Current Research

We are interested in polarized electron physics. Our work involves studies of polarized electrons scattering from atomic and chiral molecular targets, the development of novel sources of polarized electrons and electron polarimeters, and investigations of the fundamental nature of the electron. We are funded by the Physics Division of the National Science Foundation.

2009

Spin Torque on Molecular Rotation Induced by Polarized Electrons, J. W. Maseberg and Timothy J. Gay

2007

Radiation trapping in rubidium optical pumping at low buffer-gas pressures, M. A. Rosenberry, J. P. Reyes, D. Tupa, and Timothy J. Gay

2006

Production of excited atomic hydrogen and deuterium from H2 and D2 photodissociation, J. D. Bozek, J. E. Furst, Timothy J. Gay, H. Gould, A. L. D. Kilcoyne, J. R. Machacek, F. Martin, K. W. McLaughlin, and J. L. Sanz-Vicario

Fluorescence polarization of helium negative-ion resonances excited by polarized electron impact, J. W. Maseberg and Timothy J. Gay

An investigation of electron helicity density in bromocamphor and dibromocamphor as a source of electron circular dichroism, A.M. Scheer, Gordon A. Gallup, and Timothy J. Gay

2005

Angular momentum partitioning and the subshell multipole moments in impulsively excited argon ions, H. M. Al-Khateeb, B. G. Birdsey, and Timothy J. Gay

Angular momentum partitioning and the subshell multipole moments in impulsively excited argon ions, H. M. Al-Khateeb, B. G. Birdsey, and Timothy J. Gay

Angular momentum partitioning and the subshell multipole moments in impulsively excited argon ions, H. M. Al-Khateeb, B. G. Birdsey, and Timothy J. Gay

2004

Spin-Exchange-Induced Circularly Polarized Molecular Fluorescence, A. S. Green, Gordon A. Gallup, and M. A. Rosenberry

Spin-Exchange-Induced Circularly Polarized Molecular Fluorescence, A.S. Green, Gordon A. Gallup, M.A. Rosenberry, and Timothy J. Gay

2002

Effect of Relativistic Many-Electron Interactions on Photoelectron Partial Wave Probabilities, K. W. McLaughlin, Orhan Yenen, Duane H. Jaecks, Timothy J. Gay, M. M. Sant'Anna, D. Calabrese, and B. Thaden-Jordan

2001

A theoretical study of the effects of insulators on electron transport through electrostatic tube lenses, T. G. Anderson, B. G. Birdsey, S. M. Woeher, M. A. Rosenberry, and Timothy J. Gay

Quantum-Mechanical Analysis of a Longitudinal Stern-Gerlach Effect, Gordon A. Gallup, Herman Batelaan, and Timothy J. Gay

Monte Carlo studies of Mott scattering asymmetries from gold foils, M. A. Khakoo, D. Roundy, C. Hicks, N. Margolis, E. Yeung, A. W. Ross, and Timothy J. Gay

2000

Angular Momentum Partitioning and Hexacontatetrapole Moments in Impulsively Excited Argon Ions, H. M. Al-Khateeb, B. G. Birdsey, and Timothy J. Gay

1999

A simplified GaAs polarized electron source, H. M. Al-Khateeb, B. G. Birdsey, T. C. Bowen, A. S. Green, M. E. Johnston, and Timothy J. Gay

Optically Pumped Electron Spin Filter, Herman Batelaan, A. S. Green, B. A. Hitt, and Timothy J. Gay

Near-threshold measurement of integrated Stokes parameters for Kr excited by polarized electrons, B. G. Birdsey, H. M. Al-Khateeb, M. E. Johnston, T. C. Bowen, Timothy J. Gay, V. Zeman, and K. Bartschat

1998

Batelaan and Gay Reply, Herman Batelaan and Timothy J. Gay

1997

Stern-Gerlach Effect for Electron Beams, Herman Batelaan, Timothy J. Gay, and J. J. Schwendiman

Electron-Collision-Induced Alignment of Rare Gases near Threshold, V. Zeman, K. Bartschat, Timothy J. Gay, and K. W. Trantham

1996

Current Status Of The Saddle-Point Model, Timothy J. Gay

Optical electron polarimetry with heavy noble gases, Timothy J. Gay, J. E. Furst, K. W. Trantham, and W. M. K. P. Wijayaratna

TWO-CENTER EFFECTS IN ION-ATOM COLLISIONS: A Symposium in Honor of M. Eugene Rudd, Lincoln, NE May 1994 — Contents and Preface, Timothy J. Gay and Anthony F. Starace

An inline optical electron polarimeter, K. W. Trantham, Timothy J. Gay, and R. J. Vandiver

1994

Energy spread and ion current measurements of several ion sources, A. D. Gaus, W. T. Htwe, J. A. Brand, Timothy J. Gay, and M. Schulz

Clean ultrahigh vacuum system with single-structure diffusion pumps, Timothy J. Gay, M.C. Fritts, J.E. Furst, M.A. Khakoo, E.R. Mell, M.T. Seiger, and M.W.K.P. Wijayaratna

Clean ultrahigh vacuum system with single-structure diffusion pumps, Timothy J. Gay, M.C. Fritts, J.E. Furst, M.A. Khakoo, E.R. Mell, M.T. Seiger, and M.W.K.P. Wijayaratna

Superelastic and inelastic He2++He state-selective electron capture, V. D. Irby, Timothy J. Gay, J. T. Park, S. W. Bross, and A. D. Gaus

