Paul Huffman
Bio
After obtaining his BS in Physics at NC State in 1990, Professor Huffman earned his MA (in 1992) and his PhD (in 1995) in Physics at Duke University. Paul then spent three years as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University before taking a staff position at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, MD. Paul joined the Physics department in 2004 as an Associate Professor with a 5-year joint appointment with the Physics Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Paul is also a member of the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory.
Area(s) of Expertise
Paul's research efforts are centered around using neutrons to both test the Standard Model and investigate the weak interaction through beta decay and neutron-nucleon processes. This includes performing experiments in these areas and in the development of new neutron sources for use in future fundamental neutron physics experiments. Paul has also been involved in the development of a neutron imaging facility for fuel cells.
Publications
- Growing solid deuterium for UCN production , JOURNAL OF NEUTRON RESEARCH (2022)
- A new cryogenic apparatus to search for the neutron electric dipole moment , Journal of Instrumentation (2019)
- Measurement of the absolute neutron beam polarization from a supermirror polarizer and the absolute efficiency of a neutron spin rotator for the NPDGamma experiment using a polarized He-3 neutron spin-filter , Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment (2018)
- Measurement of the absolute neutron beam polarization from a supermirror polarizer and the absolute efficiency of a neutron spin rotator for the NPDGamma experiment using a polarized 3He neutron spin-filter , Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment (2018)
- Solid deuterium surface degradation at ultracold neutron sources , The European Physical Journal A (2018)
- High-sensitivity measurement of He-3-He-4 isotopic ratios for ultracold neutron experiments , Physical Review C (2016)
- Survival analysis approach to account for non-exponential decay rate effects in lifetime experiments , NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT (2016)
- Fundamental neutron physics beamline at the spallation neutron source at ORNL , NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT (2015)
- Fundamental neutron physics beamline at the spallation neutron source at ORNL (vol 773, pg 45, 2015) , NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT (2015)
- Design and performance of a cryogenic apparatus for magnetically trapping ultracold neutrons , CRYOGENICS (2014)