Publications for Richard W. Robinett

R. W. Robinett and J. L. Rosner, Prospects for a second neutral boson at low mass in SO(10), Phys. Rev. D25, 3036-3064 (1982); D27, 679 (E) (1983).
R. W. Robinett, Mass bounds in the Fritzsch-Mandelbaum composite model, Phys. Lett. 116B, 144-146 (1982).
R. W. Robinett, Neutral currents in E₆, Phys. Rev. D26, 2388-2395 (1982).
R. W. Robinett, Neutral current interactions in grand unified theories, Phys. Rev. D26, 2526-2528 (1982).
R. W. Robinett and J. L. Rosner, Mass scales in grand unified theories, Phys. Rev. D26, 2396-2419 (1982).
R. W. Robinett, W magnetic moment in electroweak mixing and composite models and radiation zeros in q_i anti-q_j --> W gamma, Phys. Rev. D28, 1185-1191 (1983).
R. W. Robinett, W weak multipole moments in electroweak mixing and composite models, Phys. Rev. D28, 1192-1197 (1983).
V. Barger, R. W. Robinett, W. -Y. Keung, and R. J. N. Phillips, Supersymmetric decay widths of weak bosons, Phys. Rev. D28, (Rapid Communications) 2912-2914 (1983).
R. W. Robinett, Homemade rainbows: a backyard experiment, Phys. Teacher 21, 388-390 (1983).
V. Barger, R. W. Robinett, W. -Y. Keung, R. J. N. Phillips, Production of gauge fermions at colliders, Phys. Lett. 131B, 372-376 (1983).
R. W. Robinett, A class of supersymmetric radiation zeros, Phys. Rev. D30, 688-689 (1984).
P. Langacker, R. W. Robinett, and J. L. Rosner, New heavy gauge bosons in pp and p p-bar collisions, Phys. Rev. D30, 1470-1487 (1984).
J. F. Donoghue, B. R. Holstein, and R. W. Robinett, Renormalization of the energy-momentum tensor and the validity of the equivalence principle at finite temperature, Phys. Rev. D30, 2561-2572 (1984).
R. W. Robinett, Supersymmetric QED at finite temperature and the principle of equivalence, Phys. Rev. D31, 336-340 (1985).
R. W. Robinett, Supersymmetric electromagnetic moments and radiation zeros, Phys. Rev. D31, 1657-1660 (1985).
J. F. Donoghue, B. R. Holstein, and R. W. Robinett, The principle of equivalence at finite temperature, Gen. Rel. and Grav. 17, 207-214 (1985).
R. W. Robinett, Production of scalar quarkonium in t-quarkonium radiative decays, Phys. Rev. D31, 3008-3009 (1985).
P. Moxhay and R. W. Robinett, Searching for scalar quarkonium at proton-antiproton colliders, Phys. Rev. D32, 300-302 (1985).
R. W. Robinett, Supersymmetry and ultra-high energy cosmic rays, Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 469-472 (1985).
R. W. Robinett, Extended strongly interacting Higgs theories, Phys. Rev. D32, 1780-1785 (1985).
R. W. Robinett, Light gluinos and quark-gluon plasma formation in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, Phys. Rev. D32, 2449-2451 (1985).
J. F. Donoghue, B. R. Holstein, and R. W. Robinett, Quantum electrodynamics at finite temperature, Ann. Phys. 164, 233-253 (1985); (E) 172, 172 (1986).
R. W. Robinett, Two Higgs doublets and heavy quarkonium decays, Phys. Rev. D33, 736-739 (1986).
R. W. Robinett, Searching for supersymmetry in high-energy cosmic ray interactions, Phys. Rev. D33, 1239-1246 (1986).
R. W. Robinett, On the mixing and production of exotic fermions in E₆, Phys. Rev. D33, 1908-1911 (1986).
R. W. Robinett, The phenomenology of isosinglet Higgs bosons in extended electroweak models, Phys. Rev. D34, 182-185 (1986).
