Christopher White , Ph.D.
Chair, Department of PhysicsProfessor of Physics
Office: 106D Life Sciences Building
Phone: 312.567.3734
Fax: 312.567.3289
Email: whitec@iit.edu
Expertise
- Custom design of experimental apparatus, including electronic data acquisition and mechanical systems - data analysis and computer simulations - project management.
Education
- B.S. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Curriculum Vitae
Research & Major Accomplishments
I am currently collaborating on two neutrino experiments, the Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Study (MINOS) and the Daya Bay Reactor Anti-Neutrino Experiment. MINOS has been taking data since 2005 and has published the world's best limit on the neutrino mass splitting know as "delta-m-squared 2-3". We continue to take data in hopes of observing the appearance of anomalous electrons in our far detector, located in an old iron mine in Soudan, Minnesota. MINOS has also observed anti-neutrino oscillations with greater precision than any previous experiment.
The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment aims to complete the world's best measurement of the neutrino mixing parameter known as "sine squared two theta 1-3". The experiment is being constructed at the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station near Hong Kong. The collaboration primarily consists of American and Chinese physicists and engineers, amounting to one of the largest and most important scientific collaboration between the US and China. Construction will be completed by 2012, followed by a 3-year period of data collection and analysis. I am currently a project manager for electronic readout and DAQ, a member of the publication committee, and chair of the Institutional Board.
Current Projects
- Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment
- Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Study
Awards/Honors
- Excellence in Teaching - Illinois Institute of Technology
Patents
Books
- Hands-On Electronics by Daniel Kaplan and Christopher White, published by Cambridge University Press
Selected Publications
Study of the rare hyperon decay Omega to Xi pi pi. HyperCP Collaboration (O. Kamaev et al.). Phys.Lett.B693:236-240,2010.A Search for Lorentz Invariance and CPT Violation with the MINOS Far Detector. MINOS Collaboration (P. Adamson et al.). Phys.Rev.Lett.105:151601,2010.
New constraints on muon-neutrino to electron-neutrino transitions in MINOS. MINOS Collaboration (P. Adamson et al.). Phys.Rev.D82:051102,2010
Sudden stratospheric warmings seen in MINOS deep underground muon data. MINOS collaboration (S. Osprey et al.). Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L05809, 2009
Daya Bay reactor anti-neutrino experiment. Christopher White for the collaboration. Prepared for 23rd International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics (Neutrino 2008), Christchurch, New Zealand, 26-31 May 2008. Published in J.Phys.Conf.Ser.136:022012,2008.
Results from the HyperCP experiment (FNAL E871). Christopher White for the collaboration. Prepared for 12th Mexican School on Particles and Fields and 6th Latin American Symposium on High Energy Physics, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 1-8 Nov 2006. Published in AIP Conf.Proc.917:330-337,2007.
Search for Delta S = 2 nonleptonic hyperon decays. HyperCP Collaboration (C.G. White et al.). Phys.Rev.Lett.94:101804,2005.
Professional Society Memberships
Editorial Board Service
Professional Society Service
Grants
- My research efforts are funded by the U.S. Department of Energy
