Yelena Prok

Yelena Prok, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(804) 827-0542

701 West Grace St., room 2206-C

Nuclear Structure

Proton Spin Structure

Education

  • Ph.D., Nuclear Physics, University of Virginia, 2004
  • B.A., Astrophysics, University of Virginia, 1997

Research Interests

  • Nuclear structure
  • Spin structure of the proton

Selected Publications

  • "Electron-beam energy reconstruction for neutrino oscillation measurements," M. Khachatryan et al. Nature 599, no.7886, 565-570 (2021)
  • "Probing the core of the strong nuclear interaction" A. Schmidt et al. Nature 578, no.7796, 540-544 (2020)
  • "High precision measurement of Compton scattering in the 5 GeV region", Ambrozewicz, Phys.Lett.B , no.797, 134884 (2019)
  • "Probing high-momentum protons and neutrons in neutron-rich nuclei" M. Duer et al., Nature 560, no. 7720, 617 (2018)
  • "Precision measurements of g1 of the proton and the deuteron with 6 GeV electrons" Y. Prok et al. Phys. Rev. C 90, no. 2, 025212 (2014)

Affiliations

  • Old Dominion University
  • Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Courses

  • PHYS 483, Introduction to Astrophysics
  • PHYS 391, Life in the Universe
  • PHYS 320, Modern Physics