E. Golowich and R. W. Robinett, Probing the three-Higgs boson coupling in heavy quarkonium decays, Phys. Rev. D34, 888-891 (1986).
J. F. Donoghue, B. R. Holstein, and R. W. Robinett, On the gravitational coupling at finite temperature, Phys. Rev. D34, 1208-1209 (1986).
E. Golowich and R. W. Robinett, Limits on millicharged matter from beam dump experiments, Phys. Rev. D35, 291-292 (1987).
R. W. Robinett, t-quarkonium decays into b b-bar decays and charged Higgs bosons, Phys. Rev. D35, 2897-2899 (1987).
R. W. Robinett, Extra Z's from E₆ and other exotic physics in heavy-quarkonium decays, Phys. Rev. D36, 719-723 (1987).
H. Grotch and R. W. Robinett, New limits from single-photon searches at e⁺e^- colliders, Phys. Rev. D36, 2153-2156 (1987).
R. W. Robinett, Exotic quarks from the superstring and toponium decays, Phys. Lett. B197, 531-535 (1987).
R. W. Robinett, The production of leptoquark bosons in ultra-high energy neutrino interactions, Phys. Rev. D37, 84-88 (1988).
R. W. Robinett, New production mechanisms for exotic quarks of superstring-inspired E₆ models at ep colliders, Phys. Rev. D37, 1321-1324 (1988).
M. A. Doncheski, H. Grotch, and R. W. Robinett, Axigluons and heavy quarkonia, Phys. Lett. 206B, 137-140 (1988).
M. A. Doncheski, H. Grotch, and R. W. Robinett, Axigluons in the Upsilon system, Phys. Rev. D38, (Rapid communications) 412-413 (1988).
H. Grotch and R. W. Robinett, Limits on the tau neutrino electromagnetic properties from single photon searches at e⁺e^- colliders, Z. Phys. C39, 553-556 (1988).
R. W. Robinett, Production prospects for Higgs bosons in chiral-color models, Phys. Rev. D38 (Rapid communications), 2301-2304 (1988).
M. A. Doncheski, H. Grotch, R. W. Robinett, and K. Schilcher, Higgs boson radiative corrections to the decay ³S₁ (Q Qbar) --> H gamma, Phys. Rev. D38, 3511-3515 (1988).
R. W. Robinett and T. G. Rizzo, Axigluon production at ep colliders, Phys. Lett. B215, 777-782 (1988).
R. W. Robinett, Partial-wave unitarity constraints on the axigluon mass, Phys. Rev. D39, 834-837 (1989).
R. W. Robinett, Flavor-changing decays of toponium, Phys. Lett. B218, 476-480 (1989).
R. Fletcher, F. Halzen, and R. W. Robinett, Probing the gluon structure of the photon with HERA, Phys. Lett. B225, 176-180 (1989).
T. G. Rizzo and R. W. Robinett, Triple gauge boson decay of new neutral gauge bosons, Phys. Lett. B226, 117-121 (1989).
M. A. Doncheski, H. Grotch, R. W. Robinett, K. Schilcher, G. Belanger, and P. Moxhay, Flavor-changing decays of the Z⁰ and leptoquarks, Phys. Rev. D40, 2301-2304 (1989).
R. W. Robinett, psi psi production and multiple parton interactions at supercollider energies, Phys. Lett. B230, 153-158 (1989).
S. Heppelmann, R. W. Robinett, and P. Moxhay, psi Upsilon production in hadronic collisions, Phys. Lett. B233, 245-250 (1989).
L. Bergström and R. W. Robinett, Z and vector meson production in hadronic collisions at large transverse momentum, Phys. Lett. B238, 112-116 (1990).
L. Bergström and R. W. Robinett, On the rare decays Z --> VV and Z --> VP, Phys. Rev. D41, 3513-3514 (1990).
L. Bergström and R. W. Robinett, Z decay into a vector meson and a lepton pair, Phys. Lett. B245, 249-250 (1990).
L. Bergström, R. W. Robinett, and L. Weinkauf, Aspects of psi and Upsilon production at supercollider energies, Phys. Rev. D42, 825-834 (1990).
