Kurtis F Johnson
VITA
 
 
Place of Birth  Chicago, IL
Citizenship  U.S. citizen 
Education  1987, Ph.D., University of Chicago, Physics 
2004, M.S., The Florida State University, Computer and Information Science 
1978, M.S., University of Chicago, Physics 
1975,Diplomphysiker Universitat Heidelberg, Heidelberg, West Germany 
 
Experience  January 1987-present, Computer Research Specialist, The Florida State University. 
  • Construction of radiation hard calorimeter prototype.
  • Development of radiation hard scintillating plastics and plastic fibers.
  • Analysis of E711 data.

    • Construction of 7500 channels of pre-amplifer electronics for the FNAL experiment E711 drift chamber system: 
    -overall responsibility for for the project;supervision of the technicians 
    -prototyping pre-amp electronics           
    - vendor selection 
    - installation, testing, trouble shooting 
  • Overall responsibility for the construction of a fifth drift chamber station and refurbishing of four older drift chambers for FNAL experiment E711.
August 1986-January 1987, Postdoctoral Research Associate,  The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 

September 1978-July 1986, Research Assistant Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago. Construction of 4000 channel drift chamber system for a dimuon experiment at FNAL: 

    - construction and testing of prototype chambers
    - design and construction of interface logic for chamber readout
    - coordination of wire chamber assembly
    - precision installation and survey of chambers in experimental areas
    - installation of electronics and cabling
    - design and installation of the chamber gas mixing system (to mix Argon and ethane in a precise 50:50 ratio)
    Data taking:
    - prototyping phototube/base combinations to find highly linear PM/base set for use in calorimeter
    - novel detector development: built and tested a calorimeter segment using dibromoethane as shower medium.
1971-1975 Research Assistant, Institute for Hochenergiephysik, University of Heidelberg. 
  • 800 MeV/c K p bubble chamber experiment:

    • - scanning; later supervision of scanners
    - creation of pattern recognition software for analysis of bubble chamber exposures using a PDP-10 controlled Precision Encoding and Pattern Recognition device (PEPR)
    
Computer Experience  Assembly language data acquisition software and device drivers in PDP-10 and PDP11 assemblers. Designed and built digital interface for PDP-11. Assembly language CAMAC drivers. Large scale FORTRAN monte carlo simulations of high energy physics experiments and analysis of same. 
 
Presentations  "Radiation Resistant Scintillating Fibers" at the Meeting on Survivability of Scintillation Calorimetry, Berkeley, CA, July 1989.
"A Ten Megarad Fiber Calorimeter" at the ECFA Study Week on High Luminosity Hadron Colliders, Barcelona, Spain, September l989. 
Conference, Awards etc  Invited speaker at the Conference on Advanced Technology and Particle Physics, Cuomo, Italy, June1992. Invited speaker at the IEEE 1992 Nuclear Sciences Symposium, Orlando, FL, October 1992.
Co-chair of RADDAM '92.
Principal Investigator of Radiation Damage Project $210,000 TNRLC, 1990
$100,000 TNRLC research grant, 1992.
Co-editor of the special issue of the journal "Radiation Physics and Chemistry".
Editor of Proceedings of the Workshop on Radiation Hardness of Plastic Scintillator, Florida State Univeristy, Tallahassee, Florida, March 19-21, 1992.
Patent application to U.S. Patent Office (for advanced scintillator technology).  This patent claims a new type of scintillator material and a new fluor.
 
PUBLICATIONS

Papers

1.  A Fast and Powerful System to Measure Difficult Bubble Chamber Events.  With J. Berschin, P.J. Krause and H. Strobele.  NIM 116, 17 (1974).

2.  Atomic-Weight Dependence of Muon Pair Production in 225 GeV/c pi - Nucleus Interactions.  With M.L. Swartz. H.J. Frisch, H.B. Greenlee, C. Grosso-Pilcher, M.D. Mestayer, L. Schachinger, M.J. Shochet, P.A. Piroue, B.G. Pope, D.P. Stickland. and R.L. Sumner.  Phys. Rev.  Let D25, 2000 (1982).

