Faculty Profile

Warren Rogers

Warren Rogers

Professor, Blanchard Endowed Chair of Physics

Division of Natural Sciences

Ph.D.; MA

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Dr. Rogers joined the IWU physics department in Fall 2016. He conducts National Science Foundation funded research with undergraduate students in the area of experimental nuclear physics. He grew up in California and has two children living in the Pacific Northwest.

Research Interests

Dr. Rogers has mentored over 40 undergraduate students in research, many of whom are co-authors on his research publications. To date, 15 have earned doctoral degrees and 4 have earned masters degrees in science and engineering. He conducts research in the area of experimental nuclear physics. He is a co-founding member of the Modular Neutron Array (MoNA) Collaboration centered at Michigan State University, made up of physicists from 8 primarily undergraduate institutions and Michigan State University.

The primary branch of his research is based at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) (formerly the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory), a national laboratory operated by the Department of Energy, located on the Michigan State University campus. In 2002 undergraduate students in the collaborating institutions together constructed 144 large neutron detectors that are combined into a large MoNA array. In 2010 a new set of students constructed an additional 144 neutron detectors for an array called LISA (Large multi-Institutional Scintillator Array), also consisting of 144 neutron detectors.

The collaboration uses these arrays to detect neutrons arising from the decay of exotic nuclei. The focus of this research program is to investigate the properties of exotic neutron-rich nuclei using an accelerator-based technique called Invariant Mass Spectroscopy. Measurements of the properties of these exotic nuclei will ultimately contribute to better understanding explosive astrophysical events, such as super-novae and neutron star mergers.

The second branch of his research program is based at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Experiments conducted there are focused on measuring the scattering characteristics of neutrons in organic plastic scintillator, which is of central importance in the operation our neutron detectors and our analysis of data collected by the array.

Honors and Awards
  • 2006 Appointed Fellow, American Physical Society
  • 2009 Distinguished Service Award, Division of Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society
  • 2018 Prize for a Faculty Member for Research in an Undergraduate Institution, American Physical Society
Personal

He is a lover of music and plays classical piano regularly. He’s developed a course on the topic of the Physics of Music, which brings together two areas of deep interest for him, and for which he’s written an unpublished textbook.

PHD

University of Rochester , 1986

MA

University of Rochester , 1983

BS

Harvey Mudd College , 1981

Book chapters:

  1. Abraham, N. B., Hudgings, J., Jackson, M., & Rogers, W. F. (2022). Undergraduate research in physics. In H. A. Mieg, E. Ambos, A. Brew, D. Galli, & J. Lehmann (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research (pp. 191–198). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108869508.026
  2. Rogers, W. F. (2017). Entries on Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, and SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence). In P. Copan, T. Longman III, C. L. Reese, & M. G. Strauss (Eds.), Dictionary of Christianity and Science: The Definitive Reference for the Intersection of Christian Faith and Contemporary Science. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic.

Peer-reviewed journal articles:

