David Peak

Publications | Books

• Peak, D., (2017). Intermediate Modern Physics. *
• Peak, D., (2017). Introductory Modern Physics. *

Publications | Book Chapters

• Peak, D., (1997). Taming chaos in the wild: a model-free technique for wildlife population control: Wildlife and Landscape Ecology. Springer New York
• Corbett, J., Frisch, H., Peak, D., Peters, M.S, (1973). Molecular Theory of Nucleation: Computational Methods for Large Molecules and Localized States in Solids. Springer US

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Peak, D., Torre, C.G, Whiteley, J.R, (2022). Improved Majority Identification by the Coarsened Majority Automaton. Complex Systems, 31:2, 191-199. doi: 10.25088/ComplexSystems.31.2.191
• Mott, K.A, Berg, D.G, Hunt, S.M, Peak, D., (2014). Is the signal from the mesophyll to the guard cells a vapour-phase ion?. Plant, cell & environment, 37, 1184-1191. doi: doi: 10.1111/pce.12226
• Griffin, D., Peak, D., (2013). Emergent error correction in distributed controller networks. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 58
• Peak, D., Mott, K.A, (2011). Alternative perspective on the control of transpiration by radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108, 19820-19823. doi: doi: 10.1073/pnas.1113878108
• Peak, D., Mott, K.A, (2011). A new, vapour-phase mechanism for stomatal responses to humidity and temperature.. Plant, Cell and Environment, 34, 162-178. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02234.x
• Mott, K.A, Peak, D., (2010). Stomatal responses to humidity and temperature in darkness. Plant, Cell, & Environment, 33, 1084-1090. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02129.x
• Shope, J.C, Peak, D., Mott, K.A, (2008). Stomatal responses to humidity in isolated epidermes. Plant, Cell, & Environment, 31, 1-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01844.x
• Myers, B., Peak, D., (2007). Error-correction in distributed computational networks using self-organized collective dynamics. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 52
• Messinger, S.M, Mott, K.A, Peak, D., (2007). Task-performing dynamics in irregular, biomimetic networks. Complexity, 12, 14-21.
• Peak, D., (2006). Does Size Matter? Searching for Rhyme or Reason in Course-End Student Surveys in a Large, Eclectic Physics Department. Bulletin of the American Physical Society
• Mott, K.A, Peak, D., (2006). Stomatal patchiness and task-performing networks. Annals of Botany, doi: 10.1093/aob/mcl234; 99, 219-226
• West, J.D, Peak, D., Peterson, J.Q, Mott, K.A, (2005). Dynamics of stomatal patches for a single surface of Xanthium strumarium L. leaves observed with fluorescence and thermal images. Plant, Cell & Environment, 28, 633-641.
• West, J., Peak, D., Mott, K.A, Messinger, S., (2004). Comparing the dynamics of stomatal networks to the problem-solving dynamics of cellular computers. Paper presented at the International Conference on Complex Systems (ICCS2004)
• Peak, D., West, J.D, Messinger, S.M, Mott, K.A, (2004). Evidence for complex, collective dynamics and emergent, distributed computation in plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 101, 918-922.
• LaViolette, R.A, Glass, R.J, Peak, D., Stoner, D.L, (2004). Self organized network of chemical reactions: application to contaminated converging and diverging flows in fractured media. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108, 19657-19662.
• Peak, D., Frame, M., (2002). Order and Chaos: Art and Magic -- A First College Course in Quantitative Reasoning Based on Fractals and Chaos: Fractals, Graphics, & Mathematics Education. Mathematical Association of America, 157-169.
