JERRY P. DRAAYER
PERSONAL INFORMATION
President, Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA)
1200 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 710, Washington, D.C., 20005
v-mail: (202) 408-7872; e-mail: draayer@sura.org (1/1/99 - 12/31/03)
Professor of Physics and Astronomy / Computer Science
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4001
v-mail: (225) 578-6844; e-mail: draayer@lsu.edu (Ongoing Appointment)
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
Educational Background:
1964 – 1968 PhD Iowa State University – Physics / Mathematics
1960 – 1964 BS Iowa State University – Physics / Electrical Engineering
Regular Appointments (>1990):
1990 – Present
Professor, Department of Computer Science, LSU
1983 – Present
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, LSU
Academic Distinctions (>1990):
1998 – Present
Corresponding Member, Mexican National Academy of Sciences
1992 – 1994
Gastprofessor, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
1991 – 1992
Professeur Associé, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
Scientific/Honor Societies:
American Physical Society – Member/Fellow
Corresponding Member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences
Greek: Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma, Sigma Xi
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Administrative Posts (>1992):
1999 – Present President, Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA)
1998 – 1999
Associate Commissioner for R&D, Louisiana Board of Regents
1998 – 1999
Chairman, Board of Trustees, SURA
1996 – 1998
Vice-President, LSU Faculty Senate
1994 – 1997
Director, Office of Federal Programs, Louisiana Board of Regents
1988 – 1994
Chairman, New Projects and Executive Committee Member, SURA
1987 – 1992
Chairman, Council of Chairs, College of Basic Sciences, LSU
1985 – 1994
Chairman, Department of Physics and Astronomy, LSU
Research Supervision:
Sabbatical Visitors
16;
Postdoctoral Associates
9
PhD Candidates
14;
MS Candidates
4
Professional Services (>1992):
Associate Editor – Physical Review C
Contract Negotiation Team – Jefferson Laboratory
Southeastern University Research Association – Board Member and Chair
Conference Organizing Committees – 6 National/International Conferences
External Reviewer – 3 University Committees
Referee – Proposals, Journals, etc., 10-12/Year Average
GRANT/CONTRACT SUPPORT (>1992)
1999 - 2002
1998 - 2001
1997 - 2000
1997 - 1999
1996 - 1999
1996 - 1999
1995 - 1999
1995 - 1999
1993 - 1997
1993 - 1996
1993 - 1995
NSF (PHY-99-70769; $180,000; Nuclear Structure Theory)
NSF/LEQSF (EPS-97-20652; $6,000,000; EPSCoR/CA)
NSF (EPS-97-20147; $552,893; EPSCoR Grant)
DOE (EPSCoR Grant for Louisiana; $1,500,000)
NSF (PHY-96-03006; $180,000; Nuclear Structure Theory)
NSF (EPS-96-32665; $494,198; EPSCoR Grant)
NSF/LEQSF (OSR-95-50481; $10,772,477; EPSCoR/SI)
NSF (INT-95-000474; $31,136; US-México Exchange)
NSF (INT-93-17377; $36,850; US-USSR Exchange)
NSF (PHY-93-12628; $165,000; Nuclear Structure Theory)
LEQSF (91/93-ENH; $654,000; Macromolecular Facility)
PUBLICATIONS
Books: (Author 1, Editor 3)
Refereed Journal Articles (Last Five Years/Total): (52/141)
Invited Lectures & Conference Proceedings (Last Five Years/Total): (33/90)
BOOKS –
Group Theory and Special Symmetries in Nuclear Physics, Proceedings, Ann Arbor, MI, September 19-21,
1991 (World Scientific, New Jersey, 1992; edited with J. Janecke).
Workshop on Nuclear Structure Models, Proceedings, Oak Ridge, TN, March 16-25, 1992 (World Scientific,
New Jersey, 1993; edited with W. Nazarewicz and R. Bengtsson).
Algebraic Approaches to Nuclear Structure: Interacting Boson and Fermion Models (Harcourt, Brace and
Jovanovich, New York 1993; published with R.F. Casten, K. Heyde, P. Lipas, T. Otsuka, D. Warner).
High Performance Computing and Its Applications in the Physical Sciences, Proceedings of the Mardi Gras '93
Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, February 18-22, 1993 (World Scientific, Singapore, 1994; published with Dana
A. Browne, Joseph Callaway, Richard W. Haymaker, Rajiv K. Kalia, Joel E. Tohline, and Priya Vashishta).
JOURNAL ARTICLES (1996-2000)
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 --------------------------------------------------------------------“Rare earth nuclei and the pseudo-SU(3) model,” Z. Phys. A 354 (1996) 125-134. (with D. Troltenier, J. Escher,
and C. Bahri).
