Theoretical high energy physics. Professor Harms has most recently worked on the

quantum description of microscopic black holes and their relation to extended

objects such as strings and membranes. The theory of extended objects is

currently the best candidate for a unified description of all of the known

forces. The theory also predicts the presence of new forces, for example a

scalar component of gravity (the dilaton), which have so far not been detected

by experiment. To test the validity of string theory as a description of

physical phenomena, Professor Harms and his colleagues have performed various

calculations to predict the affect of a scalar component of gravity on

physically measurable quantities. Other recent projects include the calculation of black hole and naked singularity decay rates in large extra dimensions, brane creation in warped spacetimes and the thermodynamics of branes produced in large extra dimensions. Professor Harms

received his doctoral degree from Florida State University.

Recent Publications:

1. Roberto Casadio (Bologna U. & INFN, Bologna) and Benjamin Harms (University of Alabama.). ``Can Black Holes and Naked Singularities be Detected in Accelerators? ''

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics A17, 4635(2002).

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2. Roberto Casadio (Bologna U. & INFN, Bologna), Benjamin Harms and O. Micu (University of Alabama), ``Microscopic Black Holes as a Source of Ultrahigh Energy $\gamma$-rays'' Jun 2001. 4pp.

{ Cosmology and Elementary Particle Physics: Proceedings of the 2001 Coral Gables Conference} edited by B.N. Kursunoglu et al, pg. 132, American Institute of Physics, Melville, New York, 2002.

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3. Roberto Casadio (Bologna U. & INFN, Bologna), Sergio Fabi and Benjamin Harms (University of Alabama).á ``Electromagnetic Waves around Dilatonic Stars and Naked Singularities'', Phys Rev. D70, 044026(2004).'', e-Print Archive: hep-th/.

4. Roberto Casadio (Bologna U. & INFN, Bologna), Sergio Fabi, and Benjamin Harms (University of Alabama.). ``Electromagnetic Waves around Dilatonic Stars and Naked Singularities'', Phys Rev. D70, 044026(2004).''

5. Roberto Casadio (Bologna U. & INFN, Bologna), Sergio Fabi, and Benjamin Harms (University of Alabama.). ``Dilaton Signatures in the Electromagnetic Spectra of Stars'',

{\it Cosmology and Elementary Particle Physics: Proceedings of the 2003 Coral Gables Conference}, edited by T. Curtwright and A. Perlmutter, pg. 128, World Scientific Publishing Co., 2004.

6. Roberto Casadio (Bologna U. & INFN, Bologna), P.H. Cox (Texas A. and M.- Kingsville), Benjamin Harms, and O. Micu (University of Alabama.). ``Moving Mirrors and Black Hole Evaporation in Noncommutative Spacetimes'', Phys. Rev. D 73, 044019(2006).