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UNIVERSITY of VIRGINIA SPIN PHYSICS GROUP

Polarized Noble Gases

Nucleon Spin Structure

&

Parity Violation

 

Research

Physics & Applications of Polarized Noble Gases (2009)

Currently Running JLab Experiment

Hall A Web at JLab - Current information on Hall A Experiment, Shift Schedule and HALOG

E05-015, E08-005, E05-102: Quasi-Elastic 3He Family - [Apr 20, 2009 - Jun 15, 2009] Target Single Spin Asymmetry Ay and Asymmetries Ax and Az

E06-010/E06-014: Transversity/d2n Cell Data Pages - Transversity/d2n-style Target Cells (K/Rb-hybrid, PC=3.0in, TC=40cm, filled during 2007 & 2008)

Neutron Spin Structure Experiments using Polarized He-3 Targets

SLAC - E142 - The Spin Structure Function of the Neutron Determined Using a Polarized 3He Target

SLAC - E154 - Precision Measurement of the Neutron Spin Structure Function Using a Polarized 3He Target

JLab – E94-010 - Measurement of the Neutron (3He) Spin Structure Function at Low Q2 : a Connection Between the Bjorken and Drell Hearn Gerasimov sum rules

JLab - E95-001 - Precise Measurement of the Transverse Asymmetry AT in Quasi-Elastic Electron Scattering from 3He at low Q2

JLab – E99-117 - Precision Measurement of the Neutron Asymmetry A1n at Large x using CEBAF at 6 GeV

JLab – E97-103 – Search for Higher Twist Effects in the Neutron Spin Structure Function g2n(x,Q2)

JLab – E97-110 - The GDH Sum Rule and the Spin Structure of 3He and the Neutron Using Nearly Real Photons

JLab – E01-012 - Measurement of Neutron (3He) Spin Structure Functions in the Resonance Region

JLab – E02-013 - Measurement of the Neutron Electric Form Factor GEn at High Q^2

JLab – - E06-010 - Measurement of Single Target-Spin Asymmetry in Semi-Inclusive Pion Electroproduction on a Transversely Polarized 3He Target

E06-014: Neutron d2n - Measurement of the Neutron d2n: Towards the Electric XE and the Magnetic XB Color Polarizabilities

Parity Violation Experiments

JLab - E91-010 - (HAPPEX) Parity Violation in Elastic Scattering from the Proton

SLAC - E158 - A Precision Measurement of the Weak Mixing Angle in MΖller Scattering

JLab – E99-115 – (HAPPEX-Hydrogen) Constraining the Nucleon Strangeness Radius in Parity Violating Electron Scattering

JLab – E00-114 – (HAPPEX-Helium) Parity Violation from 4He at Low Q2: A Clean Measurement of rs

JLab – E00-003 - A Clean Measurement of the Neutron Skin of 208Pb Through Parity Violating Electron Scattering

Related Work

MRI using Polarized He-3 & Xe-129

Study of Optical Pumping and Spin Exchange Coupling between Alkali Metals and Noble Gas Atoms

Group

Faculty

Dr. Gordon D. Cates, Professor of Physics and Radiology

Research Staff

Dr. Vladimir V. Nelyubin
Dr. William A. Tobias

Graduate Students

Peter A. Dolph
Karen E. Mooney

Jaideep Singh

Ryan Snyder

Former Postdocs

Dr. Alexandre Deur

Former Students

Sebastien Binet (summer 2001, visiting from Clermont-Ferrand)

Michael Carl (Fall 2003 thru Summer 2008)

Julien Chaput (summer 2001, visiting from Clermont-Ferrand)

Kai-Mei Fu (summer 2001, graduated from Princeton in Spring 2001 and off to Stanford Fall 2001)

T. Brian Humensky (visiting from Princeton, upon graduation, went to Center for Cosmological Physics at The University of Chicago

Benjamin Labonne (summer 2002, visiting from Clermont-Ferrand)

Arnaud K. Labourt-Ibarre (spring 2001, visiting from Ecole Normale Superieure)

Scott Rohrbaugh (Fall 2001 thru Fall 2007)

Kai Shen

James Hsuan-Tsung Wang (Summer 2002 thru January 2007)

Links

Lab related

E06-010/E06-014: Transversity/d2n-style Cell Data Pages (K/Rb-hybrid, PC=3.0in, TC=40cm, during 2007 & 2008)

E02-013 GEn-style Cell Data Pages (hybrid PC=3.5in/2.5in, TC=40cm cells from 2005 & 2006)

Standard Cell Data Link (standard PC=2.5in, TC=25cm/40cm cells from 2001)

Glass Properties (chemical composition by weight, index of refraction, density and radiation lengths)

Some Pretty Pictures of the Lab from 2001

Sol-Gel Technology in 3He Targets (2002)

Safety and Training

Lab Laser Safety (don’t look into the lasers, wear your laser safety glasses/goggles)

Lab Target Cell Safety (don’t drop the cell)

Lab Cryogenic Safety (don’t drink the LN2)

Preventing Harassment and Discrimination in the workplace training for Faculty and Staff

Related Student Theses

Deur, Alexandre: Blaise Pascal PhD Thesis (2000)

Humensky, Brian: Princeton PhD Thesis (2003)

Kominis, Ioannis: Princeton PhD Thesis (2000)

Rohrbaugh, Scott: Virginia PhD Thesis (2008)

Romalis, Mike: Princeton PhD Thesis (1997)

Singh, Jaideep: Caltech Senior Thesis (2000)

Tobias, Al: Virginia PhD Thesis (2001)

Wang, James: Virginia PhD Thesis (2007)


Contact Info

Physics Labs (Rm 003 & 068): 434-982-2233
Student Office (Rm 010): 434-924-7407
Research Staff Office (Rm 036): 434-924-7681
Principle Investigator Office (Rm 106A): 434-924-4792
Department FAX (Rm 100): 434-924-7909

 

last updated: March 27, 2009 by Al Tobias [wat4y at virginia dot edu]

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