Director of Research, IAC
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Idaho State University
Idaho Accelerator Center
921 So. 8th Avenue, Stop 8263
Pocatello, Idaho 83209-8263
Phone: (208) 282-5966
Fax: (208) 282-5878
E-mail: alwhunt@iac.isu.edu |
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Bio
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Ph.D., Harvard University, 2000
B.S., Physics with Highest Distinction, University
of Michigan, 1994 |
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2012-present
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Idaho State University Director of Research at the Idaho Accelerator Center |
2007-present
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Idaho State University Associate Research Professor of Physics (tenured) |
2006-present |
Idaho State University
Deputy Director of the Idaho Accelerator Center |
| 2002-2007 |
Idaho State University
Assistant Research Professor of Physics (tenure track) |
| 2001-2002 |
Washington State University
Assistant Research Professor and Instructor (Fall Semester
2001) |
2000-2001
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Washington State University
Research Associate |
1998-1999 |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Student Term Employee |
| 1996-1998 |
Harvard University
Research Assistant |
| 1995-1996 |
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Technical Collaborator |
| 1994-1996 |
Harvard University
Teaching Fellow |
| Summer 1994 |
AT&T Bell Laboratory
Summer Intern |
| 1992-1994 |
University of Michigan
Undergraduate Research Assistant |
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| 2006-present |
Chairman of ISU Radiation Safety Committee |
| 2004-2006 |
Chairman of ISU Accelerator Safety Committee |
| 2004 |
Outstanding Mentor Award in Siemens Westinghouse Competition |
| 2003 |
Received Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award |
| 1997 |
Harold T. White Prize for Excellence in the Teaching
of Introductory Physics |
| 1994 |
William L. Williams Award for best senior thesis |
| 1994 |
Recipient of grant from Sigma Pi Sigma to attend The
ICPS in St. Petersburg Russia |
| 1994 |
Finalist in APS's Summer Industrial Internship Program |
| 1992-1994 |
Ralph B. Bodine Scholarship in Physics |
| 1992-1994 |
Science Saturday Teacher |
| 1993 |
NSF REU Grant for Summer Research |
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PUBLICATIONS
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Radiation safety aspects for pulsed photonuclear assessment techniques in outdoor operations
D. R. Norman, J. L. Jones, B. W. Blackburn, A. Fisher, S. M. Watson, K. J. Haskell, A. W. Hunt, and M. Balzer
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research B 261, 913 (2007)
Positron yield as a function of energy at APosS – The Argonne Positron Source
S. D. Chemerisov, C. D. Jonah, H. Chen, Y. C. Jean, D. M. Schrader and A. W. Hunt
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research B 261, 904 (2007)
Electron radiography
F. Merrill, A. Hunt, F. Mariam, K. Morley, C. Morris, A. Saunders and C. Schwartz
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research B 261, 382 (2007)
Utilization of actively-induced, prompt radiation emission for nonproliferation applications
B. W. Blackburn, J. L. Jones, C. E. Moss, J. T. Mihalczo, A. W. Hunt, F. Harmons, S. M. Watson, and J. T. Johnson
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research B 261, 382 (2007)
High-energy photon interrogation for nonproliferation applications
J. L. Jones, B. W. Blackburn, S. M. Watson, D. R. Norman and A. W. Hunt
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research B 261, 326 (2007)
Time-dependent delayed signatures from energetic photon interrogations
D. R. Norman, J. L. Jones, B. W. Blackburn, K. J. Haskell, J. T. Johnson, S. M. Watson, A. W. Hunt, R. Spaulding and F. Harmon
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research B 261, 316 (2007)
