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PDF Version for Printing Tuesday, October 11, 2005 CDF's Lockyer Part of Tuesday, October 11 Panofsky Prize Team Hidden Battles 3:30 p.m. Director's Coffee Break - CDF's Nigel Lockyer will receive the 2006 Some of the battles we fight are very 2nd Flr X-Over W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in visible, 8:00 p.m. Einstein's Big Idea - WTTW-TV Experimental and when victory Channel 11 Particle Physics follows the Note: There will be no Accelerator along with Bill Ford, celebration is Physics and Technology Seminar today of the University of immediate. A recent Colorado, and John example of such a Wednesday, October 12 Jaros, of SLAC. victory is the world 3:30 p.m. Director's Coffee Break - Their work at record luminosity 2nd Flr X-Over SLAC's MAC and achieved by the Nigel Lockyer Pier Oddone 4:00 p.m. Fermilab Colloquium-1 West Mark II experiments Tevatron, thanks to Speaker: J. Gardner, NASA Goddard led to the 1983 measurement of the the superb efforts of the accelerator team. Space Flight Center unexpectedly long lifetime of B mesons. Many other battles that are critically Title: Galaxy Formation with the Hubble important for the laboratory are hidden Jaros designed a high-precision vertex and James Webb Space Telescopes from view. Victories in such battles often detector for the Mark II, initially focusing Note: There will be no Fermilab ILC R&D pass quietly. meeting this week on the lifetimes of tau leptons and charm particles. But Ford, with the MAC Today I want to highlight one such battle, detector, and Lockyer, with the Mark II still ongoing, but by all appearances Cloudy 60º/52º detector, pursued what many physicists of headed for victory. Two weeks ago we the time thought was impossible - the came within two weeks of shutting the Extended Forecast lifetime analysis of B mesons. "It was accelerators down for lack of cooling thought to have an extremely short water. As most of you probably know, we Weather at Fermilab lifetime and there was no chance of rely on several of the ponds at Fermilab measuring it," Lockyer said. "I decided to for the accelerator cooling water (ICW). try it." Analysis by Lockyer and Jaros, The fact we even had two weeks of along with Berkley colleagues including Secon Level 3 reserve was the result of an enormous Mark Nelson, showed a long lifetime, effort to manage the water systems within causing the scientists to assume an error the site during the unprecedented drought in the data. "We spent a year of our lives that has affected our area. Many trying to determine what was done wrong individuals in FESS have contributed to and in the end, it was the right answer," this effort, from laying pipe, installing he said. Ford's analysis at MAC reached pumps, gathering data, moving water the same conclusion. from storage ponds into active ones and managing the river flows to ordering and The discovery led to an understanding of installing parts. the CKM hierarchy, paved the way for B factories and ultimately, the observation The drought has lowered the flow of the of the top quark, Lockyer said. Lockyer Tuesday, October 11 was CDF co-spokesperson from 2001- Fox River for most of the summer to - Tomato Bisque 2003 and currently is a physics professor below the minimum level that would allow - Pesto Marinated Chicken Breast at the University of Pennsylvania, working us to pump water to make up our usage - Burgundy Beef Tips on CDF and the International Linear losses. The recent rainfall has provided a - Baked Fish Creole over Rice Collider. welcome respite. But we are not just - Grilled Chicken Caesar Wrap waiting for the kindness of Mother Nature. - Supreme Pizza The American Physical Society's We are bringing some of the wells on site - Rio Grande Taco Salads Panofsky Prize recognizes outstanding into production so that they, together with achievements in experimental particle the water we pump to keep NUMI/MINOS The Wilson Hall Cafe accepts Visa, physics. Fermilab Director Pier Oddone dry and the make-up water from the Fox Master Card, Discover and American won last year's prize for his work with River, will enable us to be much more Express at Cash Register #1. asymmetric B factories. The prize resilient when faced with a lingering includes $5,000 for travel to the award drought. Wilson Hall Cafe Menu ceremony, scheduled for April in Dallas. —Kendra Snyder Wednesday, October 12 October 7-10 -During this 72 hour period, one store Lunch 'Einstein's Big Idea' Airs provided 29 hours and 38 minutes of -Catfish with Roasted Peppers Tonight with URA Backing -Lemon Grass Rice luminosity. Universities Research Association, Inc., is -Vegetable of the Season -Booster LCW leak a participating sponsor of tonight's NOVA -Ginger Plum Turnovers dramatization Einstein's Big Idea: The Read the Current Accelerator Update story behind the world's most famous Thursday, October 13 Read the Early Bird Report equation, telecast nationally by PBS. The Dinner View the Tevatron Luminosity Charts program is based on the book by David - Shrimp Bisque Bodanis, E=mc2: A biography of the -Quail w/Garlic Rosemary Sauce world's most famous equation. 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Once there, you can ask a Quantum Diarist any Einstein-related teams should contact the league question. representative, Elizabeth Gallas at [email protected]. More About Badges - Soccer League play is on Wednesday and Fridays. Contact representative is Sandor Feher, [email protected]. Fermilab Today is online at: Two weeks ago, Fermilab Today reported http://www.fnal.gov/today/ on a new, mandatory government-wide - Doubles Tennis League play is on standard for secure and reliable forms of Sunday evening. Contact representative Send comments and suggestions to identification for all federal employees is Don Flynn, [email protected]. [email protected] and contractors. In response, several Fermilab Today archive employees and users sent questions - Singles Tennis League play is on about the new federal standard. Fermilab various days at various times. Contact Fermilab Today PDF Version has created a Web site with the original representative is John Yoh, article as well as answers to frequently [email protected]. Fermilab Result of the Week archive asked questions about the new directive. Fermilab Safety Tip of the Week archive —Kurt Riesselmann - Basketball League play is on Thursday evenings. Contact representative is Brian Linear Collider News archive Niesman, [email protected]. From Computerworld: Fermilab Today classifieds October 10, 2005 All winter league participants must be Planet-Scale grid: A particle collider Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Fermilab Today current Recreation Facility members. leads data grid developers to unprecedented dimensions. Upcoming Activities In 2007, scientists will begin smashing protons and ions together in a massive, multinational experiment to understand what the universe looked like tiny fractions of a second after the Big Bang. 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