ALFRED Z. MSEZANE

 

 

Department of Physics and Center for Theoretical Studies of Physical Systems (CTSPS)

Clark Atlanta University, 223 James P. Brawley Drive, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia  30314

Phone: (404) 880-8663;         Fax: (404) 880-8360       Email: amsezane@ctsps.cau.edu

 

EDUCATION

      Ph.D. University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, 1973

      M.Sc. University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, 1968

      B. Sc. (Honors) University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, 1964

 

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

Current Position:  Professor of Physics and Director of CTSPS, Clark Atlanta University

1990-            Professor of Physics, Clark Atlanta University

1991-1992    Acting Chair, Department of Physics, Clark Atlanta University

1983-1989    Professor, Atlanta University

1986-1989    Chair, Department of Physics, Atlanta University

1982-1983    Associate Professor, Morehouse College

1980-1982    Assistant Professor, Morehouse College

1978-1980    Visiting Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University

1974-1976    Postdoctoral Research Associate, Georgia State University

1976-1978    Instructor, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., Canada

1973-1974    Teaching Associate in Modular Teaching, University of Western Ontario

1968-1969    Research Assistant, Nuclear Physics Research Unit, Witwatersrand University

 

SUMMER RESEARCH

Visiting Professor:  Louisiana State University, Summers 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983

Visiting Professor:  ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Institute, June 1994

Martin Luther King, Jr. Visiting Professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1998

Visiting Professor: The Schonland Research Centre, The Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa, April – May, 2001

 

HONORS/AWARDS

1968-1969         Witwatersrand University Post-Graduate Scholarship, Johannesburg, South Africa

1965; 1969        Sir Oppenheimer Memorial Scholarship

1965-1966         World University Service Scholarship, Canada

1993                 Recognized by The Atlanta Journal/Constitution as Exemplary Immigrant

1998                 D.Sc. (Honoris, Causa), University of Fort Hare, South Africa

1999                 Edward A. Bouchet Award, The American Physical Society

                        Fellow of The American Physical Society; Member of the Institute of Physics (U.K.)

2002                 Corresponding Editor for IUMRS Facets, African Continent

 

RELATED PUBLICATIONS

1.       “Relativistic Effects in Photoionization of Ne-Like Iron”, N. Haque, H. S. Chakraborty, P. C. Deshmukh, S. T. Manson, A. Z. Msezane, N. C. Deb, Z. Felfli and T. W. Gorczyca, Phys. Rev. A60, 4577 (1999)

2.       "Exchange Forces in Dispersion Relations Investigated Using Circuit Relations", D. Vrinceanu, A.Z. Msezane, D. Bessis and A. Temkin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3256 (2001)

3.       “Angle-Optimized Energy-Variable Method for Electron Differential Cross Section Measurement”, A.Z. Msezane, Z. Felfli and D. Bessis, Phys. Rev. A65, 050701 (R) (2002)

4.       “Strong Electron Correlations in Photoionization of Spin-Orbit Doublets”, M. Ya Amusia, L.V. Chernysheva, S.T. Manson, A.Z. Msezane and V. Radojevic, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 093002 (2002)

5.       “Angular Distributions of Electrons in Photoionization of 3s Subshells of Atomic Chlorine”, Z. Felfli, N.C. Deb, D.S.F. Crothers and A.Z. Msezane, J. Phys. B, 35, L419 (2002)

6.       “Frame Transformation Methods for Open-Shell Systems: Photoabsorption of Ni 14+”, Z. Felfli, T.W. Gorczyca, N.C. Deb and A.Z. Msezane, Phys. Rev. A66, 042716 (2002).

 

SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS 2002-2003 (Have published over 170 papers in peer reviewed journals)

1.       “Angle-Optimized Energy-Variable Method for Electron Differential Cross Section Measurement”, A.Z. Msezane, Z. Felfli and D. Bessis, Phys. Rev. A, 65, 050701(R) (2002)

2.       “Trapped Dilute Atomic Fermi Gas”, M. Ya. Amusia, A.Z. Msezane and V.R. Shaginyan, Physics Letters A293, 205 (2002)

3.       “Analytic Regge Poles Trajectories Calculations for Singular Potentials: The Lennard-Jones Potential”, S.N. Naboko, Z. Felfli, N.B. Avdonina and A.Z. Msezane, Proc. Second Intl. Workshop on Contemporary Problems in Mathematical Physics, Eds. J. Govaerts et al. (World Scientific, Singapore, 2002) p. 300.

