Physics Department

Coe College, USA

Email: uakgun@coe.edu

Qualifications

2003 Ph.D., Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, USA

1996 B.Sc., Physics Department, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Publications (selected)

1. S. Feller and U. Akgun, "A New Glassy State Of Matter: The Color Glass Condensate",International Journal Of Applied Glass Science, DOI: 10.1111/ijag.12013. 2013
2. S. Chatrchyan, ..., U. Akgun et al. "Search for heavy narrow dilepton resonances in ppcollisions at √s = 7 TeV and √s = 8 TeV", Phys. Lett. B2, 3, 2013
3. U. Akgun et al., "CMS Hadronic Endcap Calorimeter Upgrade R&D Studies" Physics Procedia 37, 238 – 243, 2012.
4. U. Akgun et al., “Quartz Plate Calorimeter Prototype With Wavelength Shifting Fibers”,Journal of Instrumentation, JINST_002P_0412, 2012.
5. S. Chatrchyan, ..., U. Akgun et al. "Measurement of the rapidity and transverse momentum distributions of Z bosons in pp collisions at √(s)=7 TeV", Phys.Rev. D85, 032002, 2012
6. U. Akgun, and S. Khademi "The Periplasmic Vestibule Plays Important Role for Solute Recruitment, Selectivity, and Gating in Rh/Amt/MEP Superfamily", Proceedings of National Academy of Science 108(10):3970-3975, 2011.
7. S. Chatrchyan, ..., U. Akgun et al. "Search for Supersymmetry at the LHC in Events with Jets and Missing Transverse Energy", Phys.Rev.Lett. 107, 221804, 2011
8. U. Akgun et al. "Boron and Thermal Neutron Interactions on Borosilica Window Photomultiplier Tubes", Journal of Instrumentation, JINST 5 P08005, 2010
9. U. Akgun et al. "CMS Hadronic EndCap Calorimeter Upgrade Studies for SLHC Pterphenyl Deposited Quartz Plate Calorimeter Prototype", IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Volume 57, Issue 2, 754-759, 2010
10. N. Graf, …, U. Akgun et al. “Charged Kaon Mass Measurement using the Cherenkov E!ect”, hep/ex 0909.0971, Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A615:27-32,2010
11. S. Chatrchyan, ..., U. Akgun et al. "Study of Various Photomultiplier Tubes with Muon Beams And Cerenkov Light Produced in Electron Showers", Journal of Instrumentation, JINST 5:P06002, 2010
12. U. Akgun “Detector Upgrade R&D of the CMS Hadronic Endcap and Forward Calorimeters”, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Report, CMS CR-2010/014, 2009.
13. S. Abdullin, …, U. Akgun et al. "The CMS barrel calorimeter response to particle beams from 2 to 350 GeV/c", Eur. Phys. J. C 60 :359-373, 2009
14. A. Blanco-Covarrubias, J. Engelfried, U. Akgun et al., "Nuclear Dependence of Charm Production", FERMILAB-Pub-09-031-E, hep/ex 0902.0355, The European Physical Journal C, Volume 64, Issue 4, pp.637-644
15. U. Akgun et al., "P Terphenyl Deposited Quartz Plate Calorimeter Prototype", IEEE - 2008 Nuclear Science and Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Dresden, Germany, 19-25 October 2008
16. R. Adolphi ... U. Akgun et al. "The CMS Experiment at the CERN LHC", Journal of Instrumentation, JINST 3 S08004, 2008.
17. U. Akgun et al., “Afterpulse timing and rate investigation of three different Hamamatsu Photomultiplier Tubes”, Journal of Instrumentation 3 T01001, 2008.
18. F. Duru, U. Akgun et al. "CMS Hadronic EndCap Calorimeter Upgrade Studies for SLHC - Cerenkov Light Collection from Quartz Plates", IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 55, 2, 734-740, 2008.
19. S. Abdullin, …, U. Akgun et al. "Design, Performance, and Calibration of CMS Hadron-Outer Calorimeter", European Phys. Jour. C 57 :653-663, 2008
20. E. Vazquez-Jauregui, J. Engelfried, U. Akgun et al. "First Observation of the Cabibbo-suppressed Decays Xi_c+ -> Sigma+ pi- pi+ and Xi_c+ -> Sigma- pi+ pi+ and Measurement of their Branching Ratios", hep-ex/0804.2298, Physics Letters B, 666, 4, 299-304, 2008.
21. S. Abdullin … U. Akgun et al. "Design, Performance, and Calibration of CMS Hadron-Barrel Calorimeter Wedges", Euro. Phys. Jour. C 55, 159-171, 2008.
22. U. Akgun et al., "Quartz Plate Calorimeter as SLHC Upgrade to CMS Hadronic Endcap Calorimeters", XIII International Conference on Calorimetry in High Energy Physics, CALOR 2008, Pavio, Italy, May 2008, also CMS-CR-2008-056. 2008.
23. S. Abdullin … U. Akgun et al., “Design, Performance, and Calibration of CMS Forward Calorimeter Wedges”, Euro. Phys. Jour. C 53 (1), 139-166, 2008.
24. U. Akgun et al. “Preliminary Xc+ Lifetime Measurement from SELEX”, Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.) 167 46-49, 2007. Also in *Lancaster 2006, Hyperons, charm and beauty hadrons* 46-49.
25. J. L. Sanchez-Lopez … U. Akgun et al., “Polarization of Lambda0 and anti-Lambda0
26. inclusively produced by 610-GeV/c Sigma- and 525-GeV/c proton beams”, hep-ex/0706.3660, 2007.
27. M. Iori, A.S. Ayan, U. Akgun et al. “Measurement of the Omega_c_0 Lifetime”, hep-ex/071021, 2007.
28. U. Akgun et al. “Radiation Damage and Reflectivity Studies on Air Core Light Guides”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol 53, No. 3, 1547, 2006.
29. U. Akgun and Y. Onel, “Radiation-Hard Quartz Čerenkov Calorimeters”, AIP Conf.Proc.867:282-289, 2006. Also in "Chicago 2006, Calorimetry in high energy physics" 282-289
30. D. Isenhower … U. Akgun et al. “Proposal to Upgrade the MIPP Experiment”, hep-ex/0609057, 2006.
31. U. Akgun et al. “Complete Test of 2000 CMS HF Calorimeter PMTs”, Nuc.Instrum.Meth. A 550, 145-156, 2005.
32. A. Ocherashvili … U. Akgun et al., “Confirmation of the Doubly Charmed Baryon Ξcc +(3520) via its Decay to p D+ K-”, hep-ex/0406033, Phys.Lett.B 628:18-24, 2005.
33. U. Akgun et al., “Comparison of PMTs from three different manufacturers for the CMS-HF Forward Calorimeter” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. Vol. 51, No. 4,
34. August, 2004.
35. A.V. Evdokimov … U. Akgun et al., “First Observation of a Narrow Charm-Strange
36. Meson D+(SJ)(2632) à D+ (S)ETA and D0 K+”, Phys.Rev.Lett.93:242001, hep-ex/0406045, Phys.Rev.Lett.93:242001, 2004.
37. S. Ayan … U. Akgun et al., “Energy Resolution and the Linearity of the CMS Forward
38. Quartz Fiber Calorimetry Pre-Production-Prototype (PPP-I)”. Journal of Physics G:
39. Nucl. Part. Phys. 30, N33-N44, 2004.
40. Dumanoglu … U. Akgun et al., “Radiation-hardness studies of high OH- content quartz fibres irradiated with 500 MeV electrons”, Nucl.Instr.Meth.A490:444-455, 2002.