Robert Golub

Han, X.-F., Shen, F., Zhou, B., Cai, X.-X., Yi, T.-C., Hu, Z.-L., … Golub, R. (2026, January 10). Improving MCUCN code to simulate ultracold neutron storage and transportation in superfluid 4He. Nuclear Science and Techniques, Vol. 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41365-025-01861-7

Rao, T., Palos, L. B., Berkutov, I., Crawford, C. B., Golub, R., Huffman, P., … Martínez, T. Z. (2025, January 1). MEOP based <sup>3</sup>He polarization and injection system for experiments below 1 K. Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 20. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/20/01/P01007

Medlin, G., Korobkina, E., Teander, C., Wehring, B., Sharapov, E., Hawari, A. I., … Golub, R. (2024, October 18). External Moderation of Reactor Core Neutrons for Optimized Production of Ultra-Cold Neutrons. Journal of Nuclear Engineering, Vol. 5, pp. 486–499. https://doi.org/10.3390/jne5040030

Rao, T., & Golub, R. (2024, May 22). Heuristic approach to trajectory correlation functions in bounded regions with Lambert scattering walls. Physics Letters A, Vol. 512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2024.129599

Golub, R., & Lamoreaux, S. (2023). The Historical and Physical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198822189.001.0001

Korobkina, E., Berkutov, I., Golub, R., Huffman, P., Hickman, C., Leung, K., … Young, A. R. (2022, August 9). Growing solid deuterium for UCN production. Journal of Neutron Research, Vol. 24, pp. 179–191. https://doi.org/10.3233/JNR-220010

Malhotra, L., Golub, R., Kraegeloh, E., Nouri, N., & Plaster, B. (2020, March 26). Effect of Thomas Rotation on the Lorentz Transformation of Electromagnetic fields. Scientific Reports, Vol. 10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62082-z

Search for the Electric Dipole Moment of the Neutron Using Stored Ultracold Neutrons. (2020, May 29). WORLD SCIENTIFIC EBooks, pp. 367–404. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811212710_0012

Sources of Ultracold Neutrons. (2020, May 29). WORLD SCIENTIFIC EBooks, pp. 33–83. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811212710_0004

Ahmed, M. W., Alarcon, R., Aleksandrova, A., Baeßler, S., Barron-Palos, L., Bartoszek, L. M., … Young, A. R. (2019). A new cryogenic apparatus to search for the neutron electric dipole moment. Journal of Instrumentation, 14(11), P11017–P11017. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/11/P11017

Research with ultra-cold neutrons. (2017, July 12). Ultra-Cold Neutrons, pp. 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780203734803-1

Bales, M. J., Fierlinger, P., & Golub, R. (2016). Non-extensive statistics in spin precession. Europhysics Letters, 116(4).

Swank, C. M., Petukhov, A. K., & Golub, R. (2016, June 8). Random walks with thermalizing collisions in bounded regions: Physical applications valid from the ballistic to diffusive regimes. Physical Review. A/Physical Review, A, Vol. 93. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.93.062703

Pignol, G., Guigue, M., Petukhov, A., & Golub, R. (2015, November 5). Frequency shifts and relaxation rates for spin-1/2 particles moving in electromagnetic fields. Physical Review A, Vol. 92. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.92.053407

Golub, R., Kaufman, C., Müller, G., & Steyerl, A. (2015, December 15). 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. Physical Review A, Vol. 92. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.92.062123

Zimmer, O., & Golub, R. (2015, July 2). Ultracold neutron accumulation in a superfluid-helium converter with magnetic multipole reflector. Physical Review C, Vol. 92. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.92.015501

Steyerl, A., Kaufman, C., Müller, G., Malik, S. S., Desai, A. M., & Golub, R. (2014, May 22). Calculation of geometric phases in electric dipole searches with trapped spin-1/2 particles based on direct solution of the Schrödinger equation. Physical Review A, Vol. 89. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.89.052129

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 polarized<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msup><mml:mrow/><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msup></mml:math>He gaseous cells.” Physical Review A, Vol. 85. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.85.047401

Swank, C. M., Petukhov, A. K., & Golub, R. (2012, May 22). Correlation functions for restricted Brownian motion from the ballistic through to the diffusive regimes. Physics Letters A, Vol. 376, pp. 2319–2324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2012.05.038