3. Atomic-Mass Dependence of the Transverse Momentum Distribution of Massive Muon Pairs Form 225 GeV/c $\pi^-$ Nucleus Collisions, Phys. Rev. Lett.  53, 32 (1984).

4. Production of Massive Muon Pairs in $\pi^-$ Nucleus Collisions.
With H.B. Greenlee, H.J. Frisch, C. Grosso-Pilcher, M.D. Mestayer, L. Schachinger, M.J. Shochet, M.L. Swartz, P.A. Pirou$\acute e$, B.G. Pope, D.P. Stickland and R.L. Sumner.  Phys. Rev. Let.  55, 1555 (1985).

5. Atomic Weight Dependence of the Production of Hadron Paris from 800 GeV/c Protons on Nucler Targets.  With D. Levinthal, K. Streets, G. Boca, C. Georgiopoulos, J.H. Goldman, S. Hagopian, V. Hagopian, D. Kaplan, F. Lopez, H.L.Sawyer, J. Streets, H.B. White, M. Criler, A. Lathrop, S. Pordes, J. Volk, M.Cummings, H.R. Gustafson, and C. Young.  Phys. Rev. Let., Vol. 66,
p. 864 (1991).

6. Radiation Damage Studies in Plastic Scintillators with a 2.5 MeV Electron Beam.  With S. Majewski, M. Bowen C.Zorn,V. Hagopian, J. Thomaston, and H. Wahl. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research  A281, 500-507 (1989).

7. A Ten Megarad Fiber Calorimeter.  With S. Majewski, C. Zorn, M. Zorn, D. Hertzog. Proceedings of the ECFA Study Week on
Instrumentation Technology for Higher Luminosity Hadron Colliders, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain, September 1989.  CERN 89-10, p. 251.

8. Comparative Study of the Radiation Resistance of Selected Plastic Scintillating Fibers.  With
S. Majewski, C. Zorn, M. Zorn, Proceedings of the ECFA Study Week on
Instrumentation Technology for Higher Luminosity Hadron Colliders, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra,
Barcelona, Spain, September 1989, CERN 89-10, p. 239.

9. High Dose Calorimetry with Scintillating Fibers.  With S. Majewski, C. Zorn, M. Zorn, and D. Hertzog.  IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 37, No.2, p. 500 (1990).

10. Radiation Damage Tests of a Scintillating Fiber Calorimeter.  With D.W.
Hertzog, S.A. Hughes, P.E. Reimer and R.L. Taylor.  Proceedings of
the Symposium on Detector Research and Development for the Superconducting Super Collier, Dallas/Fort Worth, TX,
October 1990,  World Scientific Press.

11. Design of Readout Electronics for a Scintillating Plate Calorimeter. With H.B. Crawley, W.T. Meyer, E.I. Rosenberg, W.D.
Thomas, R.E. Blair, A. Buehring, J. Dawson, N. Hill, R. Noland, E. Petereit, L.E. Price, J. Proudfoot, H. Spinka, R. Talaga, H.J.
Trost, D. Underwood, A.B. Wickland, C. Hurlbut, V. Hagopian, R. Imlay, R. McNeil, W. Metcalf, L. Bolen, L. Cremaldi, J. Reidy, D. Summers, P. Fu, T. Gabriel, T. Handler, J.R. Ficenec, B. Lu, L. Mo, L.E. Piilonen, T. Nunamaker, M. Burke, D.T. Hackworth, T.F. Porter, R.J. Ravas, D. Scherbarth, R. Swensrud, D. Carlsmith, C. Foudas, J. Lackey, D. Loveless, D. Reeder, P. Robb, and W.H. Smith.  Proceedings of the Symposium on Detector Research and Development for the Superconducting Super Collider, Fortworth, October 1990,  World Scientific Press. 438-440 (1991).

12. Radiation Damage Tests of New Scintillating Fibers and Plates.  With M. Bertoldi, M. Goforth, V. Hagopian, K. Hu, P.
Rulon 3, J. Thomaston, H. Wahl, H. Whitaker, J. Xu and C.A. Young. Proceedings of Symposium on Detector Research and
Development for the Superconducting Super Collider, Fortworth, 1990,  World Scientific Press  p. 674-676 (1991).

