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Tampa to Host 2005 April Meeting We Know, We Know...He's January 2005 NEWS Volume 14, No. 1 A Publication of The American Physical Society http://www.aps.org/apsnews Tampa To Host 2005 April Meeting We Know, We Know..... The 2005 APS April tion, Plasma Astrophysics, He’s German Meeting will be held in and Hadronic Physics. Pictured here is Wilhelm Tampa, Florida, April 16- Nine plenary talks are Conrad Röntgen, the discoverer 19. Approximately 1500 scheduled on a broad range of X-rays and the winner of the physicists are expected to of topics including rare iso- first Nobel Prize in Physics in attend. The meeting will also topes and thermonuclear 1901. He was born in Germany, serve as the divisional meet- explosions in the crust of an and educated in Holland and ing of the Division of accreting neutron star, the Switzerland. He spent his career Particles and Fields (DPF). collision between research in Germany, most notably at the Photo Credit: heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/rosat/rontgen.gif The scientific program, and teaching, fundamental Universities of Würzburg and for Physics. Both mistakes have which focuses on astro- Photo Courtesy of Tampa Bay CVB science and nanostructures, Munich. His career and achieve- been corrected in the online ver- physics, particle physics, nuclear Physics, Physics of Beams, Plasma probing subatomic matter with po- ments were correctly described sion of the column in the archives physics, and related fields, will con- Physics, and Computational Phys- larized electrons, mysteries of in the “This Month in Physics at http://www.aps.org/apsnews/ sist of three plenary sessions, ics; the Forums on Education, heavy quarks, envisioning particles History” column of November, index.cfm approximately 75 invited sessions, Physics and Society, International and fields, probing supernova 2001. However, we falsely iden- We thank Kurt Busch, Hristo more than 100 contributed ses- Affairs, History of Physics, and remnants, black holes and dark tified him as British in the Hristov, Rainer Weiss, Robert sions, and poster sessions. Graduate Student Affairs; and the matter with TeV gamma rays, the opening sentence of “This Weinstock, Jim Napolitano, Stan Beside DPF, APS units repre- Topical Groups on Few-Body Sys- standard model of cosmology: suc- Month in Physics History” for Kocimski, Klaus Rieckhoff, sented at the meeting include the tems, Precision Measurement and cesses and challenges, and the November, 2004. This was an Yongkang Chen, Joe Wong, Yong Divisions of Astrophysics, Nuclear Fundamental Constants, Gravita- black hole information paradox. inexplicable error that must Kong, Wolfgang Eisenmenger, Other special events include a have been caused by a mysteri- Rudolf Huebener and Udo high school physics teachers’ day, ous infestation of gremlins, who Pernisz for pointing out these The Twin Paradox, Redux a meet the editors of Physical Re- were also undoubtedly respon- errors. We also thank an inde- Two Einsteins mysteriously showed up at a December meeting of the National view session, and receptions for sible for another error in the terminate number of other Science Teachers Association in Richmond, Virginia, to advertise the World Year of students and minorities, women, st same column: Allan Cormack readers who stifled the impulse Physics. In the photo at left, one Einstein, dressed casually in 21 -century clothes, and industrial physicists. More in- and Godfrey Hounsfield to tell us that they, too, had had aged normally. The other one, formation about the APS April received the 1979 Nobel Prize detected our abysmal lack of his- dressed in clothes more typical of the Meeting can be found at http:// early 20th century, had been travelling for Physiology or Medicine, not torical accuracy. close to the speed of light. Furthermore, www.aps.org/meet/APR05. due to the Lorentz contraction, he was as thin as a piece of cardboard. APS Report says Moon-Mars Initiative Jeopardizes Important Science Opportunities Shifting NASA priorities toward The committee points out that and subsequently travel to Mars. risky, expensive missions to the the total cost of NASA’s ill-defined The program is in contrast to moon and Mars will mean neglect- Moon-Mars initiative is unknown recent, highly successful NASA ing the most promising space as yet, but is likely to be a substan- missions, including the Hubble science efforts, says the APS tial drain on NASA resources. As See MOON/MARS on page 7 Special Committee on NASA Fund- currently envisioned, the initiative ing for Astrophysics, in a report will rely on human astronauts who Almost as good as being released on November 22, 2004. will establish a base on the moon there… In the photo at right, the modern-day Follow the WYP Einstein (aka Marc Spiegel) explains the fine points of general relativity to Council Articulates Kickoff on the Web Logan Lee of Savannah, Georgia and APS News writer Ernie his father, Jason Lee. Photo Credits: Jessica Clark Vision for APS Tretkoff will attend the Interna- tional Year of Physics launch Under the leadership of Helen Quinn, who