Name: Charles Lewis Cocke Born: 1940

Updated 5/15/12

Name: Charles Lewis Cocke Born: 1940

Title: University Distinguished Professor , Emeritus

Education: A.B., Haverford College, 1962

PH.D., California Institute of Technology, 1967

Experience: Laboratory Instructor, Haverford College, 196062

Teaching Assistant, California Institute of Technology, 196367

NSF Post Doctoral Fellow, Institut de Recherches Nucléaires,

Strasbourg, France, 196768; Research Associate, 196869

Research Associate, California Institute of Technology, June 1972September 1972

Assistant Professor, Kansas State University, 19691974

Associate Professor, Kansas State University, 19741979

Professor, Kansas State University, 19791997

Visiting Professor, Institute of Physics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, 197778

University Distinguished Professor, Kansas State University, 1997-2011; Emeritus, present

Professional Society and Committee Memberships:

Fellow, American Physical Society ;Member, Member, AAAS

Program Advisory Committees: SUPERHILAC LBNL, 1980-82; ATLAS,ANL 1986-88;LCLS, SLAC 2006-.

DEAP/DAMOP (American Physical Society) committees: Program, 82-84;Publications, 81-83,chair 97-99;Program, 93-95,2002,05; Executive, 84-85; Fellowship, chair, 1989-90; Sec.-Treas. of DAMOP, 2002-2005.

National Research Council (NRC) committees: Physics Survey Committee, Panel on Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 1983-84; Panel on Scientific Opportunities for the use of Cooled Heavy Ion Storage Rings, 1986-88; NRC Committee on Atomic, Molecular and Optical Science, (CAMOS), member, 2003-2004; Decadal survey AMO 2010, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Science, 2004-6.

Conference chair: Co-Chair of Eleventh International Seminar on Ion-Atom Collisions, 1989.

Conference Program Committee: Highly Charged Ion, 1996-2000; Workshop on High Energy Ion-Atom Collision Processes, Debrecen, 1990; ICPEAC General Committee, 1993-95, 2004-2006; International seminar on ion-atom collisions, 2003.

DOE ad hoc Panel for Research Planning in Low Energy Atomic Collisions Physics 1989.

Fields of Research Competence:

Atomic collisions , interaction of intense light with matter

Awards & Honors:

KSU Stamey Teaching Award, 1989

Senior Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, 1991-92

Max Planck Research Award, 1991

KSU Conoco Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award, 1993

Olin K. Petefish (Higuchi) Award, Univ. Kansas, 2003

Honorary Doctorate, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University of Frankfurt, 2005

Davisson-Germer Prize, American Physical Society, 2006

Professional Publications:

Articles:

1. Neutron Decay of the 2.43 MeV and 3.03 MeV States in 9Be to 8Be (g.s.), Nucl. Phys. 89, 656 (1967) (with P. R. Christensen).

2. NonExistence of the 5.51 MeV and 6.10 MeV Levels in 13C, Phys. Letters 22, 503 (1966) (with P. R. Christensen).

3. Isobaric Spin Mixing in 8Be States, Phys. Rev. 157 4, 847 (1967) (with J. B. Marion, P. H. Nettles and G. J. Stephenson, Jr.).

4. Level Structure in 9Be and 6Li from 7Li (3He,p) 9Be and 7Li (3He, )6Li, Nucl. Phys. A110, 321 (1968).

5. Gamma Decays from the First T = 3/2 Levels in 13N and 13C, Phys. Rev. 176, 4, 1120 (1968) (with J. C. Adloff and P. Chevallier).

6. Neutron Widths in 9Be, Nucl. Phys. A111, 623 (1968) (with P. R. Christensen).

7. IsospinNonconserving Decays in Mirror Nuclei, Phys. Rev. Letters 22, No. 8, 352 (1969) (with E. G. Adelberger, C. N. Davids and A.B. McDonald).

