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Dr Bjoern Seitz

  • Senior Lecturer (Physics and Astronomy)

telephone: 01413305118
email: Bjoern.Seitz@glasgow.ac.uk


Personal webpage: http://nuclear.gla.ac.uk/~bseitz

My research interests focus on revealing the spin structure of the nucleon and describing the nucleons internal structure in terms of a new class of functions called Generalized Parton Distributions. These new functions aim at providing a complete description of the nucleon. They are accessible in a variety of experiments, both in the space-like and time-like domain. This is where my experimental activities focus - the HERMES Experiment at DESY in Hamburg, Germany and the PANDA Experiment at GSI close to Darmstadt, Germany. While HERMES has successfully completed taking data using a recently completed recoil detector, PANDA is an experiment under construction. The work of our group concentrates on Particle Identification Detectors. We are especially interested in building a new type of detector based on the production of Cherenkov light within a thin, transparent plate of material and in a more conventional design, a RICH detector. This detector work generates detector technologies which are highly relevant to nuclear imaging applications for pre-clinical and clinical studies. In collaboration with medical physicists and biologists we explore new detector technologies for SPECT and PET imaging. Recent advances in accelerator technology promise to deliver a new form of electron based radiotherapy,. The initial studies are initiated and led by me.

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Number of items: 61.

2011

Seitz, B. et al. (2011) Development of DIRC counters for the PANDA experiment at FAIR. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 628 (1). pp. 304-308. ISSN 0168-9002 (doi:10.1016/j.nima.2010.06.341)

2010

Airapetian, A. et al. (2010) Measurement of azimuthal asymmetries associated with deeply virtual Compton scattering on an unpolarized deuterium target. Nuclear Physics B, 829 (1-2). pp. 1-27. ISSN 0550-3213 (doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.12.004)

Airapetian, A. et al. (2010) Single-spin azimuthal asymmetry in exclusive electroproduction of π+ mesons on transversely polarized protons. Physics Letters B, 682 (4-5). pp. 345-350. ISSN 0370-2693 (doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2009.11.039)

Airapetian, A. et al. (2010) Exclusive leptoproduction of real photons on a longitudinally polarised hydrogen target. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2010 (6). pp. 1-19. ISSN 1029-8479 (doi:10.1007/JHEP06(2010)019)

2009

Airapetian, A et al. (2009) Observation of the Naive-T-Odd Sivers Effect in Deep-Inelastic Scattering. Physical Review Letters, 103 (15). p. 152002. ISSN 0031-9007 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.152002)

Airapetian, A et al. (2009) Spin density matrix elements in exclusive rho (0) electroproduction on H-1 and H-2 targets at 27.5 GeV beam energy. European Physical Journal C, 62 (4). pp. 659-695. ISSN 1434-6044 (doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-1082-3)

Airapetian, A et al. (2009) Separation of contributions from deeply virtual Compton scattering and its interference with the Bethe-Heitler process in measurements on a hydrogen target. Journal of High Energy Physics (11). ISSN 1029-8479 (doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2009/11/083)

Airapetian, A et al. (2009) Exclusive rho(0) electroproduction on transversely polarized protons. Physics Letters B, 679 (2). pp. 100-105. ISSN 0370-2693 (doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2009.07.023)

Cowie, E, Fohl, K, Glazier, D, Hill, G, Hoek, M, Kaiser, R, Keri, T, Murray, M, Rosner, G, and Seitz, B (2009) The PANDA Focussing-Lightguide Disc DIRC. Journal of Instrumentation, 4 . ISSN 1748-0221 (doi:10.1088/1748-0221/4/09/P09006)

Cowie, E, Fohl, K, Glazier, D, Hill, G, Hoek, M, Kaiser, R, Keri, T, Murray, M, Rosner, G, and Seitz, B (2009) Reconstruction methods - PANDA Focussing-Lightguide Disc DIRC. Journal of Instrumentation, 4 . ISSN 1748-0221 (doi:10.1088/1748-0221/4/09/P09005)

Cowie, E, Fohl, K, Glazier, D, Hill, G, Hoek, M, Kaiser, R, Keri, T, Murray, M, Rosner, G, and Seitz, B (2009) The front-end readout electronics for the PANDA Focussing-Lightguide Disc DIRC. Journal of Instrumentation, 4 . ISSN 1748-0221 (doi:10.1088/1748-0221/4/11/P11012)

