Katherine C. Harkay is an American physicist working on particle accelerators.

Katherine Harkay
Alma materPurdue University
Scientific career
InstitutionsArgonne National Laboratory
Thesis (1993)
Doctoral advisorLazslo Gutay

Biography edit

Harkey completed her bachelor's degree in physics at St. John's University in 1982, then her master's degree at Purdue University in 1984.[1]

Harkay obtained her PhD in physics at Purdue University in 1993, supervised by Lazslo Gutay.[2]

She now works at the Argonne National Laboratory on the Advanced Photon Source.[3][4]

Awards and honours edit

  • 2009 – Outstanding Alumni Award from Purdue University[2]
  • 2013 – Fellow of the American Physical Society for "significant contributions to the understanding of the physics of electron cloud effects and the experimental investigation and understanding of collective effects, as well as for playing leading roles in development of photocathodes and superconducting undulator technology."[5]

Selected publications edit

  • Németh, Károly; Harkay, Katherine C.; van Veenendaal, Michel; Spentzouris, Linda; White, Marion; Attenkofer, Klaus; Srajer, George (26 January 2010). "High-Brightness Photocathodes through Ultrathin Surface Layers on Metals". Physical Review Letters. 104 (4): 046801. Bibcode:2010PhRvL.104d6801N. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.046801. PMID 20366726.
  • Rosenberg, R.A; Harkay, K.C (October 2000). "A rudimentary electron energy analyzer for accelerator diagnostics". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 453 (3): 507–513. Bibcode:2000NIMPA.453..507R. doi:10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00472-1.
  • Németh, Károly; Shen, Baifei; Li, Yuelin; Shang, Hairong; Crowell, Robert; Harkay, Katherine C.; Cary, John R. (4 March 2008). "Laser-Driven Coherent Betatron Oscillation in a Laser-Wakefield Cavity". Physical Review Letters. 100 (9): 095002. Bibcode:2008PhRvL.100i5002N. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.095002. PMID 18352716.

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