Christopher White, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physics
Office: 106D Life Sciences Building
Office Hours:
Phone: 312.567.3734
Fax: 312.567.3289
Email:
whitec@iit.edu
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Expertise
- Custom design of experimental apparatus, including digital electronics, mechanical systems, and computer simulations
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 for 4 years 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 excess electron interactions in our far detector, located in an old iron mine in Soudan, Minnesota. If we do observe an excess of electrons, you'll be reading about it in the New York Times!
The Daya Bay project is primarily a collaboration between US and Chinese physicists and is fully supported by the US Department of Energy and the Chinese National Science Foundation. Our project is the largest and most important scientific collaboration between the US and China. We hope to observe anti-electron neutrinos changing flavor by deploying a series of detectors near the Daya Bay reactor facility which is located north-east of Hong Kong. Construction is currently underway and we hope to begin data collection in 2010.
Currently I serve as the chair for IIT's University Faculty Council. I am also the US project manager for electronics, online systems, and data acquisition within the Daya Bay Reactor Anti-Neutrino Project.
Current Projects
- Daya Bay Reactor Anti-Neutrino Experiment
- Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Study
- Physical Science Initiative (with the Math and Science Education Dept)
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
Measurement of Neutrino Oscillations with the MINOS Detectors in the NuMI Beam. By MINOS Collaboration (P. Adamson et al.). Jun 2008. 5pp. Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.101:131802,2008.
The Magnetized steel and scintillator calorimeters of the MINOS experiment. By MINOS Collaboration (D.G. Michael et al.). May 2008. 87pp. Published in Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A596:190-228,2008.
Daya Bay reactor anti-neutrino experiment. By Daya Bay Collaboration (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.
First observations of separated atmospheric nu(mu) and anti-nu(mu) events in the MINOS detector. By MINOS Collaboration (P. Adamson et al.) Published in Phys.Rev.D73:072002,2006
Search for Delta S = 2 nonleptonic hyperon decays. By HyperCP Collaboration (C.G. White et al.). Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.94:101804,2005
Evidence for the decay Sigma+ ---> p mu+ mu-. By HyperCP Collaboration (HyangKyu Park et al.). Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.94:021801,2005
Observation of parity violation in the Omega- ---> Lambda K- decay. By HyperCP Collaboration (L.C. Lu et al.). Published in Phys.Lett.B617:11-17,2005
Main injector neutrino oscillation experiment, MINOS. C. White (IIT, Chicago) . Feb 2004. 5pp. Prepared for Lake Louise Winter Institute 2004 on Fundamental Interactions, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, 15-21 Feb 2004. Published in *Lake Louise 2004, Fundamental interactions* 334-338
Professional Society Memberships
Editorial Board Service
Professional Society Service
Grants
- My research efforts are funded by the US Department of Energy
Community Service
- I serve on an advisory board for the Museum of Science and Industry. I also conduct science demonstrations for elementary school children across Chicago-land.
