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CLAS THESES COMPLETED
(in chronological order of graduation)





Student Institution Advisor Topic Run Period Experiment

Thierry Auger
(August 1999)
CEA-Saclay J.M. Laget,
C. Marchand
Photoproduction de Mesons Vecteurs: Permiers Resultats Avec CLAS
(in French)
g1

Konstantin Loukachine
(February 2000)
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. John Ficenec, VPI
Elton Smith, JLab
Measurement of the Polarization of the phi(1020) in Electroproduction e1 93-022

Eric Anciant
(March 2000)
CEA-Saclay Jean-Marc Laget
Photoproduction de Mesons Phi a Grand Moment Transfere
(in French)
g6 93-031

Richard Thompson
(March 2000)
University of Pittsburgh Steve Dytman Eta Electroproduction in the Region of the Isospin One Half, Spin One Half 1535 MeV Baryon Resonance e1 89-039

Burin Asavapibhop
(May 2000)
University of Massachusetts R.A. Miskimen Study of the Axial Anomaly using the gamma p --> pi+ pi0 n Reaction Near Threshold g1 94-015

Simon Taylor
(May 2000)
Rice University Gordon Mutchler Radiative Decays of Low-Lying Excited-State Hyperons g1 89-024

Alan Coleman
(November 2000)
William & Mary Herb Funsten Electroproduction of omega(783) mesons using CLAS at Jefferson Lab e1 91-024

Alex Skablin
(December 2000)
MIT William Bertozzi GDH Integral on the Proton from Cross Section Differences eg1 91-023

Catalina Cetina
(January 2001)
The George Washington University B. L. Berman Photofission of heavy nuclei from .2 to 3.8 GeV g5

Raffaella De Vita
(January 2001)
INFN Genova G. Ricco Measurement of the double spin asymmetry in pi+ electroproduction with CLAS eg1 93-036

Hovanes Egiyan (September 2001) College of
William & Mary
JLAB
K. Griffioen,
V. Burkert

Single pi+ Electroproduction in the First and Second Resonance Regions Using CLAS e1 89-037

Mike Dugger
(December 2001)
Arizona State Barry Ritchie eta(547) and eta(958) Meson Photoproduction on the Proton g1 91-008

Renee Fatemi
(January 2002)
Univ. of Virginia Don Crabb The Spin Structure of the Proton in the Resonance Region eg1 91-023

Simeon McAleer
(January 2002)
Florida State University Larry Dennis A Measurement of the Recoil Polarization of Electroproduced Lambda(1116) e1 89-043

Sasha Philips
(January 2002)
The George Washington University B.L. Berman Resonance Production through the Two Neutral-Pion Channel g1

Mathieu Guillo
(February 2002)
Univ. of South Carolina Chaden Djalali Search for unusual mesons in photoproduction in CLAS g6

Angela Biselli
(March 2002)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute P. Stoler Study of the Delta(1232) using double polarization experiments eg1 94-003

Junho Yun
(May 2002)
Old Dominion University Sebastian Kuhn Inclusive Spin Structure Functions of the Deuteron eg1 93-009

Ana C.S. Lima
(September 2002)
Sao Paulo U. Barry Berman Study of Kaon Photoproduction on Deuterium g2 89-045

Mikhail Osipenko
(October 2002)
Moscow State Univ. G. Ricco Moments of the F2 Structure Function of the Proton e1-e2

Haluk Denizli
(October 2002)
U. Pittsburgh James Mueller Eta Electroproduction at and Above the Region of S11(1535) Baryon Resonance e1

Robert Feuerbach
(December 2002)
Carnegie Mellon University Reinhard Schumacher Measurement of the Unpolarized K+ Lambda and K+ Sigma^0 Electroproduction Cross Sections and Interference Terms from the Proton with the CLAS Detector. e1 93-030

Cynthia Hajidakis (December 2002) Orsay Michel Guidal Rho meson electroproduction at intermediate virtuality at JLab with the CLAS detector
(in French)
e1, 6GeV 99-105

