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Nirav Mehta, Ph.D.
Nirav Mehta
Assistant Professor of Physics

Science 1131
Offc. 641.269.9803
mehtanir@grinnell.edu

Courses for 2009-2010
  • Phy 132-02: General Physics II (Fall)
  • Phy 335-01: Electromagnetic Theory (Fall)
  • Phy 131-01: General Physics I (Spring)
  • Phy 314-01: Thermodynamics & Statistical Physics (Spring)
Research Interests
  • Few-body physics
  • Ultracold gases
  • Cold atomic systems in lower dimensions.
  • Efimov physics
Student Research Projects
Selected Publications
  • General Theory of N-Body Recombination, N. P. Mehta, Seth T. Rittenhouse, J. P. D'Incao, J. von Stecher and Chris H. Greene, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 153201, (2009).
  • Dimer-dimer collisions at finite energy in two-component Fermi gases, J. P. D'Incao, Seth T. Rittenhouse, N. P. Mehta and Chris H. Greene, Phys. Rev. A 79, 030501(R), (2009).
  • Efimov states embedded in the three-body continuum, N.P. Mehta, Seth T. Rittenhouse, J. P. D'Incao and Chris H. Greene, Phys. Rev. A 78 020701(R), (2008).
  • Three-body recombination in one dimension, N. P. Mehta, B. D. Esry, and Chris H. Greene, Phys. Rev. A 72 022711 (2007)
  • Three-body problem in one dimension with short-range interactions: zero-range potentials, N. P. Mehta, J. R. Shepard, Phys. Rev. A 72 032728 (2005).
  • Low energy operators in effective theories, C. Felline, N. P. Mehta, J. Piekerawicz, J. R. Shepard, Phys. Rev. C 68 034003 (2003).
Education
  • Postdoc at JILA/University of Colorado 2005-2008
  • Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2004
  • B.S. University of Texas at Austin

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