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Friday, June 4 9:00 a.m. GSA – Annual Fermilab Student Conference – New Perspectives 2004 - Curia II 3:30 p.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over 4:00 p.m. Joint Experimental Theoretical Physics Seminar - 1 West Speaker: E. Blucher, University of Chicago Title: Recent Results from KTeV
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Friday, June 4 Beef Pepper Pot Soup Buffalo Style Chicken Filet on a Kaiser Roll $4.75 Cajun Breaded Catfish $3.75 Honey Mustard Ham & Swiss Panini $4.75 Double Stuffed Pizza $2.75 Roasted Turkey Breast $4.75 Wilson Hall Cafe Menu Chez Leon |
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Users Hear Achievements, Plans for the Future
In his State of the Lab address, Fermilab Director Mike Witherell pointed out that "it's remarkable that we've been able to do so well with so little funding," referring to the positive outcomes of numerous reviews earlier this year. The integrated luminosity of the Tevatron for FY2004 is above the design goal, MINOS is on track for commissioning in January 2005, and two weeks ago MiniBooNE saw a new record for protons received on target in a single week. Outlining the Fermilab program 2005 to 2025, Witherell emphasized the critical role that Fermilab will play in enabling U.S. scientists to take full advantage of the LHC. The lab is establishing an LHC Physics Center, complemented by a Center for Particle Astrophysics. The lab is also laying the foundation to either host a Linear Collider or to build a proton driver for a high-intensity neutrino program. "The overarching vision for Fermilab in 2020 is that it will be the primary site for particle physics accelerators in the US." Talks by representatives of KEK, CERN and ANL reflected the global partnerships among particle physics laboratories. Bill Foster outlined how Fermilab would use the expertise and technologies developed at different laboratories to build a proton driver while minimizing the need for additional R&D. Several science talks outlined the progress made in neutrino and flavor physics, and the progress in the construction of the CMS detector at CERN and the operation of the CDMS detector in Soudan.
Today, the Graduate Student Association will begin its annual meeting,
including invited talks by guest speakers Leon Lederman and David Hertzog
and the presentation of the prize for the best student poster.
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From Nature Magazine, June 3, 2004 When symmetry breaks down Electroweak-symmetry breaking: solving the riddle of how symmetry is broken may determine the future direction of particle physics. Our prehistoric ancestors did not need any modern equipment to detect the effects of what we now call the electromagnetic interactions. Light is pretty obvious in everyday life, and other electromagnetic effects, such as static electricity, lightning bolts and the magnetic properties of some rocks, such as lodestone, were well known in ancient days. read more |
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Special Guests at Yesterday's ELM Committee Meeting | ||
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Jon Duerr, Executive Director of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County,
and Brook McDonald, President and CEO of The Conservation Foundation, attended
yesterday's meeting of Fermilab's Ecological Land Management Committee. After
seeing Fermilab's recently-completed prairie video, McDonald traveled to
Fermilab to meet committee members and to present a video highlighting the
Foundation's accomplishments in land and watershed management over the past
year.
Duerr, who will retire from the Forest Preserve at the end of June, was recognized by the committee for his efforts in establishing a relationship between the Forest Preserve and the laboratory. Associate Director Jed Brown presented him with a framed photo of the laboratory and read a letter from Director Mike Witherell thanking Duerr for his work on Fermilab's behalf.
The ELM Committee oversees land use and land management activities at
Fermilab. The committee meets monthly to discuss the status of
the lab's ELM plan, wildlife and plant monitoring, community
outreach, and any other issue concerning the maintenance
and restoration of lab lands. The committee is made up of
approximately 20 volunteers from Fermilab and outside organizations
such as the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, the U.S.
Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Illinois Department
of Natural Resources.
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