  1. Radick, R. R., Africano, J. L., Rogers, W. F., Schneeberger, T. J., & Tyson, E. T. (1982). Cloudcroft occultation summary. I. December 1978 to March 1980. Astronomical Journal, 87, 855.
  2. Radick, R. R., Wilkerson, M. S., Worden, S. P., Africano, J. L., Klimke, A., Ruden, S., Rogers, W., Armandroff, T. E., & Giampapa, M. S. (1983). The photometric variability of solar-type stars. II. Stars selected from Wilson’s chromospheric activity survey. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 95, 300.
  3. Martin, A. G., Dutta, S. B., Rogers, W. F., & Clark, D. L. (1986). Transport efficiency of free atoms for laser spectroscopy using a cryogenic helium jet. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 247, 520.
  4. Martin, A. G., Dutta, S. B., Rogers, W. F., & Clark, D. L. (1986). Measurement of the isotope shift of 82Sr. Physical Review C, 34, 1120.
  5. Rogers, W. F., Clark, D. L., Dutta, S. B., & Martin, A. G. (1986). Measurement of the magnetic moment of 33Cl using online beta-nuclear magnetic resonance. Physics Letters B, 177, 293–298.
  6. Rogers, W. F., Clark, D. L., Dutta, S. B., & Martin, A. G. (1987). Beta-NMR magnetic moment measurement using online mass separation and tilted foil polarization. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 253, 256.
  7. Martin, A. G., Dutta, S. B., Rogers, W. F., & Clark, D. L. (1987). Laser spectroscopy of radioactive atoms using the photon-burst technique. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 4, 405.
  8. Adelberger, E. G., Stubbs, C. W., Rogers, W. F., Raab, F. J., Heckel, B. R., Gundlach, J. H., Swanson, H. E., & Watanabe, R. (1987). New constraints on composition-dependent interactions weaker than gravity. Physical Review Letters, 59, 849–852, erratum 1790(E).
  9. Stubbs, C. W., Adelberger, E. G., Heckel, B. R., Rogers, W. F., Swanson, H. E., Watanabe, R., Gundlach, J. H., & Raab, F. J. (1989). Limits on composition-dependent interactions using a laboratory source: Is there a “fifth force” coupled to isospin? Physical Review Letters, 62, 609.
  10. Heckel, B. R., Adelberger, E. G., Stubbs, C. W., Rogers, W. F., Su, Y., Swanson, J. E., & Smith, G. (1989). Experimental bounds on interactions mediated by ultra-low mass bosons. Physical Review Letters, 63, 2705.
  11. Adelberger, E. G., Stubbs, C. W., Heckel, B. R., Rogers, W. F., Su, Y., Swanson, H. E., Smith, G., Watanabe, R., & Gundlach, J. R. (1990). Testing the equivalence principle in the field of the Earth: Particle physics at masses below 1 micro-eV? Physical Review D, 42, 3267.
  12. Dutta, S. B., Martin, A. G., Rogers, W. F., & Clark, D. L. (1990). Optical isotope shift and hyperfine structure measurements of 152,154–158,160Gd. Physical Review C, 42, 1191.
  13. Adelberger, E. G., Heckel, B. R., Rogers, W. F., & Stubbs, C. W. (1991). Searches for new macroscopic forces. Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science, 41, 269–320.
  14. Benczer-Koller, N., Vass, T., Mountford, A. W., Kumbartzki, G., Zheng, D. C., Zamick, L., Hass, M., Broude, C., Satteson, M., & Rogers, W. (1992). Tilted foil polarization and magnetic moments of mirror nuclei. In Proceedings of the 4th International Spring Seminar on Nuclear Physics (Amalfi, Italy, May 18–22, 1992). (Refereed conference proceedings.)
  15. Neyens, G., Coulier, N., Teughels, S., Ternier, S., Vyvey, K., Coussement, R., Balabanski, D. L., Casandjian, J. M., Chartier, M., Cortina-Gil, M. D., Lewitowicz, M., Mittig, W., Ostrowski, A. N., Roussel-Chomaz, P., Alamanos, N., Lepine-Szily, A., & Rogers, W. (1998). Quadrupole and magnetic moment measurements on spin-aligned projectile fragments. Heavy Ion Physics, 7, 101.
  16. Coulier, N., Neyens, G., Teughels, S., Georgiev, G., Ternier, S., Vyvey, K., Coussement, R., Balabanski, D. L., Cortina-Gil, M. D., Lewitowicz, M., Mittig, W., de Oliveira Santos, F., Roussel-Chomaz, P., Rogers, W. F., & Lepine-Szily, A. (1998). The quadrupole moment of 18N, measured with the level mixing resonance method. Il Nuovo Cimento A, 111, 727.
