Research Interests

Lucas Snyder started his career at LLNL as a postdoc and currently works as a staff scientist in the Nuclear & Particle Physics group in the Nuclear & Chemical Sciences division. Snyder’s primary research interests are focused on experimental nuclear physics at neutron beams. He is currently a lead member of the fission time projection chamber (fissionTPC) project, the first TPC designed to make neutron-induced fission cross section measurements. His most recent paper focuses on the performance of a micro-mesh gaseous structure (MICROMEGAS)-based TPC in a high-energy neutron beam.

Ph.D., Physics, Colorado School of Mines, 2012

• L. Snyder, et al. Performance of a MICROMEGAS-based TPC in a high-energy neutron beam, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 881, 1–8 (2018).
• R. J. Casperson et al. 238U(n,f)/235U(n,f) Cross section ratio from threshold to 30 MeV with the NIFFTE fission Time Projection Chamber, Physical Review C 97, 034618 (2018).