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Tuesday, Dec. 11 "NUMB3RS" story line could Short fuse 3:30 p.m. involve DZero experiment DIRECTOR'S COFFEE At the last HEPAP BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over meeting, Nov. 29-30, DOE On the hit television and NSF asked for a 10- THERE WILL BE NO show "NUMB3RS," ACCELERATOR year plan for the U.S. where science and program. AND TECHNOLOGY math meet crime SEMINAR TODAY Under the leadership of drama, character Professor Charlie Baltay 4 p.m. Larry Fleinhardt has Special Joint Experimental- of Yale University, the lived in a monastery Particle Physics Project Seminar - and flown into outer Prioritization Panel will One West (NOTE DATE) space searching for undertake this task. P5 Speakers: Z. Pavlovic, a sense of purpose. faces a very short Pier Oddone University of Texas, Austin; Z. Could the fictional deadline; the report should be completed by Djurcic, Columbia University theoretical April 2008 in order to provide input for the Title: Analysis of Muon and 's next step FY2010 budget process and the 10-year plan Electron Neutrino Events from on his quest for under development by the Office of Science. the NuMI Beamline at meaning take him to "NUMB3RS," a show on MiniBooNE Fermilab? The request by the agencies requires P5 to CBS Channel 2, features a fictional theorist physicist develop plans under three different scenarios Wednesday, Dec. 12 In November, who mentioned joining scenarios. The first scenario would maintain a 11 a.m. Fleinhardt, played DZero in a recent episode. roughly a constant level of effort in our field, ermilab ILC R&D Meeting - by actor Peter Image courtesy of CBS with budgets rising at the rate of inflation or One West MacNicol, 3.5 percent. The second scenario would Speaker: G. Shirkov, JINR announced to nine million viewers that he was increase the particle physics budget by 6.5 Title: JINR Future Plans and thinking about joining the Fermilab DZero percent and would correspond roughly to the Participation in the ILC experiment. doubling of the Office of Science budget over 3:30 p.m. the next 10 years. The third scenario does not DIRECTOR'S COFFEE That surprised DZero collaborator George have a budget cap and requires setting BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over Alverson who was watching the television priorities for programs that could be done with 4 p.m. show with his children. He started yelling, further budget increases beyond the doubling Fermilab Colloquium - One "That's DZero!" scenario. West Fleinhardt, sidekick and mentor to Speaker: S. Gruner, Cornell mathematician Charlie Epps, described a The importance of this request is that for the University tantalizing offer to join the DZero team to first time we are confronted with scenarios in Title: Putting the Squeeze on search for the . "Can you which it would be impossible for the United Biology: Biomolecules Under imagine?" Fleinhardt said. "Smashing protons States to host the ILC within the time horizon Pressure at 99.99 percent of the speed of light all to of the exercise. This does not mean that we stop our efforts to build an ILC. It does mean, Click here for NALCAL, locate a single fragment, which would move us one step closer to unifying all physics, however, that the agencies are rightly a weekly calendar with links explaining how the old one created the concerned about the vulnerability of U.S. to additional information. universe? Ah, what could be more spiritual?" particle physics to an ILC that could be Weather delayed, built abroad or not built at all. The Alverson downloaded the episode so that he DOE and NSF request specifically asks P5 to analyze the roadmap proposed by the Wintry mix 33°/22° could play back the conversation. "I wanted to make sure they got the information right," he Steering Group that includes Project X. said, "And they did." Extended Forecast Over the next few months we have our work Weather at Fermilab Other DZero collaborators were pleased, cut out for us: we must work with our partner institutions to provide the information that P5 Current Security Status although slightly taken aback, to hear that Fleinhardt is considering joining the will require in order to make a credible collaboration's roughly 650 scientists from 18 roadmap for the whole field. Above all else we countries. "We can always use more 'brilliant must articulate fully the discovery potential of file:///U|/wwwdocs/pub/v5_0/today/index.html (1 of 4)12/11/2007 9:58:24 AM Fermilab Today

Secon Level 3 but socially awkward' to help us find Project X and demonstrate that the human the Higgs," joked DZero spokesperson Darien resources exist in the national program to Wilson Hall Cafe Wood, quoting from Fleinhardt's character carry out both the R&D and the construction of profile on the "NUMB3RS" Web site. the new facilities. Tuesday, Dec. 11 - Golden broccoli & cheese Wood hopes the DZero story line will continue. Announcement - Southern style fish sandwich "We should get them to film scenes here at - Coconut crusted tilapia Fermilab," he added. Eleventh annual URA Thesis - Spaghetti w/meatballs But Alan Stone, who works for Fermilab's PPD Award Competition underway - La grande sandwich and has watched the show for the past four - Assorted slice pizza Fermilab and the Universities Research years, has concerns about "NUMB3RS" using - Chicken fajitas Association invite submissions for the 11th Fermilab as a film location. "In every episode, annual URA Thesis Award Competition. The *Carb Restricted Alternative there is a crime," said Stone. "One can award recognizes the most outstanding thesis imagine the kind of story line they would need Wilson Hall Cafe Menu related to work conducted at Fermilab or in in order to film here. There's just no possible collaboration with Fermilab scientists. Work Chez Leon positive spin." must be completed in the 2007 calendar year.