Schepers, G et al. (2009) RICH for PANDA. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 598 (1). pp. 143-146. ISSN 0168-9002 (doi:10.1016/j.nima.2008.08.079)

Vorwerk, H, Wagner, D, Seitz, B, Christiansen, H, Wolff, HA, and Hess, CF (2009) Overestimation of Low-Dose Radiation in Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy with Sliding-Window Technique. Strahlentherapie Und Onkologie, 185 (12). pp. 821-829. (doi:10.1007/s00066-009-2028-2)

2008

Airapetian, A et al. (2008) Evidence for a transverse single-spin asymmetry in leptoproduction of pi(+)pi(-) pairs. Journal of High Energy Physics (6). ISSN 1029-8479

Airapetian, A et al. (2008) Measurement of parton distributions of strange quarks in the nucleon from charged-kaon production in deep-inelastic scattering on the deuteron. Physics Letters B, 666 (5). pp. 446-450. ISSN 0370-2693 (doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2008.07.090)

Airapetian, A et al. (2008) Measurement of azimuthal asymmetries with respect to both beam charge and transverse target polarization in exclusive electroproduction of real photons. Journal of High Energy Physics (6). ISSN 1029-8479

Airapetian, A et al. (2008) Cross sections for hard exclusive electroproduction of pi(+) mesons on a hydrogen target. Physics Letters B, 659 (3). pp. 486-492. ISSN 0370-2693 (doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2007.11.079)

Fohl, K et al. (2008) The DIRC detectors of the (P)over-barANDA experiment at FAIR. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 595 (1). pp. 88-91. ISSN 0168-9002 (doi:10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.094)

Hoek, M et al. (2008) Radiation hardness study on fused silica. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 595 (1). pp. 190-193. ISSN 0168-9002 (doi:10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.098)

Lehmann, A et al. (2008) Performance studies of microchannel plate PMTs in high magnetic fields. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 595 (1). pp. 173-176. ISSN 0168-9002 (doi:10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.083)

Schonmeier, P et al. (2008) Disc DIRC endcap detector for PANDA@FAIR. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 595 (1). pp. 108-111. ISSN 0168-9002 (doi:10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.096)

Schwarz, C et al. (2008) The barrel DIRC of the PANDA experiment. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 595 (1). pp. 112-115. ISSN 0168-9002 (doi:10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.053)

2007

Ahrens, J. et al. (2007) First measurement of the helicity dependence for the gamma p -> p pi(+)pi(-) reaction. European Physical Journal A, 34 . pp. 11-21. ISSN 1434-6001 (doi:10.1140/epja/i2007-10491-5)

Airapetian, A et al. (2007) Beam-charge azimuthal asymmetry and deeply virtual Compton scattering. Physical Review D, 75 . ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.75.011103)

Airapetian, A et al. (2007) Precise determination of the spin structure function g(1) of the proton, deuteron, and neutron. Physical Review D, 75 . ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.75.012007)

Airapetian, A et al. (2007) Hadronization in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering on nuclei. Nuclear Physics B, 780 . pp. 1-27. (doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.06.004)

Airapetian, A et al. (2007) Beam-spin asymmetries in the azimuthal distribution of pion electroproduction. Physics Letters B, 648 . pp. 164-170. ISSN 0370-2693 (doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2007.03.015)

2006

Ahrens, J. et al. (2006) Measurement of the helicity dependence for the γp→nπ+ channel in the second resonance region. Physical Review C, 74 (4). 045204. ISSN 0556-2813 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.74.045204)

Ahrens, J. et al. (2006) Measurement of the Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn integrand for 2H from 200 to 800 MeV. Physical Review Letters, 97 (20). p. 202303. ISSN 0031-9007 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.202303)

Airapetian, A et al. (2006) Longitudinal spin transfer to the Lambda hyperon in semiinclusive deep-inelastic scattering. Physical Review D, 74 . ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.74.072004)

Airapetian, A et al. (2006) Double-hadron leptoproduction in the nuclear medium. Physical Review Letters, 96 . ISSN 0031-9007 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.162301)

2005

Ahrens, J. et al. (2005) Intermediate resonance excitation in the γp→pπ0π0 reaction. Physics Letters B, 624 (3-4). pp. 173-180. ISSN 0370-2693 (doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2005.08.034)