8. IsospinNonconserving Particle Decays of the Lowest T=3/2 Levels in 17F and 18O, Phys. Letters 31B, 119 (1970) (with A. B. McDonald, E.G. Adelberger, H. B. Mak, D. Ashley, A. P. Shukla and C. N. Davids).

9. Gamma Decays of the First T=3/2 States in 9Be and 9B, Phys. Rev. C3, 1808 (1971) (with J. C. Adloff, K. H. Souw).

10. Isospin Purity of the 5.36 MeV State in 6Li, Nuclear Physics A172, 417 (1971) (with J. C. Adloff).

11. Beamfoil Lifetimes in Neutral Chromium, Astron. and Astrophys. 15, 299 (1971) (with B. Curnutte and J.H. Brand).

12. A Comparison of Ne II Lifetimes Obtained by Several Techniques, Nucl. Inst. Meth. 90, 63 (1970) (with J.H. Brand, B. Curnutte and C. Swenson).

13. XRay Emissison from Metastable States Produced in Foil Excitation of a Fast Chlorine Beam, Proc. of Int'l. Conf. on Inner Shell Ionization Phenomena, Atlanta (1972) (with B. Curnutte and J. R. Macdonald).

14. Metastable Xray Emitters Produced in BeamFoil Excitation of Fast Chlorine Beams, Phys. Rev. Letters 28, 1233 (1972) (with B. Curnutte and J. R. Macdonald).

15. IsospinForbidden Particle Decays of T=3/2 Levels in Mirror Nuclei, Phys. Rev. C7, 889 (1973) (with E. G. Adelberger, A. B. McDonald, C.N. Davids, A. P. Shulka, H. B. Mak and D. Ashery).

16. Absolute Excitation Probabilities in FoilExcited Iron, Nucl. Inst. Meth. 110, 137 (1973) (with W. Lennard).

17. Lifetimes of Metastable Xray Emitters in Helium and Lithiumlike Chlorine, Nucl. Inst. Meth. 110, 493 (1973) (with B. Curnutte and J. R. Macdonald).

18. BeamFoil Lifetimes of Neutral Nickel, Nucl. Inst. and Meth. 110, 127 (1973) (with J. H. Brand and B. Curnutte).

19. Absolute Oscillator Strengths in Neutral Chromium and the Solar Chromium Abundance, Astrophysical Journal 184, 653 (1973) (with T. Stark and J. C. Evans).

20. ImpactParameter Dependence of the Probability for Copper KShell Ionization by Oxygen Projectiles, Phys. Rev. Letters 30, 1016 (1973) (with R. Randall).

21. Decay of the 23S1 State in Heliumlike Chlorine, Phys. Rev. Lett. 31, 507 (1973) (with B. Curnutte and R. Randall).

22. XRay Emission from Foil Excited Sulphur Beams, Phys. Rev. A9, 57 (1974) (with B. Curnutte, J. R. Macdonald and R. Randall).

23. XRay Emission from Foil Excited Sulphur Beams, Phys. Rev. A9, 1823 (1973) (with B. Curnutte and R. Randall).

24. Lifetime of the 2S1/2 State in Hydrogenlike Fluorine and Oxygen, Phys. Rev. A9, 2242 (1973) (with B. Curnutte, J. R. Macdonald, J. A. Bednar and R. Marrus).

25. Capture of Argon Kshell Electrons by 2.5 to 12MeV Protons, Phys. Rev. Lett. 32, 648 (1974) (with J. R. Macdonald and W. W. Eidson).

26. One and TwoElectron Excited States Produced by Electron Exchange, Excitation and Electron Capture in Collisions of Fluorine Ions in Argon Gas at 34.8 MeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 31, 684 (1973) (with J. R. Macdonald, P. Richard, M. Brown and I. Sellin).

27. Observation of Stark Beats in HLike K XRays of Oxygen and Fluorine, Physics Lett. 47A, 355 (1974) (with P. Richrd, S. Czuchlewski, K. Jamison, R. L. Kauffman and C. W. Woods).

