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Tuesday, June 15 Noon Summer Lecture Series - 1 West Speaker: E. Kolb, Fermilab Title: Big Bang / Cosmology 3:30 p.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK 2nd Flr X-Over THERE WILL BE NO ACCELERATOR PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR TODAY
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Tuesday, June 15 Italian Minestrone soup Mushroom Swiss Burger $4.75 Chicken Parmesan $3.50 Beef Stew $3.75 Italian Ciabetta $4.75 Supreme Pizza $2.75 Pesto Capallini Leeks & Tomatoes $4.75 Wilson Hall Cafe Menu Chez Leon |
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Chase the Moon on August 1 Between midnight and sunrise on August 1st, hundreds of bicyclists will ride across 20 miles of Fermilab roads in the inaugural "Chase the Moon Bike
"We'll be bicycling under a blue moon-the second full moon in July," said Ed Bonifas, a volunteer organizer. The route will cover most of Fermilab's paved roads at least once, including Main Ring Road, which is usually off-limits to the public.
Organizers hope for 1000 riders. "We're expecting people to
pay that night, but anyone interested should register in advance,
so we can accommodate everybody," Bonifas said. Adults of all
abilities are invited to take part. Every rider will receive a
T-shirt, grab bag, and very early breakfast.
Register online
or call (630) 299-1103.
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FYI: AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News, June 14, 2004 "Physics of the Universe" Strategic Plan Two years ago, the National Research Council (NRC) laid out 11 key scientific questions at the intersection of physics and astronomy in a report entitled "Connecting Quarks to the Cosmos" (see FYIs #67 and #68, 2002). Earlier this year, in response, an interagency working group of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) released a prioritized strategic plan for efforts across several government agencies to address those 11 questions. Exploring the nature of dark energy receives high priority in the new report. Other areas considered ripe for "immediate investment" are the study of dark matter, neutrinos, proton decay and the nature of gravity, while longer-term objectives include research into the heavy elements, nuclear astrophysics, the birth of the universe, high density and high temperature physics and high energy cosmic ray physics. read more |
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In the past few weeks, we have also seen new measurements of the top quark mass from CDF and DZero. There were no big disagreements, but the measurements of the top quark are getting better, and they will improve again over the next year.
Why do physicists work so hard to measure more precisely things that have already
been seen? Particle physics is a science based on discovery. But discoveries
in our field often do not take place in a single moment. We make more
precise measurements so that we can see the inconsistencies that might
be the first sign of something new and spectacular. We search for new
physics not only at the energy frontier, but also at the frontier of
precision, using more intense beams and more powerful experiments.
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June 11 - June 14 - During this 72 hour period Operations established one store that added to an existing store provided approximately 43 hours and 49 minutes of luminosity to the experiments. - MI suffered a ground fault on Friday morning - Lightning caused TeV abort early Saturday morning - The Booster passed a goal on Sunday by extracting 6.03E12 protons in one pulse
View the current accelerator update |
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Scottish Country Dancing Scottish Country Dancing will be held at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 15, at the Geneva American Legion Post. Newcomers are always welcome. Info at 630-584-0825 or 630-840-8194 or folkdance@fnal.gov. |
