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Dr. Angelina Bacala is recognized for her pioneering works in the field of experimental high energy physics, the first and only measurement of the reaction e+e m+m in the energy region 52 GeVOs 57 GeV, using the AMY Detector at the TRISTAN Accelerator, which presented a test of the Standard Model of Electroweak interactions in this previously unexpected region.

Sex: Female

Education

  • Philippine Normal University, Manila, BS Physics (Cum Laude), 1978
  • University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, MS Physics, 1983
  • Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA. USA, MS Physics, 1986
  • Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, Ph.D. in Physics, 1989

Field of Specialization

Physics

Researches

Smith, J., Bacala, A., (1990) Mass limits of charged Higgs at large tan B from e+ e- annihilations at s = 50 - 61.4 GeV
Physics Review Letters Volume 42

Sasaki, T., Bacala, A., (1990) A measurement of the photon structure function F2
Physics Review Letters Volume 252

Zheng, H.W., Bacala, A.M., (1990) Charged hadron multiplicities in e+e- annihilations at s = 50 to 57 GeV
Physics Review Letters Volume D42

Ho, Y.H., Bacala, A., (1990) Observation of anomalous production of Moun Pairs in e+ e- annihilation into four lepton final states
Physics Review Letters Volume 244

Kumita, T., Bacala, A., (1990) Measurements of R for e= e- annihilation at TRISTAN
Physics Review Letters Volume 42

Kim, G.N., Bacala, A., (1990) A search for leptoquark and colored lepton pair production in e+ e- annihilations at TRISTAN
Physics Review Letters Volume Vol 240

Stuart, D., Bcala, A., (1990) Forward-backward charge asymmetry in e+ e- hadron jets
Physics Review Letters Volume 64

Li, Y.K., Bacala, A.M., (1990) Multi-hadron event properties in e+ e-annihilations at S=52 to 57 GeV
Physics Review Letters Volume D41

Sakai, Y., Bacala, A., (1990) A search for SUSY particles in e+ e- annihilations at S= 50-60.8 GeV
Physics Review Letters Volume 234

Low, E.H., Bacala, A.M., (1989) Search for non-minimal Higgs production in e= e- annihilations at S= 56 GeV
Physics Review Letters Volume B228

Sagawa, H., Bacala, A., (1989) A measurement of e+ e- Forward-backward charge asymmetry between S+ 52 to 57 GeV
Physics Review Letters Volume 63

Eno, S. Bacala, A., (1989) Search for fourth-generation charged -1/3 quark
Physics Review Letters Volume 63

Kim, Y.K., Bacala, A.M., (1989) A comparison of quark and gluon jets produced in high energy e+ e- annihilations
Physics Review Letters Volume 63

Shaw, N.M. Bacala, A., (1989) A search for unstable heavy neatral leptons in e+ e- annihilations at S from 50 to 60.8 GeV
Physics Review Letters Volume 63

Park, I.H., Bacala, A.M., (1989) Experimental evidence for the Non-abelian nature of QCD from a study of multi-jet events produced in e+ e- annihilations
Physics Review Letters Volume 62

Mori, T., Bacala, A., (1989) Measurements of the e+ e- total hadronic cross-section and a determination of Mz and Amz
Physics Review Letters Volume 218

Kim, G.N., Bacala, A.M., (1988) Experimental mass limit for a fourth generation sequential lepton from e+ e- annihilations at S=56 GeV
Physics Review Letters Volume 61

Igarashi, S., Bacala, A.M., (1988) Search for isolated leptons in low thrust e+ e- annihilation events at S = 50 GeV and 52 GeV
Physics Review Letters Volume 60

Sagawa, H., Bacala, A., (1988) Measurements of R and a search for heavy quark production in e+ e- annihilations at S = 50 and 52 GeV
Physics Review Letters Volume 60

Kim, S.K., Bacala, A.M., (1989) Search for the substructure of leptons in high energy QED process at TRISTAN
Physics Review Letters Volume B223

Bacala, A.M., (1989) Measurements of cross sections and charge asymmetries for e+ e- --- t + t - and e+ e- ---u + u -for S = 52 to 57 GeV
Physics Review Letters Volume 218

Solidum, R.S., Bacala, A.M., (2002) Development of PIN photodiode read out for g-ray spectroscopy
Harnessing Science and Technology to Meet Global Challenge, Manila. Philippines

Bacala, A.M., (2002) Heats of formation calculations of novel conducting polymers: Polyfran and polypyrrole
Harnessing Science and Technology to Meet Global Challenge, Manila, Philippines

Magallanes, J.B., Arrogancia, D.C., Gooc, H.C., Bacala, A.M., Fujii, K., Miyamoto,A., (2003) A new analysis of 6 jet higgsstrahlung channel at JLC
Transactions of the National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines Volume 25, No. 1

Bacala, A.M., (2003) Electrical characteristics of the polyaniline film and the n and p-Type germanium crystals
Transactions of the National Academy of Science and Technology Philippines Volume 25, No. 1

Bacala, A.M., (2005) Study of cascade shower fluctuation with a tile/fiber sampling calorimeter
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Volume 74 , No. 10

Awards

  • Outstanding Young Scientist (Physics), NAST-DOST, 1993
  • 2005 Outstanding Scientific Paper Award. Advanced Modular System in Data Acquisition, National Academy of Science & Technology (NAST), 2005 Jl 14