Nuclear Lunch -- Winter 2012

This is an archive of the Winter 2012 topics; the schedule for the current quarter is located here .

Tentative Schedule

Date Discussion Leader Topic / Paper(s)
January 4 S. Akhtar GZK effect
Observation of the suppression of the flux of cosmic rays above 4x10 19 eV ,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101:061101,2008
Also see the associated Viewpoint .

Faculty adviser: J. Frantz
January 11 A.P. Ramirez! Discussion of questions from previous week.
January 18 S. Dhakal Carbon ion therapy
Precise measurement of prompt photon emission for carbon ion therapy

Faculty adviser: C. Brune
January 25 H. Attanayake Discussion of questions from previous week.
February 1 Y. Byun Heavy particle radioactivity
Heavy-Particle Radioactivity of Superheavy Nuclei ,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 062503 (2011)

Faculty adviser: Prakash
February 8 C. Parker Discussion of questions from previous week.
February 15 B. Xia Super-luminal neutrinos
Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam

Bing's slides
Faculty adviser: D. Phillips
February 22 B. Acharya Discussion of questions from previous week.
February 29 L. Hlophe Form factor of the proton at small Q 2
High-Precision Determination of the Electric and Magnetic Form Factors of the Proton , Phys. Rev. Lett. 105:242001 (2010)
Also see the associated Synopsis .

Faculty adviser: J. Roche
March 7 B. Muccioli Discussion of questions from previous week.

Faculty coordinators for Winter 2012 were Julie Roche, Carl Brune, Justin Frantz, Daniel Phillips, Prakash, Paul King, and Andreas Schiller.
Last updated 15 March 2012 by C. Brune.
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