Kent Leung

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0328-5326

Works (20)

Updated: July 5th, 2023 15:39
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2022 journal article

Comparison of MCNP thermal scattering laws to inelastic neutron scattering data

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 1027.

By: C. Lavelle*, K. Leung* & T. Ito *

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: Thermal neutron; Scattering law; TSL; Ultra-cold neutron; Neutron; Electric dipole moment
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: April 23, 2022

2022 article

Growing solid deuterium for UCN production

JOURNAL OF NEUTRON RESEARCH, Vol. 24, pp. 179–191.

By: E. Korobkina n, I. Berkutov n, R. Golub n, P. Huffman n , C. Hickman n, K. Leung n , G. Medlin n, M. Morano n ...

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: Solid deuterium; ultra-cold neutrons
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: February 20, 2023

2022 journal article

Proton Compton Scattering from Linearly Polarized Gamma Rays

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 128(13).

By: X. Li, M. Ahmed, A. Banu, C. Bartram, B. Crowe, E. Downie, M. Emamian, G. Feldman ...

Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: April 23, 2022

2020 journal article

Compton scattering from He4 at the TUNL HIγS facility

Physical Review C.

Source: ORCID
Added: April 2, 2020

2019 journal article

A new cryogenic apparatus to search for the neutron electric dipole moment

Journal of Instrumentation, 14(11), P11017–P11017.

By: M. Ahmed*, R. Alarcon*, A. Aleksandrova*, S. Baeßler*, L. Barron-Palos*, L. Bartoszek, D. Beck*, M. Behzadipour* ...

co-author countries: Canada 🇨🇦 Mexico 🇲🇽 United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization, double-phase); Cryogenic detectors; Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics; Neutron detectors (cold, thermal, fast neutrons)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: February 3, 2020

2019 journal article

A next-generation inverse-geometry spallation-driven ultracold neutron source

Journal of Applied Physics, 126(22), 224901.

By: K. Leung n, G. Muhrer*, T. Hügle *, T. Ito *, E. Lutz n, M. Makela *, C. Morris *, R. Pattie*, A. Saunders *, A. Young n 

co-author countries: Sweden 🇸🇪 United States of America 🇺🇸
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 13, 2020

2019 journal article

The neutron electric dipole moment experiment at the Spallation Neutron Source

EPJ Web of Conferences, 219, 02005.

By: K. Leung n, M. Ahmed*, R. Alarcon*, A. Aleksandrova*, S. Baeßler*, L. Barrón-Palos*, L. Bartoszek, D. Beck* ...

co-author countries: Canada 🇨🇦 Mexico 🇲🇽 United States of America 🇺🇸
Sources: ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: February 19, 2020

2018 journal article

Solid deuterium surface degradation at ultracold neutron sources

The European Physical Journal A, 54(9).

By: A. Anghel*, T. Bailey n, G. Bison *, B. Blau*, L. Broussard *, S. Clayton *, C. Cude-Woods*, M. Daum* ...

co-author countries: Switzerland 🇨🇭 Germany 🇩🇪 United States of America 🇺🇸
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: March 18, 2019

2017 journal article

Spin flip loss in magnetic confinement of ultracold neutrons for neutron lifetime experiments

Physical Review C, 95(3).

By: A. Steyerl*, K. Leung n, C. Kaufman*, G. Müller * & S. Malik*

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Neutron lifetime measurements and effective spectral cleaning with an ultracold neutron trap using a vertical Halbach octupole permanent magnet array

Physical Review C, 94(4).

By: K. Leung n, P. Geltenbort*, S. Ivanov, F. Rosenau* & O. Zimmer*

co-author countries: France 🇫🇷 United States of America 🇺🇸
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Position-sensitive detection of ultracold neutrons with an imaging camera and its implications to spectroscopy

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 830, 36–43.

By: W. Wei*, L. Broussard *, M. Hoffbauer *, M. Makela *, C. Morris *, Z. Tang *, E. Adamek*, N. Callahan* ...

co-author countries: France 🇫🇷 United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: Multilayer B-10 surface detector; Imaging detector; UCN spectroscopy
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Ultracold-neutron production and up-scattering in superfluid helium between 1.1 K and 2.4 K

Physical Review C, 93(2).

