Bulent Atalay, PhD

Professor of Physics

drbatalay@gmail.com

(540) 898 0355 (h) (540)845 4962 (c)

   RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Theoretical Nuclear Physics
  • Perturbation Theory for Projected States
  • Alternate Future Sources of Energy
  • Archaeology: High Technology Applications
  • Integrating Science and Art
  • The Art and Science of Leonardo

   FREQUENTLY TAUGHT COURSES

  • University Physics
  • Modern Physics
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Advanced Nuclear Physics



SELECTION OF TECHNICAL WORKS

B. Atalay, L. W. Chaio-Yap, "Intermediate Coupling Scheme Applied to the Odd-Mass Isotopes of Indium," Phys. Rev. 5C, 369 (1972).

B. Atalay, Sir R.E. Peierls, A. Mann "Perturbation Theory for Projected States: II. Convergence Criteria and a Soluble Model," Proc. Roy. Soc. A335, 251 (1973).

B. Atalay, D. Brink, A. Mann, "A Product Form for Projection Operations," Phys. Lett. 46B, 145 (1973).

B. Atalay, D. M. Brink, A. Mann, "Perturbation Theory for Projected States in the Pairing   Force Model," Nucl. Phys. A218, 461 (1974).

B. Atalay, A. Mann, "Perturbation  Theory for Projected States in the Pairing Force Model, II.  The Problem of Convergence," Nucl. Phys. A238, 70 (1975).

B. Atalay, A. Mann, "Realization of the Transformation Operator in the Jansen-Byers Brown Perturbation Theory for Exchange Interactions," Chem Phys. Lett. 45, 487 (1977).

B. Atalay, A. Mann, "Simple Non-Hermitian Choices for the Standardization Operator in Projected Perturbation Theory," Phys. Lett. 60A, 269 (1977).

B. Atalay, A. Mann, "A Note on the Jeziorski-Piela Perturbation Theory," Acta Physica Polonica, A51, 275 (1977).

B. Atalay, A. Mann, A. Zelicoff, "Perturbation Theory for Projected States in the Pairing Force Model, III.  The Problem of Spurious States, Nucl. Phys. A295, 204 (1978).

B. Atalay, A. Mann, "On the Characterization of Symmetry-Adapted Perturbation Theories," Phys. Lett. A66, 433 (1978).

 

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An Atalay Seminar in the Department of Theoretical Physics, Oxford


B. Atalay, A. Mann and V. Privman, "United-Atom Projected Perturbation Theory for Homonuclear Diatomic Molecule," Phys. Lett
. 65A, 193 (1978).

B. Atalay, Ed. M. Alonso, "Mathematical Model for the Origin of Life:  The Emergence of Self-Replicating Molecular Systems." Organization and Change in Complex Systems, Paragon House Publishing Co. (1990). Multiple Authors.

B. Atalay, Organizing Chair and Editor; Yuval Ne'eman, Honorary Chair. Committee II: "Symmetry in Its Various Aspects: Search for Order in the Universe I " International Conference on the Unity of the Science XXI. Washington, DC (1997). Paragon House Publishing Co. Multiple Authors.

B. Atalay, Organizing Chair and Editor, Committee I: "Symmetry in Its Various Aspects: Search for Order in the Universe II." International Conference on the Unity of the Science XXII, Seoul, Korea (2000). Paragon House Publishing Co. Multiple Authors.

SELECTION OF NON-TECHNICAL WORKS

B. Atalay, Lands of Washington: Impression in Ink, Eton House, Ltd. (1972), Two Volumes  (Lithographs and Narrative).

B. Atalay, Oxford and the English Countryside, Eton House, Ltd. (1974) (Lithographs and Narrative) Limited Edition.

B. Atalay, "Carl David Anderson," The Nobel Prize Winners, Physics, I, 439. Ed. F. Magill, Salem Press (1989). Multiple Authors.

B. Atalay, "Symmetry in Art and Nature: The Two  Leonardos," Buletin Kimia, Jld. 13, Bil. I, (1998). Published in Malaysia.

B. Atalay, "Leonardo: A Man for all Seasons," Catalogue Introduction for Exhibition, 'Genius of Leonardo,' Kadri Koç Museum, (Nov- December 2006) Istanbul, Turkey.

B. Atalay, Math and the Mona Lisa: the Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci (Smithsonian Books, Washington, DC) Jan 2009.

B. Atalay, "A Love Strory Lent a Helping Hand by Kemal Ataturk, Part I, The Voice of Ataturk, Spring 2006 (page 8);"A Love Story Lent a Helping Hand by Kemal Ataturk, Part II, The Voice of Atatürk, Summer 2006 (page 20).

B. Atalay, K. Wamsley, Leonardo's Universe: The Renaissance World of Leonardo da Vinci (National Geographic Books, Washington, DC) Jan 2009.

B. Atalay, "The Audience gets to Grade Ataturk," The Voice of Ataturk, Spring 2008 (page 6).

Lands of Washginton

Oxford and the English Countryside

UMW Physics Department

Department Chair (16 years) • Member, Faculty Senate • Advisor to Society for Physics Students (SPS)
Student Council Excellence in Teaching Award (2004) • Grellet Simpson Undergraduate Teaching Award (1998)
Institutional Representative for the British Marshall and Rhodes Scholarships
Member, Sigma Pi Sigma •
Member, American Physical Society