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People and Things People and things Experience in building and testing nology. Fibre tracking and fibre ca• IUPAP elections fibre detectors was illustrated lorimetry are a possibility for the by report from the WA84 group at next generation of hadron colliders, At the General Assembly of the In• CERN using a fibre target to look while fibre targets of up to 25 ternational Union of Pure and Ap• for beauty particles, from the L3 tonnes could be constructed for plied Physics (IUPAP) held in experiment at CERN's LEP electron- neutrino physics. Dresden, Germany, in September, positron collider (where a subgroup The second day of the meeting Yoshio Yamaguchi, currently Chair• uses a fibre calibration system for was given over to production pos• man of the International Committee the tracking detectors), and from sibilities and the characteristics of for Future Accelerators (ICFA), was the 'spaghetti calorimeter' being different products. Three different elected lUPAP's President Desig• leveloped in the Italian-funded variants can be used in principle - nate, to take over from current LAA project at CERN and aiming plastic or glass fibres, and glass Chairman Yu. Ossipyan of the for improved energy resolution in capillaries filled with scintillating li• USSR Academy of Sciences in hadron calorimetry. quids, and the advantages and dis• 1993. In addition, many proposals tes• advantages of each have to be IUPAP's C11 Commission on tified to the confidence in this tech• carefully considered. Particles and Fields consists of - T. An example of technological pro• Fujii (Tokyo, Chairman), F. Gudden gress is the one-metre attenuation (Siemens, Vice-Chairman), J. Hais- lengths now achievable using co• sinski (Orsay, Secretary), M. Bal- herent bundles of 20-micron fibres, deo-Ceolin (Padua), B. Barish (Cal- bringing good light transmission tech), P. Markov (Sofia), W.K.H. with fine resolution. Panofsky (Stanford), V. Rubakov A final topic was readout, hither• (Moscow), J. Sacton (Brussels), V. to dominated by image intensifier Singh (Tata, Bombay), V. Soergel chains and CCDs. With future de• (DESY), N. Tyurin (Serpukhov), Z.P. tectors probably having to handle Zheng (Beijing). at least ten million channels, new solutions are needed not only to build, but to pay for these devices! On people The meeting was sponsored by Nuclear Enterprises and Schott Fi• CERN Director General Carlo Rubbia ber Optics. has received the prestigious Um- berto Biancamano European Prize, From R. Nahnhauer (IHEP Zeuthen) awarded annually for distinguished contributions towards the consoli• dation of European unity. Estab• lished in 1962 as a national Italian award, the prize was extended in 1971 to European personalities, the first such recipient being the ar• tist Marc Chagall. William J. Willis becomes Head of Brookhaven's Center for Accelera• tor Physics. Scintillating fibres have attractions for detec• Denis McWhan has become Chair• tor specialists. Seen here are three cross- sections of bundled coherent light guides - man of the US National Synchro• top, 20 micron scintillating fibres from tron Light Source at Brookhaven. Schott (Mainz); centre, 20 micron capillaries Sam Krinsky, previously Acting from US Schott; and bottom, 30 micron plastic fibres from Kyowa Gas in Japan. Chairman, is his deputy. CERN Courier, November 1990 23 ARGON NE NATIONAL LABORATORY Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) is currently seeking several professionals OPTO-MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER for its 7-GeV Advanced Photon Source (APS) Project. The APS Project will M.S./Ph.D. or equivalent plus 5-10 years experience and considerable be a national user facility producing extremely brilliant x-rays for applications knowledge and experience in opto-mechanical design are required. (Box# in a broad range of scientific disciplines. 82976) ELECTRONICS ENGINEER SURVEY ENGINEER A Master's or Ph.D. in E.E. or Physics and 1-5 years experience with low-level Leads APS Survey and Alignment Team. Develops field procedures to posi• microwave design techniques or particle beam applications are necessary tion accelerator and storage ring components at proper location and orienta• (Box# 37995) tion to a high degree of accuracy. (Box# 82723) RF ENGINEER ASSISTANT PHYSICISTS A Ph.D. in E.E., 5 years experience and considerable knowledge of electro• Requires a Ph.D. in Physics and 1-5 years experience with various accelerator magnetic theory and high frequency RF design and analysis techniques are systems. (Box# 81203) required. (Box# 82984) The second position requires a Ph.D. and a background in radiofrequency ELECTRICAL ENGINEER systems including sources, waveguides and cavities. (Box# 82894) A B.S.E.E. and 5-10 years experience with RF circuitry and techniques are necessary. (Box# 36626) Each of these positions commands an excellent salary and benefits