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- Colm Whelan
- Professor & Eminent Scholar
- Department of Physics
- 125 OceanographyandPhysics Bldg
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Norfolk,
VA
23529
- 757-683-3483
- cwhelan@odu.edu
- Web Page
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Education
- University Of Cambridge (United Kingdom),
2003
- Major: Theoretical Physics
- Degree: Sc.D.
- University Of Cambridge (United Kingdom),
1985
- Major: Theoretical Physics
- Degree: Ph. D.
- National University of Ireland (Dublin),
1979
- Major: Mathematical Physics
- Degree: M.Sc.
- National University of Ireland (Dublin),
1977
- Major: Mathematical Science
- Degree: B.S.
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Books
- Whelan, C. T. (2012). Fragmentation Processes: Topics in Atomic and Molecular Physics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Whelan, C. T., and Mason, N. J. (2004). Electron Scattering from Atoms, Molecules, Nuclei and Bulk Matter.
- Whelan, C. T., and Walters, H. J. (1997). Coincidence Studies of Electron and Photon Impact Ionization. New York, New York: Plenum.
- Whelan, C. T., Walters, H. J., Lahmam-Bennani, A., and Ehrhardt, H. (1993). (e,2e) & related processes. Dordrecht: Kluwer.
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Articles
- Scott, H. A., Whelan, C. T., and Glenzer, S. H. (2011). On the contributon of doubly excited ionic states to the properties of hot dense plasmas. High Energy Density Physics, 7 (042704), (pp. 371-376).
- McGovern, M., Assafrao, D., Mohallem, J. R., Whelan, C. T., and Walters, H. J. (2010). Coincidence studies of He ionized by C⁶⁺,Au²⁴and Au⁺⁵³⁺. Phys Rev A, 81 (042704), (pp. 14).
- McGovern, M., Assafrao, D., Mohallem, J. R., Whelan, C. T., and Walters, H. (2010). Pseudostate methods and differential cross sections fro antiproton-ionization of atomic hydrogen and helium. Phys Rev A, 81 (032708),
- Mc Govern, M., Whelan, C. T., and Walters, H. J. (2010). C⁶+ionization of helium in the perpendicular plane:ionization to the ground state, excitation-ionization and relativistic
effects. Phys Rev A, 82, (pp. 032702,9 pages).
- Mc Govern, M., Whelan, C. T., and Walters, H. J. (2010). C⁶⁺ionization of helium in the perpendicular plane:ionization to the ground state, excitation-ionization and relativistic
effects. Phys Rev A, 82, (pp. 032702,9 pages).
- McGovern, M., Assafrao, D., Mohallem, J. R., Whelan, C. T., and Walters, H. J. (2009). Differential and total cross section for antiproton impact ionization of atomic hydrogen and helium. Phys Rev A, 79 (042707), (pp. 18pp).
- Martinez, J., Whelan, C. T., and Walters, H. J. (2008). Coincidence studies of electron impact ionization of atomic inner shells. Eur Phys J.D, 46, (pp. 409-411).
- Godunov, A., Walters, H. J., and Whelan, C. T. (2008). Effect of angular electron correlation in He: Second-order calculations for transfer ionization. Physical Review A, 78, (pp. 012714 (5 pages)).
- Bolognesi, P., Pravica, L., Veronesi, S., Fainelli, E., Martinez, J., Walters, H. J., Whelan, C. T., Bohachov, H., Borovik, A., and Avaldi, L. (2008). Mg(2p) ionization by electron impact. Phys Rev A, 77 (054704), (pp. 4pp).
- Martinez, J., Whelan, C. T., and Walters, H. J. (2008). The electron impact ionization of one and two electron atoms and ions close to the ionization threshold. J Phys B, 41 (065202), (pp. 8pp).
- Bolognesi, P., Bogachev, G., Borovik, V., Veronesi, S., Flammini, R., Fainelli, E., Borovic, A., Martinez, J., Whelan, C. T., Walters, H. J., Kheifets, A., and Avaldi, L. (2008). The ionization of Mg by electron impact at 1000 eV studied by (e,2e) experiments. J Phys B, 41 (015201), (pp. (7pp)).
- Naja, A., Staicu Casagrande, E. M., Ren, X. G., Catori, F., Lahmam-Bennani, A., Cappello, C. D., and Whelan, C. T. (2007). An (e,2d)-(e,3e) investigation of argon, competion between inner shell ionization and direct double ionization processes. J. Phys B, 40, (pp. 2871-2884).
- Staicu Casagrande, E. M., Catoire, F., Naja, A., Ren, X. G., Lahmam-Bennani, A., Nekkab, M., Dal Cappello, C., Bartschat, K., and Whelan, C. T. (2007). Angular correlations between scattered ejected and Auger electrons from ionisation of Argon, investigated by means of (e,2e)
and /or(e,3e) coincidence experiments. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy, 161, (pp. 27-30).
- Godunov, A., Kampp, M., Sulik, B., Walters, H. J., and Whelan, C. T. (2007). Coincidence Studies of Ionization Processes. Nuc Inst and Meth B, 261, (pp. 222-225).