28. Ne KAuger Cross Sections from 1.5 MeV/amu H. O and F. J. Phys. B: Atom. & Molec. Phys. Letters 7, L47477 (1974) (with C. W. Woods, R. L. Kauffman, K.A. Jamison and Patrick Richard).

29. Lifetimes of the 23S1 State in Heliumlike Sulphur and Chlorine, Phys. Rev. A11, 4604 (1975) 9with J.A. Bednar, B. Curnutte and R. Randall).

30. Impact Parameter Dependence of InnerShell Ionization Probabilities, Use of Small Accelerators in Research and Teaching, Vol. 1, 42735 (1974).

31. XRays from FoilExcited Iodine Beam, Phys. Rev. A12, 2413 (1974) (with J. Bednar, B. Curnutte, R. Kauffman, R. Randall, P. Richard, C. Woods, J. Scofield).

32. Experimental ImpactParameter Dependent Probabilities for KShell Vacancy Production by Fast HeavyIon Projectiles, Phys. Rev. A13, 204 (1976) (with R. Randall, J. Bednar and B. Curnutte).

33. Relativistic Contributions to Transition Energies in NiI and CuI Isoelectronic Sequences, IV International Conf. on BeamFoil Spectroscopy, ed. Sellin and Pegg, 111 (Plenum, NY 1976) (with C. P. Bhalla and S.L. Varghese).

34. XRays from FoilExcited Beams at Tandem Energies, ibid, 283.

35. Lifetime Measurement of the 3P, State of Heliumlike Sulphur (with S.L.Varghese, B. Curnutte and R. R. Randall) ibid, 299.

36. Differential Cross Sections for Electron Capture from Argon by 6 keV Protons, Phys. Rev. Lett. 36, 782 (1976) (with J. R. Macdonald, B.Curnutte, S. L. Varghese and R. Randall).

37. Lifetime Measurements of the 1P, State in Heliumlike S: and C1, J. Phys. B9, L387 (1976) (with S. L. Varghese, B. Curnutte and G. Seaman).

38. ImpactParameter Dependence of KVacancy Production in ChlorineArgon Collisions, Phys. Rev. A14, 2026 (1976) (with R. R. Randall, S.L.Varghese and B. Curnutte).

39. Experimental Differential Cross Section for Electron Capture from Helium by 293 keV Protons, J. Phys. B10, L517 (1977) (T. R. Bratton, C.L. Cocke and J. R. Macdonald).

40. Lifetime Measurement of 1P1 State of Heliumlike Si and C1, J. Phys. B9, L387 (1976) (S. L. Varghese, C.L. Cocke, B. Curnutte and G. Seaman).

41. Yields of KVacancyBearing Metastable States Following Foil Excitation, Phys. Rev. A15, 874 (1977) (S. L. Varghese, C.L. Cocke and B. Curnutte).

42. Lifetime Measurements of the 2 3P1 State in Heliumlike Silicon and Sulphur, Phys. Rev. A14, 1729 (1976) (S. L. Varghese, C.L. Cocke and B.Curnutte).

43. Role of KShell Vacancies in Determining ChargeState Fractions for Heavy Ions Emerging from Solids, Phys. Rev. A5, (1977) (T. J. Gray, C.L.Cocke and R.K. Gardner).

44. KShell Capture by Protons from O2, N2 and Ne, Phys. Rev. A16 (1977) 2248 (C.L. Cocke, R. K. Gardner, B. Curnutte, T. Bratton and T. K. Saylor).

45. ImpactParameter Dependence of Na(3s3p) Excitation in NaNe Collisions, J. Phys. B. II, L317 (1978) (E.H. Pedersen, P. Wahnon, C. Gaussorgues, N.Andersen, T. Andersen, K. Bahr, C.L. Cocke, M. Barat, J. OstgaadOlsen, J. Pommier and V. Sidis).

