RESUME

CURRICULUM VITAE

PORTER W. JOHNSON

Born 04 September 1942
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Married; 2 children

Education

B.S. Case Institute of Technology, 1963
M.A. Princeton University, 1965
Ph.D. Princeton University, 1967

Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant, NSF Pre-doctoral Fellow (3 years), NASA Trainee (1 year), Princeton University, 1963 - 1967
Thesis Adviser: Sam Treiman
Thesis Title: Bounds on Scattering Amplitudes

Academic Appointments

Post-doctoral Research Associate, Case Western Reserve University, 1967 - 1969
Assistant Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1969 - 1974
Associate Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1974 - 1983
Assistant Chairman, Physics Department, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1976 - 1981
Acting Chairman, Physics Department, Illinois Institute of Technology, Spring Semester, 1979
Wetenschappelijke Hoofdmedewerker, University of Groningen (The Netherlands) Fall Semester, 1975
Sabbatical Leave 1981 - 1982:
Argonne National Laboratory Faculty Research Leave (6 months)
University of Groningen Senior Research Associate (6 months)
Chairman, Physics Department, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1984 -1995
Director, SMILE Program at Illinois Institute of Technology, 1993 - 2006
University Representative: Faculty Advisory Committee of Illinois Board of Higher Education 1995 - 1998.
Consultant, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory Summer 1997
Acting Chairman, Department of Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences Spring 1999
Interim Chairman, (newly created) Department of Mathematics and Science Education, 2000 - 2001
Director, SMART Program at Illinois Institute of Technology, 2000 - 2006
Sabbatical Leave 2007 - 2008:
Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1983-

Published Books:

Exercises in Quantum Mechanics: A Self-Contained Book of Questions and Answers, with David Atkinson and Mahouton Norbert Hounkonnou, Rinton Press 2001, ISBN 1-58949-022-3.
Quantum Field Theory: A Self-contained Approach, with David Atkinson, Rinton Press 2002, ISBN 1-58949-024-X.
Exercises in Quantum Field Theory: A Self-Contained Book of Questions and Answers, with David Atkinson, Rinton Press 2003, ISBN 1-58949-031-2.
Relativity for the Mind: An Introduction for Scientists, Rinton Press 2007, ISBN 1-58949-054-1.