By: K. Leung n, S. Ivanov, F. Piegsa *, M. Simson* & O. Zimmer*

co-author countries: Switzerland 🇨🇭 France 🇫🇷 United States of America 🇺🇸
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Experimental study of ultracold neutron production in pressurized superfluid helium

Physical Review C, 92(2).

By: P. Schmidt-Wellenburg *, J. Bossy*, E. Farhi*, M. Fertl *, K. Leung*, A. Rahli*, T. Soldner *, O. Zimmer*

co-author countries: Germany 🇩🇪 Algeria 🇩🇿 France 🇫🇷
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 16, 2019

2014 conference paper

A Comparison of Two Magnetic Ultra-Cold Neutron Trapping Concepts Using a Halbach-Octupole Array

Next Generation Experiments to Measure the Neutron Lifetime. Presented at the Next Generation Experiments to Measure the Neutron Lifetime.

By: K. Leung* , S. Ivanov, F. Martin*, F. Rosenau*, M. Simson* & O. Zimmer*

co-author countries: France 🇫🇷

Event: Next Generation Experiments to Measure the Neutron Lifetime

Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 16, 2019

2014 journal article

New source for ultracold neutrons at the Institut Laue-Langevin

Physical Review C, 90(1).

By: F. Piegsa *, M. Fertl *, S. Ivanov, M. Kreuz*, K. Leung*, P. Schmidt-Wellenburg *, T. Soldner *, O. Zimmer*

co-author countries: Switzerland 🇨🇭 France 🇫🇷
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 16, 2019

2013 thesis

Development of a new superfluid helium ultra-cold neutron source and a new magnetic trap for neutron lifetime measurements

(PhD Dissertation, Technische Universität München.). http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:91-diss-20130213-1119646-0-0

By: K. Leung 

nbn-resolving.de
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 16, 2019

2009 journal article

Half-life of the superallowed positron emitter Carbon-10

Physical Review C, 79(2), 024311.

By: P. Barker*, K. Leung* & A. Byrne*

co-author countries: Australia 🇦🇺 New Zealand 🇳🇿
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 16, 2019

2009 journal article

Measuring the proton spectrum in neutron decay—Latest results with aSPECT

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 611(2-3), 203–206.

By: M. Simson*, F. Ayala Guardia*, S. Baeßler*, M. Borg*, F. Glück*, W. Heil*, I. Konorov *, G. Konrad* ...

co-author countries: Germany 🇩🇪 France 🇫🇷 Hungary 🇭🇺 United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: Neutron decay; Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 16, 2019

2009 journal article

Proposed neutron lifetime measurement using a hybrid magnetic trap for ultra-cold neutrons

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 611(2-3), 181–185.

By: K. Leung* & O. Zimmer*

co-author countries: Germany 🇩🇪 France 🇫🇷
author keywords: Neutron lifetime; Magnetic trap; Halbach-type multipole; Ultra-cold neutrons; Superthermal production; Charged particle extraction
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 16, 2019

2009 journal article

The Proton Spectrum in Neutron Beta Decay: Latest Results with the aSPECT Spectrometer

Nuclear Physics A, 827(1-4), 529c–531c.

By: G. Konrad*, F. Ayala Guardia*, S. Baeßler*, M. Borg*, F. Glück*, W. Heil*, I. Konorov *, K. Leung* ...

co-author countries: Germany 🇩🇪 France 🇫🇷 United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: Neutron beta decay; Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 16, 2019

Employment

Updated: November 15th, 2021 15:25

2021 - present

Montclair State University Montclair, NJ, US
Assistant Professor Physics & Astronomy

2020 - 2021

Duke University Durham, NC, US
Assistant Research Professor Physics & Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory

2017 - 2020

North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Research Assistant Professor Physics

2013 - 2017

North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Post-doc Physics

2007 - 2011

Institut Laue-Langevin Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, FR
Doctoral Researcher Division Science/ Nuclear and Particle Physics Group

2004 - 2007

University of Auckland Auckland, NZ
Teaching Assistant & Undergraduate Laboratory Technician Physics

Education

Updated: October 11th, 2019 14:45

2007 - 2013

Technische Universität München Munchen, Bayern, DE
Doctor of Natural Sciences Physics

2005 - 2007

University of Auckland Auckland, NZ
Master of Science Physics

2002 - 2005

University of Auckland Auckland, NZ
Bachelor of Science Physics