Nuclear Lunch -- Spring 2013
| Date | Discussion Leader | Topic / Paper(s) |
| January 16 | Azmat Orazbayev | Observation of Time-Reversal Violation in the B 0 Meson System , J. P. Lees |
| January 23 | Arbin Thapaliya | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| January 30 | Harsha Atanayake | Dark Force Detection in Low Energy e-p Collisions
arXiv:0909.2862
by M. Freytsis, G. Ovanesyan, and J. Thaler Faculty adviser: Daniel Phillips |
| February 6 | Brian Muccioli | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| February 13 | Bijaya Acharya | Observation of Sequential Upsilon Suppression in PbPb Collisions , S. Chatrchyan |
| February 20 | Alina Karki | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| February 27 | Nowo Riveli | Electron ion collider: the next QCD frontier
arXiv:1212.1701
by Elke C.
Aschenauer et al. Faculty adviser: Ken Hicks |
| March 13 | Linda Hlophe | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| March 20 | Cody Parker | Cosmic Ray Radiography of the Damaged Cores of the Fukushima Reactors
,
Konstantin Borozdin, Steven Greene, Zarija Lukic, Edward Milner,
Haruo Miyadera, Christopher Morris, and John Perry
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 152501 (2012). Synopsis: Peeking into Fukushima's Reactors . Faculty adviser: Paul King |
| March 27 | Andrea Richard | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| April 3 | Shamim Akhtar | Detection of the Second
r-Process Peak Element Tellurium in Metal-Poor Stars
,
Ian U. Roederer et al.
, Astrophysical Journal 747, L8 (2012). Faculty adviser: Carl Brune |
| April 10 | Bing Xia | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| April 17 | Anthony Ramirez | First Observation of Ground State Di-neutron Decay: 16Be
,
A. Spyrou,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 102501 (2012);
see also the comment accompanying the PRL and the authors' response. Focus: Nuclei Emit Paired-up Neutrons, by M. Schirber. Faculty adviser: Charlotte Elster |
| April 20 | Sushil Dhakal | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
Background Information
- Physicists hunt for dark forces from Nature, 484 , 13 (2012).
Last updated October 2, 2013 by C. Brune.