Brian Saam portrait
  • Adjunct Professor, Physics And Astronomy

Publications

  • B.V. Fine, T.A. Elsayed, E.G. Sorte, and B. Saam, “Asymptotic and intermediate long-time behavior of nuclear free induction decays in polycrystalline solids and powders,” Phys. Rev. B 86, 054439 (2012). Published, 08/2012.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.054439
  • E.G. Sorte, B.V. Fine, and B. Saam, “Phase Relationship Between the Long-time Beats of Free-Induction Decays and Spin Echoes in Solids,” Phys. Rev. B 85, 174425 (2012). Published, 05/2012.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.174425
  • B. Saam, A.K. Petukhov, J. Chastagnier, T.R. Gentile, R. Golub, and C.M. Swank, “Comment on ‘Pressure dependence of wall relaxation in polarized 3He gaseous cells’,” Phys. Rev. A 85, 047401 (2012). Published, 04/2012.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.85.047401
  • "Collisional 3-He and 129-Xe frequency shifts in Rb-noble-gas mixtures," Phys. rev. Lett. 196, 193005 (2011). Published, 01/2011.
  • "Long-Time Behavior of Nuclear Spin Decays in Various Lattices," Phys. Rev. B 83, 064302 (2011). Published, 01/2011.

Presentations

  • Given by Z. L. Ma "Calibration of Knight shifts used to measure 129-Xe polarization in a low-pressure flow-through optical pumping cell," submitted to APS-DAMOP, Ontario, CA). Contributed Talk, Submitted, 06/2012.
  • Given by M. Limes, with Z. L. Ma and B. Saam "Altered States of Solid Xenon," submitted to APS-DAMOP, Ontario, CA). Contributed Talk, Submitted, 06/2012.
  • Title TBD Fifth International Conference on Xenon NMR in Materials (XeMAT 2012), Dublin, Ireland. Invited Talk/Keynote, Other, 06/2012.
  • Given by E. Sorte Experimental NMR Conference (ENC) Asilonar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA 10-15 April 2011 "Evidence for Chaotic Behavior in Transverse Nuclear Spin Decays". Poster, Presented, 04/10/2011.
  • Given by Z. Ma Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), Asilonar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA 10-15 April 2011: "Gas-phase Knight Shifts in Rb-noble-gas mixtures.". Poster, Presented, 04/10/2011.
  • Given by E. Sorte 56th NMR-Squared meeting (biannual western regioanl NMR conference), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 12-13 Nov. 2010 "Universal Behavior of Nuclear Spin Decays". Poster, Presented, 11/12/2010.
  • Given by Z. Ma 56th NMR-Squared meeting (biannual western regional NMR conference) University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 12-13 Nov. 2010 "Noble-gas Knight Shifts in Alkali-Metal Vapors". Poster, Presented, 11/12/2010.
  • Given by M. Limes APS/Four Corners meeting, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 15-16 Oct. 2010 "Relaxation rates of low-field gas-phase 129-Xe storage cells.". Contributed Talk, Presented, 10/15/2010.
  • Given by E. Sorte APS/Four Corners Meeting, Weber State University, Ogden, UT, 15-16 Oct. 2010 "Long-time Behavior of Nuclear Spin Decays on Various Lattices.". Contributed Talk, Presented, 10/15/2010.
  • Colloquium, Dept. of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA "Hyperpolarized Noble Gases: MR Imaging and Beyond". Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/22/2010.
  • Seminar, St. Louis NMR Discussion group, Washington University, St. Louis, MO "NMR Frequency Shifts in hyperpolarized 129-Xe: Applications to Spin-Exchange Physics and to Biology". Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/01/2010.

Research Groups

  • Bijaya Thapa, Graduate Student. 05/2011 - 08/2011.
  • Edward Thenell, Graduate Student. Physics and Astronomy. 05/2011 - present.
  • Thomas Van Hook, Undergraduate Student. 01/2010 - 01/2011. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: UROP grant recipient (2011).
  • Haleigh Van Eerden, Undergraduate Student. 01/2010 - present. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: ACCESS student UROP grant recipient (2011).
  • Mark Limes, Graduate Student. 09/2009 - present.
  • Oliver jeong, Visiting Student. 06/2008 - 08/2008.
  • Allison Schoeck, Undergraduate Student. 01/2007 - 01/2009. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Co-author on 2 publications in Physical Review A.
  • Gernot Laicher, Research Professor. 01/2002 - 01/2009. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: 50% support.
  • Eric Sorte, Graduate Student. 01/2000 - 05/2011.