Benjamin S. Palmer

· Address: Laboratory for Physical Sciences, 8050 Greenmead Rd, College Park, MD 20740

· e-mail: bpalmer@physics.umd.edu

· Phone: (301) 935-6727

· FAX: (301) 935-6723

Education:
Ph.D. 2003, University of Maryland, College Park

Dissertation: Development and Applications of Scanning Probe Techniques: Scanning Eddy Current Dynamometer and Photoconductivity Studies of Underdoped YBCO

B.A. 1995, Reed College

Thesis: Photoluminescence Studies of Si Clusters

Publications:

1. B. S. Palmer, H. D. Drew, R. A. Hughes, J. S. Preston, “Percolative effects in oxygen-depleted YBa₂Cu₃O_x,” Physical Review B, 70, 184511 (2004).

2. B. S. Palmer, “Current density and forces for a current loop moving parallel over a thin conducting sheet,” European Journal of Physics, 25, 655 (2004).

3. B. S. Palmer, H. D. Drew, and R. S. Decca, “Scanning Eddy Current Dynamometer with 100 mm Resolution,” Review of Scientific Instruments, 71, 3168 (2000).

4. S. I. Patil, S. M. Bhagat, Q. Q. Shu, S. E. Lofland, S. B. Ogale, V. N. Smolyaninova, B. S. Palmer, R. S. Decca, F. A. Brown, H. D. Drew, R. L. Greene, “Indications of phase separation in polycrystalline La_1-xSr_xMnO₃ for x » 0.5,” Physical Review B, 62, 9548 (2000).