46. ImpactParameter Dependence of KVacancy Production in CuNi Collisions, Phys. Rev. 19, 1038 (1979) (C. H. Annett, B. Curnutte and C. L. Cocke).

47. DifferentialExcitation Studies of QuasiOneElectron Systems II: Mg II 3P Alignment and Orientation in Mg He, Ar, Ne Collisions, J. Phys. B12 (1979) (N. Andersen, T. Andersen, C. L. Cocke and E. Pedersen).

48. Production of Highly Charged LowVelocity Recoil Ions by HeavyIon Bombardment of RareGas Targets, Phys. Rev. A20, 749 (1979).

49. InnerShellElectron Capture by H+, He+2 and Li+3 Projectiles from Ch , Ne and Ar, Phys. Rev. A19, 1936 (1979) (M. Rødbro, E. Horsdal Pedersen, C. L. Cocke and J. R. Macdonald).

50. ImpactParameter Dependence of KVacacy Production in Cu+q Kr Collissions, J. Phys. B12, L395 (1979) (S. Hagmann, C. L. Cocke, J. R. Macdonald, E. Justiniano and H. SchmidtBöcking).

51. ChargeState Correlated Cross Sections for the Production of Low Velocity HighlyCharged Ne Ions by HeavyIon Bombardment, Phys. Rev. A22, 849 (1980) (T. J. Gray, C. L. Cocke and E. Justiniano).

52. Capture by HighlyCharged LowEnergy Ions Studied with a Secondary Ion Recoil Source, IEEE, NS28, 1032 (1981) (C.L. Cocke, R. Dubois, T. J. Gray and E. Justiniano).

53. Coincidence Measurements of Direct and Transfer Ionization in Low Energy Ar+q + (He, Ne, Ar, Xe) Collisions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 46, 1671 (1981) (C.L.Cocke, T. J. Gray, R. DuBois and E. Justiniano).

54. Charge Transfer and Ionization in Low Energy Ar+q + Ne Collisions, Phys. Rev. A24, 2953 (1981) (Edson Justiniano, C.L. Cocke, Tom J. Gray, R.D.DuBois and C. Can).

55. ImpactParameter Dependence of Electron Production in SAr Collisions, J. Phys. B15, 651 (1982) (C. L. Cocke, H. SchmidtBöcking and R. Schuch).

56. QuasiResonant Charge Transfer in InnerShell Excitation: Impact Parameter Dependence of KVacancy Creation in F+q Ne Collisions, Phys. Rev. A25, 1918 (1982) (S. Hagmann, C. L. Cocke, J. R. Macdonald, P. Richard, H. SchmidtBöcking, and R. Schuch).

57. Measurement of the LambShift in Hyrogenlike Oxygen, Nucl. Inst. Meth. (to appear, 1982) (B. Curnutte, C. L. Cocke and R. DuBois).

58. Selective FinalState Population in Electron Capture by LowEnergy Highly Charged Projectiles Studied by EnergyGain Spectroscopy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 49, 1329 (1982) (R. Mann, C.L. Cocke, A. S. Schlachter, M.Prior and R. Marrus).

59. Electron Capture by Highly Charged LowVelocity Ions, Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions, ed. S. Datz (1982). p. 671.

60. Inner Shell Capture in the Intermediate Velocity Range, C.L. Cocke, in Atomic Physics of Highly Ionized Ions, P. 323, Ed. R. Marrus, Plenum Press, N.Y. and London (1983).

61. Experimental Observation of the Thomas Peak in HighVelocity Electron Capture by Protons from He, Phys. Rev. Lett. 50, 1910 (1983) (E. HorsdalPedersen, C.L. Cocke and M. Stockli).

62. Electron Capture Collisions Involving Low Energy Highly Stripped Projectiles, Physica Scripta T3 (1983) 7578 (C.L. Cocke, T.J. Gray, E. Justiniano, C. Can, B. Waggoner, S.L. Varghese and R. Mann).