“Algebraic realization of a coupled rotor picture,” Z. Phys. A 354 (1996) 359-365 (with D. Rompf, D.
Troltenier, and W. Scheid).
“The 108,110,112Ru isotopes in the generalized collective model,” Nucl. Phys. A601 (1996) 56-68 (with D.
Troltenier, B.R.S. Babu, J.H. Hamilton, A.V. Ramayya, and V.E. Oberacker).
“Pseudospin transformation of physical operators,” J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 29 (1996) 2039-2052 (with A.L.
Blokhin and C. Bahri).
“Correlations between the quadrupole deformation, B(E2; 0 1->21) value, and total GT+ strength,” Nucl. Phys.
A601 (1996) 89-102 (with D. Troltenier and J.G. Hirsch).
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 --------------------------------------------------------------------“Pseudospin and nuclear deformation,” Nucl. Phys. A612 (1997) 163-203 (with A.L. Blokhin, T. Beuschel, and
C. Bahri).
“Microscopic version of two triaxial rotor model,” Ukrainian Physics Journal 42 (1997) 133-139 (with G.F.
Filippov and A.F. Lisetskyi).
“On the validity of the pseudo-spin concept for triaxially deformed nuclei,” Nucl. Phys. A619 (1997) 119-128
(with T. Beuschel and A.L. Blokhin).
“A new Young diagrammatic method for Kronecker products of O(n) and Sp(2m),” J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 30
(1997) 8279-8287 (with Feng Pan and Shihai Dong).
“The Biedenharn-Louck-Hecht resolution of the outer multiplicity problem for the U(3) and U q(3) groups,”
Foundations of Physics 27 (1997) 1035-1046 (with R. M. Asherova, Yu. I. Kharitonov, and Yu. F. Smirnov).
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 --------------------------------------------------------------------“Non-linear modes of liquid drops as solitary waves,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 80 (1998) 2125-2129 (with A. Ludu).
“Microscopic SU(3)  SU(3) interpretation of a two triaxial rotor model,” J. Math. Phys. 39 (1998) 13501365 (with G.F. Filippov and A.F. Lisetskyi).
“Microscopic description of the scissors mode and its fragmentation,” Phys. Rev. 57C (1998) 1233-1236 (with
T. Beuschel, Dirk Rompf, and J.G. Hirsch).
“Wavelets and quantum algebras,” J. Math. Phys. 39 (1998) 2346-2361 (with A. Ludu and M. Greiner).
“A particle-number-conserving solution to the generalized pairing problem,” Phys. Lett. B422 (1998) 1-5 (with
Feng Pan and W.E. Ormand).
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“Patterns on liquid surfaces: Cnodial waves, compactons and scaling,” Physica D, 123 (1998) 82-91 (with A.
Ludu).
“Towards understanding magnetic dipole excitations in deformed nuclei: Phenomenology,” Phys. Rev. 57C
(1998) 1703-1718 (with Dirk Rompf, T. Beuschel, W. Scheid and J.G. Hirsch).
“New algebraic solutions for SO(6)  U(5) transitional nuclei in the interacting boson model,” Nucl. Phys.
A636 (1998) 156-168 (with Feng Pan).
“Exact solution for N-coupled symmetric rotors,” J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 31 (1998) 6855-6860 (with Feng
Pan).
“Pairing-plus-quadrupole model and nuclear deformation: A look at the spin-orbit interaction,” Nucl. Phys.
A633 (1998) 662-680 (with Jutta Escher, Chairul Bahri, and Dirk Troltenier).
“From canonical tensor operators of SU(3) and uq(3) to biorthogonal coupling coefficients: Explicit expansion,”
J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 31 (1998) 7461-7482 (with Sigitas Alisauskas).
“Induced representations of Brauer algebras and the Clebsch-Gordan coefficients of SO(n),” J. Phys. A: Math.
Gen. 31 (1998) 8247-3266 (with Feng Pan and Shihai Dong).
“Fermion realization of the nuclear Sp(6,R) model,” J. Math. Phys. 39 (1998) 5123-5147 (with Jutta Escher).
“Complementary group resolution of the SU(n) outer multiplicity problem: (I) The Littlewood rules and a
complementary U(2n-2) group structure,” J. Math. Phys. 39 (1998) 5631-5641 (with Feng Pan).