72 Scientific Publications in refereed journals

PUBLICATIONS

1. "Orear Behavior in Potential Scattering", J. Math. Phys. 9, 712 (1968).
2. "Orear Behavior in Potential Scattering II", J. Math. Phys. 10, 946 (1969).
3. "High-Energy, Fixed Angle Potential Scattering", J. Math. Phys. 10, 1633 (1969).
4. "Solutions of Partial-Wave Dispersion Relations", Phys. Rev. 181, 2006 (1969).
5. "Solutions of Partial-Wave Dispersion Relations II", Phys. Rev. 186, 1853 (1969).
6. "Polarization in High-Energy K-N Scattering", Nuovo Cimento 64A, 353 (1969) (with P.B. Kantor).
7. "Regge Trajectories at High Energies for a Class of Analytic Potentials", J. Math. Phys. 12, 1610 (1971).
8. "Crossing-Symmetric Bethe-Salpeter Equations and the Generalized Ladder Graphs", Phys. Rev. D4, 3766 (1971) (with R.J. Yaes).
9. "Reformulation of Crossing-Unitarity Equation in Terms of Partial Waves", Phys. Rev. D6, 3766 (1971) (with D. Atkinson and R.L. Warnock).
10. "Determination of The Scattering Amplitude from the Differential Cross-Section and Unitarity", Commun. Math. Phys. 28, 133 (1972) (with D. Atkinson and R.L. Warnock).
11. "New Charge-Exchange Polarization Data and Pi-N Amplitude Analysis at 3.6 amd 6.0 GeV/c", Phys. Rev. Lett. 30, 242 (1973) (with K.E. Lassila, P. Koehler, R. Miller, and A. Yokosawa).
12. "Crichton's Phase-Shift Ambiguity", Nucl. Phys. B55, 125 (1973) (with D. Atkinson, N. Mehta, and M. de Roo).
13. "Moments of Inertia by Monte-Carlo Integration Programs", Amer J. Phys. 40, 1872 (1972).
14. "Continuum Ambiguity in the Construction of Unitary, Analytic Amplitudes from Fixed Energy Scattering Data", J. Math. Phys. 14, 1558 (1973) (with G.R. Bart and R.L. Warnock).
15. "Determination of Unitary, Analytic Amplitudes from Given Scattering Data: A Refined Analysis", Commun. Math. Phys. 33, 221 (1973) (with D. Atkinson and R.L. Warnock).
16. "Recurrence and Dispersion under Iteration of Chebyshev Polynomials", J. Math. Anal. and App. 54, 752 (1976) (with A. Sklar).
17. "Pi-N Scattering Amplitude Analysis: Effect of Experimental Errors on Amplitude Uncertainty", Nuovo Cimento 22A, 99 (1974) (with R.C. Miller and A. Yokosawa).
18. "Construction of Unitary, Analytic Scattering Amplitudes III: Practical Application to Alpha-Alpha Scattering", Nucl. Phys. B66, 429 (1973) (with D. Atkinson, M. de Roo, and L.P. Kok).
19. "Unitary Amplitudes with Cut-Plane Analyticity from Given Scattering Data", Nucl. Phys. B72, 329 (1974) (with G.R. Bart and R.L. Warnock).
20. "Marginally Singular Integral Equations with Divided-Difference Kernel: A Problem in N/D Theory", J. Math. Phys. 16, 1380 (1975) (with R.L. Warnock).
21. "Dynamical Equations for Regge Theory with Unitarity and Crossing", Particles and Fields-1974 (AIP Conference Proceedings, No. 23), edited by C.E. Carlson (Amer. Inst. of Phys., NY, 1975), p. 572 (with R.L. Warnock).
22. "Regge Amplitudes through Solution of S-Matrix Equations", J. Math. Phys. 16, 1886 (1975) (with J.S. Frederiksen and R.L. Warnock).
23. "Construction of Regge Amplitudes through Solution of S-Matrix Equations", Lecture Notes in Physics; No. 85: Applied Inverse Problems , edited by P.C. Sabatier, (Springer-Verlag, 1978), p. 388.
24. "Sommerfeld-Watson Representation for Double Spectral Functions III: Crossing Symmetric Pion-Pion Scattering Amplitude with Regge Poles" Commun. Math. Phys. 51, 67 (1976) (with D. Atkinson, J.S. Frederiksen, and M. Kaekebeke).
25. "A Remark on Off-Shell Phase-Shift Analysis", Nucl. Phys. B114, 458 (1976) (with D. Atkinson and F.J. Yndurain).
26. "Comparison of Asymptotically Free Theories with High Energy Deep Inelastic Scattering Data", Nucl. Phys. B121, 270 (1977) (with Wu-ki Tung).
