Robert Golub

Improving MCUCN code to simulate ultracold neutron storage and transportation in superfluid 4He

Han, X.-F., Shen, F., Zhou, B., Cai, X.-X., Yi, T.-C., Hu, Z.-L., … Golub, R. (2026, January 10). Nuclear Science and Techniques, Vol. 1.

MEOP based ³He polarization and injection system for experiments below 1 K

Rao, T., Barrón-Palos, L., Berkutov, I., Crawford, C. B., Golub, R., Huffman, P., … Zanatta-Martínez, T. (2025, January 1). Journal of Instrumentation.

External Moderation of Reactor Core Neutrons for Optimized Production of Ultra-Cold Neutrons

Medlin, G., Korobkina, E., Teander, C., Wehring, B., Sharapov, E., Hawari, A. I., … Golub, R. (2024, October 18). Journal of Nuclear Engineering, Vol. 5, pp. 486–499.

Heuristic approach to trajectory correlation functions in bounded regions with Lambert scattering walls

Rao, T., & Golub, R. (2024, May 22). Physics Letters A, Vol. 512.

The Historical and Physical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

Growing solid deuterium for UCN production

Korobkina, E., Berkutov, I., Golub, R., Huffman, P., Hickman, C., Leung, K., … Young, A. R. (2022, August 9). Journal of Neutron Research, Vol. 24, pp. 179–191.

Effect of Thomas Rotation on the Lorentz Transformation of Electromagnetic fields

Malhotra, L., Golub, R., Kraegeloh, E., Nouri, N., & Plaster, B. (2020, March 26). Scientific Reports.

Search for the Electric Dipole Moment of the Neutron Using Stored Ultracold Neutrons

(2020, May 29). WORLD SCIENTIFIC EBooks, pp. 367–404.

Sources of Ultracold Neutrons

(2020, May 29). WORLD SCIENTIFIC EBooks, pp. 33–83.

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

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

Research with ultra-cold neutrons

(2017, July 12). Ultra-Cold Neutrons, pp. 1–6.

Non-extensive statistics in spin precession

Europhysics Letters, 116(4).

Random walks with thermalizing collisions in bounded regions: Physical applications valid from the ballistic to diffusive regimes

Swank, C. M., Petukhov, A. K., & Golub, R. (2016, June 8). Physical Review. A/Physical Review, A, Vol. 93.

Frequency shifts and relaxation rates for spin-1/2 particles moving in electromagnetic fields

Pignol, G., Guigue, M., Petukhov, A., & Golub, R. (2015, November 5). Physical Review A, Vol. 92.

Geometric phases in electric dipole searches with trapped spin-1/2 particles in general fields and measurement cells of arbitrary shape with smooth or rough walls

Golub, R., Kaufman, C., Müller, G., & Steyerl, A. (2015, December 15). Physical Review A, Vol. 92.

Ultracold neutron accumulation in a superfluid-helium converter with magnetic multipole reflector

Zimmer, O., & Golub, R. (2015, July 2). Physical Review C, Vol. 92.

Calculation of geometric phases in electric dipole searches with trapped spin-1/2 particles based on direct solution of the Schrödinger equation

Steyerl, A., Kaufman, C., Müller, G., Malik, S. S., Desai, A. M., & Golub, R. (2014, May 22). Physical Review A, Vol. 89.

Comment on “Pressure dependence of wall relaxation in polarized3He gaseous cells”

Saam, B., Petukhov, A. K., Chastagnier, J., Gentile, T. R., Golub, R., & Swank, C. M. (2012, April 26). Comment on “Pressure dependence of wall relaxation in polarized3He gaseous cells.” Physical Review A, Vol. 85.

Correlation functions for restricted Brownian motion from the ballistic through to the diffusive regimes

Swank, C. M., Petukhov, A. K., & Golub, R. (2012, May 22). Physics Letters A, Vol. 376, pp. 2319–2324.

