Contact
Professor, Faculty of Science - Physics
- carsten@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-7610
- Address
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2-085 Centennial Ctr For Interdisciplinary SCS II
11335 Saskatchewan Drive NWEdmonton ABT6G 2H5
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Neutrino Physics dark matter searches instrumentation
About
PhD 2002 Heidelberg University, Germany
Postdoctoral Researcher 2002-2003, Heidelberg University, Germany
Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen's University, Kingston, ON 2003-2007
Assistant Professor, University of Alberta 2007-2013
Associate Professor, University of Alberta 2013-2024
Sabbatical at SNOLAB from August 2015 to August 2016
Director Institute of Particle Physics in Canada Set 2024 - now
Full Professor, University of Alberta Jul 2024 - now
Research
Direct detection of dark matter, high energy neutrino physics, solar neutrino physics, low background detection of radioactivity.
I work with bubble chambers which have excellent sensitivity to dark matter particles that are interacting via their spin. I am an expert at developing and operating new particle detectors and I am excited about the prospects of finding out what makes the sources of the highest energy neutrinos from cosmic sources work.
High energy neutrinos are wonderful messengers from very distant sources that allow deep insights both into the particle nature of the neutrinos themselves and into the inner workings of distant massive objects. I am building detectors to study these fascinating phenomena.
Courses
PHYS 295 - Experimental Physics I
Contemporary methods of experimental physics with measurements from classical and modern physics. Analysis and graphing of experimental data using programming techniques. Estimation and statistical treatment of experimental uncertainties consistent with standard practice in physics. Planning and record keeping for experimental work, written presentation of laboratory results. Prerequisites: MATH 101 or 115 or 118 or 146, one of PHYS 124, PHYS 144, or EN PH 131; and one of PHYS 126, PHYS 146, PHYS 181, or PHYS 130. Note: To proceed to PHYS 295 after taking PHYS 126 a minimum grade of B+ in PHYS 126 and some experience of computer programming are strongly recommended.
Featured Publications
S Archambault, E Behnke, P Bhattacharjee, S Bhattacharya, X Dai, M Das, A Davour, F Debris, N Dhungana, J Farine, S Gagnebin, G Giroux, E Grace, C M Jackson, A Kamaha, C Krauss, S Kumaratunga, M Lafrenière, M Laurin, I Lawson, L Lessard, I Levine, C Levy, R P MacDonald, D Marlisov, J-P Martin, P Mitra, A J Noble, M-C Piro, R Podviyanuk, S Pospisil, S Saha, O Scallon, S Seth, N Starinski, I Stekl, U Wichoski, T Xie, and V Zacek
Physics Letters B. 711 (2):153-161
Aubin, F., Auger, M., Genest, M.-H., Giroux, G., Gornea, R., Faust, R., et al.
New Journal of Physics. 10 (10):103017
C Amole, M Ardid, D M Asner, D Baxter, E Behnke, P Bhattacharjee, H Borsodi, M Bou-Cabo, S J Brice, D Broemmelsiek, K Clark, J I Collar, P S Cooper, M Crisler, C E Dahl, S Daley, M Das, F Debris, N Dhungana, J Farine, I Felis, R Filgas, M Fines-Neuschild, F Girard, G Giroux, M Hai, J Hall, O Harris, C M Jackson, M Jin, C B Krauss, M Lafrenière, M Laurin, I Lawson, I Levine, W H Lippincott, E Mann, J-P Martin, D Maurya, P Mitra, R Neilson, A J Noble, A Plante, R B Podviianiuk, S Priya, A E Robinson, M Ruschman, O Scallon, S Seth, A Sonnenschein, N Starinski, I Stekl, E Vázquez-Jáuregui, J Wells, U Wichoski, V Zacek, J Zhang
PRL. 114 (23):231302
C Amole, M Ardid, D M Asner, D Baxter, E Behnke, P Bhattacharjee, H Borsodi, M Bou-Cabo, S J Brice, D Broemmelsiek, K Clark, J I Collar, P S Cooper, M Crisler, C E Dahl, S Daley, M Das, F Debris, N Dhungana, S Fallows, J Farine, I Felis, R Filgas, F Girard, G Giroux, A Grandison, M Hai, J Hall, O Harris, M Jin, C B Krauss, M Lafrenière, M Laurin, I Lawson, I Levine, W H Lippincott, E Mann, D Maurya, P Mitra, R Neilson, A J Noble, A Plante, R B Podviianiuk, S Priya, E Ramberg, A E Robinson, R Rucinski, M Ruschman, O Scallon, S Seth, P Simon, A Sonnenschein, I Stekl, E Vázquez-Jáuregui, J Wells, U Wichoski, V Zacek, J Zhang, I A Shkrob
Phys. Rev. D. 93 (5):052014
SNO Collaboration, B Aharmim, S N Ahmed, A E Anthony, N Barros, E W Beier, A Bellerive, B Beltran, M Bergevin, S D Biller, K Boudjemline, M G Boulay, B Cai, Y D Chan, D Chauhan, M Chen, B T Cleveland, G A Cox, X Dai, H Deng, J A Detwiler, M Dimarco, P J Doe, G Doucas, P-L Drouin, F A Duncan, M Dunford, E D Earle, S R Elliott, H C Evans, G T Ewan, J Farine, H Fergani, F Fleurot, R J Ford, J A Formaggio, N Gagnon, J TM Goon, K Graham, E Guillian, S Habib, R L Hahn, A L Hallin, E D Hallman, P J Harvey, R Hazama, W J Heintzelman, J Heise, R L Helmer, A Hime, C Howard, M Huang, P Jagam, B Jamieson, N A Jelley, M Jerkins, K J Keeter, J R Klein, L L Kormos, M Kos, C Kraus, C B Krauss, A Krüger, T Kutter, C C M Kyba, R Lange, J Law, I T Lawson, K T Lesko, J R Leslie, J C Loach, R Maclellan, S Majerus, H B Mak, J Maneira, R Martin, N Mccauley, A B McDonald, S R McGee, M L Miller, B Monreal, J Monroe, B G Nickel, A J Noble, H M O'Keeffe, N S Oblath, R W Ollerhead, G D Orebi Gann, S M Oser, R A Ott, S J M Peeters, A W P Poon, G Prior, S D Reitzner, K Rielage, B C Robertson, R G H Robertson, R C Rosten, M H Schwendener, J A Secrest, S R Seibert, O Simard, J J Simpson, P Skensved, T J Sonley, L C Stonehill, N Tolich, T Tsui, R Van Berg, B A VanDevender, C J Virtue, H Wan Chan Tseung, D L Wark, P J S Watson, J Wendland, N West, J F Wilkerson, J R Wilson, J M Wouters, A Wright, M Yeh, F Zhang, and K Zuber
Phys Rev C. Vol. 88 (2):025501
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