Nuclear Lunch -- Fall 2014
Schedule
| Date | Discussion Leader | Topic / Paper(s) |
| August 27 | No talk | Organizational Meeting |
| September 3 | Nick Compton | Gravity Resonance Spectroscopy Constrains Dark Energy and Dark Matter Scenarios
Additional information in Physics Viewpoint: Neutrons Knock at the Cosmic Door Faculty Advisor: D. Phillips |
| September 10 | Cody Parker | Discussion of questions from the previous week. |
| September 17 | Sushil Dhakal | Antineutrino Monitoring for Heavy Water Reactors
Additional information in Physics Focus: Nuclear Monitoring with Antineutrinos Faculty Advisor: C. Brune |
| September 24 | Shamim Akhtar | Discussion of questions from the previous week. |
| October 1 | Sudhanva Lalit | Detection of an Unidentified Emission Line in the Stacked X-Ray Spectrum of Galaxy Clusters
Faculty Advisor: Prakash |
| October 8 | A. Al Mamun | Discussion of questions from the previous week. |
| October 15 | Taya Chetry | Probing nuclear forces beyond the drip-line using the mirror nuclei 16
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Faculty Advisor: H. Crawford |
| October 22 | Andrea Richard | Discussion of questions from the previous week. |
| October 29 | Linda Hlophe | Evidence of Polarization of Gluons in the Proton
Additional description in Synopsis Faculty Advisor: J. Frantz |
| November 5 | Arbin Thapaliya | Discussion of questions from the previous week. |
| November 12 | Rekam Giri | First Direct Measurement of the 2
H(α,γ) 6
Li Cross Section at Big Bang Energies and the Primordial Lithium Problem
Faculty Advisor: Ch. Elster |
| November 19 | Tyler Danley | Discussion of questions from the previous week. |
| November 26 | No lunch | Thanksgiving Break |
| December 3 | Brian Muccioli(?) | 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics
''for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources'' Akasaki, Amano, and Nakamura Scientific Background Information for Public |
Background Information
The lead coordinators for Nuclear Lunch in the Fall 2014 semester were faculty members Daniel Phillips and Heather Crawford. Other coordinators were Carl Brune, Charlotte Elster, Justin Frantz, and Prakash.
Last updated January 8, 2015 by C.R. Brune.