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  • 1994 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his contributions to our understanding of nuclear structure, including highspin states in the asshell and the connections between clustering and deformation, and for his leadership of the APEX experiment

Overview

Russell R. Betts is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Physics and Astronomy and Engineering. Within these broader areas, they have contributed to subfields such as Nuclear and High Energy Physics as well as Aerospace Engineering.

The main topics addressed in their work include High-Energy Particle Collisions Research, Nuclear reactor physics and engineering, and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies. These research foci reflect a concentration on both theoretical and applied aspects of particle and nuclear physics.

Betts has published in recognized venues, with contributions to Physical Review C. One notable recent paper is titled "Erratum: Strange and multistrange particle production in Au+Au collisions at √sₙₙ = 62.4 GeV [Phys. Rev. C 83, 024901 (2011)]" published in 2023 in Physical Review C.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Betts include:

  • M. M. Aggarwal
  • Z. Ahammed
  • A. V. Alakhverdyants
  • I. Alekseev
  • J. Alford

Throughout their career, they have worked extensively in venues such as Physical Review C, which aligns with their focus on nuclear and high-energy physics research.

Betts received the Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) award in 1994, recognized particularly for contributions to understanding nuclear structure, including investigations of high-spin states and the relationship between clustering and deformation. The award citation also mentions leadership in the APEX experiment.

Best Publications

  • Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • The PHOBOS Perspective on Discoveries at RHIC

    B. B. Back;M. D. Baker;M. Ballintijn;D. S. Barton

  • Evidence for the 125 GeV Higgs boson decaying to a pair of τ leptons

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A.M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Measurement of Higgs boson production and properties in the WW decay channel with leptonic final states

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Observation of the diphoton decay of the Higgs boson and measurement of its properties

    Vardan Khachatryan;Robin Erbacher;Camilo Andres Carrillo Montoya;Chang-Seong Moon

  • Search for dark matter and large extra dimensions in monojet events in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Event generator tunes obtained from underlying event and multiparton scattering measurements

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Observation of a new boson with mass near 125 GeV in pp collisions at $ \sqrt{s}=7 $ and 8 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Particle-flow reconstruction and global event description with the CMS detector

    A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam;E. Asilar

  • Precise determination of the mass of the Higgs boson and tests of compatibility of its couplings with the standard model predictions using proton collisions at 7 and 8 TeV

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Charged particle multiplicities in pp interactions at sqrt(s) = 0.9, 2.36, and 7 TeV

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Combined Measurement of the Higgs Boson Mass in pp Collisions at √s=7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS and CMS Experiments

    G. Aad;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah;O. Abdinov

  • Observation of long-range, near-side angular correlations in proton-proton collisions at the LHC

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Observation of long-range, near-side angular correlations in pPb collisions at the LHC

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Jet energy scale and resolution in the CMS experiment in pp collisions at 8 TeV

    Khachatryan;AM Sirunyan;A Tumasyan;W Adam

  • Search for leptonic decays of W' bosons in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • CMS physics technical design report, volume II: Physics performance

    G. L. Bayatian;S. Chatrchyan;G. Hmayakyan;A. M. Sirunyan

  • Identification of heavy-flavour jets with the CMS detector in pp collisions at 13 TeV

    A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam;F. Ambrogi

  • Combined results of searches for the standard model Higgs boson in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Systematic measurements of identified particle spectra in pp, d+Au, and Au+Au collisions at the star detector.

    B. I. Abelev;M. M. Aggarwal;Z. Ahammed;B. D. Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

A. V. Gritsan
A. V. Gritsan Johns Hopkins University
Michael Murray
Michael Murray University of Kansas
Daniel Marlow
Daniel Marlow Princeton University

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