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Faculty ProfileRostislav Konoplich
Education:
Teaching:I have enjoyed teaching physics and mathematics for about 30 years. I have been at Manhattan College since 2001, where I usually taught Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Astronomy, and Great Ideas in Physics. Research:My research interests lie at the intersection of particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology. The 20th century brought breathtaking discoveries about the nature of the Universe. It was found that the Universe is about 10 billion years old and expanding, and that the Standard Model of elementary particles provides a detailed understanding of ordinary matter. However, now we know that the ordinary matter contributes only 5 percent of the stuff of the Universe. Most of the Universe is mysterious and invisible in the form of dark matter and dark energy. The challenge for scientists is to find a true understanding of these discoveries. What is the dark matter and dark energy? How did the Universe begin? Which particles were presented in the early Universe and which of them still exist in the present Universe? Supersymmetric particles or heavy neutrinos, created in the Big Bang, are the most promising ideas for what the dark matter could be. If there are these particles, we should be able to detect their presence with detectors in space or on the Earth. I develop models describing these particles and analyze possibilities of their experimental discovery. In particular, I take part in a work of MECO collaboration, which plans to start in 2006 muon - electron conversion experiment in Brookhaven National Laboratories to search for effects of appearance of supersymmetric particles. Recent Publications:Invisible Higgs boson decay into massive neutrinos of 4th generation. Phys.Rev.D68, 054027 (2003), K.Belotsky, D.Fargion, M.Khlopov, R.V.Konoplich, K.Shibaev Ultra high energy particle astronomy, neutrino masses and tau airshowers. Research Signpost, Recent Research Developments in Astrophysics, v.1, Ed. S.G.Pandalai, Kerala, India, 2003, D.Fargion, M.Khlopov, R.V.Konoplich, P.G.De Sanctis Lucentini, M.De Santis, B.Mele Kalman Filter Based Tracker Study For Muon-Electron Conversion Experiment. hep-ex/0312022, 2003, R.M.Djilkibaev, R.V.Konoplich Shadows of Relic Neutrino Masses and Spectra on Highest Energy GZK Cosmic Rays. Dark Matter in Astro and Particle Physics, Springer, 455-468(2001), D.Fargion, M.Grossi, P.G.De Sanctis Lucentini, C.Di Troia, R.V.Konoplich Possible signature of low scale gravity in ultra high energy cosmic rays. JETP Letters,72,145-149(2000), R.V.Konoplich, S.G.Rubin First order phase transitions as a source of primordial black holes in the early Universe. Gravitation & Cosmology,6,151-156(2000), R.V.Konoplich, M.Yu.Khlopov, S.G.Rubin, A.S.Sakharov Contact Information:
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