PUBLICATIONS
Priscilla Cushman (formerly P.C.Petersen)
Review Articles and Books
Electromagnetic and Hadronic Calorimeters by P. Cushman. Chapter 4 of
“Instrumentation for High Energy Physics”, ed Fabio Sauli. Vol 9 of the series
“Directions in High Energy Physics”, World Scientific (1992) pp. 281-386.
Energy and the Environment: Physics Principles and Applications, P. Cushman, ISBN 07872-5391-X, Kendall/Hunt Publishers (1998).
Papers in refereed journals
A Measurement of the Transition Magnetic Moment, P.C. Petersen et al., Physical
Review Letters 57, 949 (1986).
On Primakoff Production of Hyperons, T. Devlin, P.C. Petersen and A. Beretvas,
Physical Review D34, 1626 (1986).
Measurement of the Lifetime of the Ks Mesons in the Momentum Range 100 to 350 Gev/c,
N. Grossman et al., Physical Review Letters 59, 18 (1987) .
A Measurement of the Inclusive 0 and  Production Cross Sections At High pT and
p p and pp Collisions at s = 24.3 GeV, J. Antille et al., Physics Letters B194, 568
(1987).
Direct Photon Production in p p and pp Interactions at
Physics Letters B206, 163 (1988).
s = GeV, A. Bernasconi et al.,
Measurement of the Inclusive J/ Production Cross Sections in p p and pp Collisions at
s = GeV, C. Morel et al., Physics Letters B252, 505 (1988).
Polarization of Inclusive and   Production at Large Pt, B. Lundberg et al., Physical
Review D40, 3557 (1989).
Precise Comparison of p p and pp Forward Elastic Scattering at
R.E. Breedon et al., Physics Letters B216, 459 (1989).
s = 24.3 GeV,
Branching Ratio and Asymmetry for  C. James et al., Physical Review Letters 64,
843 (1990).
A Lead/Proportional-Tube Electromagnetic Calorimeter for Direct Photon Detection,
L. Camilleri et al., Nuc. Instr. and Meth. A286, 49 (1990).
Electron Identification and the Detection of Synchrotron Radiation with a Preshower
Detector by P. Melese, R. Rusack, P. Cushman and V. Singh, Nucl. Instr. and Meth.
A322, 189 (1992).
Determination of s and the gluon distribution using direct photon production in p p and pp
collisions. G. Ballocchi et al., Physics Letters B317, 250 (1993).
Direct Photon Production in p p and pp Interactions at
Physics Letters B317, 243 (1993).
s = 24.3 GeV, G. Sozzi et al.,
A Phototube with a High Gain Avalanche Photodiode as the Electron Target,
P. Cushman and R. Rusack. ICFA Instrumentation Bulletin No. 9, April 1993.
A Phototube Incorporating an Avalanche Photodiode, P. Cushman and R. Rusack. Nucl.
Intr. and Meth. A333, 381 (1993).
Effect of a Preshower Detector on Calorimetry Performance, M. Hulbert et al., Nucl.
Instr. and Meth. A335, 427 (1993).
Search for CP-Violation in the Decay KS => by Y. Zou et al., Phys. Lett. B329,
519 (1994).
Measurement of the Amplitude of the CP Conserving Decay KS => G.B. Thomson
et al. (Fermilab E621 Collaboraton), Phys. Lett. B337, 411 (1994).
A Position Sensitive Detector for the g-2 Experiment Using Pencil Fibers, P. Cushman
and S. Hou. Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A339, 456 (1994).
Comparison of Direct Gamma Production in p p and pp Reactions and Determination of
 MS –bar and the gluon structure function, P. Oberson et al., Phys. At. Nucl. 57, 1624
(1995).
Measurement of phi meson parameters with the CMD-2 Detector at VEPP-2M Collider,
R.R. Akhmetshin et al., Phys. Lett. B364, 199 (1995).
A Multichannel Avalanche Photodiode Phototube for Calorimetry, P. Cushman,
R.W. Rusack and V.M. Singh, Nuclear Physics B44, 35 (1995).
A high efficiency tile-fiber hodoscope read out by multichannel phototubes, P. Cushman,
S. Giron, J. Kindem, D. Maxam, D. Miller, and C. Timmermans, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A
378, 116 (1996).