“Complementary group resolution of the SU(n) outer multiplicity problem: (II) Recoupling approach for SU(3)
U(2) reduced Wigner coefficients,” J. Math. Phys. 39 (1998) 5642-5662 (with Feng Pan).
“New algebraic approach for an exact solution of the nuclear mean-field plus orbit-dependent pairing problem,”
Phys. Lett. B442 (1998) 7-13 (with Feng Pan).
“Fock-Bargmann space and SU(3) models,” Phys. Particle and Nuclei 29 (1998) 549-559 (with G. F. Filippov).
“Hamiltonian system and symmetries for scale invariant wavefunctions,” Mod. Phys. Lett. E Vol. 7, No. 6
(1998) 765-775 (with A. Ludu and W. Greiner).
“Interplay between the quadrupole-quadrupole and spin-orbit interactions in nuclei,” Phys. Rev. C 58 (1998)
1488 (with C. Vargas, J. Hirsch, and P. O. Hess).
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1999 --------------------------------------------------------------------“Exact solutions for some nuclear many-body problems,” Ann. Phys. 271 (1999) 120-140 (with Feng Pan).
“Exact solution of the orbit-dependent pairing Hamiltonian,” J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 32 (1999) 1065-1072 (with
Feng Pan).
“Exactly solvable site-dependent Hubbard model,” Phys. Rev. 59B (1999) 4553-4556 (with Feng Pan).
“Analytic solutions for the LMG model,” Phys. Rev. Lett. B451 (1999) 1-10 (with Feng Pan).
“M1 strengths in deformed nuclei,” J. Phys., G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 25 (1999) 605-610 (with T. Beuschel and J. G.
Hirsch).
“A new expression for nuclear rotational spectra,” Comm. Th. Phys. 31 (1999) 421-428 (with Feng Pan and
Yanan Luo).
“Algebraic solutions for the asymmetric rotor,” Ann. Phys. 275 (1999) 224-237 (with Feng Pan).
“Reduced projection operators and algebraic expressions of symmetry adapted functions of the icosahedral
group,” Acta Crysta A 55 (1999) 871-883 (with Peng-Dong Fan, Jin-Quan Chen).
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 --------------------------------------------------------------------“Exact solutions for the mean field plus state-dependent pairing Hamiltonian,” J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 33, No. 8
(2000) 1597-1602 (with Feng Pan).
“Similarity analysis of nonlinear equations and bases of finite wavelength solitons,” Int. J. Mod. Phys. E 9, No. 3
(2000) 263-278 (with A. Ludu and G. Stoitcheva).
“Pseudo SU(3) shell model: Normal parity bands in odd-mass nuclei,” Nucl. Phys. A 673 (2000) 219-237 (with
C. E. Vargas and J. G. Hirsch).
“Dynamic multi-coupling coefficients,” J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 33 (2000) 4917-4923 (with Feng Pan and MoLin Ge).
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“Simple exact solutions of one-dimension finite-chain hard-core Bose-Hubbard and Fermi-Hubbard models,” J.
Phys. A: Math. Gen. 33 (2000) 9095-9100 (with Feng Pan).
“Shell model description of normal parity bands in even-even heavy deformed nuclei,” Phys. Rev. C 61 (2000)
031301 (with C. Vargas, J. G. Hirsch, and T. Beuschel).
“Scissors mode and the pseudo SU(3) model,” Phys. Rev. C 61 (2000) 054307 (with T. Beuschel and J. G.
Hirsch).
“Shell model description of normal parity bands in even-even heavy deformed nuclei,” Phys. Rev. C 62 (2000)
064313, 1-6 (with G. Popa and J. G. Hirsch).
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (1996-2000)
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 --------------------------------------------------------------------“Modern Applications of SU(3) and its Sp(6,R) Extension in Nuclear Structure Physics,” International
Workshop on Symmetry Methods in Physics, Proceedings, July 10-16, 1995, Dubna, Russia (Joint Institute for
Nuclear Research, Dubna, 1996) 47-57 (with A. Blokhin, D. Troltenier and J. G. Hirsch).
“Algebraic Fermion Models and Nuclear Structure Physics,” Proceedings, Latin-American School of Physics
(XXX Escuela Latino Americana de Física), July 17-August 4, 1995, Ciudad de México, México (AIP Press,
1996) 244-278 (with D. Troltenier, A.L. Blokhin, D. Rompf, and J. G. Hirsch).