27. "Dynamical Equations for a Regge Theory with Crossing Symmetry and Unitarity Part I: Introduction, and the Case of Weak Coupling", Phys. Rev. D15, 2354 (1977) (with R.L. Warnock).
28. "Dynamical Equations for a Regge Theory with Crossing Symmetry and Unitarity Part II: The Case of Strong Coupling and Elimination of Ghost Poles", Phys. Rev. D15, 2366 (1977) (with R.L. Warnock).
29. "Amplitude Reconstruction in N-N Scattering at 6 GeV/c: Where Do We Stand and What Measurements Should Be Done?", Phys. Rev. D15, 1895 (1977) (with R.C. Miller and G.H. Thomas).
30. "Dynamical Equations for a Regge Theory with Crossing Symmetry and Unitarity III: Crossing-Symmetric Representation with Explicit Regge-Pole Terms", Phys. Rev. D16, 482 (1977) (with M. Kaekebeke and R.L. Warnock).
31. "Precise Treatment of Operator Mixing in Application of Asymptotically Free Gauge Theories to Deep Inelastic Scattering", Phys. Rev. D16, 2767 (1977) (with Wu-ki Tung).
32. "Disentangling the Scattering Matrix When There is a Dominant Scattering Mechanism", Phys. Rev. D16, 2783 (1977) (with G.H. Thomas).
33. "Lectures on Asymptotic Freedom and Lepton-Hadron Scattering", based on lectures given at the University of Groningen, June 1978. Groningen Internal Report No. 115.
34. "The Simulation of Random Processes on Digital Computers with Chebyshev Mixing Transformations", J. Comp. Phys. 32, 168 (1979) (with T. Erber).
35. "Solution of the Unitarity Equation with Overlapping Left and Right Cuts: A Tool for Study of the S^* and Similar Systems", J. Math. Phys. 22, 285 (1981) (with R.L. Warnock).
36. "QCD Asymptotics and Kinematic Thresholds in Deep Inelastic Scattering", Phys. Lett. 83B, 114 (1979) (with K. Bitar and Wu-ki Tung).
37. "Structure Functions and Their Moments as Testing Ground for QCD---The Pandora's Box of Mass Effects", Proceedings of Neutrino '79 International Conference on Neutrinos Bergen 1979, edited by A. Haatuft and C. Jarlskog, Vol.2, p. 612 (with Wu-ki Tung).
38. "Testing the Spin of the Gluon in Large Transverse-Momentum Lepton Pair Production", Phys. Rev. Lett. 45, 1382 (1980) (with Wu-ki Tung).
39. "Quantum Chromodynamics and Lepton Pair Production", lectures given at the University of Groningen, June 1980. Groningen Internal Report No. 161.
40. "Nonperturbative Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics I. Study of an Approximate Equation of Mandelstam", J.Math. Phys. 22, 2704 (1981) (with D. Atkinson, J.K. Drohm, and K. Stam).
41. "Chebyshev Mixing and Harmonic Oscillator Models", Phys. Lett. 85A, 65 (1981) (with T. Erber and P. Everett).
42. "Angular Distributions of 3-jets in e⁺-e^- Annihilations and the Spin of the Gluon", Zeit. f. Physik C13, 87 (1982) (with Wu-ki Tung).
43. "Nonperturbative Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics II. Mandelstam's Gluon Propagator", J. Math. Phys. 23, 1917 (1982) (with D. Atkinson and K. Stam).
44. "Relation of Mixing Transformations to Periodic Motion in One Dimension", Acta Physica Austriaca 55, 111 (1983).
45. "Infra-red Behaviour of the Gluon Propagator in Axial Gauges", Nuovo Cimento 77A, 197 (1983), (with D. Atkinson, W.J. Schoenmaker,and H.A. Slim).
46. "Transverse Momentum Distribution of Lepton-Pairs in Drell-Yan Process in an Asymptotically Free Scalar Theory", Annals of Physics 153, 205 (1984), (with M. Medina-Garcia and Wu-ki Tung).
47. "Infra-red Behavior of the Gluon Propagator in QCD", Workshop on Non-perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics (1983, Stillwater OK), edited by K. Milton and M. Samuel, (Birkhaeuser,1983), p. 249.