63. Capture of Ar KShell Electrons by Protons, J. Phys. B16, 1799 (1983) (E. HorsdalPedersen, C. L. Cocke, J. L. Rasmussen, S. L. Varghese and W. Waggoner).

64. The Contribution of KElectron Capture for the Production of Highly Charged Ne Recoil Ions by 156 MeV Bromine Impact, Z. Phys. A317, 9 (1984) (S. Kelbch, H. SchmidtBöcking, J. Ulrich, R. Schuch,

E.Justiniano, H. Ingwersen and C. L. Cocke).

65. Total Cross Sections for Electron Capture and Transfer Ionization by Highly Stripped Slow Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe Projectiles on Heliuum, Phys. Rev. A29, 1088 (1984) (E. Justiniano, C. L. Cocke, T. J. Gray, R.DuBois, C. Can, W. Waggoner, R. Schuch, H. SchmidtBöcking and H. Ingwersen).

66. Contribution of Electron Capture 2pVacancy Production in pMg Collisions, Phys. Rev. A29, 1079 (1984) (R. D. DuBois, J. P. Giese and C.L.Cocke).

67. Electron Capture from Lithium by Protons and Helium Ions, Phys. Rev. A29, 2453 (1984) (S. L. Varghese, W. Waggoner and C. L. Cocke).

68. Experimental Cross Sections for Electron Capture from Lithium by Slow Highly Charged Rare Gas Projectiles, Phys. Rev. A29, 2457 (1984) (W.Waggoner, C. L. Cocke, S. L. Varghese and M. Stockli).

69. EnergyGain Spectroscopy Studies of Electron Capture from Helium by Slow Multiply Charged Neon Ions, Phys. Rev. A30, 1661 (1984) (C.Schmeissner, C. L. Cocke, R. Mann and W. Meyerhof).

70. Study of the Thomas Peak in Electron Capture, Phys. Rev. A30, 89 (1984) (J. H. McGuire, M. Stockli, C. L. Cocke, E. HorsdalPedersen and N.C.Sil).

71. A Parasite Ion Source for BareIon Production on a HighEnergy HeavyIon Accelerator, J. Ullrich, C. L. Cocke, S. Kelbch, R. Mann, P. Richard, H.SchmidtBöcking, J. Phys. B17, L785 (1984).

72. Proposed IonAtom Collisions Facility at Kansas State University, Nucl. Inst. Meth. B10/11, 838 (1985) (C. L. Cocke, P. Richard and J. S. Eck).

73. Heavy Ion DeAcceleration with the Argonne TandemLinac Accelerator," R.C.Pardo, C. L. Cocke and P. Richard, SNEAP, Stonybrook (1984).

74. An Experimental Apparatus for Translational Energy Gain Spectroscopy of Low Energy Xq+ on Atomic Hydrogen, J.P. Giese, C. L. Cocke, S.L.Varghese, W. Waggoner and L. Tunnell, Nucl. Inst. Meth. B10/11, (1985).

75. Kryebis, a proposed Kansas cRYogenic Electron Beam Ion Source, M.Stockli, C. L. Cocke, B. Curnutte, J. Eck, T. Gray, J. Legg and P. Richard, Nucl. Inst. Meth. B10/11, (1985).

76. Electron Capture from the KShell: Experimental, C. L Cocke, in Semiclassical Descriptions of Atomic and Nuclear Collisions, ed. J. Bang and J. de Boer, p. 205, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., 1985.

77. Translational Energy Spectroscopy and Angular Distributions for Low Energy Capture by Multiple Charged C, Ne and Ar from He, D2 and D Targets, C. L. Cocke, J. P. Giese, L. N. Tunnell, W. Waggoner and S.L.Varghese, in Physics of Atomic and Electronic Collisions, ed. Meyerhof and Lorents, 453 (Elsevier Sci. Pub., 1986).