Peter H. Handel: Curriculum Vitae

University of Missouri St. Louis, St. Louis, MO  63121, USA

Tel. (314) 516-5021;  FAX:  (314) 872-9263;  E-Mail: (handel@umsl.edu)

PROFILE:                 Steady record of federal funding since 1971, 34 grants: NSF, AFOSR, ONR, ARO, NEDO, JSPS.

     Originator of new directions in 5 disciplines of engineering and science. Providing national and international leadership in scholarly research administration.  Now 4 active Federal Grants

     Discovered seven new physical effects with applications in science and engineering allowing for a revolution in high-technology hardware and revision of quantum notions.

     Director of Intertnatl. Project "Nonlinear Maser-Soliton Plasma Dynamics", including 11 PhD's and 3 University Professors, at Kurchatov Atomic Inst., Moscow, since 1992.

     Successful record of leadership in the Permanent International Committee on Noise in Physical Systems since 1982: ICNF'93 Chair.  SDI: Nuclear MHD reactor in space engineering.

     Chairman of the continuing series of International Quantum 1/f Symposia, a series started by A. van der Ziel in 1985: theory and applications of the quantum 1/f Effect.

     Author of over 190 papers published in refereed journals, in peer-reviewed conference proceedings, or books edited by other scientists. Space Defense Init. Engineer-Scientist ‘87-‘90.

     Editor of the Proceedings of the 12th Int. Conf. on Noise in Physical Systems in Amer. Inst. of Physics Conf. Proceedings #285 and of the Quantum 1/f Proceedings Series: AIP #282, 371, 466.

     Found the quantum 1/f effect, the nature of 1/f phase noise in quartz resonators, oscillators and 1/f noise in photodetectors, FET, HEMT, BJT, HBT with simple quantum 1/f engineer formulas

     The 34 winning proposals (2 of them with 3 others, one with another colleague) total over 13,000,000$ US Federal funds, 360,000$ from Japan $170,000 from Europe, $55,000 private US.

     Created a new Theory of Divinity, a scientific deeper understanding of all religions, © 2001, 2004.

 

SUMMARY:             Proven skills and ability to collaborate in order to jointly achieve peak performance in research, teaching, service and grantsmanship.  Harmoniously combining theory and practice.

     Effective negotiating skills and ability to develop long-term scientific and personal relations.

     A proven record of steadily increasing responsibility, challenge and recognition.

     Goal-oriented, dedicated professional and administrator, highly motivated self-starter and decision maker, with proven ability to achieve strategic objectives.

     Extensive analytical problem solving and conflict-preventing skills.

     Excellent verbal/written communications with strong interpersonal skills at all levels; this also includes fluency in German, French, Russian, Romanian and 1/2 Japanese.

     Team player with an ongoing awareness of the long-term goals of the University.

 

EXPERIENCE:

 

l972-Present      University of Missouri St. Louis, St. Louis, MO (UMSL)

Professor of Physics: Conducted research in electronic materials, electronic noise, Quantum 1/f noise, atmospheric electricity, funded by 25 grants provided by NSF, AFOSR, ONR, ARO, etc..

 

1992-2000          Kurchatov Atomic Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia

Director (International Cooperation on Nonlinear Maser-Soliton Plasma Dynamics)

This project is supported by European funds to investigate the formation of stable plasma solitons (cavitons) in the presence of maser-like excitation at atmospheric pressure.

     Eleven scientists holding Ph.D.'s, including three university professors, in 3 groups.

     3 mini-conferences analyze the results, determine the program of the next phase, and provide merit based payment each year; major results published in international journals.

 

SPRING 1998   UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE, Irvine, CA

                           Visiting  Professor (Electrical & Computer Engineering Department)

 

1995-1996          UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO, La Jolla, CA

Visiting Professor (Electrical & Computer Engineering Department)

Providing leadership in applying the quantum 1/f effect to BJT and HBT optimization and to the design of other high technological devices for commercial and military environments.

