Contact Info
| Email: | jperkins physics.wustl.edu |
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| Office: | Compton 269 |
| Office phone: | (314) 935-4745 |
| CV: | [PDF] |
About myself
I'm a grad student at Washington University
in St. Louis, Missouri where I'm currently
working toward my Ph.D. in physics working with
Dr. Henric Krawczynski and Dr. Jim Buckley.
I spent my undergrad years at Samford University in Birmingham, AL
where I received a B.S. in Math and Physics. I'm genetically from Kentucky,
but I grew up in Eastern and Southern Africa where I went to school at
Rosslyn Academy.
Research and Projects
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Projects:
- Developing and testing new X-ray semiconductor detectors such as CdZnTe. This involves deposition and etching of contacts, computer simulations and testing using different radioactive sources. I have designed several different data-acquisition systems for this project (see The Krawczynski Group's Website for more information).
- Analyzing data from galaxy clusters using various X-ray detectors (XMM and Chandra) and the VERITAS Cherenkov Gamma-ray observatory (see The Gamma Ray Group's Website for more information).
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Past Research
- Developing undergraduate experiments including a Low Temperature experiment for the Advanced Lab at Washington University and an Angular Momentum demonstration for the basic physics course at Samford University.
- Testing methods for Chemical Vapor Deposition of Diamond on Tungsten (check out Dr. Vohra's Site for more information).
Publications
(These are only publications where I am the first author. For a more complete publication list, you could try arXiv.org or NASA ADS)
Papers in Refereed Journals
TeV Gamma-Ray Observations of the Perseus and Abell 2029 Galaxy Clusters
J. S. Perkins and the VERITAS Collaboration, Accepted for Publication in the Astrophysical Journal, 2006 [astro-ph/0602258] [pdf]
Conference Papers
TeV Gamma-Ray Observations of the Perseus Galaxy Cluster
J. S. Perkins and the VERITAS Collaboration, Proceedings of the 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Pune, India, 2005 [astro-ph/0507440] [pdf]
Characterizing IMARAD CZT Detectors with Time Resolved Anode and Cathode Signals
J. S. Perkins, H. Krawczynski, P. Dowkontt, Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X- and Gamma-Ray Detectors, IEEE Meeting, Portland (Or), 2003, astro-ph/0310910. [pdf]
Talks and Posters
Chandra and XMM-Newton Observations of the Galaxy Cluster 3C 129 and its Head-Tail Radio Galaxy 3C 129
Perkins, J. S.; Krawczynski, H.; Harris, D. American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting, New Orleans (LA), 2004 [pdf].
Using EXIST to Find Hidden Black Holes
J. Perkins, H. Krawczynski, I. Jung and T. Garson. Proceedings of the 14th International School of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics, Erice, Italy, 2004 [pdf]
Characterizing IMARAD CZT Detectors with Time Resolved Anode and Cathode Signals
J. S. Perkins, H. Krawczynski, P. Dowkontt, Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X- and Gamma-Ray Detectors, IEEE Meeting, Portland (Or), 2003, astro-ph/0310910.[pdf]
Development of Low Cost Thick CZT Detectors
J. Perkins, H. Krawczynski, P. Dowkontt, D. Leopold. Poster presented at the HEAD meeting in March of 2003. [pdf]