John McNabb
(December 2002)
Carnegie Mellon University Reinhard Schumacher Photoproduction of Lambda and Sigma^0 Hyperons off Protons in the Nucleon Resonance Region using CLAS at Jefferson Lab g1 89-004

Mehmet Bektasoglu
(December 2002)
Old Dominion University Gail Dodge Measurement of the Double Spin Asymmetry in pi- Electroproduction with CLAS eg1 93-009

Dan Protopopescu (December 2002) Univ. New Hampshire William Hersman A Survey of Beam Asymmetries in Semi-Exclusive Electron Scattering on 4He and 12C e2 89-031

Steve McLauchlin (January 2003) Glasgow JD Kellie Delta(1232) electroproduction in 12C e2 89-017

Bin Zhang (February 2003) MIT William Bertozzi Searching for Short Range Correlations Using (e,e'NN) Reactions eg1

Silvia Niccolai
(May 2003)
The George Washington University Barry Berman Three-body Forces in Photoreactions on 3He g3

Brian Carnahan
(July 2003)
Catholic University Franz Klein, CUA Strangness Photoproduction in the gamma p --> K0 Sigma+ Reaction g1 89-004

Rustam Niyazov (May 2003) Old Dominion Univ. Larry Weinstein Measurement of Correlated Pair Momentum Distributions in 3He(e,e'pp)n with CLAS e2 89-027

Mike Klusman Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Jim Napolitano A search for missing Baryons formed in gamma p --> p pi+ pi- using the CLAS at CEBAF g1 93-033

Federico Ronchetti
(June 2003)
INFN-Frascati
Enzo De Sanctis
Complete angular distributions of the gamma d -> pn reaction in the few GeV region g2
93-017

Westley Ingram (June 2003) Glasgow Dave Ireland Semi-exclusive studies of Delta(1232) electroproduction in 3He e2 89-017

Maurizio Ungaro (December 2003) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute P. Stoler pi0 Electroproduction off the Delta(1232) Resonance at High Momentum Transfer e1 91-002

Ludyvine Morand (December 2003) Saclay Michel Garcon Deeply Virtual Omega Electroproduction and the Study of Generalized Parton Distributions (JLab thesis prize 2003) e1, 6GeV 99-105

Ji Li
(December 2003)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Gary Adams Search for Exotic Mesons in π+ π- π0 Decays g6

Matthew Bellis
(December 2003)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Jim Napolitano A Search for Missing Baryon States g1

Gagik Gavalian (January 2004) UNH M. Holtrop Beam Spin Asymmetry Measurements in Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering e1d

Christopher I.O. Gordon
(March 2004)
Glasgow G. Rosner Rho0 Photoproduction using Linearly Polarised Photons with the CLAS Detector g8

Sylvain Bouchigny
(April 2004)
Orsay
M. Guidal
Development of a pure HD polarized target: HD analysis and distillation.
Resonant virtual Compton scattering on the nucleon
(in French)

e1-6


Lei Guo
(May 2004)
Vanderbilt University D. Ernst - Vanderbilt
D. Weygand - JLab
Search for S=+1 exotic baryon in gamma p --> K+K-pi+(n) g6


Vipuli Dharmawardane (May 2004) ODU Gail Dodge Spin Structure Functions of the Deuteron Measured with CLAS in and Above the Resonance Region eg1 93-009

Alexei Klimenko (May 2004) ODU S. Kuhn Electron Scattering From a High-Momentum Neutron in Deuterium e6

Yelena Prok
(May 2004)
Univ. of Virginia Don Crabb GDH Integral on the Proton from Asymmetries eg1b 91-023

Rakhsha Nasseripour
(July 2004)
Florida Intl Univ Brian Raue Measurement of Single Spin Asymmetry and Fifth Structure Function for the p(pol-e,e'K^+)Lambda Reaction with CLAS e1c

Joseph Santoro (August 2004) Virginia Polytechnic Institute Elton Smith, JLab, John Ficenec,VPI Electroproduction of Phi(1020) Mesons at High Q^2 with CLAS e1-6

