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a P P O i N t M E N t Reiner Kruecken named TRIUMF deputy director

Reiner Kruecken, TRIUMF Science Reiner Kruecken. (Image credit: TRIUMF.) Division head since February 2011, has recently been named deputy director of the detector developments; biological and laboratory, effective from 1 August 2015. medical applications of nuclear methods; In his new role, Kruecken will support particle-induced light emission in dense TRIUMF director Jonathan Bagger to gases and liquids; and the transmutation of develop and manage the laboratory’s nuclear waste. He earned his PhD in nuclear long-term vision, as well as manage physics from the University of Cologne, and cross-divisional aspects of the ongoing worked at the Lawrence Berkeley National scientifi c programme, as set out in the most Laboratory and at the Wright Nuclear recent fi ve-year plan. Structure Laboratory at Yale, before moving Kruecken has brought to TRIUMF to Technische Universität München in 2002, worldwide expertise in nuclear physics, where he led a large group of researchers as with a deep familiarity with rare-isotope part of the federal cluster of excellence on beam facilities in the US, Europe and Asia. “Origins and structure of the universe”. His research interests include nuclear The search has begun to fi ll the (renamed) structure, reactions and astrophysics; hadron position of TRIUMF associate lab director properties in hot, dense nuclear matter; of physical sciences.

O u t r E a C h Accelerator showcase inspires the young

The international Symposium on Lasers and Accelerators for Science and Society, attracting a capacity audience at the Liverpool Arena Convention Centre, took place on 26 June. The event was a sell-out, with delegates comprising 100 researchers from across Europe and 150 local A-level students A busy poster session. (Image credit: University of Liverpool/STFC.) and teachers. The aim was to inspire young At Okazaki, our focus is on solving your problems and we understand one size does not fit all. Through the people about science, and the application CERN’s LHC, accelerator science has the skills shortage in accelerator science of lasers and accelerators in particular. applications across all sectors of industry – oPAC (Optimization of Particle use of fully trained engineers and cutting edge technology we develop the correct product configuration “Discovering the unknown”, “innovation”, and healthcare from, for example, measuring Accelerators) and LA3NET (Lasers for and design to fit each specific application. And through our global manufacturing bases in Japan and “beating cancer”, “pioneering new strain in jet engines to the accurate targeting Applications at Accelerators). Research North America our engineers ensure meticulous development of our products. technology” and “a possible career” – these of cancerous tumours fellows in these networks become experts were comments from some of the students. The event also showcased a portfolio of in their discipline and also develop skills The symposium included talks from projects by researchers at the forefront of in physics, engineering, information ● Temperature Measurement from 1.5K to 2600°C experts in the fi eld such as Victor Malka this exciting fi eld of science and engineering, technology, data analysis and project of the Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, through an interactive poster session with management. The involvement of partners ● Electric Heaters Ralph Aßmann of DESY and Brian Cox of questions and answers. This gave young from industry and academia and the ● Metal Sheathed Mineral Insulated Cables the University of Manchester, best known people the opportunity to see how scientists opportunity to work at research institutions for his television programmes about the only a few years older are pushing back the across Europe has provided training origins of the universe. Graham Blair, boundaries of knowledge. that would have been impossible by one executive director, programmes, at the UK’s The event was organized by Carsten company or one country alone. Science and Technology Facilities Council, Welsch, head of the Liverpool Accelerator ● Share the enthusiasm through the online explained the range of science in which Physics Group at the Cockcroft Institute in presentations available at http://www. accelerators now have a key role. In addition, Daresbury, who leads two pan-European liv.ac.uk/quasar/events/outreach_events/ to research at the high-energy frontier of training networks that aim to address symposium/.

