Kevin Twedt

Kevin Twedt is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Electron Physics Group. He received a B.S. in Physics from the University of Northern Iowa and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Maryland, College Park.  His doctoral research focused on developing new techniques to measure electrostatic oscillations in ultracold plasmas.  Kevin is working with Jabez McClelland developing a new type of ion microscope that uses photoionized, laser-cooled lithium atoms as its source.

Selected Publications

• Electronic detection of collective modes of an ultracold plasma, K. A. Twedt and S. L. Rolston, Physical Review Letters 108, 065003 (2012).
• Electron evaporation from an ultracold plasma in a uniform electric field, K. A. Twedt and S. L. Rolston, Physics of Plasmas 17, 082101 (2010).