• Wood, T., Stoner, D., LaViolette, R., McJunkin, T., Podgorney, R., Starr, R., Noah, K., White, F., Heath, G., Peak, D., others, , (2002). “Next Generation” Predictive Models of Vadose Zone Flow and Transport. Environmental Systems Research FY 2001 Annual Report, 29.
• Stoner, D., Wood, T., Peak, D., Glass, R., LaViolette, R., (2001). The Role of Complexity in the Prediction of Contaminant Transport in a Fractured Rock Vadose Zone. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 1, 0440.
• Ji, J., Peak, D., (2001). The vacuum excitation and squeezing properties of two quantum oscillators with delta-kicked interactions. Journal of Physics A: Math. Gen., 34, 3429- 3435.
• Stone, E., Peak, D., (1999). Chaos and Order in an Interdisciplinary REU Site. CUR Quarterly, 152.
• Peak, D., (1995). History of Physics. Union College Press
• Peak, D., Frame, M., Ehlers, A., (1995). Komplexität: Das Gezähmte Chaos. Birkaüser Verlag
• Hurwitz, H., Frame, M., Peak, D., (1995). Scaling symmetries in nonlinear dynamics. A view from parameter space. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 81:1, 23–31.
• Peak, D., (1995). Vladimir Rojansky. Union College Press
• Peak, D., Frame, M., (1994). Chaos under control: The art and science of complexity. WH Freeman and Co.
• Peak, D., (1994). Physics at Union College from 1895 to 1995.
• Frame, M., Peak, D., (1993). Metric universality of order in one-dimensional dynamics. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 3:03, 567–572.
• Peak, D., (1993). Order and Chaos: Art and Magic. National Science Foundation
• Davis, J.B, Benenson, R., Peak, D., (1992). Analysis of Experiments in Helium Microbeam Mixing. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 235, 503.
• Peak, D., Greenlaw, D.C, Schick, L.A, (1990). Pair-correlation kinetics and the reversible diffusion-controlled reaction. Physical Review A, 41:10, 5362.
• Klatt, J.L, Averback, R.S, Peak, D., (1989). Ion beam mixing in Ag-Pd alloys. Applied physics letters, 55:13, 1295–1297.
• Peak, D., (1989). Spatial correlations in condensed phase reactions. Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, 111:1-2, 309–321.
• Kim, S., Nicolet, M., Averback, R., Peak, D., (1988). Low-temperature ion-beam mixing in metals. Physical Review B, 37:1, 38.
• Corbett, J.W, Pearton, S., Sganga, A., Peak, D., (1986). Hydrogen on Semiconductor Surfaces. Plenum Press
• Kim, S., Paine, B., Nicolet, M., Averback, R., Peak, D., (1986). Ion Beam Mixing at Low Temperatures Studied with Marker Atoms Using. 3-1 MeV Kr.
• Averback, R., Peak, D., Thompson, L., (1986). Ion-beam mixing in pure and in immiscible copper bilayer systems. Applied Physics A, 39:1, 59–64.
• Borenstein, J.T, Peak, D., Corbett, J.W, (1986). On the kinetics of thermal donor formation in silicon. J. Mater. Res, 1:4, 527.
• Peak, D., (1986). Thermal Spike and Defect Effects in Ion Mixing.
• Werner, T., Peak, D., Danziger, J.L, (1985). An evaluation of charge effects on the quenching of tryptophan fluorescence in small peptides by iodide ion. Photochemistry and photobiology, 42:1, 25–28.
• Averback, R., Peak, D., (1985). Effect of projectile energy, specimen temperature and fast thermal diffusing atoms on ion beam mixing. Applied Physics A, 38:2, 139–143.
• Borenstein, J.T, Peak, D., Corbett, J.W, (1985). Formation Kinetics of Thermal Donors in Silicon. MRS Proceedings, 59:1
• Peak, D., Averback, R., (1985). Influences of thermal spikes in ion beam mixing. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 7, 561–565.
• Peak, D., Werner, T., Dennin, Jr, R.M, Baird, J.K, (1983). Fluorescence quenching at high quencher concentrations. The Journal of chemical physics, 79, 3328.
• Peak, D., (1982). The role of diffusion in the binding of carbon monoxide to protoheme in high-viscosity solvents. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 76, 3792.
