Newsletter No. 182 November 2014

Newsletter No. 182 November 2014

Division of Nuclear Physics Newsletter No. 182 The American Physical Society November 2014 TO: Members of the Division of Nuclear Physics, APS FROM: Benjamin F. Gibson, LANL – Secretary-Treasurer, DNP Rolf Ent (Jefferson Lab.) Liping Gan (Univ. of No. Carolina @ Wilmington) Roxanne P. Springer (Duke Univ.) Future Deadlines James H. Thomas (LBNL) • 9 January 2015 — APR15 Abstract Submission • 20 January 2015 — Voting in DNP Election • 20 February 2015 — APR15 Early Registration Candidate biographies are included in this newsletter (item #16). • 1 March 2015 — Mentor & Service Award Nominations • 2 March 2015 — APR15 Housing Reservation Web balloting has been approved by the Division's membership. Those • 1 May 20145 — DNP Nominations for APS Fellowship with email addresses registered with the APS will receive an election email containing instructions plus a PIN number. Those for whom no email address is available or whose email bounces will be sent a paper The home page for the Division of Nuclear Physics is now available ballot. The deadline for voting is 20 January 2015. at “http://dnp.aps.org.” Information of interest to DNP members -- current research topics, deadlines for meetings, prize nominations, As a DNP member, please exercise your right to vote in the DNP forms, and useful links are provided. Each DNP Newsletter is election. Typically only some 700+ election ballots have been cast by posted, in advance of the copy sent via post. Comments and members. Your vote does count. It is important. DNP elections have suggestions are solicited. Please send them to Michael Thoennessen been decided by fewer than 5 votes. at <[email protected]> 2. ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR SPONSORING AGENCY 1. ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Given the importance of agency sponsorship in making nuclear physics research possible, it is urged that DNP members acknowledge their The terms of the officers and three members of the current Executive agency sponsors in any talk or publication which they generate: Committee will expire at the close of the Business meeting of the seminars, workshop contributions, APS meeting talks, conference Division to be held in conjunction with the APS general meeting in talks/posters, etc. Baltimore, MD, April 2015. John Wilkerson will become Chair, Gordon Cates will become Chair-Elect, and Ani Aprahamian will become Past- Chair. Wick C. Haxton is the Divisional Councilor, through 2017. 3. 2014 DNP DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Ronald Gilman, Filomena Nunes, and Martin Savage will remain members of the Executive Committee. A Vice Chair, Secretary- The 2014 recipient of the American Physical Society's Division of Treasurer, and three members of the Executive Committee are to be Nuclear Physics' Distinguished Service Award is Bradley M. Sherrill of elected by April 2015. Executive Committee member terms are two the Michigan State University. Sherrill received his award at the years. Business Meeting of HAW 2014 in Waikoloa, HI. The citation reads: This year's Nominating Committee consists of W. A. Zajc (Chair), D. “For his exemplary service to the Division of Nuclear B. Kaplan, Ch. Elster (Vice Chair), K. Heeger, and W. J. Briscoe. The Physics and his skillful leadership that have enhanced the candidates selected by the Nominating Committee and approved by the vitality of the Division as a unit of the American Physical Executive Committee are: Society, and for his tireless efforts in advocating for nuclear science to a broad audience.” Vice-Chair (one position): Douglas H. Beck (Univ. of Illinois) Michael R. Thoennessen (Michigan State Univ.) INSIDE . • Prizes and Awards Secretary-Treasurer: • Volunteer to Chair a Session in Baltimore • Call for Nominations for DNP Awards Benjamin F. Gibson (LANL) Executive Committee (three positions): Mary A. Alberg (Seattle Univ.) Carl R. Brune (Ohio Univ.) 4. 2014 DNP MENTORING AWARD Please go to the APS web site and link to Prizes, Awards, and Fellowships under the heading Programs for more information. The The 2014 recipient of the American Physical Society's Division of prize will be awarded at the APS April 2015 meeting in Baltimore. Nuclear Physics' Mentoring Award is Jorge A. Lopez of the University of Texas at El Paso. The citation reads: 8. 2015 BETHE PRIZE WINNER “For his outstanding record of mentoring undergraduate and graduate students in nuclear physics research, James M. Lattimer of SUNY, Stony Brook was named the recipient of particularly students from traditionally under-represented the 2015 American Physical Society's Hans A. Bethe Prize. The backgrounds, many of whom have continued their studies to citation reads: receive advanced degrees in nuclear physics, and for his leadership in the National Society of Hispanic Physicists.” “For outstanding theoretical work connecting observations of supernovae and neutron stars with neutrino emission and the Lopez spoke about his mentoring experience during an invited session equation of state of matter beyond nuclear density.” for Award winners at the Hawaii 2014 Meeting in Waikoloa, HI. He received his certificate at the Business Meeting. Please go to the APS web site and link to Prizes, Awards, and Fellowships under the heading Programs for more information. The 5. 