     Presenting seminar series to faculty and graduate students on the quantum 1/f effect.

     Organizing 1/f noise experiments for graduate students and local electronics industry.

 

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l969-72               UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - St. Louis, MO

                                 Associate Professor               

 

1987                   Tokyo Institute of Technology,  Graduate School Tokyo, Japan

      Appointed as Visiting Research Professor (Nagatsuta Graduate School) for 1 year

Presented a series of seminars for faculty and graduate students and cooperated with many Japanese firms such as Fujitsu, Kyocera, and Hitatchi on applying my theory.

 

Fall 1987            Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JSPS Visiting Professor

 

Summer 1985       UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA          Electrical Engineering           Visiting Professor           

    and 1989                 Minneapolis, MN

 

Summer l984        UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, Gordon Godfrey-Visiting Professor

                                    Sydney, Australia

 

l982-l983               MCDONNELL DOUGLAS RESEARCH LABORATORIES, St. Louis, MO,

      Head of the Ultrasmall Electronic Devices Theory Group

 

Summer 1982       TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Tokyo, Japan

                                    Visiting Professor (Nagatsuta Graduate School)

 

Winter '81, F'82   UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA -Gainesville, FL                            

    Summer l98l           Visiting Professor                                         

 

Summer 76 78 79 UNIVERSITY OF FRANKFURT, GERMANY, INST OF APPLIED PHYSICS

80 86 88 90 95            Visiting Professor of the Land of Hessia           

 

Summer l976         MAX PLANCK INST. FOR SOLID STATE PHYSICS, Grenoble.

                                    Visiting Professor

 

Summer l975         INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THEORETICAL SOLID STATE PHYSICS (ESIS),  Visiting Professor, Antwerp (Belgium)

 

Summer l97l          UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY, PHYSICS DEPT, with CH. KITTEL

                                    Visiting Professor   Created the theory of direct-bandgap exciton condensation.

 

1967-69                                   EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL RESEARCH, "MAX VON LAUE - PAUL LANGEVIN," Research Fellow,:

1967-70                                        A: Garching, (Munich) F.R. Germany, l967-l969, and Summer l970, 1972, 1974 (3 months each);

                                    B: Grenoble (France) l968 (2 months) with Prof. H. Maier-Leibnitz and R.L. Mössbauer.

                                                A: Position provided by Prof. Werner Heisenberg personally in August 1967

                                   

l964-1967               CIVIL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE, Bucharest.

                                    Assistant professor, part time.

 

l960-1967               INST. OF PHYSICS OF THE ROMANIAN ACADEMY, Bucharest.

Research Fellow Here I developed the theory of instabilities and turbulence in the plasma of current carriers in semiconductors.  I also performed electronic noise spectroscopy.

 

l959-1960               INSTITUTE OF HYDROTECHNICAL RESEARCH, BUCHAREST.

Research Scientist Here I developed a radioactive fork for in situ soil density and moisture checks. Before I left, I installed a complete radioisotope laboratory.

 

 

 

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COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY DEGREES:

            University of Bucharest, M.S. (Atomic Physics+Theor. Phys.) highest honors in year (1959).

            University of Bucharest, Ph.D. (Solid State Physics) 1966,  Certified in F.R. Germany  1968.

 

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

            American Physical Society, American Geophysical Union, European Physical Society founding member.

            IEEE Senior Member.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Solid state theory, Submicron devices, Quantum 1/f effect with High-tech applications, Electronic noise, Phase noise, Nanotechnology, Radiation hardening, Electronic materials & devices, Many-body theory, QED, Condensed matter physics, Nuclear physics, Plasma physics, Atmospheric Physics & Electricity.

 

GRANTS & CONTRACTS:

            University of Missouri - St. Louis, Summer l970, Research Grant. $2000.

            National Science Foundation Research Grant "Plasma Turbulence and 1/f Noise" (l97l-l973) $l5,800.

