Matthew J Wetstein

Assistant Professor

Precision measurements of neutrino properties as probes for new physics beyond the current Standard Model. Next generation Water Cherenkov and Liquid Scintillator based detectors with the scalability, sensitivity, and resolutions necessary for discovery. Accelerator Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment (ANNIE), aimed at answering physics and technological questions relevant to future long baseline experiments. Large-Area Picosecond Photo-Detectors (LAPPD), a novel photodetector technology.

Contact

wetstein@iastate.edu

515-294-5440

12 Physics

2323 Osborn Dr.

Ames

50011-1026

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Selected Publications

• V. M. Abazov, et al [D0 Collaboration], Measurement of the W Boson Mass, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 141801 (2009)

• V. M. Abazov, et al [D0 Collaboration], Direct Measurement of the W Boson Width, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 231802 (2009)

• V. M. Abazov, et al [D0 Collaboration], A Novel Method for Modeling the Recoil in W Boson Events at Hadron Colliders, Nucl. Instrum. Methods in Phys. Res. Sect. A 609, 250 (2009)

• M. Wetstein [LAPPD Collaboration], Development of Sub-Nanosecond, High Gain Structures For Time- Of-Flight Ring Imaging In Large Area Detectors, Nucl. Instrum. Methods in Phys. Res. Sect. A 639 (1), 148 (2010)

• Z. Insepov, V. Ivanov, S. Jokela, M. Wetstein, Comparison of Back-Scattering Properties of Electron Emission Materials, Proc. of Part. Accel. Conf., TUP005, p.1-3. (2011)

• M. Wetstein [LAPPD Collaboration], Systems-Level Characterization of Microchannel Plate Detector Assemblies, using a Pulsed sub-Picosecond Laser Physics Procedia, Volume 37, 748–756 (2012);

• A. Mane, et al [LAPPD Collaboration], An Atomic Layer Deposition Method to Fabricate Economical and Robust Large Area Microchannel Plates for Photodetectors, Physics Procedia, Volume 37, 722–732 (2012)

• H. Grabas, et al [LAPPD Collaboratsion], RF Strip-line Anodes for Psec Large-Area MCP-based Detectors,
Nucl. Instrum. Methods in Phys. Res. Sect. A 712, 124-131 (2013)

• B. Adams, et al [LAPPD Collaboration], FEATURED ARTICLE: A Test Facility for Large-area Microchannel Plate Detector Assemblies Using a Pulsed sub-Psec Laser, Rev. of Sci. Instrum 84, 061301 (2013)

• I. Anghel, et al [ANNIE Collaboration], Expression of Interest: The Atmospheric Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment, submitted to the Fermilab Physics Advisory Committee (2014) arXiv:1402.6411

• A. Elagin, H Frisch, M Wetstein, L Winslow, Measuring Directionality in Double Beta Decay and Neutrino Interactions With Kiloton-Scale Scintillation Detectors, J. Instrum 9 P06012 (2014) arXiv:1307.5813

• B. Adams, et al, [LAPPD Collaboration], Timing Characteristics of Large Area Picosecond Photodetectors, draft in preparation for submission to Nucl. Instrum. Methods in Physics

•I. Anghel, et al, Photosensor Optimization of Large Water Cherenkov Neutrino Detectors, draft in preparation for submission to Nucl. Instrum. Methods in Physics

Recent Talks

• MIT Physics Colloquium (Nov. 3, 2014)

• ANT14, Advances in Neutrino Technology: UCLA (October 2014)

• ANT13, Advances in Neutrino Technology: Lake Tahoe, CA (May, 2013)

• Cal Tech, HEP Seminar (April 28, 2013)

• Triumf, HEP Seminar (April 23, 2013)

• Snowmass, Instrumentation Frontier Workshop (April 18. 2013)

• Project X Physics Meeting (June18, 2012)

• Northwestern University, HEP Seminar (June 4, 2012)

• UC Davis, HEP Seminar (February 28, 2012)

• University of Michigan, HEP Seminar (February 20, 2012)

• University of Maryland, HEP Seminar (February 16, 2012)

Honors and Awards

• Mary Wheeler Wigner Memorial Scholarship - Rutgers University (2000-1)

• Henry Rutgers Scholar - Rutgers University (2000-1)

• Grainger Postdoctoral Fellowship - University of Chicago (2012)

• Lee Grodzins Postdoctoral Award - MIT (2014)

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