Bogdan Mihaila
Biographical Sketch
- 2006-Present: Technical Staff Member, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
- 2003-2006: Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
- 2000-2002: Postdoctoral Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
- 1999-2000: Visiting Assistant Professor, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC
- 1998-1999: Postdoctoral Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
- 1998: Ph.D. in Physics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
- 1992-1998: Graduate Research Assistant, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
- 1990-1992: Technical Staff Member, Institute of Environmental Research and Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
- 1989-1990: Technical Staff Member, Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bucharest, Romania
- 1989: Diploma in Physics Engineering, University of Bucharest, Romania
- Member, American Physical Society
- Member, Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Society
Honors
- ICAM (Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter) Senior
Fellowship, 2005-2006
- Outstanding Dissertation Award,
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society,
University of New Hampshire Chapter,
April 1998
Acknowledgments
Research Highlights
Feature article
- Ab initio calculations of light nuclei,
Bruce R. Barrett, Bogdan Mihaila, Steven C. Pieper, and Robert B. Wiringa.
Nuclear Physics News International, Vol. 13, No.1,
pp. 17-23 (2003);
a publication of the Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee
NUPECC
Journal Cover
- Modeling the magnetic signature of neuronal tissue,
K.B. Blagoev, B. Mihaila, B.J. Travis, L.B. Alexandrov, A.R. Bishop,
D. Ranken, S. Posse, C. Gasparovic, A. Mayer, C.J. Aine, I. Ulbert,
M. Morita, W. Muller, J. Connor, and E. Halgren,
NeuroImage 37, 137 (2007)
The complete publication list can be found
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list of papers
- Quantum dynamics of phase transitions in broken symmetry
$lambda phi^4$ field theory,
F. Cooper, J.F. Dawson, and B. Mihaila,
hep-ph/0209051,
Phys. Rev. D 67, 056003 (2003)
[69 citations]
- Ground state correlations and mean-field in O-16,
J.H. Heisenberg and B. Mihaila,
nucl-th/9802029,
Phys. Rev. C 59, 1440 (1999)
[68 citations]
- Resumming the large-N approximation for time evolving quantum systems,
B. Mihaila, J.F. Dawson, and F. Cooper,
hep-ph/0006254,
Phys. Rev. D 63, 096003 (2001)
[52 citations]
- Schwinger-Dyson approach to non-equilibrium classical field theory,
K.B. Blagoev, F. Cooper, J.F. Dawson, and B. Mihaila,
hep-ph/0106195,
Phys. Rev. D 64, 125003 (2001)
[45 citations]
- Exact and approximate dynamics of the quantum mechanical O(N) model,
B. Mihaila, T. Athan, F. Cooper, J.F. Dawson, and S. Habib,
hep-ph/0003105,
Phys. Rev. D 62, 125015 (2000)
[38 citations]
- Ground state correlations and mean-field in O-16.
II. Effects of a three-body nucleon interaction,
B. Mihaila and J.H. Heisenberg,
nucl-th/9912023,
Phys. Rev. C 61, 054309 (2000)
[35 citations]
- Renormalizing the Schwinger-Dyson equations in the auxiliary
field formulation of $lambda phi^4$ field theory,
F. Cooper, B. Mihaila, and J.F. Dawson,
hep-ph/0407119,
Phys. Rev. D 70, 105008 (2004);
LA-UR-04-4605
[33 citations]
- BCS-BEC crossover with a finite-range interaction,
M.M. Parish, B. Mihaila, E.M. Timmermans, K.B. Blagoev, and P.B. Littlewood,
cond-mat/0410131,
Phys. Rev. B 71, 064513 (2005);
LA-UR-04-6662
[26 citations]
- Numerical approximations using Chebyshev polynomial
expansions: El-gendi's method revisited,
B. Mihaila and I. Mihaila,