  17. Teughels, S., Neyens, G., Coulier, N., Georgiev, G., Ternier, S., Vyvey, K., Balabanski, D. L., Coussement, R., Rogers, W. F., Cortina-Gil, M. D., de Oliveira Santos, F., Lewitowicz, M., Mittig, W., Roussel-Chomaz, P., & Lepine-Szily, A. (1998). The magnetic and quadrupole moment of oriented nuclei measured with beta-LMR-NMR. In Proceedings of the ENAM (Exotic Nuclear and Atomic Masses) Conference (pp. 58 ff.). (Refereed proceedings.)
  18. Georgiev, G., Neyens, G., Coulier, N., Teughels, S., Ternier, S., Vyvey, K., Balabanski, D. L., Coussement, R., Rogers, W. F., Cortina-Gil, D., de Oliveira, F., Lewitowicz, M., Mittig, W., Roussel-Chomaz, P., Lepine-Szily, A., & Mantica, P. F. (1998). Application of nuclear magnetic resonance, level mixing resonance and their combination for measurement of nuclear magnetic and quadrupole moments. Balkan Physics Letters (Special Issue), 250–253.
  19. Neyens, G., Coulier, N., Teughels, S., Georgiev, G., Brown, B. A., Rogers, W. F., Balabanski, D. L., Coussement, R., Lepine-Szily, A., Lewitowicz, M., Mittig, W., de Oliveira Santos, F., Roussel-Chomaz, P., Ternier, S., & Vyvey, K. (1999). Magnetic moment of the 1− ground state in 18N measured by a new beta-LMR-NMR technique. Physical Review Letters, 82, 497.
  20. Coulier, N., Neyens, G., Teughels, S., Balabanski, D. L., Coussement, R., Georgiev, G., Ternier, S., Vyvey, K., & Rogers, W. F. (1999). New beta-level mixing resonance and nuclear magnetic resonance method for measuring magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole moments of short-lived nuclei. Physical Review C, 59, 1935.
  21. Rogers, W. F., Georgiev, G., Neyens, G., Borremans, D., Coulier, N., Coussement, R., Davies, A., Mitchell, J., Teughels, S., Brown, B. A., & Mantica, P. F. (2000). Ground-state magnetic moment of the T = 1 nucleus 32Cl using online beta-NMR spectroscopy. Physical Review C, 62, 044312.
  22. Holden, J., Benczer-Koller, N., Jakob, G., Kumbartzki, G., Mertzimekis, T. J., Speidel, K.-H., Macchiavelli, A., McMahan, M., Phair, L., Maier-Komor, P., Stuchbery, A. E., Rogers, W. F., & Davies, A. D. (2000). Evidence for 2f7/2 neutron strength in the low-energy structure of 144,146,148,150Nd isotopes. Physics Letters B, 493, 7.
  23. Holden, J., Benczer-Koller, N., Jakob, G., Kumbartzki, G., Mertzimekis, T. J., Speidel, K.-H., Beausang, C. W., Krucken, R., Macchiavelli, A., McMahan, M., Phair, L., Stuchbery, A. E., Maier-Komor, P., Rogers, W., & Davies, A. D. (2001). Single-particle degrees of freedom in the transition from deformed to spherical nuclei. Physical Review C, 63, 024315.
  24. Groh, D. E., Mantica, P. F., Stuchbery, A. E., Stolz, A., Mertzimekis, T. J., Rogers, W. F., Davies, A. D., Liddick, S. N., & Tomlin, B. E. (2003). Spin polarization of 37K produced in a single-proton pick-up reaction at intermediate energies. Physical Review Letters, 90, 202502.
  25. Luther, B., Baumann, T., Thoennessen, M., Brown, J., DeYoung, P., Finck, J., Hinnefeld, J., Howes, R., Kemper, K., Pancella, P., Peaslee, G. F., Rogers, W., & Tabor, S. (2003). MoNA – the Modular Neutron Array. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 505, 33.
  26. Baumann, T., Brown, J. A., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J. E., Hinnefeld, J. D., Howes, R., Kemper, K. W., Luther, B. A., Pancella, P. V., Peaslee, G. F., Rogers, W. F., Tabor, S. L., & Thoennessen, M. (2003). MoNA – the Modular Neutron Array at the NSCL. In CP680, Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry: 17th International Conference (pp. 554 ff.). American Institute of Physics.
  27. Boike, T., Baumann, T., Bullinger, M., Bychowski, J. P., Clark, S., Daum, K., DeYoung, P. A., Evans, J. V., Finck, J. E., Grant, D. J., Hinnefeld, J., Howes, R., Hutt, G. W., Hitt, G. W., Howes, R. H., et al. (including Rogers, W. F.). (2005). Construction of a modular large-area neutron detector for the NSCL. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 543, 517.