Study of KSKL Coupled Decays and KL - Be Interactions with the CMD-2 Detector at
VEPP-2M Collider, by R.R. Akhmetshin et al., Phys. Lett. B398, 423 (1997).
Test Beam Results for an Endcap Electromagnetic Calorimeter for the SSC, By
G. Abrams et al., Nucl. Instrum. Methods A390, 41 (1997).
Multi-pixel Hybrid Photodiode tubes for the CMS Hadron Calorimeter, P. Cushman,
Nucl. Instr. Meth. A387, 107 (1997).
The Effects of Neutron Irradiation on Multi-Pixel Hybrid Photodiode Tubes,
P. Cushman, A. Heering, and J. Nelson, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A411, 304 (1998).
Studies of Hybrid Photomultiplier Tubes in Magnetic Fields up to 5 Tesla, by
P. Cushman, A. Heering, and A. Ronzhin, Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A418, 300 (1998).
Direct Photon Cross Sections in in p p and pp Interactions at
G. Ballocchi et al., Physics Letters B436, 222 (1998).
s = 24.3 GeV,
A New Measurement of the Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the + , R. Carey et al.,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1632 (1999).
A New Determination of Alpha(s) using Direct Photon Production Cross sections in p p
and pp Interactions at s = 24.3 GeV, M. Werlan et al., CERN-EP-99-021, Physics
Letters B452 (1999) 201-206.
The Brookhaven Muon Storage Ring Magnet, G.T. Danby et al., Nucl. Instr.and Meth.
A457 (2000) 151-174.
Electromagnetic Calorimeters for the BNL muon (g-2) experiment, S.A. Sedykh et al.
Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 455 (2000) 346-360.
Improved Measurement of the Positive Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment, H.N. Brown
et al., Physical Review D62 (2000) 091101.
Custom HPD Readout System for the CMS Hadronic Calorimeter, P. Cushman, A.
Heering, and A. Ronzhin, Nucl. Instr. and Meth A442 (2000) 289-294.
Studies of the Response of the Prototype CMS Hadron Calorimeter, including Magnetic
Field Effects, to Pion, Electron and Muon Beams. By CMS-HCAL Collaboration (V.V.
Abramov et al.). CMS-2000-003, CMS-NOTE-2000-003, UR-1593, hep-ex/0007045
Nucl Instr. and Meth. A457 (2001) 75-100.
Precise Measurement of the Positive Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment, H. N. Brown
et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, (2001) 2227-2231.
A comprehensive characterization of Hamamatsu 16- and 64- anode PMT’s, K. Lang et
al., Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A461 (2001) 571-573.
A large liquid scintillator detector for a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment,
P. Border et al., Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A463 (2001) 194-204.
Problems and Solutions in high-rate multi-channel Hybrid Photodiode design: The CMS
Experience, P.B. Cushman and A.J.Heering, Transactions in Nuclear Science (TNS00147-2001), IEEE Trans.Nucl.Sci.49:963-970,2002
Measurement of the Positive Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment to 0.7 ppm. by the
Muon g-2 Collaboration (G.W. Bennett et al.). Aug 2002. 5pp.
Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.89:101804,2002, Erratum-ibid.89:129903,2002
Crosstalk properties of the CMS HCAL hybrid photodiode by P. Cushman, A. H.
Heering, N. Pearson, J. Elias, J. Freeman, D. Green, S. Los and A. Ronzhin. Nucl. Instr.
and Meth. A504 (2003) 62-69.
New Results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment by the CDMS
Collaboration. hep-ex/0306001, D.S. Akerib et al., Phys. Rev. D68, 082002 (2003).
Measurement of the Negative Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment to 0.7 ppm by the
Muon g-2 Collaboration (G.W.Bennett et al.), hep-ex/0401008, Physical Review Letters
92, 161802 (2004).
First Results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search in the Soudan Underground Lab by
CDMS Collaboration (D.S.Akerib et al.) astro-ph/0405033, Physical Review Letters 93,
211301 (2004).
Proposals and Refereed reports
An X-ray Luminosity Function for Rich Clusters of Galaxies, P.C. Petersen, S.S. Murray,
and J. Bahcall, Center for Astrophysics Preprint Series, 1977.
