Rainer S. Wallny

ADDRESS:

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Phone: (630) 840-8409

University of California, Los Angeles E-mail:

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1547

EDUCATION:

University of Tübingen, Germany Physics Vordiplom 1992

University of Washington, Seattle, WA Physics M.S. 1994

University of Heidelberg, Germany Physics Diplom 1996

University of Zürich, Switzerland Physics Dr..sc. 2001

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

University of California, Los Angeles Assistant Professor (2003- )

European Center of Nuclear Research (CERN) EP-Division Research Fellow (2001-2003)

RESEACH ACTIVITES:

I have carried out research in areas of particle physics, and silicon detector research and development. Most recently, I have

participated in the ATLAS Semiconductor Tracker Collaboration, the Computer Imaging for Medical Applications (CIMA) Collaboration, and the H1 Collaboration.

SELECTED RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS:

  1. The ATLAS Semiconductor Tracker, R.Wallny for the ATLAS SCT Collaboration, to appear in Nucl. Phys. B (PS).
  2. Results from an LHC-structured beamtest of SCT prototype modules , A.Barr et al., ATL-COM-INDET-2002-018

http://weblib.cern.ch/format/showfull?uid=1131890&base=ATLATL&sysnb=0002114

3.Beamtests of ATLAS SCT Modules in August and October 2001, A Barr et al., ATL-COM-INDET-2002-017 http://weblib.cern.ch/format/showfull?uid=1131890&base=ATLATL&sysnb=0002111

4.Electrical Results from SCT forward endcap prototype modules, C.Lacasta et al., ATL-IS-TR-0001, in preparation.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS: ( with major contributions)

5.Deep-inelastic inclusive ep scattering at low x and a determination of α s, H1 Collaboration, C. Adloff et al., Eur. Phys. J. C21 (2001) 33-61 http://arXiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0012053.

6.On the rise of the proton structure function F2 towards low x , H1 Collaboration, C.Adloff et al., Phys. Lett. B520 (2001) 183-190 http://arXiv.org/abs/hep-ex/00108035.

  1. A measurement of the gluon distribution in the proton and of the strong coupling constant α s, from inclusive deep-inelastic scattering, R. Wallny (Zurich U.). DESY-THESIS-2001-058, Dec 2001.

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES:

Research supervision of three students (two Ph.D., one M.S.) from 1999-2002

RECENT COLLABORATORS:

A. Clark (Geneva), D. Saltzberg (UCLA), J. Hauser (UCLA), H. Kagan (Ohio State University) , M.Klein (DESY), V.Shekelyan (MPI Munich), H. Pernegger (CERN), Shaun Roe (CERN), U. Straumann (Zürich),

Peter Weilhammer (CERN)

GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL ADVISORS:

Franz Eisele (Heidelberg), Harris Kagan (OSU), Max Klein (DESY), Shaun Roe (CERN), Joseph Rothberg (UW), Ulrich Straumann (Zurich) , Peter Weilhammer (CERN)

THESIS ADVISOR AND POST GRADUATE-SCHOLAR SPONSOR:

Thesis: Mauro Donega, Monica d'Onofrio, Phillip Sievers

Total Graduate students advised: 3

Total Postgraduate Scholars sponsored : None