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the Vol. B55 - No. 38 ulletin November 2, 2001 William Marciano of Physics Wins J.J. Sakurai Prize NL’s William Marciano, a theoretical physi- William Marciano Bcist in the Physics Department, has been named a winner of the J.J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics for 2002. Marciano will share the $5,000 prize, awarded by the American Physical Society (APS), with Alberto Sirlin of New York University, who was Marciano’s thesis advisor and has been a research collaborator for more than 20 years. Marciano and Sirlin will receive the award at an April 2002 meeting of the APS in Albuquer- que, New Mexico. The award recognizes the sci- Dawson, who nominated the entists’ “pioneering work” on pair for the prize. Roger Stoutenburgh calculations necessary for testing A recent example of the util- the consistency of the Standard ity of these calculations is BNL’s Model, the physics theory that own “muon g-2” experiment, seeks to explain interactions be- which last year reported a pos- tween all known particles. sible deviation from predictions

“Marciano and Sirlin are the of the Standard Model. The D0311001 leading experts in this field,” award selection committee also said Brookhaven physicist Sally noted Marciano and Sirlin’s precision calculations of masses of of the accomplishments of this versity in 1974. After six years Six New Tenure Awardees particles known as “W” and “Z” renowned theoretical physicist. at Rockefeller University, he be- bosons, which are essential to de- His theories encouraged particle came an associate professor at termining the mass of the yet-to- physicists to examine major Northwestern University. He Include Xijie Wang be-discovered Higgs boson, a par- ideas in diverse ways and to seek first came to BNL as a research SA, advised by the Brookhaven Council, granted tenure to six ticle thought to be the source of out new theories that crossed collaborator in 1978, then BBNL scientists this summer. They are: Radoslav Adzic, Energy Sci- all mass. distinct genres of physics re- joined Physics as a physicist in ences & Technology Department; Milind Diwan, Physics Department; “I am particularly gratified to search. 1981, when he was also granted Paul Freimuth, Biology Department; John Haggerty, Physics; Robert Sweet, be receiving this award with The prize is intended to re- tenure. He was promoted to se- Biology; and Xijie Wang, National Synchrotron Light Source Department. Sirlin, whose pioneering re- ward and encourage outstanding nior physicist in 1986, and led A series describing some of the accomplishments of each of the six research on this subject extends achievement in particle theory, the department’s High-Energy cently tenured scientists began in the Bulletin of September 28. This week back to his own student days,” and is normally awarded for Theory Group from 1987 to Xijie Wang is featured. Marciano said. “I was fortunate theoretical contributions made 1998. to work with him at a time when at an early stage of the recipient’s For the past 12 years, Marci- his unique expertise in quantum career. The list of past recipients ano has also been an adjunct calculations became a strong un- reads like a “who’s who” of the professor at Yale University. He derpinning for elementary par- high-energy physics commu- has served on the High-Energy ticle physics.” nity. “It’s quite an honor to be Physics Advisory Panel to The J. J. Sakurai Prize was en- added to this distinguished DOE; various panels on the dowed in 1984 by the family and group,” Marciano said. future of high-energy physics; friends of Jun John Sakurai as a Marciano received his Ph.D. and physics and scientific memorial to and in recognition in physics from New York Uni- (continued on page 3)

Sixth Pine Barrens Research Forum Held at BNL Highlights Include Drinking-Water Quality, Wildfire-Potential Talks, Battelle’s Awards to Student Researchers, Gift of $5000 to Forum Roger Stoutenburgh CN7-16-01