4.       “Cross Sections for Compton Ionization of Noble Gas Atoms”, M. Ya. Amusia, L.V. Chernysheva, Z. Felfli and A.Z. Msezane, Surface Review and Letters, 9, 1155 (2002)

5.       “Reinterpretation of the Recently Measured Generalized Oscillator Strengths for Ar”, A.Z. Msezane, Z. Felfli, M. Ya. Amusia, Z. Chen and L.V. Chernysheva, Phys. Rev. A65, 054701 (2002)

6.       “Cross Sections of Discrete Levels Excitation of Noble Gas Atoms in Compton Scattering”, M. Ya. Amusia, L.V. Chernysheva, Z. Felfli and A.Z. Msezane, Phys. Rev. A65, 062705 (2002)

7.       “Density Functional Theory Versus the Hartree Fock Method: Comparative Assessment”, M. Ya. Amusia, A.Z. Msezane and V.R. Shaginyan, Physica Scripta TXX, 1 (2003)

8.       “New Semiclassical Approach for Calculating Regge Poles Trajectories for Singular Potentials”, N.B. Avdonina, S. Belov, Z. Felfli, A.Z. Msezane and S.N. Naboko, Phys. Rev. A66, 022713 (2002)

9.       “Oscillator Strengths and Radiative Rates for Allowed and Intercombination Transitions among the Lowest 54 Levels of Fe X”, N.C. Deb, G.P. Gupta and A.Z. Msezane, Astrophys. Journal Suppl. 141, 247 (2002)

10.   “Strong Electron Correlations in Photoionization of Spin-Orbit Doublets”, M. Ya Amusia, L.V. Chernysheva, S.T. Manson, A.Z. Msezane and V. Radojevic, Phys. Rev. Lett., 88, 093002 (2002)

11.   “Energy Levels, Oscillator Strengths and Transition Probabilities for Fine-Structure Transitions in Mg-like Chlorine”, N. Gupta, G.P. Gupta, A.N. Tripathi and A.Z. Msezane, At. Data Nucl. Data Tables, In Press (2002)

12.   “Excitation Energies, Oscillator Strengths and Radiative Decay Rates in P IV”, G.P. Gupta and A.Z. Msezane, Physica Scripta, 66, 43 (2002)

13.   “Oscillator Strengths and Lifetimes in P V, S VI and Cl VII”, G.P. Gupta and A.Z. Msezane, Indian Journal of Physics, In Press (2002)

14.   “Angular Distributions of Electrons in Photoionization of 3s Subshells of Atomic Chlorine”, Z. Felfli, N.C. Deb, D.S.F. Crothers and A.Z. Msezane, J. Phys. B, Letter, 35, L419 (2002)

15.   “Excitation Energies, Oscillator Strengths and Lifetimes in Doubly Ionized Phosphorus”, G.P. Gupta and A.Z. Msezane, Physica Scripta, 66, 354 (2002)

16.   “Energy Levels, Radiative Rates and Collision Strengths for Transitions in Fe XVII”, K.M. Aggarwal, F.P. Keenan and A.Z. Msezane, Astrophysical J. Suppl. Series, 144, 169 (2003).

17.   “Correlation Effects in the Generalized Oscillator Strength of the Magnesium 3 1S – 3 1P Transition”, Z Chen and A.Z. Msezane, J. Phys. B35, 815 (2002)

18.   “New Insight into Small-Angle Electron Scattering: Guiding Measurements”, A.Z. Msezane and Z. Felfli, Ind. J. Phys. 76B, 371 (2002)

19.   “Frame Transformation Methods for Open-Shell Systems: Photoabsorption of Ni 14+”, Z. Felfli, T.W. Gorczyca, N.C. Deb and A.Z. Msezane, Phys. Rev. A66, 042716 (2002).