physics/9901005,
J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 35, 731 (2002)
[22 citations]
- Microscopic calculation of the inclusive electron scattering structure function in O-16,
B. Mihaila and J.H. Heisenberg,
nucl-th/9910007,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1403 (2000)
[21 citations]
- Dynamics of broken symmetry $lambda phi^4$ field theory,
F. Cooper, J.F. Dawson, and B. Mihaila,
hep-ph/0207346,
Phys. Rev. D 67, 051901R (2003)
[21 citations]
- Order 1/N corrections to the time-dependent Hartree approximation
for a system of N+1 oscillators,
B. Mihaila, J.F. Dawson, and F. Cooper,
hep-ph/9705354,
Phys. Rev. D 56, 5400 (1997)
[21 citations]
- Renormalized broken-symmetry Schwinger-Dyson equations and
the 2PI-1/N expansion for the O(N) model,
F. Cooper, J.F. Dawson, and B. Mihaila,
hep-ph/0502040,
Phys. Rev. D 71, 096003 (2005);
LA-UR-05-0556
[20 citations]
- Center-of-mass corrections reexamined: a many-body
expansion approach,
B. Mihaila and J.H. Heisenberg,
nucl-th/9802032,
Phys. Rev. C 60, 054303 (1999)
[18 citations]
Other notable articles
- Exact solitary wave solutions for a discrete
$\lambda \phi^4$ field theory in 1+1 dimensions,
F. Cooper, A. Khare, B. Mihaila, and A. Saxena,
nlin.SI/0502054;
Phys. Rev. E 72, 036605 (2005);
LA-UR-05-1117
[14 citations]
- Real-time dynamics of the O(N) model in 1+1 dimensions,
B. Mihaila,
hep-ph/0303157,
Phys. Rev. D 68, 036002 (2003);
LA-UR-03-1817
[13 citations]
- Casimir dependence of transverse distribution of pairs
produced from a strong constant chromo-electric
background field,
F. Cooper, J.F. Dawson, and B. Mihaila,
arXiv:0811.3905 [hep-ph];
Phys. Rev. D 78, 117901 (2008);
LA-UR-08-07521
[11 citations]
- Density and spin response functions in ultracold fermionic atom gases,
B. Mihaila, S. Gaudio, K.B. Blagoev, A.V. Balatsky, P.B. Littlewood, and D.L. Smith,
cond-mat/0502110,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 090402 (2005);
LA-UR-05-0557
[11 citations]
- Fermion-mediated BCS-BEC crossover in ultracold K-40 gases,
M.M. Parish, B. Mihaila, B.D. Simons, and P.B. Littlewood,
cond-mat/0409756,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 240402 (2005);
LA-UR-04-6304
[11 citations]
Recent publications
- Simulations of coupled heat transport, oxygen diffusion,
and thermal expansion in UO$_2$ nuclear fuel elements,
B. Mihaila, M. Stan, J. Ramirez, A. Zubelewicz, and P. Cristea,
J. Nucl. Mater. 394, 182 (2009);
LA-UR-08-04952
- Compactons in PT-symmetric generalized Korteweg-de Vries equations,
C.M. Bender, F. Cooper, A. Khare, B. Mihaila, and A. Saxena,
arXiv:0810.3460 [math-ph];
Pramana -- J. Phys. 73, 375 (2009);
LA-UR-08-07131
- Fermion particle production in semi-classical Boltzmann-Vlasov transport theory,
J.F. Dawson, B. Mihaila, and F. Cooper,
arXiv:0906.2225
[hep-ph];
Phys. Rev. D 80, 014011 (2009);
LA-UR-09-03554
- Backreaction and particle production in (3+1)-dimensional QED,
B. Mihaila, F. Cooper, and J.F. Dawson,
arXiv:0905.1360
[hep-ph];
Phys. Rev. D 80, 014010 (2009);
LA-UR-08-07110
- Nanostructured metal foams: synthesis and applications,
E. Luther, B. Tappan, A. Mueller, B. Mihaila, H. Volz, P. Papin,
J. Veauthier, A Cardenas, and M. Stan,
Proceedings of the 2009 MPIF/APMI International Conference
on Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials: PowderMet 2009;
LA-UR-09-03301
- Coupled-cluster theory of a gas of strongly-interacting electrons in the dilute limit,
B. Mihaila and A. Cardenas,
arXiv:0903.2786
[cond-mat.str-el];
Phil. Mag. 89, 1975 (2009);
LA-UR-08-07112
- Casimir dependence of transverse distribution of pairs