13. Effect of Radiation-Induced Discoloration of the Cladding on Liquid Scintillating Fibers.  With P. Datte, G. Dudgeon, R.
Huson, L. Peters, A. Sanzgiri, R. Webb, J. White, S. Zaman, V. Hagopian, K. Hu, J. Thomaston and H. Whitaker.  Proceedings of
the Symposium on Detector Research and Development for the Superconducting Super Collier, Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, 1990,  World Scientific Press, p. 677-679 (1991).

14. Progress in the Design of a Radiation-Hard Plastic Scintillator. With C. Zorn, S. Majewski, and R. Wojcik. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (1990).

15. Temperature Treatment of Plastic Scintillator Affects Radiation Hardness.  With H.L. Whitaker.  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research  A301, 372-375 (1991).

16. Results of a Low Dose Rate Irradiation of Selected Plastic Scintillating Fibers.  With C. Zorn, B. Kross, S. Majewski, and R. Wojcik.  IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (1991).

17. Radiation Damage Tests on a Scintillating Fiber Calorimeter.  With D.W. Hertzog, S.A. Hughes, P.E. Reimer, and R.L. Tayloe, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research  A317, 506-514 (1992).

18. Spatially Resolved UV-Vis Characterization of Radiation Induced Color Centers In Poly(Styrene) and Poly(Vinyltoluene).  With P.C. Trimmer  and J.B. Schlenoff,  Radiation Physics and Chemistry, {Vol. 41 No. 1/2}, 57-64 (1993).

19. Recovery of Radiation-Induced Color Centers in Poly(Vinyltoluene).  With T.E. Herod, and J.B. Schlenoff, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, {Vol. 41 No. 1/2}, 65-75 (1993).

20. Pre-Irradiation Environmental Effects on Radiation Damage of Polystyrene.  With H.L. Whitaker, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, {Vol. 41 No. 1/2}, 121-126 (1993).

21. Single Tile-Fiber Unit of SDC Calorimeter,  Radiation Physics and Chemistry, {Vol. 41 No. 1/2}, 401-407 (1993).

22. Radiation Damage of Tile/Fiber Scintillator Modules for the SDC Calorimeter, S. Han, L. Hu, N. Liu, H. Mao, Y. Tan, H. Shi, G. Wang, C. Zhang, G. Zhang, L. Zhang, Z. Zhang, X. Zhao, L. Zheng, X. Zhong, Y. Zhou, A. Byon, D. Green, A. Para, and V. Barnes, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, {Vol. 41 No. 1/2}, 273-281 (1993).

23. Study of Dose-Rate Effects on the Radiation Damage of SCSN23, SCSN81, SCSN81+Y7 and 3HF Scintillators.  With  N.D. Giokaris, M. Contreras, A.D. Pla-Dalmau, and J. Zimmerman , Radiation Physics and Chemistry, {Vol. 41 No. 1/2}, 315-320 (1993).

24. Preliminary Results From a Low Dose Rate Irradiation of Selected Plastic Scintillating Fibers.  With C. Zorn, B. Kross, S. Majewski, and R. Wojcik, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, {Vol. 41 No. 1/2}, 195-204 (1993).

25. Recent Developments in Quartz Fibre Calorimetry.  With G. Anzivino, Yu. Chamorovskii, A. Contin, M. Danilov, G.
Dellacasa, R. DeSalvo, V. Gavrilov, A. Golutvin, P. Gorodetzky, J.M. Helleboid, V. Isaev, P. Juillot, S. Kuleshov, G. Lacommare, D. Lazic, D. Litvintsev, M. Lundin, M. Marino, A. Musso, F. Ratnikov, V. Rusinov, V. Stolin, M. Vinogradov, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, A357, 369-379 (1995)

26. Quartz Fibre Calorimetry - Monte Carlo Simulation. With G. Anzivino, Yu. Chamorovskii, A. Contin, M. Danilov, G.
Dellacasa, R. DeSalvo, V. Gavrilov, A. Golutvin, P. Gorodetzky, J.M. Helleboid, V. Isaev, P. Juillot, S. Kuleshov, D. Lazic, D. Litvintsev, M. Lundin, M. Marino, A. Musso, F. Ratnikov, V. Rusinov, V. Stolin, M. Vinogradov, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, A357, 380-385 (1995).