Joseph Melone
(March 2005)
Glasgow J. Kellie Measurement of the photon asymmetry for the p(pol. gamma, K+) Lambda0 reaction at CLAS from 1.6 to 2.0 GeV g8

Robert Bradford
(May 2005)
Carnegie Mellon Univ. Reinhard Schumacher Measurement of Differential Cross Sections and Cx and Cz for gamma p --> K+ Lambda and gamma p --> K+ Sigma^0 Using CLAS at Jefferson Lab g1 89-004

Clarisse Tur
(August 2005)
University of South Carolina (USC) Chaden Djalali Search for modification of vector meson properties in nuclei
g7
01-112

Jeff Lachniet
(June 2005)
Carnegie Mellon University Brian Quinn A high precision measurement of the neutron magnetic form factor using the CLAS detector
e5
94-017

Joe Donnelly
(September 2005)
Glasgow
Dave Ireland
Multipole Analysis of the Delta(1232) in He3
e2b
89-017

Cornel Butuceanu
(December 2005)
W&M Keith Griffioen Quasi-Elastic Electron Scattering from a High-Momentum Nucleon in Deuterium e6 93-019

Ishaq Hleiqawi
(February 2006)
Ohio
Ken Hicks
K0* Photoproduction and Electroproduction Measured at CLAS e1


Shifeng Chen
(February 2006)
Florida State University
P. Eugenio
First Measurement of Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering with a Polarized Proton Target
eg1


Bryan McKinnon
(May 2006)
Glasgow
J. Kellie
Search for the Theta+ Pentaquark in the Reaction gamma d -> p K+ K- n
g10
03-113

Kijun Park
(May 2006)
Kyungpook National University
V. Burkert
W. Kim
Measurement of cross section and electron asymmetry of the p(\vec{e},e']pi^+)n reaction in the Delta(1232) and higher resonances for Q^2 <= 5.0 GeV^2 e1-6
89-042

Burnham Stokes
(Fall 2006)
Florida State University
P. Eugenio
Search for Resonances in the Photoproduction of Proton-Antiproton Pairs g6


Natasha Dashyan
(Nov 2006)
Yerevan
K. Egiyan
Measuring the probability of two-nucleon correlations in nuclei (in Russian)
e2
89-036

Francois-Xavier Girod,
(December 2006)
SPhN-Saclay
M. Garçon Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering (Beam Spin Asymmetries) for the study of Generalized Parton Distributions
(in French)
e1-dvcs
01-113

Hyon-Suk Jo
(March 2007)
IPN-Orsay
M. Guidal
Etude de la Diffusion Compton Profondement Virtuelle sur le nucleon avec le detecteur CLAS de Jefferson Lab: mesure des sections efficaces polarisees et non polarisees  (in French)
e1-dvcs
01-113

Hovhannes Baghdasaryan
(May 2007)
Old Dominion University L. Weinstein Measurements of Correlated Pair Momentum Distributions in 3He(e,e'pp)n
with CLAS

e2b 89-027

Zebulun Krahn
(October 2007)
Carnegie Mellon University C. Meyer Production of eta and eta_prime mesons using CLAS at JLab
g11

Michael Williams
(November 2007)
Carnegie Mellon University C. Meyer Measurement of Differential Cross Sections and Spin Density Matrix Elements along with a Partial Wave Analysis for gamma p --> p omega using CLAS at Jefferson Lab
g11

Michael McCracken
(November 2007)
Carnegie Mellon University C. Meyer A Study of K+ Lambda Photoproduction in the CLAS g11a Dataset: Differential Cross Section, Recoil Polarization, and a Partial-Wave Analysis
g11

Lamiaa El Fassi
(May 2008)
University Mohammed V, Morocco K. Hafidi Etude de la Transparence de Couleur du Meson Vecteur rho^0 (in French)
eg2

Craig Paterson
(June 2008)
Glasgow University G. Rosner,
D. Ireland
Polarization Observables in Strangeness Photoproduction with CLAS at Jefferson Lab
g8b