Xijie Wang For his outstanding contributions to the development, opera- tion, and utilization of the Accelerator Test Facility (ATF), Xijie Wang, ATF Deputy Head, was recommended for tenure by Samuel Krinsky, former acting Chairman of the National Synchrotron Light Source Department. “Of special note is Xijie’s work advancing the state of the art in generating and characterizing high-brightness electron beams,” Krinsky said. “He has been able to demonstrate a high level of technical innovation, while being involved in day-to-day ATF operations and providing his technical expertise to its users.” Roger Stoutenburgh Wang has played a leading role in developing advanced ver- Attending the 2001 Pine Barrens Research Forum held at BNL on October 4 were: (from left) Tim Green, BNL Environmental sions of the ATF’s photocathode electron guns. In developing elec- Services Division (ESD); George Proios, Assistant Suffolk County Executive for tron-beam diagnostics, he has specialized in measuring electron Environmental Affairs; Stephen Jones, Suffolk County Water Authority; Gregory Fess, BNL bunches down to a few microns in length. General Counsel; Ray Corwin, Central Pine Barrens Commission; Michael Holland, Manager, DOE Xijie Wang received his Ph.D. in accelerator physics from the Brookhaven Area Office; Peter Paul, BNL Interim Director; Henry Bokuniewicz, Director, Long

University of California at Los Angeles in 1992. He came to BNL Island Ground–water Research Institute of Stony Brook University; Peter Scully, Suffolk County D0171010 in 1993 as an assistant physicist and was promoted to associate Parks Commissioner; and Jan Naidu, ESD guest scientist. See story on page 2. physicist in 1995 and to physicist in 1997. — Marsha Belford The Bulletin November 2, 2001 Sixth Pine Barrens Research Forum at BNL Calendar BNL/SCCC Summer Students Named • The BERA Sales Office is located in Siemens Berkner Hall and is open weekdays Westinghouse from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information on BERA events, contact Semi-Finalists Andrea Dehler, Ext. 3347; or M. Kay Dellimore, Ext. 2873. Through Research • Additional information for Hospitality Project at BNL Committee events can be found at the Lollipop House and the laundry in the Three BNL summer stu- apartment area. dents have been named • The Recreation Building (Rec. Bldg.) semifinalists in the Siemens is located in the apartment area. Westinghouse Science & • Contact names are provided for most Technology Competition. events for more information. They carried out their re- • Calendar events flagged with an search project, titled “Veg- asterisk (*) have an accompanying etational Assessment of a story in this week’s Bulletin. Section of the Peconic River,” at BNL this summer. — EACH WEEK — The three semifinalists — Mondays: Arts & Crafts Alexander Glick, a senior at Smithtown High School;

1 p.m., Rec. Bldg. Hospitality event. $5 Roger Stoutenburgh per month covers materials. “Make Your and Elizabeth Guinaw and Own Necklace” is on-going. Marcia Leite, Joan Komisarek, both se- Ext. 1040, [email protected]. niors at the Academy of St. Mondays: BNL Gospel Choir Joseph, Brentwood — pre- 5:15-7 p.m. Rehearsals in Berkner auditorium. sented their poster at the Seeking new members, all faiths. Frances 2001 Pine Barrens Research Ligon, [email protected], Ext. 3700; Sydell D0161001 Forum. Lamb, [email protected], Ext. 3389; www.bnl.gov/bera/activities/choir/. The students had partici- pated in the Suffolk County Tuesdays: Welcome Coffee John Black (center, facing forward) from the Center for Community Research, Suffolk County Community Community College (SCCC) 10 to 11:30 a.m. Rec. Bldg. Hospitality College, led a field trip around the BNL site as part of the Pine Barrens Research Forum. and BNL Summer Field Pro- event. Come and meet friends. The first Tuesday of every month is special for Lab gram, sponsored by the newcomers and leaving guests. Hospital- n October 4, about 100 people attending the Sixth Annual Pine Center for Community Re- ity Chair Mimi Luccio, 821-1435. OBarrens Research Forum hosted by BNL learned about key pine search at SCCC and BNL’s Tuesdays: Toastmasters barrens’ issues, such as drinking water quality and fire potential. Sponsors Office of Educational Pro- Meetings are held the 1st and 3rd Tues- grams. Additional support day of each month at 5:30 p.m. and on of the Forum include BNL, the Long Island Groundwater