“A closer look at pseudo space-spin symmetry in atomic nuclei,” Revista Méxicana de Física 42, Suplemento 1
(1996) 21-34 (XIX Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Proceedings, January 3-6, 1996, Oaxtepec, Morelos,
México, with A.L. Blokhin and T. Beuschel).
“Pairing-plus-quadrupole model and nuclear deformation: the role of the spin-orbit interaction,” Revista
Méxicana de Física 42, Suplemento 1 (1996) 59-72 (XIX Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Proceedings, January
3-6, 1996, Oaxtepec, Morelos, México, with J. Escher).
“Continuous structure for discrete symmetries,” Proceedings, The State of Physics at the End of the 20 th
Century, October 26-29, 1996, Sante Fe, NM (with A. Ludu and W. Greiner).
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 --------------------------------------------------------------------“Wavelets as Lagrangian systems, nonlinear symmetries of multiscale phenomena,” Mardi Gras Conference:
Multiscale Phenomena in Science and Engineering, February 7-9, 1997, Baton Rouge, LA (Department of
Physics and Astronomy, 1997) 41 (with A. Ludu).
“On the canonical solution of the multiplicity problem for the U(3) and U q(3) algebras,” Proceedings of the XXI
International Colloquium on Group Theoretical methods in Physics (Quantum Group Symposium at Group 21),
eds. H.-D. Doebner and V.K. Dobrev, July 15-20, 1996, Goslar, Germany (Heron Press, Sofia, 1997) 323-329
(with R.M. Asherova, Yu. I. Kharitonov, and Yu. F. Smirnov).
“Unifying algebraic and large-scale shell-model approaches in nuclear structure calculations,” Bull. Am. Phys.
Soc. 42 (1997) 1124 (unpublished).
“Wavelets and dynamical systems: a hamiltonian approach,” Center for Nonlinear Studies (Los Alamos National
Laboratory) Proceedings: 17th Annual International Conference, May 12-16, 1997, Los Alamos, NM (with A.
Ludu).
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 --------------------------------------------------------------------“Shell model calculations for heavy deformed nuclei,” Czechoslovak J. Phys. 48 (1998) 183-190 (with J.G.
Hirsch, O. Castaños, P.O. Hess, O. Civitarese, D. Troltenier, T. Beuschel, D. Rompf, and Y. Sun).
“Fragmentation of the scissors mode in deformed nuclei,” International Workshop on Symmetry Methods in
Physics, Proceedings, July 28 - August 2, 1997, Dubna, Russia, Yad. Fiz. 61 (1998) 1749-1756 (with T.
Beuschel, D. Rompf, and J. Hirsch).
“On an extension of the Draayer-Akiyama procedure for the uq(3) algebra,” International Workshop on
Symmetry Methods in Physics, Proceedings, July 28 - August 2, 1997, Dubna, Russia, Yad. Fiz. 61 (1998)
1930-1934 (with R. M. Asherova, Yu. I. Kharitonov, and Yu. F. Smirnov).
“Braid group approach to the derivation of universal matrices,” International Workshop on Symmetry Methods
in Physics, Proceedings, July 28 - August 2, 1997, Dubna, Russia, Yad. Fiz. 61 (1998) 1939-1943 (with Feng
Pan and L. Dai).
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“Understanding wavelets and possible applications in nuclear physics,” Proceedings of the 5th Wigner
Symposium, eds. Peter Kasperkovitz and Dietrich Grau, 25-29 August 1997, Vienna, Austria (World Scientific,
1998) 72-78 (with A. Ludu).
“Scissors mode in the pseudo SU(3) model,” International Conference on Nuclear Structure and Related Topics,
Proceedings, September 9 - 13, 1997, Dubna, Russia (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 1998) 65-73
(with T. Beuschel, D. Rompf, and J. Hirsch).
“Basis generator for M-scheme SU(3) shell-model calculations,” Revista Méxicana de Física 44, Suplemento 2
(1998) 43-47 (XXI Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Proceedings, January 6-9, 1998, Oaxtepec, Morelos,
México (with V. Gueorguiev).
“Shell model - dead or alive?,” Revista Méxicana de Física 44, Suplemento 2 (1998) 70-76 (XXI Symposium on
Nuclear Physics, Proceedings, January 6-9, 1998, Oaxtepec, Morelos, México, with T. Beuschel, Dirk Rompf,
and Jorge Hirsch).