            National Science Foundation Research Grant "Instability, Turbulence and 1/f Noise" (l973-l974) $8,500.

            National Science Foundation Research Grant "1/f Solid State Plasma Turbulence" (l975-l978) $45,000.

            Office of Naval Research Research Contract (l979-l98l) $54,047:"Study of Quantum 1/f Noise in Solids"

            Air Force Office of Scientific Research Contr. (l984-l985) $2l,000: "Quantum 1/f Noise in Submicron

                        Devices and Quartz Resonators"; NSF Industrial Cooperation Program Grant (1976) $10,000

            Air Force Office of Scientific Research Grant (l985-l989) $l00,000: "Fundamental Quantum 1/f Noise in  Ultrasmall Semiconductor Devices and their Optimal Design Principles".

            Army Research Office Contract, with A. van der Ziel, (l985-l989) $270,000 "Noise in Photodetectors"

            US Night Vision & Electro-Optics Lab, Scientific Serv. Contract (l985-l988) $25,248: "Application of the Quantum 1/f Noise Theory to Hg1-xCdxTe Infrared Detectors".

            Army Research Office Subcontract (1989-1991)  $38,000; Total $203,000 "Quantum 1/f Noise in Solid State Devices, in particular Hg1-xCdxTe n+ -p Diodes".

            Air Force Office of Scientific Research Grant (1989-1993) $186,414: "Quantum 1/f Noise in High Technology Applications including Ultrasmall Structures and Devices".

            Office of Naval Research (1990) $4,000 for organizing the IVth Quantum 1/f Conference:

                        "Symposium on Quantum 1/f Noise and Other Low Frequency Fluctuations in Electronic Devices".

            National Science Foundation (1990) $3,000 for organizing the IV th Quantum 1/f Symposium: "Symposium on Quantum 1/f Noise and Other Low Frequency Fluctuations in Electronic Devices".

            National Science Foundation (1992) to organize the Vth Quantum 1/f Symposium $10,500.

            NEDO-New Energy and High Technology Development Organization of Japan -International Joint Research Program grant (1990-1993) $105,045 my St. Louis part alone; total $ 500,000: "Physical `                 Mechanisms of 1/f  Conductance Fluctuations".

            US. Federal Grant for the creation of a Center of Molecular Electronics (with four

                        colleagues; appropriated in September 1993) $10,000,000 total for buildg&equipt.

            National Science Foundation (1992-1996) Research Grant $195,000: "Conventional and

                        Coherent Quantum 1/f Effects in Solid State Electronic Devices and Microstructures".

            National Science Foundation (NSF, 1993) $7,500 to organize the XIIth Int. Conf on Noise in Physical Systems and 1/f Fluctuations (ICNF’93).

            Office of Naval Research (ONR, 1993) $7,500 to organize the XIIth Int. Conf on Noise in Phys. (ICNF’93).

            Air Force Office of Scientific Research Grant (1994-1997) $335,303:"Development of Advanced

Electronic Materials and Devices for Ultra-Low 1/f Noise and Low Leakage Current Applications”.

            Air Force Office of Scientific Research (1994) $5,000 for the 6th Q1/f  Symposium, St. Louis, May 27-28, 1994.

            National Science Foundation (1997-98), $69,864: "Application of Ferroelectric and High Paraelectric

                          Materials of the Design of High-Transconductance HFET's with Low 1/f Noise and Low Gate Current".

            Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR1998-99), $49,990: "Quantum 1/f Optimization of New Materials and Devices, Multiplexers, Low-Power Electronics and Investigation of 1/f Negative Entropy States".

            NSF (1998-99) $20,000 “Quantum 1/f Noise and Limitations of All-Optical Sectr.-Hologr. TDM Technology”

            ONR (1998) $5,000 to organize the 7th van der Ziel Quantum 1/f  Symposium, in St. Louis, August 7-9, 1998.