• Peak, D., (1982). The Smyth Report. Friends of the Union College Library
• Peak, D., Corbett, J.W, (1978). The effect of spatial correlations on the steady state nucleation of voids. Radiation Effects, 36:3-4, 197–203.
• Peak, D., (1978). Time lag in diffusion-controlled nucleation. Journal of Chemical Physics, 68:3, 821.
• Peak, D., Corbett, J.W, (1977). The effect of spatial correlations on steady-state nucleation kinetics in dense fluid systems. Journal of Statistical Physics, 17:3, 97–110.
• Peak, D., Pearlman, K., Wantuck, P.J, (1976). Competitive effects on the rate of the diffusion-controlled reaction A+ B→ C. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 65:12, 5538–5539.
• Kowall, J., Peak, D., Corbett, J., (1976). Impurity-concentration profile for an exponentially decaying diffusion coefficient in irradiation enhanced diffusion. Physical Review B, 13:2, 477.
• Peak, D., Corbett, J., Bourgoin, J., (1976). Ionization enhanced diffusion. Journal of Chemical Physics, 65:3, 1206.
• St Peters, M., Peak, D., Corbett, J., (1974). Impurity concentration profile in irradiation enhanced diffusion experiments. Physics Letters A, 49:2, 159–160.
• Weigel, C., Peak, D., Cobbett, J., Watkins, G., Messmer, R., (1974). LCAO Calculations for the Boron and Nitrogen Interstitial in the Diamond Lattice. physica status solidi (b), 63:1, 131–137.
• Peak, D., Corbett, J.W, (1974). The principle of reactive independence in radiation and photo experiments. Radiation Effects, 22:4, 225–227.
• Weigel, C., Peak, D., Corbett, J., Watkins, G., Messmer, R., (1973). Carbon interstitial in the diamond lattice. Physical Review B, 8:6, 2906.
• Bourgoin, J., Peak, D., Corbett, J., (1973). Ionization-enhanced diffusion: Ion implantation in semiconductors. Journal of Applied Physics, 44:7, 3022–3027.
• Peak, D., Brosiousv, P., Lee, Y., Peters, M.S, Frisch, H., Corbett, J., (1972). Correlated recovery kinetics. Radiation Effects, 15:1-2, 61–72.
• Peak, D., Corbett, J., (1972). Diffusion-controlled reaction kinetics. Physical Review B, 5:4, 1226.
• Peak, D., (1972). Strong gravity and the Yukawa potential. Lettere Al Nuovo Cimento (1971–1985), 4:16, 817–820.
• Ratcliff, K.F, Peak, D., (1972). The Momentum of the Photon. American Journal of Physics, 40:7, 1044.
• Peak, D., Frisch, H., Corbett, J., (1971). Correlated diffusion-controlled kinetics. Radiation Effects, 11:3-4, 149–154.
• Watkins, G., Messmer, R., Weigel, C., Peak, D., Corbett, J., (1971). Properties of the Interstitial in the Diamond-Type Lattice. Physical Review Letters, 27:23, 1573.
• Inomata, A., Peak, D., (1969). Gravitational coupling of negative matter. Il Nuovo Cimento B Series 10, 63:1, 132–142.
• Peak, D., Inomata, A., (1969). Interpretation of a Unified Theory of Gravitation and Symmetry Breaking. Physical Review, 187:5, 2276.
• Peak, D., Inomata, A., (1969). On the SO (4, 1) Model for Hadrons. Progress in Theoretical Physics, 84, 134–136.
• Peak, D., Inomata, A., (1969). Summation over Feynman histories in polar coordinates. Journal of Mathematical Physics, 10:8, 1422.

Professional Journal

• Peak, D., (2023). Stomatal patchiness and cellular computating. poroceedings of the national academy of sciences, 120:14, 1-7. doi: e2220270120
• Mott, K.A, Peak, D., (2013). Testing a Vapour-Phase Model of Stomatal Responses to Humidity. Plant, Cell & Environment, 36, 936-944. doi: DOI:10.1111/pce.12026

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

Other

• Corbett, J., Peak, D., (1975). Theory of reaction kinetics. Final report, 1 June 1974–31 May 1975. State Univ. of New York, Albany (USA)
• Corbett, J., Peak, D., (1973). Theory of reaction kinetics. Progress report.. STATE UNIV. OF NEW YORK, ALBANY. DEPT. OF PHYSICS.

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.