The utilization of high-energy neutrons for the detection of fissionable materials
S. J. Thompson, M. T. Kinlaw, J. F. Harmon, D. P. Wells, E. B. Farfan and A. W. Hunt
Applied Physics Letters 90, 074106 (2007)
Design, modeling and simulations in the RACE project: Preliminary study for the development of a transport line
C. O. Maidana, A. W. Hunt, D. Beller and K. Folkman
in the Proceedings of the VI Latin American Symposium on
Nuclear Physics and Applications, p. 259
edited by O. Civitarese, C. Dorso, G. García Bermúdez, A. J. Kreiner, A. J. Pacheco and N. N. Scoccola,
(American Institute of Physics, Washington D.C., 2007)
- Seguridad Portuaria y Fronteriza: Inspección de
Contenedores por Técnica Nuclear de Imágenes
y Neutrónica
C. O. Maidana, A. W. Hunt and M. T. Kinlaw
Tecnologia Militar 28, 101 (2006)
- Fissionable Isotope Identification Using the Time Dependence
of Delayed Neutron Emission
M. T. Kinlaw and A. W. Hunt
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research
A 562, 1081 (2006)
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Accelerator-Based Radiation Sources for Next-Generation
Radiobiological Research
L. C. DeVeaux, D. P. Wells, A. Hunt, T. Webb, W. Beezhold
and J. F. Harmon
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research
A 562, 981 (2006)
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Design, Modeling and Simulations in the RACE Project:
First Study for the Development of a Transport Line
C. O. Maidana, A. W. Hunt, D. Beller and K. Folkman
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research
A 562, 892 (2006)
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Gamma-Induced Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy and
Application to Radiation-Damaged Alloys
D. P. Wells, A. W. Hunt, L. Tchelidze, J. Kumar, K. Smith,
S. Thompson, F. Selim, J. Williams, J. F. Harmon, S. Maloy
and A. Roy
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research
A 562, 688 (2006)
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Intense Slow Positron Production at the 15 MeV LINAC
at Argonne National Laboratory
H. M. Chen, Y. C. Jean, C. D. Jonah, S. Chemerisov, A.
F. Wagner, D. M. Schrader and A. W. Hunt
Applied Surface Science 252, 3159 (2006)
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Monte Carlo Simulations of Slow-Positron Production from
Normal and Glancing Incident Targets
M. A. Gagliardi and A. W. Hunt
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research
B 245, 355 (2006)
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Studies of Superlattice Structure of Opals as Compared
to Other Rocks by Use of Positron Annihilation, X-Ray
Powder Diffraction and Scanning Electron Microscopy Methods
J. Urban-Klaehn, Alan. W. Hunt, M. Ford, L. Lau, C. A.
Quarles, R. Spaulding and F. Harmon
Journal of the Idaho Academy of Science 41, 1 (2005)
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Inspection Applications with Higher Electron Beam Energies
D. R. Norman, J. L. Jones, W. Y. Yoon, K. J. Haskell,
J. W. Sterbentz, J. M. Zabriskie, A. W. Hunt, F. Harmon
and M. T. Kinlaw
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research
B 241, 787 (2005)
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Defect Imaging of Structural Objects Using Positron Annihilation
Spectroscopy
A. W. Hunt, R. Spaulding, J. Urban-Klaehn, J. F. Harmon
and D. P. Wells
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research
B 241, 362 (2005)
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Time dependence of delayed neutron emission for fissionable
isotope identification
M. T. Kinlaw and A. W. Hunt
Applied Physics Letters 86, 254104 (2005)
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Initial results from the AFCI Reactor-Accelerator Coupling
Experiments (RACE) Project
D. Beller, A. Hunt, J. Bennion, M. Garfield, K. Folkman
and M. Reda
Transaction of the American Nuclear Society 91,
446 (2004)
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Interaction of Cadmium Vacancy with Isoelectric Oxygen
