Emil Mottola
Birth: October 13, 1953 Bronx, New York, NY
Citizenship: U.S.A.
 Present Employment:
Los Alamos National Laboratory\\
Theoretical Division, T-8\\
Mail Stop B285\\
Los Alamos, NM  87545\\
(505) 667-7646 (office)\\
(505) 455-7246 (home)\\
Electronic Mail Address: EMIL@PION.LANL.GOV \\
Education:\\
B. A.  1974, John Jay Fellow, {\it summa cum laude},
Phi Beta Kappa} - Columbia College\\
Major: Astrophysics\\  
M. A.  1976, Physics - Columbia University\\
Ph. D. 1979, Physics - Columbia University\\
Research Positions and Related Experience:\\
1986 - present: Staff Member, T-8, Los Alamos National Laboratory\\ 
(Los Alamos, New Mexico);
1982 - 1986: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Theoretical Physics,
U. C. S. Barbara\\ 
(Santa Barbara, California);
1979 - 1982: Postdoctoral Member, Institute for Advanced Study\\
	(Princeton, New Jersey); 
Summer 1977 and 1981, Erice School of Subnuclear Physics (Erice, Italy); 
1976 - 1979, Pfister Fellow, Columbia University;
Summer, 1979, Boulder Summer School (Boulder, Colorado); 
1974 - 1976, Graduate Teaching Fellow, Columbia University;
Summer 1975, Arecibo Radio Observatory, Research Asst., (Areceibo, PR);
Summer 1973 and 1974, Nevis Labs, Research Asst, (Irvington, NY).	
Member, American Physics Society\\
Member, Phi Beta Kappa\\
Personal:\\
Married: Sharon Marie, One child (Emil Joseph, n. Feb. 16, 1990)\\
Recreational Interests: Hiking, Swimming, Skiing, Camping,
Basketball, Softball, Baseball\\
Amateur Astronomy\\
Member, Big Brothers of America, American Physical Society\\
E. Mottola, ``Fermion Green's Functions in the Presence of Pseudoparticles,'' \\{\it Physical Review} {\bf D17}, 1103 (1978).
E. Mottola, ``Zero Modes of the 't Hooft-Polyakov Magentic Monopole,''\\
	{\it Physics Letters }{\bf 79B}, 242 (1978).
E. Mottola, ``Normalizable Solutions to the Dirac Equation in the Presence of a Magnetic Monopole,''
	{\it Physical Review} {\bf D19}, 3170 (1979).
E. Mottola, ``Model of U(1) Chiral Symmetry Breaking,''
	{\it Physical Review} {\bf D21}, 3401 (1980).
B. Hasslacher and E. Mottola, ``Gauge Field Model of Induced Classical Gravity,''\\{\it Physics Letters} {\bf 95B}, 237 (1980).
B. Hasslacher and E. Mottola, ``Asymptotically Free Quantum Gravity and Black Holes,'' \\{\it Physics Letters} {\bf 99B}, 221 (1981).
A. S. Lapedes and E. Mottola, ``Complex Path Integrals and Finite Temperatures,''\\{\it Nuclear Physics} {\bf B203}, 58 (1982).
A. S. Lapedes and E. Mottola, ``Another Gravitational Instability of Flat Spacetime,'' {\it Physics Letters} {\bf 110B}, 114 (1982).
A. S. Lapedes and E. Mottola, ``Path Integral Partition Functions and Stability,'' \\ LA-UR-82-352, Jan 1982, unpublished.
E. Mottola and  A. Rouet, ``Semi-Classical Approximation to the Octic Double Well Oscillator,''
	{\it Physics Letters} {\bf 119B}, 162 (1982).
E. Mottola and A. S. Lapedes, ``Inflationary Universe with Gravity,''\\ 
	{\it Physical Review} {\bf D27}, 2285 (1982).
E. Mottola, ``Fluctuations in the Homogeneous Inflationary Universe,''\\
	{\it Physical Review} {\bf D27}, 2294 (1983).