Atilla Gonenc
(June 2008)
Florida International U. Brian Raue Coherent rho Meson Electroproduction off Deuteron
e5, e6

Robert Fersch
(August 2008)
William & Mary Keith Griffioen Measurement of Inclusive Proton Double-Spin Asymmetries and Polarized Structure Functions
eg1b

Narbe Kalantarians
(August 2008)
University of Houston
Ed Hungerford
Semi-Inclusive Single Pion Electroproduction From Deuteron and Proton Targets
e8
e6
03-012

Hayk Hakobyan
(December 2008)
Yerevan State University W. Brooks & A. Danagulyan Observation of Quark Propagation Pattern in Nuclear Medium
eg2

Maryam Moteabbed
(March 2009)
Florida International University Brian Raue A Precise Measurement of the Two-Photon Exchange Effect
TPE

Nathan Baltzell
(May 2009)
Univ. of South Carolina David Tedeschi
A Search for the Exotic Theta+ Pentaquark in g D --> p p K0 K-
g10 03-113

Ahmed Fradi
(July 2009)
IPN-Orsay
Michel Guidal
Electroproduction Exclusive du Meson rho+ sur le Proton a JLab avec le Detecteur CLAS (in French) e1-dvcs
01-113

Brahim Moreno
(July 2009)
IPN-Orsay
M. MacCormick
Etude de l'Asymetrie de Spin du Faisceau a 6 GeV Pour l'Electroproduction d'un Etat Resonnant Delta+ et d'un Photon sur le Proton (e p --> e Delta+ g) avec le Detecteur CLAS (in French) e1-dvcs
01-113

Patrick Collins
(August 2009)
Arizona State U Barry Ritchie Beam Asymmetry in eta(547) and eta(958) Meson Photoproduction From the Proton g8b

Daria  Sokhan
(August 2009)
Edinburgh Dan Watts Beam Asymmetry Measurement from Pion Photoproduction on the Neutron g13
CAA

Nevzat Guler
(December 2009)
Old Dominion University Sebastian Kuhn
Spin Structure of the Deuteron eg1b

Slava Tkachenko
(December 2009)
Old Dominion University Sebastian Kuhn Tagged Neutron Structure Function Measured with Spectator Tagging e8 03-012

Nathan Baillie
(January 2010)
William & Mary Keith Griffioen Electron Scattering from an Almost Free Neutron in Deuterium
e8 03-012




THESES IN PROGRESS
(in alphabetical order)

Student Institution Advisor Topic Run Period Experiment

Krishna Adhikari
ODU
S. Kuhn
The Extended GDH Sum Rule at Low Q2 on the Neutron
eg4


Dasuni Adikaram
ODU
Larry Weinstein
Two-Photon Elastic Scattering
TPE


Ivan Bedlinsky ITEP Valery Kubarovsky
Electroproduction of the pi0 and eta mesons from proton in the region of W > 2 GeV
e1-dvcs

Sharon Careccia ODU Gail Dodge Deuteron pion electroproduction double polarization asymmetry in the resonance region eg1

Liam Casey
CUA
Franz Klein Beam asymmetry and Recoil polarization in Sigma+
photoproduction
g11/ g8b CAA01-003
CAA05-xx

Wei Chen
Duke University 
Haiyan Gao Single charged pion gamma n -> pi- p photoproduction from
deuterium
g10 CAA

Lu Cheng
CUA
Franz Klein
Beam asymmetry and tensor polarization in omega
photoproduction
g8b E99-013

Biplab Dey Carnegie Mellon Univ. C. Meyer K+ Sigma0 photoproduction off the proton g11

Ryan Dickson Carnegie Mellon Univ. R. Schumacher Production and decay of the f1/eta(1285) in the g11 data set g11

Marianna Gabrielyan
FIU
Brian Raue
Kaon Electroprod. Induced Polarization
e1f
E00-112

John Goetz UCLA J. Price Cascade Photoproduction on Hydrogen g12

Wes Gohn
U. Connecticut
K. Joo
Probing the protons quark's dynamics in the semi-inclusive pion electroproduction
e1f


