Thomas Ferbel

Thomas Ferbel received the B.A. degree in chemistry, in 1959, and his Ph.D. degree in physics, in 1963. He joined the University of Rochester in 1965, where he is a Professor, and also served as the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies at the College of Arts and Science. He has held visiting appointments at Fermilab, CERN, SSC Design Group at LBL, LAL Orsay, the MPI in Munich, University of Mainz, University of Freiburg, and IC, London. Ferbel coauthored with Ashok Das “Introduction to nuclear and particle physics” (World Sci) and its solution manual with Ashok Das and C. Bromberg. He is editor of Experimental Technology in High Energy Nucleous and Particle Physics (World Sci), Silicon Detectors for High Energy Physics (Fermilab), and a series on Techniques and Concepts of High Energy Physics (Plenum/Kluwer), based on the Advanced Study Institute on Particle Physics that he founded and directed from 1980 to 2000. Ferbel has served on editorial boards of Physics Rev D and Z fur Physik, and is on the the board of the International Journal of Modern Physics and Modern Physics Letters. He is a Fellow of the American Physics Society, and has served as Sec/Treas of the Division of Particles and Fields, and as Chair of the APS Community on the International Freedom of Scientists. He was regional secretary of the URA that managed Fermilab. He received a Colden Award (Queens Coll), was an A. P. Sloan Fellow, a J. S. Guggenheim Fellow, a recipient of a Humboldt Prize and a Senior PPARC Fellowship, IC, London. Ferbel's research interests are in experimental physics, with recent activities focused on the top quark. Ferbel is currently the Manager of the US LHC Research Program at CERN.

Biography Updated on 27 June 2007

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Search for single production of scalar leptoquarks in pp¯ collisions decaying into muons and quarks with the D0 detector
    Physics Letters B, 2007
  2. Measurement of the W boson helicity in top quark decays at D0
    Physical Review D, vol. 75, no. 3, 2007
  3. Experimental Discrimination between Charge 2e/3 Top Quark and Charge 4e/3 Exotic Quark Production Scenarios
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 98, no. 4, 2007
  4. Lifetime Difference and CP-Violating Phase in the B_{s}^{0} System
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 98, no. 12, 2007
  5. Measurement of the Charge Asymmetry in Semileptonic B_{s}^{0} Decays
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 98, no. 15, 2007
  6. Evidence for Production of Single Top Quarks and First Direct Measurement of |V_{tb}|
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 98, no. 18, 2007
  7. Search for excited muons in pp[over ¯] collisions at sqrt[s]=1.96â??â??TeV
    Physical Review D, vol. 73, no. 11, 2006
  8. Search for a heavy resonance decaying into a Z+jet final state in pp[over ¯] collisions at sqrt[s]=1.96â??â??TeV using the D0 detector
    Physical Review D, vol. 74, no. 1, 2006
  9. Limits on anomalous trilinear gauge couplings from WW?e^{+}e^{-}, WW?e^{±}µ^{±}, and WW?µ^{+}µ^{-} events from pp[over ¯] collisions at sqrt[s]=1.96??TeV
    Physical Review D, vol. 74, no. 5, 2006
  10. Measurement of the CP-violation parameter of B^{0} mixing and decay with pp[over ¯]?µµX data
    Physical Review D, vol. 74, no. 9, 2006
  11. Measurement of the top quark mass in the lepton+jets final state with the matrix element method
    Physical Review D, vol. 74, no. 9, 2006
  12. Measurement of B_{d} mixing using opposite-side flavor tagging
    Physical Review D, vol. 74, no. 11, 2006
  13. Search for first-generation scalar leptoquarks in pp[over ¯] collisions at sqrt[s]=1.96??TeV
    Physical Review D, vol. 71, no. 7, 2005
  14. Measurement of s(pp[over ¯]?Z)·Br(Z?tt) at sqrt[s]=1.96??TeV
    Physical Review D, vol. 71, no. 7, 2005
  15. Measurement of the pp[over ¯]?W?+X cross section at sqrt[s]=1.96 TeV and WW? anomalous coupling limits
