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Joseph Sagerer

Senior Lecturer, Physics
Rosary College of Arts and Sciences

Dr. Sagerer has taught for more than 15 years at 91Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ and is a Senior Lecturer in Physics. He teaches lectures and labs for both the University and College Physics sequences. He also teaches courses in the Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, and Sustainability. A passionate believer in the value of undergraduate research experiences, Sagerer runs a robust program in experimental physics. His lab focuses on applications of particle detectors. Sagerer is the DU principle investigator for the NAUM Project in conjunction with Chicago State University. The NAUM Project is constructing a muon tracker for use in muographic examinations of mesoamerican pyramids. This detector will use cosmic-ray-generated, high-energy muons to effectively x-ray the Temple de Kukulcán (El Castillo) at Chichén Itzá, Mexico. This technique allows passive detection of voids inside of large structures without disturbing the structure. DU undergraduate students are active participants in Sagerer’s research projects.

Education
PhD, Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago 
MS, Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago 
BS, Physics, Eastern Illinois University
Research Interests

Particle Detectors and Applications
Muography
FPGA Development
Detector Simulations

Selected Publications

Participant and spectator scaling of spectator fragments in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 19.6 and 22.4 GeV (Physical review C, 2016)

Nucleon-Gold Collisions at 200 A·GeV Using Tagged d+Au Interactions in PHOBOS (Physical review C, 2015)

Phobos results on charged particle multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions in Au+Au, Cu+Cu, d+Au, and p+p collisions at ultra-relativistic energies (Physical review C, 2011)

High transverse momentum triggered correlations over a large pseudorapidity acceptance in   Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV (Physical Review Letters, 2010)

System size dependence of cluster properties from two-particle angular correlations in Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV (Physical review C, 2010)

Non-flow correlations and elliptic flow fluctuations in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV (Physical review C, 2010)

Awards and Grants
Studies of Cosmic Ray Muon Radiation and its Application to Archaeometry, National Science Foundation, 2020

 

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