M. A. Doncheski and R. W. Robinett, Low transverse momentum psi and Upsilon production in polarized proton-proton collisions, Phys. Lett. B248, 188-192 (1990).
R. W. Robinett, ''Charmonium production at large transverse momentum in polarized proton-proton collisions, Phys. Rev. D43, 113-118 (1991).
L. Bergström, H. Grotch, and R. W. Robinett, D-wave quarkonium production and annihilation decays: Formalism and applications, Phys. Rev. D43, 2157-2160 (1991).
R. W. Robinett and L. Weinkauf, Charged Higgs boson decay H^+/- --> Upsilon W^+/- : the effects of P- and D-states, Mod. Phys. Lett. A17, 1575-1579 (1991).
R. W. Robinett, Final state gluon polarization in large transverse momentum quarkonium production, Z. Phys. C51, 89-91 (1991).
M. A. Doncheski, R. W. Robinett, and L. Weinkauf, Spin dependence of three-jet and two-jet plus photon events in polarized proton-proton collisions, Phys. Rev. D44, 2717-2726 (1991).
R. W. Robinett and L. Weinkauf, Exclusive QCD predictions for proton-antiproton decay rates of ³D₁ charmonium states, Phys. Lett. B271, 231-236 (1991).
L. Bergström, P. Ernstöm, and R. W. Robinett, Large p_T production of D-wave quarkonium states at hadron colliders, Phys. Rev. D45, 116-123 (1992).
R. W. Robinett, Transverse spin asymmetries for three-jet production in hadronic collisions, Phys. Rev. D45, 2563-2565 (1992).
G. Bunce, J. Collins, S. Heppelmann, R. Jaffe, S. Y. Lee, Y. Makdisi, R. W. Robinett, J. Soffer, M. Tannenbaum, D. Underwood, and A. Yokosawa, Polarized protons at RHIC, Particle World 3, 1-12 (1992).
M. A. Doncheski and R. W. Robinett, Double photon production in polarized proton-proton collisions, Phys. Rev. D46, 2011 (1992).
R. W. Robinett and L. Weinkauf, Covariant formalism for F-wave quarkonium production and annihilation: application to ³F_J --> gg decays, Phys. Rev. D46, 3832-3840 (1992).
M. A. Doncheski, R. W. Robinett, and L. Weinkauf, Spin-spin asymmetries in large transverse momentum Higgs boson production , Phys. Rev. D47, 1243-1246 (1993),
R. W. Robinett, Probing the three-gluon coupling of QCD using heavy quark and quarkonium production in hadronic collisions, Phys. Lett. B318, 189-196 (1993).
M. Karliner and R. W. Robinett, Aspects of heavy quark production in polarized proton-proton collisions , Phys. Lett. B324, 209-216 (1994).
J. Goldstein, C. Lebedziek, and R. W. Robinett, Supersymmetric quantum mechanics: examples with Dirac delta functions, Am. J. Phys. 62, 612-618 (1994).
M. A. Doncheski and R. W. Robinett, Aspects of psi and chi production in polarized proton-proton collisions , Z. Phys. C63, 611-618 (1994),
S. P. Fraser, S. T. Fraser, and R. W. Robinett, Aspects of four-jet production in polarized proton-proton collisions , Phys. Rev. D51, 6580-6583 (1995),
R. W. Robinett, Quantum and classical probability distributions for position and momentum, Am. J. Phys. 63, 823-832 (1995)
R. W. Robinett, Visualizing the solutions of the circular infinite well in classical and quantum mechanics, Am. J. Phys. 64, 440-446 (1996)
R. W. Robinett, Quantum mechanical time-development operator for the uniformly accelerated particle, Am. J. Phys. 64, 803-808 (1996).