Raphael Dupre
Argonne Nat. Lab.
Kawtar Hafidi
DVCS off He-4
eg6


Charles Hanretty Florida State University Volker Crede Determination of the Beam Asymmtries in Double-Pion Photoproduction FROST


Neil Hassall
Glasgow
G. Rosner
Kaon photoproduction on the deuteron using polarized photons
g13
06-103

Hideko Iwamoto
George Washington University
Bill Briscoe
Pseudoscalar Meson Production Using Polarized Photons and Targets
FROST
03-105

Russell Johnstone
Glasgow
Dave Ireland
Kaon photoproduction on the deuteron using polarized photons
g13
06-103

Hyekoo Kang
Seoul
S. Choi
GDH at low Q2
eg4


Dustin Keller
Ohio
K. Hicks
Sigma*+ Radiative Decays
g13


Puneet Khetarpal
RPI
P. Stoler
Near Threshold Pion Electroproduction at High Q2 in CLAS
e16, e1f


Vivien Lane Clermont-Ferrand Alexandre Deur Target Studies HDIce

Nikolay Markov Univ. of Connecticut Kyungseon Joo pi^0 electroproduction in the resonance region e1-6/e1-e

Paul Mattione Rice D. Carman K*0 Lambda and K+ Sigma*- Photoproduction on the Deuteron eg3

Michael Mayer ODU S. Kuhn QCD Effects electroproduction

Taisiya Mineeva
Connecticut
Kyungseon Joo
Quark Propagation Through Cold QCD Matter
eg2
02-104

Josephine McAndrew
Edinburgh
Daniel Watts
G polarization in pi photoproduction
g9-FROST

Kei Moriya Carnegie Mellon Univ. R. Schumacher The Lambda(1405) lineshape measured in the g11 data set g11

Edwin Munevar
GWU
B. Berman
gamma n -> K0 Lambda with circularly polarized photons, measuring the spin transfer to the lambda
g13


Megh Niroula ODU L. Weinstein
 H. Areti (JLab)
Beyond the Born Approximation: Comparison of e- and e+ elastic scattering from the proton


Rafael Paremuzyan Yerevan Stepan Stepanyan Timelike Compton Scattering e1-6, e1f


Sungkyun Park
FSU
V. Crede
Measurement of the Helicity Difference in Double-Pion Photoproduction
FROST


Evan Phelps
Univ. So. Carolina
R. Gothe
(tbc)
g9-FROST


Joshua J. Pierce
UVa
D. Crabb
Double spin asymmetry in exclusive pi+ production
eg1b


Jorge de Oliveira Echeimberg
INFN - Frascati
P. Rossi
gamma d -> Lambda K+n  and  gamma d -> Lambda K0 p reactions with CLAS



Julian Salamanca Idaho S. U. Phil Cole Photoproduction of phi mesons with linearly polarized photons
g8b
98-109

Diane Schott
FIU
Brian Raue
pi(1400) Search
g12


Erin Seder
U. Conn.
K. Joo
Target Asymmetry in DVCS
eg1-DVCS


Heghine Seraydaryan
ODU
M. Amarian
Phi-meson photoproduction on hydrogen (tbc)
g11


Vladimiv Serov ITEP Mikhail Serov
Electroproduction of light quark mesons e1 93-012

Dmitrii Sharov
Moscow S.U./JLab
B.S.Ishkhanov
D. Weygand
Cascade studies in photoproduction off protons
g12
04-017

Charles Taylor Idaho P. Cole (tbc) g13


Bayram Torayev ODU Stephen Bueltmann Exotic Mesons eg6

Brian Vernarsky CMU C. Meyer
omega Meson Spin Observables g1c

Lorenzo Zana UNH M. Holtrop
Color Transparency in rho production from nuclei eg2 02-110

Jixie Zhang ODU Gail Dodge (e,e' pi- p) BoNuS, e6

Bo Zhao Univ. of Connecticut Kyungseon Joo Deeply Virtual Exclusive Meson Production e1-dvcs



Name University advisor topic run group expt