produced from a strong constant chromo-electric
background field,
F. Cooper, J.F. Dawson, and B. Mihaila,
arXiv:0811.3905 [hep-ph];
Phys. Rev. D 78, 117901 (2008);
LA-UR-08-07521
- Fermion pair production in QED and the backreaction problem in (1+1)-dimensional
boost-invariant coordinates revisited,
B. Mihaila, J.F. Dawson, and F. Cooper,
arXiv:0811.1353 [hep-ph];
Phys. Rev. D 78, 116017 (2008);
LA-UR-08-07111
- Observation of a continuous phase transition in a shape-memory alloy,
J.C. Lashley, S.M. Shapiro, B.L. Winn, C.P. Opeil,
W. Ratcliff, T. Park, R.A. Fisher,
B. Mihaila, P.S. Riseborough, E. K. H. Salje, and J. L. Smith,
arXiv:0808.1734 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci],
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 135703 (2008);
LA-UR-08-05460
- Combined experimental and theoretical investigation of the premartensitic transition in Ni$_2$MnGa,
C.P. Opeil, B. Mihaila, R.K. Schulze, L. Manosa, A. Planes, W.L. Hults,
R.A. Fisher, P.S. Riseborough, P.B. Littlewood, J.L. Smith, and J.C. Lashley,
arXiv:0803.2724 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci],
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 165703 (2008);
LA-UR-08-1278
- Comment on ``Pinning frequencies of the collective modes in $\alpha$-uranium,'' - Reply,
J.C. Lashley, B. Mihaila, C.P. Opeil, F.R. Drymiotis, and J.L. Smith,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 249702 (2007);
LA-UR-07-1880
- Electronic instabilities in shape-memory alloys:
Thermodynamic and electronic structure studies of the martensitic transition,
J.C. Lashley, R.K. Schulze, B. Mihaila, W.L. Hults, J.L. Smith,
P.S. Riseborogh, C.P. Opeil,
R.A. Fisher, O. Svietelskiy, A. Suslov, A. Planes, L. Manosa,
and T.R. Finlayson,
cond-mat/0607275,
Phys. Rev. B 75, 205119 (2007);
LA-UR-06-4738
- Acoustic attenuation probe for fermion superfluidity in
ultracold atom gases,
S. Gaudio, B. Mihaila, K.B. Blagoev,
K.S. Bedell, and E. Timmermans,
cond-mat/0512134;
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 110407 (2007);
LA-UR-05-3432
- Heat capacity in magnetic and electric fields near the
ferroelectric transition in Tri-Glycine Sulfate,
J.C. Lashley, M.F. Hundley, B. Mihaila, J.L. Smith,
C.P. Opeil, T.R. Finlayson, R.A. Fisher, and N. Hur,
cond-mat/0701061,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 052910 (2007);
LA-UR-06-8750
- Angle-resolved photoemission and first-principles electronic
structure of single-crystalline $\alpha$-Uranium (001),
C.P. Opeil, R.K. Schulze, H.M. Volz, J.C. Lashley, M.E. Manley, W.L. Hults,
R.J. Hanrahan Jr., J.L. Smith,
B. Mihaila, K.B. Blagoev, R.C. Albers,
and P.B. Littlewood,
cond-mat/0611565,
Phys. Rev. B 75, 045120 (2007);
LA-UR-06-2457
- Acoustic attenuation rate in the Fermi-Bose model
with a finite-range fermion-fermion interaction,
B. Mihaila, S. Gaudio,
K.S. Bedell, K.B. Blagoev, and E. Timmermans,
cond-mat/0611259,
Phys. Rev. A 75, 013603 (2007);
LA-UR-05-2040
Papers submitted for publication
- Dynamics of particle production by strong electric fields in non-Abelian plasmas,
J.F. Dawson, B. Mihaila, and F. Cooper,
arXiv:1002.3578 [hep-ph];
LA-UR-10-00512
(accepted for publication) Phys. Rev. D
- Stability and dynamical properties of Rosenau-Hyman compactons using Pade approximants,
B. Mihaila, A. Cardenas, F. Cooper, and A. Saxena
LA-UR-10-01022
(submitted for publication) Phys. Rev. E
- Electron-phonon coupling in semimetals in a high magnetic field,
P.B. Littlewood, B. Mihaila, and R.C. Albers,
arXiv:0912.4780 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci];
LA-UR-09-06102
(submitted for publication) Phys. Rev. B