R. W. Robinett and P. E. Sokol, Investigating physical pendula with KNEX, Phys. Teacher 34, 427-429 (1996).
R. W. Robinett, Average value of position for the anharmonic oscillator: classical versus quantum results, Am. J. Phys. 65, 190-194 (1997).
R. W. Robinett, WKB energy quantization and first-order perturbation theory, Am. J. Phys. 65, 320-328 (1997).
M. A. Doncheski and R. W. Robinett, Third-generation leptoquark decays and collider searches , Phys. Lett. B411, 107-111 (1997),
M. A. Doncheski and R. W. Robinett, Closing the window on the axigluon mass using top quark production data , Phys. Lett. B412, 91-94 (1997).
M. A. Doncheski and R. W. Robinett, Leptoquark production in ultrahigh-energy neutrino interactions reexamined , Phys. Rev. D56, 7412-7415 (1997).
R. W. Robinett, Visualizing classical periodic orbits from the quantum energy spectrum via the Fourier transform: Simple infinite well examples, Am. J. Phys. 65, 1167-1175 (1997).
R. W. Robinett, Periodic orbit theory of a continuous family of quasi-circular billiards, J. Math. Phys. 39, 278-298 (1998).
R. W. Robinett, The polarizability of a particle in power law potentials: a WKB analysis, Eur. J. Phys. 19, 31-39 (1998).
R. W. Robinett, Energy eigenvalues and periodic orbits for the circular disk or annular infinite well, Surf. Rev. and Lett. 5, 519-526 (1998).
M. A. Doncheski and R. W. Robinett, Radiation zeros and scalar particles beyond the standard model , Phys. Lett. B435, 364-372 (1998).
M. A. Doncheski and R. W. Robinett, Eliminating the low-mass axigluon window,Phys. Rev. D58, 097702 (3 pages) (1998)
R. W. Robinett, C. Mulfinger, and J. Passaneau, Optical realization of a circular billiard, Phys. Teacher 36, 547-552 (1998).
R. W. Robinett, Isolated versus non-isolated periodic orbits in variants of the two-dimensional square and circular wells, J. Math. Phys. 40, 101-122 (1999).
R. W. Robinett, Periodic orbit theory analysis of the circular disk or annular billiard: non-classical effects and the distribution of energy eigenvalues, Am. J. Phys. 67, 67-78 (1999).
M. A. Doncheski and R. W. Robinett, Anatomy of a quantum `bounce'', Eur. J. Phys. 20, 29-37 (1999).
R. W. Robinett, Visualizing the collapse and revival of wavepackets in the infinite square well using expectation values, Am. J. Phys. 68, 410-420 (2000).
R. W. Robinett, Invited comparative review of undergraduate and graduate textbooks on classical mechanics, Am. J. Phys. 68, 390-393 (2000).
R. W. Robinett, Wave packet revivals and quasi-revivals in one-dimensional power law potentials, J. Math. Phys. 41, 1801-1813 (2000).
M. A. Doncheski and R. W. Robinett, Extra dimensional gravity and dijet production at gamma gamma colliders , Phys. Rev. D61, 117701 (4 pages) (2000).
M. A. Doncheski and R. W. Robinett, Comparing classical and quantum probability distributions for an asymmetric infinite well , Eur. J. Phys. 21, 217-228 (2000)
R. W. Robinett, Periodic orbit theory analysis of a family of deformed hemispherical billiards, Surf. Rev. and Lett. 7, 151-160 (2000).
M. A. Doncheski and R. W. Robinett, Expectation value analysis of wave packet solutions for the quantum bouncer: short-term classical and long-term revival behavior, Am. J. Phys. 69, 1084-1090 (2001).
R. W. Robinett, Spacecraft artifacts as physics teaching resources, Phys. Teach. 39, 476-479 (2001)
E. Cataloglu and R. W. Robinett, Testing the development of student conceptual and visualization skills in quantum mechanics through the undergraduate career, Am. J. Phys. 70, 238-251 (2002).
