Joseph Straley

condensed matter theory
Office: 285 Chem-Phys
Phone: (859) 257-3197

Research interests

My expertise is in the area of critical phenomena. My usual tools are simulations, renormalization methods, and series expansions. Specific areas include the electrical behavior of extremely inhomogeneous systems (the percolation problem), the phase diagram and dynamical behavior of a Josephson array in a magnetic field, one-dimensional many-body quantum systems, and phase transitions of the Kosterlitz-Thouless class.

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Outreach Activities

Physics Spectacular presenter

Curator of the Physics Zoo

Co-director of the Hands-On Virtual Science Workshops For Middle School Teachers

Education

B.A. Harvard College 1964

Ph. D. Cornell University 1970

Recent Publications

J. P. Straley and E. B. Kolomeisky, "Casimir energy of smooth compact surfaces," Phys. Rev. A90, 012514 (2014)
J. P. Straley and E. B. Kolomeisky, "Interacting bosons in a nearly resonant potential well," Phys. Rev. A 75, 063421 (2007). pdf
M. C. Bottorff, G. J. Ferland, and J. P. Straley, Two-photon transitions and continuous emission from hydrogenic species," Pub. Astr. Soc. Pacific 118, 1176 (2006) pdf
J. P. Straley, E. B. Kolomeisky, and S. C. Milne, "Bose molecule in one dimension," J. Stat. Phys. 116, 1579 (2004). postscript file
E. B. Kolomeisky, J. P. Straley, and R. Kalas, "Ground-state properties of artificial bosonic atoms, Bose interaction blockade, and the single-atom pipette," Phys. Rev. A 69, 063401 (2004). pdf
"Glassy behavior in quantum Hall bilayers," (pdf) H. A. Fertig and J. P. Straley, Physica E 22, 48 (2004).
"Deconfinement and dissipation in quantum Hall 'Josephson' effect" H.A. Fertig and J. P. Straley Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 046806 (2003). pdf
Probing Vortex Unbinding via Dipole Fluctuations H. A. Fertig and J. P. Straley Phys. Rev. B 66, 201402 (R) (2003) pdf
Ground states of a frustrated kagome' array of Josephson junctions M. R. Kolahchi and J. P. Straley Phys. Rev. B 66, 144502 (2002) pdf
Statics and dynamics of a one-dimensional quantum many-body system (pdf file) E. B. Kolomeisky and J. P. Straley, Phys. Rev. B 64 085117 (2001). Postscript version
Low-dimensional Bose liquids: beyond the Gross-Pitaevskii approximation E. B. Kolomeisky, T. J. Newman, J. P. Straley, and X. Qi Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1146 (2000).
Kolomeisky et al. respond to a comment on the previous paper. Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4709 (2001).
Breaking a one-dimensional chain: fracture in 1+1 dimensions E. B. Kolomeisky and J. P. Straley, Phys. Rev. B 62, 301 (2000).
Order parameter for two-dimensional critical systems with boundaries I. Res and J. P. Straley, Phys. Rev. B 61, 14425 (2000).
Phase diagram for a Josephson network in a magnetic field J. P. Straley and E. B. Kolomeisky, Phys. Rev. B 61 92 (2000).
Phase diagram of one-dimensional driven lattice gases with open boundaries A. B. Kolomeisky, G. M. Schutz, E. B. Kolomeisky, and J. P. Straley, J. Phys. A 31 6911 (1998)
Nature of resistive transition in Josephson networks in a magnetic field, J. P. Straley, A. Y. Morozov, and E. B. Kolomeisky, Phys. Rev. Lett. 79 2534 (1997). text in postscript
Green function and correlation exponents for interacting particles in one dimension, J. P. Straley and E. B. Kolomeisky, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 8 10419 (1996) Postscript version and Figure
Step-density wave phase of crystalline interfaces, E. B. Kolomeisky and J. P. Straley, Phys. Rev. B 54 5064 (1996)
Phase transition in the Peierls model and the possibility of one-dimensional melting, E. B. Kolomeisky and J. P. Straley, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 2930 (1996).
Peierls instability of a one-dimensional quantum liquid, E. B. Kolomeisky and J. P. Straley, Phys. Rev. B 53, 12 553 (1996). Postscript or PDF
Phase diagram and correlation exponents for interacting fermions in one dimension, E. B. Kolomeisky and J. P. Straley, Rev. Mod. Phys. 68, 175 (1996).
Instability of a driven interface in a periodic potential, E. B. Kolomeisky, T. Curcic, and J. P. Straley, Phys. Rev. Lett 75, 1775 (1995).
Fractional charge and correlation exponents for interacting electrons in one dimension, E. B. Kolomeisky and J. P. Straley, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 491 (1995).
Phase diagram for a Josephson network in a magnetic field," J. P. Straley and G. M. Barnett, Phys. Rev. B 48 3309 (1993).
Conductance of a perfect metal in one dimension, J. P. Straley and E. B. Kolomeisky, Phys. Rev. B 48, 1378 (1993)

Preprints (postscript files)

Manifold self-localization in a deformable medium E. B. Kolomeisky and J. P. Straley