in CdTe Crystals
S. A. Awadalla, A. W. Hunt, K. G. Lynn, C. Szeles, H.
Glass and S. H. Wei
Physical Review B 69, 075210 (2004)
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Superfast timing performance from ZnO scintillators
P. J. Simpson, R. Tjossem, A. W. Hunt, K. G. Lynn and
V. Munne
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research
A 505, 82 (2003)
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The Development of the Intense Positron Beam at Washington
State University
A. W. Hunt, L. Pilant, D. B. Cassidy, R. Tjossem, M. Shurtliff,
M. H. Weber and K. G. Lynn
Applied Surface Science 194, 296 (2002)
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The Color of Red Mercuric Iodide at Cryogenic Temperatures
A. W. Hunt, G. Ciampi, B. Twamley, F. Vaccaro, R. Tjossem
and K. G. Lynn
The Journal of Applied Physics 90,5936 (2001)
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Resonant vs. Non-Resonant Nuclear Excitation of 115In
by Positron Annihilation
D. B. Cassidy, A. W. Hunt, P. Asoka-Kumar, B. V. Bhat,
T. E. Cowan, R. H. Howell, K. G. Lynn, A. P. Mills, J.
C. Palathingal and J. A. Golovchenko
Physical Review C 64, 054603 (2001)
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Doppler Broadening of In-Flight Positron Annihilation
Radiation due to Electron Momentum
A. W. Hunt, D. B. Cassidy, P. A. Sterne, T. E. Cowan,
R. H. Howell, K. G. Lynn and J. A. Golevchenko
Physical Review Letters 86, 5612 (2001)
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Developments on Positron Scattering Experiments Including
Beam Production and Detection
F. A. Selim, A. W. Hunt, R. H. Howell, K. G. Lynn and
J. A. Golovchenko
in the Proceedings of the 12th International Conference
on Positron Annihilation,
edited by W. Triftshäuser, G. Kögel and P. Sperr
(Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland, 2001)
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Intense Electron and proton beams from PetaWatt lasser-matter
interaction
T. E. Cowan, M. Roth, J. Johnson, C. Brown, M. Christl,
W. Fountain, S. Hatchett, E. A. Henry, A. W. Hunt, M.
H. Key, A. MacKinnon, T. Parnell, D. M. Pennington, M.
D. Perry, T. W. Phillips, T. C. Sangster, M. Sing, R.
Snavely, M. Stoyer, Y. Takahashi, S. C. Wilks and K. Yasuike
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research
A 455, 130 (2000)
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Improved Source and Transport of Monoenergetic MeV Positrons
F. A. Selim, A. W. Hunt, J. A. Golovchenko, R. H. Howell,
R. Haakenaasen and K. G. Lynn
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research
B 171, 182 (2000)
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Multiple Scattering Measurements of Energetic Positrons
in a Thin Gold Polycrystal
F. A. Selim, A. W. Hunt, R. Howell, K. G. Lynn and J.
A. Golovchenko
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research
B 168, 1 (2000)
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In-Flight Annihilation during Positron Channeling
A. W. Hunt, D. B. Cassidy, F. A. Selim, R. Haakenaasen,
T. E. Cowan, R. H. Howell, K. G. Lynn, and J. A. Golovchenko
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research
B 164, 44 (2000)
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Photonuclear Fission from High Energy Electrons from
Ultraintense Laser-Solid Interactions
T. E. Cowan, A. W. Hunt, T. W. Phillips, S. C. Wilks,
M. D. Perry, W. Fountain, S. Hatchett, J. Johnson, M.
H. Key, T. Parnell, D. M. Pennington, R. A. Snavely, and
Y. Takahashi
Physical Review Letters 84, 903 (2000)
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Studies of deep trapping levels in undoped and Sn doped
Cd1-xZnxTe by thermoelectric effect spectroscopy and thermally
stimulated current
N. Krsmanovic, A. W. Hunt and K. G. Lynn
in the Proceedings of SPIE, ed. R. B James and
R. C. Schirato, 4141,11
(The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham
WA, 2000)
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Spatial Sampling of Crystal Electrons by In-Flight Annihilation
of Fast Positrons
A. W. Hunt, D. B. Cassidy, F. A. Selim, R. Haakenaasen,
T. E. Cowan, R. H. Howell, K. G. Lynn and J. A. Golovchenko
Nature 402, 157 (1999)
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Energy-Resolved Positron Annihilation in Flight in Solid
Targets
M. H. Weber, A. W. Hunt, J. A. Golovchenko and K. G. Lynn
Physical Review Letters 83, 4658 (1999)
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In Flight Positron Annihilation in Thin Targets
A. W. Hunt, M. H. Weber, J. A. Golovchenko and K. G. Lynn
Applied Surface Science 149, 282 (1999)
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High Energy Electrons, Nuclear Phenomena and Heating