Comment on “Limits on possible new nucleon monopole-dipole interactions from the spin relaxation rate of polarizedHe3gas”

Petukhov, A. K., Pignol, G., & Golub, R. (2011, September 21). Comment on “Limits on possible new nucleon monopole-dipole interactions from the spin relaxation rate of polarizedHe3gas.” Physical Review. D. Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology/Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology, Vol. 84.

Reexamination of relaxation of spins due to a magnetic field gradient: Identity of the Redfield and Torrey theories

Golub, R., Rohm, R. M., & Swank, C. M. (2011, February 3). Physical Review A, Vol. 83.

Experimental searches for the neutron electric dipole moment

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 36(10), 104002.

Measuring the neutron lifetime using magnetically trapped neutrons

O’Shaughnessy, C. M., Golub, R., Schelhammer, K. W., Swank, C. M., Seo, P.-N., Huffman, P. R., … Yang, G. (2009, August 7). Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 611, pp. 171–175.

Relaxation of spin-polarizedH3ein mixtures ofH3eandH4eat about 330 mK

Ye, Q., Gao, H., Zheng, W., Dutta, D., Dubose, F., Golub, R., … Korobkina, E. (2009, August 5). Physical Review A, Vol. 80.

Invited Article: Development of high-field superconducting Ioffe magnetic traps

Review of Scientific Instruments, 79(3), 031301.

Invited article: Development of high-field superconducting Ioffe magnetic traps

Review of Scientific Instruments, 79(3).

Relaxation of spin polarizedH3ein mixtures ofH3eandH4ebelow theH4elambda point

Ye, Q., Dutta, D., Gao, H., Kramer, K., Qian, X., Zong, X., … Korobkina, E. (2008, May 20). Physical Review A, Vol. 77.

An ultracold neutron source at the NC state university PULSTAR reactor

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 579(1), 530–533.

Comment on “Improved Experimental Limit on the Electric Dipole Moment of the Neutron”

Lamoreaux, S. K., & Golub, R. (2007, April 4). Comment on “Improved Experimental Limit on the Electric Dipole Moment of the Neutron.” Physical Review Letters, Vol. 98.

Electric dipole moment searches: Effect of linear electric field frequency shifts induced in confined gases

Barabanov, A. L., Golub, R., & Lamoreaux, S. K. (2006, November 30). Physical Review A, Vol. 74.

Search for scission neutrons using specific angular correlations in 235U fission induced by slow polarized neutrons

Danilyan, G. V., Fedorov, A. V., Krakhotin, V. A., Pavlov, V. S., Brakhman, E. V., Karpikhin, I. L., … Russina, M. V. (2006, July 1). Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Vol. 69, pp. 1158–1160.

Bunching of continuous neutron beams

Physics Letters A, 349(1-4), 59–66.

Determination of the neutron lifetime using magnetically trapped neutrons

Dzhosyuk, S. N., Copete, A., Doyle, J. M., Yang, L., Coakley, K. J., Golub, R., … Huffman, P. R. (2005, July 1). Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Vol. 110, pp. 339–343.

Search for P-odd asymmetry of prompt neutron emission in 235U fission induced by cold polarized neutrons

Brakhman, E. V., Danilyan, G. V., Fedorov, A. V., Karpikhin, I. L., Krakhotin, V. A., Pavlov, V. S., … Wilpert, T. (2004, December 1). Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters, Vol. 80, pp. 675–677.

The resolution matrix for neutron spin-echo three-axis spectroscopy

Physica B: Condensed Matter, 350(1-3), E803–E806.

A long wavelength neutron monochromator for superthermal production of ultracold neutrons

Physica B: Condensed Matter, 344(1-4), 343–357.

Detecting ionizing radiation in liquid helium using wavelength shifting light collection

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 516(2-3), 475–485.