Research Insti- for the program came from the 4th Tuesday at 12:05 p.m. in Bldg. Battelle, the U.S. Fish & 463. Guests and visitors are always wel- tute of Stony Brook University and the Central Pine Barrens Commission. come. www.bnl.gov/bera/activities/ Wildlife Service as part of toastmstrs/default.htm. The BNL site makes up about comes from wells drilled on the to Dana MacDonald, a graduate the DOE Upton Ecological five percent of the Central Pine fringes of the pine barrens, and student at Harvard University, to Research Reserve manage- Wednesdays: BNL Ballroom, Barrens preserve, which is com- it must be purified before it is foster students’ interest in envi- Latin & Swing Dance Club ment activities, and New prised of about 100,000 acres of used. In the future, he said, ronmental sciences. In addition, York State Senator Kenneth North Ballroom, Brookhaven Center. Marsha Belford, [email protected] or pitch-pine woodlands, pine-oak SCWA may drill shallow wells Battelle donated $5,000 to the LaValle. Ext. 5053; Ron Ondrovic, ondrovic@ forests, coastal plain ponds, within the pine barrens to tap Pine Barrens Research Forum. The Siemens Westing- bnl.gov or Ext. 4553; Sue Perino, swamps, marshes, streams, and the purest water available and The afternoon featured two house Science & Technol- perino@ bnl.gov or Ext. 2483. bogs. The pine barrens protects pipe it to outlying areas. field trips in the pine barrens: ogy Competition fosters in- Wednesdays: Cooking Exchange the sole source aquifer that pro- Jose Gomez Garcia, an under- one at Sears Bellows County tensive research to help stu- 10 a.m., Rec. Bldg., Hospitality event. Ev- vides drinking water for Long graduate student at the Univer- Park, led by MacDonald, and dents understand the value ery third Wednesday. $1 per evening cov- Islanders, and it provides a habi- sity of Puerto Rico and a pre-ser- another at the BNL site, led by of scientific study and ers the cost of ingredients. Marcia Leite, tat for several threatened and vice teacher intern who worked John Black, Center for Commu- Ext. 1040, [email protected]. consider future careers endangered species. with the Suffolk County Commu- nity Research, Suffolk County in science, mathematics, Wednesdays: Weight Watchers At the forum, after a welcome nity College and BNL Summer Community College. engineering, or technology. noon-1 p.m., Brookhaven Center South by Michael Holland, Manager of Field Program, gave a talk on “Fire The forum was originally Winners of the national Room. Mary Wood, Ext. 5923. the Department of Energy’s Potential of Woodlands at Brook- planned to run for two days, contest may win college Wednesdays: Yoga Practice Brookhaven Area Office, open- haven National Laboratory.” with talks by representatives of scholarships of up to 12-1 p.m., Rec. Bldg. Free. Ila Campbell, ing remarks were given by BNL Garcia indicated that BNL a park in Pisa, Italy, as part of a $100,000, to be divided Ext. 2206. Interim Director Peter Paul and woodlands contained more than New York State-Italy “Parks equally among team mem- Wednesdays: Stretch George Proios, Assistant Suffolk 75 years’ worth of accumulated Twinning” project. However, bers. — Diane Greenberg $4 per class. 5:15-6:15 p.m., Rec. Bldg. Pat County Executive for Environ- fuel, since the Lab does not said Green, who was one of the Flood, Ext 7886. mental Affairs. sponsor prescribed burns. Ac- forum’s organizers, the tragic Thursdays: Falun Dafa Class A key talk given by Suffolk cording to Tim Green of BNL’s events of September 11 caused County Water Authority’s Environmental Services Divi- the Pisa Park’s Board of Manag- Free, 12-1 p.m., Rec. Bldg. Falun Dafa Service Awards refines the body and mind through exer- (SCWA) Chief Executive Officer sion, prescribed burns may be- ers to postpone their represen- cises, meditation. www.falundafa.org. Stephen Jones was entitled “Pine come one tool in BNL’s wildfire tatives’ visit. The following employees celebrated Tuesdays & Thursdays: Aerobics Barrens Drinking Water: Re- management plan program, A video of the Pine Barrens BNL service anniversaries during the $4 per class. 