Curriculum Vitae

 

 CURRENT INFORMATION
 Position Professor Dr.
 Name Osman YILMAZ
 Date of Birth August 1, 1960
 Place of Birth Rize, Turkey
 Citizenship Turkish
 Sex Male
 Marital Status Married
 Address Department of Physics
Middle East Terchnical University
06531 Ankara, Turkey
 Office Number Physics Department, Room 440
 Phone +90 (312) 2105081
 Fax +90 (312) 2105099
 E-mail oyilmaz@metu.edu.tr

EDUCATION
 BS Selcuk University , Department of Physics Engineering (1976-1980)
 MSc Black Sea Technical University , Department of Physics (1981-1983)
 PhD Middle East Technical University, Department of Physics (1985-1990)

EMPLOYMENT
1981 - 1983 Research Assistant, Deptartment of Physics, YYU
1984 - 1990 Research Assistant, Department of Physics, METU
1990 - 1994 Instructor, Department of Physics, METU
1994 - 2001 Assoc. Prof. Dr., Department of Physics, METU
2002 – present Professor, Department of Physics, METU

FELLOWSHIPS

Postdoctoral research fellowship (during January 1993 - January 1994 at Indiana University) supported by NATO and Indiana University (USA).
Research Visit to Indiana University (USA) (during June - September 1994 ) supported by Indiana University
Research Visit to Tennessee Technological University (USA) (during January - February 1998) supported by Tennessee Technological University
Participantship for "Summer School on High Energy Physics and Cosmology" (July 1991, July 1992, July 1995, July 1996, July 1998 at ICTP, Trieste) supported by ICTP.

MEMBERSHIPS
ICTP(International Centre for Theoretical Physics): Associate Member
ECT* (European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas): Associate Member

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
At undergraduate level
  General Physics , Classical Mechanics, Quantum Physics , Quantum Mechanics, Nuclear Physics
At graduate level
  Nuclear Physics

RELEVANT RESEARCH FIELDS
Electromagnetic and electroweak interactions in nuclei
Parity violation in nuclear interactions
QCD sum rules in nuclear physics
Radiative vector meson decays
Giant resonances in nuclear physics

Nuclear collective response at finite temperature

 

PUBLICATIONS

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PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL REFEREED JOURNALS
1
   T. M. Aliev, O. Yilmaz
"Fourth Generation and SUSY Effects on CP Violation in B-->KPhi, K*Phi Rare Transitions"
Phys. Lett. B 257 (1991) 92.
2
 A. Gokalp, O. Yilmaz
"Core Polarization Effects on the Magnetic Form Factors of 17O and 15N"
Il Nuo. Cim. 105A, N5 (1992) 695
3
 T. M. Aliev, O. Yilmaz
"Properties of Bc-Meson in QCD Sum Rules"
Il Nuo. Cim. 105A, N6 (1992) 827.
4
 T. M. Aliev, S. F. Sultansoy, O. Yilmaz,
"t- m-e Nonuniversality as Indication of Ordinary and Exotic Leptons" ,
Phys. Lett. B 291 (1992) 106.
5
 T. M. Aliev, G. Turan, O. Yilmaz,
"Rare B-Meson Decays in Supersymmetry" ,
Il Nuo. Cim. 106A, N8 (1993) 1059.
6
 T. M. Aliev, S. F. Sultansoy, O. Yilmaz,
"Looking for E6 Model Manifestation in m-Decay" ,
Phys. Rev. D47, N7 (1993) 2879.
7
 C. J. Horowitz, O.Yilmaz,
"Parity Violation in Heavy Nuclei in a Relativistic Hartree-Fock Approximation" ,
Phys. Rev. C49, N6 (1994) 3042.
8
 S. Ayik, O. Yilmaz, A. Gokalp, and P. Schuck,
"Collisional Damping of Nuclear Collective Vibrations in an non-Markovian Transport Approach"
Phys. Rev. C58, N3 (1998) 1594.
9
 A. Gokalp and O. Yilmaz,
"D p N Coupling Constant in Light Cone QCD Sum Rules" ,
J. Phys. G; Nucl. Part. Phys. 25, (1999) 1.
10
 O. Yilmaz, A. Gokalp, S. Yildirim and S. Ayik,
"On the Collisional Damping of Giant Dipole Resonance" ,

Phys. Lett. B 472 (2000) 258.

