Professor of Physics, Harvard University
Welcome to my home page. The picture on the right was taken in winter 2000 with my son, Christopher. Both of us are a little older by now; one of us is wiser as a result.
I am an experimental particle physicist, i.e., I study properties of the elementary particles and their interactions. I have been at Harvard since August 2000.
I am teaching Physics 15c (Wave Phenomena) in Fall 2009. In the spring, I will be teaching Physics 15b (Electromagnetism).
Between 2000 and 2009, I have taught Physics 11b (Electricity, Magnetism, and Waves), Physics 15b (Electromagnetism). Physics 15c (Wave Phenomena), Physics 151 (Mechanics), and Physical Sciences 3 (Electromagnetism, Light, Entropy and Information).
The above links take you to the official course web pages, where you may find the lecture slides, problem sets, etc. You can also find complete sets of slides and problem sets from Physics 11b, Physics 15b, Physics 15c, and Physics 151.
I am a member of Harvard University's Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology (LPPC). The laboratory consists of about 40 people involved in particle physics and astrophysics experiments.
As of June 2009, I have joined a Dark Matter experiment called LUX, which stands for Large Underground Xenon. As the name suggest, it uses a large amount (300 kg in total) of liquid xenon, located in an underground cavern. The goal of the experiment is to detect the Dark Matter particles, which make up >80% of the mass of the universe. The experiment will run in the Homestake gold mine, where Ray Davis built his solar neutrino experiment 40 years ago.
I have been a collaborator of the ATLAS Experiment since September 2006. The experiment is under constrction at CERN near Geneva. When completed, the experiment will study proton-proton collisions at extreme high energies, produced by the Large Hadron Collider.
I have worked on the BABAR Experiment since September 1996. The experiment studies the phenomenon of CP violation using the PEP-II e+e− collider. Slides from my Wednesday Night Seminar in 2005, “CP Violation in Particle Physics” explain what the experiment does. More information about the BABAR experiment and Harvard's involvement can be found in the Harvard BABAR group page at the LPPC.
| morii@physics.harvard.edu | |||
| Location | Department of Physics | LPPC | CERN |
| Office | Lyman laboratory 234 | Palfrey House | Bldg 180, 3-017 |
| Address | 17 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 |
18 Hammond Street Cambrdige, MA 02138 |
CH-1211 Genève 23 Switzerland |
| Phone | +1-617-495-3279 | NA | +44-22-767-1722 |