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Journal Articles :
U. Akgun et al. "CMS Hadronic EndCap Calorimeter Upgrade Studies for SLHC Pterphenyl Deposited Quartz Plate Calorimeter Prototype", In Press, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, doi: 10.1109/TNS.2010.2040038
N. Graf, ..., U. Akgun et al. "Charged Kaon Mass Measurement using the Cherenkov Effect", hep/ex 0909.0971, Accepted for publication by Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, 2010
S. Abdullin, …, U. Akgun et al. "The CMS barrel calorimeter response to particle beams from 2 to 350 GeV/c", Eur. Phys. J. C 60 :359-373, 2009
A. Blanco-Covarrubias, J. Engelfried, U. Akgun et al., "Nuclear Dependence of Charm Production", FERMILAB-Pub-09-031-E, hep/ex 0902.0355, Accepted for publication by European Journal of Physics C, October 2009.
S. Abdullin, …, U. Akgun et al. "Design, Performance, and Calibration of CMS Hadron-Outer Calorimeter", CMS-NOTE 2008/020, European Phys. Jour. C 57 :653-663, 2008
E. Vazquez-Jauregui, J. Engelfried, U. Akgun et al., "First Observation of the Cabibbo-suppressed Decays Xi_c+ -> Sigma+ pi- pi+ and Xi_c+ -> Sigma- pi+ pi+ and Measurement of their Branching Ratios", FERMILAB-PUB-08-084-E, hep-ex/0804.2298 , Physics Letters B, Volume 666, Issue 4, pp 299-304, Sept 2008.
S. Chatrchyan, ..., U. Akgun et al. "The CMS Experiment at the CERN LHC", Journal of Instrumentation, 3 S08004, Aug 2008.
S. Abdullin, …, U. Akgun et al. "Design, Performance, and Calibration of CMS Hadron-Barrel Calorimeter Wedges", CMS-NOTE 2006/138 , Euro. Phys. Jour. C 55, 159-171, Jan 2008.
F. Duru, U. Akgun et al., "CMS Hadronic EndCap Calorimeter Upgrade Studies for SLHC - Cerenkov Light Collection from Quartz Plates", CMS-NOTE 2007/019, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol 55, Issue 2, 734-740, Apr 2008.
G. Baiatian, …, U. Akgun et al. "Design, Performance, and Calibration of CMS Hadron Endcap Calorimeters", CMS-NOTE 2008/010, 2008.
U. Akgun et al., "Afterpulse Timing and Rate investigation of Three Different Hamamatsu Photomultipler Tubes", Journal of Instrumentation, 3 T01001, 2008.
S. Abdullin, …, U. Akgun et al., "Design, Performance, and Calibration of CMS Forward Calorimeter Wedges", CMS-NOTE 2006/044, Euro. Phys. Jour. C 53 (1), 139-166, 2008.
U. Akgun et al. "CMS Hadronic EndCap Calorimeter Upgrade Studies for SLHC Pterphenyl Deposited Quartz Plate Calorimeter Prototype", In Press, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, doi: 10.1109/TNS.2010.2040038
N. Graf, ..., U. Akgun et al. "Charged Kaon Mass Measurement using the Cherenkov Effect", hep/ex 0909.0971, Accepted for publication by Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, 2010
S. Abdullin, …, U. Akgun et al. "The CMS barrel calorimeter response to particle beams from 2 to 350 GeV/c", Eur. Phys. J. C 60 :359-373, 2009
A. Blanco-Covarrubias, J. Engelfried, U. Akgun et al., "Nuclear Dependence of Charm Production", FERMILAB-Pub-09-031-E, hep/ex 0902.0355, Accepted for publication by European Journal of Physics C, October 2009.