            ONR (2000-2001) $100,000 “Quantum 1/f Noise and Decoherence Effects Applied to Low-Dimensionality

Nanostructures, UHF Devices and Low-Power Electronics”.

Grace Foundation (1999 --) $50,000“Investigation of Nonlinear Plasma Dynamics with Maser Interactions”

AFOSR (2000-2002) $190,000 “Investigation of Quantum 1/f Effect in the Radiation Hardening of Multiple

Satellite systems”.

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ONR (2000-2001) $5,000 Support for "Eighth International van der Ziel Symposium on Quantum 1/f Noise and

Other   Low Frequency Fluctuations, Mainly in GaN, Quantum, or Nanometric Devices", U. of MO St. Louis.

ARO (2000-2001) $3,500 Support for "Eighth International van der Ziel Symposium on Quantum 1/f Noise and

Other Low Frequency Fluctuations, Mainly in GaN, Quantum, or Nanometric Devices"

NSF (2000-2001) $2,500  Support for "Eighth International van der Ziel Symposium on Quantum 1/f Noise and

Other Low Frequency Fluctuations, Mainly in GaN, Quantum, or Nanometric Devices

MURI #17 Grant, ONR (2001-2006), $6,113,693; “Ultra-Low Phase Noise Solid State Electronics”, with U.

Mishra, UCSB, 400K my part.

 AFOSR&ONR: (2001-2002) $2,000  Support for “Internatl. Symp. on Ball Lightning,” 7’2001.

NICOP (2001-2004) $785,000 International Scientific Cooperation Grant administrated by ONR w. L. Eastman

AFOSR(2002-2003)  $5000 Support for  the 9th Internatl. van der  Ziel Symposium on Quantum 1/f Noise, Mainly in GaN, Quantum, or Nanometric Devices

ARO (2004-2007) $243,000 "Fundamental limits on noise in electronic devices and systems"

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

     Introductory Physics; General Physics; Classical Mechanics; Electromagnetism; Classical Electrodynamics; Thermal and Statistical Physics; Thermodynamics; Quantum Mechanics and Electrodynamics; Quantum Statistics and Many-Body Theory; General Relativity; Mathematical Physics; Optics; Quantum Optics, Masers and Lasers; Linear Analysis of Physical Systems: Signals and Noise in Communications; Elementary Solid State Physics; Theory of Solids; Physics of Fluids and Plasmas; Quantum 1/f Theory and Applications; Information Representation.

     I developed and taught new engineering courses such as "Signals and Noise in Communications", "Quantum Electronics: Lasers and Masers" and engineering physics courses like "Linear Analysis of Physical Systems", "Solid State Physics", "Plasma Physics and Engineering" and taught all graduate and undergraduate physics courses.

     Directed Master's and 20 Ph.D. Theses.

 

SERVICE: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

    I have provided leadership on most committees on campus, including the Tenure and Promotions Committee, the Faculty Grievance Committee, the Student Conduct Committee, the Campus Curriculum Committee, the Dean's Advisory Committee on Tenure, Graduate Council, Faculty Council (for 16 years), Planning Committee of the UMSL Faculty Council; University Relations Committee, Committee on Committees, etc..

     Created and chaired the Committee for the Evaluation of Administrators several years

     Created and chaired the "Faculty-Administration Coherence Committee"

     Member of the Steering Committee of the UMSL Faculty Council

     Graduate Director, in the Physics Department, University of Missouri St. Louis

     Alumni Representative       

     Research Committee Chairman

SERVICE: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL:

     Permanent International Committee member, International Conference on Noise in Physical Systems (Series) since 1982 and Chair of all International Conferences on l/f Noise since 1990.

     Organizer and Chairman of the "XII Int. Conf. on Noise in Physical Systems and 1/f Noise" (ICNF-93), St. Louis, MO, Aug. 16-20, 1993; Editor of its Amer. Phys. Soc. Conf. Proceedings 1993.

     Member, Subcommission II of the International Commission on Atmospheric Electricity.

