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  • 2017 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the study of heavy quarks, especially his vital involvement in the measurement of CP symmetry violation in B0 decays with the BABAR Collaboration, and for his expertise and mentorship in the rigorous statistical treatment of experimental data

Overview

F. C. Porter is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics within Physics and Astronomy, with a particular emphasis on Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Subfields also include Mechanics of Materials, Radiation, Biomedical Engineering, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The main areas of study in Porter's work encompass a variety of topics associated with particle physics and detector technologies. These include:

  • Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
  • Particle Detector Development and Performance
  • Neutrino Physics Research
  • Muon and positron interactions and applications
  • Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
  • High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
  • Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies

Porter has contributed to numerous published papers, with recent works including:

  • Light meson spectroscopy from Dalitz plot analyses of ηc decays to η'K+K, η'π+π, and ηπ+π produced in two-photon interactions, 2021, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Measurements of the Absolute Branching Fractions of B± → K± Xcc̅, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Search for a Dark Leptophilic Scalar in e+e Collisions, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Study of the process e+e → π+ππ0 using initial state radiation with BABAR, 2021, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Resonances in e+e annihilation near 2.2 GeV, 2020, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

Frequent collaborators in Porter's research include:

  • B. Echenard
  • D. G. Hitlin
  • S. Middleton
  • V. Poireau
  • V. Tisserand

Porter's papers have often appeared in the following scientific venues:

  • Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Physical Review Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Instrumentation
  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

In 2017, Porter was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for contributions to the study of heavy quarks, involvement in the measurement of CP symmetry violation in B0 decays with the BABAR Collaboration, and expertise in the statistical treatment of experimental data.

Best Publications

  • The BABAR detector

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

  • 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

  • Searches for Lepton Flavor Violation in the Decays tau(+/-) -> e(+/-)gamma and tau(+/-) -> mu(+/-)gamma

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

  • 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

  • Search for a dark photon in e(+)e(-) collisions at BABAR.

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

  • Review of Particle Properties, 1988-1989

    M Suzuki;Thomas G Trippe;R M Barnett;D M Manley

  • 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

  • Search for invisible decays of a dark photon produced in e+e- collisions at BaBar

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

  • 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

  • Evidence of a broad structure at an invariant mass of 4.32GeV/c2 in the reaction e+e-→π+π-ψ(2S) measured at BABAR

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

  • SuperB: A High-Luminosity Asymmetric e+ e- Super Flavor Factory. Conceptual Design Report

    M. Bona;A. Soni;S. Playfer;M. Margoni

Frequent Co-Authors

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

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