  28. Rogers, W. F., & Cerny, J. (2005). Undergraduate research opportunities: The key to a bright future for nuclear science in the United States. Nuclear Physics News (NuPECC), 15(4), 2005.
  29. Howes, R. H., Baumann, T., Thoennessen, M., Brown, J., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J., Hinnefeld, J., Kemper, K. W., Luther, B., Pancella, P. V., Peaslee, G. F., Rogers, W. F., & Tabor, S. (2005). Fabrication of a modular neutron array: A collaborative approach to undergraduate research. American Journal of Physics, 73(2), 122.
  30. Minamisono, K., Mantica, P. F., Mertzimekis, T. J., Davies, A. D., Hass, M., Pereira, J., Pinter, J. S., Rogers, W. F., Stoker, J. B., Tomlin, B. E., & Weerasiri, R. (2006). Nuclear magnetic moment of the 57Cu ground state. Physical Review Letters, 96, 102501.
  31. Voss, P. J., Finck, J. E., Howes, R. H., Brown, J., Baumann, T., Schiller, A., Thoennessen, M., DeYoung, P. A., Peaslee, G. F., Hinnefeld, J., Luther, B., Pancella, P. V., & Rogers, W. F. (2008). Big physics at small places: The Mongol Horde model of undergraduate research. Journal of College Teaching and Learning, 5(2), 37.
  32. Christian, G., Baumann, T., Absalon, D., Albertson, D., Bazin, D., Breitbach, E., Brown, J., Cole, A., Denby, P. A., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J. E., Frank, N., Fritz, R., Hinnefeld, J., et al. (including Rogers, W. F.). (2008). Production of nuclei in neutron unbound states via primary fragmentation of 48Ca. Nuclear Physics A, 801, 101.
  33. Hoffman, C. R., Baumann, T., Bazin, D., Brown, J., Christian, G., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J. E., Frank, N., Hinnefeld, J., Howes, R., Mears, P., Mosby, E., Mosby, S., Reith, J., Rizzo, B., Rogers, W. F., Peaslee, G. F., Peters, W. A., Schiller, A., Scott, M. J., Tabor, S. L., Thoennessen, M., Voss, P. J., & Williams, T. (2008). Determination of the N = 16 shell closure at the oxygen drip line. Physical Review Letters, 100, 152502.
  34. Hoffman, C. R., Baumann, T., Bazin, D., Brown, J., Christian, G., Denby, D. H., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J. E., Frank, N., Hinnefeld, J., Mosby, S., Peters, W. A., Rogers, W. F., Schiller, A., Spyrou, A., Scott, M. J., Tabor, S. L., Thoennessen, M., & Voss, P. (2009). Evidence for a doubly magic 24O. Physics Letters B, 672, 17.
  35. Berryman, J. S., Minamisono, K., Rogers, W. F., Brown, B. A., Crawford, H. L., Grinyer, G. F., Mantica, P. F., Stoker, J. B., & Towner, I. S. (2009). Doubly magic nature of 56Ni: Measurement of the ground-state nuclear magnetic dipole moment of 55Ni. Physical Review C, 79, 064305.
  36. Strongman, M. J., Spyrou, A., Hoffman, C. R., Baumann, T., Bazin, D., Brown, J., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J. E., Frank, N., Mosby, S., Rogers, W. F., Peaslee, G. F., Peters, W. A., Schiller, A., Tabor, S. L., & Thoennessen, M. (2009). Disappearance of the N = 14 shell. Physical Review C, 80, 021302.
  37. Hoffman, C. R., Baumann, T., Brown, J., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J. E., Frank, N., Hinnefeld, J. D., Mosby, S., Peters, W. A., Rogers, W. F., Schiller, A., Snyder, J., Spyrou, A., Tabor, S. L., & Thoennessen, M. (2011). Observation of a two-neutron cascade from a resonance in 24O. Physical Review C, 83, 031303(R).
  38. Peters, W. A., Baumann, T., Brown, B. A., Brown, J., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J. E., Frank, N., Jones, K. L., Lecouey, J.-L., Luther, B., Peaslee, G. F., Rogers, W. F., Schiller, A., Thoennessen, M., Tostevin, J. A., & Yoneda, K. (2011). Neutron knockout of 12Be populating neutron-unbound states in 11Be. Physical Review C, 83, 057304.
  39. Ash, T., Baumann, T., Bazin, D., Brown, J., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J. E., Groom, J., Hinnefeld, J. D., Lunderberg, E. M., Luther, B., Mosby, E., Mosby, S., Nagi, T., Peaslee, G. F., Peters, W. A., Rogers, W. F., Schiller, A., Snyder, J., Strongman, M. J., Thoennessen, M., Warren, D., Weisshaar, D., & Wersal, A. (2012). Exploring the low-Z shore of the island of inversion at N = 19. Physical Review Letters, 108, 032501.
