Dr. Steven E. Koonin

Books

Computational Physics
(409 pages, with diskette, Benjamin/Cummings, September, 1985)

Computational Physics, Fortran Version, with D. C. Meredith
(656 pages, Addison-Wesley, December, 1989)

Computational Nuclear Physics: 1. Nuclear Structure, edited with J. Maruhn and K. Langanke
(Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, April 1991)

Computational Nuclear Physics: 2. Nuclear Reactions, edited with J. Maruhn and K. Langanke
(Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, April 1993)

Recent Publications

The Earthshine Project: update on photometric and spectroscopic measurements
E. Palle, P. M. Rodriguez, P. R. Goode, J. Qiu, V. Yurchyshyn, J. Hickey, M.-C. Chu, E. Kolbe, C. T. Brown, and S. E. Koonin
Solar Variability and Climate Change Advances in Space Research 34, 288 (2004)

The earthshine spectrum
P. M. Rodriguez, E. Palle, P. R. Goode, J. Hickey, J. Qiu, V. Yurchyshyn, M.-C. Chu, E. Kolbe, C. T. Brown, and S. E. Koonin
Solar Variability and Climate Change Advances in Space Research 34, 293 (2004)

Changes in Earth's reflectance over the past two decades
E. Palle, P. R. Goode, P. Montanes-Rodriguez, and S. E. Koonin
Science 304, 1299 (2004)

Earthshine and the Earth's albedo: 1. Earthshine observations and measurements of the lunar phase function for accurate measurements of the Earth's Bond albedo
J. Qiu, P. R. Goode, E. Palle, V. Yurchyshyn, J. Hickey, P. M. Rodriguez, M.-C. Chu, E. Kolbe, C. T. Brown, and S. E. Koonin
J. of Geophys. Res.-Atmospheres 108, 4709 (2003)

Earthshine and the Earth's albedo: 2. Observations and simulations over three years
E. Palle, P. R. Goode, V. Yurchyshyn, J. Qiu, J. Hickey, P. M. Rodriguez, M.-C. Chu, E. Kolbe, C. T. Brown, and S. E. Koonin
J. of Geophys. Res.-Atmospheres 108, 4710 (2003)

Vector space classification of DNA sequences
H.-M. Mueller and S. E. Koonin
J. Theor. Biology 223, 161 (2003)

Earthshine observations of the earth's reflectance
P. R. Goode, J. Qiu, V. Yurchyshyn, J. Hickey, M.-C. Chu, E. Kolbe, C. T. Brown, and S. E. Koonin
Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 1671 (2001)

Complex Langevin equation and the many-fermion problem
C. Adami and S. E. Koonin
Phys. Rev. C 63, 034319 (2001)

Nuclear matter on a lattice
H.-M. Mueller, S. E. Koonin, R. Seki, and U. van Kolck
Phys. Rev. C 61, 044320 (2000)

Effect of the source charge on charged-boson interferometry
T. D. Shoppa, S. E. Koonin, and R. Seki
Phys. Rev. C 61, 054902 (2000)

Shell model Monte Carlo investigation of rare earth nuclei
J. A. White, D. J. Dean, and S. E. Koonin
Phys. Rev. C 61, 4303 (2000)

Shell model Monte Carlo applications in heavy nuclei
D. J. Dean, S. Koonin, M. Horth-Jensen, and E. Ormand
Proceedings of the Workshop on Advances in Shell Model Studies in Nuclei Far from Stability, Trento, Italy (in press)

Calculation of exciton densities in SMMC
D. J. Dean and S. E. Koonin
Phys. Rev. C 60, 4306 (1999)

Shell model Monte Carlo studies of neutron-rich nuclei in the 1s-0d-1p-0f shells
 D. J. Dean, M. T. Ressell, M. Hjorth-Jensen, S. E. Koonin, K. Langanke, and A. P. Zuker
 Phys. Rev. C 59, 2474 (1999)

Solar fusion cross sections
E. G. Adelberger, S. M. Austin, J. N. Bahcall, A. B. Balantekin, G. Bogaert, L. S. Brown, L. Buchmann, F. E. Cecil, A. E. Champagne, L. de Braeckeleer, C. A. Duba, S. R. Elliott, S. J. Freedman, M. Gai, G. Goldring, C. R. Gould, A. Gruzinov, W. C. Haxton, K. M. Heeger, E. Henley, C. W. Johnson, M. Kamionkowski, R. W. Kavanagh, S. E. Koonin, K. Kubodera, K. Langanke, T. Motobayashi, V. Pandharipande, P. Parker, R. G. H. Robertson, C. Rolfs, R. F. Sawyer, N. Shaviv, T. D. Shoppa, K. A. Snover, E. Swanson, R. E. Tribble, S. Turck-Chieze, and J. F. Wilkerson
Rev. Mod. Phys. 70, 1265 (1998)

Monte Carlo simulation of quantum computation
N. J. Cerf and S. E. Koonin
Proceedings of the IMACS Seminar on Monte Carlo Methods, Brussels, April 1-3, 1997
Mathematics and Computers in Simulation 47, 143 (1998)

