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Friday, January 28
3:30 p.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over
4:00 p.m. Joint Experimental Theoretical Physics Seminar - 1 West
Speaker: T. Diehl, Fermilab
Title: Recent Electroweak Physics Results from DZero
Monday, January 31
2:30 p.m. Particle Astrophysics Seminar - Curia II
Speaker: E. Sefusatti, New York University
Title: Constraints on Galaxy Bias and Halo Occupation
Number from Large-Scale Clustering
3:30 p.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over
4:00 p.m. All Experimenters' Meeting - Curia II
Special Topic: Internal Rolls in Tevatron Dipoles
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Friday, January 28
New England Clam Chowder
Western BBQ Burger $4.75
Turkey Tetrazzini $3.75
Meatballs Teriyaki over Rice $3.75
Bistro Chicken & Provolone Panini $4.75
Assorted Personal Size Pizzas $3.25
Carved Top Round of Beef $4.75
Wilson Hall Cafe Menu
Chez Leon will be closed through January and February
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Universities Help on NuMI
This article is the third in a series that will focus on the benefits
of Fermilab/University collaboration on different accelerator projects.
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The University of Texas at Austin group standing in front of a NuMI muon
beam monitor. Clockwise from top left: grad student Bob Zwaska, Ass't.
Prof. Sacha Kopp, grad student Dharma Indurthy, Zarko Pavlovic,
undergraduate Ryan Keisler (not pictured is engineer Marek Proga). (Click on image
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Small neutrino experiments such as NuMI have a close integration between
the accelerators and detectors, offering physicists and students a complete
perspective of the overall experiment. For example, a group of students
from the University of Texas designed and built a system to monitor the
tertiary muon beam produced along with the neutrinos for MINOS.
"It's a great learning experience for the students," said Sacha Kopp,
Assistant Professor at the University of Texas and supervisor for the project.
"This kind of hands-on experience is good training and gets students more
strongly connected with their experiments. It's also a good introduction for
those students who eventually decide to do an accelerator PhD thesis."
The University of Texas group also built a system of segmented Secondary
Emission Monitors (SEMs) to monitor the 120 GeV proton beam extracted from
the Main Injector to the NuMI target. "The foil SEMs monitor the proton
beam profile onto the target. They must withstand much higher instantaneous
beam power than previous instruments, making this an interesting challenge,"
Kopp said. "We hope these might be of use elsewhere."
Bruce Baller, Fermilab's NuMI Department head, said universities often create
new technology for Fermilab. "While Fermilab has to focus on keeping the
machines operating, universities can build new machines that you can't just
buy from a vendor," he said. "With any new machine, however, there is a risk
involved, which requires even more caution because these new machines affect
not just one but many of the experiments going on."
Also contributing to the NuMI beam monitors were the University of Wisconsin
and University of Pittsburgh for the muon monitor R&D, Indiana University for the
beam Monte Carlo, UNICAMP/Sao Paolo and Argonne National Laboratory for the
target hall instrumentation, and Brookhaven National Laboratory for the
beam instrumentation readout.
Next: Main Injector
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So Long, Bob Johanek
Bob Johanek retires today after working at the Fermilab Technical Division
for over 16 years. He has worked as a CNC Machinist in the Village Machine Shop,
making components that go in nearly all the projects at Fermilab. Before he
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worked at Fermilab, he worked as a tool and dime maker for 25 years.
"Although it will be nice to retire, I'll still miss all the camaraderie with
the guys and getting all the local gossip," he said. "It's something you've
done all your life, and now you'll never do it anymore, so it'll be a change."
Johanek said that he plans to spend more time working in his garden at his
Warrenville home with his wife, as well as going fishing.
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Tuesday's story on Jim Gunn of SDSS winning the AAS Henry Norris Russell
Lectureship omitted the name of Jerry Ostriker, another significant early
member of SDSS and the Russell Lectureship winner in 1980. Fermilab Today
regrets the error.
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From Science Magazine, January 28, 2005
BLOGS: A Year in a Physicist's Life
Einstein's unkempt appearance was likely essential to his adoption as a
pop icon, argues David Waller of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory in
Canada, who suggests that physicists commemorate Einstein by growing big hair.
Directing a beam of protons to a detector 1000 meters away reminds Debbie Harris
of Fermilab in Illinois of giving birth, because both processes have to occur
in stages. These are highlights from Quantum Diaries, a new project sponsored
by a coalition of particle physics labs to commemorate 2005's World Year of
Physics. More than 20 physicists from around the world will chronicle their
opinions, interests, successes, and failures over the next 12 months with
regular dispatches, video clips, and photos. So far, participants have
weighed in on everything from how they got started in the field to the
connection between physics and jazz.
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From Nature Magazine, January 26, 2005
Antigravity has feet of clay
by Philip Ball
Could astronauts take a leaf out of H. G. Wells's book The First Men in the Moon, and use spacecraft propelled by antigravity devices? Some see the idea as science fiction, but major space agencies take it seriously.
In 2001, the European Space Agency (ESA) commissioned two scientists to evaluate schemes for gravity control. They have concluded that, even if such control were possible, the benefits for lifting spacecraft out of the Earth's gravitational field would probably not be worth the effort1.
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New Classifieds on Fermilab Today
New classified ads have been posted on Fermilab Today.
A permanent link to the classifieds is located in the bottom
left corner of Fermilab Today.
Artist Reception Tonight
The Fermilab Art Gallery will host an Artist Reception tonight
for Chicago Tribune Photojournalist Pete Souza from 5:00 to
7:00 p.m. on the second floor crossover. At 7:00 p.m. Souza will
give a lecture in One West about his exhibit, "Environmental Battlegrounds."
more information
Recreation Office Offers Discounts for Valentines Day Gifts
The Recreation Office offers discounts to 1-800-flowers.com and
Popcorn Factory. Contact the Recreation Office for
promotion codes and receive a 10% discount. A 25% discount is also available for
speakingroses.com.
more information
Winter & Spring Muscle Toning Class Schedule
Gain strength, lean body mass and increased muscle definition.
The class schedule is February 15 - March 10, 4 week Class
for $32.00, March 22 - April 21, 5 week class for $40.00 and
April 26 - June 2, 6 week class for $48.00 Classes are
held on Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30 - 6:30 in the
Recreation Facility Exercise Room. A Recreation Facility
Membership is required. Deadline to register is the Friday
prior to the start of the session.
Rhythm & Blues Musical with Fermilab Connections
A new rhythm & blues musical with music by Jamie Ellis of
Geneva and book and lyrics by former Fermilab physicist Steve
Delchamps is going to be presented at Steel Beam Theatre in St. Charles during
February. The engagement is limited to two weekends:
2/11-2/13 and 2/18-2/19/
For reservations, call the Steel Beam Theatre at 630-587-8521.
Upcoming Activities
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