S. Abdullin, …, U. Akgun et al. "Design, Performance, and Calibration of CMS Hadron-Outer Calorimeter", CMS-NOTE 2008/020, European Phys. Jour. C 57 :653-663, 2008
E. Vazquez-Jauregui, J. Engelfried, U. Akgun et al., "First Observation of the Cabibbo-suppressed Decays Xi_c+ -> Sigma+ pi- pi+ and Xi_c+ -> Sigma- pi+ pi+ and Measurement of their Branching Ratios", FERMILAB-PUB-08-084-E, hep-ex/0804.2298 , Physics Letters B, Volume 666, Issue 4, pp 299-304, Sept 2008.
S. Chatrchyan, ..., U. Akgun et al. "The CMS Experiment at the CERN LHC", Journal of Instrumentation, 3 S08004, Aug 2008.
S. Abdullin, …, U. Akgun et al. "Design, Performance, and Calibration of CMS Hadron-Barrel Calorimeter Wedges", CMS-NOTE 2006/138 , Euro. Phys. Jour. C 55, 159-171, Jan 2008.
F. Duru, U. Akgun et al., "CMS Hadronic EndCap Calorimeter Upgrade Studies for SLHC - Cerenkov Light Collection from Quartz Plates", CMS-NOTE 2007/019, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol 55, Issue 2, 734-740, Apr 2008.
G. Baiatian, …, U. Akgun et al. "Design, Performance, and Calibration of CMS Hadron Endcap Calorimeters", CMS-NOTE 2008/010, 2008.
U. Akgun et al., "Afterpulse Timing and Rate investigation of Three Different Hamamatsu Photomultipler Tubes", Journal of Instrumentation, 3 T01001, 2008.
S. Abdullin, …, U. Akgun et al., "Design, Performance, and Calibration of CMS Forward Calorimeter Wedges", CMS-NOTE 2006/044, Euro. Phys. Jour. C 53 (1), 139-166, 2008.
G. Baiatian, …, U.Akgun et al., "CMS Physics Technical Design Report, Volume II: Physics Performance", Journal of Physics G, 34, 995-1579, 2007
D. d'Enterria, …, U.Akgun et al., "CMS Physics Technical Design Report, Addentum on High Density QCD with Heavy Ions", Journal of Physics G, 34, 2307-2455, 2007
M. Iori, A. S. Ayan, U. Akgun et al., "Measurement of the Omega_c_0 lifetime", FERMILAB-PUB-07-011-E, hep-ex/0701021, 2007
U. Akgun et al., "Radiation damage and light transmission studies on air core light guides", IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol 53, No. 3, 1547, 2006
D. Isenhower, …, U. Akgun et al., "Proposal to Upgrade the MIPP Experiment", hep-ex/0609057, 2006
G. Baiatian, …, U. Akgun et al., "Synchronization and Timing in CMS HCAL", CMS-NOTE 2006/139, 2006
G. Baiatian, …, U. Akgun et al., "CMS physics: Technical Design Report", CERN-LHCC-2006-001, CMS-TDR-008-1, 2006
A. Ocherashvili, …, U. Akgun et al., "Confirmation of the Double Charm Baryon Xi_cc+ via its Decay to p D+ K-", Fermilab-Pub-04-082-E, Jun 2004. 5pp., hep-ex/0406033 Phys.Lett.B628:18-24, 2005
U. Akgun et al., "Complete tests of 2000 Hamamatsu R7525HA Phototubes for the CMS-HF Forward Calorimeter", CMS-NOTE 2004/019 Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A550:145-156, 2005
S. Ayan, N. Akchurin, U. Akgun et al., "Energy Resolution and the Linearity of the CMS Forward Quartz Fiber Calorimetry Pre-Production-Prototype (PPP-I)", CMS-NOTE 2003/030 , J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 30, N33-N44, 2004
A.V. Evdokimov, U. Akgun et al., "First observation of a narrow charm-strange meson DsJ(2632) -> Ds eta and D0 K+", Fermilab-Pub-04/087-E, hep-ex/0406045 Phys.Rev.Lett.93:242001, 2004,