Magnetic trapping of ultracold neutrons

Brome, C. R., Butterworth, J. S., Dzhosyuk, S. N., Mattoni, C. E. H., McKinsey, D. N., Doyle, J. M., … Coakley, K. J. (2001, April 17). Physical Review C, Vol. 63, pp. 555021–5550215.

Ultra-cold neutrons

Reports on Progress in Physics, 42(3), 439–501.

Comment on “Giant Absorption Cross Section of Ultracold Neutrons in Gadolinium”

Felber, J., Gähler, R., & Golub, R. (2000, December 25). Comment on “Giant Absorption Cross Section of Ultracold Neutrons in Gadolinium.” Physical Review Letters, Vol. 85, pp. 5667–5667.

Magnetic trapping of neutrons

Huffman, P. R., Brome, C. R., Butterworth, J. S., Coakley, K. J., Dewey, M. S., Dzhosyuk, S. N., … Doyle, J. M. (2000, January 1). Nature, Vol. 403, pp. 62–64.

A comparison of spin echo and conventional neutron instruments by the coherence properties of the neutrons

Keller, T., Besenböck, W., Feller, J., Gähler, R., Golub, R., Hank, P., & Köppe, M. (1997, June 1). Physica B Condensed Matter, Vol. 234-236, pp. 1120–1125.

Ultracold neutrons: Their role in studies of condensed matter

Golub, R. (1996, April 1). Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol. 68, pp. 329–347.

Interferometry with very Cold Neutrons

Rasel, E. M., Eder, K., Felber, J., Gähler, R., Golub, R., Mampe, W., & Zeilinger, A. (1994, January 1). Waves and Particles in Light and Matter, pp. 429–438.

Neutron electric-dipole moment, ultracold neutrons and polarized 3He

Golub, R., & Lamoreaux, S. K. (1994, February 1). Physics Reports, Vol. 237, pp. 1–62.

Production and storage of ultracold neutrons in superfluidHe4

Golub, R., & Lamoreaux, S. K. (1993, January 25). Physical Review Letters, Vol. 70, pp. 517–517.

A review of: “The physics of ultracold neutrons, by V. K. Ignatovich (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1990), and Ultra-Cold Neutrons, by R. Golub, D. I. Richardson and S. K. Lamoreaux (Adam Hilger, Bristol, 1991)”

A review of: “The physics of ultracold neutrons, by V. K. Ignatovich (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1990), and Ultra-Cold Neutrons, by R. Golub, D. I. Richardson and S. K. Lamoreaux (Adam Hilger, Bristol, 1991).” (1992, January 1). Neutron News, Vol. 3, pp. 30–31.

Low-Energy Particle Physics: Ultra-Cold Neutrons . Robert Golub, David J. Richardson, and Steve K. Lamoreaux. Hilger, Philadelphia (distributor, American Institute of Physics, New York), 1992. xii, 304 pp., illus. $80.

Greene, G. L. (1992, June 26). Science, Vol. 256, pp. 1836–1836.

Superfluid helium yields ultra-cold neutrons

Golub, B. (1992, May 1). Physics World, Vol. 5, pp. 22–23.

Neutrons with 〈σ〉 > 100 and “polarization amplification”

Golub, R., & Gähler, R. (1989, November 1). Neutrons with 〈σ〉 > 100 and “polarization amplification.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 284, pp. 188–189.

Ultra-cold anti-neutrons (UCN)

Golub, R., & Yoshiki, H. (1989, October 1). Nuclear Physics A, Vol. 501, pp. 869–876.

Upscattering of Ultra-Cold Neutrons (UCN) by Excitations in Superfluid 4He

Golub, R. (1989, January 1). Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, pp. 96–98.

Test of the time dependent Schrödinger equation with very slow neutrons

Felber, J., Gähler, R., & Golub, R. (1988, July 1). Physica B+C, Vol. 151, pp. 135–139.