Ahrens, J et al. (2005) Measurement of the G asymmetry for the gamma p -> N pi channels in the Delta(1232) resonance region. European Physical Journal A, 26 . pp. 135-140. ISSN 1434-6001 (doi:10.1140/epja/i2005-10158-3)

Airapetian, A et al. (2005) Measurement of the tensor structure function b(1) of the deuteron. Physical Review Letters, 95 . ISSN 0031-9007 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.242001)

Airapetian, A et al. (2005) Quark helicity distributions in the nucleon for up, down, and strange quarks from semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering. Physical Review D, 71 . ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.71.012003)

Airapetian, A et al. (2005) Subleading-twist effects in single-spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering on a longitudinally polarized hydrogen target. Physics Letters B, 622 . pp. 14-22. ISSN 0370-2693 (doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2005.06.067)

Airapetian, A et al. (2005) Single-spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering on a transversely polarized hydrogen target. Physical Review Letters, 94 . ISSN 0031-9007 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.012002)

Airapetian, A et al. (2005) The HERMES polarized hydrogen and deuterium gas target in the HERA electron storage ring. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 540 . pp. 68-101. ISSN 0168-9002 (doi:10.1016/j.nima.2004.11.020)

Airapetian, A et al. (2005) Search for an exotic S =-2, Q =-2 baryon resonance at a mass near 1862 MeV in quasireal photoproduction. Physical Review D, 71 . ISSN 1550-7998 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.71.032004)

Seitz, B (2005) Deeply virtual compton scattering measured by HERMES. Nuclear Physics, Section B, Proceedings Supplements, 146 . pp. 66-68. ISSN 0920-5632

2004

Ahrens, J. et al. (2004) Helicity dependence of the γp→Nπ channels and multipole analysis in the Δ region. European Physical Journal A, 21 (2). pp. 323-333. ISSN 1434-6001 (doi:10.1140/epja/i2003-10216-x)

Airapetian, A et al. (2004) Evidence for a narrow vertical bar S vertical bar=1 baryon state at a mass of 1528 MeV in quasi-real photoproduction. Physics Letters B, 585 . pp. 213-222. ISSN 0370-2693 (doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2004.01.079)

Airapetian, A et al. (2004) Hard exclusive electroproduction of pi(+)pi(-) pairs. Physics Letters B, 599 . pp. 212-222. ISSN 0370-2693 (doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2004.08.059)

Kossert, K et al. (2004) Quasi-free pi(0) photoproduction from the bound nucleon. European Physical Journal A, 19 . pp. 391-399. ISSN 1434-6001 (doi:10.1140/epja/i2003-10130-3)

Seitz, B (2004) The HERMES recoil detector: a combined silicon strip and scintillating fibre detector for tracking and particle identification. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 535 (01-Feb). pp. 538-541. ISSN 0168-9002

Seitz, B (2004) Matrix-based calculation scheme for toric intraocular lenses. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 24 (6). pp. 511-519.

2003

Ahrens, J. et al. (2003) First measurement of the helicity-dependent gamma p to p eta differential cross-section. European Physical Journal A, 17 (2). 241 -244. ISSN 1434-6001 (doi:10.1140/epja/i2002-10153-2)

Kossert, K. et al. (2003) Quasi-free Compton scattering and the polarizabilities of the neutron. European Physical Journal A, 16 (2). 259 -273. ISSN 1434-6001 (doi:10.1140/epja/i2002-10093-9)

Ahrens, J. et al. (2003) Helicity dependence of the gamma p to n pi /sup +/ pi /sup 0/ reaction in the second resonance region. Physics Letters B, 551 (1-2). 49 -55. ISSN 0370-2693 (doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(02)03008-3)

Airapetian, A et al. (2003) Q(2) dependence of nuclear transparency for exclusive rho(0) production. Physical Review Letters, 90 . ISSN 0031-9007 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.052501)

Seitz, B (2003) Assessment of the optical image quality of the eye using raytracing technique of corneal topography data. Klinische Monatsblatter Fur Augenheilkunde, 220 (4). pp. 235-246.

Seitz, B (2003) Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering and hard exclusive pion production measured by HERMES. Nuclear Physics A, 721 . 785C-788C.

