Research/Focus Areas
- Theoretical nuclear physics
- Theory of nuclear forces
- Chiral effective field theory for low-energy QCD
- Meson-exchange theories for nuclear interactions
- Nucleon-nucleon scattering at high energy
- Theory of nuclear matter with sub-nuclear degrees of freedom and relativity
- Relativistic few-nucleon physics
Ruprecht Machleidt, Ph.D.
College of Science
Department of Physics
Professor
Campus Locations
Moscow
With UI Since
1988
- Ph.D., University of Bonn (Germany), Physics
- M.S., University of Bonn (Germany), Physics
- Acting Chair, Department of Physics, University of Idaho, 2003-2006.
- Professor of Physics, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 1991-present.
- Associate Professor of Physics, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 1988-91.
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, 1986-88.
- Visiting Research Physicist, Los Alamos Meson-Physics Facility (LAMPF), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1986-88.
- Visiting faculty member, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI, "Virginia Tech"), Blacksburg, Virginia, Fall 1985.
- Visiting Senior Scientist, TRIUMF, Canada's National Meson-Physics Facility, Vancouver, Canada, 1983-85.
- Wissenschaftlicher Assistent (≈assistant professor/research associate), Institute for Theoretical Nuclear Physics, University of Bonn, Germany, until 1983.
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Nuclear Theory Group, University of Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York (two-year fellowship by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft).
Selected Publications
- Chiral effective feld theory and nuclear forces, R. Machleidt and D. R. Entem, Physics Reports, Vol. 503, pp. 1-75 (2011).
- Shell model description of the C-14 dating beta decay with Brown-Rho-scaled NN interactions, J. W. Holt, G. E. Brown, T. T. S. Kuo, J. D. Holt, and R. Machleidt, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 062501 (2008).
- The nucleon-nucleon interaction, R. Machleidt and I. Slaus, Topical Review, J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 27, R69-R108 (2001).
- The meson theory of nuclear forces and nuclear structure, R. Machleidt, Advances in Nucl. Phys., Vol. 19, Chapter 2, pp. 189-376 (1989).
- The Bonn meson-exchange model for the nucleon-nucleon interaction, R. Machleidt, K. Holinde, and Ch. Elster, Physics Reports, Vol. 149, pp. 1-89 (1987).
Awards and Honors
- Vandal Pride Award, University of Idaho, 2002.
- University of Idaho Faculty Award for Research Excellence, 2001.
- Fellow, American Physical Society, since 2000.
- Distinguished Faculty Member, University of Idaho Chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 2000.
- Faculty Excellence Award, University of Idaho Alumni Association, 2000.
- Faculty Excellence Award, Navy ROTC, University of Idaho, 1998.
- Affiliate, Institute for Nuclear Theory (INT), University of Washington,Seattle, Washington.
- Fellowship, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, 1983-85.
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, 1976-77.