Mark A. Mandelkern
Professor, Physics & Astronomy
School of Physical Sciences
School of Physical Sciences
Professor
School of Medicine
School of Medicine
PH.D., Univeristy of California, Berkeley
OTH, University of Miami
OTH, University of Miami
University of California, Irvine
3158 Frederick Reines Hall
Mail Code: 4575
Irvine, CA 92697
3158 Frederick Reines Hall
Mail Code: 4575
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
Elementary Particles, PET
Academic Distinctions
Appointments
Research Abstract
Professor Mandelkern works in experimental elementary particle physics and in medical physics and human physiology.
He is involved in several elementary particle physics experiments in collaboration with UCI physics professor Jonas Schultz. These are Fermilab experiments E835 and E862 and the BABAR experiment at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. E835 is a study of charmonium, an atom-like system of heavy quarks, and related phenomena. The goal of this experiment is a better understanding of the strong interactions as described by quantum chromodynamics. E862 has made the first definitive observation of anti-hydrogen atoms formed in high energy collisions between antiprotons and ordinary atoms. The next step in the antihydrogen program is the determination of spectroscopic properties of antihydrogen including the Lamb shift. The goals of the BABAR experiment at the SLAC B Factory are the demonstration of CP violation in B meson decay and the study of the weak interactions of heavy quarks.
Professor Mandelkern is active in research in Positron Emission Tomography (PET), a physiological imaging technique in which pharmaceuticals labeled with positron emitting radionuclides are used to produce functional images of human tissues. His PET projects include studies of cognitive processes in the normal brain and development of techniques for obtaining and analyzing images.
Professor Mandelkern teaches at all levels of the curriculum and takes a special interest in the Biomedical Physics program and Physics 147/233, a full-year course in Biomedical Imaging and the Physics of Biology and Medicine.
He is involved in several elementary particle physics experiments in collaboration with UCI physics professor Jonas Schultz. These are Fermilab experiments E835 and E862 and the BABAR experiment at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. E835 is a study of charmonium, an atom-like system of heavy quarks, and related phenomena. The goal of this experiment is a better understanding of the strong interactions as described by quantum chromodynamics. E862 has made the first definitive observation of anti-hydrogen atoms formed in high energy collisions between antiprotons and ordinary atoms. The next step in the antihydrogen program is the determination of spectroscopic properties of antihydrogen including the Lamb shift. The goals of the BABAR experiment at the SLAC B Factory are the demonstration of CP violation in B meson decay and the study of the weak interactions of heavy quarks.
Professor Mandelkern is active in research in Positron Emission Tomography (PET), a physiological imaging technique in which pharmaceuticals labeled with positron emitting radionuclides are used to produce functional images of human tissues. His PET projects include studies of cognitive processes in the normal brain and development of techniques for obtaining and analyzing images.
Professor Mandelkern teaches at all levels of the curriculum and takes a special interest in the Biomedical Physics program and Physics 147/233, a full-year course in Biomedical Imaging and the Physics of Biology and Medicine.
Publications
Study of the eta_c State of Charmonium Formed in Antiproton Proton Annihilations and a Search for the eta_c'. T. Armstrong, et al. Physical Review D52 4839 (1995).
Measurement of the Branching Ratios Psi' to e+e-, Psi' to J/Psi pi pi and Psi' to J/Psi eta. T.A. Armstrong, et al. Physical Review D55 1153-1158 (1997).
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Letter of Intent: Measuring the Lamb Shift and Fine Structure of Antihydrogen. M. Mandelkern, contact person.
Human Brain Metabolic Responses to Familiarity During Lexical Decision. V.I. Nenov, E. Halgren, M.A. Mandelkern, M.E. Smith. Human Brain Mapping 1(4) 249-267 (1993-4).
Nuclear Techniques for Medical Imaging (PET). M. Mandelkern. Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science 45 205-254 (1995).
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Last updated
03/12/2002
03/12/2002