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Thursday, Jan. 3 Fermilab-related experiments in CDF scientists see Happy New Year! 2007's top science stories strange in a proton THERE WILL BE NO SEMINARS THIS WEEK Results from Fermilab- Weather related experiments made a lasting Sunny 22°/16° impression on the scientific community in Extended Forecast 2007. Scientific media Weather at Fermilab named projects involving the laboratory Current Security Status as the top science or physics stories of the Secon Level 3 year. The Pierre Auger Wilson Hall Cafe Collaboration's The announcement by correlation between the Pierre Auger Thursday, Jan. 3 active galactic nuclei Collaboration that - Santa Fe black bean and the highest-energy active galactic nuclei cosmic rays that hit - Sloppy Joe were the most likely earth was among the Sketch of a proton-antiproton collision, producing a - Chicken cordon bleu source for the highest- - Steak media's favorite W boson and a single charm quark scientific breakthroughs energy cosmic rays - Baked ham & Swiss on a in 2007. The result that hit the earth toped Particle accelerators are similar to X-ray ciabatta roll made the cover of the list of machines: they can give an image of places - Assorted slice pizza Science on Nov. 9. breakthroughs and that the naked eye cannot see. Just as an X- - Crispy fried chicken ranch science stories for ray scan can produce a picture of the human salad three national media organizations. body or of the contents of a suitcase at the

airport, particle collisions at Fermilab's Wilson Hall Cafe menu The journal Science, listed the correlation third Tevatron can produce an image of the innards Chez Leon among all scientific breakthroughs of the year. of a proton. The picture is inferred from the fragments of the collisions. Inside protons, The editors at Nature magazine picked it as Thursday, Jan. 3 particles called quarks are bound together by one of their favorite stories of the year not Dinner the strong nuclear force. Quarks come in six - Closed published in Nature. types; up, down, charm, strange, top and bottom. Two up quarks and one down quark Wednesday, Jan. 9 The American Institute of Physics named it as make up the proton. However, quantum Lunch one of the top 10 physics news stories of the mechanics and special relativity predict that - Cheese fondue year. the energy inside a proton can create pairs of - Marinated vegetable salad quarks, which immediately are re-absorbed, - Fresh fruit plate Also among the AIP's 10 top physics stories of creating a "sea" of additional quarks. A scan 2007, were the CDF and DZero experiments' Chez Leon menu inside the proton enables scientists to view announcement of new measurements that this quark sea, including the strange quark, Call x4598 to make your shrink the window on the Higgs mass; and the which is heavier than either of the constituent reservation. MiniBooNE collaboration's ruling out of a types. Archives fourth neutrino. A new scanning technique used by CDF Physics World's best news stories in 2007 physicists is based on the detection of two well featured the MiniBooNE neutrino result and known, but unstable, particles in the fragments the Auger announcement about the source of of the collisions: a W boson and a single highest-energy cosmic rays. Other top physics- charm quark. The primary production related stories were about the Large Hadron mechanism at the Tevatron for a W boson, Collider, the International Linear Collider, more along with a single charm quark, requires the evidence for dark matter and the budget cuts interaction of a strange quark inside the file:///U|/wwwdocs/pub/v5_0/today/index.html (1 of 3)1/3/2008 9:59:59 AM Fermilab Today

in the UK and the U.S. proton. Because of this, the number of times Fermilab Today Feature these particles are found is a direct measurement of the density of strange quarks Result of the Week Konigsberg re-elected as CDF in the proton. This measurement, a world first, determined the rate of production of a W co-spokesperson boson with a single charm to be 9.8+/-3.2 Safety Tip of the Week picobarn. This paves the way for the precise Jacobo Konigsberg determination of the strange quark density in will continue to help the coming years at the Tevatron. The lead the CDF ILC NewsLine improved knowledge of the distribution of charge into the strange quarks in the proton will allow energy frontier in physicists all over the world to calculate with the quest to find the Info increased accuracy the production rate of Higgs boson. hypothesized particles, such as an electrically- Fermilab Today The roughly 600- charged Higgs boson. is online at: member www.fnal.gov/today/ Learn more collaboration of 14 countries elected Send comments and Konigsberg as one suggestions to: of two [email protected] spokespersons Jacobo Konigsberg was Dec. 6 over three recently re-elected as a other candidates. CDF spokesperson. The two leadership positions have staggered two-year terms. This is the University of Florida professor's second term as spokesman.