U. Akgun et al., "Comparison of PMTs from three different manufacturers for the CMS-HF Forward Calorimeter", CMS-NOTE 2003/029, IEEE Trans.Nucl.Sci.51:1909-1915, 2004
I. Dumanoglu, …, U. Akgun et al., "Radiation-hardness studies of high OH- content quartz fibres irradiated with 500 MeV electrons", CMS-NOTE 2001/020, Nucl.Instr.Meth.A490:444-455, 2002
Conference Proceedings:
U. Akgun “Detector Upgrade R&D of the CMS Hadronic Endcap and Forward Calorimeters”, 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Orlando Florida, October 2009
U. Akgun et al., "P-Terphenyl Deposited Quartz Plate Calorimeter Prototype", IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference, Dresden, Germany, 19-25 October 2008
U. Akgun et al., "Quartz Plate Calorimeter as SLHC Upgrade to CMS Hadronic Endcap Calorimeters", XIII International Conference on Calorimetry in High Energy Physics, CALOR 2008, Pavio, Italy, May 2008, Published in J.Phys.Conf.Ser.160:012015, 2009 and CMS-CR-2008-056
U. Akgun et al., "Preliminary Cascade_c_+ Lifetime Measurement from SELEX", Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.) 167 46-49, 2007
U. Akgun and Y. Onel, "Radiation-Hard Quartz Čerenkov Calorimeters", AIP Conf.Proc.867:282-289,2006. Also in "Chicago 2006, Calorimetry in high energy physics" 282-289, 2006
E. Gulmez, …, U. Akgun et al., "Using Single Photoelectron Spectra in the Calibration of the CMS-HF Calorimeter", Proceedings Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2005
E. Gulmez, U. Akgun et al., "Selection and Testing of 2000 Photomultiplier Tubes for the CMS-HF Forward Calorimeter", Proceedings IMTC 2004 - Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2004
Dumanoglu, … U.Akgun et al., "Radiation Hardness Studies of High OH-Quartz Fibers for a Hadronic Forward Calorimeter of the Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider", Published in "Pasadena 2002 Calorimetry in Particle Physics" 521-528, 2002
Other Publications:
U. Akgun et al., "A Novel Method to Eliminate Muon Events on HF PMT Windows”, CMS Detector Note, CMS DN-2009/014, 2009.
U. Akgun et al., "Study of CMS HF Candidate PMTs with Cerenkov Light in Electron Showers", CMS Detector Note, CMS DN-2009/012
U. Akgun et al., "Tests of CMS HF Candidate PMTs with Muons", CMS Detector Note, CMS DN-2009/011
U. Akgun et al., "Beam Test Results for the Anomalous Large Energy Events Removal in Hadronic Forward Calorimeter", CMS Detector Note, CMS DN-2009/005
D. Green, ..., U. Akgun et al., "Search for a SM Higgs Boson in the $qqH$, $H\rightarrow WW\rightarrow \mu\nu\mu\nu$ Channel with the CMS Experiment", CMS Analysis Note, CMS AN-2009/029
Y. Mao, ..., U. Akgun et al., "Study of the decay H$\rightarrow$ ZZ $\rightarrow \l^+l^-\nu\nu $ for intermediate and heavy Higgs boson produced via Weak Boson Fusion", CMS Analysis Note, CMS AN-2009/028
N. Akchurin, U. akgun, et al., "Study of High Mass Higgs via Vector Boson Fusion in the $H \rightarrow ZZ \rightarrow lljj$ channel", CMS Analysis Note, CMS AN-2009/027
Y. Mao, ..., U. Akgun et al., "Search for an intermediate mass SM Higgs boson at CMS using Vector Boson Fusion $H \rightarrow ZZ \rightarrow 2\mu2\nu$", CMS Analysis Note, CMS AN-2009/006
