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Wednesday, Oct. 3

3:30 p.m.
DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over

4 p.m.
Fermilab Colloquium - One West
Speaker: Sankar Das Sarma, University of Maryland
Title: Computing with Quantum Knots: Majorana Modes, Non-Abelian Anyons, and Topological Quantum Computation

Thursday, Oct. 4

2 p.m.
LHC Physics Center Topic of the Week Seminar - WH11 Sunrise
Speaker: Anton Poluektov, University of Warwick, UK
Title: Latest Results on CP Violation and Rare Decay Measurements at LHCb

2:30 p.m.
Theoretical Physics Seminar - Curia II
Speaker: Shoji Hashimoto, KEK
Title: π0 to γγ on the Lattice

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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Wednesday, Oct. 3

- Breakfast: breakfast pizza
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- Smart cuisine: turkey fresca fettucine
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- Roast pork with apple salsa
- Roasted autumn squashes
- Braised red cabbage
- Plum tart with cream Chantilly

Friday, Oct. 5
Dinner
- Vol-au-vents with mushroom duxuelle
- Grilled duck breast with lingonberry sauce
- Wild rice
- Brussels sprouts with bacon and lemon
- Profiteroles with brandied pears and chocolate sauce

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From SLAC News Center

Panofsky Prize honors researchers' underground hunt for dark matter

Blas Cabrera, Stanford physics professor with a term appointment at SLAC, and Bernard Sadoulet, astrophysicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC Berkeley physics professor and director of the UC Institute for Nuclear/Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, are recipients of the 2013 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics. Photos courtesy of Stanford University (left) and Bernard Sadoulet (right).

The search for dark matter runs deep with physicists Blas Cabrera and Bernard Sadoulet, who have chased this mystery far underground and will be recognized for their work as joint recipients of the 2013 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics. The prize is named for SLAC's founding director, Wolfgang "Pief" Panofsky, and awarded by the American Physical Society.

While some researchers are scanning the heavens with powerful telescopes to detect dark matter or crashing particles together in an effort to create and study its exotic components, Sadoulet, of the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Cabrera, of Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, have sought the same answers in deep shafts largely shielded from cosmic rays and other unwanted particle "noise."

Their continuing, decades-long Cryogenic Dark Matter Search has brought them to several underground sites in the hunt for direct evidence of theorized weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs. If they are proven to exist, WIMPs could help define and explain dark matter, which is thought to make up about 25 percent of the energy density in the universe and is responsible for the formation of structure in the universe.

This, in turn, could improve our understanding of the evolution of the universe and our interpretation and analysis of astronomical observations.

Cabrera, a physics professor at Stanford with a term appointment within the SLAC Particle Physics and Astrophysics faculty, said the prize, which includes a $10,000 award and a certificate citing the recipients' scientific contributions, is gratifying, and it's "wonderful to share it" with Sadoulet. "We have been leaders of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search work for many years," he said.

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University Profile

Northeastern University

NAME:
Northeastern University

HOME TOWN:
Boston, Mass.

MASCOT:
Huskies

COLORS:
Red, gray and black

COLLABORATING AT FERMILAB SINCE:
1973

WORLDWIDE PARTICLE PHYSICS COLLABORATIONS:
CMS, DZero

NUMBER OF SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS INVOLVED:
Four faculty, two postdocs, six graduate students, two undergraduate students

PARTICLE PHYSICS RESEARCH FOCUS:
Experiment: electroweak physics, top quark physics, Higgs physics, searches for physics beyond the Standard Model.
Theory: SUGRA (supergravity), neutrino physics, dark matter, cosmology.

WHAT SETS PARTICLE PHYSICS AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY APART?
A strong program in hadron collider physics, including muon detection, triggering, software, Standard Model measurements and searches for new physics. Northeastern is a leader in cooperative education, and dozens of undergraduates have worked on DZero and CMS through the co-op program.

FUNDING AGENCIES:
NSF

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In the News

Dark-matter alternative tackles elliptical galaxies

From Physics World, Oct. 1, 2012

An alternative theory to dark matter has successfully predicted the rotational properties of two elliptical galaxies. The work was done in Israel by Mordehai Milgrom using the modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) theory that he first developed nearly 30 years ago. By showing that MOND can be used to explain the properties of complicated elliptical galaxies – as well the much simpler spiral galaxies – Milgrom argues that MOND offers a viable alternative to dark matter when it comes to explaining the bizarre properties of galaxies.

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From the Business Services Section

National Fire Prevention Week begins Oct. 7

Chuck Kuhn
 
Greg Mitchell

The Business Services Section's Chuck Kuhn, Fermilab fire chief, and Greg Mitchell, senior safety officer, wrote this column.

This year's Fire Prevention Week takes place from Oct. 7 to Oct. 13, and the Fermilab Fire Department joins the National Fire Protection Association once again to promote this annual event.

The National Fire Protection Association announced the 2012 Fire Prevention Week theme as "Have Two Ways Out!" to encourage families across the country to prioritize fire escape planning and practice. NFPA blazes the trail for home fire safety and leads the campaign to have a home fire escape plan.

It is important to have a home fire escape plan that prepares your family to think fast and get out quickly when the smoke alarm sounds. What if your first escape route is blocked by smoke or flames? The possibility of this scenario is why having two ways out should be a key part of your plan.

There are many things that you and your family can do to practice fire safety. The Fire Department recommends that you go over family escape plans, decide on special meeting places with your children and make sure your children know which emergency numbers to call in case of fire.

The Fire Department will visit the Fermilab Daycare Center on the morning of Oct. 9 to give its annual presentation on fire safety. It is always a positive lesson on fire prevention, and it's exciting and educational for the kids.

On Wednesday, Oct. 10, the Fermilab Fire Department will display one of their fire engines in the horseshoe in front of Wilson Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Fermilab has an aggressive approach to safety, and we should carry some of that back to our homes and children. Employees should feel free to contact the Fire Department at x3428 if they have any fire prevention questions.

Photo of the Day

You saw me standing alone

Monday night's full moon stands out starkly against the inky sky. Photo: Ruben Carcagno, TD
Safety Update

ES&H weekly report, Oct. 2

This week's safety report, compiled by the Fermilab ES&H section, contains two incidents.

An employee suffered an elbow strain while closing a valve. Limited duty work makes this case a DART.

A piece of stainless steel weighing less than 10 pounds fell from above and hit an employee on his welding helmet. He was not injured.

Find the full report here.
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Prairie harvest - Oct. 6

C2ST public lecture: Exploring the Universe - Oct. 11

Winter volleyball begins soon

Upcoming changes to VPN client software

Muscle Toning - begins Oct. 4

Main site ICW flushing - through Oct. 5

Abri Credit Union's Shred, Recycle & Donate Event in Romeoville - Oct. 6

Heartland Blood Drive - Oct. 8-9

The Eerie Silence: E.T., Where Are You? - Oct. 12

In the Footsteps of Django - Oct. 27

Accelerate to a Healthy Lifestyle update

Applications being accepted for Wilson Fellowship

Mac users: upcoming changes to VPN client software

Professional development courses

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