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| Who I am |
James Avery Sauls. I was born in 1952 in California. I am married to
Kathleen Burgess.
My elementary education was in Texas and I went to high school in Colorado. I received
my BSc in Engineering Physics at Colorado School of Mines in Golden (1975), then moved
to New York to do graduate work at SUNY-Stony Brook, where I received
a Ph.D. in physics in 1980. I did post-doctoral research at
Princeton University in New Jersey (1980-83),
NORDITA in Copenhagen and Helsinki University of Technology (1983-84),
then joined the Princeton physics faculty for four years (1983-1987).
Since 1987 I have been a professor
of Physics at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
[Curriculum Vitae]
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| What I do |
Teach. I teach physics - both the fundamentals as well as developments in current research.
For me, teaching and research are entangled.
Research. I study the physical world
by combining mathematical analysis and observation (generally with the help of experimentally
inclined colleagues and students). I try to formulate and apply concepts
and principles (physical laws) to relate observations of physical phenomena, such as
superconductivity,
to fundamental properties of matter and radiation. The laws of physics (e.g. quantum mechanics)
are expressed in mathematical equations, so in practice I try to formulate physical questions
as mathematical problems.
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| My field |
Theoretical Physics.
I started research in the nuclear theory group at Stony Brook investigating
matter under conditions thought to exist in the interiors of cold, dense
stars called neutron stars.
My current research is in the field of condensed matter physics.
Theoretical condensed matter research involves the discovery of new
concepts related to the collective
behavior of enormous numbers of atomic constituents, combined with the
application of statistical mechanics and quantum theory to describe the
behavior of macroscopic matter. This behavior is clearly revealed at low temperatures,
or in the presence of strong electromagnetic or acoustic radiation fields where
quantum effects are important. Matter under such conditions is described by quantum
field theory. I conduct theoretical studies of matter in which quantum effects are
manifest in the observable properties of matter.
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| Papers |
Discovery of an Excited Pair State in Superfluid 3He
J.P. Davis, J. Pollanen, H. Choi, J.A. Sauls, and W.P. Halperin
Nature Physics (2008).
[arxiv.org/abs/0801.1497]
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Crystalline Order in Superfluid 3He Films
Anton Vorontsov and J. A. Sauls
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 045301 (2007).
[cond-mat/0601565]
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Dynamics of Spin Transport in Voltage-Biased Josephson Junctions
Erhai Zhao and J. A. Sauls
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 206601 (2007).
[cond-mat/0603610]
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Spin-Transfer Torque in Superconducting-Magnetic Nanopillars
Erhai Zhao and J. A. Sauls
submitted to New Journal of Physics (2007).
[cond-mat/0702371]
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Eprints on arXiv:
[click here]
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| Teaching |
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| Modern Physics |
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| Many-Body Physics |
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| Research |
| Presentations |
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| Colloquium on Superconductivity |
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| Quantum Fluids & Solids |
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| Superconductivity |
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| Nuclear Matter & Astrophysics |
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| Calculators |
| Helium-3 |
| Aerodynamics |
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If you don't find me ...
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