     Executive Committee member and US Representative, International Comm. on Ball Lightning

     Chairman of the APS 1992 March Meeting Session on 1/f Noise and Chaos.

     Chairman of the 4th Quantum 1/f Symposium (Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 5/1990), of the "5th van der Ziel Symposium on Quantum 1/f Noise" [Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis (UMSL), 5/1992], of the “6th van der Ziel Symposium on Quantum 1/f Noise" (UMSL 5/1994), of the “7th van der Ziel Symposium on Q1/f Noise" (UMSL  8/1998) , of the “8th van der Ziel Symposium on Q1/f Noise" (UMSL 7/00); Editor of the APS Conf. Proceedings of all these Symposia since 1990.

     Organizer & Chair of “International Symposium on Ball Lightning 2001”; sponsor: AFOSR&ONR.

     Scene-Setter, “ONR Workshop on Physical Effects and Device/Circuit Interactions in Solid State Devices”, Bar Harbor, Maine, September 9-13, 2001. Chair of Int. Symp. on Ball Lightning 7/2001.

 

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

l.   Participant in the NSF INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION PROGRAM in l976 (3 months), Emerson Electric Co., St.

Louis, MO, Aeronautical and Space Division Systems Analysis (Radar) Group.

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2.   Consultant, EMERSON ELECTRIC CO., Aeronautics and Space Division, Systems Analysis (Radar)  Group (l976-l980). 

         My research has included the following original contributions (projects), each of  them available in the  form of Emerson Electric Co. internal reports.

 

     • Statistical Properties and Reduction of Ground Clutter; Design  of  Self-adaptive Clutter Canceller.

     • Analytical Theory of the Non Coherent Radar.  Application to AN-APQ 153

     • Analytical Design of Clutter Cancellers of any order; Computer-Generated Clutter-Rejection and CFAR curves for various systems; Analysis of Frequency-Agility systems.

     • Development of a New System of Radar Cross-Section (RCS) Reduction and Control for Missiles and     Aircraft.  This system is based on the use of newly developed semiconducting (doped) polymers and

       can actively control the RCS electrically according to any program;  U.S. Patent Issued in l982 #4353069

3.   As a result of my independent research the following W-German patent has been issued on March l, l982: #3032603 active since Aug. 30, l980 (F.R. Germany) "Elektrischer Radantrieb für Kraftfahrzeuge,

      insbesondere für Hybrid-P.K.W."  Similar patents have been awarded to me in the US, in Canada, and in the European Community. SDI Space MHD Engineerg Reserarch in Gainesville-FL '87-90.

4.   During l980-l982 in addition to my permanent position at the University of Missouri, I also had the position of Head, Ultrasmall Devices Theory at the MCDONNELL DOUGLAS RESEARCH LABORATORIES in the field of Submicron Structures, Devices and VHSIC/UHSIC microelectronics.

5.   Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, TX:  Consultant, MIS Infrared Detectors (1985-1988).

6.   Night Vision & Electro-Optics Laboratory - U.S. Army Ft. Belvoir STAS Scientific-Technical Assistance Contract: Quantum 1/f Noise in Infrared Detectors (1984-88).

7.   As a result of my independent research into medical imaging (MRI, NMR or Röntgen tomography), U.S. patent #6236742 “Coherent Superscan Early Cancer Detection” was issued to me on May 22, 2001.  It allows to compare the smallest details of changes in images or tomographies that show the patient in differently bent positions.

 

 

MAIN SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS

 

1.   The quantum l/f noise effects.  These simple and fundamental effects explain l/f noise as a universal infrared divergence phenomenon.  According to this theory, any current I with infrared-divergent coupling to a system of infraquanta must exhibit l/f noise with a spectral density of fractional fluctuations of 2a/pfN (coherent quantum 1/f effect observed in large samples, devices or systems) or 2aA/fN (conventional quantum 1/f effect observed in small devices or systems).  Here N is the number of carriers in the sample used for the definition of the current I.  For electric currents, taking the photons as infraquanta, we get a quantum l/f noise contribution with a= l/l37 the fine structure constant.  Finally, aA = (2a/3p)(Dv/c)2 is the infrared exponent, essentially the quadratic velocity change in the process considered, in units of the speed of light.

