Charles E. HYDE-WRIGHT

Professor of Physics

Office: 215 Oceanography and Physics Bldg (ONCPS), Department of Physics, Old Dominion University, 4600 Elkhorn Ave. Norfolk VA 23529-0116 (757-683-5853)

Laboratory: 112 Nuclear and Particle Physics Facility

E-Mail: chyde”you know what goes here”odu.edu;
or hyde”you know what goes here”jlab.org

Undergraduate Advising in the Physics Department:

For advising questions, contact the Chief Departmental Advisor:
Prof. Charles Sukenik OCNPS Room 233, (757) 683-3471, csukenik@odu.edu or consult the Physics Advising Web Page, or the Department of Physics Home Page.

Undergraduate Cluster in Aesthetics in Art and Science

Teaching:

Fall 2006: Electromagnetic Theory I (Phys604)

Physics of Music and Musical Reproduction (PHYS 332)

Fall 2005: Introductory General Physics - I (PHYS 111)

Electromagnetic Theory I (Phys604)

Physics in the 21^st Century (Phys120)

Spring 2005: Introductory General Physics - II (PHYS 112)
Fall 2004: Physics of Music and Musical Reproduction (PHYS 332)

Here is a link to my all time favorite physics demonstration:
The Entropy Engine (a.k.a. the chocolate chip motor)

Current Research:

Research Sponsors: NSF, DOE
I am Co-spokesperson on four experiments at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, VA. Here is a picture of the installation of one of 6 (very large) drift chambers built by our group at ODU in collaboration with JLab.
My Research is in nuclear physics, focussed on the topic of Compton Scattering from the proton. In this process we use one high energy photon to hit a proton, and with a second photon we take a picture of the wiggling internal structure of the proton. An introduction to this subject for a general audience can be found on my Web Poster on Virtual Compton Scattering.
A technical description can be found at the following pages:
Jefferson Lab Virtual Compton Scattering experiment E93-050
Jefferson Lab Real Compton Scattering experiment E99-114
http://hallaweb.jlab.org/experiment/DVCS/

For a list of recent publications, please click here.

(some) Other Interests:

Smashing Pumpkins: Download recording of the doppler shift (frequency shift) of a 3kHz siren attached to a falling pumpkin (including splat) You have your choice of unfiltered .wav file or filtered .wav file or .mp3 file. Note that the total frequency shift is about a musical half step. Here is a graph of the velocity of the pumpkin relative to the microphone, inferred from the doppler shift.

Clarinet: My recording of Prof. Adolphus Hailstorks Three Smiles for Tracey:
First Smile
Second Smile
Third Smile