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Around 140 physicists met in Orsay on 30 July–1 August for the 6th Higgs Hunting Workshop. They discussed the future analyses for LHC Run 2, as well as detailed studies with data from Run 1 on the boson discovered three years ago by ATLAS and CMS, and on possible deviations from the properties predicted by the Standard Model. Searches for additional bosons, prospects with future accelerators, and recent theoretical developments were also h u N G a r Y covered. Among those attending were Fabiola Gianotti and Joe Incandela, back LEP cavity takes row centre and right, the two former PT2026 NMR Precision Teslameter spokespersons of ATLAS and CMS, respectively, who announced the discovery pride of place at on 4 July 2012. Eleni Mountricha, back left, Reach new heights and Nansi Andari, front left, passed their Wigner RCP thesis examination only a few weeks after the discovery, while Christophe Goudet, in magnetic eld front centre, and Julie Rode, front right, are On 30 July, CERN’s director-general, two newcomers in the fi eld. (Image credit: Rolf Heuer, inaugurated a special exhibit measurement L Fayard.) at the Wigner Research Centre for Physics (Wigner RCP) in Budapest – a high-frequency accelerator cavity used in The Metrolab PT2026 sets a new P u B L i s h i N G CERN’s Large Electron–Positron (LEP) standard for precision magnetometers. 3 collider. After the ceremony, Heuer visited Leveraging 30 years of expertise building SCOAP delivers the high-energy physics laboratories of the Wigner RCP, where different projects for the world’s gold standard magnetometers, open access in the LHC upgrade programme have begun, it takes magnetic eld measurement to as well as the Wigner Datacenter, where new heights: measuring higher elds with CERN’s parallel Tier-0 unit is operated high-energy by the Wigner RCP (CERN Courier July/ better resolution. August 2015 p7). An extension of the Tier-0 physics host service contract had been signed a few The PT2026 offers unprecedented exibility weeks previously. CERN had donated the LEP cavity to the in the choice of parameters, interfacing Since starting in January 2014, the Wigner RCP last year as part of Hungary’s and probe placement, as well as greatly Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access celebrations for CERN’s 60th anniversary. improved tolerance of inhomogeneous Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) Among other CERN 60 events in Hungary, has allowed more than 7000 articles on the Colourful Physics Bus (“Boson elds. And with Ethernet & USB interfaces high-energy physics to be published as Bus”) – a travelling exhibition – started and LabVIEW software, it ts perfectly into “open access” at no cost to authors. These its roadshow in April 2014, visiting cities, modern laboratory environments. articles are accessible to anyone to read and Representatives from all over the world met recently at CERN to discuss the continuation of universities and high schools to introduce 3 3

re-use, and their copyright stays with their the SCOAP collaboration. (Image credit: SCOAP Collaboration.) the latest results on “Higgs hunting” le - Photo: Scott Maxwell, Master www.agence-arca.com authors, meeting the expectations of an and related investigations in particle increasing number of funding agencies and journals, are available immediately and continuation of this successful open-access physics. Flyers, books and articles were policy makers for open access. free-of-charge to the entire scientifi c initiative beyond its fi rst three-year period. distributed at the various locations. Later Initiated and hosted at CERN, SCOAP3 community, by reusing already existing Scientists will continue to enjoy the in the year, at the CERN-Wigner Open is a global collaboration of about 3000 funds formerly spent on subscriptions. advantages of open access at no cost and Days in September, some 1000 visitors university libraries, library consortia, Each of the 46 participating countries with no administrative burden, thanks to the were guided between tents presenting research organizations and funding and intergovernmental organizations support of their libraries and institutions. current experiments at CERN and related agencies. Working with leading publishers, contributes to a common fund at a level ● Journals participating in SCOAP3 are: Hungarian activities. The visitors could SCOAP3 has converted key high-energy commensurate with its scientifi c output Acta Physica Polonica B, Advances in also enjoy a virtual visit to the CMS physics journals to open access, without in high-energy physics. SCOAP3 journals High Energy Physics, Chinese Physics C, underground area at CERN, as well as an any changes for authors. SCOAP3 pays are open for any scientist to publish in, and European Physical Journal C, Journal actual visit to the Wigner Datacenter.