Scattering of ultra-cold neutrons (UCN) by superfluid helium at temperatures around 1 K

Kilvington, A. I., Golub, R., Mampe, W., & Ageron, P. (1987, November 1). Physics Letters A, Vol. 125, pp. 416–420.

Ultra-Cold Neutrons–Some Applications

Golub, R. (1987, January 1). Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 26, p. 2073.

A thin film source of ultra-cold neutrons

Yu, Z.-C., Malik, S. S., & Golub, R. (1986, June 1). The European Physical Journal B, Vol. 62, pp. 137–142.

Ultracold neutrons (UCN) at a TRIGA reactor

Golub, R. (1984, October 1). Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 226, pp. 558–559.

New type of low temperature source of Ultra-cold neutrons and production of continous beams of UCN

Golub, R., & B�ning, K. (1983, June 1). The European Physical Journal B, Vol. 51, pp. 95–98.

Operation of a superthermal ultra-cold neutron source and the storage of ultra-cold neutrons in superfluid Helium4

Golub, R., Jewell, C., Ageron, P., Mampe, W., Heckel, B., & Kilvington, I. (1983, September 1). The European Physical Journal B, Vol. 51, pp. 187–193.

Slowing down of neutrons from a pulsed, point, monoenergetic source in a hydrogenous medium

Golub, R., & Taylor, A. D. (1983, July 1). Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Vol. 212, pp. 349–357.

Observation of the storage of ultra-cold neutrons in liquid helium

Jewell, C., Heckel, B., Ageron, P., Golub, R., Mampe, W., & McClintock, P. V. E. (1981, August 1). Physica B+C, Vol. 107, pp. 587–588.

A ‘Super-Thermal’ Source for Ultra-Cold Neutrons

Golub, R., Ageron, P., Mampe, W., & McLintock, P. V. E. (1979, January 1). Neutron Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy, pp. 615–617.

On the storage of neutrons in superfluid 4He

Golub, R. (1979, July 1). Physics Letters A, Vol. 72, pp. 387–390.

Ultracold Neutrons

Golub, R., Mampe, W., Pendlebury, J. M., & Ageron, P. (1979, June 1). Scientific American, Vol. 240, pp. 134–154.

Experiment on the efficient polarization of ultracold neutrons

Herdin, R., Steyerl, A., Taylor, A. R., Pendlebury, J. M., & Golub, R. (1978, January 1). Nuclear Instruments and Methods, Vol. 148, pp. 353–357.

Hydrogen Surface Contamination and the Storage of Ultracold Neutrons

Lanford, W. A., & Golub, R. (1977, December 12). Physical Review Letters, Vol. 39, pp. 1509–1512.

The interaction of Ultra-Cold Neutrons (UCN) with liquid helium and a superthermal UCN source

Golub, R., & Pendlebury, J. M. (1977, September 1). Physics Letters A, Vol. 62, pp. 337–339.

Monte Carlo calculation of ultra cold neutron flow through long tubes with a realistic angular distribution of reflected neutrons

Brown, M., Golub, R., & Pendlebury, J. M. (1975, February 1). Vacuum, Vol. 25, pp. 61–64.

Super-thermal sources of ultra-cold neutrons

Golub, R., & Pendlebury, J. M. (1975, June 1). Physics Letters A, Vol. 53, pp. 133–135.

Method of studying surface properties relevant to ultra-cold neutrons

Golub, R., & Pendlebury, J. M. (1974, December 1). Physics Letters A, Vol. 50, pp. 177–178.

Bottled neutrons

Golub, R., & Pendlebury, J. M. (1972, December 1). Physics Bulletin, Vol. 23, pp. 722–722.

The production of very cold neutrons

Golub, R. (1972, January 1). Physics Letters A, Vol. 38, pp. 177–178.

Magnetic neutron spectrometers for neutrons with wavelengths greater than 40 Å

Golub, R., & Carter, P. (1971, January 1). Nuclear Instruments and Methods, Vol. 91, pp. 205–209.