E. Ben-Jacob, E. Mottola, and G. Sch\``on, ``Quantum Shot Noise in Tunnel Junctions,''
	{\it Physical Review Letters} {\bf 51}, 2064 (1983).
E. Mottola, ``Existence of Finite Action Solutions to the Coleman-de Luccia Equations,'' {\it Physical Review} {\bf D29}, 773 (1984).
E. Mottola, ``Particle Creation in de Sitter Space,''
 Physical Review} {\bf D31}, 754 (1985).
E. Mottola, ``Thermodynamic Instability of de Sitter Space,''\\
Physical Review} {\bf D33}, 1616 (1986).
E. Mottola, ``A Quantum Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem for General Relativity,''  \\ {\it Physical Review} {\bf D33}, 2136 (1986).
E. Mottola, ``Vacuum Fluctuations and the Cosmological Constant,''\\
	NSF-ITP-86-08,  unpublished.
P. O. Mazur and E. Mottola, ``Spontaneous Breakdown of de Sitter Symmetry by Quantum Effects,'' {\it Nuclear Physics} {\bf B278}, 694 (1986).
Stanley J. Brodsky, E. Mottola, I. J. Muzinich, and M. Soldate, ``Laser Induced Axion Photoproduction,'' {\it Physical Review Letters} {\bf56}, 1763 (1986); Erratum{\it ibid.}{\bf 57} 502 (1986).
E. Mottola, K. Freese,  F. C. Adams and J. Frieman , ``Cosmology with Decaying Vacuum Energy,'' {\it Nuclear Physics} {\bf B287}, 791 (1987).
F. Cooper and E. Mottola, ``Initial Value Problems in $ \lambda \phi^4 $ Field Theory in a Background Gravitational Field,'' 
(Presented at Quantum Cosmology Workshop, Batavia, IL, May 1-3, 1987),
Modern Physics Letters} {\bf A2}, 635 (1987).
F. Cooper and E. Mottola, ``Initial Value Problems in Quantum Field Theory in the Large N Approximation,'' {\it Physical Review} {\bf D36}, 3114 (1987).
E. Mottola and A. Wipf, ``Unsuppressed Fermion-Number Violation at High Temperature: An O(3) Model,'' {\it Physical Review} {\bf D39}, 588 (1989).
F. Cooper and E. Mottola, ``Quantum Backreaction in Scalar QED as an Initial Value Problem,'' {\it Physical Review} {\bf D40}, 456 (1989).
P. O. Mazur and E. Mottola, ``The Gravitational Measure, Conformal Factor Problem and Stability of the Ground State of Quantum Gravity,'' 
Nuclear Physics} {\bf B341}, 187 (1990).
P. O. Mazur and E. Mottola, ``Absence of Phase in the Sum
   over Spheres,'' LA-UR-89-2118, unpublished.
E. Mottola, ``Baryon and Lepton Number Violation in the
Weinberg-Salam Theory,'' Lectures given at the Theoretical
Advanced Study Institute, Boulder Co., June 21-22, 1989;
Published in {\it ``From Actions to Answers,'' Proceedings of the Theoretical
Advanced Study Institute}, T. DeGrand and D. Toussaint, eds. 
(World Scientific: Singapore, 1990)
E. Mottola, ``Baryon and Lepton Number Violation in the
Electroweak Theory at TeV Energies,'' Talk given in honor of 60th
Birthday of S. Okubo; Published in {\it ``From Symmetries to Strings:
Forty Years of Rochester Conferences,''} A. Das, ed.
(World Scientific: Singapore, 1990).
M. Mattis and E. Mottola, eds. {\it ``Baryon Number Violation at the SSC?`` Proceedings of the Santa Fe Workshop}, April 27-30, 1990
(World Scientific: Singapore, 1990).
E. Mottola and S. Raby, ``Baryon Number Dissipation in the Standard
Model at Finite Temperature,'' {\it Physical Review} {\bf D42}, 4202 (1990).
S. K. Blau, Z. Bern, and E. Mottola, ``General Covariance of the 
Path Integral for Quantum Gravity,'' {\it Physical Review} {\bf D43}, 1212 (1991).
