Andrew J. R. Puckett, Associate Professor, Department of Physics
The photo above shows members of the group on the BigBite Spectrometer service platform in Hall A of Jefferson Lab during the SBS installation in July 2021. From left to right: Prof. Puckett, Dr. Eric Fuchey, Graduate Research Assistants Sebastian Seeds and Provakar Datta. Professor Puckett is an experimental nuclear/particle physicist studying the internal structure of strongly interacting matter in high-energy fixed-target electron-nucleon and electron-nucleus scattering experiments at Jefferson Lab (JLab). The recently completed 12 GeV upgrade of JLab's Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility to a maximum beam energy of 11 GeV (12 GeV) for electron-beam (photon-beam) experiments, augmented by state-of-the-art target and detector systems, together with high-speed data acquisition and high-performance computing, has enabled a world-leading physics program leading to three-dimensional imaging of the internal quark structure of protons, neutrons and nuclei with unprecedented precision in both coordinate and momentum space. The ultimate goal of the experiments is to understand how strongly interacting matter is built from its elementary quark and gluon constituents in terms of Quantum Chromodynamics, the generally accepted theory of the strong interaction within the Standard Model. Click the image to see the list of publications and citations (according to Google Scholar).
Quick Links
- Puckett Group is Hiring: Postdoctoral Research Associate!
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- Podd: Hall A C++ Analyzer
- SBS-offline on GitHub
- SBS-replay on GitHub
- g4sbs on github
- g4sbs documentation page
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- GEANT4 homepage
- Procedures for inviting/hosting a colloquium speaker
- Other Useful Documents and Links
Recent news/events
50 Years of Quantum Chromodynamics Published in EPJ C
The “50 Years of Quantum Chromodynamics” invited review by the European Physical Journal C is now published online at the following link: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11949-2 Professor Puckett contributed section 10.1 on nucleon electromagnetic form factors. The review is a comprehensive history and introduction to research in QCD intended to serve as a useful reference for researchers in […]
[Read More]UConn physics SBS collaborators at Hawaii DNP Meeting, 2023
Professor Puckett and UConn physics graduate students Provakar Datta and Sebastian Seeds were part of a strong contingent of Hall A SBS Collaborators at the recent APS DNP/JPS meeting on the big island of Hawaii, reporting on the progress of various data analyses and the preparations for upcoming experiments. This was the 6th Joint Meeting […]
[Read More]SBS Collaboration Meeting, July 17-18, 2023
Professor Puckett and UConn graduate students Provakar Datta, Sebastian Seeds, and Kip Hunt participated in the Super BigBite Spectrometer (SBS) Collaboration Meeting at Jefferson Lab on July 17-18, 2023. In the two-day meeting, talks were presented on the status of ongoing experiments, SBS equipment developments, data analysis of completed experiments, preparations for upcoming experiments, and […]
[Read More]Physics Department Upcoming Events
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Mar
29
Dr. Nick Hutzler, California Institute of Technology (UConn Physics Colloquium) 3:30pm
Dr. Nick Hutzler, California Institute of Technology (UConn Physics Colloquium)
Friday, March 29th, 2024
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Gant West Building
Dr. Nick Hutzler, California Institute of Technology
UConn Physics Colloquium
Title and abstract: TBD
Contact: Profs. Tom Blum and Dan McCarron -
Apr
1
Particle, Astrophysics, and Nuclear Physics Seminar 2:00pm
Particle, Astrophysics, and Nuclear Physics Seminar
Monday, April 1st, 2024
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Gant South Building
Dr. Fatma Aslan, Jefferson National Laboratory and UConn
Hadron structure-oriented approach to TMD phenomenology
We present a first practical implementation of a recently proposed hadron structure oriented (HSO) approach to TMD phenomenology applied to Drell-Yan like processes. We compare and contrast general features of our methodology with other common practices and emphasize the improvements derived from our approach that we view as essential for applications where extracting details of nonperturbative transverse hadron structure is a major goal. These include the HSO’s preservation of a basic TMD parton-model-like framework even while accounting for full TMD factorization and evolution, explicit preservation of the integral relationship between TMD and collinear PDFs, and the ability to meaningfully compare different theoretical models of nonperturbative TMD parton distributions.
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Apr
1
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Seminar 3:30pm
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Seminar
Monday, April 1st, 2024
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
GS-119
Graduate student Geoff Harrison, Department of Physics, University of Connecticut
ITAS: A Technique for Complete Quantum Measurements on a New Timescale
Transient absorption spectroscopy is a well-established technique used to study electron dynamics in atomic and molecular systems but typically can only measure the magnitude of the electronic wavefunction. We have integrated interferometric methods into this technique to allow complete quantum measurements of both the magnitude and phase of electronic wavefunctions. A spatial light modulator (SLM) is used to separate the interferometric arms in an extremely stable way, enabling the measurement of effects on the zeptosecond timescale (with a jitter of 3zs). In this talk, I’ll describe how we’ve utilized SLMs to make these measurements possible and share some initial data we’ve taken looking at phase effects in argon.
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Apr
8
Solar Eclipse Viewing Event 2:00pm
Solar Eclipse Viewing Event
Monday, April 8th, 2024
02:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Horsebarn Hill (behind Dairy Bar)
Community event for viewing the April 8 solar eclipse, hosted by UConn faculty and students.
90% of the Sun will be eclipsed from our location at maximum 3:25pm
Activities include:
- solar telescopes
- pinhole camera installation, and camera-making demos
- eclipse demos
- eclipse-viewing glasses for sale(fundraisers for undergrad + graduate physics organizations)
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Apr
12
Graduate student seminar 12:15pm
Graduate student seminar
Friday, April 12th, 2024
12:15 PM - 01:15 PM
Gant South Building
Prof. Gayanath Fernando, Department of Physics, University of Connecticut
Quantum Materials: Topological, Magnetic and Floquet Systems
Contact Information
Phone: | (860) 486-7137 (Office) |
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E-mail: | andrew.puckett@uconn.edu |
Address: | 196 Auditorium Road, Unit 3046 Storrs, CT 06269-3046 |
More: | https://physics.uconn.edu/person/andrew-puckett/ |