Prof. Vina Punjabi

Norfolk State University Norfolk, VA USA

Curator and author

• Nucleon Form factors
• (2010) Charles Perdrisat, Vina Punjabi

Figure 1: Prof. Vina Punjabi

Prof. Vina Punjabi

• Department of Physics, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia, 23504
• Work phone: (757) 823-2472; punjabi@jlab.org

Education

Ph.D. in Physics College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 1986
M.S. in Physics College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 1983
M.S. in Physics Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India 1973
B.S. in Physics Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India 1971

Academic Positions

Visiting Professor, Jefferson Lab, Newport News VA, 2007-2008
Visiting Professor, Jefferson Lab, Newport News VA, 2000-2001
Visiting Professor, Jefferson Lab, Newport News VA, 1996
Professor – Norfolk State University - 1999-present
Associate Professor - Norfolk State University -1993-1999
Assistant Professor - Norfolk State University - 1988-1993
Research Associate - College of William and Mary, Physics Department - 1986-1988
Research Assistant - College of William and Mary, Physics Department - 1980-1986

Honors, Prizes, Awards

First Prize of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Russia, for experimental work “Experimental Investigation of Polarization Phenomena in Deuteron-Proton and Deuteron-Nucleus Interaction, January 1998.

Post-doctoral Advisees

Frank Wesselmann (2004-2008),

Post-doctoral advisor, Prof. J.M. Finn, Prof. H. Funsten and Prof. C.F. Perdrissat
Ph.D. advisor, Prof. C.F. Perdrisat

Selected recent publications (out of more than 100):

G(E(p)) / G(M(p)) ratio by polarization transfer in polarized via \(\vec{e}\)p→e\(\vec{p}\)
Jefferson Lab Hall A Collaboration M.K. Jones et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1398 (2000).

Measurement of G_En/G_Mn from the d(e,e'n)p reaction to Q²=1.45 (GeV/c)²
R. Madey, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 122002 (2003).

Measurement of G_Ep/G_Mp in ep→ep to Q² = 5.6 GeV²
O. Gayou, et al., (Hall A Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 092301 (2002).

Basic Instrumentation for Hall A at Jefferson Jab
John Alcorn et al., Nucl. Instr. and Methods in Phys. Res. A522, 294 (2004).

Precision Rosenbluth Measurement of the Proton Elastic Form Factors
I.A. Qattan et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 142301 (2005).

Polarization Transfer in Proton Compton Scattering at High Momentum Transfer
D.J. Hamilton et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 242001 (2005).

Recoil Polarization for Δ Excitation in Pion Electroproduction
J.J. Kelly et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 102001 (2005).

Proton elastic form factor ratios to Q²=3.5 GeV² by polarization transfer
V. Punjabi, C.F. Perdrisat et al., Phys. Rev. C71, 055202 (2005), Erratum-ibid. C71, 069902(2005.

Measurement of Analyzing Powers for the Reaction \(\vec{p}\)+CH₂ at P_p = 1.75 GeV/c to 5.3 GeV/c
L.S. Azhgirei et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth., A538, 431-441 (2005).

Measurements of the neutron electric to magnetic form factor ratio G_En/G_Mn via the ²H(\(\vec{e}\),e'\(\vec{n}\))¹H reaction to Q²=1.45 (GeV/c)²
B. Plaster et al., Phys. Rev. C73, 025205 (2006).

The ratio of proton electromagnetic form factors via recoil polarimetry at Q² = 1.13- (GeV/c)²
G. MacLachlan et al., Nucl. Phys. A 764, 261 (2006).

Polarization transfer in the ²H(\(\vec{e}\),e'\(\vec{p}\))n reaction up to Q²=1.61 (GeV/c)²
B. Hu et al., Phys. Rev. C73, 064004 (2006).

Determination of the Pion Charge Form Factor at Q²=1.60 and 2.45 (GeV/c)²
T. Horn et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 192001 (2006).

Nucleon Electromagnetic Form Factors
C.F. Perdrisat, V. Punjabi and M. Vanderhaeghen, Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys. 59, 694 (2007); hep-ph/0612014.

The Proton Elastic Form Factor Ratio µ_pG_E^p/G_M^p at Low Momentum Transfer
G. Ron et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 202002 (2007).

Charged pion form-factor between Q² = 0.60-GeV² and 2.45-GeV². II. Determination of, and results for, the pion form-factor”. G.M. Huber et al.,
Phys. Rev. C78, 045203 (2008).

Probing Cold Dense Nuclear Matter”.
R. Subedi et al., Science 320, 1476-1478 (2008).

New measurements of the EMC effect in very light nuclei
J. Seely et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 202301 (2009).

Recoil Polarization Measurements of the Proton Electromagnetic Form Factor Ratio to Q² = 8.5 (GeV/c)².
A. J. R. Puckett et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 242301 (2010). [1].

Polarization Transfer in the ⁴He(e,e'p)³H Reaction at Q² = 0.8 and 1.3 (GeV/c)²
M. Paolone et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 072001 (2010) .

Polarization Observables in Deuteron Photodisintegration below 360 MeV.
J. Glister et al., Phys. Lett. B697, 194-198 (2011) [2].

Measurements of the Electric Form Factor of the Neutron up to Q²=3.4GeV² using the Reaction ³He(e,e’n)pp
S. Riordan et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 262302 (2010).

A precise extraction of the induced polarization in the ⁴He(e,e'p)³H reaction
S.P. Malace et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 052501 (2011).

Search for effects beyond the Born approximation in polarization transfer observables in \(\vec{e}\)p elastic scattering.
M. Meziane et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 132501 (2011) [3].

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