Richard J. Creswick

Professor

PSC 509
Physics and Astronomy
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
(803) 777-3766
e-mail

Education

• Ph. D. in Phyiscs, University of California, Berkeley, (1981)
• B. A. in Physics, Colorado College (1974)

Research Interests

Theory of condensed matter, critical phenomena and computational physics.

My research covers a wide range of topics in theoretical condensed matter physics including spontaneous symmetry breaking and critical phenomena, renormalization group theory, and computational methods in quantum physics. In addition, I work closely with the experimental condensed matter group on ferroelectric materials and high-TC superconductivity. I am also part of a large international collaboration searching for axions coming from the core of the sun.

Most recently, my research has focused on microcanonical methods in statistical physics. I have developed the "microcanonical transfer matrix" which counts exactly the number of states with a given energy. With this new data we have been able to pursue the Yang-Lee theory of phase transitions for the Q-state Potts model. I have applied some of these same ideas to evaluating the Feynman path integral and am currently working on the quantum XY model.

Selected Publications

• “New Limit on the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of 130Te” Arnaboldi C, Artusa DR, Avignone FT, Balata M, Bandac I, Beeman JW, Brofferio, C., Bucci C, Capelli S, Carbone L, Cebrian S, Cremonesi O, Creswick RJ, de Waard A, Farach HA, Fiorini E, Frossati G, Guardincerri E, Giuliani A, Gorla P, Haller EE, Morales, A., Norman EB, Nucciotti A, Olivieri E, Pallavicini M, Palmieri V, Pasca E, Pavan M, Pedretti M, Pessina G, Pirro S, Previtali E, Risegari L, Rosenfeld C, Sangiorgio S, Sisti M, Smith AR, Torres L, Ventura G Physical Review Letters 95, 142501 (2005)
• “Cuoricino and CUORE detectors: developing big arrays of large mass bolometers for rare events physics”, Gorla, P; Ardito, R; Arnaboldi, C; Artusa, DR; Avignone, FT; Balata, M; Bandac, I; Barucci, M; Beeman, J; Brofferio, C; Bucci, C; Capelli, S; Capozzi, F; Carbone, L; Cebrian, S; Cremonesi, O; Creswick, RJ; Dolinski, M; de Waard, A; Farach, HA; Ferroni, F; Fiorini, E; Frossati, G; Gargiulo, C; Giuliani, A; Guardincerri, E; Gutierrez, T; Haller, EE; Irastorza, IG; Longo, E; Maier, G; Maruyama, R; McDonald, RJ; Morganti, S; Morales, A; Nisi, S; Norman, EB; Nucciotti, A; Olivieri, E; Ottonello, P; Pallavicini, M; Palmieri, V; Pasca, E; Pavan, M; Pedretti, M; Pessina, G; Pirro, S; Previtali, E; Quiter, B; Risegari, L; Rosenfeld, C; Sangiorgio, S; Sisti, M; Smith, AR; Toffanin; Torres, L; Ventura, G; Xu, N NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS, 150: 214-218 JAN 2006
• 7/31/2007 Further developments in the CUORICINO experiment, Pirro, S; Arnaboldi, C; Artusa, DR; Avignone, FT; Balata, M; Bandac, I; Barucci, M; Beeman, JW; Bellini, F; Brofferio, C; Bucci, C; Capelli, S; Capozzi, F; Carbone, L; Cebrian, S; Clemenza, M; Cremonesi, O; Creswick, RJ; de Waard, A; Dolinski, M; Farach, HA; Florini, E; Frossati, G; Guardincerri, E; Giuliani, A; Gorla, P; Gutierrez, TD; Haller, EE; Maruyama, R; Nisi, S; Nones, C; Norman, EB; Nucciotti, A; Olivieri, E; Pallavicini, M; Palmieri, V; Pasca, E; Pavan, M; Pedretti, M; Pessina, G; Previtali, E; Quiter, B; Risegari, L; Rosenfeld, C; Sangiorgio, S; Sisti, M; Smith, AR; Torres, L; Ventura, G, NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 559 (2): 352-354 APR 15 2006
• The CUORICINO and CUORE double beta decay experiments Ardito, R; Arnaboldi, C; Artusa, DR; Avignone, FT; Balata, M; Bandac, I; Barucci, M; Beeman, JW; Bellini, F; Brofferio, C; Bucci, C; Capelli, S; Capozzi, F; Carbone, L; Cebrian, S; Clemenza, M; Cosmelli, C; Cremonesi, O; Creswick, RJ; Dafinei, I; de Waard, A; Diemoz, M; Dolinski, M; Farach, HA; Ferroni, F; Fiorini, E; Freedman, SJF; Frossati, G; Gargiulo, C; Giuliani, A; Gorla, P; Guardincerri, E; Gutierrez, TD; Haller, EE; Heeger, KM; Irastorza, IG; Longo, E; Maruyama, R; Morganti, S; Nisi, S; Nones, C; Norman, EB; Nucciotti, A; Xu, N; Olivieri, E; Ottonello, P; Pallavicini, M; Palmieri, E; Pavan, M; Pedretti, M; Pessina, G; Pirro, S; Previtali, E; Risegari, L; Rosenfeld, C; Sangiorgio, S; Sisti, M; Smith, AR; Torres, L; Ventura, G; Zanotti, L INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON NUCLEAR PHYSICS 27TH COURSE: NEUTRINOS IN COSMOLOGY, IN ASTRO, PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS, 57 (1): 203-216 2006
• Search for solar axions: the CAST experiment at CERN Andriamonje, S. Arsov, V; Aune, S ; Autiero, D ; Avignone, F ; Barth, K ; Belov, A ; Beltran, B ; Brauninger, H ; Carmona, JM ; Cebrian, S ; Chesi, E ; Collar, JI ); Creswick, R ; Dafni, T ; Davenport, M ; Di Lella, L ; Eleftheriadis, C; Englhauser, J ; Fanourakis, G ; Farach, H ; Ferrer, E ; Fischer, H ; Franz, J ; Friedrich, P ; Geralis, T ; Giomataris, I ; Gnienko, S ; Goloubev, N ; Hartmann, R.; Hasinoff, MD; Heinsius, FH ; Hoffmann, DHH ; Irastorza, LG ; Jacoby, J ; Kang, D ; Konigsmann, K ; Kotthaus, R ; Krcmar, M ; Kousouris, K ; Kuster, M ; Lakic, B ; Lasseur, C ; Liolios, A ; Ljubicic, A ; Lutz, G ; Luzon, G; Miller, DW ; Morales, A ; Morales, J ; Mutterer, M ; Nikolaidis, A ; Ortiz, A ; Papaevangelou, T ; Placci, A ; Raffelt, G ; Ruz, J ; Riege, H ; Sarsa, ML ; Savvidis, I ; Serber, W ; Serpico, P ; Semertzidis, Y ; Stewart, L ; Vieira, JD; Villar, J ; Walckiers, L ; Zachariadou, K ; Zioutas, K CZECHOSLOVAK JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 56: C203-C209 Suppl. C 2006