    Physical Review D, vol. 71, no. 9, 2005
  16. Search for right-handed W bosons in top quark decay
    Physical Review D, vol. 72, no. 1, 2005
  17. Nuclear effects in high-p_{T} production of direct photons and neutral mesons
    Physical Review D, vol. 72, no. 3, 2005
  18. Measurement of the top quark mass in all-jet events
    Physics Letters B, vol. 606, no. 1-2, pp. 25–33, 2005
  19. Helicity of the boson in lepton+jets events
    Physics Letters B, vol. 617, no. 1-2, pp. 1–10, 2005
  20. Search for single top quark production in collisions at
    Physics Letters B, 2005
  21. ZEPLIN IV: A future large-scale liquid xenon dark matter detector
    New Astronomy Reviews, vol. 49, no. 2-6, pp. 283–287, 2005
  22. Radiation-hard semiconductor detectors for SuperLHC
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 541, no. 1-2, pp. 189–201, 2005
  23. Recent advancements in the development of radiation hard semiconductor detectors for S-LHC
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 552, no. 1-2, pp. 7–19, 2005
  24. Upper limit on the decay $Sigma;(1385)$minus;$rarr;$Sigma;$minus;$gamma; and cross section forB$gamma;$Sigma;$minus;$rarr;$Lambda;$pi;$minus;
    Physics Letters B, vol. 590, no. 3-4, pp. 161–169, 2004
  25. Low-temperature study of 35 photomultiplier tubes for the ZEPLIN III experiment
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 521, no. 2-3, pp. 407–415, 2004
  26. Production of Ï?^{0} and η mesons at large transverse momenta in Ï?^{-}p and Ï?^{-}Be interactions at 515 GeV/c
    Physical Review D, vol. 69, no. 3, 2004
  27. Measurement of direct-photon production at the Fermilab Tevatron fixed target energies
    Physical Review D, vol. 70, no. 9, 2004
  28. Production of Ï?^{0} and η mesons at large transverse momenta in pp and pBe interactions at 530 and 800 GeV/c
    Physical Review D, vol. 68, no. 5, 2003
  29. Inclusive Jet Production in pp[over ¯] Collisions
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 86, no. 9, pp. 1707–1712, 2001
  30. Ratios of Multijet Cross Sections in pp[over ¯] Collisions at vs=1.8 TeV
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 86, no. 10, pp. 1955–1960, 2001
  31. Search for first-generation scalar and vector leptoquarks
    Physical Review D, vol. 64, no. 9, 2001
  32. Radiative decay width of the a2(1320)- meson
    Physics Letters B, vol. 521, no. 3-4, pp. 171–180, 2001
  33. Measurement of the inclusive differential cross section for Z bosons as a function of transverse momentum in p[over ¯]p collisions at sqrt[s]=1.8 TeV
    Physical Review D, vol. 61, no. 3, 2000
  34. Extraction of the width of the W boson from measurements of Ï?(pp[over ¯]â??W+X)Ã?B(W[over â??]eν) and Ï?(pp[over ¯]â??Z+X)Ã?B(Z[over â??]ee) and their ratio
    Physical Review D, vol. 61, no. 7, 2000
  35. Limits on quark compositeness from high energy jets in p[over ¯]p collisions at 1.8 TeV
    Physical Review D, vol. 62, no. 3, 2000
  36. Limits on anomalous WW? and WWZ couplings from WW/WZ[over ?]e?jj production
    Physical Review D, vol. 62, no. 5, 2000
  37. Search for R-parity violation in multilepton final states in pp[over ¯] collisions at sqrt[s]=1.8 TeV
    Physical Review D, vol. 62, no. 7, 2000
  38. Search for new physics in eµX data at DØ using SLEUTH: A quasi-model-independent search strategy for new physics
    Physical Review D, vol. 62, no. 9, 2000
  39. Measurement of the W boson mass using large rapidity electrons
    Physical Review D, vol. 62, no. 9, 2000
  40. Examination of direct-photon and pion production in proton-nucleon collisions
    Physical Review D, vol. 63, no. 1, 2000
  41. Cross Section for b-Jet Production in p[over ¯]p Collisions at vs=1.8 TeV
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 85, no. 24, pp. 5068–5073, 2000
  42. International Journal of Modern Physics A [Particles and Fields; Gravitation; Cosmology; Nuclear Physics], vol. 15, no. suppl. 1b, p. 577, 2000
  43. Search for Nonstandard Higgs Bosons Using High Mass Photon Pairs in pp[over ¯]â??γγ+2 Jets at â??s=1.8 TeV
