Terry Pilling, Adjunct Professor
Ph.D., Physics, North Dakota State University, 2002.
M.Sc., Physics, Saskatchewan Accelerator Laboratory, 1998.
B.Sc., Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, 1996.
South Engineering 218
Tel: (701) 231-8974 Fax: (701) 231-7088
Email: Terry.Pilling [at] ndsu [dot] edu
Teaching
Fall 2008: PHYS 120 -- Introductory Physics
Fall 2008: PHYS 252 -- University Physics II
Spring 2008: PHYS 251 -- University Physics I
Spring 2008: PHYS 252 -- University Physics II
Fall 2007: PHYS 251 -- University Physics I
Fall 2007: PHYS 252 -- University Physics II
Spring 2007: PHYS 251 -- University Physics I
Spring 2007: PHYS 252 -- University Physics II
Spring 2007: PHYS 494/796 -- General Relativity
Fall 2006: PHYS 120 -- Introductory Physics
Fall 2006: PHYS 252 -- University Physics II
Fall 2006: PHYS 494/796 -- Quantum Field Theory
Spring 2006: PHYS 251 -- University Physics I
Spring 2006: PHYS 252 -- University Physics II
Fall 2005: PHYS 251 -- University Physics I
Fall 2005: PHYS 252 -- University Physics II
Fall 2005: PHYS 494/796 -- String Theory
Spring 2005: PHYS 251 -- University Physics I
Spring 2005: PHYS 252 -- University Physics II
Fall 2004: PHYS 120 -- Introductory Physics
Fall 2004: PHYS 251 -- University Physics I
Research Interests
- Dark Entropy and cosmic acceleration and the holographic principle.
- Black Hole Skyrmions.
- Graviational Anomaly derivation of Hawking radiation.
- Quasiclassical (tunneling) derivation of Hawking radiation.
- Black Hole Thermodynamics.
- Stochastic Rotation Dynamics Computer Simulations.
- Rarita-Schwinger fields and higher spin fields in particle physics.
- Problems involving Quantum Field Theory, e.g. the muon g-2 problem.
- Gauge theory and algebraic topology.
- Number Theory.
Publications
17. Quasi-classical Hawking Temperatures and Black
Hole Thermodynamics.
Terry Pilling (North
Dakota State U.). Sept 2008. 7pp.
Published in Proceedings of Quarks 2008, 15th
international seminar on high energy physics,
2008.
16. Comments on anomaly versus WKB/tunneling methods
for calculating Unruh radiation.
Valeria
Akhmedova,
Terry Pilling,
Andrea de Gill,
Douglas Singleton . Aug 2008. 15pp..
Submitted to Phys.Rev.D, 2008.
e-Print: arXiv:0808.3413 [hep-th]
15. Dark Entropy.
Richard T. Hammond (North
Carolina U. &
Army Res., Res. Triangle Park) ,
Terry Pilling (North
Dakota State U.) . Jun 2008. 7pp..
Submitted to Phys.Rev.Lett, 2008.
e-Print: arXiv:0806.1277 [gr-qc]
14. Subtleties in the quasi-classical calculation of
Hawking radiation.
Emil T. Akhmedov (Moscow,
ITEP) ,
Terry Pilling (North
Dakota State U.) ,
Douglas Singleton (Fresno
State) . May 2008. 6pp..
Published in Int.J.Mod.Phys.D, 2008.
e-Print: arXiv:0805.2653 [gr-qc]
13. Temporal contribution to gravitational WKB-like
calculations.
Valeria Akhmedova (Moscow,
ITEP) ,
Terry Pilling (North
Dakota State U.) ,
Andrea de Gill,
Douglas Singleton (Fresno
State) . Apr 2008. 7pp.
Published in
Phys.Lett.B666:269-271,2008.
e-Print: arXiv:0804.2289 [hep-th]
12. Black Hole Thermodynamics and the Factor of 2
Problem.
Terry Pilling (North
Dakota State U.) . Jan 2008. 4pp.
Published in
Phys.Lett.B660:402-406,2008.
11. Tunneling derived from Black Hole
Thermodynamics.
Terry Pilling (North
Dakota State U.) . Sep 2007. 4pp.
e-Print: arXiv:0709.1624 [gr-qc]
10. Thermal radiation of various gravitational
backgrounds.
Emil T. Akhmedov (Moscow,
ITEP) ,
Valeria Akhmedova (Fresno
State) ,
Terry Pilling (North
Dakota State U.) ,
Douglas Singleton (Fresno
State) . ITEP-TH-19-06, May 2006. 8pp.
Published in
Int.J.Mod.Phys.A22:1705-1715,2007.
e-Print: hep-th/0605137
9. Symmetry of massive Rarita-Schwinger
fields.
Terry Pilling (Dubna,
JINR &
Moscow, ITEP) . Apr 2004. 27pp.
Published in
Int.J.Mod.Phys.A20:2715-2742,2005.
e-Print: hep-th/0404131
8. New symmetry current for massive spin-3/2
fields.
Terry Pilling (Dubna,
JINR &
Moscow, ITEP) . Apr 2004. 9pp.
Published in
Mod.Phys.Lett.A19:1781,2004.
e-Print: hep-ph/0404089
7. Antisymmetric tensor contribution to the muon
g-2.
Terry Pilling,
Richard T. Hammond (North
Dakota State U.) ,
P.F. Kelly (Eastern
Michigan U.) . May 2002. 7pp.
Published in
Gen.Rel.Grav.36:2131-2138,2004.
e-Print: hep-th/0205102
6. Gauge torsion gravity, string theory, and
antisymmetric tensor interactions.
Terry Glenn Pilling (North
Dakota State U.) . UMI-31-03621, 2002. 316pp.
Ph.D. Thesis (Advisor: Patrick F. Kelly).
5. Physically inspired analysis of prime number
constellations.
P.F. Kelly,
Terry Pilling (North
Dakota State U.) . Aug 2001. 4pp.
e-Print: hep-th/0108241
4. Discrete reanalysis of a new model of the
distribution of twin primes.
P.F. Kelly,
Terry Pilling (North
Dakota State U.) . Jun 2001. 8pp.
e-Print: math-NT/0106223
3. Implications of a new characterization of the
distribution of twin primes.
P.F. Kelly,
Terry Pilling (North
Dakota State U.) . Apr 2001. 4pp.
e-Print: math-NT/0104205
2. Characterization of the distribution of twim
primes.
P.F. Kelly,
Terry Pilling (North
Dakota State U.) . Mar 2001. 8pp.
e-Print: math-NT/0103191
1. Threshold Pion Photoproduction.
Terry Glenn Pilling (University
of Saskatchewan.) . 1998. 198pp.
M.Sc. Thesis (Advisor: Denis Skopik).