W.M. Klipstein, S.K. Lamoreaux,
B.R. Heckel, and
E.N. Fortson).
Testing Time-Reversal Symmetry Using 199Hg.
Phys. Rev. Lett.
71, 3782, (1993),
(with W.M. Klipstein, S.K. Lamoreaux,
B.R. Heckel, and
E.N. Fortson).
Search For a Permanent Electric Dipole Moment on Mercury 199
Atoms as a Test of Time Reversal Symmetry.
Doctoral Dissertation.
(1991).
Optical pumping technique for measuring small quadrupole shifts
in 1S0 atoms and testing spatial isotropy.
Phys. Rev. A
39, 1082 (1989),
(with S.K. Lamoreaux,
B.R. Heckel, F.J. Raab and
E.N. Fortson).
New Constraints on Time-Reversal Asymmetry from a Search
for a Permanent Electric Dipole Moment of 199Hg.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 2275 (1987),
(with S.K. Lamoreaux,
B.R. Heckel, F.J. Raab and
E.N. Fortson).
New Limits on Spatial Anisotropy
from Optically Pumped 201Hg and 199Hg.
Phys. Rev. Lett.
57, 3125 (1986),
(with S.K. Lamoreaux,
B.R. Heckel, F.J. Raab and
E.N. Fortson).
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Presented Paper: New Limits on CP violation from a Search for a
Permanent Electric Dipole Moment of 199Hg.
Presented at the International Nuclear Physics Conference INPC, Berkeley, CA,
AIP Conference Proceedings, 610, 1049-1056 (2002),
(with M.V. Romalis, W.C. Griffith, and E.N. Fortson).
Presented Paper: A Tunable Diode Laser System For Cd Spectroscopy.
Presented at the American Physical Society, Division of Atomic Molecular and
Optical Physics (DAMOP), London, Ontario Canada, Bul. Am. Phys. Soc., 46,
30 (2001).
Presented paper: Measurement of Pressure Broadening and Shift
for Hg 254-nm line by N2.
Presented at American Physical Society Centennial
Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Bul. Am. Phys. Soc., 44, Part I, 729-730 (1999),
(with R.B. Warrington).
Presented Paper: Search for a permanent EDM in 199Hg.
Submitted to American Physical Society Centennial Meeting, Atlanta, GA,
Bul. Am. Phys. Soc., 44, Part II, 1642 (1999),
(with M.V. Romalis, D.J. McFeely, B.R. Heckel, and
E.N. Fortson).
Presented paper: Search For a Permanent EDM in Diamagnetic Atoms.
International Conference on Atomic Physics, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
ICAP 16 Abstracts, 60, (1998).
Presented Paper: Progress Toward the Next Generation
of Hg EDM Experiment.
Annual Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular,
and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society. Santa Fe,
New Mexico. Bul. Am. Phys. Soc., 43, 1272 (1998).
Presented Paper: Measurement of a linear Stark effect on the 254-nm line of mercury.
Annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
of the American Physical Society. Ann Arbor Michigan. Bul. Am. Phys. Soc., 41,
1144 (1996).
Invited Talk: Measuring a linear Stark effect on the 254-nm line of
199Hg.
Annual Optical Science and Laser Technology
Conference, Bozeman. MT. Proc. of Opt. Sci. and Laser Tech. Conf., 3, 221 (1996).
Invited Talk: New limits on Time-Reversal Symmetry
from the Measurement of the Electric Dipole Moment of 199Hg.
Ann.
Meet. of the American Physical Society, Crystal City, VA, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc.,
39, 1190 (1994).
Presented Paper: Search for a Permanent Electric Dipole Moment on 199Hg as
a Test of T-Violation.
Ann. Meet. of Div. of Atm., Molec.,
and Opt. Phys. (DAMOP), Reno, NV,
Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 38, 1121 (1993),
(with W.M. Klipstein, S.K. Lamoreaux,
B.R. Heckel, and
E.N. Fortson).
Presented Paper: Testing T-invarience with Optically Pumped
199Hg.
13th International Conference on Atomic
Physics: Book of Abstracts, pg. B16, Munich, Germany, (1992),
(with S.K. Lamoreaux,
B.R. Heckel, F.J. Raab
and
E.N. Fortson).
Presented Paper: Search for a Permanent Electric Dipole Moment in Mercury 199:
Recent Results and Comparison with other Experiments.
AIP
Conference Proceedings 243, p. 981, ed., Willem T. H. Van
Oers, (1991).
Presented Paper: New Limits on Spatial Anisotropy
Using Optically-pumped 201Hg and 199Hg.
Ann. Meet.
of DAMOP, Eugene, OR, Bull.
Am. Phys. Soc., 31, 994 (1986), (with
S.K. Lamoreaux,
B.R. Heckel, F.J. Raab and
E.N. Fortson).
Presented Paper: Search for a Permanent Electric Dipole Moment on
Optically-pumped 199Hg.
Ann. Meet.
of DAMOP, Eugene, OR, Bull.
Am. Phys. Soc., 31, 994 (1986), (with
S.K. Lamoreaux,
B.R. Heckel, F.J. Raab and
E.N. Fortson).
RESEARCH AWARDS
Measurement of Linear Effects of External Electric Fields on Optical
Absorption of Mercury and Cadmium Vapor, MONTS program (NSF).
$82,600 (2/94 - 8/95).
Measurement of Linear Effects of External Electric Fields on Optical
Absorption of Mercury and Cadmium Vapor, Research Corporation,
$34,950 (1995-1996).
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member of Sigma Xi research society (1994-present).
Member of the American Physical Society (1986-present).
Member of the Council on Undergraduate Research (1992-present).
Treasurer of the University of Montana Chapter of Sigma Xi (1994-2001).
Member of the Montana Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (1995--present).
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Chair Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Montana, 2002-present.
Full Professor Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Montana, Presently.
Associate Professor Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Montana, 1997-2002.
Assistant Professor Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Montana, 1993-1997.
Lecturer Department of Physics,
Seattle University, 1992-1993.
Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Physics,
University of Washington, 1991-1993.
Lecturer Department of Physics,
University of Washington.
Summer 1992.
Research Assistant Department of Physics,
University of Washington, 1985-1991.