1993

Investigation of spin-orbit effects in the excitation of noble gases by spin-polarized electrons, J. E. Furst, W. M. K. P. Wijayaratna, D. H. Madison, and Timothy J. Gay

High-vottage variable resistor for ion energy spectroscopy, Timothy J. Gay, V. D. Irby, and S. P. Yallaly

1992

Production of a high-density state-selected metastable neon beam, J. A. Brand, J. E. Furst, Timothy J. Gay, and L. D. Shearer

Acoustic and perceptual effects of changes in vocal tract constrictions for vowels, Timothy J. Gay, L.-J. Boe, and P. Perrier

Mott electron polarimetry, Timothy J. Gay and F. B. Dunning

Extrapolation procedures in Mott electron polarimetry, Timothy J. Gay, M. A. Khakoo, J. A. Brand, J. E. Furst, W. V. Meyer, W. M. K. P. Wijayaratna, and F. B. Dunning

Electron production in proton collisions with atoms and molecules: energy distributions, Millard E. Rudd, Y.-K. Kim, D. H. Madison, and Timothy J. Gay

State-selective capture in collisions of protons with noble gases, M. Schulz, D. M. Blakenship, S. W. Bross, A. D. Gaus, Timothy J. Gay, W. Htwe, J. T. Park, and J. L. Peacher

Angular-differential cross sections for H(2p) formation in intermediate-energy proton-helium collisions, D. G. Seely, S. W. Bross, A. D. Gaus, J. W. Edwards, D. R. Schultz, Timothy J. Gay, J. T. Park, and J. L. Peacher

1990

Measurement of parity violation in the elastic scattering of polarized electrons from 12C, P. A. Souder, R. Holmes, D. - H. Kim, K. S. Kumar, M. E. Schulze, K. Isakovich, G. W. Dodson, K. W. Dow, M. Farkhondeh, S. Kowalski, M. S. Lubell, J. Bellanca, M. Goodman, S. Patch, Richard Wilson, G. D. Cates, S. Dhawan, Timothy J. Gay, V. W. Hughes, A. Magnon, R. Michaels, and H. R. Schaefer

1989

Orientation of hydrogen 2p after tilted-foil excitation, C. J. Liu, Timothy J. Gay, and K. P. Schuler

Elastic angular differential cross sections for quasi-oneelectron collision systems at intermediate energies: (Na+, Li+)+H and (Mg+, Be+)+He, J. L. Peacher, E. Redd, D. G. Seely, Timothy J. Gay, D. M. Blakenship, and J. T. Park

1988

Projectile-charge dependence of ejected-electron spectra, V. D. Irby, Timothy J. Gay, J. Wm. Edwards, E. B. Hale, M. L. McKenzie, and R. E. Olson

Dynamics of Antimatter-Atom Collisions, R. E. Olson and Timothy J. Gay

1987

Saddle-point electrons in ionizing ion-atom collisions, R. E. Olson, Timothy J. Gay, H. G. Berry, and V. D. Irby

Angular-differential studies of excitation in quasi-oneelectron collisions at "high" energy, E. Redd, Timothy J. Gay, D. M. Blakenship, J. T. Park, J. L. Peacher, and D. G. Seely

1986

New insights into Mott-scattering electron polarimetry, G. D. Fletcher, Timothy J. Gay, and M. S. Lubell

1985

Experimental study of spin-exchange effects in elastic and ionizing collisions of polarized electrons with polarized hydrogen atoms, G. D. Fletcher, M. J. Alguard, Timothy J. Gay, V. W. Hughes, P.F. Wainwright, M. S. Lubell, and W. Raith

Angular differential cross sections for the excitation of 11S helium to the 21S and 21P states by 25- to 100-keV-proton impact, T. J. Kvale, D. G. Seely, D. M. Blakenship, E. Redd, Timothy J. Gay, M. Kimura, E. Rille, J. L. Peacher, and J. T. Park

1982

Measurement of Spin-Exchange Effects in Electron-Hydrogen Collisions: 90° Elastic Scattering from 4 to 30 eV, G. D. Fletcher, M. J. Alguard, Timothy J. Gay, V. W. Hughes, C. W. Tu, P. F. Wainwright, M. S. Lubell, W. Raith, and F. C. Tang

Measurement of spin-exchange effects in electronhydrogen collisions: Further studies of impact ionization, Timothy J. Gay, G. D. Fletcher, M. J. Alguard, V. W. Hughes, P. F. Wainwright, and M. S. Lubell

1981

Molecular effects in beam-foil collision-induced alignment of He I, Timothy J. Gay, H. G. Berry, and R. DeSerio

Energy dependence of alignment in foil collision-excited n=3 states of He I, Timothy J. Gay, H. G. Berry, R. DeSerio, H. P. Garnir, R. M. Schectman, N. Schaffel, R. D. Hight, and D.J. Burns

1980

Orientation and alignment of the 3p 1P and 4d 1D levels of neutral helium, R. M. Schectman, R. D. Hight, S. T. Chen, L. J. Curtis, H. G. Berry, Timothy J. Gay, and R. Deserio

1979

Temperature dependence of alignment production in He I by beam-foil excitation, Timothy J. Gay and H. G. Berry

1977

Alignment of helium excited by thin carbon foils, R. D. Hight, R. M. Schectman, H. G. Berry, G. Gabrielse, and Timothy J. Gay

Alignment of helium excited by thin carbon foils, R. D. Hight, R. M. Schectman, H. G. Berry, G. Gabrielse, and Timothy J. Gay