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Hall B Scientific Staff Bios


Harut Avagyan


Harut Avagyan graduated from Yerevan State University in 1980 and received his Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics in 1986 from the Yerevan Physics Institute. From 1986-1993 he worked in the Yerevan Physics Institute as junior, then a senior staff scientist. In 1993, he joined the INFN Frascati Lab and HERMES experiment. He introduced the subject of single-spin asymmetries to the HERMES analysis and was responsible for coordinating the analysis of single-spin asymmetries (SSAs). He came to Jefferson Lab in 2001 as a Hall B postdoctoral research associate. The main area of his work at JLab is the study of the orbital motion of quarks and, in particular, the observation and interpretation of SSAs in electroproduction. Currently, Harut is a Senior Staff Scientist in Hall B. He has authored more than 100 publications in refereed journals, including review articles. For pioneering studies of SSAs in electroproduction of hadrons in deep inelastic scattering, providing access to orbital motion of quarks, he was elected as an APS Fellow in 2011. In the course of his work, he has proposed ideas for experiments, and has coordinated collaborators from across the world to produce a complete program for studies of the 3D structure of nucleon at the JLab 12 GeV, and development of the physics program for future studies of hadron production in semi-inclusive DIS with a JLab upgrade to 22 GeV. During his years at JLab, Harut has organized a number of international conferences, workshops, and schools to promote the JLab12 program on 3D structure of the nucleon. He also mentors doctoral candidates and college students.  

Current Responsibilities in Hall B:

  • Lead the SIDIS working group and ongoing analyses of CLAS12 data from the RG-A, RG-B, and RG-C run groups
  • Monte Carlo development for semi-inclusive and exclusive processes, and using realistic events in monitoring the CLAS12 analysis chain including the generation, simulation, reconstruction, and identification of tracks
  • Development of the physics case for the JLab 20+ upgrade,

Current Research Activities in Hall B:

  • Activities within the Deep Process Working group, in preparation and analysis of my proposals covering different aspects of the 3D structure of the nucleon:
    • E12-06-112: Probing the Proton's Quark Dynamics in Semi-Inclusive Pion Production at 12 GeV
    • E12-07-107: Studies of Spin-Orbit Correlations with Longitudinally Polarized Target at 12 GeV
    • E12-09-008: Studies of the Boer-Mulders Asymmetry in Kaon Electroproduction with Hydrogen and Deuterium Targets
    • E12-09-009: Studies of Spin-Orbit Correlations in Kaon Electroproduction in DIS with polarized hydrogen and deuterium targets
    • C12-11-111: Transverse spin effects in SIDIS at 11 GeV with a transversely polarized target using the CLAS12 Detector
    • C12-12-010: Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering at 11 GeV with transversely polarized target using the CLAS12 Detector
    • C12-12-009: Measurement of transversity with dihadron production in SIDIS with transversely polarized target
    • C12-20-002: Studies of the longitudinal structure of nucleon with a He3 target
    • E12-09-007A: Studies of Dihadron Electroproduction in DIS with Longitudinally Polarized Hydrogen and Deuterium Targets
    • E12-07-107A: Studies of Single Baryon Production in the Target Fragmentation Region with a Longitudinally Polarized Target

Organizer and Chair of Workshops and Schools:

  • Workshop on Trento-Opportunities with JLab Energy and Luminosity Upgrade, ECT*, Sep. 26-30, 2022, Trento, Italy
  • International workshop Correlations in Partonic and Hadronic Interactions, CPHI-2018, Sep. 24-28, Yerevan
  • Workshop 3D Parton Distributions: path to the LHC, Nobvember 29 - Dec. 2, 2016, Frascati, Italy
  • Workshop on Target Fragmentation in SIDIS, Mar. 18-19, 2015, Frascati, Italy
  • INT Workshop INT-14-55W, Studies of 3D Structure of Nucleon, Feb. 24-28, 2014, Seattle, USA
  • Structure of Nucleons and Nuclei, Jun. 10-14, 2013, Como, Italy
  • International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Course CLXXX - Three-dimensional Partonic Structure of the Nucleon, Jun. 28 - Jul. 8, 2011, Varenna Italy
  • Probing Strangeness in Hard Processes, Oct. 18-21, 2010, LNF, Frascati, Italy
  • Transverse Partonic Structure of Hadrons (TPSH), Jun. 21-26, Hamberd, Armenia
  • Strangeness polarization in semi-inclusive and exclusive Lambda production, Oct. 27-31, 2008, ECT*, Trento, Italy
  • PKU-RBRC Workshop on Transverse Spin Physics, Jun. 30 - Jul. 4, 2008, Beijing, China
  • Semi-Inclusive Reactions (SIR) Workshop, May 18-20, 2005, Newport News, USA

Selected Publications:

  • H. Avakian et al. (CLAS Collaboration), "Observation of Correlations between Spin and Transverse Momenta in Back-to-Back Dihadron Production at CLAS12", Phys. Rev. Lett. 30, 022501 (2023).
  • H. Avakian, B. Parsamyan, and A. Prokudin, "Spin Orbit Correlations and the Structure of the Nucleon", Riv. Nuovo Cim. 42, 1 (2019).
  • H. Avakian, A. Bressan, and M. Contalbrigo, "Experimental Results on TMDs", Eur. Phys. J. A 52, 150 (2016).
  • H. Avakian et al. (CLAS Collaboration), "Measurement of Single and Double Spin Asymmetries in Deep Inelastic Pion Electroproduction with a Longitudinally Polarized Target", Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 262002 (2010).
  • S. Chen et al. (CLAS Collaboration), "Measurement of Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering", Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 072002 (2006).
  • H. Avakian et al. (CLAS Collaboration), "Measurement of Beam Spin Asymmetries for π+ Electroproduction Above the Baryon Resonance Region", Phys. Rev. D 69, 112004 (2003).
  • A. Airapetian et al. (HERMES Collaboration), "Observation of a Single Spin Azimuthal Asymmetry in Semi-inclusive Pion Electroproduction", Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4047 (2000).
  • H. Avakian, "Azimuthal Single-Spin Asymmetries in Semi-Inclusive DIS from HERMES", DIS99 proceedings, Nucl. Phys. B. (Proc.Suppl.) 79, 523 (1999).