in Petawatt Laser-Solid Experiments
T. E. Cowan, M. D. Perry, M. H. Key, T. R. Ditmire, S.
P. Hatchett, E. A. Henry, J. D. Moody, M. J. Moran, D.
M. Pennington, T. W. Phillips, T. C. Sangster, J. A. Sefcik,
M. S. Singh, R. A. Snavely, M. A. Stoyer, S. C. Wilks,
P. E. Young, Y. Takahashi, B. Dong, W. Fountain, T. Parnell,
J. Johnson, A. W. Hunt and T. Kuhl
Laser and Particle Beams 17, 773 (1999)
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Hard X-ray Production from High Intensity Laser Solid
Interactions
M. D. Perry, J. A. Sefcik, T. Cowan, S. Hatchett, A. Hunt,
M. Moran, D. Pennington, R. Snavely, and S. C. Wilks
Review of Scientific Instruments 70, 265 (1999)
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High Energy Electrons and Nuclear Phenomena in Petawatt
Laser-Solid Experiments
T. E. Cowan, B. Dong, T. Ditmire, W. Fountain, S. Hatchett,
A. W. Hunt, J. Johnson, T. Parnell, D. M. Pennington,
M. D. Perry, T. W. Phillips, Y. Takahashi, S. C. Wilks
and P. E. Young
in the Proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Advanced
Accelerator Concepts
(American Institute of Physics, Washington D. C., 1999)
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High Energy Electron Emission and Laser-Assisted Nuclear
Transmutation in Petawatt Laser-Solid Interactions
T. E. Cowan, A. W. Hunt, M. D. Perry, W. Patterson, D.
Pennington, C. Brown, S. C. Wilks, S. Hatchett, T. W.
Phillips, Y. Takahashi, W. Fountain, T. Parnell, J. Johnson
in the Proceedings of the International Confrence on
Lasers '97
(Society of Optical and Quantum Electronics, 1999)
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Temperature Dependence of Electromigration Dynamics in
Al Interconnects by
Real-Time Microscopy
J. A. Prybyla, S. P. Riege, S. P. Grabowski, and A. W.
Hunt
Applied Physics Letters 73, 1083 (1998)
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Nuclear Experiments with Petawatt Class Lasers
M. D. Perry, T. Cowan, D. M. Pennington, R. A. Snavely,
C. G. Brown, S. Hatchett, A. Hunt, M. Key, M. Moran, T.
Phillips, C. Sangster, J. A. Sefcik, M. Singh, S. Wilks,
Takahashi, W. Fountain, J. Johnson, and T. Parnell
Technical Digest(vol 6): Summaries of Papers Presented
at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
(Optical Society of America, Washington D.C., 1998)
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Healing Processes in Submicron Al Interconnects after
Electromigration Failure
A. W. Hunt, S. P. Riege, and J. A. Prybyla
Applied Physics Letters 70, 2541 (1997)
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Progress Towards Measuring Atomic Scale Magnetism with
Fast Channeled Positrons
L. V. Hau, A. W. Hunt, J. A. Golovchenko , R. Haakenaasen,
and K. G. Lynn
in the Proceedings of the 11th International Conference
on Positron Annihilation,
edited by Y. C. Jean, M. Eldrup, D. M. Schrader and R.