       The quantum l/f noise effects are of fundamental nature because they assert that the elementary cross sections and process rates of physics, engineering, or chemistry and biology must fluctuate with a l/f spectral density.  Since the error of a l/f-noise limited measurement does not depend on the duration of the experiment, these cross sections and process rates are fundamentally uncertain by an amount of the order of the applicable infrared radiative cor­rections, unless the number N of scattered particles simultaneously present and defining the scattered current is lar-ge (which is often not practical). The fluctuations of the elementary cross sections cause fluctuations of kinetic coef-ficients such as the mobility of current carriers, the conductivity and resistance of the sample or device considered. 

       The theory has been verified in many ways:  l/f noise was found experimentally to be caused by mobility fluctuations, not carrier concentration fluctuations, and the magnitude and temperature dependence was shown to agree with the measurements in submicron metal films and vacuum tubes.  Furthermore, l/f fluctuations in the rate of a-radioactive decay, predicted by the theory in l975 have been verified experimentally, recently also for b-decay.  Additional evidence comes from l/f noise in frequency standards and in SQUIDS.  Finally, the quantum l/f noise theory has recently been most successful in explaining partition noise in vacuum tubes, and l/f noise in transistors, p-n junctions and infrared radiation detectors.  It gives the complicated 1/f noise law in quartz clocks.

This fundamental law of nature was discovered in 1974-75, emerging from my attempts to quantize my turbulence theory in order to explain 1/f noise in the absence of any turbulence-generating instabilities.  Four International Symposia on Quantum 1/f Noise were organized by the Electrical Engineering Department together with the Microelectronics and Information Sciences Center of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, on Oct. 25, 1985, Oct. 24, 1986, April 28-29, 1988, May 10-11, 1990.  The fifth on May 22-23, 1992, the sixth on May 10-11, 1994, the seventh in August 1998, the eighth in June 2000 were all held at the Univ. of Missouri St. Louis.  he 9th was held at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond VA, in 2002.

See papers 25, 36, 105, 113, 107, 117-19, 149, 159, 161, 162 and 163 on my Integrated List of Papers.

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See also the reviews on this subject and on the "Handel Equations" by A. van der Ziel in Proc. IEEE 76, 233-258, (1988), in the monograph "Noise in Solid State Devices and Circuits" Wiley, N.Y. (1986), "The Experimental Verification of Handel's Expressions  for the Hooge Parameter" in Sol.  State  Electronics  31,  1205 - 1209  (1988),   Semiclassical

Derivation of Handel's Expressions for the Hooge Parameter" J. Appl. Phys. 63, 2456-2457 (1988), as well as the articles listed in the appended "General Quantum 1/f Bibliography".  The Quantum 1/f Effect is referred to as "Handel Effect" in the Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology Vol.7, (Academic Press, 1987); see p. 126.  See my recent detailed article “Noise, Low Frequency” in the Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vol. 14, pp. 428-449 (Wiley & Sons 1999). Recent articles by other authors are #244-250 and 255-259 in the “Quantum 1/f Bibliography”.

 

2.   Contributions to the theory of instabilities and turbulence        The theory has been verified in many ways:  l/f noise was found experimentally to be caused by mobility fluctuations, not carrier concentration fluctuations, and the magnitude and temperature dependence was shown to New types of instabilities, such as the thermal and magnetic barrier-instabilities have been found by me as a by-product of the work on l/f noise.  I developed a new magneto-hydrodynamic homogeneous, isotropic, turbulence theory for the plasma of electrons and holes in a semiconductor, as well as for a metal, yielding the first rigorously derived universal classical-physical 1/f spectrum (as was stated by F.N. Hooge), and the classical analog of my present quantum 1/f effect theory.  See papers 7-10, 16, 19, 113, 107, 149 and 155  on my integrated list of papers.  A turbulence theory for traffic fluctuations was also developed: paper 116.

