Andrew J. R. Puckett, Associate Professor, Department of Physics
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, will enable 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 theory of the strong interaction. Click the image to see the list of publications and citations (according to Google Scholar)
Recent news/events
Positrons @CEBAF “White Paper” published to arxiv
The “White Paper” detailing the science case for a positron beam at Jefferson Lab was published to the arxiv.org preprint server on July 29. Professor Puckett authored the section on polarization transfer in positron-proton elastic scattering. The “White Paper” can be found here.
[Read More]Preprint of ECT* Diquark Workshop Proceedings submitted to PPNP
The manuscript of the proceedings paper from the September 2019 ECT* “Diquark Correlations” workshop in Trento, Italy has recently been submitted for publication to Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. The preprint of the paper can be found at the following link. Professor Puckett gave an invited talk at the workshop and wrote the section of […]
[Read More]Two new experiments approved by Jefferson Lab Program Advisory Committee
Two new experiments using the Super BigBite Spectrometer (SBS) have been approved by the Jefferson Lab Program Advisory Committee (PAC) at its 48th meeting. The goal of the first experiment (E12-20-010), with UConn postdoc Eric Fuchey as co-spokesperson and contact person, is to perform the first precise measurement of the so-called “Rosenbluth slope” in the […]
[Read More]Physics Department Upcoming Events
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Sep
25
Physics Colloquium: Visualizing The Proton3:30pm
Physics Colloquium: Visualizing The Proton
Friday, September 25th, 2020
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Storrs Campus Remote
Prof. Richard Milner
MIT
Abstract:
Nuclear physicists have recently made progress in understanding how to visualize the fundamental structure of the proton. Electrons scattered from the proton’s charged constituents produce snapshots that offer the possibility to produce for the first time a coherent 3D image of the proton. The basic
elements of the technique will be outlined and ongoing experiments at Jefferson Laboratory as well as future experiments at the planned Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) at Brookhaven Laboratory will be described.
Remote Connection info:
TBAContact Information: Prof. Kyungseon Joo
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Oct
9
Dr. James Guillochon3:30pm
Dr. James Guillochon
Friday, October 9th, 2020
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Storrs Campus BPB-131
Physics colloquium
Dr. James GuillochonContact Information: Prof. Cara Battersby
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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/ |