48. "Nonperturbative Confinement in Quantum Chromodynamics III. Improved Gluon Propagator", J. Math. Phys. 25, 2095 (1984). (with D. Atkinson, H. Boelens, S.J. Hiemstra, W.J. Schoenmaker, and K. Stam).
49. "Linearization of the Baker-Ball-Zachariasen Gluon Propagator Equation", Nucl. Phys. B241, 189 (1984). (with D. Atkinson).
50. "Wilson Loop Equations on a Lattice", lectures given at the University of Groningen, June 1984. Groningen Internal Report No. 198.
51. "Parton Distribution Functions in Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics--Small-x Behavior and All That", Proceedings of the l984 Snowmass Workshop on SSC, published by Fermilab, l985 (with Wu-ki Tung).
52. "Bifurcation of the Quark Self-Energy: Infra-red and Ultra-Violet Cut-Offs", Phys. Rev. D35, l943 (1987). (with D. Atkinson).
53. "Chiral Symmetry Breaking in QCD", Zeits. f. Phys. 34C, 99 (1987). (with D. Atkinson and M. Koopmans).
54. "Chiral Symmetry Breakdown I. Gauge Dependence in Constant Vertex Approximation", J. Math. Phys. 28, 2488 (1987). (with D. Atkinson).
55. "A Precise Formulation of the Effective-Vector-Boson Method for High Energy Collisions", Proceedings of the l986 Summer Study on the Design and Utilization of the SCC, Snowmass l986. (with F. Olness and Wu-ki Tung).
56. "The Effective-Vector-Boson Method for High Energy Collisions", Phys. Rev. D36, 291 (1987). (with F.I. Olness and Wu-ki Tung).
57. "Chiral Symmetry Breakdown III. Delbourgo's Gauge Technique", J. Math. Phys. 28, 2994 (1987). (with D. Atkinson and A. Hulsebos).
58. "Chiral Symmetry Breaking in QCD I. The Infra-red Domain", Phys. Rev. D37, 2290 (1988). (with D. Atkinson).
59. "Chiral Symmetry Breaking in QCD II. Running Coupling Constant", Phys. Rev. D37, 2296 (1988). (with D. Atkinson).
60. "Chiral Symmetry Breaking Beyond the Landau Gauge", Phys. Lett. 201B, 105 (1988). (with D. Atkinson and K. Stam).
61. "Chiral Symmetry Breaking in QCD III. Arbitrary Covariant Gauge", Phys. Rev. D37, 2996 (1988). (with D. Atkinson and K. Stam).
62. "Dynamical Chiral Symmetry Breaking in Strong Coupling Unquenched QED[4]", Argonne Report ANL-HEP-pr-88-45. (with J. Oliensis).
63. "Dynamical Mass Generation in Three-Dimensional QED", Brookhaven Report BNL-41615 (with D. Atkinson and M. R. Pennington).
64. "A Possible Second Order Phase Transition in Strongly Coupled Unquenched Planar QED[4]", Phys. Rev. D42, 656 (1990) (with J. Oliensis).
65. "Gaussian Beam Spread in Biological Tissues", Applied Optics 29, 379 (1990) (with L.I. Grossweiner, J.L. Karagiannes, and Z. Zhang).
66. "Current and Constituent Quark Masses I. Beyond Chiral Symmetry Breaking", Phys. Rev. D41, 1661 (1990) (with D. Atkinson).
67. "Model Tissue Heating with a Pulsed Nd:YAG Laser" Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 10, 295 (1990) (with L.I. Grossweiner, A.M. Al-Karmi, and K.R. Brader).
68. "Dynamical Mass Generation in QED[3]: Improved Vertex Function", Phys. Rev. D42, 602 (1990) (with D. Atkinson and P. Maris).
69. "New Variational Procedure for the Helmholtz Equation with Mixed Boundary Conditions", IIT Internal Report December 1990.
70. "Pions and Kaons in QCD", Phys. Rev. D43, 218 (1991) (with D. Atkinson and H.J. de Groot).
71. "Phase Transitions in Strong Coupling QED4[N]", Int. Jour. Mod. Phys. A7 7629 (1992) (with D. Atkinson and H.J. de Groot).
72. "Reflection and Transmission Coefficients in Plane Parallel Layers with Refractive Index Mismatch", Applied Optics 31, 106 (1992) (with L.I. Grossweiner, L.R. Jones, and J.L. Karagiannes).

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