2014 NUCLEAR PHYSICS DISSERTATION AWARD prize will be awarded at the APS April 2015 meeting in Baltimore. The 2014 recipient of the Nuclear Physics Dissertation Award of the American Physical Society's Division of Nuclear Physics is Michael 9. NOMINATIONS FOR THE DNP MENTORING AWARD Mendenhall of the California Institute of Technology (now at NIST). Mendahall’s dissertation was written under the direction of Bradley W. Nominations are sought for the Division of Nuclear Physics Mentoring Filippone (CalTech). His dissertation title reads: Award. This APS Unit Award is intended to recognize Division of Nuclear Physics members who have had an exceptional impact as “Measurement of the neutron decay asymmetry using mentors of nuclear scientists and students. This mentoring could be ultracold neutrons” through teaching or research or science-related activities. Mendenhall spoke about his research during the award session at HAW Examples of contributions of individuals who could be candidates for 2014. this award: - Exceptional mentoring of early career nuclear scientists; - Sustained commitment to mentoring early career nuclear scientists 6. 2015 BONNER PRIZE WINNER from traditionally under-represented backgrounds; - Leadership role in developing nuclear science research and career Miklos Gyulassy of Columbia University and Howard Wieman of development activities, such as centers for nuclear science research for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory were named co-recipients of undergraduates, or conference experiences for students, or summer the 2015 American Physical Society's Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear schools for nuclear science students. Physics. The citation reads: Early career nuclear scientists include undergraduate and graduate For developing foundational experimental and theoretical students, postdoctoral scholars, and nuclear science professionals early tools to enable and guide generations of experiments in in their careers, such as assistant professors or assistant scientists. relativistic heavy ion physics. The combination of experiment and theory led to the initial discoveries at RHIC, ongoing Nominations for the 2015 award are due 1 March 2015 and should be precision studies of the properties of hot nuclear matter, and sent to: to exploration of the nuclear matter phase diagram.” Berndt Mueller Please go to the APS web site and link to Prizes, Awards, and Duke University, Dept. of Physics Fellowships under the heading Programs for more information. The P.O. Box 900305 prize will be awarded at the APS April 2015 meeting in Baltimore. Durham, NC 27708-0305 Phone: (919) 660-2570/ Fax: (919) 660-2525 Email: “[email protected]” 7. 2015 FESHBACH PRIZE WINNER Nomination packets should consist of at least 3 but not more than 4 Larry McLerran of the Brookhaven National Laboratory was named the letters supporting the nomination and a brief biosketch of the candidate. recipient of the 2015 American Physical Society's Herman Feshbach At least two of the letters should be submitted by individuals who have Prize in Theoretical Nuclear Physics. The citation reads: benefited from the mentoring experience. Nominees shall be members of the DNP. There are no time limitations on contributions that can be “For his pioneering contributions to our understanding of recognized by this award. Nominations will be active for three years. quantum chromodynamics at high energy density and laying the theoretical foundations of experimental ultrarelativistic The members of the 2015 DNP Mentoring Award selection committee heavy ion collisions. His work has been a crucial guide to are: Berndt Mueller (Chair), Michael Thoennessen, Henry Weller, experiments at RHIC and LHC, and he has mentored a Hendrik Schatz, and Jorge A. Lopez. generation of young theorists.” 10. NOMINATIONS FOR THE DNP DISTINGUISHED Divisions SERVICE AWARD * Astrophysics (DAP) * Computational Physics (DCOMP) Nominations are sought for the Division of Nuclear Physics’ * Nuclear Physics (DNP) Distinguished Service Award. This APS Unit Award is intended to * Particles and Fields (DPF) recognize those who have made substantial and extensive contributions * Physics of Beams (DPB) to the nuclear physics community through the activities of the DNP. The award will consist of a certificate with the citation

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