Faculty | Stuart L. Mufson

Professor, Ph.D.
Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, 1974.

Contact Information:

Astronomy Department
Indiana University
Swain West 322
727 East Third Street
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: (812) 855-6917
Fax: (812) 855-8725
Email: mufson [at] astro.indiana.edu

Biographical Information:

Professor Mufson has been on the IU Astronomy faculty since 1977. He received an Ph.D from University of Chicago in 1974. He was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. He typically teaches A100 (The Solar System), A115 (Birth and Death of the Universe), A221 (General Astronomy I), and A580 (Physical and Observational Cosmology).

Research Interests:

• Neutrino Physics with the MINOS experiment at Fermilab (MINOS web site)
• Cosmic Ray Physics and Dark Matter searches using MACRO

Teaching:

• A100 The Solar System, Fall 2008 and Spring 2009
• A115 Birth and Death of the Universe, Spring 2007
• A100 The Solar System, Fall 2006
• A221 General Astronomy I, Fall 2004

Selected Publications:

• Observation of Muon Neutrino Disappearance with the MINOS Detectors in the NuMI Neutrino Beam
  MINOS Collaboration, 2006, Phys Rev Lett, 97, 191801.
• First observations of separated atmospheric νμ and ν̅μ events in the MINOS detector
  MINOS Collaboration, 2006, Phys Rev D, 73, 072002.
• Final Search for Lightly Ionizing Particles with the MACRO Detector
  MACRO Collaboration, 2005, Phys.Rev.D, accepted.
• Search for Stellar Gravitational Collapses with the MACRO Detector
  MACRO Collaboration, 2004, European Phys., 37, 265.
• Measurements of Atmospheric Muon Neutrino Oscillations, Global Analysis of the Data Collected with MACRO Detector
  MACRO Collaboration, 2004, European Phys., 36, 323.
• The Cosmic Ray Proton, Helium and CNO Fluxes in the 100 TeV Energy Region from TeV Muons & EAS Atmospheric Cherenkov Light Observations of MACRO & EAS-TOP
  MACRO Collaboration, 2004, Astroparticle Physics, 21, 223.
• The Cosmic Ray Primary Composition Between 1015 and 1016 eV from Extensive Air Showers Electromagnetic and TeV Muon Data
  MACRO Collaboration, 2004, Astroparticle Physics, 20, 641.
• Weak lensing from space I: instrumentation and survey strategy
  Rhodes, J. et al. 2004, Astroparticle Physics, 20, 377.
• QUEST1 Variability Survey. II. Variability Determination Criteria and 200k Light Curve Catalog
  Rengstorf, A. W., et al. 2004, ApJ, 617, 184.
• New Quasars Detected via Variability in the QUEST1 Survey
  Rengstorf, A. W., et al. 2004, ApJ, 606, 741.
• The QUEST RR Lyrae Survey. I. The First Catalog
  Vivas, A. K., et al. 2004, AJ, 127, 1158.
  

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