I am also currently teaching Physics 590A,
a Radiology physics course
for medical residents in the UMKC system.
For additional information (e.g. previous
lectures, please visit Phys590A
Publications
- Phase diagram of the diordered RKKY model in
dilute magnetic semiconductors
(pdf)
D.J. Priour, Jr. and S. Das Sarma, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 127201
(2006)
- Clustering in disordered ferromagnets: The Curie temperature
in diluted magnetic semiconductors
(pdf)
D.J. Priour, Jr. and S. Das Sarma, Phys. Rev. B 73, 165203 (2006)
- Quasi-Two-Dimensional Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Systems
(pdf)
D.J. Priour, Jr., E.H. Hwang, and S. Das Sarma,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 037201 (2005)
- Vortex States of a Superconducting Film from a Magnetic
Dot Array
(pdf)
D.J. Priour, Jr. and H.A. Fertig,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 057003 (2004).
- Disordered RKKY Lattice Mean Field Theory for
Ferromagnetism in
Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors
(pdf)
D.J. Priour, Jr., E.H. Hwang, S. Das Sarma,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 117201 (2004).
- Broken orientational and reflection symmetries in thin film
superconductors
with mesoscopic magnetic dipoles
(pdf)
D.J. Priour, Jr. and H.A. Fertig, Physica C 404 293-297 (2004).
- Deformation and depinning of superconducting vortices
from
artificial defects: A Ginzburg-Landau study
(pdf)
D.J. Priour, Jr. and H.A. Fertig,
Phys. Rev. B 67, 054504 (2003).
- Enhancing Tc in ferromagnetic semiconductors
(pdf)
S. Das Sarma, E.H. Hwang, and D.J. Priour, Jr., Phys. Rev. B 70,
161203 (2004).
- London equation studies of thin-film superconductors
with a
triangular antidot lattice
(pdf)
S.-L. Cheng, D.J. Priour, Jr., and H.A. Fertig,
Phys. Rev. B 65, 024503 (2002).
- Disorder from disorder in a strongly frustrated
transverse-field
Ising chain
(pdf)
D.J. Priour, M.P. Gelfand, and S.L. Sondhi,
Phys. Rev. B 64, 134424 (2001).
- Graduate Thesis
(ps)
D.J. Priour -- advised by Shivaji Sondhi, Princeton (2000).
Curriculum Vitae
Click here for a CV (pdf)
Recent Seminars
2008 APS March meeting contributed talk
New Orleand, March 13, 2008
Powerpoint slides with auxiliary images
facet presentation; Feb, 19, 2008
Powerpoint slides
A colloquium on radiologic physics, "Seeing what's
Inside", at the University of Missouri, Kansas City
on January 15, 2008
Powerpoint slides
A colloquium on the Harris Criterion given
at the University of Missouri, Kansas City
on September 14, 2007
Powerpoint slides
The invited talk (.ppt) I gave
at the 2007 APS March meeting in Denver
on March 7, 2007
Powerpoint slides
The contributed talk on the Harris Criterion
gave at the APS March meeting in Denver
on March 7, 2007
Powerpoint slides
The colloquium (.ppt) I will give
at the University of Missouri, Kansas City
Physics Deparment on September 22, 2006
Powerpoint slides
The colloquium (.ppt) I gave
at Wayne State University on April 25, 2006
Powerpoint slides
A shorter version of the Wayne State colloquium
condensed version
The talk (.ppt) given
at the
University of Missouri at Kansas City
on March 20, 2006
Powerpoint slides
A shorter version of the UMKC talk
brief version
2006 March APS talk (pdf) given March 14, 2006
10 minute talk in pdf format
The talk (.ppt) which I gave Feb. 15, 2006
at Haverford College
Powerpoint slides
A shorter version of the Haverford talk
short version
The talk (ppt) which I gave this Jan. 26 at
the University of Virginia
Powerpoint slides
brief (10 min. talk) discussion of vortex states
from magnetic dot arrays
(1) title page
(2) system geometry
(3) calculational aspects
(4) gauge lattice
(5) detail on sweeping process
(auxiliary A) detail on locating vortices
(6) graphs showing plateaus and GL energy profiles
(auxiliary B) phase diagram
(7) Cooper pair images (weak dipoles)
(8) Cooper pair images (stronger dipoles)
(9) Cooper pair images (three vortex patterns)[slide
under edit]
(10) Cooper pair images (coalescence and
reemergence)[slide under edit]
(11) Conclusions
Vortex core deformation near a mesoscopic defect: seminar excerpt
Part 1: antidot pinning
(1) Title
(2) System portrait
(3) calculation intuition
(4) strategy overview
(5) strategy (additional aspects)
(6) method of calculation
(7) vortex (prior to deformation)
(8) vortex (deformed condition)
(9) vortex pinning potential
Part 2: Magnetic dots (chiefly images)
(10) comments on magnetic dots
(11) equilibrium position (Cooper pair density plot)
(12) equilibrium position (currents)
(13) moderate displacement (density plot)
(14) moderate displacement (currents)
(15) large displacement (density plot)
(16) large displacement (currents)
(17) magnetic dot pinning potential
(18) Conclusions
2005 APS talk: Correlated impurities in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors
Introduction
System Geometry
Monte Carlo aspects
additional Monte Carlo aspects
randomly correlated impurities (I)
randomly correlated impurities (II)
impurities in superlattice configurations
clustered impurities
Conclusions
Physics Phragments
Current and previous research
Contact Information
Donald J. Priour, Jr.
250L Flarsheim Hall
University of Missouri, Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
(816) 235-2508
djpriour@physics.umd.edu