5:15-6:30 p.m., Rec. Bldg. Pat search & Development by the which is now being developed. Research Forum is available on months of August, 2001: Flood, Ext 7886. SCWA.” On behalf of Battelle, BNL the web. From the home page at 35 YEARS Tues. & Thurs.: Aqua Aerobics Jones explained that Suffolk General Counsel Gregory Fess www.bnl.gov, click on WBNL. Richard Horwitz ...... ITD County drinking water now gave awards to Garcia and also — Diane Greenberg Roland Baillargeon Jr...... Staff Svcs. 5:15 p.m. $2 pool fee per class or pool Robert Jansson ...... ITD pass. Mary Wood, Ext 5923. Leigh Hawkins ...... Physics Mon. Tues. & Thurs.: 30 YEARS Cardio Kickboxing James Garrison ...... NSLS $5 per class. Mon. & Thurs. noon-1 p.m. 25 YEARS in the gym; Tues., 5:15-6:15 p.m. in the Reduce Your Medical and/or Day-Care Costs Pavel Rehak ...... Instrumentation gym; Thurs., 5:15-6:15 p.m. in Judith Williams ...... Env. Sci. Brookhaven Ctr. Registration is required. BNL offers comprehensive Enrollment in these ac- Note: The following expenses are William Pratt ...... NNS Mary Wood, Ext. 5923, or health plans, but not all ex- William Lenz ...... Physics [email protected]. counts for 2002 continues not eligible for reimbursement: penses are covered in full, such through November 30. Em- 20 YEARS Mon., Wed. & Thu.: Tai Chi • agency fees for au pair place- as eyeglasses, physical exams, ployees who work at least 20 ments and adopting children; Richard Chernis ...... Central Shops 12:15 - 12:45 p.m., Rec. Bldg. Scott Brad- deductibles, coinsurance, and hours a week may set aside Walter Shaffer ...... C-A ley, Ext. 5745, [email protected]. • registration fees paid for day expenses above reasonable and from $300 to $3,500 ($2,500 Susan Wells ...... BSD care, summer camp; — THIS WEEKEND — customary limits. And, al- IBEW union employees) in the Daniel Schiappa ...... Magnet though on-site child care is • preschool, kindergarten, etc., Paul Zahra ...... Rad. Ctrl. Health Care Account and/or Richard Rossetti ...... SSD available at the Lab, the cost of unless these fees are applied Saturday, 11/3 $300 to $5,000 in the Depen- Dean Ince ...... Magnet child care, as well as elder care, dent Day Care Account. toward the first tuition bill, David Alexoff ...... Chemistry and only if the fees are shown BNL Ballroom, Latin & Swing can quickly add up. Employees who want to sign 10 YEARS Employees can reduce these on the bill to be deducted Dance Club: November social up for 2002 must complete new Michael Harrison ...... Magnet costs by opening Health Care from the regular tuition 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., North Ballroom, forms, even if they are currently Linda Sinatra ...... Fiscal Brookhaven Center, $2/person club and and Dependent Day Care Reim- enrolled for 2001. For more in- charge and only once that bill Thomas Kerner ...... C-A BERA members, $5/person others. Mar- bursement Accounts. Through formation, contact the Benefits has been paid. David Passarello ...... C-A sha Belford, belford@ bnl.gov or Ext. salary reduction, these accounts Thomas Burke ...... ERD 5053; Ron Ondrovic, ondrovic@ Office, Ext. 2877. Forms are The cost paid to a day care bnl.gov or Ext. 4553; Sue Perino, set aside before-tax dollars to available in Bldg. 185. Return provider for dependents’ meals Michael Lehecka ...... NSLS James Cammarata ...... 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Calendar (continued) Sunday, 11/4 Manhattan Bus Trip $10 for adults, $5 for children 2-12 years Wednesday, 11/7, Pianist Xun Wang of age. Bus departs Lollipop House at 9 a.m. Employees, guests, & families are Pianist Xun Wang will give welcome. Reserve seats at the Rec. Bldg. a noon recital on Wednesday, on Tues. & Wed., Oct. 30-31, from 10 a.m. November 7, in Berkner Hall. to noon. Shashi Somani, Ext. 1064. Born in China in 1979, Wang entered the Central Music — NEXT WEEK — Conservatory at age seven. He Wednesday, 11/7 was featured as soloist with the Beijing Philharmonic, the BNL’s United Way Fund Drive Tenerife Symphony, the Cin- United Way Fund Drive starts; Chair Su- cinnati Symphony Orchestra, san Monteleone, Ext. 7235, Co-Chair, Beth Blevins, Ext. 5630. and the Chinese National Youth Orchestra. Wang also Thursday, 11/8 has won first prize in the Xin Hai National, Senigalia