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  • 2002 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For broad contributions to experimental particle physics, especially studies of the B meson system, and for the invention of the DIRC, a novel Cherenkov detector for particle identification

Overview

B. N. Ratcliff is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work encompasses several subfields including Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as Radiation.

The scientist's research topics focus notably on Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research, Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena, Neutrino Physics Research, Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies, and Particle Detector Development and Performance.

Ratcliff has contributed to publications in notable venues including Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment and arXiv (Cornell University).

Selected recent papers include:

  • DIRC: Internally reflecting imaging Cherenkov detectors, 2020, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
  • Design and production of the high voltage electrode grids and electron extraction region for the LZ dual-phase xenon time projection chamber, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Design and production of the high voltage electrode grids and electron extraction region for the LZ dual-phase xenon time projection chamber, 2021, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

Frequent collaborators of Ratcliff include J. Va'vra, R. Linehan, R. L. Mannino, A. Fan, and C. M. Ignarra, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Ratcliff was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2002 for broad contributions to experimental particle physics, particularly in studies of the B meson system and for the invention of the DIRC, a novel Cherenkov detector for particle identification.

Best Publications

  • APS : Review of Particle Physics, 2018-2019

    M Tanabashi;P Richardson;A Bettini;A Vogt

  • Review of Particle Physics

    K. Nakamura;K. Hagiwara;K. Hikasa;H. Murayama;H. Murayama;H. Murayama

  • Review of particle physics. Particle Data Group

    S. Eidelman;G. Hohler;R.S. Chivukula;N.P. Tkachenko

  • Oxford University Press : Review of Particle Physics, 2020-2021

    P A Zyla;P Richardson;O Zenin;A Bettini

  • The BABAR detector

    B. Aubert;A. Bazan;A. Boucham;D. Boutigny

  • Review of Particle Physics (2006)

    W M Yao;P Richardson;Andrew R Liddle;J Womersley

  • Observation of a broad structure in the pi(+)pi(-)J/psi mass spectrum around 4.26 GeV/c(2)

    B. Aubert;R. Barate;D. Boutigny;F. Couderc

  • The BABAR detector: Upgrades, operation and performance

    B. Aubert;R. Barate;D. Boutigny;F. Couderc

  • Measurement of an excess of B̄→D(*) τ-ν̄τ decays and implications for charged Higgs bosons

    J. P. Lees;V. Poireau;V. Tisserand;E. Grauges

  • Study of the B- → J/ΨK -π+π- decay and measurement of the B - → X(3872)K- branching fraction

    B. Aubert;R. Barate;D. Boutigny;F. Couderc

  • Observation of a Narrow Meson State Decaying to Ds+π0 at a Mass of 2.32 GeV/c2

    B. Aubert;R. Barate;D. Boutigny;J. M. Gaillard

  • Evidence for an excess of B̄→D( *)τ -ν ̄τ decays

    J. P. Lees;V. Poireau;V. Tisserand;J. Garra Tico

  • Search for lepton flavor violation in the decay τ±→ e±γ

    B. Aubert;R. Barate;D. Boutigny;F. Couderc

  • Study of time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries and flavor oscillations in neutral B decays at the Υ(4S)

    B. Aubert;D. Boutigny;J. M. Gaillard;A. Hicheur

  • Measurement of the gamma gamma* --> pi0 transition form factor

    J. P. Lees;V. Poireau;E. Prencipe;V. Tisserand

  • Search for T and CP violation in B0 - anti-B0 mixing with inclusive dilepon events

    Bernard Aubert;S. Yellin;G. Simi;S. Trincaz-Duvoid

  • The Physics of the B Factories

    A. J. Bevan;B. Golob;Th. Mannel;S. Prell

  • Measurements of branching fractions, rate asymmetries, and angular distributions in the rare decays B→Kℓ^+ℓ^- and B→K^*ℓ^+ℓ^-

    B. Aubert;R. Barate;M. Bona;D. Boutigny

  • Precise measurement of the e+e-→π+π-(γ) cross section with the initial-state radiation method at BABAR

    B. Aubert;Y. Karyotakis;J. P. Lees;V. Poireau

  • Review of Particle Physics, 2008-2009

    Claude Amsler;P Richardson;O Zenin;L Garren

Frequent Co-Authors

A. Roodman
A. Roodman Stanford University
F. C. Porter
F. C. Porter California Institute of Technology
R. Waldi
R. Waldi University of Rostock
C. Hearty
C. Hearty University of British Columbia
A. Seiden
A. Seiden University of California, Santa Cruz
D. G. Hitlin
D. G. Hitlin California Institute of Technology
J. M. Roney
J. M. Roney University of Victoria
W. H. Toki
W. H. Toki Colorado State University
J. D. Richman
J. D. Richman University of California, Santa Barbara
Corrado Angelini
Corrado Angelini University of Padua

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