Rubin H. Landau Papers, 1966-2008

Title: Rubin H. Landau Papers, 1966-2008

Predominant Dates: 1975-2005

ID: MSS Landau

Primary Creator: Landau, Rubin H.

Extent: 19.0 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The Rubin H. Landau Papers consist of materials generated and assembled by Landau in the course of his research and teaching activities at Oregon State University. Landau was a Professor of Physics at Oregon State from 1974 until his retirement in 2005, specializing in computational physics and quantum mechanics.

This collection contains compact discs that contain course materials, talks, computer programs, and a curriculum vita. These CDs requires migration to a digital format and is not immediately available for patron use. Please see SCARC's "Accessing Audio-Digital Content" for more information.

The Rubin H. Landau Papers consist of materials generated and assembled by Landau as a physics professor at Oregon State University and document his research, writing, and teaching activities. The collection includes article reprints and conference papers; biographical materials; books; correspondence; presentations and talks; grant proposals; student assessments of teaching and course materials; reference materials; research notebooks; and computer code.

The correspondence documents Landau's interactions with OSU faculty and off-campus colleagues and pertains to the review and publication of Landau's research and the funding and purchase of research equipment. It also includes letters of recommendation for former students and requests to Landau for reviews of books and articles.

The grant proposals are predominantly for research funding but also document the development of a degree program in computational physics. These records include proposals as well as progress and final reports. Course materials are for general physics, modern physics, mathematical physics, relativity, dynamics and classical dynamics, and advanced quantum theory.

The research notebooks document research conducted by Landau and graduate students that he advised. Research topics include proton nucleus scattering, quark models, kaon scattering, pion scattering from nucleons/nuclei, and relativistic heavy ions. The computer code was written by Landau for programs to solve integral forms of the Schroedinger Equation for scattering and bound states.

This collection contains compact discs that contain course materials, talks, computer programs, and a curriculum vita. These CDs requires migration to a digital format and is not immediately available for patron use. Please see SCARC's "Accessing Audio-Digital Content" for more information.

More Extent Information: 20 boxes

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The papers were donated to the Archives in 2008.

Related Materials: The Archives holdings include the Department of Physics Records (RG 037) and the papers of several physics faculty, including Melvin Cutler Papers (MSS Papers), Victor A. Madsen (MSS Madsen), David B. Nicodemus Papers (MSS Nicodemus), E. Dale Trout Papers (MSS Trout), and Willibald Weniger Papers (MSS Weniger).

Preferred Citation: Rubin H. Landau Papers (MSS Landau), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information: This collection is not fully processed; this guide is preliminary. Labels from research notebooks were photocopied by Archives staff, annotated by Landau with additional information regarding the research topic and names of collaborators, and placed into the folders housing the contents from the notebooks.

Other URL: Preliminary container list available online.

Landau, Rubin H.
Oregon State University. Department of Physics

Landau, Rubin H.
Mathematical physics.
Physics--Computer simulation.
Physics--Data processing.
Physics--Research--Oregon--Corvallis.
Physics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
Quantum theory.

Born digital.
Compact discs.