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 polarized<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mi>He</mml:mi><mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:math>gas.” Physical Review. D. Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology/Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology, Vol. 84. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.84.058501

Golub, R., Rohm, R. M., & Swank, C. M. (2011, February 3). Reexamination of relaxation of spins due to a magnetic field gradient: Identity of the Redfield and Torrey theories. Physical Review A, Vol. 83. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.83.023402

Lamoreaux, S. K., & Golub, R. (2009). Experimental searches for the neutron electric dipole moment. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 36(10), 104002. https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/36/10/104002

O’Shaughnessy, C. M., Golub, R., Schelhammer, K. W., Swank, C. M., Seo, P.-N., Huffman, P. R., … Yang, G. (2009, August 7). Measuring the neutron lifetime using magnetically trapped neutrons. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 611, pp. 171–175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.07.054

Ye, Q., Gao, H., Zheng, W., Dutta, D., Dubose, F., Golub, R., … Korobkina, E. (2009, August 5). Relaxation of spin-polarized<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mtext>H</mml:mtext><mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mtext>e</mml:mtext></mml:mrow></mml:math>in mixtures of<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mtext>H</mml:mtext><mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mtext>e</mml:mtext></mml:mrow></mml:math>and<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mtext>H</mml:mtext><mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/><mml:mn>4</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mtext>e</mml:mtext></mml:mrow></mml:math>at about 330 mK. Physical Review A, Vol. 80. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.80.023403

Yang, L., Brome, C. R., Butterworth, J. S., Dzhosyuk, S. N., Mattoni, C. E. H., McKinsey, D. N., … Lamoreaux, S. K. (2008). Invited Article: Development of high-field superconducting Ioffe magnetic traps. Review of Scientific Instruments, 79(3), 031301. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2897133

Yang, L., Brome, C. R., Butterworth, J. S., Dzhosyuk, S. N., Mattoni, C. E. H., McKinsey, D. N., … al. (2008). Invited article: Development of high-field superconducting Ioffe magnetic traps. Review of Scientific Instruments, 79(3).

Ye, Q., Dutta, D., Gao, H., Kramer, K., Qian, X., Zong, X., … Korobkina, E. (2008, May 20). Relaxation of spin polarized<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mtext>H</mml:mtext><mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mtext>e</mml:mtext></mml:mrow></mml:math>in mixtures of<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mtext>H</mml:mtext><mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mtext>e</mml:mtext></mml:mrow></mml:math>and<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mtext>H</mml:mtext><mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/><mml:mn>4</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mtext>e</mml:mtext></mml:mrow></mml:math>below the<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mtext>H</mml:mtext><mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/><mml:mn>4</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mtext>e</mml:mtext></mml:mrow></mml:math>lambda point. Physical Review A, Vol. 77. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.77.053408

Korobkna, E., Wehring, B. W., Hawari, A. I., Young, A. R., Huffman, P. R., Golub, R., … Palmquist, G. (2007). 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.04.116

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. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.98.149101

Barabanov, A. L., Golub, R., & Lamoreaux, S. K. (2006, November 30). Electric dipole moment searches: Effect of linear electric field frequency shifts induced in confined gases. Physical Review A, Vol. 74. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.74.052115

Danilyan, G. V., Fedorov, A. V., Krakhotin, V. A., Pavlov, V. S., Brakhman, E. V., Karpikhin, I. L., … Russina, M. V. (2006, July 1). Search for scission neutrons using specific angular correlations in 235U fission induced by slow polarized neutrons. Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Vol. 69, pp. 1158–1160. https://doi.org/10.1134/s1063778806070106

Golub, R., Gähler, R., Habicht, K., & Klimko, S. (2006). Bunching of continuous neutron beams. Physics Letters A, 349(1-4), 59–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2005.09.015

Dzhosyuk, S. N., Copete, A., Doyle, J. M., Yang, L., Coakley, K. J., Golub, R., … Huffman, P. R. (2005, July 1). Determination of the neutron lifetime using magnetically trapped neutrons. Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Vol. 110, pp. 339–343. https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.110.050