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 82, no. 11, pp. 2244–2249, 1999
  44. Inclusive Jet Cross Section in p[over ¯]p Collisions at â??s=1.8 TeV
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 82, no. 12, pp. 2451–2456, 1999
  45. Dijet Mass Spectrum and a Search for Quark Compositeness in p[over ¯]p Collisions at â??s=1.8 TeV
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 82, no. 12, pp. 2457–2462, 1999
  46. Search for Squarks and Gluinos in Single-Photon Events with Jets and Large Missing Transverse Energy in pp[over ¯] Collisions at â??s=1.8 TeV
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 82, no. 1, pp. 29–34, 1999
  47. Small Angle J/Ï? Production in pp[over ¯] Collisions at â??s=1.8TeV
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 82, no. 1, pp. 35–40, 1999
  48. Measurement of the High-Mass Drell-Yan Cross Section and Limits on Quark-Electron Compositeness Scales
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 82, no. 24, pp. 4769–4774, 1999
  49. Search for Charged Higgs Bosons in Decays of Top Quark Pairs
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 82, no. 25, pp. 4975–4980, 1999
  50. Search for Second Generation Leptoquark Pairs Decaying to μν + jets in pp[over ¯] Collisions at â??s=1.8 TeV
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 83, no. 15, pp. 2896–2901, 1999
  51. Search for Squarks and Gluinos in Events Containing Jets and a Large Imbalance in Transverse Energy
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 83, no. 24, pp. 4937–4942, 1999
  52. Determination of the absolute jet energy scale in the DØ calorimeters
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 424, no. 2-3, pp. 352–394, 1999
  53. Design and performance of the fermilab E781 (SELEX) hardware scattering trigger
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 425, no. 3, pp. 529–535, 1999
  54. Studies of WW and WZ production and limits on anomalous WWγ and WWZ couplings
    Physical Review D, vol. 60, no. 7, 1999
  55. Zγ production in pp[over ¯] collisions at sqrt[s]=1.8 TeV and limits on anomalous ZZγ and Zγγ couplings
    Physical Review D, vol. 57, no. 7, pp. R3817–R3821, 1998
  56. Determination of the mass of the W boson using the Dâ?? detector at the Fermilab Tevatron
    Physical Review D, vol. 58, no. 1, 1998
  57. Limits on WWγ and WWZ couplings from W boson pair production
    Physical Review D, vol. 58, no. 5, 1998
  58. Direct measurement of the top quark mass by the DÃ? Collaboration
    Physical Review D, vol. 58, no. 5, 1998
  59. Measurement of the W boson mass
    Physical Review D, vol. 58, no. 9, 1998
  60. Search for Trilepton Signatures from Associated Gaugino Pair Production
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 80, no. 8, pp. 1591–1596, 1998
  61. Search for First Generation Scalar Leptoquark Pairs in pp[over ¯] Collisions at sqrt[s]=1.8 TeV
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 80, no. 10, pp. 2051–2056, 1998
  62. Measurement of the Top Quark Mass Using Dilepton Events
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 80, no. 10, pp. 2063–2068, 1998
  63. A Measurement of the W Boson Mass at the Fermilab pp[over ¯] Collider
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 80, no. 14, pp. 3008–3013, 1998
  64. Measurement of the Shape of the Transverse Momentum Distribution of W Bosons Produced in pp[over ¯] Collisions at â??s=1.8 TeV
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 80, no. 25, pp. 5498–5503, 1998
  65. Measurement of Dijet Angular Distributions and Search for Quark Compositeness
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 80, no. 4, pp. 666–671, 1998
  66. Evidence for Parton k_{T} Effects in High- p_{T} Particle Production
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 81, no. 13, pp. 2642–2645, 1998
  67. Search for Heavy Pointlike Dirac Monopoles
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 81, no. 3, pp. 524–529, 1998