Y. Mao, ..., U. Akgun et al., "Mass Reconstruction Studies on qqH -->Tau+Tau- Leptonic Decay", CMS Analysis Note, CMS AN-2008/087
Y. Mao, ..., U. Akgun et al., "Study of QCD Background and Lepton Isolation Strategy for $\rm qqH, H \ to W^+W^- \to \ell^\pm\nu jj$ with lepton + multi-jet + missing $E_\rm T $ Final States", CMS Analysis Note, CMS AN-2008/066
Y. Mao, ..., U. Akgun et al., "Prospect of Higgs Boson Search in the $\rm qqH, H \to W^+W^- \to \e ll^\pm\nu jj$ Channel with the CMS Experiment", CMS Analysis Note, CMS AN-2008/052
G. Baiatian, ..., U. Akgun et al., "Performance of the CMS Outer Hadron Calorimeter", CMS IN-2008/022
S. Abdullin, ..., U. Akgun et al., "HCAL participation in Global Run at the end of November 2007 (GREN)", CMS IN-2008/019
P. de arbaro, ..., U. Akgun et al., "Study of CMS HCAL response to muons using data collected during Global Run in September, 2007 and Integration Run in October 2007", CMS IN-2008/010
F. Duru, U. Akgun et al., "Mass Reconstruction and Missing Et Studies on MSSM A/H -->Tau+Tau- Leptonic Decay", CMS-IN 2007/021, 2007 (pdf)
J. Olson, U. Akgun et al., "Comparison of resistive and parallel dynode bases", CMS-IN 2006/019, 2006 (pdf)
K.Dindar, ..., U.Akgun et al., "Comparison of PMT Relative Gains Measured at the University of Iowa and at CERN", CMS-IN 2005/045, 2005 (pdf)
J. Olson, U. Akgun et al., "Parallel Dynode Base for HF", CMS-IN 2005/042, 2005 (pdf)
A.Mestvirishvili, U.Akgun et al., "Higgs Boson Production Via WW Fusion", CMS-IN 2005/008, 2005 (pdf)
E.Gulmez, U.Akgun et al., "Variation of relative gains as a function of HV for the Hamamatsu R7525HA PMTs used in the HF Forward Calorimeter", CMS-IN 2005/006, 2005 (pdf)
U. Akgun et al., "Afterpulse Studies for HF Calorimeter PMTs", CMS-IN 2004/034, 2004 (pdf)
U. Akgun et al., "CMS HF Calorimeter Light Guide System Radiation Damage Studies", CMS-IN 2003/029, 2003 (pdf)
U. Akgun et al., "CMS HF Calorimeter PMTs & Xc+ Lifetime Analysis", Ph.D. Thesis,UMI-31-14464, FERMILAB-THESIS-2003-43, Dec 2003
S. Wang, …, U. Akgun et al., "Administration, Operation, and Planning of a Proof-of-Concept CMS Tier-2 Center", Technical Report - TR-GROW02-10, 2002
U. Akgun et al., "Timing, Gain and Dark current Measurements of PMTs from Three Different Manufacturers for HF Calorimeter", CMS-IN 2002/032, 2002 (pdf)
P. Bruecken, …, U. Akgun et al., "Radiation Effect Studies on High Efficiency Mirror (HEM) and Aluminized Mylar for the HF Optical Design", CMS-IN 2002/031, 2002 (pdf)
U. Akgun et al., "Single and Double Pulse Linearity Studies Performed on Candidate PMTs for HF Calorimeter", CMS-IN 2002/030, 2002 (pdf)
U. Akgun et al., "Tests of the CMS-HF Light Guide System at the University of Iowa PMT Test Station", CMS-IN 2002/029, 2002 (pdf)
U. Akgun et al., "Single Photoelectron Spectrum Measurements of HF Calorimetry Candidate PMTs in The University of Iowa Test Station", CMS-IN 2002/026, 2002 (pdf)
S. Ayan, ... , U. Akgun et al., "Results From the Beam Test of the CMS Forward Quartz Fiber Calorimeter Pre-Production-Prototype (PPP-I)", CMS-IN 2002/064, 2002 (pdf)
U. Akgun, " Charm Baryon Lifetime Analysis & University of Iowa PMT Test Station", Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal, May 2001