Brakhman, E. V., Danilyan, G. V., Fedorov, A. V., Karpikhin, I. L., Krakhotin, V. A., Pavlov, V. S., … Wilpert, T. (2004, December 1). Search for P-odd asymmetry of prompt neutron emission in 235U fission induced by cold polarized neutrons. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters, Vol. 80, pp. 675–677. https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1862792

Habicht, K., Keller, T., & Golub, R. (2004). The resolution matrix for neutron spin-echo three-axis spectroscopy. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 350(1-3), E803–E806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2004.03.209

Mattoni, C. E. H., Adams, C. P., Alvine, K. J., Doyle, J. M., Dzhosyuk, S. N., Golub, R., … Huffman, P. R. (2004). A long wavelength neutron monochromator for superthermal production of ultracold neutrons. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 344(1-4), 343–357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2003.10.023

McKinsey, D. N., Brome, C. R., Butterworth, J. S., Dzhosyuk, S. N., Golub, R., Habicht, K., … Doyle, J. M. (2004). 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.NIMA.2003.08.152

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). Magnetic trapping of ultracold neutrons. Physical Review C, Vol. 63, pp. 555021–5550215. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.63.055502

Golub, R., & Pendlebury, J. M. (2001). Ultra-cold neutrons. Reports on Progress in Physics, 42(3), 439–501. https://doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/42/3/002

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. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.85.5667

Huffman, P. R., Brome, C. R., Butterworth, J. S., Coakley, K. J., Dewey, M. S., Dzhosyuk, S. N., … Doyle, J. M. (2000, January 1). Magnetic trapping of neutrons. Nature, Vol. 403, pp. 62–64. https://doi.org/10.1038/47444

Keller, T., Besenböck, W., Feller, J., Gähler, R., Golub, R., Hank, P., & Köppe, M. (1997, June 1). A comparison of spin echo and conventional neutron instruments by the coherence properties of the neutrons. Physica B Condensed Matter, Vol. 234-236, pp. 1120–1125. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0921-4526(97)00130-0

Golub, R. (1996, April 1). Ultracold neutrons: Their role in studies of condensed matter. Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol. 68, pp. 329–347. https://doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.68.329

Rasel, E. M., Eder, K., Felber, J., Gähler, R., Golub, R., Mampe, W., & Zeilinger, A. (1994, January 1). Interferometry with very Cold Neutrons. Waves and Particles in Light and Matter, pp. 429–438. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2550-9_36

Golub, R., & Lamoreaux, S. K. (1994, February 1). Neutron electric-dipole moment, ultracold neutrons and polarized 3He. Physics Reports, Vol. 237, pp. 1–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-1573(94)90084-1

Golub, R., & Lamoreaux, S. K. (1993, January 25). Production and storage of ultracold neutrons in superfluid<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">He</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mprescripts/><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow><mml:mn>4</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow/></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:mrow></mml:math>. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 70, pp. 517–517. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.70.517

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).” (1992, January 1). Neutron News, Vol. 3, pp. 30–31. https://doi.org/10.1080/10448639208218762

Greene, G. L. (1992, June 26). Low-Energy Particle Physics: <i>Ultra-Cold Neutrons</i> . Robert Golub, David J. Richardson, and Steve K. Lamoreaux. Hilger, Philadelphia (distributor, American Institute of Physics, New York), 1992. xii, 304 pp., illus. $80. Science, Vol. 256, pp. 1836–1836. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.256.5065.1836.a

Golub, B. (1992, May 1). Superfluid helium yields ultra-cold neutrons. Physics World, Vol. 5, pp. 22–23. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-7058/5/5/24

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9002(89)90278-7

Golub, R., & Yoshiki, H. (1989, October 1). Ultra-cold anti-neutrons (UCN). Nuclear Physics A, Vol. 501, pp. 869–876. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(89)90166-8

Golub, R. (1989, January 1). Upscattering of Ultra-Cold Neutrons (UCN) by Excitations in Superfluid 4He. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, pp. 96–98. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83428-8_7

Felber, J., Gähler, R., & Golub, R. (1988, July 1). Test of the time dependent Schrödinger equation with very slow neutrons. Physica B+C, Vol. 151, pp. 135–139. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-4363(88)90157-x

Kilvington, A. I., Golub, R., Mampe, W., & Ageron, P. (1987, November 1). Scattering of ultra-cold neutrons (UCN) by superfluid helium at temperatures around 1 K. Physics Letters A, Vol. 125, pp. 416–420. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(87)90174-5

