Carl E. Carlson
Class of 1962 Professor of Physics
The College of William & Mary in Virginia

A.B., Columbia University , 1965;
Ph.D., Columbia University , 1968.
Research Interests:
Theoretical Physics, including:
- Proton structure
- Gauge-gravity correspondence
- Multi-photon effects in lepton scattering
- Effects of nucleon structure on precision atomic physics
Teaching Awards and Course Links
Thomas Ashley Graves, Jr., Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching, 1994
Alumni Fellows Award, 1978
Physics 401, "Electricity and Magnetism,"
Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Spring 2006
Physics 402, "Electricity and Magnetism,"
Fall 2007, Fall 2006, Fall 2005
Physics 721-722, "Quantum Field Theory,"
F2004-S2005 / F2003-S2004 / F2001-S2002
On leave to Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia, 2003/2002
Physics 630, "Statistical Mechanics,"
Spring 2001
Physics 403, "Thermodynamics and Introduction to Statistical
Mechanics," Fall 2000
Recent papers:
2008
Rosenbluth Nonlinearity from Two-Photon Exchange
Zainul Abidin and Carl E. Carlson
Phys. Rev. D 77, 037301 (2008)
Empirical transverse charge densities in the nucleon and the nucleon-to-Delta transition
Carl E. Carlson and Marc Vanderhaeghen
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 032004 (2008)
Proton Structure Corrections to Hydrogen Hyperfine Splitting
Carl E. Carlson
Lect. Notes Phys. (Springer-Verlag) 745, 93-107 (2008)
2007
New evaluation of proton structure corrections to hydrogen hyperfine splitting
Carl E. Carlson
Canadian Journal of Physics 85: 429-439 (2007)
Two-Photon Physics in Hadronic Processes
Carl E. Carlson and Marc Vanderhaeghen
Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 5, 171-204 (2007)
2006
Beam Single-Spin Asymmetry in Semi-Inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering
Andrei V. Afanasev and Carl E. Carlson
Phys. Rev. D 74, 114027 (2006)
Diquark correlations from nucleon charge radii
Carl E. Carlson, Christopher D. Carone, Herry J. Kwee, and Richard F. Lebed
Phys. Lett. B635, 100-106 (2006)
New experimental constraints on polarizability corrections to hydrogen hyperfine structure
Vahagn Nazaryan, Carl E. Carlson, and Keith A. Griffioen
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 163001 (2006)
Two-Photon-Exchange Effects in the Electro-Excitation of the Delta Resonance
Vladimir Pascalutsa, Carl E. Carlson, and Marc Vanderhaeghen
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 012301 (2006)
Contact points:
Office: +1-757-221-3509
FAX: +1-757-221-3540
E-Mail: <carlson@physics.wm.edu>
Post: College of William and Mary
Physics Department, PO Box 8795
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8795
USA
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