CERN Courier June 2018 Faces & Places A PPOINTMENTS Tanaka to head SLAC neutrino group Neutrino physicist Hirohisa Tanaka has in 2002 and went on to work on neutrino moved from the University of Toronto experiments at Fermilab (MiniBooNE) and (Canada) to SLAC National Accelerator J-PARC (T2K). The SLAC group’s growing Laboratory in the US to expand the lab’s Harmer/SLACD activities include developing the data role in the Deep Underground Neutrino readout and reconstruction for liquid-argon Experiment (DUNE). The experiment, detectors like those used in DUNE, and the which will study neutrinos produced by design of the near detector at Fermilab. Fermilab’s Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility “If we’re lucky, we may see the first approximately 1300 km away, is due to hints of asymmetries between neutrinos and start up in the mid-2020s and will address antineutrinos with current experiments,” critical issues such as whether CP violation says Tanaka. “In the long run, DUNE exists in the neutrino sector and what is the will give us the definite answers due to hierarchy of the neutrino masses. Tanaka is to head a group studying data its longer baseline and higher-power Tanaka completed his PhD at SLAC from DUNE. neutrino beam.” Light Source, where he is head of the SESAME appoints ILSF accelerator physics group, and will be on leave from the John Adams Institute at the technical director University of Oxford. “It is great to be part of a project that The third-generation light source promotes science and peace, and it is a SESAME in Jordan has appointed privilege to carry on the work done by my Riccardo Bartolini as technical director, predecessors Einfeld, Vignola, Nadji and overseeing the facility’s infrastructure Huttel,” he said. through its start-up phase. Bartolini’s SESAME was established under the experience ranges from synchrotron auspices of UNESCO in 2002 and is light sources to free-electron lasers and modeled closely on CERN. It produced colliders. 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V OLUME 5 8 N UMBER 5 J U N E 2 0 1 8 CERN Courier June 2018 CERN Courier June 2018 Faces & Places Faces & Places O UTREACH Accelerator awards presented at IPAC Brazil signs up to IPPOG collaboration On 3 May, during a ceremony at the International Particle Accelerator The International Particle Physics Outreach Ignacio de Bediaga Hickman (left), chair Conference in Vancouver (p36), the Group (IPPOG) has welcomed Brazil as a of the Brazilian national network for American Physical Society (APS) and new member, boosting efforts to expand the Marcelloni C high-energy physics RENAFAE, signing the the Institute of Electrical and Electronics group’s international impact on scientific MoU on 26 April with IPPOG chairs Engineers (IEEE) presented their 2018 outreach. Established 20 years ago as a Hans Peter Beck (right) and Steve Goldfarb. awards recognising excellence in the European network, IPPOG has grown to accelerator field. a global network that involves countries, several countries to formally join the The recipient of the 2018 thesis award laboratories and scientific collaborations collaboration in recent months. In April, granted by the APS division of physics of active in particle physics. It is best known for at the 15th IPPOG collaboration meeting beams is Sergey Antipov of CERN, who From left to right: Hermann Grunder, Sandra Biedron, Martina Martinello and its international masterclasses programme, in Pisa, two further countries – Slovenia was honoured “for experimental studies and Sergey Antipov at the Vancouver ceremony. (Image credits: IPAC18.) which evolved in the late 1990s from and the Czech Republic – confirmed their analysis of the electron cloud build-up and national outreach efforts. Following the membership, while Greece and Austria corresponding instability in accelerators last year (CERN Courier December 2017 of accelerators in medical research. Sandra model of collaboration in experimental are finalising the process to sign IPPOG’s with combined function magnets and for p35), also received his award during the Biedron of the University of New Mexico particle physics, IPPOG became a MoU. That will bring IPPOG’s total the development of an effective mitigation Vancouver ceremony. received the award “for broad impact in formal scientific collaboration based on a Brazil, which will be officially number of members to 26 – including the technique applied in Fermilab’s recycler The IEEE Particle Accelerator Science accelerator science and technology”, which memorandum of understanding (MoU) in represented in IPPOG by Marcelo Munhoz Belle II experiment, which has just started ring”. Also receiving his certificate was and Technology (PAST) award, made includes contributions to the FERMI@ 2017 (CERN Courier March 2017 p5). of the University of São Paulo, is one of operations at KEK in Japan (see p7). last year’s thesis-award recipient Spencer on behalf of IEEE’s nuclear and plasma Elettra free-electron laser in Italy, and R&D Gessner of SLAC National Accelerator sciences society, is given to individuals in advanced controls, novel diagnostics and A NNIVERSARY Laboratory, who was cited for “an original who have made outstanding contributions high-power electron guns. theoretical treatment and an experimental to accelerator science and technology. The 2018 PAST Doctoral Student Award, demonstration of accelerating positrons Hermann Grunder, director emeritus at in recognition of significant and innovative J A Cardoso ALICE marks quarter century in a hollow channel plasma wakefield Argonne National Laboratory in the US, was technical contributions to the field of particle accelerator”. Alexander Wu Chao of SLAC honoured “for his far-reaching contributions accelerator science and technology, was National Accelerator Laboratory, winner of to accelerator science and technology”, presented to Martina Martinello of Fermilab the prestigious 2018 APS Robert R. Wilson which span nuclear physics, high-energy “for contributions to physical understanding Prize for Achievement announced late and heavy-ion accelerators, and applications of limiting factors in SRF cavities”. Panjab University From right to left: Virdee, Venkaiah Naidu, Panjab University vice-president of India and chancellor of the university, and vice-chancellor Arun Grover. honours Virdee Virdee was the deputy spokesperson of CMS and, later, spokesperson for three On 4 March, CMS physicist Tejinder (Jim) years from 2007. He played a crucial role Virdee of Imperial College, London, was in all phases of the CMS experiment since awarded an honorary doctorate by Panjab its formation and, during the experiment’s University, India, in recognition of his early period, travelled widely to engage, outstanding contribution to the LHC’s excite and invite the participation of CMS experiment. Between 1993 and 2006, physicists from around the world. Kaplan has won many accolades for his film Kaplan wins for covering the switch-on of the LHC. A book launched at CERN on 26 April in the presence of Pedro Afonso Comissário, Speakers at the jubilee event, clockwise from top left: Chris Fabjan (ALICE technical follows six physicists