Nuclear Lunch -- Spring 2007
Schedule
| Date | Discussion Leader | Topic / Paper(s) |
| 28 Mar | Moses Oginni | Mapping quark confinement by exotic particles , Alex Dzierba and Nathan Isgur, CERN Courier 40, 23 (September 2000). |
| 4 Apr | Anton Wiranata | Parton Distribution Background , extracted from the White Paper: "The Science Driving the 12 GeV Upgrade of CEBAF" (February 2001), and Generalized Parton Distributions , Xiangdong Ji, Reviews of Nuclear and Particle Science 2004, 54: 413-450. The required reading is sections 3.1 and 3.2. |
| 11 Apr | Serdar Kizilgul | An Introduction to the Generalized Parton Distributions , Michel Garcon, arXiv:hep-ph/0210068v2, also published: The European Journal of Physics A 18, 389-394 (2003). |
| 18 Apr | Zach Heinen | Research perspectives at Jefferson Lab: 12 GeV and Beyond , Kees de Jager, European Journal of Physics A 19, s01, 243-247 (2004). The above paper is the required reading; it is also suggested that you look at this information on the 12-GeV updgrade at Jlab. |
| 25 Apr | Jerry Yang | The Search for a Permanent Electric Dipole Moment , Norval Fortson, Patrick Sandars, and Stephen Barr, Physics Today 56(6), 33 (2003). |
| 2 May | Sergey Postnikov | Plans for a Neutron EDM Experiment at SNS , Takeyasu M. Ito, submitted to the proceedings of the Second Meeting of the APS Topical Group on Hadronic Physics, Nashville, TN, October 22-24, 2006. |
| 9 May | Remi Adekola | Neutrino Astrophysics: A New Tool for Exploring the Universe , Eli Waxman, Science 315(5808) pp. 63-65 (5 January 2007) and Neutrino Astrophysics Experiments Beneath the Sea and Ice , Francis Halzen, Science 315(5808), pp. 66-68 (5 January 2007). |
| 16 May | Paul Peterson | High-energy neutrino astronomy: the cosmic ray connection , Francis Halzen and Dan Hooper, Reports on Progress in Physics 65(7), 1025 (2002). The ``required reading'' is Section 2, pp. 1038-1049. |
| 23 May | Ting Lin | Status report (2006) of the ANTARES project , Maurizio Spurio, for the ANTARES Collaboration, arXiv:hep-ph/0611032v1. |
| 30 May | Daniel Sayre | Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis, Summary for Policymakers , Contributions of Working Group I to the 4th Assesment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. |
Background Information
- Hall D Physics Overview
- Historical Development of the Plans for 12 GeV Upgrade
- Accessing Generalized Parton Distributions , extracted from the White Paper: "The Science Driving the 12 GeV Upgrade of CEBAF" (February 2001).
- Exploring the 3D quark and gluon structure of the proton: electron scattering with present and future facilities , White Paper prepared for the NSAC Long-Range Plan discussion 2006/2007.
- Information about the proposed measurement of the neutron EDM at the SNS, extracted from the SNS Neutron EDM Experiment page.
- The Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory .
- A Deep Sea Telescope for High Energy Neutrinos , ANTARES Collaboration, arXiv:astro-ph/9907432v1.
Faculty coordinators for Spring 2007 were Brune, Elster, Hicks, King, Phillips, Prakash, and Roche.
Last updated 31 August 2007 by Carl Brune.