The Ignition, Combustion, and Radiant Intensity of Spherical Clouds of Hydrogen,
P.C. Petersen, E.S. Fishburne and M.E. Neer, A.R.A.P. Report No. 241, April 1977.
Ultraviolet Single Scattering Phase Functions of Naturally Occurring Atmospheric
Aerosols, M.E. Neer, J.M. Schlupf and P.C. Petersen, A.R.A.P. Report No. 314,
September 1977.
Report of the Compact Detector Subgroup by M. Asai et al., Proceedings of the
Workshop on Experiments, Detectors, and Experimental Areas for the Supercollider
(Berkeley 1987) World Scientific 1988 pp. 388-471.
The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Technical Proposal, L. Bayatian et al.,
CERN/LHCC 94-38, December 1994.
Kinematical Probes of Neutrino Mass, E. Adelberger, et al., Proceedings of the 1994
Summer Study on High Energy Physics (Snowmass, Colorado) World Scientific (1995).
US Collaboration for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Detector, L. Baksay, et al.,
Proposal for Research and Development of a Hadron Calorimeter for High Magnetic
Fields CERN RDC Proposal 1994, US DOE Proposal, Sept 1995.
P-875: A Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiment at Fermilab By MINOS
Collaboration (E. Ables et al.). FERMILAB-PROPOSAL-P-875, Feb 1995. 241pp.
MINOS / Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search.
Study of Magnetic Field Influence on Hadron Calorimeter Response, By V. Abramov
et al., (IFVE-96-91, Nov 1996
APD Response to MIP's in the August ‘ 95 CERN Beam Test, B.S. Acharya, S.R. Dugad,
V.S.Narasimham, P. Cushman, C.Timmermans, CMS TN/96 - 081, (1996).
Comparison of Hybrid Photodiodes and Avalanche Photodetectors as candidate
transducers for CMS HCAL. P. Cushman, et al. CMS Technical Note (refereed) CMS
TN96-141, Sept 1996
A Direct Measurement of the Muon Neutrino Mass by Decay in Flight in the g-2
Ring, P. Cushman, F. Farley, K. Jungman, P. Nemethy, B.L. Roberts, W. Morse,
Y. Semertzidis. AGS-2000 Experiments for the 21st Century, BNL Formal Report
52512, Littenberg & Sandweiss eds. (1996).
Test of the DEP Hybrid Photodiodes, by A. Baumbaugh, M. Binkley, J. Elias, J. Freeman,
D. Green, S. Hansen, C. Rivetta, A. Ronzhin, R. Tschirhart (Fermilab), P. Cushman, A.
Heering (Minnesota U.). FERMILAB-TM-2013, Aug. 1997.
Test of the DEP Hybrid Photodiode in 5 Tesla Magnet, by D. Green, J. Freeman, A.
Ronzhin (Fermilab), P. Cushman, A. Heering (Minnesota U.). FERMILAB-TM-2027,
Oct. 1997.
Status of the Lifetime Monitoring for the HCAL HPD’s P. Cushman and A. Heering,
CMS Note (Refereed) CMS TN99-044, July 1999.
Conference Papers
An Analytical Investigation of the Effects of Scattering on the Ultraviolet Radiation
Emitted Particulate Laden Plumes, M.E. Neer, J.M. Schlupf, and P.C. Petersen,
Presented at the 8th Tri-Service UV Technology Meeting, Air Force Avionics Laboratory,
WPAFB, Ohio, July 1978.
Atmospheric Propagation of Ultraviolet Radiation through the Lower Atmosphere,
M.E. Neer, J.M. Schlupf, and P.C. Petersen, Presented at the 8th Tri-Service UV
Technology Meeting, AFAL, WPAFB, Ohio, July 1978. Contained in Volumes 1 through
4, A.R.A.P. Report No. 374b, November 1978.
Seasonal Variation of Single Scattering Phase Functions in the Ultraviolet, J.M. Schlupf,
M.E. Neer, and P.C. Petersen. Presented at the 8th Tri-Service UV Technology Meeting,
AFAL, WPAFB, Ohio, July 1978. Revised in A.R.A.P. Report No. 383, February 1979.
