Ph.D., Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Office: 222D EPS
Building
Phone: (731) 881-7433
Fax: (731) 881-7443
Email: mgetaneh@utm.edu
Research Interests:
I am working in the
area of Experimental Condensed Matter Physics with particular emphasis on development
of particle detectors. This has been an area of my collaboration with the Naval
Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, where I was a Faculty Research Fellow in
the summers of 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003. This collaboration resulted in a
series of measurements and publications under the theme “Applications of the microchannel plate for mass spectrometry”. I work with
undergraduate students on experimental projects in Modern Physics, Mechanics,
Electricity and Magnetism, Condensed Matter Physics, Thermodynamics, and
Magneto-Optical properties of matter.
Publications:
1. M.
Getaneh and L. Herrera,
“Measurement of Faraday Rotation in Flint Glass-SF59”. Manuscript submitted to
the ‘The Physics Teacher’.
2.
M. Getaneh,
W. A. Wimbish, “Measuring Dipole Moment of a Permanent Magnet and the Earth’s Local
Magnetic Field.” Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Vol. 85, No. 2, 41-45 (2010).
3.
M. Getaneh, D.L.Knies, K.S.Grabowski, C.Cetina, G.K.Hubler, and S.J.Tumey, “Applications of the Microchannel Plate for Isotope Spectrometry” Proceedings of the Joint Annual Conference
of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of
Hispanic Physicists (NSBP/NSHP), AIP Conference
Proceedings, Volume 991, pp. 82-89 (2008).
http://link.aip.org/link/?APCPCS/991/82/1
4.
M.Getaneh, D.L.Knies, K.S.Grabowski, C.Cetina, G.K.Hubler, and S.J.Tumey, “Application of the
Microchannel Plate for Isotope Mass Spectrometry”, Bulletin of the Annual
Meeting of the American Physical Society, March 13-17, 2006
5.
M.Getaneh, D.L.Knies, K.S.Grabowski, C.Cetina, G.K.Hubler, and S.J.Tumey, “Application of the
Microchannel Plate System for Mass Spectrometry Measurements”, Bulletin of the
72nd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the APS, November
10-12, 2005.
6.
D.L.Knies, K.S.Grabowski, C.Cetina, G.K.Hubler, M.Getaneh,
and S.J.Tumey, “Status Report of the NRL TEAMS Facility”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B, Vol.
223, 71-77 (2004). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168583X04005348
7.
C.Cetina, D.L.Knies, K.S.Grabowski, M. Getaneh, S.J.Tumey, R.Raffanti,
O.H.W.Siegmund, J.V.Vallerga, “A Microchannel Plate System for Accelerator Mass
Spectrometry Measurements”, Nuclear
Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, Vol. 513, 403-407 (2003). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900203022952
8.
X. X. Wang, M. Getaneh, E.
Kaczanowicz, C.J.Martoff, "Hot Electron Effects and Dynamic Behavior of
Gold Doped Germanium Thin Films as Cryogenic Phonon Sensors", Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 85, #12,
8274-8280 (1999). http://jap.aip.org/resource/1/japiau/v85/i12/p8274_s1?isAuthorized=no
9. C.J.Martoff, A. Garzarella, M.
Getaneh, E. Kaczanowicz, B. Neuhauser, D.Snowden-Ifft, X.X.Wang, Y. Zhang,
"Prototype Direction-Sensitive Solid-State Detector for Dark Matter",
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 76, #26,
4882-4885 (1996). http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v76/i26/p4882_1
10. M. Getaneh, “Prototype Direction-Sensitive Solid-State Detector
for Dark Matter”, Ph.D. Dissertation,
UMI Dissertation Services, 1996.
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