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1999 --------------------------------------------------------------------“Solitons and wavelets: self-similar patterns and nonlinear dynamics,” Proceedings of the XXII International
Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics – ICGTP98, eds. S. P. Corney, R. Delbourgo, and P. D.
Jarvis, 13-17 July 1998, Hobart, Australia (International Press, Cambridge, MA, 1999) 355-359 (with A. Ludu
and G. Stoitcheva).
“M1 strengths in deformed nuclei,” J. of Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 25 (1999) ??-?? (International Conference
on Nuclear Structure at the Extremes, Proceedings, June 17-19, 1998, Lewes, England; with T. Beuschel and
Jorge Hirsch).
“SU(3) description of the spin-orbit interaction,” J. of Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 25 (1999) ??-?? (International
Conference on Nuclear Structure at the Extremes, Proceedings, June 17-19, 1998, Lewes, England; with C.
Vargas, J. G. Hirsch, P. O. Hess).
“Nonlinearity and self-similarity: wavelets and compaction on a physical background,” Proceedings: Trends in
Math. Phys., October 14-17, 1998, University of Tennessee (AMS/IP Studies in Advanced Mathematics 13
(1999) 387-398 (with A. Ludu).
“Non-linear Phenomena in Nuclei: Antisoliton Model for Fission,” Revista Méxicana de Física 42, Suplemento
2 (1999) 80-85 (XXII Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Proceedings, January 5-8, 1999, Oaxtepec, Morelos,
México, with A.Ludu and G. Stoitcheva).
“The Elliott SU(3) model in the pf-shell,” Revista Méxicana de Física 42, Suplemento 2 (1999) 86-91 (XXII
Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Proceedings, January 5-8, 1999, Oaxtepec, Morelos, México, with J. G. Hirsch,
P. O. Hess, C. Vargas, L. Hernandez, and T. Beuschel).
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 --------------------------------------------------------------------“Low energy spectra of A=159 and 161 nuclei,” Revista Méxicana de Física 46 (2000) 54-59 (XXIII Symposium
on Nuclear Physics, Proceedings, January 10-13, 2000, Oaxtepec, Morelos, México, with J. G. Hirsch and C. E.
Vargas).
“A deformed Sp(4,R) algebra and possible applications,” Revista Méxicana de Física 46 (2000) 60-66 (XXIII
Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Proceedings, January 10-13, 2000, Oaxtepec, Morelos, México, with A. I.
Georgieva, M. I. Ivanov, K. D. Sviratcheva, and V. G. Gueorguiev).
“M1 strengths (scissors and twist modes) in heavy deformed nuclei (156-160Gd),” Revista Méxicana de Física
46 (2000) 71-76 (XXIII Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Proceedings, January 10-13, 2000, Oaxtepec, Morelos,
México, with G. Popa, J. G. Hirsch and C. E. Vargas).
“Antisoliton model for fission modes,”1999 IMACS Int. Conference on Nonlinear Evolution Equation and Wave
Phenomena, 12-15 April 1999, Athens, GA, J. Math. and Computers in Simulation (with G. Stoitcheva and A.
Ludu) - in press.
“Non-linearity and self-similarity: patterns and clusters,”1999 IMACS Int. Conference on Nonlinear Evolution
Equation and Wave Phenomena, 12-15 April 1999, Athens, GA, J. Math. and Computers in Simulation 1900
(2001) 1-8 (with A. Ludu).
“Solitary waves as coherent states on the surface of nuclei,” Sixth Wigner Symposium, 10-16 August 1999,
Istanbul, Turkey (with G. Stoitcheva) - in press.
“Nonlinear systems and nuclear physics,” 13-th Int. School of Nuclear Physics, September 27 - October 3, 1999,
Varna, Bulgaria (with G. Stoitcheva) - in press.
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“Nonlinear picture of nuclear deformation,” Shell Model 2000, 5-8 March 2000, Japan, Riken (with G.
Stoitcheva and Feng Pan) - in press.
“Rotational and vibrational motion in nuclei,” Bologna 2000 - Structure of the Nucleus at the Dawn of the
Century, May 29 - June 3, 2000, Bologna, Italy (with G. Stoitcheva and Feng Pan) - in press.
“Shell Model Description of 158Gd,” Bologna 2000 - Structure of the Nucleus at the Dawn of the Century, May
29 - June 3, 2000, Bologna, Italy (with G. Popa and J. G. Hirsch) - in press.
“New approach in the theory of Clebsch-Gordan coefficients for u(n) and Uq(u(n)),” (with V. N. Tolystoy) –
Czeh. J. Phys.
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