Search for Polarization in  Hyperons, R. Rameika et al., High Energy Spin Physics,
AIP Conf. Proc. 95, ed. by G. Bunce, 126 (1982).
Polarization of Inclusively Produced Hyperons, B.Lundberg, et al. High Energy Spin
Physics, AIP Conf. Proc. 95, ed. by G. Bunce, 83 (1982).
Preliminary Results from Experiment UA-6: Inclusive  ,  and Single- Cross-Sections
and Evidence for J/Psi Production in p p Collisions at s =24.3 GeV, A. Bernasconi et.
al, XXIII International Conference on High Energy Physics (Berkeley, July 16-23, 1986).
Also presented at Recontre de Moriond (March 1986) under J. Antille, et al.
Preliminary Results on Inclusive gamma Cross section of p p Collisions at s =24.3
from UA6 Experiments, A. Bernasconi et al. Presented at The International Europhysics
Conference on High Energy Physics (Uppsala, Sweden, June 25-July 1, 1987)
Synchrotron Radiation, Scintillating Fibers and Electron Tagging, P. Cushman,
P. Melese, and R. Rusack. Workshop on Scintillating Fiber Detector Development for
the SSC (FNAL, Nov 14-26, 1988)
Measurement of the J/Psi Inclusive Cross Sections in p p and pp Collisions at s =24.3
GeV from UA6 Experiment, A. Bernasconi et al. International Europhysics Conference on
High Energy Physics (Madrid, Sept 6-13, 1989)
An Ultraprecise Storage Ring for the Muon g-2 Experiment. By D. Brown et al. BNL43205-mc (microfiche), Aug 1989. 6pp. Presented at the 11th International Conference on
Magnet Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, August 28 - September 1, 1989. Published in
Tsukuba Magnet 1989:360-365 (QC760:I65:1989) .
Preradiators at the SSC, P.Cushman. Plenary talk at the ECFA Study Week on
Instrumentation Technology for High Luminosity Hadron Colliders (Barcelona, Spain.
Sept 14-21, 1989) CERN Preprint 89-10 or Vol 1 of ECFA 89-124 pp. 187-206.
A Preshower Detector for Tagging Electrons with Synchrotron Radiation, P. Cushman,
P. Melese and R. Rusack, Proceedings of the Symposium on Particle Identification at
High Luminosity Hadron Colliders (FNAL, April 5-7, 1989) pp. 457-469.
A Novel Triggering System for the UA6 Electromagnetic Calorimeter, G. Snow et al.,
Proceedings of the First International Conference On Calorimetry in High Energy
Physics. World Scientific (1990) pp. 251-260.
Properties of Photodetectors for SSC Scintillating Calorimeters, P. Cushman,
D. Grigoriev, D.R. Winn, K.Segall and D. Wall. Symposium on Detector R&D for the
SSC (Fort Worth TX, Oct 15-18, 1990) p.419
Cast Lead-Eutectic Solid and Liquid Scintillating Fiber Shower Calorimeters,
W. Worstell, J. Miller, L. Roberts, L. Sulak, D.R. Winn, P. Cushman, S. Dhawan,
V.W. Hughes. Symposium on Detector R&D for the SSC (Fort Worth TX, Oct 15-18,
1990) p.428.
Comparison of Direct gamma Production in p p and pp Reactions at s sqrt{s} =24.3
GeV in 4 < pT < 6 GeV/c (0.3 < xT < 0.5), G. Ballocchi, et al. XXV International
Conference on High Energy Physics (Singapore, 1990, ed. P. Yamaguchi) pp. 1436-1437.
Comparison of Direct gamma Production in p p and pp Reactions at s sqrt{s} =24.3
GeV in 4 < pT < 6 GeV/c (0.3 < xT < 0.5), G. Sozzi at Moriond: High Energy Hadronic
Interactions 1990, Editions Frontieres (ed. J. Tran Thanh Van) pp. 273-278.
Preshower Detectors for Electron Identification, P. Cushman, V. Singh, P. Melese,
and R. Rusack, Symposium on Detector R&D for the SSC (Forth Worth TX, Oct 15-18,
1990) p.422
Results of a Scintillating Fiber Preshower Detector for Identifying Electrons via
Synchrotron Radiation, P. Melese, R. Rusack, P. Cushman, and V. Singh. Proceedings
on the First International Conference on Calorimetry in High Energy Physics (ed.
