Dr. Horoi's Summary Page

Department of Physics
College of Science & Technology
Central Michigan University

Mihai Horoi
Professor

Ph.D. in Physics, Institute of Atomic Physics, Bucharest, 1990
M.S. in Computer Science, Michigan State University, 1997
B.S. and M.S. in Physics, University of Bucharest, 1979

Office:     Dow 212
Phone:    (989) 774-2185

E-mail:
Additional Information:

Research Program and Goals:

- Ph.D. in theoretical nuclear physics with more than 20 years research experience in nuclear physics.
- 20 years of teaching experience at both undergraduate and graduate level.
- Well established record of grant writing and external funding.
- Creator of the CMichSM high performance code for nuclear structure calculations.
- M.S. in Computer Science, major in Parallel Processing and Advanced Networks.
- Proven professional record in software and hardware system evaluation and design for scientific high
performance computing environments.
- Special interests: Nuclear Structure, Large Scale Shell Model Calculations, Complex Quantum Systems,
Genetic Algorithms, High Performance Computing solutions for scientific problems.

Selected Publications and Presentations

Publications:

1. Exact removal of the center-of-mass spurious states from level density, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 262503 (2007),
     Mihai Horoi and Vladimir Zelevinsky.
2. Coupled-Cluster and Configuration-Interaction Calculations for Heavy Nuclei, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 112501 (2007),
    Mihai Horoi, J. Gour, M. Wloch, M. D. Lodriguito, B.A. Brown, and P. Piecuch.
3. Signature of Shape Transition and Shape Coexistence in Mesoscopic Systems, Chem. Phys. Lett. 427, 147 (2006),
     M. Horoi and K.A. Jackson.
4. Shell Model Analyzis of the 56Ni Spectrum in the Full pf Model Space, Phys. Rev. C 73, 061305(R) (2006),
     M. Horoi, B. A. Brown, T. Otsuka, M. Honma, and T. Mizusaki.
5. Simulating the Silicon Cluster Growth Pattern, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 013401 (2004),
      A.K. Jackson, M. Horoi, I. Chaudhuri, Th. Fraunheim, and A. A. Shvartsburg.

Recent Invited Talks at Conferences and Workshops:

1. Concluding remarks on Nuclear Structure and its role in Nuclear Astrophyscs, M. Horoi,
invited talk at the Carpathian Summer School "Exotic Nuclei and Nuclear/Particle Astrophysics",
    Sinaia, August 20 - August 31st, 2007.
2. Correlations In Nuclei: Configuration Interaction, Coupled Clusters and Beyond, M. Horoi,
    invited talk at the Carpathian Summer School "Exotic Nuclei and Nuclear/Particle Astrophysics",
    Sinaia, August 20 - August 31st, 2007.
3. Comparison between Coupled Cluster and Shell Model, M. Horoi,
    ECT* Workshop "Correlations in nuclei: beyond mean-field and shell model", Trento, June 4-8 2007.
4. Shell Model Nuclear Level Density, Mihai Horoi,
    Carpathian Summer School "Exotic Nuclei and Nuclear/Particle Astrophysics", Mamaia, Romania, June 13-24, 2005.
5. Phase Transition and Phase Coexistence in Atomic Clusters and Other Mesoscopic Systems, Mihai Horoi
    Invited talk at the International “S3C Symposium on Size Selected“ Clusters, Brand, Austria, February 28 - March 3, 2005.

Department of Physics at Central Michigan University
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