Wednesday, Dec. 12 -- Haley Bridger Nominations must be submitted to Richard Lunch Tesarek by March 1, 2008, and should include - Stuffed pork loin w/ From iSGTW at least two letters supporting the merits of the lingonberry sauce thesis being nominated. At least one letter - Braised red cabbage Open Science Grid crunches should be from the thesis committee of the Ph. - Dilled new potatoes through CMS simulations D. granting institution. Selection will be made - Danish apple cake by the Thesis Awards Committee. Each thesis In the lead-up to the Thursday, Dec. 13 will be judged on clarity of presentation, launch of the Large Dinner originality and physics content. To qualify, the Hadron Collider and - Closed thesis must have been submitted as partial the four massive fulfillment of the Ph.D. requirements in the Chez Leon Menu physics projects that 2007 calendar year, be written in English and Call x4598 to make your depend on it, scientists it must have been submitted in electronic form reservation. around the world have to the Fermilab Publications Office in been giving their data- Archives accordance with Fermilab policy. processing muscle a OSG-based event serious workout, with Accelerator Update Fermilab Today production accounting superb results. for over half of all fully Dec. 7 - 10 simulated CMS events As part of the Compact - Three stores provided 53 hours and 55 Result of the Week produced in 2007. The Muon Solenoid minutes of luminosity remaining production experiment, Open - Recycler conducts electron cooling drag rate was done by regional Science Grid scientists measurements Safety Tip of the Week teams working on LCG are crunching through - Linac adds vacuum pump and resumes sites. The CMS Monte Carlo sending beam collaboration involves simulations of what ILC NewsLine 37 countries, 155 - Linac experts fix low level RF problem might happen when - Duty Mechanic repairs F4 LCW pump institutes and more protons collide inside than 2000 scientists. - Cryo repairs C2 wet engine the CMS detector. Info Images courtesy of - Switchyard experts prepare MTest for next Open Science Grid Millions of proton experiment, T970 collisions must be Fermilab Today simulated to gather a meaningful result. is online at: Read the Current Accelerator Update Read the Early Bird Report www.fnal.gov/today/ The use of OSG resources to simulate these events continues to be a spectacular success, View the Tevatron Luminosity Charts Send comments and with OSG-based event production accounting Announcements suggestions to: for over half of all fully simulated CMS events [email protected] produced in 2007.

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In the News Dec. 14 deadline for The University of Chicago Tuition Remission Program Dark matter in newborn The deadline for applying for the tuition remission program at The University of universe doused earliest stars Chicago for the Winter 2008 quarter is Dec. From Science Daily, 14. More information and enrollment forms. Dec. 3, 2007 Contact Nicole Gee at x3697 with any questions. Perhaps the first stars in the newborn universe did not shine, but instead were invisible "dark Wilson Hall maintenance stars" 400 to 200,000 times wider than the sun Ground floor maintenance work will continue and powered by the annihilation of mysterious through Friday, Dec. 14, in Wilson Hall. dark matter, a University of Utah study Painting, patching and re-carpeting of selected concludes. high-traffic public areas will be performed through Friday between 4 p.m. and midnight. The study calculated how the birth of the first Please do not disturb the repairs or stars almost 13 billion years ago might have equipment. been influenced by the presence of dark matter -- the unseen, yet-unidentified stuff that FNALU cluster meeting Dec. 19 scientists believe makes up most matter in the There will be a general meeting for universe. experimenters using the FNALU cluster on Dec. 19, in Wilson Hall One West from 1:30 - Read More 3:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is get input from experiments on what resources are In the News needed and to identify experiments using FNALU. Also the status of support and other Relativity: Still special changes to FNALU will be discussed.

From nature.com, EAP Office hours Dec. 5, 2007 The EAP office will be open on Tuesday, Dec. Is special relativity a clapped-out classical 11, and Thursday, Dec. 13, instead of theory, to be replaced by a shiny new Wednesday, Dec. 12, and Friday, Dec. 14, as quantum model as soon as possible? On the usual. Regular office hours will resume the contrary, it would seem: the theory still has a week of Dec. 17. The EAP is available 24/7 by youthful ability to surprise us. calling 1-800-843-1327 or online at www. vmceap.com. Since introduced it to the world in 1905, the special theory of relativity has New IT job descriptions embodied the journey of modern physics from Open meetings for questions and answers will an 'intuitive' description of the world to a be held in Wilson Hall One West for deeper level of understanding - an employees affected by this process: understanding at first profoundly baffling to Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1:30 -3 p.m. established ways of thinking. Concepts such Thursday, Dec. 13, 9 - 10:30 a.m. as the equivalence of mass and energy, Friday, Dec. 14, 10:30 a.m.- noon embodied by the formula E = mc2; the Monday, Dec. 17, 1:30 - 3 p.m. existence of an unbreakable speed barrier, the Tuesday, Dec. 18, 9 - 10:30 a.m. speed of light in vacuo, c; and the paradox of Wednesday, Dec. 19, 9 - 10:30 a.m. two twins who, by dint of experiencing different Before attending, please review the accelerations through space, can age by presentation different amounts, have all stamped themselves on the public's consciousness. At Blood Drive Dec. 18, 19 the same time, special relativity has provided Mark your calendars. Heartland Blood Centers a reliable description for an ever-growing list of will be here for the Fermilab Blood Drive on physical phenomena. Dec. 18 and 19, from 8 a.m to 2 p.m. in the Wilson Hall Ground Floor NE Training Room. Read More Appointments can be scheduled on the Web or by calling Diana at x3771 or Margie at x5680. More information can be found here.

Scottish Country Dancing Tuesday

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Scottish Country Dancing will meet today, Dec. 11, at Kuhn Barn on the Fermilab site. Instruction begins at 7:30 p.m. and newcomers are always welcome. Most dances are fully taught and walked through. You do not need to come with a partner. For more information call (630) 840-8194 or (630) 584- 0825 or e-mail [email protected].

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