https://www.ericgodat.com/bio daily 0.75 2025-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1527276350187-7DNZUHU53X9PHMY47F4V/headshot.JPG Bio https://www.ericgodat.com/research daily 0.75 2018-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1527632039637-KRA03AA7WV1UQ3UJTVPY/ManeParse_logo.png Overview https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1527635509683-TF6BC4LDGQ66DWUSSHVI/sig_norm.png Overview https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1527638377393-R10B6EYFYI9E3OBIHI77/nCTEQ_logo.png Overview https://www.ericgodat.com/honors daily 0.75 2018-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528174641223-TLN3A3I67YAM1SRBTBP6/HonorsPhysicsLogo.png Honors Physics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1527647095897-A2V6YYSY29RPT8053CCB/superheroposter1.png Honors Physics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1527647135891-72018ZV3JK11X7UZBH07/superheroposter2.png Honors Physics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1527646875281-7SZO5H60PXTKDOIN2OPP/spaceposter2.png Honors Physics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1527646936373-GDWL1NJ6P9DAWRP7WUO0/spaceposter1.png Honors Physics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1527646988356-3111OS9E0PAGWPRD6AFX/spaceposter3.png Honors Physics https://www.ericgodat.com/curriculumvitae daily 0.75 2021-07-13 https://www.ericgodat.com/projects daily 0.75 2018-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1527644361741-CICPWIR0FW95J44305MX/julia.png Overview https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1527644274513-OKZYJAT7RIWJEYZHA4MT/triangle.png Overview https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1527644171558-QD8WJL5EJP8LB9PVFLN6/fern.png Overview https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1527643975468-PHSQ6JAMOFPQI8S96CCW/fractal.png Overview https://www.ericgodat.com/dissertation daily 0.75 2018-06-05 https://www.ericgodat.com/maneparse daily 0.75 2018-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528169394644-T2AEW0S1G0HYG4H7394T/ManeParse_logo.png ManeParse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528171161359-BOCD0NOUEOFTP8EBS13N/xsec_fcc.png ManeParse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528171173435-IPT4PY2CBVQXGJLNR6QZ/ultrahigh_neutrino.png ManeParse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528171182133-ZB9OQ7FXYK9ATX1QO88G/intrinsicCT10.png ManeParse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528171232461-6OVNSB56XB05F2P3Z2K9/upQuarkEvo.png ManeParse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528170434852-T89Q4ZZXTX8SIAPNAE6H/ManeParse_schematic.png ManeParse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528170978602-GOD1JFN2EV8FJPD0BD3A/structRatios.png ManeParse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528170921085-K6FSDG55ZQ2X54TZMX4M/PhaseSpaceDownQuark.png ManeParse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528170967625-26DDO2GTMZTYW1KWUOR6/up_for8releases.png ManeParse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528171004401-AAXZ3AOMCJKDPI03PY10/ratplot.png ManeParse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528170933660-UFTU7ECRSF3A2UCHLRRT/CT10.png ManeParse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528171034431-I0NRCLAHF25GYTRTBTK8/fake_errors_u.png ManeParse https://www.ericgodat.com/home daily 1.0 2018-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528153802815-N0OALYO6Z2DMUSMGGRVX/honorsLogo.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1527639994691-FDHP0SIE7RA4AYSPUCSS/julia.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1527640345963-D0COG3FRMZJCBXEIX60C/lengthscales.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528226644608-XXVPM7J10UYQATHL9S9E/fermilab.jpeg Home https://www.ericgodat.com/ncteqpp daily 0.75 2018-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528173988808-M2YESP7TWMM2LH5XZ58O/chi2fit.png nCTEQ++ The output from nCTEQ++ fits is designed to be plotted with Python. A sample plotting script can be found here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528173487072-QHOZ71WMZNLDY0LCZBU1/sig_norm.png nCTEQ++ LHC data included in an nCTEQ fit for the first time ever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528172419457-191ZVMUE8K1J8B0QMKZF/ncteqpp.png nCTEQ++ Schematic of the structure of nCTEQ++ https://www.ericgodat.com/visualizations daily 0.75 2018-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528161136870-HLVGB660PQO8IXHZ4X9E/collaborations.png