"CDF is very fortunate to have four very capable individuals interested in leading the experiment. This indicates how vibrant this From left to right: Lucio Cerrito, University College collaboration still is," said Robert Roser, who London; Alice Bridgeman, Xiaojian Zhang, Ulysses has served as co-spokesman for the past Grundler and Tony Liss, University of Illinois year. "Jaco and I make a strong team, and I am sure we will have a lot of fun together in Result of the Week Archive the coming year." In the News Spokespersons are the experiment's face to media, politicians and funding agencies. Congressional scientists call for Responsibilities include setting the collaboration's scientific priorities, monitoring a Presidential debate on science research data publication, attending peer & technology conferences and appointing and working with From Science Debate 2008, experiment managers. Dec. 26, 2007

"The last two years have been very exciting. NEW YORK - A Republican and a Democratic Run II came into fruition with a tremendous member of the United States Congress, who amount of data and we have been able to are each also scientists, are leading an effort bring much to the physics world: increased to push for a presidential debate on science precision in the top mass and W mass, and technology policy. discovering WZ events and new particles, near discoveries of ZZ and single top, and Congressman Vern Ehlers, R-MI, and discovering Bs oscillations," Konigsberg said. congressman Rush Holt, D-NJ, have agreed "I feel like we have a lot to accomplish still with to co-chair the non-partisan initiative, called CDF and that many surprises are waiting for ScienceDebate2008.com, whose signers also us." include fourteen Nobel laureates, several university presidents, other congresspersons P5 recently endorsed running the Tevatron of both parties, the president of the Academy through 2009, but part of Konigsberg's of Evangelical Scientists and Ethicists, and the challenge as spokesman will be to push for heads of several of America’s major science file:///U|/wwwdocs/pub/v5_0/today/index.html (2 of 3)1/3/2008 9:59:59 AM Fermilab Today

operation through 2010. The extended run organizations, including the American would help in the grab for the Higgs boson, Association for the Advancement of Science. increase discovery potential and continue a tradition of launching the research careers of Read More post docs and students, Konigsberg said. Announcements "If we were to shy away from challenges we Have a safe day! wouldn't be doing this," Konigsberg said.

Konigsberg has worked on CDF since 1990. Project X physics workshop Jan. 25-26 He helped design the luminosity monitor for Fermilab will host a second users' workshop Run II of the Tevatron, worked on the analysis Jan. 25-26 to discuss the physics of Project X. team that discovered the top quark and serves The workshop will focus on the details of the as a professor and head of the CDF group at experiments that might be proposed to take the University of Florida. advantage of a high-intensity proton source, their physics impact and the development of -- Tona Kunz the overall experimental strategy. Information about the workshop, working groups and In the News ongoing efforts is available online.

Fermilab Director speaks to New location for International Services The Visa Office and Assignment Services Chicago Public Radio about have joined the User’s Office to form budget crisis International Services. The office has moved From Chicago Public Radio's Eight Forty- to the first floor of Wilson Hall on the west Eight , Jan. 3, 2007 side. The contact information is as follows: Amanda Petersen, x4203; Barb Book x3111; WBEZ Chicago Public Radio's program Eight Melissa Clayton Lang, x3933; and John Forty-Eight features an interview with Fermilab Galvan, x3811. The mail stop is MS 103 and Director Pier Oddone regarding the federal the fax is x3688. bugdet cuts to High Energy Physics, what they mean for Fermilab and on efforts to restore the Fermi Kyuki-Do Class begins Jan. 7 funding cuts. The interview will air from 9-10 a. Want to start the New Year out right with m. and then reair from 8-9 p.m. tonight. practical exercise? Kyuki-Do is a practical method of self defense that will teach you Listen online three important things: balance, power and grace. Classes are held for six weeks on Monday and Wednesday from 5-6 p.m. at the Recreation Facility in the Village. You need to register through the Recreation Office and also be a member of the Recreation Facility.

Brown Bag Seminar Jan. 25 There will be a Brown Bag Seminar in Curia II from noon to 1 p.m. on Jan. 25 entitled "Who moved my Cheese" by Preston Harley, M.D.

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