- Bellm, S., Lower, J., Kampp, M., and Whelan, C. T. (2007). The effect of targe fine structure on the measured spin asymmetries for the electron impact ionization of Ar(2p). Journal of Electron Spectroscopy, 161, (pp. 6-10).
- Bellm, S., Lower, J., Kampp, M., and Whelan, C. T. (2006). Spin Asymmetries in the electron-impact ionization of Ar(2p). J phys B, 39, (pp. 4759-4766).
- Godunov, A., McGuire, J. H., Schipakov, V. S., Walters, H. J., and Whelan, C. T. (2006). Total cross sections for transfer-ionization in fast ion-helium collisions. J Physics B, 39, (pp. 985-996).
- Schmidt-Bocking, H., Schoffler, M. S., Jahnke, T., Czasch, A., Mergel, V., Schmidt, L., Dorner, R., Jagutzki, O., hattass, M., Weber, T., Weigold, E., Schmidt, H. T., Schuch, R., Cederquist, H., Demkov, Y., Whelan, C. T., Godunov, A., and Walters, H. J. (2005). Many-particle fragmentation processes in atomic and molecular physics - new insight into the world of correlations. Nuclear Instruments and Methoda B, 233, (pp. 3-11).
- Schoffler, M., Godunov, A., Whelan, C. T., Walters, H. J., Schipakov, V. S., Mergel, V., Dorner, D., Jagutzki, O., Schmidt, L. H., Titze, J., Weigold, E., and Schmidt-Bocking, H. (2005). Revealing the effect of angular correlation in the ground state. J Phys B, 38 (L123-L128),
- Pyper, N. C., Kampp, M., and Whelan, C. T. (2005). Symmetry properties of the S matrix in a fully relativistic distorted-wave treatment of electron-impact ionization. Phys Rev A, 71 (05271),
- Godunov, A., Whelan, C. T., Walters, H. J., Schipakov, V. S., Schoffler, M., Mergel, V., Dorner, R., Jagutzki, O., Schmidt, L. H., Titze, J., and Schmidt-Bocking, H. (2005). Transfer ionization process p + He-> H⁰+ He² + e‾ with the ejected electron detected in the plane perpendicular to the incident
beam direction. Phys Rev A, 71 (052712),
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Presentations
- Conference Name: Invited talk
- Sponsoring Organization: Invited talk
- Location: Caen, France
- Date: July, 2011
- Authors/Presenters:
Whelan, C. T.
- Applications of Accelerators in Research and Industry
- Conference Name: 20th International Conference
- Sponsoring Organization: 20th International Conference
- Location: Forth Worth, Texas
- Date: 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Whelan, C. T.
- Elementary Processes in Atomic Systems
- Conference Name: International Conference
- Sponsoring Organization: International Conference
- Location: Cluj Romania
- Date: 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Whelan, C. T.
- Ion-Atom Collisions
- Conference Name:
- Location: Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece
- Date: 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Whelan, C. T.
- Atomic Physics in Strong Fields
- Conference Name:
- Location: GSI Darmstad, Germany
- Date: 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Whelan, C. T.
- Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry
- Conference Name:
- Location: Forth Worth, Texas
- Date: 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Whelan, C. T.
- Conference Name:
- Location: Tamps, Florida
- Date: 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Whelan, C. T.
- 2007: Chair, 21st International Symposium on Ion-atom Collisions
- 2006-2008 International Fellow at the Queen's University, Belfast
- 2005 Chair sequence of the APS, Few Body Topical Group
- 2003-2006 Member fo Jefferson Laboratory Committee, Southern Universities Research Association (SURA)
- 2004 Chair sequence of the APS, Few Body Topical Group
- 2003 Chair sequence of the APS, Few Body Topical Group
- 2001-2004 Honorary Senior Research Associate, University of Cambridge
- 2003 named an Eminent Scholar by my University
- 2002 Chair International Meeting, Atomic to the Nanoscale
- 2002 Doctorate of Science (Sc.D) award, University of Cambridge
- 2001-2002 DFG Mercator Professor, University of Frankfurt am Main
- 2001 Chair Euro-Physics Conference
- 2001 Elected a Fellow of the Institute of Physics
- 1992-2001 Fellow, Magdalene College, Cambridge
- 2000 Elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society
- 2000 Funow Foundation Lecturer, Yamanashi University, Kufu, Japan
- 2000 Visiting Professor, Tohoku Univesity, Sendai, Japan
- 1997-1999 Visiting Professor, Universite de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest,France
- 1998 Chair EU Funded meeting
- 1995-1998 Project Coordinator NATO Collaborative Research Grant, NATO Collaborative Research Grant
- 1995-1998 Project Coordinator on Royal Society Grant, linking Cambridge and Moscow State University
- 1997 Visiting Fellow, Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics, Harvard Unviersity
- 1996 Co-Chair, Euro-Conference
- 1996 Visiting Professor, Universite de Metz, France
- 1993-1996 Contractor of EEC Network, Ionization and Coincidence Spectroscopies
- 1992-1994 Project Co-ordinator, NATO Collaborative Research Grant