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Wednesday, January 12 11:00 a.m. Fermilab ILC R&D Meeting - 1 West Speaker: W. Cooper, Fermilab Title: A Silicon Tracker for ILC 12:00 p.m. Wellness Works – Brown Bag Seminar - Curia II Speaker: W. Hallow, Midwest Center for Sleep Disorders Title: Getting a Better Night's Sleep 2:30 p.m. Proton Driver Meeting - One West 3:30 p.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over 4:00 p.m. Fermilab Colloquium - 1 West Speaker: J. Kakalios, University of Minnesota Title: The Uncanny Physics of Superhero Comic Books
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Wednesday, January 12 French Onion Soup Texas Style Meatloaf Sandwich $4.75 Grilled Chicken with Black Bean & Corn Salsa $3.75 Kielbasa & Sauerkraut $3.75 Three Cheese & Tomato Panini $4.75 Sausage & Pepperoni Combo $2.75 Fettucine Carbonara with Ham & Mushrooms $4.75
Wilson Hall Cafe Menu |
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Undergraduate Program Prepares For Summer Interns | ||
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Every year, the Internships for Physics Majors Program draws more than 100
applications from stellar undergraduate physics students from around the
world, out of which only about 10 will get accepted to the summer program.
"We get to pick some of the most outstanding physics students in the world," said Roger Dixon of Fermilab's Accelerator Division, who runs the program together with Erik Ramberg. "Since we have so many outstanding students to choose from, we also get a lot of diversity in the group. We have undergrads of every class rank, students from small universities working alongside students from big name universities, and they all learn from each other." Ramberg, of Fermilab's Particle Physics Division, said that his own undergrad internship at SLAC convinced him to become a particle physicist. "We try to get them jobs that are really research-oriented rather than repetitive tasks," he said. "Finding these jobs is difficult because mentors have to train them -- 50-75% of the students' time is spent in training. You have to have mentors that are really dedicated to teaching and training. Luckily, we have a lot of those." Maxine Hronek of Fermilab's Particle Physics Division, who coordinates the program, said that 2005 will be the second year that Fermilab can hire additional interns through the SULI program, which has funding provided by the DOE. "These are all bright, brilliant, enthusiastic students," she said, "and this opportunity is something they value for a long time. In addition to learning physics, they also get to meet people and create job relations, which will ultimately benefit the physics field overall."
If you would like to help with the program or become a mentor,
contact Maxine Hronek.
The deadline to apply for the internship program is February 1.
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SDSS Press Release, January 11, 2005 The Cosmic Yardstick Sloan Digital Sky Survey astronomers measure role of dark matter, dark energy and gravity in the distribution of galaxies SAN DIEGO (January 11, 2005) -- In the largest galaxy survey ever, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) confirmed the role of gravity in growing structures in the universe, using the result to precisely measure the geometry of the universe. The SDSS researchers from the University of Arizona, New York University, the University of Portsmouth (UK), the University of Pittsburgh and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, detected ripples in the galaxy distribution made by sound waves generated soon after the Big Bang.
"These sound waves left their imprint in the Cosmic Microwave Background, remnant radiation from the Big Bang seen when the universe was 400,000 years old. We are now seeing the corresponding cosmic ripples in the SDSS galaxy maps. Seeing the same ripples in the early universe and the relatively nearby galaxies is smoking-gun evidence that the distribution of galaxies today grew via gravity," explains lead investigator Daniel Eisenstein of the University of Arizona.
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Through the Eyes of a Photographer Last summer, German photographer Peter Ginter spent ten days at Fermilab, carrying out photo shoots at about 25 locations across the lab. His best photos, digitally enhanced by Ginter himself, are now available on a Fermilab Web site. From the Main Injector to the MINOS experiment, from the Feynman Computing Center to the BTeV prototype detector, Ginter has managed to capture Fermilab in new light and colors. From sunrise to sunset, Ginter took photos around the clock, whenever the conditions were right and safe access to experiments and accelerators
Over the course of Ginter's visit, numerous employees contributed to the photos, some as "models" and many more behind the scenes. From providing access to removing equipment to driving fire trucks around the Booster for a time-lapse photo, a large number of employees helped Ginter to obtain the best possible photos. The effort has paid off. Here are the forty images that Ginter created of Fermilab. Point at the images to read a caption. Click on the images to view a larger version. To use the images in publications or posters, please contact Elizabeth Clements at the Office of Public Affairs. High-resolution files of the images are available. All reprints must be credited to Peter Ginter.
To view the series of photos that Ginter took at
SLAC, please click here.
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Weekly Fermilab Proton Driver Meeting There will be a weekly Fermilab Proton Driver meeting commencing on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 in WH 1-West from 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm. The agenda for these meetings will include topics related to the 8 GeV Superconducting Linac design and particle physics which can be done with high power proton beams. If you would like to receive meeting announcements in the future via e-mail please reply to mbruce@fnal.gov. Here is an agenda for Wednesday's meeting: Proton Driver Linac Parameters; Status of Design and Plans - Bill Foster - 30 minutes Fundamental Physics Topics for High Power Proton Beams - Steve Geer - 30 minutes
Fermilab Barnstormers Meeting this Wednesday
International Folk Dancing
Smuckers Stars on Ice - Discount Tickets
When Irish Cows Are Smiling - Discount Tickets
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