20.   “High Precision Regge Poles and Residues for Singular Scattering Potentials”, C.R. Handy, C.J. Tymczak and A.Z. Msezane, Phys. Rev. A, Rapid Commun., 66, 050701 (R) (2002)

21.   “Generation of Converging Regge-Pole Bounds for Arbitrary Rational Fraction Scattering Potentials”, C.R. Handy, A.Z. Msezane and Z. Yan, J. Phys. A35, 6359 (2002)

22.   “Generalized Oscillator Strengths for Open-Shell and Closed-Shell Atoms”, Zhifan Chen, N. Cherepkov and A.Z. Msezane, Phys. Rev. A67, 024701 (2003)

23.   “Determination of Discrete Transitions Multipolarity using the Generalized Oscillator Strength”, M. Ya. Amusia, L.V. Chernysheva, Z. Felfli and A.Z. Msezane, Phys. Rev. A67, 022703 (2003)

24.   “Atomic Data for Ne-Like Iron”, K.M. Aggarwal, F.P. Keenan and A.Z. Msezane, in X-ray Lasers 2002: 8th Int. Conf. On X-ray Lasers, eds. J.J. Rocca et al. (AIP, Melville, New York, 2002) p. 233

25.   “Energy Levels and Radiative Rates for Transitions in Ni XIII – Ni XVI”, K.M. Aggarwal, F.P. Keenan and A.Z. Msezane, Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables, 85, 453 (2003)

26.   “Fine-Structure Energy Levels of Ni XVII and their Lifetimes”, R. Das, N.C. Deb, K. Roy and A.Z. Msezane, Physica Scripta, 67, 401 (2003)

27.   “Strong Configuration Mixing among the Fine-Structure Levels of Cl+”, N.C. Deb, D.S.F. Crothers, Z. Felfli and A.Z. Msezane, J. Phys. B36, L47 (2003)

28.   “Regge Poles Calculation for Singular Potentials:  The Lennard-Jones Potential”, S.N. Naboko, Z. Felfli, N.B. Avdonina and A.Z. Msezane, in Proc. Neural, Parallel and Scientific Computations”, Vol. 2, Eds. M.P. Bekakos, G.S. Ladde, N.G. Medhin and M. Sambandham (Dynamic Publishing, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia, 2002) p. 293.

29.   “On the Effect of Intra-Doublet Correlations upon the Nondipole Parameters in Xe”, M. Ya Amusia, A.S. Baltenkov, L.V. Chernysheva, Z. Felfli, S.T. Manson, and A.Z. Msezane, Frascati Physics Series, vol. XXXII, Eds. A. Marcelli, A. Bianconi and N. L. Saini (AIP, Melville, New York, 2003) p. 3.

30.   “Electron Scattering by the SH Radical using the R-matrix Method” K.L. Baluja and A.Z. Msezane, J. Phys. B35, 437 (2002)

31.   “Oscillator Strengths for Transitions in C-like ions between K XIV and Mn XX”, K.M. Aggarwal, F.P. Keenan and A.Z. Msezane, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 401, 377 (2003)

32.   “Uniform Electromagnetic Field as Viscous Medium for Moving Particles”, M. Ya Amusia, A.S. Baltenkov, Z. Felfli, A.Z. Msezane and A.B. Voitvic, Phys. Rev. A66, 063416 (2002)

33.   “Fine Structure levels of Cl V and their Lifetimes”, K.B. Choudhury, N.C. Deb, K. Roy and A.Z. Msezane, European Physical Journal D, 27, 103 (2003)

34.   “From the Bose-Einstein to Fermion Condensation”, M. Ya Amusia, A.Z. Msezane, V.R. Shaginyan, Physics of Atomic Nuclei, 66, 1802 (2003)

35.   “Correlation Structure in Nondipole Photoionization”, M. Ya Amusia, A.S. Baltenkov, L.V. Chernysheva, Z. Felfli, S.T. Manson and A.Z. Msezane, Phys. Rev. A67, 060702 (R) (2003)

36.   “Excitation Energies, Oscillator Strengths and Lifetimes in Doubly Ionized Phosphorus”, G.P. Gupta and A.Z. Msezane, Ind. J. Phys. (Accepted) (2003)

37.   “Trends in near-threshold photoionization of off-the-center endohedral atoms”, A.S. Baltenkov V.K. Dolmatov, S.T. Manson and A.Z. Msezane, Phys. Rev. A, 68, 043202 (2003)

38.   “Diffraction of Slow Photoelectrons by C60 Fullerene Cage”, A.S. Baltenkov, V.K. Dolmatov, S.T. Manson and A.Z. Msezane, Chem. Phys. Lett. 378, 71 (2003)

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

Have presented with collaborators over 180 papers at national/international meetings, including 12 papers at the 2003 ICPEAC, Stockholm, Sweden and 9 papers at the 2003 DAMOP Meeting in Boulder, Colorado.