 

3.   Inclusion of spin-orbit effects into the index of refraction formalism for slow neutrons.  This problem challenged me, because it was considered untreatable in Garching/Munich; the index of refraction depends only on the forward scattering amplitude, and this is zero for spin-orbit scattering!  I thus explained for the first time the observed asymmetries in neutron guides.  See papers 18, 21 and 22 on my integrated list of papers.

 

4.   The many-body theory of static electrification in clouds and thunderclouds, based on a new type of polarization catastrophe in mixtures of phases containing H2O aggregates, and on the hindered-ferroelectric properties of ice.  This theory is in the process of gaining general acceptance. It explains for the first time the ultimate cause of lightning.  For the first time it  explains both terrestrial atmospheric electricity and the electrification processes leading to lightning in Saturn's rings in a unified way.  See Papers 72, 68, 52 and 138 on my integrated list of papers (ILP).

 

5.   The solution of the "Excess Heat" paradox in electrolysis.  (Solution of the "Cold Fusion" paradox).  I obtained this solution by introducing a new "thermo-electrochemical effect", and proving that the electrolytic cell works as a thermoelectric heat pump, transporting arbitrarily large amounts of low grade heat from the environment into the electrolytic cell.  It renormalizes electrochemical data and tables, such as Landolt-Börnstein: Tables of Physical Data, Sixth Edition, Springer Verlag.   See papers 142, and also 23, 125, 128 in ILP.

 

6.   The solution of the "Excess Heat" paradox in the "Patterson Cell" and discovery of a new heat pump  effect. The thermo-electromechanical effect explains the larger access heat in electro-osmosis and in the “Patterson cell”.

 

7.   The Maser-Soliton Theory of Ball Lightning. This theory, accepted in general today, is related to Kapitsa's theory and describes ball lightning as an atmospheric maser of several cubic miles, feeding a localized solitonic field state.  This provides us with a new type of high-frequency discharge, with many industrial applications. (See papers 158, 110, 123, 133, 139, 157 on my integrated list of papers, as well as presentations 14 and 15).

 

8.   The universal cause of fundamental 1/f noise spectra. This cause was proven to be the idempotent property of the 1/f spectral form with respect to autoconvolution in 1980, and was reformulated in the practically useful equivalent form of a Universal Sufficient Criterion for the presence of a 1/f spectrum in any homogeneous (h) nonlinear (n) system which exhibits fluctuations.  This rigorous mathematical criterion is easy to apply and means that symbolically h + n = 1/f.  See papers 113, 107, 149, 155, 159, 162 and 163 in my integrated list of papers.

 

9.   Two Relativistic Rocket Optimization Theorems.  These allow for a) a faster approach to the speed of light and b) a more reasonable use of fuel in future intergalactic missions.  See # 1 in the integrated list of papers.

 

10. Discovery of the 1/Q4-Type of Phase Noise and Improvement of the Leeson Formula. 

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 This provides for the first time a correct, simple and reliable formula for phase noise in resonators, oscillators, and high-tech resonant systems of any type.  It includes for the first time the author’s fundamental 1/Q4-mechanism of up-conversion that is present even in the absence of any nonlinearities.  It is dominant in highest stability oscillators, resonators and systems.  It includes also fundamental 1/f noise, e.g. quantum 1/f effect found by the author, adding a 1/Q4-term in Leeson’s form.

 

11. Creation of a new Theory of Divinity, a scientific deeper understanding of all religions, which uses concepts from mathematics and physics to define the basic notions exactly on a scientific basis, with clarity, eliminating mysticism, obscurantism, bigotry and the basis for religion-caused conflicts.  © 2001, 2004.