11
 A. Gokalp and O. Yilmaz,
" The decay r0----> p++ p-+ g and the coupling constant grs g" ,

Phys. Rev. D 62 (2000) 093018

12
 A. Gokalp and O. Yilmaz,
" The the role of s-meson in w----> p p g and the coupling constant gws g" ,
Phys. Lett. B 494 (2000) 69.
13
 A. Gokalp and O. Yilmaz,
" The decay r0----> p0 p0 g and the role of s-meson" ,

Phys. Lett. B 508 (2001) 25

14
 S. Yildirim, A. Gokalp, O. Yilmaz, and S. Ayik,
"Collisional Damping of Giant Monopole and Quadrupole Resonances" ,

Eur. Phys. J. A 10  (2001) 289

15
 A. Gokalp and O. Yilmaz,
" The coupling constant grs g  as derived from QCD sum rules" ,

Phys. Rev. D  64 (2001)  034012
16
 A. Gokalp and O. Yilmaz,
" QCD sum rule analysis of the coupling constant  gwsp" ,
EPJdirect C 10 (2001) 1.
17
 A. Gokalp and O. Yilmaz,
" Interference effects in the decay  f----> p0 p0 g and the coupling constant gfs g " ,

Phys. Rev. D 64 (2001) 053017. 

18
 A. Gokalp and O. Yilmaz,
" Radiative r+----> p+ g  decay in  light cone QCD " ,
Acta Phys. Pol. B 32 (2001) 2921
19
 A. Gokalp and O. Yilmaz,
" Coupling constants ga0wg and ga0rg as derived from QCD sum rules ",
Eur. Phys. Jour.  C  22 (2001)  323
20
 A. Gokalp Y. Sarac and  O. Yilmaz,
" Scalar a0-meson contributions to radiative w----> p0 h g and r0----> p0 h g decays",
Eur. Phys. Jour.  C  22 (2001) 327
21
 A. Gokalp and O. Yilmaz,
" The fa0g- and  fs g- vertices in light cone QCD  ",

Phys. Lett. B  525 (2002) 273
22
 H. Babacan, T. Babacan,  A. Gokalp,  O. Yilmaz
" A theoretical study of  r0-photoproduction  on nucleons near threshold " ,

Acta Phys. Pol. B 33 (2002) 691.
23
 H. Babacan, T. Babacan,  A. Gokalp,  O. Yilmaz,
" w -meson photoproduction on nucleons in the near threshold region " ,

Eur. Phys. Jour.  A 13 (2002) 355.
24
 A. Gokalp and O. Yilmaz,
" The coupling constants gfs g  and  gfaog  as derived from QCD sum rules" ,

Acta Phys. Pol. B 33 (2002) 1313.
25
 A. Gokalp and O. Yilmaz,
" The ws g- vertex in light cone QCD sum rules",
J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys  28 (2002) 1287.
26
 A. Gokalp and O. Yilmaz,
" The coupling constant grpg   and gwpg  as derived from QCD sum rules",   

Eur. Phys. Jour.  C  24 (2002)  117.
27
 A. Gokalp, A. Kucukarslan, S. Solmaz and O. Yilmaz,
" a0 (980) meson in  f----> p0 η g  decay " ,

J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys  28 (2002) 2783.
28
 A. Gokalp, S. Solmaz and O. Yilmaz,
" Scalar s meson  effect in radiative r0 -meson decays " ,

 Phys. Rev.   D 67 (2003) 073007.
29
 A. Gokalp, A. Kucukarslan, and O. Yilmaz,
" Vector meson dominance, chiral loops, s meson, and w-r mixing in   w --> p0 p0 g  decay "

 Phys. Rev.   D 67 (2003) 073008.
30
 A. Gokalp, A. Kucukarslan, S. Solmaz and O. Yilmaz,
" s meson and w-r mixing effects in  w ----> p+ p- g  decay " ,

Acta Phys. Pol. B 34 (2003) 4095.