N. West
(Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland, 1997)
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Spin Precession During Positron and Electron Channeling
A. W. Hunt, L. V. Hau, and J. A. Golovchenko
in the Proceedings of the 11th International Conference
on Positron Annihilation,
edited by Y. C. Jean, M. Eldrup, D. M. Schrader and R.
N. West
(Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland, 1997)
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Single-Quantum Annihilation and Two-Quantum Annihilation-in-Flight
Measurements
of Electron Distributions Using Channeled Positrons
R. Haakenaasen, A. W. Hunt, J. A. Golovchenko, R. H. Howell,
F. A. Selim,
K. G. Lynn, T. E. Cowan, and L. V. Hau
in the Proceedings of the 11th International Conference
on Positron Annihilation,
edited by Y. C. Jean, M. Eldrup, D. M. Schrader and R.
N. West
(Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland, 1997)
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On the Role of Classical and Quantum Notions in Channeling
and the Development of
Fast Positrons as a Solid State Probe of Valence Electron
and Spin Densities
L. V. Hau, J. A. Golovchenko, R. Haakenaasen, A. W. Hunt,
J. P. Peng,
P. Asoka-Kumar, K. G. Lynn, M. Weinert, and J. C. Palathingal
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research
B 119, 30 (1996)
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Influence of Microstructure on Electromigration Dynamics
in Submicron Al
Interconnects: Real -time Imaging
S. P. Riege, J. A. Prybyla, and A. W. Hunt
Applied Physics Letters 69, 2367 (1996)
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Real-Time TEM Studies of Electromigration in Submicron
Aluminum Runners
S. P. Riege, A. W. Hunt, and J. A. Prybyla
in Materials Reliability in Microelectronics V. Symposium,
edited by A. S. Oates, W. F.
Filter, R. Rosenberg, A. L. Greer and K. Gadepally
(Material Research Society, Pittsburgh, 1995)
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Instabilities in MBE Growth: The SLUG Model
A. W. Hunt, C. Orme, D. R. M. Williams, B. G. Orr, and
L. M. Sander
in Scale Invariance, Interfaces, and Non-Equilibrium
Dynamics, edited by A. J. McKane, M. Droz, J. Vannimenus
and D. Wolf
(Pleum, New York, 1995)
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Instabilities in MBE Growth
A. W. Hunt, C. Orme, D. R. M. Williams, B. G. Orr and
L. M. Sander
Europhysics Letters 27, 611 (1994)
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Stable and Unstable Growth in Molecular Beam Epitaxy
M. D. Johnson, C. Orme, A. W. Hunt, D. Graff, J. Sudijono,
L. M. Sander
and B. G. Orr
Physical Review Letters 72, 116 (1994)
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Growth Mode Evolution during Homoepitaxy of GaAs (001)
M. D. Johnson, J. Sudijono, A. W. Hunt, K.-T. Leung and
B. G. Orr
Applied Physics Letters 64, 484 (1994)
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Surface Evolution and Kinetic Roughening during Homoepitaxy
of GaAs (001)
B. G. Orr, M. D. Johnson, C. Orme, J. Sudijono and A.
W. Hunt
Solid State Electronics 37, 1057 (1994)
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An STM and AFM Study of Gallium Arsenide Grown by Molecular
Beam Epitaxy
B. G. Orr, M. D. Johnson, C. Orme, J. Sudijono and A.
W. Hunt
in the Proceedings of SPIE, ed. C. J. Palmstorm and M.
C. Tamargo
Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society
for Optical Engineering 2140, 2
(The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham
WA, 1994)
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Large Scale Structure in MBE Growth
A. W. Hunt, M. D. Johnson, C. Orme, D. Scott, L. M. Sander
and B. G. Orr
Proceedings from the International Conference of Physics
Students, August 15-21st 1994
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The Dynamical Transition to Step Flow Growth during MBE
Growth of GaAs (001)
J. Sudijono, M. D. Johnson, A. W. Hunt, C. W. Snyder and
B. G. Orr
Surface Science 298, 392 (1993)
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