Seth J. Putterman (born December 18, 1945) is an American physicist. He is known to have an eclectic approach to research topics that broadly revolves around energy-focusing phenomena in nonlinear, continuous systems, with particular interest in turbulence, sonoluminescence,[1] sonofusion and pyrofusion.[2][3]
Seth J. Putterman | |
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| Born | December 18, 1945 New York City, New York, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Cooper Union California Institute of Technology Rockefeller University |
| Known for | Sonoluminescence |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Thesis | Towards a Macroscopic Theory of Superfluids (1970) |
| Doctoral advisor | George Uhlenbeck |
| Website | acoustics-research |
Education and career
editPutterman studied physics at Cooper Union in New York for two years before transferring to the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, graduating in 1966. In 1970, he received his doctorate under George Uhlenbeck at the Rockefeller University in New York. His PhD work dealt with quantum fluids and he contributed to the theory of superfluidity of helium.[4][5]
Putterman is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the California NanoSystems Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. His group demonstrated[6][7][8] X-ray generation from the triboelectric effect by peeling a strip of Scotch tape in 2008.
Honors and awards
editPutterman received the Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1972. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (1997)[9] and the Acoustical Society of America.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Putterman, S. J.; Weninger, K. R. (2000-01-01). "Sonoluminescence: How Bubbles Turn Sound into Light". Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 32 (1): 445–476. Bibcode:2000AnRFM..32..445P. doi:10.1146/annurev.fluid.32.1.445. ISSN 0066-4189.
- ^ Naranjo, B.; Gimzewski, J.K.; Putterman, S. (2005-04-28). "Observation of nuclear fusion driven by a pyroelectric crystal". Nature. 434 (7037): 1115–1117. Bibcode:2005Natur.434.1115N. doi:10.1038/nature03575. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 15858570. S2CID 4407334.
- ^ Brumfiel, Geoff (2005-10-26). "Far from the frontier". Nature. 437 (7063): 1224–1225. doi:10.1038/4371224a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 16251921. S2CID 4303092.
- ^ Putterman, Seth (1972). "The phenomenology of vortices in superfluid helium". Physics Reports. 4 (2): 67–94. Bibcode:1972PhR.....4...67P. doi:10.1016/0370-1573(72)90006-3.
- ^ Putterman, Seth J. (1974). Superfluid hydrodynamics. Amsterdam: North-Holland Pub. Co. ISBN 0-444-10681-2. OCLC 1095109.
- ^ Camara, Carlos G.; Escobar, Juan V.; Hird, Jonathan R.; Putterman, Seth J. (2008-10-23). "Correlation between nanosecond X-ray flashes and stick–slip friction in peeling tape". Nature. 455 (7216): 1089–1092. Bibcode:2008Natur.455.1089C. doi:10.1038/nature07378. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4372536.
- ^ Hird, J. R.; Camara, C. G.; Putterman, S. J. (2011-03-28). "A triboelectric x-ray source". Applied Physics Letters. 98 (13): 133501. Bibcode:2011ApPhL..98m3501H. doi:10.1063/1.3570688. ISSN 0003-6951.
- ^ Kneip, Stefan (2011-05-25). "A stroke of X-ray". Nature. 473 (7348): 455–456. doi:10.1038/473455a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 21614067. S2CID 205064684.
- ^ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. (search on year=1997 and institution=University of California, Los Angeles)