L. McLerran, E. Mottola, and M. E. Shaposhnikov, 
``Sphalerons and Axion Dynamics in High Temperature QCD,''
Physical Review} {\bf D43}, 2047 (1991).
I. Antoniadis and E. Mottola, ``Graviton Fluctuations in de Sitter Space,'' \\ {\it Journal of Mathematical Physics} {\bf 32}, 1037 (1991)
Y. Kluger, J. M. Eisenberg, B. Svetitsky, F. Cooper, and E. Mottola,
``Pair Production in a Strong Electric Field,'' {\it Physical Review Letters}
67} 2427 (1991).
E. Mottola, ``Baryon and Lepton Number Violation in the
Weinberg-Salam Theory at TeV Energies,'' Invited talk given at the International Workshop on {\it Electroweak Physics Beyond the Standard Model}, J. M. F. Valle and J. Velasco, editors, World Scientific Press: Singapore, 1992.
E. Mottola, ``Baryon and Lepton Number Violation in the
Standard Model at High Energy,'' Invited talk given at Yale-Texas Workshop on {\it Baryon Number Violation at the Electroweak Scale}, L. Krauss and  
S. Y. Rey, editors, World Scientific Press: Singapore, 1992.
E. Mottola, ``Quantum Fluctuations, Dissipation and the Cosmological Constant Problem,'' Invited talk at the Conference on the {\it Physical Origins of Time-Asymmetry}, J.J. Halliwell, J. Perez-Mercader, and W. H. Zurek, editors, Cambridge Univ. Press: Cambridge, 1993.
I. Antoniadis and E. Mottola, ``Four-dimensional Quantum Gravity in the
Conformal Sector,'' {\it Phys. Rev.} {\bf D45} (1992) 2013.
F. Cooper, J. M. Eisenberg, Y. Kluger, E. Mottola, and B. Svetitsky,
``Fermion Pair Production in a Strong Electric Field,'' {\it Phys. Rev.} {\bf D45} (1992) 4659.
E. Mottola, ``Pair Production and Back Reaction in Strong Fields: Numerical Results,'' Invited Talk given at the Seventh International Seminar {\it Quarks `92}, D. Yu. Grigoriev, V. A. Mateev, V. A. Rubakov, and P. G. Tinyakov, editors, World Scientific Press, Singapore: 1992.
E. Mottola, ``Four-Dimensional Quantum Gravity: The Covariant Path Integral and Quantization of the Conformal Factor,'' in Proceedings of the First Iberian Meeting on {\it Classical Quantum Gravity}, M. C. Bento, O. Bertolami, J. M. Mour\~ao, and R. F. Picken, editors, World Scientific Press, Singapore: 1993.
I. Antoniadis, P. O. Mazur, and E. Mottola, ``Conformal Symmetry and
Central Charges in Four Dimensions,'' {\it Nucl. Phys.} {\bf B388} (1993), 627.
\item F. Cooper, J. M. Eisenberg, Y. Kluger, E. Mottola, and B. Svetitsky,
``Particle Production in the Central Rapidity Region,'' {\it Phys. Rev.} {\bf D48} (1993) 190.
G. B. West, F. M. Cooper, E. Mottola, and M. Mattis, ``Unification of
Natures Fundamental Forces: A Continuing Search,'' {\it Los Alamos Science}, {\bf 21} (1993) 144.
F. Cooper, J. M. Eisenberg, Y. Kluger, E. Mottola, B. Svetitsky, ``Particle Production in the Central Rapidity Region,'' {\it Phys. Rev.} {\bf D48} (1993) 190.
G.B. West, F.M. Cooper, E. Mottola, and M.P. Mattis,
``Unification of Nature's Fundamental Forces: A Continuing Search,''  
{\it Los Alamos Sci.}, {\bf 21} (1993) 144.
E. Mottola, ``Nonequilibrium Electrodynamics in the Large N Expansion,''
Invited Talk at the {\it Banff Workshop on Thermal Field Theory}, F. C. Khanna, R. Kobes, G. Kunstatter, and H. Umezawa, eds., World Scientific Press, Singapore, 1994.
