Austin Hoover
Education and Employment
Accelerator Physicist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
2024–
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
2022–2024
Ph.D. in Physics, University of Tennessee
2018–2022
B.S. in Physics, Wheaton College (IL)
2014–2018
Journal Articles
Demonstration of a novel phase space painting method in a coupled lattice to mitigate space charge in high-intensity hadron beams. N. Evans, A. Hoover, T. Gorlov, and V. Morozov. Phys. Rev. Letters 136, 075002. [link] [arxiv] [data]
2026
N-dimensional maximum-entropy tomography via particle sampling. A. Hoover. Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 28, L084601 (Letter, Editor’s Choice). [link] [arxiv] [code]
2025
Four-dimensional phase space tomography from one-dimensional measurements of a hadron beam. A. Hoover. Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 27, 122802. [link] [arxiv] [data]
2024
High-dimensional maximum-entropy phase space tomography using normalizing flows. A. Hoover and J.C. Wong. Phys. Rev. Research 6.3, 033163. [link] [arxiv] [code]
2024
Analysis of a hadron beam in five-dimensional phase space. A. Hoover, K. Ruisard, A. Aleksandrov, A. Zhukov, and S. Cousineau. Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 26.6, 064202. [link] [arxiv] [data]
2023
Four-dimensional emittance measurement at the Spallation Neutron Source. A. Hoover and N. Evans. Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A 1041, 167376. [link] [arxiv]
2022
Computation of the matched envelope of the Danilov distribution. A. Hoover, N. Evans, and J. Holmes. Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24.4, 044201. [link]
2022
Conference/Workshop Proceedings
Invited Talks
Eigenpainting for mitigation of space charge in high-intensity hadron beams. International Particle Accelerator Conference.
2027
Contributed Talks
Designing experiments to study large space charge tune shifts in the SNS accumulator ring. ICFA Mini-Workshop on Space Charge. [slides]
2026
Four-dimensional phase space tomography from one-dimensional measurements of a hadron beam. International Linear Accelerator Conference. [slides] [code]
2026
Bunch compression experiments at SNS. International Muon Collider Collaboration Annual Meeting. [slides]
2026
Repurposing existing accelerator facilities for Muon Collider R&D. APS Global Physics Summit. [slides]
2026
Proton Driver for the Demonstrator and Muon Collider. US Muon Collider Annual Meeting. [slides]
2025
Bunch rotation experiments and benchmarking at SNS. International Muon Collider Collaboration Meeting. [slides]
2025
SNS accelerator synergies for muon collider R&D. Princeton Muon Collider Organizational Workshop. [slides]
2024
The impact of high-dimensional phase space correlations on the beam dynamics in a linear accelerator. ICFA Workshop on High-Intensity and High-Brightness Hadron Beams. [paper] [slides]
2023
Measurements of the five-dimensional phase space distribution of an intense ion beam. North American Particle Accelerator Conference. [paper] [slides]
2022
Accelerator research and development at the Spallation Neutron Source. Particle Accelerators: Technology and Applications (UTK graduate course). [slides]
2022
Self-consistent, angular-momentum-dominated hadron beams for space charge mitigation. ICFA Mini-Workshop on Space Charge. [slides]
2022
Development of an injection-painted self-consistent beam at the Spallation Neutron Source. ICFA Workshop on High-Intensity and High-Brightness Hadron Beams. [paper]
2021
Computation of the matched envelope of the Danilov distribution. APS April Meeting. [slides]
2021
Posters
Search for Vlasov-Poisson equilibrium distributions using generative models. A. Hoover. International Particle Accelerator Conference. [paper]
2026
Feasibility of proton bunch compression in an operational high-power accelerator. A. Hoover, V. Morozov, C. Piller, A. Narayan. North American Particle Accelerator Conference. [paper]
2025
MENT-Flow: maximum-entropy tomography using normalizing flows. A. Hoover, C. Wong. International Particle Accelerator Conference. [paper]
2024
Detailed characterization of a five-dimensional phase space distribution. A. Hoover, K. Ruisard, A. Aleksandrov, S. Cousineau, A. Zhukov. International Particle Accelerator Conference. [paper]
2023
Simulation of 4D emittance measurement at the Spallation Neutron Source. A. Hoover, N. Evans. International Particle Accelerator Conference. [paper]
2021
Miscellaneous
Six Dimensional Distributions at the SNS Beam Test Facility. K. Ruisard, A. Aleksandrov, A. Hoover. APS Division of Physics of Beams Annual Newsletter. [link]
2022
Towards the production of a self-consistent phase space distribution. A. Hoover. PhD Diss., University of Tennessee. [link]
2022
Seminars
Accelerator and beam physics research at ORNL. Adlai E. Stevenson High School Physics Club.
2026
Accelerator research and development at the Spallation Neutron Source. University of Tennessee Nuclear Engineering Department, graduate course (Particle Accelerators: Technology and Applications).
2022
Teaching Experience
Instructor, United States Particle Accelerator School, Beam Physics with Intense Space Charge. [website]
2026
Teaching Assistant, United States Particle Accelerator School, Accelerator Fundamentals.
2021
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, University of Tennessee.
2018–2019
Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, Wheaton College.
2018–2019
Service
Program committee, United States Muon Collider Collaboration (USMCC) Annual Meeting
2026
Organizing committee, International Muon Collider Collaboration (IMCC) Annual Meeting
2026
United States Muon Collider Collaboration (USMCC) Leadership Strategy Group (Proton Driver)
2025–
Reviewer for Physical Review Letters (1), Physical Review Accelerators and Beams (2), and Nature Communications Physics (1).