D.F. Anderson et al.) World Scientific (1990) pp. 278-285. Also presented at the IEEE
Nuclear Science Symposium (Oct 23-27, 1990)
Preliminary Results from the CMD-2 Detector at C.M. Energy of 1 GeV, R.R.
Akhmetshin, et al. XXVI International Conference on High Energy Physics
(Dallas TX, Aug 1992)
A Novel Photomultiplier Tube for Calorimetry at the SSC, P. Cushman, M. Iosue, M.
Madden, R. Rusack, and M. Szawlowski, Proceedings of the 4th IISSC Conference (New
Orleans, March 4-6, 1992) “SuperCollider 4” ed. by J.Nonte (1992) pp. 1217-1224.
Particle Identification in SDC: Shower Maximum and Preshower Detectors, Invited talk
by P. Cushman for the Shower Maximum Subsystem. The Third International
Conference on Calorimetry (Corpus Christi, Sept 29 - Oct 2, 1992)
Status of Low P(T) Physics at the SSC, J. Orear et al., Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 25B
(1992) 261.
The g-2 Data Acquisition System, C. Timmermans, P. Cushman, and S. Lopatin
CHEP94 Int’l Data Acquisition Conference, Fermilab, Oct 26-28, 1994 Fermilab-conf95-054.
Investigation of Avalanche Photodiodes for EM Calorimeter at LHC, Karar et al., 1st
Workshop on Electronics for LHC, Lisbon Portugal. Sept. 11-15, 1995.
Data Compaction System for E821 (g-2) Experiment, A. Chertovskikh, P. Cushman,
A.V. Klishin, Yu.I.Merzlyakov, I.V.Sorokin, and C. Timmermans, CHEP97 Int’l
Conference on Computing in HEP, Berlin, April 7-11, 1997.
New Photodetectors for High Energy Physics, by P. Cushman. Invited Talk at SCIFI97,
Conference on Scintillating and Fiber Detectors. Nov 2-6, 1997. Notre Dame University,
Indiana.
Unix-Based Data Acquisition System for (g-2),. I. Kronkvist, P. Cushman, L. Duong,
C. Timmermans. CHEP98 Int’l Conf. On Computing in HEP, Chicago, IL Aug 30-Aug 4,
1998.
The Search for an Electric Dipole Moment of the Muon at the 1024 Level
Y. Semertzidis et al., Proceedings of the Workshop on Frontier Tests of QED
And the Physics of the Vacuum, Sandansky, Bulgaria, June 1998.
Spin and Beam Dynamics in the Muon g-2 Storage Ring, Yu. F. Orlov et al., CLNS-981588, Nov 1998.
Status of the Brookhaven g-2 Experiment, P. Cushman et al., Proceedings of the EPSHEP99 Conference, Tampere, Finland, July 1999.
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Recent Colloquia and Seminars
New Results from the BNL g-2 Experiment, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,
April 2001.
The G-2 Experiment at BNL and Future Prospects, Physics Dept. Colloquium, Florida
State University, Tallahassee, April 2000.
A Precision Measurement of the Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment, Laboratoire
d'Annecy de Physique des Particules, Feb. 4, 2000.
Precision Tests of Fundamental Constants: Magnetic Moment Experiments, Physics
Colloquium, Karlsruhe University, Karlsruhe, Germany, February 2000.
A Virtual Accelerator for Testing the Standard Model: The G-2 Experiment at BNL,
Physics Colloquium, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, Oct. 15, 1999.
The Influence of High Energy Physics on Medical Technology, REU Summer Student
(Life Sciences) Evening Seminar, Minneapolis, Aug. 5, 1999.
A Virtual Accelerator for Testing the Standard Model: The G-2 Experiment at BNL,
Joint Experimental Theoretical Physics Seminar, Fermi National Lab, April 23, 1999.
Custom Hybrid Photodiode Readout for the CMS Hadron Calorimeter, APS Centennial
Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 24, 1999.
A Novel PET-MRI Imager for Small Animals, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Chemistry/Biology Seminar, Dec. 17, 1998.