Carl E. Carlson

Class of 1962 Professor of Physics
The College of William & Mary in Virginia

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A.B., Columbia University , 1965;
Ph.D., Columbia University , 1968.

Research Interests:

Theoretical Physics, including:

Proton structure
Theory related to low energy searches for new physics
Connections between hadronic phenomena and precision atomic data
Two-photon physics and its impact on fundamental proton measurements
Non-gravitational searches for dark matter

Teaching Awards and Course Links

Thomas Ashley Graves, Jr., Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching, 1994
Alumni Fellows Award, 1978

Physics 721-722, "Quantum Field Theory," Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008

On leave Fall 2010, Spring 2011 (Helsinki Institute for Physics, Helmholz Institute Mainz, Nordita (Stockholm))
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:

2011

Higher order proton structure corrections to the Lamb shift in muonic hydrogen
Carl E. Carlson and Marc Vanderhaeghen
Phys. Rev. A 84, 020102 (2011)

Gamma-Z box contributions to parity violating elastic e-p scattering
Benjamin C. Rislow and Carl E. Carlson
Phys. Rev. D 83, 113007 (2011)

Proton structure corrections to hyperfine splitting in muonic hydrogen
Carl E. Carlson, Vahagn Nazaryan, and Keith Griffioen
Phys. Rev. A 83, 042509 (2011)

2010

Timelike virtual Compton scattering from electron-positron radiative annihilation
Andrei Afanasev, Stanley J. Brodsky, Carl E. Carlson, and Asmita Mukherjee
Phys. Rev. D 81, 034014 (2010)

2009

Strange mesons and kaon-to-pion transition form factors from holography
Zainul Abidin and Carl E. Carlson
Phys. Rev. D 80, 115010 (2009)

Nucleon electromagnetic and gravitational form factors from holography
Zainul Abidin and Carl E. Carlson
Phys. Rev. D 79, 115003 (2009)

Empirical transverse charge densities in the deuteron
C.E. Carlson and M. Vanderhaeghen,
Eur. Phys. J. A 41, 1 (2009)

2008

Hadronic Momentum Densities in the Transverse Plane
Zainul Abidin and Carl E. Carlson
Phys. Rev. D 78, 071502 (2008)

Proton structure corrections to electronic and muonic hydrogen hyperfine splitting
Carl E. Carlson, Vahagn Nazaryan, and Keith Griffioen
Phys. Rev. A 78, 022517 (2008)

Gravitational Form Factors in the Axial Sector from an AdS/QCD Model
Zainul Abidin and Carl E. Carlson
Phys. Rev. D 77, 115021 (2008)

Gravitational Form Factors of Vector Mesons in an AdS/QCD Model
Zainul Abidin and Carl E. Carlson
Phys. Rev. D 77, 095007 (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)

2007-1996, papers in refereed journals

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