Pavel Snopok
- Chair, Department of Physics
- Professor
Education
M.S. Michigan State University
M.S. St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Ph.D. Michigan State University
Ph.D. St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Research Interests
- Beam physics
- Accelerator physics
- Neutrino physics
- Computational physics
- Advanced accelerator design and simulation
- Machine learning
- Nonlinear dynamical system analysis
- Normal form methods
- Mathematical modeling
- Optimization methods
Professional Affiliations & Memberships
Publications
Selected Publications
O. Gilanliogullari, B. Mustapha, P. Snopok, “Minimizing Space Charge Tune Spread and Increasing Beam Quality Parameters with Circular Modes,” Proc. 15th Int. Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC'24), paper THPC71, pp. 3190-3193 (2024)
O. Gilanliogullari, B. Mustapha, P. Snopok, “Circular Modes for Mitigating Space-Charge Effects and Enabling Flat Beams,” Proc. 5th North American Particle Accel. Conf. NAPAC2022, pp. 189-192 (2024)
Y. Yu, T. Carroll, S. Ganguly, K. Lang, E. Ossorio, P. Snopok, J. Thomas, D. Wickremasinghe, K. Yonehara, “NuMI Beam Monitoring Simulation and Data Analysis,” Proc. NuFACT'22, Phys. Sci. Forum 2023, 8(1), 73
K.M. Black et al. “Muon Collider Forum report,” JINST 19 T02015 (2024)
M. Acero et al. [NOvA Collaboration], “Improved measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters by the NOvA experiment,” Phys. Rev. D 106 (2022) 032004
M. Bogomilov et al. [MICE collaboration], “Demonstration of cooling by the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment,” Nature (2020) 578(7793):53-59
B. Abi et al. [DUNE Collaboration], “Long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics potential of the DUNE experiment,” Eur. Phys J. C 80, 978 (2020)
M. Acero et al. [NOvA Collaboration], “First Measurement of Neutrino Oscillation Parameters using Neutrinos and Antineutrinos by NOvA,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 123 (2019) 151803
D. Adams et al. [MICE Collaboration], “First particle-by-particle measurement of emittance in the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment,” Eur. Phys. J. C 79, 257 (2019)
J. Kunz, P. Snopok, M. Berz, K. Makino, “Hybrid methods for muon accelerator simulations with ionization cooling,” JINST 13(07), P07026 (2018)
Projects
- DUNE (Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment)
- LBNF (Long-baseline Neutrino Facility)
- NOvA (NuMI Off-axis νe Appearance)
- NuMI (Neutrinos at the Main Injector)
- CAST (Chicagoland Accelerator Science Traineeship)
- Circular modes for mitigating space-charge effects and enabling flat beams
- Muon Colliders