Visualizations PDF fits come from collaborations all over the world. Here I used ManeParse to compare a collection of different fits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528161052705-OF1B9UF3WLZZ17H59VWE/grid_fewz_data.png Visualizations This plot may seem simple but it actually represents a critical discovery in the field of PDF fitting. Here I demonstrated that two completely different techniques could both be used to make predictions that could be compared to data. For more information on this, click here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528161070622-S1UUJLJ6L2KWYRZN1KPC/fitchi2bars.png Visualizations It takes data from a lot of experiments to make a PDF fit. Here multiple data sets from three different types of experiments are shown for a sample fit. The small numbers above each bar refer to the number of data points in each set and the height of the bar is the χ2 contribution to the fit per degree of freedom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528161085679-L571CLEGNRJVP5FHYEBR/prediction.png Visualizations Being able to make predictions with a PDF is crucial to what a theoretical physicist does. This is where all the work analyzing data, studying theory, and coding software combine into something that benefits the physics community. This prediction here is for an experiment that has not even been built and was done partially as part of a presentation to funding agencies on the need for such an experiment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528167297464-HJPIHKRLR8VCCSRJJ0XY/momfrac.png Visualizations Parton Distribution Functions once all is said and done represent a probability and just like every other probability they have to add to 100%. Here I show how the different quarks and the gluon share the total momentum of a proton at different energies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528161077709-72F35JW24HS4PQ7E5M7O/experiment_theory.png Visualizations Comparisons between experimental data and theoretical predictions are crucial for evaluating the quality of a PDF fit. I use a statistical technique known as χ2 fitting to do this. This involves calculating how far each predicted point is from the data point while accounting for the error estimate for that data point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528161062852-4ETOSE5M1BZHFT2IRTKM/fewz_mcfm.png Visualizations Code validation is incredibly important in physics. I have done a lot of work confirming different programs operate in the ways they claim to. Here I show the precision of two such codes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528161036016-QODO2K5UNUFPYC53Y1FJ/errors.png Visualizations Science without error bars isn't really science. Here I show two PDFs fit with error bars calculated in ManeParse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528161218681-HINFSN106FNFJZ5A17FM/scan.png Visualizations PDF fitting is truly an exercise in connect-the-dots, except there are hundreds of dots and you have to connect them in 20+ dimensions. To do this I work with functions that have lots of parameters and then try to minimize that function by changing those parameters. https://www.ericgodat.com/fractals daily 0.75 2018-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528176873305-CVPQ9J9EXMKBDMOAFMV4/julia.png Fractals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528176861333-V1EIHN40P74YCIDZRVHI/fractal.png Fractals https://www.ericgodat.com/the-chaos-game daily 0.75 2018-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528179219636-DPSO0NT2M7SAYM6CMS76/randTriangle.png The Chaos Game https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528179807651-LCE09LQYOLLHOWO2AD9H/regTriangle.png The Chaos Game https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528179820534-Y1NYEW5P3G4C9LVZLGKV/regPentagon.png The Chaos Game https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528179827179-VFQK68JQZAQYGO1F7K2T/regHexagon.png The Chaos Game https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528179832611-5M0JFYT1L4VVNSG1PGGO/regCarpet.png The Chaos Game https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1528180653538-01ZHRZFLP8ML835D5DS1/fern.png The Chaos Game https://www.ericgodat.com/ds1300 daily 0.75 2021-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5afdffa89d5abb769d0402cc/1626216495432-A2HW16JL4ZSF2MNG04ZG/ds1300_001.jpg DS 1300 - Make it stand out Teaching DS1300 at SMU during May Term 2021 in SMUFlex modality. 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