Golub, R. (1987, January 1). Ultra-Cold Neutrons–Some Applications. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 26, p. 2073. https://doi.org/10.7567/jjaps.26s3.2073

Yu, Z.-C., Malik, S. S., & Golub, R. (1986, June 1). A thin film source of ultra-cold neutrons. The European Physical Journal B, Vol. 62, pp. 137–142. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01323423

Golub, R. (1984, October 1). Ultracold neutrons (UCN) at a TRIGA reactor. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 226, pp. 558–559. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9002(84)90081-0

Golub, R., & B�ning, K. (1983, June 1). New type of low temperature source of Ultra-cold neutrons and production of continous beams of UCN. The European Physical Journal B, Vol. 51, pp. 95–98. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01308763

Golub, R., Jewell, C., Ageron, P., Mampe, W., Heckel, B., & Kilvington, I. (1983, September 1). Operation of a superthermal ultra-cold neutron source and the storage of ultra-cold neutrons in superfluid Helium4. The European Physical Journal B, Vol. 51, pp. 187–193. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01307673

Golub, R., & Taylor, A. D. (1983, July 1). Slowing down of neutrons from a pulsed, point, monoenergetic source in a hydrogenous medium. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Vol. 212, pp. 349–357. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-5087(83)90714-7

Jewell, C., Heckel, B., Ageron, P., Golub, R., Mampe, W., & McClintock, P. V. E. (1981, August 1). Observation of the storage of ultra-cold neutrons in liquid helium. Physica B+C, Vol. 107, pp. 587–588. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-4363(81)90596-9

Golub, R., Ageron, P., Mampe, W., & McLintock, P. V. E. (1979, January 1). A ‘Super-Thermal’ Source for Ultra-Cold Neutrons. Neutron Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy, pp. 615–617. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2940-4_59

Golub, R. (1979, July 1). On the storage of neutrons in superfluid 4He. Physics Letters A, Vol. 72, pp. 387–390. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(79)90505-x

Golub, R., Mampe, W., Pendlebury, J. M., & Ageron, P. (1979, June 1). Ultracold Neutrons. Scientific American, Vol. 240, pp. 134–154. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0679-134

Herdin, R., Steyerl, A., Taylor, A. R., Pendlebury, J. M., & Golub, R. (1978, January 1). Experiment on the efficient polarization of ultracold neutrons. Nuclear Instruments and Methods, Vol. 148, pp. 353–357. https://doi.org/10.1016/0029-554x(70)90188-6

Lanford, W. A., & Golub, R. (1977, December 12). Hydrogen Surface Contamination and the Storage of Ultracold Neutrons. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 39, pp. 1509–1512. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.39.1509

Golub, R., & Pendlebury, J. M. (1977, September 1). The interaction of Ultra-Cold Neutrons (UCN) with liquid helium and a superthermal UCN source. Physics Letters A, Vol. 62, pp. 337–339. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(77)90434-0

Brown, M., Golub, R., & Pendlebury, J. M. (1975, February 1). Monte Carlo calculation of ultra cold neutron flow through long tubes with a realistic angular distribution of reflected neutrons. Vacuum, Vol. 25, pp. 61–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/0042-207x(75)91283-x

Golub, R., & Pendlebury, J. M. (1975, June 1). Super-thermal sources of ultra-cold neutrons. Physics Letters A, Vol. 53, pp. 133–135. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(75)90500-9

Golub, R., & Pendlebury, J. M. (1974, December 1). Method of studying surface properties relevant to ultra-cold neutrons. Physics Letters A, Vol. 50, pp. 177–178. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(74)90778-6

Golub, R., & Pendlebury, J. M. (1972, December 1). Bottled neutrons. Physics Bulletin, Vol. 23, pp. 722–722. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9112/23/12/029

Golub, R. (1972, January 1). The production of very cold neutrons. Physics Letters A, Vol. 38, pp. 177–178. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(72)90465-3

Golub, R., & Carter, P. (1971, January 1). Magnetic neutron spectrometers for neutrons with wavelengths greater than 40 Å. Nuclear Instruments and Methods, Vol. 91, pp. 205–209. https://doi.org/10.1016/0029-554x(71)90656-2