R. W. Robinett, Visualizing classical and quantum probability densities for momentum using variations on familiar one-dimensional potentials, Eur. J. Phys. 23, 165-174 (2002).
R. W. Robinett and S. Heppelmann, Quantum wave packet revivals in circular billiards, Phys. Rev. A 65, 062103-1 -- 62103-10 (2002).
M. A. Doncheski and R. W. Robinett, Quantum mechanical analysis of the equilateral triangle billiard: periodic orbit theory and wave packet revivals , Ann. Phys. 299, 208-227 (2002).
R. W. Robinett, It's, like, relative motion at the mall, Phys. Teach. 41, 140-142 (2003).
M. A. Doncheski, S. Heppelmann, R. W. Robinett, and D. C. Tussey, Wave packet construction in two-dimensional quantum billiards: Blueprints for the square, equilateral triangle, and circular cases, Am. J. Phys. 71, 541-557 (2003).
R. W. Robinett, Quantum mechanics of the two-dimensional circular billiard plus baffle system and half-integral angular momentum , Eur. J. Phys. 24, 231-243 (2003).
M. A. Doncheski and R. W. Robinett, Wave packet revivals and the energy eigenvalue spectrum of the quantum pendulum, Ann. J. Phys. 308, 578-598 (2003)
R. W. Robinett, Quantum wave packet revivals, Phys. Rep. 392, 1-119 (2004).
M. A. Belloni, M. A. Doncheski, and R. W. Robinett, Wigner quasi-probability distribution for the infinite square well: energy eigenstates and time-dependent wave packets Am. J. Phys. 72 , 1183-1192 (2004).
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R. W. Robinett and L. C. Bassett, Analytic results for Gaussian wave packets in four model systems: I. Visualization of the kinetic energy , Found. Phys. Lett. 17 , 607-625 (2004).
R. W. Robinett and L. C. Bassett, Analytic results for Gaussian wave packets in four model systems: II. Autocorrelation functions , Found. Phys. Lett. 17 , 645-661 (2004).
M. Belloni, M. A. Doncheski, and R. W. Robinett, Exact results for `bouncing' Gaussian wave packets Phys. Scripta 71 , 136-140 (2005).
L. C. Bassett, M. A. Doncheski, and R. W. Robinett, Simple examples of position-momentum correlated Gaussian free-particle wavepackets with the general form of the time-dependent spread in position Found. Phys. Lett. 18 , 445-475 (2005)
M. Belloni, M. A. Doncheski, and R. W. Robinett, Zero curvature solutions of the one-dimensional Schrödinger equation , Phys. Scripta 72 , 122-126 (2005).
L. P. Gilbert, M. Belloni, M. A. Doncheski, and R. W. Robinett, More on the asymmetric infinite square well: Energy eigenstates with zero curvature Eur. J. Phys. 26 , 815-825 (2005).
R. W. Robinett, Image method solutions for free-particle wave packets in wedge geometries , Eur. J. Phys. 27 , 281-289 (2005)
R. W. Robinett, Self interference of single Bose-Einstein condensates due to boundary effects , Phys. Scr. 73 , 681-684 (2006).
L. P. Gilbert, M. Belloni, M. A. Doncheski, and R. W. Robinett, Piecewise zero-curvature energy eigenfunctions in one dimension , Eur. J. Phys. 27 , 1331-1339 (2006).
L. P. Gilbert, M. Belloni, M. A. Doncheski, and R. W. Robinett, Playing quantum physics Jeopardy with zero-energy eigenstates Am. J. Phys. 74 , 1035-1036 (2006)
M. Belloni and R. W. Robinett, Quantum mechanical sum rules for two model systems Am. J. Phys. 76, 7980806 (2008)
M. Belloni and R. W. Robinett, Constraints on Airy function zeros from quantum mechanical sum rules, to appear in J. Phys. A: Mathematical and Theoretial.