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Quarks Influenced by Their Neighborhood
November 20, 2009
The quark structure inside protons and neutrons changes based on the local nuclear environment, according to electron accelerator experiments.
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Thomas Vojta
Thomas Vojta studied physics in Dresden, Mainz, and Chemnitz in Germany and received his Ph.D. from Chemnitz University of Technology in 1994. After postdoctoral positions at the University of Oregon and at Chemnitz, he held a visiting appointment at the University of Oxford. In 2002, he joined the faculty of Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly University of Missouri-Rolla). Thomas Vojta is a theorist working at the boundary between condensed matter and statistical physics. His expertise includes quantum and classical phase transitions, critical behavior, magnetism, superconductivity, and transport in disordered materials.
Atypical is normal at the metal-insulator transition
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