Basel Universität
Departement für Physik und Astronomie
Departement für Physik und Astronomie

Prof. Dr. B. Krusche


Department of Physics
University of Basel
Klingelbergstrasse 82
CH-4056 Basel


tel.: +41 (0)61 267 36 96
fax: +41 (0)61 267 37 84
e-mail:
personal homepage: http://jazz.physik.unibas.ch/~krusche


administrative assistants
Astrid Kalt
e-mail:
Barbara Kammermann
e-mail:
tel.: +41 (0)61 267 36 87/88
fax: +41 (0)61 267 37 84


Short Biography

Bernd Krusche, born in 1956 in Salzhemmendorf (Germany, Lower Saxony), studied Physics, Mathematics and Pedagogy at the University of Goettingen. He received his Ph.D. for studies in experimental nuclear spectroscopy (gamma ray spectroscopy after thermal neutron capture reactions, nucleon transfer reactions at ILL Grenoble, Technical University of Munich) in 1985 from Goettingen University. He held postdoc positions at Institute Laue Langevin, Grenoble, France and assistent positions at University of Giessen, Germany where he completed his Habilitation in 1996 (photoproduction of mesons). He became a professor of Physics at the University of Basel in 1999. Member of International Research Collaborations (TAPS, Crystal Ball, CB@ELSA, PANDA), spokesperson of the TAPS collaboration.



Research Summary

The work of our group is centered around hadron physics and its application to astrophysics. Most of the recent results are centered around the structure of nucleons and mesons, studied with electromganetic interactions. In particular the investigation of excited nucleon states via photoproduction of mesons and the modification of the properties of nucleon resonances and mesons in the nuclear medium. Both are closely connected to the properties of Quantum-Chromo-Dynamics, the fundamental theory of strong interactions. The excitation spectrum of hadrons reflects directly the underlying symmetries and the internal degrees of freedom. In-medium modifications of the mass and widths of hadrons are on one hand side closely related to fundamental properties of QCD like partial chiral symmetry restoration and on the other hand important for the behavior of matter under extreme conditions and thus important for astrophysics.


Collaborations:

Crystal Ball: http://wwwa2.kph.uni-mainz.de/A2/
CB@ELSA:http://www.cb.uni-bonn.de/
TAPS: http://www.physik.uni-giessen.de/taps
PANDA: http://www-panda.gsi.de/



Publications

  1. B. Krusche,J. Ahrens, G. Anton, R. Beck, M. Fuchs, A.R. Gabler, F. Haerter, S. Hall, P. Harty, S. Hlavac, D. MacGregor, C. McGeorge, V. Metag, R. Owens, J. Peise, M. Roebig-Landau, A. Schubert, R.S. Simon, H. Stroeher, and V. Tries, Near threshold photoproduction of eta-mesons off the proton, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74 (1995) 3736.
  2. J.G. Messchendorp, S. Janssen, M. Kotulla, J. Ahrens, J.R.H. Annand, R. Beck, F. Bloch, G. Caselotti, L. Fog, D. Hornidge, B. Krusche, W. Langgärtner, J.C. McGeorge, I.J.D. MacGregor, K. Mengel, V. Metag, R. Novotny, R.O. Owens, M. Pfeiffer, S. Sack, R. Sanderson, S. Schadmand, In-medium modifications of the pion-pion interaction in photon-induced reactions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 (2002) 222302.
  3. B. Krusche and S. Schadmand, Study of Non-Strange Baryon Resonances with Meson Photoproduction, Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics 51 (2), (2003) 399.
  4. M. Pfeiffer, J. Ahrens, J.R.M. Annand, R. Beck, G. Caselotti, S. Cherepnya, K. Föhl, L.S. Fog, D. Hornidge, S. Janssen, V. Kashevarov, R. Kondratiev, M. Kotulla, B. Krusche, J.C. McGeorge, I.J.D. MacGregor, K. Mengel, J.G. Messchendorp, V. Metag, R. Novotny, M. Rost, S. Sack, R. Sanderson, S. Schadmand, A. Thomas, D.P. Watts, Photoproduction of eta-mesic 3He, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, (2004) 252001.
  5. I. Jaegle, T. Mertens, A.V. Anisovich, J.C.S. Bacelar, B. Bantes, O. Bartholomy, D. Bayadilov, R. Beck, Y.A. Beloglazov, R. Castelijns, V. Crede, H. Dutz, A. Ehmanns, D. Elsner, K. Essig, R. Ewald, I. Fabry, M. Fuchs, C. Funke, R. Gothe, R. Gregor, A.B. Gridnev, E. Gutz, S. Hoeffgen, P. Hoffmeister, I. Horn, J. Junkersfeld, H. Kalinowsky, S. Kammer, V. Kleber, Frank Klein, Friedrich Klein, E. Klempt, M. Konrad, M. Kotulla, B. Krusche, M. Lang, J. Langheinrich, H. Loehner, I.V. Lopatin, J. Lotz, S. Lugert, D. Menze, J.G. Messchendorp, V. Metag, C. Morales, M. Nanova, V.A. Nikonov, D.V. Novinski, R. Novotny, M. Ostrick, L.M. Pant, H. van Pee, M. Pfeiffer, A.K. Radkov, A. Roy, A.V. Sarantsev, S. Schadmand, C. Schmidt, H. Schmieden, B. Schoch, S. Shende, V. Sokhoyan, A. Sule, V.V. Sumachev, T. Szczepanek, U. Thoma, D. Trnka, R. Varma, D. Walther, C. Weinheimer, C. Wendel, Quasi-free photoproduction of eta-mesons off the neutron, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 (2008) 252002.
  6. T. Mertens, I. Jaegle, P. Muehlich, J.C.S. Bacelar, B. Bantes, O. Bartholomy, D.E. Bayadilov, R. Beck, Y.A. Beloglazov, R. Castelijns, V. Crede, H. Dutz, A. Ehmanns, D. Elsner, K. Essig, R. Ewald, I. Fabry, K. Fornet-Ponse, M. Fuchs, C. Funke, R. Gothe, R. Gregor, A.B. Gridnev, E. Gutz, S. Hoeffgen, P. Hoffmeister, I. Horn, J. Junkersfeld, H. Kalinowsky, S. Kammer, V. Kleber, Frank Klein, Friedrich Klein, E. Klempt, M. Konrad, M. Kotulla, B. Krusche, M. Lang, J. Langheinrich, H. Loehner, I.V. Lopatin, J. Lotz, S. Lugert, D. Menze, J.G. Messchendorp, V. Metag, C. Morales, U. Mosel, M. Nanova, D.V. Novinski, R. Novotny, M. Ostrick, L.M. Pant, H. van Pee, M. Pfeiffer, A.K. Radkov, A. Roy, S. Schadmand, C. Schmidt, H. Schmieden, B. Schoch, S. Shende, V. Sokhoyan, A. Sule, V.V. Sumachev, T. Szczepanek, U. Thoma, D. Trnka, R. Varma, D. Walther, C. Weinheimer, C. Wendel, Photoproduction of eta-mesons off nuclei, Eur. Phys. J. A 38 (2008) 195.