  68. Search for the decay ?
    Physics Letters B, vol. 423, no. 3-4, pp. 419–426, 1998
  69. Probing hard color-singlet exchange in ? collisions at ? = 630 GeV and 1800 GeV
    Physics Letters B, vol. 440, no. 1-2, pp. 189–202, 1998
  70. Calibration and performance of the E706 lead and liquid-argon electromagnetic calorimeter
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 417, no. 1, pp. 50–68, 1998
  71. Production of charm mesons at high transverse momentum in 515 GeV/c Ï?^{-}-nucleon collisions
    Physical Review D, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 1391–1406, 1997
  72. Studies of gauge boson pair production and trilinear couplings
    Physical Review D, vol. 56, no. 11, pp. 6742–6778, 1997
  73. Color coherent radiation in multijet events from ? collisions at ?
    Physics Letters B, vol. 414, no. 3-4, pp. 419–427, 1997
  74. Study of the ZZγ and Zγγ Couplings in Z(νν)γ Production
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 78, no. 19, pp. 3640–3645, 1997
  75. Search for a Fourth Generation Charge -1/3 Quark via Flavor Changing Neutral Current Decay
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 78, no. 20, pp. 3818–3823, 1997
  76. Direct Measurement of the Top Quark Mass
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 79, no. 7, pp. 1197–1202, 1997
  77. Measurement of the Top Quark Pair Production Cross Section in pp[over ¯] Collisions
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 79, no. 7, pp. 1203–1208, 1997
  78. Search for Scalar Leptoquark Pairs Decaying to Electrons and Jets in p[over ¯]p Collisions
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 79, no. 22, pp. 4321–4326, 1997
  79. Studies of topological distributions of inclusive three- and four-jet events in p[over ¯]p collisions at sqrt[s]=1800 GeV with the D0 detector
    Physical Review D, vol. 53, no. 11, pp. 6000–6016, 1996
  80. Transverse energy distributions within jets in collisions at
    Physics Letters B, vol. 357, no. 3, pp. 500–508, 1995
  81. Search for heavy W bosons in 1.8 TeV collisions
    Physics Letters B, vol. 358, no. 3-4, pp. 405–411, 1995
  82. Search for the top quark in pp¯ collisions at â??s =1.8 TeV
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 72, no. 14, pp. 2138–2142, 1994
  83. Rapidity gaps between jets in pp¯ collisions at â??s =1.8 TeV
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 72, no. 15, pp. 2332–2336, 1994
  84. Direct photon production at high p_{T} in Ï?^{-}Be and pBe collisions at 500 GeV/c
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 68, no. 17, pp. 2584–2587, 1992
  85. Experimental constraints onJ PC=1?+,I=1, Hybrid mesons
    Zeitschrift f�r Physik C Particles and Fields, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 545–548, 1986
  86. Three pion production on nuclei at 200 GeV
    Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 197–204, 1983
  87. Calibration and performance of a drift chamber spectrometer
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, vol. 215, no. 3, pp. 369–375, 1983
  88. Operational performance of a large liquid argon photon calorimeter
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, vol. 216, no. 3, pp. 381–391, 1983
  89. High-p T direct photon production inpp collisions
    Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 277–289, 1982
  90. Enhanced 200 GeV/c K+ beam using beryllium filter
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods, vol. 180, no. 1, pp. 25–28, 1981