I. Antoniadis, P. O. Mazur, and E. Mottola, ``Scaling Behavior of Quantum
Four-Geometries,''  {\it Phys. Lett.} {\bf B323} (1994) 284.
F. Cooper, S. Habib, Y. Kluger, E. Mottola, J. P. Paz, and, P. R. Anderson, ``Nonequilibrium Quantum Fields in the Large N Expansion,'' {\it Phys. Rev.} {\bf D50} (1994) 2848.
F. Cooper, Y. Kluger, E. Mottola, and J. P. Paz, ``Nonequilibrium Quantum Dynamics of Disoriented Chiral Condensates,''  {\it Phys. Rev.} {\bf D51} (1995) 2377.
S. Habib, E. Mottola, and P. G. Tinyakov, ``Finite Energy Instantons in the $O(3)$ Non-Linear Sigma Model,'' CERN-TH-7432-94, hep-ph/9411251, 
in Proceedings of the Eight International
Seminar {\it Quarks '94}, D. Yu. Grigoriev, V. A. Matveev, V. A. Rubakov,
D. T. Son and A. N. Tavkhelidze, eds., World Scientific Press, Singapore, 1995.
E. Mottola, ``Functional Integration Over Geometries,'' Invited contribution to the special issue of the Journal of Mathematical Physics on Functional Integration, {\bf 36} No. 5, (1995) 2470.
E. Mottola,  ``Non-equilibrium Evolution of Disoriented Chiral
Condensates,'' in {\it Electroweak Physics and the Early Universe}, NATO ASI
Series B: Physics, Vol. {\bf 338}, J. C. Rom\~ao and F. Freire, eds., Plenum Press, New York, 1994.
E. Mottola,  ``Non-equilibrium Quantum Fields: The Chiral Phase
Transition in Heavy Ion Collisions,'' in Proceedings of the Eight International
Seminar {\it Quarks '94}, D. Yu. Grigoriev, V. A. Matveev, V. A. Rubakov,
D. T. Son and A. N. Tavkhelidze, eds., World Scientific Press, Singapore, 1995.
Y. Kluger, S. Habib, E. Mottola, and J. P. Paz, ``Dissipation and
Decoherence in Mean Field Theory,'' {\it Phys. Rev. Lett.} {\bf 76} (1996) 4660.
I. Antoniadis, P. O. Mazur, and E. Mottola, ``Quantum Diffeomorphisms
and Conformal Symmetry,'' LA-UR-95-3392, hep-th/9509168,
{\it Phys. Rev.} {\bf D} (1997) in press.
I. Antoniadis, P. O. Mazur, and E. Mottola, ``Physical
States of the Quantum Conformal Factor,'' LA-UR-95-3420, hep-th/9509169,
{\it Phys. Rev.} {\bf D} (1997) in press.
``Anomalous Transverse Distribution of Pions as a Signal for
the production of DCCs,'' F. Cooper, Y. Kluger, and E. Mottola,
LBL-38585, to be published in {\it Phys. Rev.} {\bf 54} (1996).
\item ``Comment on Gravitationally Induced Neutrino Oscillation Phases,''
T. Bhattacharya, S. Habib, and Emil Mottola gr-qc/9605074.
``Winding Transitions at Finite Energy and Temperature: An O(3)
Model,'' by S. Habib, E. Mottola and P. Tinyakov, {\it Phys. Rev.} {\bf D54} (1996) 7774.
``Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Symmetry Breaking in $\lambda \Phi^4$
Field Theory,'' F. Cooper, S. Habib, Y. Kluger, and E. Mottola, LA-UR-96-3336, hep-ph/9610345, {\it Phys. Rev.} {\bf D} (1997) in press.
I. Antoniadis, P. O. Mazur, and E. Mottola, ``Criticality and Scaling in 4D Quantum Gravity,'' {\it Phys. Lett.} (1997) in press.
I. Antoniadis, P. O. Mazur, and E. Mottola, ``Conformal Invariance and Cosmic Background Radiation,''  astro-ph/9611208, submitted to {\it Phys. Rev. Lett.} (1997).