31
 S. Ayik, A. Gokalp,  O. Yilmaz and K. Bozkurt,
" Collisional Effects in Isovector Response Function of Nuclear Matter at Finite Temperature "
Acta Phys. Pol. B 34 (2003) 4229.
32
 A. Gokalp,  O. Yilmaz
" The a0K +K - - vertex in light cone QCD sum rules"
Phys. Rev.   D 69 (2004) 074023
33
 A. Gokalp, Y. Sarac, and O. Yilmaz
" The coupling constant ga0ph as derived from light cone QCD sum rules"
Mod. Phys. Lett. A 19 No 40 (2004) 3011.
34
 A. Gokalp,  Y. Sarac, and O. Yilmaz,

" An analysis of f0 -s mixing in light cone QCD sum rules "
Phys. Lett. B 609 (2005) 291
35
 S. Ayik,  B. Yilmaz,  A. Gokalp, O. Yilmaz, and N. Takigawa,

" Quantum Statistical Effects on Fusion Dynamics"

Phys. Rev. C 71 (2005) 054611
36
 B. Yilmaz, S. Ayik, Y. Abe, A. Gokalp, and O. Yilmaz,

" Method for Numerical Simulation of two-term Exponentially Correlated Colored Noise"

Phys. Rev. E 73 (2006) 046114
37
 A. Gokalp, C. S. Korkmaz and O. Yilmaz,

" Scalar Mesons in Radiative f----> K 0 K 0 g  Decay"

Phys. Rev. D 75 (2007) 013001
38
 S. Ayik,  K. Bozkurt,  A. Gokalp, and O. Yilmaz,

" Isovector response of Nuclear Matter at Finite Temperature"

Acta Phy. Pol. B 39 (2008) 1413
39
 A. Gokalp, Y. Sarac, and O. Yilmaz,

" kK* 0g -vertex in light cone QCD sum rules "

Phys. Rev. D 77 (2008) 114015
40
 S. Ayık, N. Er, O. Yilmaz, and A. Gokalp,

" Quantal Effects on Spinodal Instabilities in Charge Asymmetric Nuclear Matter"

Nucl. Phys.A 812 (2008) 44.
41
 A. Gokalp, F. Ozturk and O. Yilmaz,

" Scalar f0 and a0 Mesons in Radiative f----> K+K- g  Decay"

Phys. Lett. B 671 (2009) 369

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PROCEEDINGS PRESENTED IN INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS
1

T. M. Aliev, S. F. Sultansoy and O. Yilmaz,

"E6 Model Manifestation in t and Z Decays",
Gursey Memorial Conference I on Strings and Symmetries, Istanbul-Turkey, June 1994;      Spring Verlag Lecture Notes in Physics 447 (1995) 376. 
2
 C. J. Horowitz and O. Yilmaz,
" Relativistic Effects on Parity Violation in Heavy Nuclei" ,
8th International Symposium on Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Physics (SPIN'94), Bloomington, USA, September 1994.
3

Z. Z. Aydin et al.,

" Multi-TeV Energy e-Nucleus and g-Nucleus Colliders" ,

28th International Conference on High Energy Physics, Warsaw, Poland, July 1996; Proceeding of 28th International Conference on High Energy Physics, (1996) 1752, edited by Z. Ajduk and A. K. Wroblewski.
4

T. Babacan, H. Babacan, A. Gökalp, O. Yilmaz,

"Polarization phenomena in vector meson photoproduction on nucleons near threshold" ,

