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Monday, October 20 2:30 p.m. Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar - Curia II Speaker: S. Pascoli, University of California, Los Angeles Title: On the Connection Between Low-Energy Leptonic CP-Violation and Leptogenesis 3:30 p.m. Director's Coffee Break - 2nd Flr X-Over 4:00 p.m. All Experimenters' Meeting - Curia II Special Topics: Sloan Digital Sky Survey and NuMI
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Monday, October 20 Menu not provided in time. Eurest Dining Center Weekly Menu Chez Leon |
 Fair 84º/51º
Extended Forecast |
Secon Level 3 |
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Fermilab sends RF structures to SLAC | ||
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R&D for the Next Linear Collider (NLC) is making progress. The two newest RF structures produced at Fermilab have arrived at SLAC for testing. The devices--stacks of precision-machined copper discs with holes in the center--transfer energy from a power source to a beam of electrons. The R&D focuses on manufacturing discs that achieve the highest acceleration per meter. "It took us, as part of the NLC Collaboration, four years to develop and produce this set of prototype discs," said Dave Finley, group leader of Fermilab's X-band (FX) accelerator structure team. Finley noted that the resources developed at Fermilab can be applied to either a room-temperature or a superconducting linear collider.
Fifty-two discs make up one 60-cm-long structure. The NLC would use 18,000 structures. With help from Fermilab, LLNL, LBNL and KEK, researchers at SLAC are advancing accelerator design at their NLC Test Accelerator. While SLAC tests the FXB structures, Fermilab has already begun work on the FXC series. Finley quipped: "The NLC's motto seems to be: The better is the enemy of the good enough."
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Cathy Newman-Holmes Receives Employee Performance Recognition Award | ||
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On October 17, Director Mike Witherell presented Cathy Newman-Holmes,
of the Particle Physics Division, with an Employee
Performance Recognition Award for her work done during the
Lepton-Photon Symposium. In August 2003, over 600 people from 36
countries around the world
attended the Lepton-Photon Symposium to brainstorm ideas, learn about the
latest in their field,
and to socialize with their colleagues from around the world.
"The Lepton-Photon Symposium was a terrific
success," said Witherell. "Many people helped organize
the conference, but in the end, there
is one person responsible and that is Cathy."
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October 15 - October 17 - Linac established beam to its dump on Thursday - Booster began running all its RF stations 60% - Recycler Status - Tevatron Status View the current accelerator update View the Tevatron Luminosity Charts |
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FYI: AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News, October 17, 2003 Beyond Einstein
The Beyond Einstein initiative would utilize a series of space science missions
of varying sizes to address three questions: What powered the Big Bang? What
happens to space, time, and matter at the edge of a black hole? What is the
mysterious dark energy pulling the Universe apart?
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From AV Video Multimedia Producer, October 2003 Quantum Production Visual Media Services at Fermilab By Steven Klapow | ||
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Fred Ullrich has a perfect way of describing the translation of physics research
into engaging media: “We are constantly being faced with putting 10 pounds of
ham in a five-pound can.” Ullrich is the manager of Visual Media Services, a department of eight full-time
employees at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, otherwise known as Fermilab.
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IMAP Server Downtime on 10/21 On October 21, there will be a short downtime for each of the three IMAP servers (IMAPServer1, IMAPServer2, and IMAPServer3) and Listserv to apply security patches. Each machine will be be unavailable for 10-15 minutes sometime between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.
Upcoming Training and Development Course
Scottish Country Dancing
NALWO Annual Autumn Potluck Luncheon Today |