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O B i t u a r i E s their city, and Boris went on to graduate in Dubna in 1991, Boris fi nally joined the from the Dniepropetrovsk State University LTP in 1994 – by then named after Nicolai in 1968. He then joined the LTP in Bogoliubov – and successfully continued Daniel Kastler 1926–2015 Dubna as a postgraduate. At the time his his investigations of superfi eld theories in supervisor, Victor Isaakovich Ogievetsky, diverse dimensions. His main achievements was interested in chiral dynamics, a new are the N = 3 Born–Infeld theory, and Daniel Kastler, a well-known theoretical disk of his computer – as his scientifi c legacy. approach to low-energy strong interactions. the new superfi eld formulations of the physicist at the University of Aix-Marseille, Daniel was not only a great scientist at Together with Ogievetsky, Boris obtained superconformal N = 3, 6, 8 Chern–Simons passed away on 4 July, in his 89th year. the boundary between mathematics and fi rst-class results in the fi eld. He stood out theories, among others. In the last year of Daniel was born on 4 March 1926. His physics, he also sought constantly to attract as a promising young researcher with solid his life, Boris kept searching for the ultimate father, Alfred Kastler, was a prominent research experts to Marseilles to develop mathematical background and a deep sense off-shell formulation of the renowned N = 4 physicist, awarded the Nobel prize in 1966. these streams of ideas in France and build for the beauty of theoretical physics. super-Yang–Mills theory. This challenging After entering the Ecole Normale Supérieure leadership potential. He also had a humanist In 1972, Boris brilliantly defended his problem – still unsolved – was always among in Paris as a student in 1946, Daniel was vision. He was one of the three co-founders, PhD thesis, but despite the best efforts of his top research priorities. ranked fi rst in the agrégation diploma in in 1968, of the Centre de Physique Théorique his supervisor, he was not admitted to the Boris had a warm and friendly personality, mathematics in 1949. He went on to become (CPT) in Marseilles, together with LTP staff. He spent the next 20 years as a always open to new ideas. He chose his lecturer at the Saarland International Jean-Marie Souriau and Antoine Visconti. researcher at the Institute of Nuclear Physics research topics independently and wrote University in 1950. Three years later, he He helped a great deal in the creation of in Ulugbek near Tashkent, and as a lecturer many excellent papers without co-authors. became associate professor in mathematics the Luminy Institute of Mathematics at at the Tashkent State University. There, he He was also a very modest person, with at the same university and received his PhD Aix-Marseille to bring together theoretical continued his research and taught several Boris Zupnik. (Image credit: V Zupnik.) scientifi c and moral authority among in quantum chemistry. His doctoral study physicists and mathematicians at the same talented PhD students. theoreticians worldwide. He spent much was a remarkable piece of work in which place. He also contributed much to create Boris maintained his close contacts developed in Dubna in the early 1980s, time educating young physicists at the the whole computation of the diatomic a main hub between mathematicians and with Ogievetsky’s group at the LTP, and was among the fi rst to generalize it to International University in Dubna. He was HF molecule was carried out for the fi rst Daniel Kastler. (Image credit: Ulli Schücker.) mathematical physicists in the Marseilles where supersymmetry became the centre other dimensions. One of his most striking very dedicated to his family, and a respected time. In 1957, he joined the University of area. To the east, beyond the so-called of interest. The superfi eld approach to results was the beautiful closed form for the father and grandfather. Aix-Marseille as associate professor, and Constantly abreast of the latest trends “University of Bandol” – his own place super-Yang–Mills and supergravity became, harmonic superspace action of the N = 2, 4D The death of Boris Zupnik is a great loss was appointed full professor in 1959. in C*-algebras and their consequences, where he brought several scientifi c guests, for Boris, his favorite research topic. He (or N = (1,0), 6D) super-Yang–Mills theory. It for his friends and colleagues, and for the In the mid-1950s, Daniel was among from the mid-1980s, Daniel became driving them by car on the coast road past the made a particularly signifi cant contribution is now called “Zupnik's action”. whole world of theoretical physics. those who noticed the link between second very enthusiastic about Alain Connes’ impressive cliffs of Cassis – he was involved to the new harmonic superspace method After defending his habilitation thesis ● Friends and colleagues of Boris. quantization and multilinear algebra over non-commutative geometry and its in the creation of the mathematical physics Hilbert spaces. As a participant at the famous applications to fundamental interactions, team at the University of Toulon. L E t t E r 1957 Lille Conference, he started to develop in particular as a new approach to the Many of us owe much to Daniel’s the algebraic approach to quantum fi eld Standard Model and the Higgs boson. foundational efforts in Marseilles, and we First names in modern physics Enrico F (1901), Werner H (1901), Paul A criterion is extended by plus or minus fi ve theory (AQFT), in collaboration with Rudolf As one of its leading and most fervent wish to pay tribute to his fi ghting spirit, his In his book review in praise of Oskar Klein M D (1902), Eugene W (1902), Robert O years: Max B (Max Born, 1882), Emmy N Haag. This culminated in the formulation supporters, Daniel contributed substantially