THOMAS W. KEPHART

DEGREES AWARDED:

• B. S.: Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg VA, 1971 (Physics)
• M. S.: North Texas State Univ., Denton, TX, 1975 (Physics)
• Ph.D.: Northeastern University, Boston, MA 1981 (Theoretical Physics)

FIELDS OF INTEREST:

• Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics
• Field Theory
• Cosmology

CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES &amp NEWS:

CURRENT APPOINTMENTS:

• 1991-Present : Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS:

• 1980-81 : Assistant Professor, Northeastern Univ., Boston MA
• 1981-83 : Research Associate, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
• 1983-85 : Research Associate, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
• 1985-91 : Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

• 1986-Present : Member, American Physical Society
• 1998-Present : Member, Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci

PROFESSIONAL HONORS:

• 1986-91 : Department of Energy Outstanding Junior Investigator,

CURRENT RESEARCH ASSOCIATES &amp STUDENTS:

• Research Associates:
  • Arjun Bevera
  • Robert Cutler
• Graduate Students:
  • Stuart Wick

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

• "Observations on the Quantum Numbers of Linked Z-Strings," T. W. Kephart, Phys. Rev. D, 58, 107704 (1998).
• "A Model of Lasing Axion Clusters,"T. W. Kephart and T. J. Weiler, Nucl. Phys. B (proc. suppl.), (1998), to appear.
• "GUT Cosmic Magnetic Fields in a Warm Inflationary Universe," A. Berera, T. W. Kephart, and S. D. Wick, Phys. Rev. D59, 043510 (1999).
• "The Interaction Structure and Cosmological Relevance of Mass Scales in String Motivated SUSY Theories," A. Berera and T. W. Kephart, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. B (November, 1998).
• "SO(8) and G2 X G2 N=1 Supergravities in D=6," R. Holman and T. W. Kephart, submittesd to Phys. Lett. B (January, 1999).