Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology at AAAS and AAPT, Chicago, Feb. 12-16, 2009
Summary of all presentations on particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology at the 2009 conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the 2009 conference of the American Association of Physics Teachers.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
AAAS Session:Beyond E=mc˛: Unveiling the Early Universe with High-Intensity Accelerators Friday, Feb 13, 2009, 10:30 AM -12:00 PM
Session and Presentation summaries
Presentations:
Craig Dukes, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Beyond E=mc˛: Rare Particle Decays ( 19.7mb PPT)
Gregory Dubois-Felsmann, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA
Searches for New Subatomic Phenomena Using B Factories
Boris Kayser, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL
The Role of Neutrinos in the Evolution of the Universe ( 1.6mb PDF)
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AAAS Session: The Future of U.S. Accelerator Science Friday, Feb 13, 2009, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Session and Presentation summaries
Presentations:
Maury Tigner, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Accelerator Science and Training of Scientists in U.S. Universities ( 38.4mb PDF)
Arthur Bienenstock, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Accelerators and Their Uses and Spinoffs for Multiple Fields
James Rosenzweig, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Advanced Alternative and Future Accelerator Technologies ( 12.5mb PPT)
Patricia Dehmer, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC
Support for Accelerators and for Accelerator R&D in DOE's Office of Science ( 918kb PPT)
Tony Chan, National Science Foundation
The Future of US Accelerator Science – Comments from NSF ( 9.47mb PPT)
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Joint AAAS/AAPT Session:Exciting Research at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Saturday, Feb 14, 2009, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Session and Presentation summaries
Presentations:
Rob Roser, Fermilab, Batavia, IL
After the Top Quark ( 4.69mb PDF)
David Schmitz, Fermilab, Batavia, IL
Neutrino Oscillations and Neutrino Masses ( 5.4mb PDF)
Michael Crisler, Fermilab, Batavia, IL
The Search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles ( 5.06mb PPT)
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AAAS Session:High-Energy Physics Discoveries: From the Tevatron to the Large Hadron Collider Sunday, Feb 15, 2009, 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Session and Presentation summaries
Presentations:
Jacobo Konigsberg, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Discoveries with the Tevatron Collider at Fermilab ( 23.9mb PDF)
Dmitri Denisov, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL
Closing in on the Higgs with the Tevatron Data ( 2.50mb PDF)
Lyn Evans, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
The Large Hadron Collider: First Beams ( 6.07mb PDF)
Marzio Nessi, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
The ATLAS Experiment ( 19.1mb PDF)
Tejinder Virdee, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
The Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment ( 7.73mb PDF)
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AAAS Session:Origins and Endings: From the Beginning to the End of the Universe Monday, Feb 16, 2009, 9:30 AM -12:30 PM
Session and Presentation summaries
Presentations:
Alan Guth, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Eternal Inflation, the Early Universe, and the Multiverse
John Carlstrom, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Cosmic Microwave Background: Progress and Prospects
Scott Dodelson, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL
Gravitational Waves as a Probe of the Early Universe (5.18mb PPT)
Daniel Akerib, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
The Search for WIMPs in the Galactic Halo: the Quest to Detect the Dark Matter (5.07mb PDF)
Lawrence Krauss, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Our Miserable Future
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AAPT Plenary Talk: Rotating Galaxies and Dark Matter Saturday, Feb.14, 9:00AM - 10:00AM
Session and Presentation summaries
Vera Rubin, Carnegie Institute of Washington
Rotating Galaxies and Dark Matter
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AAPT Session:Particle Physics in the Upper-Level Curriculum Saturday, Feb.14, 10:00AM - 10:30AM
Session and Presentation summaries
Presentations:
Patrick Fox, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
From Quarks to the Cosmos (14.7mb PDF)
Gordon Ramsey, Loyola University Chicago
GUTs, TOEs and Stringy Things: Biology or High-Energy Physics? (2.23mb PPT)
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AAPT Session: Frontiers in Space Science and Astronomy Saturday, Feb.14, 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Session and Presentation summaries
Presentations:
Michael Turner, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and University of Chicago
The Cosmic Microwave Background: Cosmic Rosetta Stone (51.9mb PPT)
George Smoot, University of California, Berkeley
PLANCK: Looking Back Toward the Dawn of Time
Daniel Suson, Purdue University Calumet
Current Status of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Lawrence Krauss, Arizona State University
Our Miserable Future
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AAPT Plenary Talk: The History and Fate of the Universe Saturday, Feb.14, 8:00PM - 9:00PM
Session and Presentation summaries
George Smoot, University of California, Berkely
The History and Fate of the Universe
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AAPT Session: Particle Physics in the High School Sunday, Feb.15, 9:00AM - 11:30AM
Session and Presentation summaries
Presentations:
Randy Ruchti, Department of Physics
The Recipe for the Universe in the High School Classroom. ( 5.53mb PPT)
Marge Bardeen, Fermilab
How Examples From Particle Physics Support Standards-based Physics Curricula ( 2.49mb PPT)
Amy DeLine, Central Michigan University
Nuclear Astrophysics Outreach Program Now Employs Researcher's Equipment for Enhancement
Todd Brown, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
Particle Physics Through Cosmology
Deborah Roudebush, Oakton High School
Use of Cosmic Ray eLab to Teach the Research Process ( 3.6mb PPT)
Gordon Aubrecht, Ohio State University
Particle Physics for Everyone ( 241kb PDF)
Shane Wood, Irondale High School
The Particle Physics Masterclass ( .98mb PPT)
Michael Cherney, Creighton University
Teaching the History of Nuclear Science with the CPEP Wallchart ( 1.44mb PDF)
Katrina Brown, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
Particle Physics Through Fusion (5.84mb PPT)
Sophia Gershman, Watchung Hills Regional High School
Authentic Experimental Research at the High School Level
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AAPT Plenary Talk: Dark Matter in the Laboratory Monday, Feb.16, 11:30AM - 12:30PM
Session and Presentation summaries
Joseph Lykken, Fermilab
Dark Matter in the Laboratory
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