Susan Gardner
Ph.D., M.I.T. (1988)
Phone: (859) 257-4391
Office: CP-387B
Research
Intermediate Energy Nuclear Physics (Th.)
Research Interests
My research lies at the interface of nuclear and particle physics. In particular, I study the discrete symmetries C, P, T -- and the manifestations of their violation -- in the structure and interactions of hadrons. I am also interested in establishing the means by which terrestrial experiments can probe the nature of dark matter.
The interpretation of precision, low-energy measurements of hadronic processes to infer the existence of emergent, high-energy phenomena can require quantitative assessment of the Standard Model contributions. Thus I am also interested in improving our understanding of the non-perturbative dynamics of the strong interaction, particularly as it impacts the reliability of such predictions.
Education
- B.S., Physics and Chemistry, Caltech (1982)
- M.A., Chemical Physics, Columbia University (1983)
- Ph.D., Theoretical Nuclear Physics, M.I.T. (1988)
Graduate Students
Selected Publications
- Susan Gardner, "Observing Dark Matter via the Gyromagnetic Faraday Effect," astro-ph/0611684.
- Stanley J. Brodsky and Susan Gardner, "Evidence for the Absence of Gluon Orbital Angular Momentum in the Nucleon," [hep-ph/0608219] Phys. Lett. B 643 22 (2006).
- S. J. Brodsky, S. Gardner, and D. S. Hwang, "Discrete symmetries on the light front and a general relation connecting nucleon electric dipole and anomalous magnetic moments," [hep-ph/0601037] Phys. Rev. D73 036007 (2006).
- Susan Gardner, "Towards a Precision Determination of alpha in B --> pi pi decays." [hep-ph/0505071] Phys. Rev. D72 034015 (2005).
- S. Gardner, V. Bernard, and U.-G. Meissner,, "Radiative Tritium Beta-decay and the Neutrino Mass," [hep-ph/0407077] Phys. Lett. B 598 188 (2004).
- V. Bernard, S. Gardner, U.-G. Meissner, and C. Zhang, "Radiative Neutron Beta Decay in Effective Field Theory," [hep-ph/040324] Phys. Lett. B 593 105 (2004), Erratum-ibid. B 599 348 (2004).
- S. Gardner and J. Tandean, "Observing Direct CP Violation in Untagged B-Meson Decays," [hep-ph/0308228] Phys. Rev. D69 034011 (2004).
- S. Gardner, "Direct CP Violation in Untagged B Meson Decays," [hep-ph/0203152] Phys. Lett. B 553 261 (2003).
- S. Gardner and U.-G. Meissner, "Rescattering and Chiral Dynamics in B --> rho pi Decay," [hep-ph/0112281] Phys. Rev. D65 094004 (2002).
- S. J. Brodsky and S. Gardner, "Evading the CKM Hierarchy: Intrinsic Charm in B Decays, " [hep-ph/0108121] Phys. Rev. D65 054016 (2002).
- S. Gardner and C. Zhang, "Sharpening Low-Energy, Standard-Model Tests via Correlation Coefficients in Neutron Beta-Decay," [hep-ph/0012098] Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 5666 (2001).
- S. Gardner and G. Valencia, "Additional Isospin-Breaking Effects in epsilon'/epsilon," [hep-ph/9909202] Phys. Lett B 466 355 (1999).
- S. Gardner, "How Isospin Violation Mocks `New' Physics: pi0-eta,eta' Mixing in B -> pi pi Decays," [hep-ph/9806423] Phys. Rev. D59 077502 (1999).