Seitz, B (2003) Evidence for quark-hadron duality in the proton spin asymmetry A(1). Physical Review Letters, 90 (9). ISSN 0031-9007

Seitz, B (2003) Spin physics and more with HERMES. European Physical Journal A, 17 (3). pp. 369-374.

2002

Ahrens, J. et al. (2002) Helicity amplitudes A1/2 and A3/2 for the D13(1520) resonance obtained from the (gamma)over-right-arrow(p)over- right-arrow → p pi0 reaction. Physical Review Letters, 88 (23). art 232002. ISSN 0031-9007 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.232002)

Camen, M et al. (2002) Backward spin polarizability gamma(pi) of the proton. Physical Review C, 65 . (doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.65.032202)

Kossert, K. et al. (2002) Neutron polarizabilities investigated by quasifree Compton scattering from the deuteron. Physical Review Letters, 88 (16). art 162301. ISSN 0031-9007 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.162301)

Seitz, B (2002) Single-spin azimuthal asymmetry in exclusive electroproduction of pi(+) mesons. Physics Letters B, 535 (01-Apr). pp. 85-92.

Seitz, B (2002) Wavelet analysis for corneal topographic surface characterization. Current Eye Research, 24 (6). pp. 409-421.

2001

Ahrens, J. et al. (2001) First measurement of the Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn integral for 1H from 200 to 800 MeV. Physical Review Letters, 8702 (2). art 022003. ISSN 0031-9007 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.022003)

Seitz, B (2001) Double-spin asymmetry in the cross section for exclusive rho(0) production in lepton-proton scattering. Physics Letters B, 513 (03-Apr). pp. 301-310.

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Undergraduate Lectures

  • Nuclear Physics II P405H
  • Quantum Phenomena I P1
  • Dynamics & Relativity II P414M

Fellowships

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Key positions of responsibility held in collaborative research

  • Project leader: desing and construction of a scintillating fibre tracker for the HERMES recoil detector
  • Project leader: simulation, tracking and particle identification software for the HERMES recoil detector
  • Project leader: conceptual design of the PANDA Cerenkov detector system
  • deputy spokesmen: PANDA PID Detector group
  • Member of the PANDA Technical board
  • Spokesman of the T20 Experiment at KVI, Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Co-Spokeman for Experiments at JLab 12
  • leader EU FP7 Joint Research Activity DIRCs
  • leader ToF-PET project UK
  • Project leader: conceptual design of the PANDA Cerenkov detector system
  • deputy spokesmen: PANDA PID Detector group
  • Member of the PANDA Technical board
  • Spokesman of the T20 Experiment at KVI, Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Co-Spokeman for Experiments at JLab 12

Plenary & invited talks at international conferences

  • Studying nucleon structure using anti-protons, DIS 2007, Munich, 2007
  • A focussing disc DIRC for the PANDA experiment, invited talk at the IEEE NSS, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, October 2007
  • Development of DIRC counters for the PANDA experiment at FAIR, invited talk TIPP'09. Tsukuba, Japan, March 2009
  • The PANDA project at FAIR, invited talk, DIS 2008, London, 2008
  • The PANDA physics programme, invited talk, NUCLAT 2008, Glasgow
  • Particle Identification Detectors for PANDA at FAIR, Vienna Conference on Instrumentation, Vienna, 2007
  • Exploring QCD with Anti-Protons, ASI Spin 2005, Praha, Czech Republic, 2005
  • Studying nucleon structure using anti-protons, DIS 2007, Munich, 2007
  • A focussing disc DIRC for the PANDA experiment, invited talk at the IEEE NSS, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, October 2007

Plenary & invited talks at national conferences

  • Illuminating the Nuclear, IoP conference, Liverpool, 2008
  • Unreavelling the mysteries of the nucleon spin, Set For Europe, House of Commons, London, 2006

Administration

School

  • Honours Physics Exam Committee Member
  • P3H Lab Head
  • Postgraduate Prize Committee Member

Glasgow

  • Leader of EU FP7 JRA DIRCs, Glasgow University

External

  • Member of the Technical Assessment group for particle identification, PANDA Collaboration
  • Member of the Technical Board, Panda Collaboration
  • Leader of the Research and Development of the foraward Cherenkov System, PANDA Collaboration