27. Angular Dependence of Quartz Fiber Calorimeter Response.  With G. Anzivino, Yu. Chamorovskii, A. Contin, M. Danilov, G.
Dellacasa, R. DeSalvo, V. Gavrilov, A. Golutvin, P. Gorodetzky, J.M. Helleboid, V. Isaev, P. Juillot, S. Kuleshov, G. Lacommare, D. Lazic, D. Litvintsev, M. Lundin, M. Marino, A. Musso, F. Ratnikov, V. Rusinov, V. Stolin, M. Vinogradov, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, A360, 237-239 (1995).

28. Quartz Fiber Calorimetry. With P. Gorodetzky, D. Lazic, G. Anzivino, E. Chiavassa, A. Contin, G. Dellacasa, N. Demarco,
R. DeSalvo, M. Gallio, P. Guaita, P. Juillot, M. Lundin, M. Marino, A. Musso, A. Piccotti, E. Scomparin, E. Vercellin, Nuclear
Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A361, 161-179 (1995).

29. Quartz Fibers: a New Calorimetry for Multi-TeV, Very Forward Physics, G. Anzivino et al., Nuc. Phys.  B44, 168 (1995).

30. On the Electromagnetic Energy Resolution of Cherenkov-Fiber Calorimeters,  K.F. Johnson  et al., Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, A372 (1996).

31. Angular Dependence of Quartz Fiber Calorimeter Response, K.F. Johnson, D. Lazic, et al., Nucl. Instru. & Meth. in Physics Research, A360, {237} (1995).

32. Quartz Fiber Calorimetry, P. Gorodetzky et al., Nucl. Instru. & Meth. in Physics Research, A361, {161} (1995).

33. Recent Developments in Quartz Fibre Calorimetry, P. Gorodetzky et al., Nucl. Instru. & Meth. in Physics Research, A357, {369} (1995).

34. Quartz Fibre Calorimetry -- Monte Carlo Simulation, G. Anzivino et al., Nucl. Instru. & Meth. in Physics Research, A357, {380} (1995).

35. Diffractive Hard Photoproduction at HERA and Evidence for the Gluon Content of the Pomeron, Zeus Collaboration, Phys. Lett. B356, 129 (1995). 1995.

36. Exclusive $\rho^0$ Production in Deep Inelastic Electron-Proton Scattering at HERA, Zeus Collaboration, Phys. Lett. B356, 60l (1995).

37. Measurement of Elastic $\rho^0$ Photoproduction at HERA, Zeus Collaboration, Zeitschr. f. Phys. C69, 39 (1995).

38. Measurement of $\alpha_s$ from Jet Rates in Deep Inelastic Scattering at HERA, Zeus Collaboration, Phys. Lett. B363, 201
(1995).

39. Rapidity Gaps between Jets in Photoproduction at HERA, ZEUS Collaboration, Phys. Lett B369, 55 (1996).

40. Inclusive Charged Particle Distributions in Deep Inelastic Scattering Events at HERA, ZEUS Collaboration, DESY 95-221,
November 1995.  To be published in Zeitschr. f. Physik.

41. Measurement of Elastic $\phi$ Photoproduction at HERA, ZEUS Collaboration, DESY 96-002, January 1996. To be published in Phys. Lett. B.

42. Measurement of the Diffractive Cross Section in Deep Inelastic Scattering, ZEUS Collaboration, DESY 96-018,
February 1996.  To be published in Zeit. f. Physik.

43. Measurement of the Proton Structure Function $F_2$ at Low $x$ and Low $Q^2$ at HERA, ZEUS Collaboration, DESY 95-193, October 1995.  To be published in Z. Phys.