package. Confidential consideration can be obtained by sending your resume, in• ASSISTANT ELECTRICAL ENGINEER dicating position of interest, to: Walter D. McFall, Box J-APS-(Box#)-88, An advanced degree in E.E. and at least 4 years work experience are impera• Employment and Placement, ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY, 9700 tive. Knowledge and experience with the design and operation of pulsed and South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA. Argonne is an equal oppor• steady-state high current power supply systems is important. (Box# 82717) tunity/affirmative action employer. MECHANICAL ENGINEER (Use your PC to learn more about ANL and other available opportunities. Dial (508) 263-3857 and key in the password ARGON.) A B.S. or M.S. in M.E. and approximately 10 years experience in vacuum technology and the fabrication and machining of materials. (Box# 36620) BUCY CHAIR IN PHYSICS FACULTY POSITION TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY EXPERIMENTAL PARTICLE PHYSICS AT THE SSC Applications and nominations are invited for a new PENN STATE UNIVERSITY chair in physics (experimental partical physics) endowed by J. Fred Bucy and Odetta Greer Bucy. The appointment The experimental particle physics group at Penn State will be at the rank of professor with tenure in the University is planning a significant increase in its Department of Physics. Criteria for selection include involvement at the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC). distinguished research in experimental particle physics Applications are invited for a faculty position. The level of with an interest in Superconducting Super Collider the appointment will be commensurate with the experience collaboration and a commitment to physics teaching. of the candidate. Major facilities, including a VAX cluster, The Department of Physics is developing a program in electronics laboratories and shop, on-line data acquisition particle physics to augment existing programs in atomic- facility, and mechanical shop and assembly areas are in- molecular-optical physics, condensed matter, chemical place and available for SSC-related research. Applicants physics, biophysics, nuclear physics, and pulsed power. should have a Ph.D. degree in physics and at least two The department has 17 regular faculty members and years of postdoctoral experience. An on-going presence approximately 50 graduate students who are pursuing and /or experience at an existing high energy collider Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Physics or in Applied Physics. facility is desirable. Send application, curriculum vitae and Applicants should submit a resume, list of publications, names of four references to and statement of research and teaching plans, as well as the name of five references to : Professor Howard Grotch, Head, Department of Physics Professor Walter L. Borst, Chairman, 104 Davey Laboratory Department of Physics Penn State University Texas Tech University University Park, PA 16802 Lubbock, Texas 79409-1051 USA USA Applications received by 15 January 1991 will be assured of The deadline for receipt of application materials is consideration. However, applications will be considered 1 March 1991. until the position is filled. Texas Tech University is an equal opportunity /affirmative action employer An affirmative action/equal opportunity employer Women and minorities are encouraged to apply 24 CERN Courier, November 1990 At Los Alamos, Ed Knapp takes on proach into practice in the mid- the combined posts of Division 60 s, notably with Jack Steinberger, Leader (administration) and Scien• he helped cast the definitive for- tific Director of the Los Alamos igi^ ' malism for the violation of CP sym- Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF) fol• ^ metry. He also took a deep interest lowing the retirement of Don Hag- in accelerator physics, with contri• erman. Former LAMPF Director butions co-authored with his wife Gerald Garvey becomes Senior Mary. He was a Fellow of the Royal Laboratory Fellow. Society (UK) and in 1989 was awarded the coveted Dannie Heine- mann Prize for his contributions to John Stewart Bell 1928-1990 • mathematical physics. While quantum physics is one of the greatest scientific achieve• ments of the twentieth century, it is also notorious, even among phy• sicists, for being difficult to under• stand. CERN theorist John Stewart Bell, who died unexpectedly on 1 October, did much to remove these obstacles and unravel the parad• oxes which riddle quantum theory and had led some early thinkers, notably Einstein, to be sceptical. John S. Bell 1928-1990. Never fearing to enter intellectual territory where few others dared to tread, John Bell helped put the un• familiar dogma of quantum me- hanics on a firmer footing. EPS-8 He moved from the UK to CERN in November 1960 for an active and prominent
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