was APS President in conference, “Physics for Tomor- Joint Unit Neutrino Study 2004, the APS Executive Board and Council devoted a significant row,” in Paris, January 13-15, part of their meetings last year to discussing long-range issues for 2005. [See story on page 5 and Sets Research Priorities the society. announcement on page 7.] As one element of this activity, the Board and Council developed She plans to share her Top priorities for future neu- than expected from the nuclear fu- a vision statement for the APS. It was passed in final form at the thoughts, impressions, and trino physics research should be a sion that produces the sun’s energy. November meeting of Council. Quinn remarked that “no one comments about the kickoff program to search for neutrinoless We now know that this is due to argues about whether APS needs a clear vision for its future. But why event on a new World Year of double-beta decay, and a compre- neutrino oscillations: neutrinos do we need a vision statement? Physics weblog, hensive US program to study can change flavor on their way “The exercise helped us discuss and clarify some issues about the You can get the latest at neutrino mixing and to search for from the sun to the Earth. This roles of APS. The statement stresses the multiple roles that APS must http://www.physics2005.org/ CP violation among neutrinos, means that neutrinos must have play in order to serve our mission well. It provides a way to commu- wypblog. according to the final report of an mass. nicate succinctly what these roles are, both to members and staff, interdisciplinary study conducted Initiated in early in 2004, the and to those outside the society.” by four of the Society’s divisions: study’s primary purpose was to The text of the vision statement follows: astrophysics, nuclear physics, phys- help set priorities to answer some The American Physical Society strives to: HHighlights ics of beams, and particles and of the most vital open questions in 1. Be the leading voice for physics and an authoritative source of fields. neutrino physics. Since it is such a physics information for the advancement of physics and the benefit of Neutrinos are an ancient relic broad, interdisciplinary field, the humanity; of the Big Bang, and millions of study was divided into six working 2. Collaborate with national scientific societies for the advance- 8 them fill every corner of the groups: solar and atmospheric ment of science, science education and the science community; cosmos. But scientists have been neutrino experiments; reactor 3. Cooperate with international physics societies to promote physics, to puzzled by their true nature ever neutrino experiments; superbeam support physicists worldwide and to foster international collaboration; since the surprising discovery that experiments; neutrino factory and The Back Page 4. Have an active, engaged and diverse membership, and support the Outreach is an Orphan fewer neutrinos came from the sun See NEUTRINO STUDY on page 6 activities of its units and members. By Alan Chodos 2 January 2005 NEWS This Month in Physics History “We have great ideas at what we on the possibility that objects in our Einstein and The Photoelectric Effect need to do. But it’s an experi- solar system could have originated in mental science, so we have to go another solar system that collided with out there and measure things and ours, The New York Times, December Editor’s NoteNote: With the guished academic record, and to measure those things, we have 2, 2004 January 2005 issue of APS News, failed to obtain a university post to build facilities,” ✶✶✶ we begin a year-long series of teaching mathematics and phys- —Pier Oddone, remarks on being “Massive computing does not columns devoted to the work and ics. Instead, he worked as a appointed director of Fermilab, provide the answers so much as it legacy of Albert Einstein—our patent clerk in Bern, doing theo- Chicago Sun Times, November 21, provides an extension of our imagi- humble contribution to the World retical physics on the side, and 2004 nation. For some years there has Year of Physics. Columns will occasionally meeting with a ✶✶✶ been talk of computing as being appear in chronological order of group of friends to read and dis- “What physicists bring to eco- the third ‘leg’ of science: theory, Einstein’s work, regardless of the cuss books on science. They nomics is not new concepts but experiment, computer simula- month associated with the topic at called themselves the “Olympia rather the determination to put tions.” hand. Academy.” these concepts to quantitative —David Arnett, University of In March 1905, Einstein— tests.” Arizona, on a computer simulation of In 1887, German physicist still a lowly patent clerk in —Eugene Stanley, Boston University, a supernova, The New York Times, Heinrich Hertz noticed that Switzerland—published a San Jose Mercury News, November November 9, 2004 shining a beam of ultraviolet Photo Credit: The American Institute of Physics paper explaining the photo- 26, 2004 ✶✶✶ light onto a metal plate could Einstein in the Patent Office years.
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