  40. Stephenson, S. L., Brown, J. A., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J. E., Frank, N. H., Hinnefeld, J. D., Kaye, R. A., Luther, B. A., Peaslee, G. F., Meyer, D. A., Rogers, W. F., Snyder, J., Strongman, M. J., Voss, P. J., & MoNA Collaboration. (2012). Nuclear structure physics with MoNA-LISA. In Neutron Properties and MoNA Collaboration, Winter School Proceedings (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia), 138–144. (Refereed proceedings.)
  41. Mosby, S. N., Badger, N. S., Baumann, T., Bazin, D., Bennett, J., Brown, J., Christian, G., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J. E., Gardner, M., Hinnefeld, J. D., Lunderberg, E. M., Meyer, D. A., Mosby, E., Peaslee, G. F., Rogers, W. F., Smith, J. K., Snyder, J., Strongman, M. J., Tostevin, J. A., & Voss, P. J. (2013). Search for 21C and constraints on 22C. Nuclear Physics A, 909, 69–78.
  42. Mosby, S. N., Christian, G., Bazin, D., Bennett, J., Brown, J., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J. E., Gardner, M. A., Hook, E. A., Lunderberg, E. M., Meyer, D. A., Mosby, E., Peaslee, G. F., Rogers, W. F., Smith, J. K., Snyder, J., Strongman, M. J., et al. (2013). Observation of a low-lying neutron-unbound state in 19C. Nuclear Physics A, 912, 1–6.
  43. Rogers, W. F., Garrett, S., Grovom, N. E., Anthony, R., Aulie, A., Barker, A., Baumann, T., Brett, J. J., Brown, J., Christian, G., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J. E., Frank, N., Haring-Kaye, N. R. A., Hinnefeld, J. D., et al. (2013). Unbound excited states of the N = 16 closed shell nucleus 24O. Physical Review C, 88, 054318. (The volume/page details are abbreviated in the CV; standard APS catalog lists C88, 054318.)
  44. Jones, M. D., Frank, N., Baumann, T., Brett, J., Bullaro, J., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J. E., Hammerton, K., Hinnefeld, J., Kohley, Z., Kuchera, A. N., Pereira, J., Rabeh, A., Rogers, W. F., Smith, J. K., Stephenson, S. L., Stiefel, K., Tuttle-Timm, M. L., Zegers, R. G. T., & Thoennessen, M. (2015). Two-neutron sequential decay of 24O. Physical Review C, 92, 051306.
  45. Rogers, W. F., Kuchera, A., Boone, J., Frank, N., Mosby, S., Thoennessen, M., Wantz, A., et al. (2019). Measurements of fast neutron scattering in plastic scintillator with energies from 20 to 200 MeV. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 943, 162436.
  46. Votaw, D., DeYoung, P. A., Baumann, T., Blake, A., Brown, J., Christian, G., Cochran, J., Cole, A., Cooper, M. A., Denby, D. H., Frank, N., Gombas, J., Guye, P., Harkema, A., Lunderberg, E. M., Mosby, S., Owens-Fryar, J., Peters, W. A., Redpath, T. H., Rogers, W. F., Seatton-Todd, R., Spyrou, A., Stiefel, K., Sword, C., & Thoennessen, M. (2020). Low-lying level structure of the neutron-unbound N = 7 isotones. Physical Review C, 102, 014325.
  47. Chrisman, D., Kuchera, A. N., Baumann, T., Blake, A., Brown, J., Cochran, J., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J. E., Gombas, J., Harkema, A., Lunderberg, E. M., McDonaugh, T., Mix, B., Monteagudo, M., Redpath, T. H., Rogers, W. F., Seatton-Todd, R., Spyrou, A., Stiefel, K., & Votaw, D. (2021). Neutron-unbound states in 31Ne. Physical Review C, 104, 034313.
  48. Kuchera, A. N., Bazin, D., Phan, T., Tostevin, J. A., Babo, M., Baumann, T., Bender, P. C., Bowry, M., Bradt, J., Brown, J., DeYoung, P. A., Elman, B., Finck, J. E., Gade, A., Grinyer, G. F., Jones, M. D., Longfellow, B., Lunderberg, E., Redpath, T. H., Rogers, W. F., Stiefel, K., Thoennessen, M., Votaw, D., Weisshaar, D., Whitmore, K., & Wiringa, R. B. (2022). Mirror nucleon removal reactions in p-shell nuclei. Physical Review C, 105(3), 034314.
  49. Votaw, D., DeYoung, P. A., Baumann, T., et al. (including Rogers, W. F.). (2024). Evidence for the 15Be ground state. Physical Review C, 110, 064302. (Final citation from PRC based on FRIB and APS indexing; article originated as an arXiv/FRIB preprint on neutron-unbound states in 15Be.)

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