Inter- BWIS Wine & Cheese Reception national, and Stravinsky International Piano competitions, 5:15 - 7 p.m., Recreation Ctr. Brookhaven and second prize in the Grace Welsh International Piano Com- Women in Science welcomes BNLers to this free social event. petition. Now in his final year at Juilliard, he has been the recipient of the Maro and Anahid Ajemian Scholarship, Saturday, 11/10 Michael and Ethel L. Cohen Scholarship, Howard and Ethel Ross Piano Scholarship, and the John Seregi Scholarship in BERA Shopping Trip Piano. Last month Wang won the Gina Bachauer Interna- All day shopping at Franklin Mills Dis- count Mall, Philadelphia, PA. 200 or tional Competition and received the opportunity to give a more stores, no tax on clothes. Bus leaves

live performance on WQXR. Roger Stoutenburgh Brookhaven Center at 7 a.m., returns Wang’s program includes two Nocturnes and two Etudes about 10 p.m. Reserve places at $20 each from BERA Sales Office. by Chopin, and three movements by Stravinsky for the ballet Petrouchka. — WEEK OF 11/12 — Noon recitals are open to the public and free of charge. Wednesday, 11/14 Diane

Bouchier D0211001 Oscilloscope Demo 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Berkner Hall. See Marciano (cont’d.) the new Tektronix TDS500 Series Digi- tal Phosphor Oscilloscope (1 GHz and advisory boards at the Stanford Coming Up Flying High on Site 500 MHz models) demonstrated by a rep- Linear Accelerator Center, Fermi resentative from Exphil Calibration Labs. BSA Distinguished Lecture National Laboratory, the Super- Diane Bouchier Bird Paintings at BNL Other test equipment will be on display from Tektronix, Agilent, Fluke, AEMC, conducting Supercollider, Los Birds of many different feathers flocked together on the easels Pomona, Hioki, and others. Representa- Alamos National Laboratory, The Aging Process in Berkner Hall lobby at the Diane Bouchier art exhibition spon- tives will be available to answer questions. Gary, 563-3520. and BNL. A BSA Distinguished Lec- sored by the BNL Art Society on Wednesday, October 24. Marciano was also recently ture on “Puzzles and Para- Bouchier, known already at the Lab through her 1996 Berkner Divorced & Separated awarded a 2001 Research doxes of the Aging Process” exhibit of museum-quality botanical art, displayed 23 paintings Support Group Award by the Alexander von will be given on Wednesday, and drawings of birds that she had seen during her recent stay in noon-1 p.m., Berkner Hall, Room A. Humboldt Foundation in Ger- November 14, by biomedical the Languedoc region of southern France. These creative and sci- Mary Campbell, Ext. 4776, maryc@ many. entifically accurate pictures were enjoyed by the many who attended bnl.gov. gerontologist Caleb Finch, a Rifle & Pistol Group Meeting The award will help support professor at the University of the entertaining “A Year Not in Provence” talk given that evening his stay for six months to a in the auditorium by humorist David Bouchier, an essayist for The noon, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Bldg. Southern California’s Ethel 120. Jim Durnan, Ext. 5993. year at the University of New York Times, a WSHU broadcaster, and the author of five books. Percy Andrus Gerontolgy BSA Distinguished Lecture Karlsruhe, where he will be Center. The lecture will begin Diane Bouchier’s botanical watercolors, which have been widely hosted by Johann H. Kuhn. exhibited, are found in many collections, including the Hunt Insti- 4 p.m., Berkner Hall. Caleb Finch, Uni- at 4 p.m. in Berkner Hall, and versity of Southern California, Ethel Percy There he expects to continue the lecturer will be available tute of Botanical Documentation, the leading international reposi- Andrus Gerontolgy Center, will present his work on precision electro- for a book signing afterwards. tory of botanical art. Those who missed viewing her bird collection “Puzzles and Paradoxes of the Aging Pro- weak studies. may wish to catch it before too many pictures are sold, at the North cess.” Finch will also be available for book — Karen McNulty Walsh Shore Public Library, Route 25A, Shoreham, November 2-30. signing. Thursday, 11/15 Brookhaven Advocacy Council Meeting Sixty Sons Visited BNL on ‘Take Our