14. International Spin Physics Symposium, SPIN2000, 16-21 October 2000, Osaka-Japan; AIP Conference Proceedings  Vol.570 (2000) 551, edited by K. Hatanaka, T. Nakano, K. Imai, H. Ejiri.
5
   A. Gökalp, O. Yilmaz, S. Yildirim and S. Ayik,
"Collisional damping of giant dipole resonance in 120Sn and 208Pb" ,
International Conference on Nuclear Physics, 5-13 September 2000, Zakopane-Poland. Conference Proceeding (Acta Phys. Pol. B 32 (2001) 835).
6
 A. Gökalp, O. Yilmaz, S. Yildirim and S. Ayik,
"Non-makovian approach to the collisional damping of giant monopole resonance" ,
Second International Balkan School on Nuclear Physics, 12-19 September 2000, Bodrum-Turkey, Balkan Physics Letters, Special Issue (2000) 312.
7

A. Gokalp, O. Yilmaz, K. Bozkurt, and S. Ayik

"Response Function of Giant Dipole Resonance in 120Sn at Finite Temperature" ,

Second International Balkan School on Nuclear Physics, 12-19 September 2000, Bodrum, Turkey,Balkan Physics Letters, Special Issue (2000) 182.

8

A. Gokalp, O. Yilmaz,

"Vector meson decays and the role of s-meson" ,

I. Eurasia Conference on Nuclear Science and its Application, 23-27 October 2000, Izmir-Turkey;Conference Proceedings ISBN 975-192768-4 (2001) 1158.
9

T. Babacan, H. Babacan, A. Gokalp, O. Yilmaz,

"Photoproduction of vector mesons on nucleons: relative role of possible threshold mechanisms",  

I. Eurasia Conference on Nuclear Science and its Application, 23-27 October 2000, Izmir-Turkey; Conference Proceedings ISBN 975-192768-4 (2001) 1028.
10

T. Babacan, H. Babacan, A. Gokalp, O. Yilmaz,

"Associative Photoproduction of  Roper Resonance with Vector Mesons",  

I. Eurasia Conference on Nuclear Science and its Application, 23-27 October 2000, Izmir-Turkey; Conference Proceedings ISBN 975-192768-4 (2001) 843.
11

A. Gokalp, S. Yildirim, O. Yilmaz, S. Ayik,

"Collisional damping of giant quadrupole resonance",  

I. Eurasia Conference on Nuclear Science and its Application, 23-27 October 2000, Izmir-Turkey; Conference Proceedings ISBN 975-192768-4 (2001) 847.
12

A. Gokalp, O. Yılmaz,       

"Effects of Scalar Mesons in Radiative Vector Meson Decays", 

II.Eurasia Conference on Nuclear Science and its Application, 16-19 September 2002, Almaty-Kazakhstan.

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PAPERS PUBLISHED IN NATIONAL REFEREED JOURNALS
1
 A. Gokalp, C. Yalcin, O. Yilmaz,
"Magnetic Moments and GT Matrix Elements of Light Nuclei" ,
Tr. J. of Phys., 15 (1991) 374.
2
 A. Gokalp, O. Yilmaz,
"Configuraton Mixing and Magnetic Form Factors of 17O and 15N" ,
Tr. J. of Phys., 15 (1991) 402.
3
 Gökalp, A. Küçükarslan, S. Solmaz and O. Yılmaz,
“Scalar Meson Effects in Radiative  f----> p0hg  decay”,
Eurasia Nuclear Bulletin 1 (2002) 55.

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PROCEEDINGS PRESENTED IN NATIONAL MEETINGS
1
 O. Yilmaz,
" Hafif Cekirdeklerin Magnetik Momentleri" ,
12. Ulusal Fizik Kongresi, Izmir, Eylul 1990
2
 O. Ylmaz,
" Cekirdekde Parite Bozulması" ,

15. Ulusal Fizik Kongresi, Kas-Antalya, Eylul 1995

3
 O. Yilmaz, A. Gokalp, K. Bozkurt, and S. Ayik
"Response Function of Nuclear Matter at Finite Temperature" ,

18. Ulusal Fizik Kongresi, Adana, Ekim 1999.