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Friday, July 16 3:30 p.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over 4:00 p.m. Joint Experimental Theoretical Physics Seminar - 1 West Speaker: C. Gay, Yale University Title: Time-Dependent Amplitude Analysis of Bd --> J/psi K* and Bs --> J/psi phi and a Lifetime Difference in the Bs System
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Friday, July 16 New England Clam Chowder Western BBQ Burger $4.75 Turkey Tetrazzini $3.50 Meatballs Teriyaki Over Rice $3.50 Bistro Chicken & Provolon Panini $4.75 Assorted Personal Size Pizzas $2.75 Carved Top Round of Beef $4.75 Wilson Hall Cafe Menu Chez Leon |
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What's up with the Linear Collider? The second in a series of Fermilab Today stories on the International Linear Collider | ||
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Linear Collider R&D at Fermilab Fermilab scientists and engineers are active collaborators in the development of both X-band (warm) and superconducting (cold) technologies under consideration for an International Linear Collider. "Warm" radiofrequency cavities operate at 11.4 GHz, within a range designated as "X-band" in rf nomenclature dating back to research secrecy policies during World War II. Cold rf cavities operate at 1.3 GHz, within the "L-band." Much of the development of warm technology has centered at SLAC and at KEK Laboratory in Japan, while the TESLA collaboration centered at DESY, in Hamburg, Germany, has led the efforts in cold technology. "Fermilab has made important contributions to both warm and cold technologies," said Shekhar Mishra, coordinator of Fermilab's linear collider efforts. "We will continue to expand our work in accelerator physics and technology to be a significant player in ILC design and construction." In collaboration with SLAC and KEK, Fermilab has developed accelerating structures and girders for the warm ILC. And, for more than a decade, Fermilab scientists have been collaborators on the TESLA project, where key components of the TESLA Test Facility, including modulators and radiofrequency couplers, are provided by Fermilab. In collaboration with other laboratories, universities and industry Fermilab is progressing in these areas:
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From Kane County Chronicle, July 11, 2004 Tiny Technology Editor's note: This story is part of an occasional series about the people and projects of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia. By Tom Schlueter BATAVIA — A noisy elevator ride is required to reach the construction site 350 feet below the prairie grasses at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
The ride lasts 1 minute, 50 seconds before it comes to a halt in a cavern gouged out of limestone.
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From The Shorthorn, July 15, 2004 Computer aids physics research Large storage space is needed for research in high-energy physics By Kyle A. Vernon In a well-hidden corner of campus lies a technological beast.
It is known as the Distributed and Parallel Computing Cluster.
One hundred and ninety-three Pentium Xeon processors, 189 gigabytes
of memory and 73 terabytes of disk storage are all tied together by
the experience and expertise of a joint research team formed by the
university’s physics and computer science departments.
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IIT Hosts Successful BEACH 2004 Conference | ||
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The Illinois Institute of Technology hosted the Sixth International Conference
on Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons ("BEACH 2004") from June 27 to July 3.
The 83 talks at the conference included presentations by Fermilab
experiments KTeV, SELEX, CDF, DZero, MIPP, MINERvA, HyperCP, FOCUS and E835.
"There were a lot of interesting topics covered," said conference chairman and IIT professor Nickolas Solomey. "KTeV presented a new value for Vus -- a major constant in particle physics that describes how certain particles interact with others." This new value, which confirmed a 1999 result from the KTeV hyperon group, affects experiments involving hyperons and kaons as well as worldwide neutrino physics results. "This shows how results from one part of our field now impact most other parts," noted Solomey. The Vus result was mentioned by the introductory speaker, Nicola Cabbibo, and the summary speaker, Fermilab's Joel Butler. Cabibbo, a theorist and professor at the University of Rome and president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, contributed essential pieces to the Standard Model and to matrix elements such as Vus.
Another major result presented at the conference, and heatedly discussed
in a Wednesday afternoon working group, was evidence for pentaquark states.
While a dozen experiments have reported evidence for the phenomenon,
another dozen haven't seen the states. Bottom quark, charm particle,
and several other new results were also presented.
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Fermilab Flushing The main site domestic water flushing was successfully completed this week. Industrial Cooling Water flushing will take place all next week at Fermilab. The work will begin Monday, July 19, 2004 at 6:00 a.m. and continue through 6:00 p.m.,Monday through Friday. You may experience a slight water discoloration. If you have questions or concerns about this maintenance procedure please contact Greg Gilbert at x 6835, cell phone (630) 404-1016 or long range pager (630) 722-7609. Thanks for your patience while we complete this maintenance activity.
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