Nuclear Lunch -- Fall 2013
Schedule
| Date | Discussion Leader | Topic / Paper(s) |
| September 4 | B. Muccioli | An r-Process Kilonova
Associated with the Short-Hard GRB 130603B
,
E. Berger, W. Fong and R. Chornock Faculty adviser: Prakash |
| September 11 | Cody Parker | Discussion of questions from the previous week. |
| September 18 | Sushil Dhakal | How stable is the photon?
J. Heeck, PRL 111, 021801 (2013) Faculty adviser: J. Roche |
| September 25 | Constantinos Constantinou | Discussion of questions from the previous week. |
| October 2 | Linda Hlophe | Halo Nucleus 11 Be: A Spectroscopic Study via Neutron Transfer , K.T. Schmitt |
| October 9 | Shamin Akthar | Discussion of questions from the previous week. |
| October 16 | Norman Israel | Higgs Seesaw
Mechanism as a Source for Dark Energy
L.M. Krauss and J.B. Dent, PRL 111.061802 Faculty adviser: Daniel Phillips |
| October 23 | Arbin Thapaliya | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| October 30 | Nick Compton | Observation of a Charged Charmoniumlike Structure in
e +
e -
→π +
π -
J/ψ at √s=4.26 GeV
, M. Ablikim et al. (BESIII Collaboration),
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 252001 (2013). See suplementary information below. Faculty adviser: Ken Hicks |
| November 6 | Mongi Dlamini | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| November 13 | Anthony Paul Ramirez | Structure
of Matter Nuclear Saturation Density
, D.G. Ravenhall, C.J. Pethick, J.R. Wilson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 50, 2066–2069 (1983) Faculty adviser: Prakash |
| November 20 | Bijaya Acharya | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| December 4 | Arbin Thapaliya | 2013 Physics Nobel Prize: F. Englert and P. Higgs Advanced Information , Popular Science background Faculty adviser: Paul King |
Background Information
- For November 13:
Nuclear shapes in the inner crust of a neutron star , K. Oyamatsu, Nucl.Phys. A561 (1993) 431-452 - For October 30:
Study of e + e - →π + π - J/ψ and Observation of a Charged Charmoniumlike State at Belle , Z.Q. Liu et al. (Belle Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 252002 (2013).
Viewpoint: New Particle Hints at Four-Quark Matter , Physics 6, 69 (2013).
The lead coordinator for Nuclear lunch Fall 2013 was Julie Roche. Other coordinators are Carl Brune, Charlotte Elster, Justin Frantz, Ken Hicks, Paul King, Ken Nollet, Daniel Phillips, and Prakash.
Last updated January 15, 2014 by C. Brune.