 

 

SYNOPSIS OF SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS

   The conventional quantum 1/f effect, relevant in most high-tech industrial applications.

   The coherent quantum 1/f effect, a new aspect of quantum mechanics applicable in most fields of

engineering & science.  The quantum 1/f effects represent a new basic aspect of quantum mechanics.

   The main cause of atmospheric electricity, here and in cosmos: the polarization catastrophe.

     The thermo-electrochemical and thermo-electromechanical effects explaining the access heat in electrolysis and renormalizing many electrochemical data and tables (See Landolt-Börnstein*).

   The spin-orbit effects in the index of refraction by creating a new formalism for slow neutrons.

    The nature of ball lightning as an atmospheric maser feeding a nonlinear localized solitonic state of plasma and field.  This is a new type of high pressure RF discharge at much lower temperatures.

   The universal cause of fundamental 1/f noise spectra, including the quantum 1/f effects as a special case.

   The origin of the Q-4 phase noise in resonators and oscillators; the improved Leeson Phase Noise Formula.

   Opened the way for reducing 1/f noise and phase noise in most high-technology applications of science, engineering and modern industry. *Landolt-Börnstein: Tables of Physical Data, Sixth Ed Springer Verlag.

 

 

INTEGRATED LIST OF PAPERS

 

      1.  P.H. Handel: "Relativistic Theory of Rockets", Archimede, 1, No. 2, pp. 19-25, April 1958 (University of Bucharest Periodical Scientific Bulletin; includes two new theorems: on ejection speed and on the optimal propulsion).

 

      2.  P.H. Handel: "Relaxation of Slow Surface States in Semiconductors", Rev. Roum. Phys. 6, 543-553 (1961).

 

      3.  P.H. Handel: "New Approach to the Theory of Low Frequency Noise in Semiconductors", Rev. Roum. Phys.7, 407-417 (1962).

 

      4.  P.H. Handel: "On the Relaxation of Slow Surface States in Semiconductors", Stud. Cerc. Fiz 12, 753-763 (1961).

 

      5.  P.H. Handel: "On Low Frequency Noise in Semiconductors", Stud. Cerc. Fiz. 5, 723-733 (1962).

 

      6.  P.H. Handel: "Equations of Solid State Plasmas and the Energy Principle", Rev. Roum. Phys. 10, 35-40 (1965); also III Unional Solid State Theory Conf.,Moscow, 1963.

 

      7.  P.H. Handel: "Instabilities, Turbulence and Flicker-Noise in Semiconductors", Phys. Letters 18, 224-225 (1965).

 

      8.  P.H. Handel: "Instabilities, Turbulence and Flicker-Noise in Semiconductors I, Instabilities without Considering Magnetic Fields", Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 21a, 561-572 (1966).

 

      9.  P.H. Handel: "Instabilities, Turbulence and Flicker-Noise in Semiconductors II, Current Instabilities Induced by their own Magnetic Field", Z.f. Naturforsch 21a, 573-579 (1966).

 

     10.  P.H. Handel: "Instabilities, Turbulence and Flicker-Noise in Semiconductors III, Turbulence in Semiconductor Plasma and Flicker-Noise", Z.f. Naturforsch 21a, 579-593 (1966).

 

     11.  P.H. Handel: "Contributions to the Theory of 1/f Noise in Semiconductors", Stud. Cerc. Fiz.18, 993-1055 (1966).

 

     12.  P.H. Handel: "Cathodic Surface-Instabilities in a Plasma", Proc. VIIIth Int. Conf. on Ionization Phenomena in Gases, Vienna, p.140 (1967).

 

     13.  P.H. Handel, R.S. Iacomi and M. Naumescu: "Cylindrically Symmetric Solution of Plasma Equations in an Intrinsic Semiconductor"  Z.f. Naturforsch, 23A, 482-485 (1968).

 

     14.  A.B. Fazakas and P.H. Handel: "Stability