Condensed Matter Theory Office: CP-285 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.
Education
B.A., Physics, Harvard College (1964)
Ph. D., Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Cornell University (1970)
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Selected Recent Publications
J. P. Straley and E. B. Kolomeisky,
"Interacting bosons in a nearly resonant potential well,"
Phys. Rev. A 75, 063421 (2007).
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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)
J. P. Straley, E. B. Kolomeisky, and S. C. Milne,
"Bose molecule in one dimension," J. Stat. Phys.
116, 1579 (2004).
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)
H.A. Fertig and J.P. Straley, "Glassy behavior in quantum Hall bilayers,"
Physica E 22, 48 (2004).
H.A. Fertig and J.P. Straley, ``Deconfinement and Dissipation in the
Quantum
Hall ``Josephson'' Effect'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 046806 (2003)
H. A. Fertig and J. P. Straley,
"Probing vortex unbinding via dipole fluctuations,"
Phys. Rev. B 66, 201402(R) (2002)
M. R. Kolahchi and J. P. Straley,
"Ground states of a frustrated kagome' array of
Josephson junctions,"
Phys. Rev. B 66, 144502 (2002)
E. B. Kolomeisky and J. P. Straley,
"Statics and dynamics of a one-dimensional quantum many-body system,"
Phys. Rev. B 64 085117 (2001).
Eugene B. Kolomeisky, T. J. Newman, Joseph P. Straley, and
X. Qi
"Low-dimensional Bose Liquids: Beyond the Gross-Pitaevskii Approximation",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1146 (2000)
"Kolomeisky, Newman, Straley, and Qi respond" Phys. Rev. Lett. 86
4709 (2001).
Eugene B. Kolomeisky and Joseph P. Straley,
"Breaking a one-dimensional
chain: Fracture in 1+1 dimension," Phys. Rev. B 62, 301 (2000).
I. Res and J. P. Straley,
"Order parameter for two-dimensional critical systems with boundaries,"
Phys. Rev. B 61, 14425 (2000).
J. P. Straley and E. B. Kolomeisky, "Phase diagram for a Josephson
network in a magnetic field," Phys. Rev. B 61 92 (2000).
A. B. Kolomeisky, G. M. Schuetz, E. B. Kolomeisky, and J. P. Straley,
"Phase Diagram of One-Dimensional Driven Lattice Gases with Open Boundaries",
J. Phys. A 31, 6911 (1998) .
J. P. Straley, A. Y. Morozov, and E. B. Kolomeisky,
"Nature of Resistive Transition in Josephson Networks in a Magnetic Field",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 2534 (1997).
J. P. Straley and E. B. Kolomeisky,
"Green Function and Correlation Exponents for Interacting Particles in One Dimension",
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 8, 10419 (1996).
E. B. Kolomeisky and J. P. Straley,
"Step-Density Wave Phase of Crystalline Interfaces",
Phys. Rev. B 54, 5064 (1996).
E. B. Kolomeisky and J. P. Straley,
"Phase Transition in the Peierls Model and the Possibility of One-Dimensional
Melting",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 2930 (1996).