An independent perspective on the Human Genome Project
S. E. Koonin
Science 279, 36 (1998)

Shell model Monte Carlo methods
S. E. Koonin, D. J. Dean, and K. Langanke
Phys. Rep. 278, 1 (1997)

Pairing correlations in N ~ Z pf-shell nuclei
K. Langanke, D. J. Dean, S. E. Koonin, and P. B. Radha
Nucl. Phys. A 613, 253 (1997)

Rotational and pairing properties of Rb-74
D. J. Dean, S. E. Koonin, K. Langanke, and P. B. Radha
Phys. Lett. B 399, 1 (1997)

Spin-polarization response functions in high-energy (\bar{e},e',\bar{e}) reactions
H. Ito, S. E. Koonin, and R. Seki
Phys. Rev. C 56, 3231 (1997)

Gamow-Teller strength distributions in fp-shell nuclei
P. B. Radha, D. J. Dean, S. E. Koonin, K. Langanke, and P. Vogel
Phys. Rev. C 56, 3079 (1997)

Results from shell-model Monte Carlo studies
S. E. Koonin, D. J. Dean, and K. Langanke
Ann. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 47, 463 (1997)

Complete 0\hbar\omega shell model Monte Carlo calculations of Ru-94, Pd-96, Cd-96,98, and Sn-100
D. J. Dean, S. E. Koonin, T. S. S. Kuo, K. Langanke, and P. B. Radha
Phys. Lett. B 367, 17 (1996)

Shell model Monte Carlo method for two-neutrino double-beta decay
P. B. Radha, D. J. Dean, S. E. Koonin, T. T. S. Kuo, K. Langanke, A. Poves, J. Retamosa, and P. Vogel
Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 2642 (1996)

Electron screening in molecular fusion reactions
T. D. Shoppa, M. Jeng, S. E. Koonin, K. Langanke, and R. Seki
Nucl. Phys. A 605, 387 (1996)

Temperature dependence of pair correlations in nuclei in the iron region
K. Langanke, D. J. Dean, P. B. Radha, and S. E. Koonin
Nucl. Phys. A 602, 244 (1996)

Phase transitions in quantum dots
H.-M. Müller and S. E. Koonin
Phys. Rev. B 54, 14532 (1996)

Shell model Monte Carlo studies of gamma-soft nuclei
Y. Alhassid, G. F. Bertsch, D. J. Dean, and S. E. Koonin
Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 1444 (1996)

Thermal properties of Fe-54
D. J. Dean, S. E. Koonin, K. Langanke, P. B. Radha, and Y. Alhassid
Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 2909 (1995)

The Be-7(p,gamma)B-8 cross section and the properties of Be-7
A. Csótó, K. Langanke, S. E. Koonin, and T. D. Shoppa
Phys. Rev. C 52, 1130 (1995)

Temperature dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy
D. J. Dean, S. E. Koonin, K. Langanke, and P. B. Radha
Phys. Lett. B 356, 429 (1995)

Shell-model Monte Carlo studies of fp-shell nuclei
K. Langanke, D. J. Dean, P. B. Radha, Y. Alhassid, and S. E. Koonin
Phys. Rev. C 52, 718 (1995)

Monte Carlo methods for nuclear structure
S. E. Koonin
Proceedings of the International Nuclear Physics Conference, Beijing, China, August 21-26, 1995

Practical solution to the Monte Carlo sign problem: Realistic calculations of Fe-54
Y. Alhassid, D. J. Dean, S. E. Koonin, G. Lang, and W. E. Ormand
Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 613 (1994)

Demonstration of the auxiliary-field Monte Carlo approach for sd-shell nuclei
W. E. Ormand, D. J. Dean, C. W. Johnson, G. H. Lang, and S. E. Koonin
Phys. Rev. C 49, 1422 (1994)

Systematics of Gamow-Teller strengths in mid-fp-shell nuclei
S. E. Koonin and K. Langanke
Phys. Lett. B 326, 5 (1994)

Complete 0\hbar\omega calculations of Gamow-Teller strengths for nuclei in the iron region
D. J. Dean, P. B. Radha, K. Langanke, Y. Alhassid, S. E. Koonin, and W. E. Ormand
Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 4066 (1994)

Global change and the dark of the moon
S. E. Koonin
Engineering & Science 57, 2 (1994)

Shell model Monte Carlo calculations for Dy-170
D. J. Dean, S. E. Koonin, G. H. Lang, P. B. Radha, and W. E. Ormand
Phys. Lett. B 317, 275 (1993)

Monte Carlo evaluation of path integrals for the nuclear shell model
G. H. Lang, C. W. Johnson, S. E. Koonin, and W. E. Ormand
Phys. Rev. C 48, 1518 (1993)

Monte Carlo methods for the nuclear shell model
C. W. Johnson, S. E. Koonin, G. H. Lang, and W. E. Ormand
Phys. Rev. Lett. 69, 3157 (1992)

Earthshine and climate
G. J. MacDonald and S. E. Koonin
The Observatory 112, 59 (1992)

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