open-mindedness and his ability. We will (CERN Courier July/August 2015 p49), (1904). Thanks to this book, Oskar K (Emmy Noether, 1882), Lev L (Lev Landau, of the “Haag–Kastler axioms” in 1964, and to promoting Connes’ viewpoint. In the also remember his humanity, his kindness Johann Rafelski paraphrased Alan Guth’s (1894) will take his place on this short list.” 1908), Sin-Itiro T (Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, the concept of “Haag–Kastler–Ruelle local meantime, with Raymond Stora, he provided and his humour. He was passionate about words as “how many recognize Oskar as I think that Louis de B (Louis de 1906), Hideki Y (Hideki Yukawa, 1907) observables”; these are among the most a geometrical setting of the important music, including the piano, and loved the fi rst name of ‘this’ Klein? Compare here Broglie, born 1892) and George G (George and Hendrik C (Hendrik Casimir, 1909). fascinating gems of mathematical physics. BRST transformations for quantizing gauge poetry. In the words of Jean-Claude Risset, (by birth year, within 10 years): Niels B Gamow, 1904) were missed out in this list ● Min-Liang Wong, Department of Veterinary Developing the promising direction theories. physicists and musician, Daniel had “a (1885), Hermann W (1885), Erwin S (1887), of luminaries. Moreover, the following Medicine, National Chung-Hsing University, of AQFT, further fruitful collaborations With his stimulating enthusiasm, Daniel profound sense of the essential role of beauty Satyendra N B (1894), Wolfgang P (1900), are worth including if Guth’s birth-year Taichung, Taiwan. emerged, mainly with Sergio Doplicher, carried in his wake several collaborators, in science and in life”. Richard Kadison and Derek Robinson, including Jean Bellisard, Daniel Testard, All of the great scientifi c and human N EW P r O D u C t s on the one hand, and with Ola Bratelli, Robert Coquereaux, Arkadiusz Jadczyk, qualities that Daniel was able to share and Huzihiro Araki, Masamichi Takesaki, John Madore, Thomas Schücker, Bruno transmit were mainly thanks to the strong EDAX Inc. has announced the addition of in thicknesses from 0.025 to 0.50 mm, and synchronization, Ruggedcom RMC8388 also Alain Guichardet, Michel Sirugue and Iochum, Peter Seibt, Thierry Masson, and unfailing support of his beloved wife, a new series of Octane Elite silicon drift polyetherketone (PEK) in thicknesses from reduces capital expenditures and maintenance Mohammed Mebkhout, on the other. Daniel Thomas Krajewski and, his last PhD student, Liesl. detectors (SDD) to its existing portfolio of 0.040 to 0.100 mm. In addition to fi lm, costs. For further information, visit www. and collaborators showed the relevance of Koumarane Valavane. His last research quest ● Thierry Martin and Serge Lazzarini, CPT detectors. The Octane Elite SDD Series offers Goodfellow can supply many polymers as siemens.com/rmc8000. C*-algebras in the foundation of quantum in the early 2000s was, in his own words, management team, and Pierre Chiappetta, an up to 35% improvement in light-element rods, sheets, tubes, granules, fabric, fi bre, statistical mechanics (e.g. KMS states, to “fi sh out the salmon among the medusa” former CPT director. This obituary is also sensitivity and outstanding low-energy monofi lament, honeycomb and fasteners Spectrum Systementwicklung GmbH, has invariant states, temperature states, with the help of a quantum group at the root published in the July issue of the Bulletin of performance, owing to the use of silicon-nitride (nuts, bolts, washers). For more information, released a Digitizer Handbook, available free equilibrium states and ergodic states) and in of unity. He also had in mind a book project the International Association of Mathematical (Si3N4) entry windows, which replace the email [email protected] or visit of charge, which provides answers to questions the study of abelian asymptotic systems. – several chapters should still be on the hard Physics (http://www.iamp.org). polymer windows that have been standard goodfellow.com. about functionality, performance and the since the inception of SDD technology. For application of digitizers. Topics include how further details, contact Sue Arnell, e-mail sue. Siemens has expanded its portfolio of rugged to select a digitizer, understanding the various [email protected] or visit www.edax.com. network components with the Ruggedcom terms, and comparing performance with other Boris Zupnik 1945–2015 RMC8388 – a compact time converter designed instruments, such as digital oscilloscopes. It Goodfellow offers a selection of polymer to operate in harsh environments with widely also explains the structure of device drivers fi lms, including specialist products varying climatic and environmental conditions. and how cards can be programmed using Boris Zupnik, an eminent Russian theorist professor at Dubna University, passed away 1945 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, where suitable for demanding applications. Withstanding extreme temperatures from popular programming languages such as who was a leading researcher at the on 20 March after a few months of serious his Jewish family had been evacuated Among these special polymer fi lms are: –40 up to +85 °C, vibration and shock, the Visual C++, Borland C++, Gnu C++, Visual Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical illness. from Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine, in 1941. polyphenylenesulphide (PPS) in thicknesses device offers high reliability for electric-power Basic and Python. To request a copy, visit www. Physics (LTP) of JINR in Dubna and Boris Zupnik was born on 12 June Following the war, the family returned to from 0.1 to 0.4 mm, polyetherimide (PEI) applications. By enabling cost-effective time spectrum-instrumentation.com/contact-us.

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