Curriculum Vitae

Degrees

A.B. Dartmouth College 1964 Phi Beta Kappa, Magna cum Laude, Highest Distinction in Physics
Ph.D. Rockefeller University 1969, Thesis: Radiative corrections to low energy theorems, Sponsor: A. Pais

Positions Held

Regular positions:
1969-71 Postdoctoral Member, Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton)
1971-73 Research Associate, Rockefeller University
1973-76 Assistant Prof, 1976-78 Associate Prof, 1978-2007 Professor
2007- Present Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri - St. Louis

Concurrent positions:
1977-78 Visiting Associate Professor of Physics, Princeton University
1977-78, 1987-88 Member, Institute for Advanced Study
1978-79 Chairman, Department of Physics, Univ. of Missouri - St. Louis
1979-80 Visiting Professor of Physics, University of Minnesota
1982-83 Visiting Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Univ. of California
1982-Present Fellow of the American Physical Society
1991-92 Visiting Professor of Physics, Chinese University of Hong Kong
2002-08 Honorary Professor of Physics, University of Hong Kong
2009- 2021 Adjunct Professor of Physics, Portland State University

Book Publications

• Einstein’s Physics: Atoms, quanta, and relativity – Derived, explained, and appraised Ta-Pei Cheng (Oxford University Press 2013). xx+350 pp.

• Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology: A Basic Introduction, (Oxford Master Series in Physics) Ta-Pei Cheng (OUP 2005; 2nd edition 2010) xiv+435 pp.

  • Indian edition (OUP, New Delhi 2012)

• A College Course on Relativity and Cosmology Ta-Pei Cheng (Oxford UP 2015) xii+292pp.

• Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics, Ta-Pei Cheng and Ling Fong Li, (Oxford UP 1984) xi+536 pp.

  • Russian translation (Mir, Moscow 1987) 624 pp.

  • Chinese edition (Science Press, Beijing 2008)

  • Indian edition (OUP, New Delhi 2008)

• Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics: Problems & Solutions, Ta-Pei Cheng and Ling Fong Li, (Oxford UP 2000) x + 340 pp.

  • Indian edition (OUP New Delhi 2010)

• Gauge Invariance, An anthology with introduction and annotated bibliography, T. P. Cheng and Ling Fong Li (eds.), American Assoc. of Physics Teachers, (College Park MD, 1990) l06 pp.
  

 Refereed Articles in Journals and Conference Proceedings

Cheng’s papers have pioneered new directions in particle physics. His research works have been cited over 9,000 times as recorded by Google Scholar

• Among the first gauge theory papers on neutrino masses and oscillations

Hierarchy of Lepton Masses in Vector-like Theory with Majorana Particles, T. P. Cheng, Physical Review D 14,1367 (1976).

Neutrino Masses, Mixings, and Oscillations in SU(2)×U(1) Models of Electroweak Interactions, T. P. Cheng and L. F. Li, Physical Review D 22, 2860 (1980).

• Lepton flavor-changing processes as sensitive probes of new physics: presented the first gauge theories of muon number nonconservation, & another on quark flavor-changing Higgs couplings.

Nonconservation of Separate μ- and e- Lepton Numbers in Gauge Theories with V+A Currents, T. P. Cheng and L. F. Li, Physical Review Letters 38, 381 (1977).

Muon Number Nonconservation Effects in a Gauge Theory with V+A Currents and Heavy Neutral Leptons, T. P. Cheng and L. F. Li, Physical Review D 16,1425 (1977).

Muon Number Nonconservation in Gauge Theories, T. P. Cheng and L. F. Li, in Deeper Pathways in High Energy Physics, Proc. of Orbis Scientiae 1977, Coral Gables, (eds.) B. Kursunoglu et al. (Plenum Press, New York, 1977), p 659-671

Mass-Matrix Ansatz and Flavor Nonconservation in Models with Multiple Higgs Doublets, T. P. Cheng and M. Sher, Physical Review D 35, 3484 (1987).

• Presented the first evidence for a possibly significant strange quark content of the proton (by showing that the value of πN amplitude at the Cheng-Dashen kinematic point implies a large violation of “the Zweig Rule”).

Is SU(2)×SU(2) a Better Symmetry than SU(3)? T. P. Cheng and R. F. Dashen, Physical Review Letters 26, 594 (1971)

The Zweig Rule and the πN Sigma Term, T. P. Cheng, Physical Review D 13, 2161 (1976).

Chiral Symmetry and the Higgs-Boson Nucleon Couplings, T. P. Cheng, Physical Review D 38, 2869 (1988).

• Proposed a new model of the nucleon's quark structure.

Flavor and Spin Contents of the Nucleon in the Quark Model with Chiral Symmetry, T. P. Cheng and L. F. Li, Physical Review Letters 74, 2872 (1995).

Why Naïve Quark Model Can Yield a Good Account of the Baryon Magnetic Moments, T. P. Cheng and L. F. Li, Physical Review Letters 80, 2789 (1998).

Antiquark Polarization Inside the Proton is Small, T. P. Cheng and L. F. Li, Physics Letters B 366, 365 (1996); (E) 381, 487 (1996)

The Proton Spin and Flavor Structure in the Chiral Quark Model, L. F. Li, and T. P. Cheng, in Computing Particle Properties, Lectures at the 36th International University School of Nuclear and Particle Physics, Schladming, Austria, (eds.) H. Gausterer and C. B. Lang (Lecture Notes in Physics 512, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 1998), p115-160

Non-perturbative QCD Spin Studies, (Plenary talk), T. P. Cheng and L. F. Li, in SPIN 98 -- Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on High Energy Spin Physics, 8 - 12 September 1998, Protvino, Russia (eds.) N E Tyurin et al. (World Scientific, Singapore, 1999), p.192-209

• Proved low-energy theorems of radiative correction, which also facilitated the subsequent development of chiral perturbation theory.

Low-Energy Theorem for e^4 Compton Scattering Amplitudes, T. P. Cheng, Physical Review 176, 1674 (1968).

Low Energy Theorem on Radiative Corrections, T. P. Cheng, Physical Review 184, 1805 (1969).

• Other contributions: systematic study of the renormalization group structure of gauge theories with scalar particles.

Higgs Phenomena in Asymptotically Free Gauge Theories, T. P. Cheng, E. J. Eichten, and L. F. Li, Physical Review D 9, 2259 (1974).

Oral Presentations

Over 100 seminars and colloquia at physics departments and invited presentations at conferences.