Sons to Work Day’ Open Session, 12:30-1 p.m., Berkner Hall, Room C. Nancy Warren, Ext. 7548. hirteen-year-old Daniel Skaritka was one of 60 partici- Money Talks Seminar pants in the Lab’s annual Take our Sons to Work Day. T “Long-Term Care Insurance” More infor- “Daniel thoroughly enjoyed the day here at the Lab,” mation to follow: Joyce Wund, Ext. 7516. said his father, John Skaritka, a project engineer in the National Synchrotron Light Source Department. “It was — WEEK OF 11/26 — nice to be able to show him the work that we do here, and he was grateful for having the opportunity to learn Monday, 11/26 about it.” IBEW Meeting Daniel and the other 11-to-15-year-old participants spent 6 p.m., Knights of Columbus Hall, Rail- the morning in their parents’ workplace and the afternoon road Ave., Patchogue. A meeting for shift touring the BNL site to learn about the careers available at workers will be held at 3 p.m. in the union national laboratories. office. The agenda includes regular busi- ness, committee reports, and the As part of the tour, they attended talks given by Dennis president’s report. Ryan, Bob Miltenberger, and Steve Layendecker of the Ra- diological Controls Division; a glassblowing demonstration Wednesday, 11/28 by Barry Lafler in the Chemistry Department; and a hike along the ecology trail on the Peconic River, led by Tim Green Divorced & Separated of the Environmental Services Division. Support Group The boys also visited the Science Museum, now part noon-1 p.m., Berkner Hall, Room D. Mary Campbell, Ext. 4776,

Roger Stoutenburgh of the Office of Educational Programs, where they could [email protected]. learn from several science-themed interactive displays. Museum staff gave demonstrations of cold science, using liquid nitrogen; static electricity, using the Van de Note: This calendar is updated Graaff generator; and the Museum’s new catenary arch, continuously and will appear in the which requires participants to work together to construct Bulletin whenever space permits. a seven-foot-high arch. Submissions must be received by the CN10-215-01 Said Susan Foster, Human Resources Division, who co- preceding Friday at noon to appear in the following week’s Bulletin. Please enter the ordinated the event, “While the boys enjoy the day in information for each event in the order their parent’s workplace, the parents also benefit because listed above (date, event name, Daniel Skaritka, son of John Skaritka of the National Synchro- the boys see them in a different light. Sons gain a new description, and cost) and send it to tron Light Source Department, visits BNL’s Science Museum appreciation of their parent’s unique contributions to on Take Our Sons to Work Day. science.” — John Galvin Opening Hours Due to the upcoming Change at BNL’s Veterans’ and Thanksgiving holidays, the Bulletin will Manhattan Trip Research Library not be published on the Fri- days of November 16 or 23. Beginning on Sunday, No- The first session of vember 4, the Research Library’s Weight Watchers at Work operating hours will be as fol- will be held on Wednesday, Dosimetry badges will be The Hospitality Commit- lows: November 28. Registration will be held exchanged today, Friday, No- tee invites BNLers to join Weekdays ...... 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. at noon on Wednesday, No- vember 2. Remember to place the bus trip to Manhattan Saturday ...... 9 a.m.-5 p.m. your badge in its assigned vember 14, in the Brook- on Sunday, November 4 — Sunday ...... closed rack space before leaving day of the New York City haven Center. The registra- The Information Services Di- work today. Marathon. The bus will de- tion fee is $89, which in- vision regrets any inconve- part from the Lollipop cludes 10 sessions. nience caused by this change in House at 9 a.m. Tickets cost There will be no registra- hours. In case of urgent need, $10 for adults and $5 for tion after the first session. access to the Research Library children ages 2-12. Contact For more information, con- outside normal operating hours Shashi Somani, Ext. 1064. tact Mary Wood, Ext. 5923, may be arranged by request to or wood2@ bnl.gov. Bruce Style, Ext. 7832.

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