Helen Caines | |
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Born | Helen Louise Caines |
Alma mater | University of Birmingham (BSc, PhD) |
Known for | Quark–gluon plasma |
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Yale University Ohio State University |
Thesis | A study of strangeness production in Pb-Pb collisions at 158GeV nucleon (1996) |
Website |
physics |
Helen Louise Caines FInstP is a Professor of Physics at Yale University. She studies the quark–gluon plasma and is the co-spokesperson for the STAR experiment.
Caines studied physics at the University of Birmingham and graduated in 1992. [1] She earned her PhD at the University of Birmingham in 1996. [2] [3]
In 1996 she joined Ohio State University. [4] [5] She was elected a junior representative of the STAR experiment in 1998. [6] Caines was appointed to Yale University in 2004. [6] She studies the quark–gluon plasma, working alongside John Harris. [7] [8] She uses heavy-ion experiments to study quantum chromodynamics in extreme conditions. [9] She studies the quark–gluon plasma. [7] Her measurements indicated the quark–gluon plasma is the most vortical fluid ever known. [10] In 2005 she became a council member of the STAR experiment advisory board. [6] She investigated soft physics. [11] She was elected a fellow of the Institute of Physics in 2008. [6] She was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2007. [12]
She developed the STAR detector, a solenoidal tracker to measure hadronic particle production. [13] She works on the Au-Au collisions at √sNN = 7.7 to 200 GeV. [14] They demonstrated that when two gold ions collide, negatively and positive charged particles flow out in a chiral magnetic effect. [15] She also looks at the product of two colliding ruthenium ions, which creates a strong magnetic field. Along with Zhangbu Xu, Caines was appointed co-spokesperson for the STAR experiment in 2017. [6] [16] The STAR experiment is part of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory. [6]
She served as a member for the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee at the United States Department of Energy from 2016. She contributes to the United States Long Range Plan for Nuclear Physics. [17] [18] [19] She has explored how artificial neural networks can be used to identify quark jets. [20] She serves as a member of the American Physical Society Education Committee. [21]
Caines taught a Being Human in STEM course at Yale University. [22] The class examines how socioeconomic background, gender, race, religion and sexuality shape the STEM experience. [22] The course was modelled on a similar program at Amherst College. [22]
Caines was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2018 [23] and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP).[ when?] In 2003 she was awarded an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council advanced research fellowship. [1]
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Helen Caines | |
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Born | Helen Louise Caines |
Alma mater | University of Birmingham (BSc, PhD) |
Known for | Quark–gluon plasma |
Scientific career | |
Institutions |
Yale University Ohio State University |
Thesis | A study of strangeness production in Pb-Pb collisions at 158GeV nucleon (1996) |
Website |
physics |
Helen Louise Caines FInstP is a Professor of Physics at Yale University. She studies the quark–gluon plasma and is the co-spokesperson for the STAR experiment.
Caines studied physics at the University of Birmingham and graduated in 1992. [1] She earned her PhD at the University of Birmingham in 1996. [2] [3]
In 1996 she joined Ohio State University. [4] [5] She was elected a junior representative of the STAR experiment in 1998. [6] Caines was appointed to Yale University in 2004. [6] She studies the quark–gluon plasma, working alongside John Harris. [7] [8] She uses heavy-ion experiments to study quantum chromodynamics in extreme conditions. [9] She studies the quark–gluon plasma. [7] Her measurements indicated the quark–gluon plasma is the most vortical fluid ever known. [10] In 2005 she became a council member of the STAR experiment advisory board. [6] She investigated soft physics. [11] She was elected a fellow of the Institute of Physics in 2008. [6] She was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2007. [12]
She developed the STAR detector, a solenoidal tracker to measure hadronic particle production. [13] She works on the Au-Au collisions at √sNN = 7.7 to 200 GeV. [14] They demonstrated that when two gold ions collide, negatively and positive charged particles flow out in a chiral magnetic effect. [15] She also looks at the product of two colliding ruthenium ions, which creates a strong magnetic field. Along with Zhangbu Xu, Caines was appointed co-spokesperson for the STAR experiment in 2017. [6] [16] The STAR experiment is part of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory. [6]
She served as a member for the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee at the United States Department of Energy from 2016. She contributes to the United States Long Range Plan for Nuclear Physics. [17] [18] [19] She has explored how artificial neural networks can be used to identify quark jets. [20] She serves as a member of the American Physical Society Education Committee. [21]
Caines taught a Being Human in STEM course at Yale University. [22] The class examines how socioeconomic background, gender, race, religion and sexuality shape the STEM experience. [22] The course was modelled on a similar program at Amherst College. [22]
Caines was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2018 [23] and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP).[ when?] In 2003 she was awarded an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council advanced research fellowship. [1]
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