Physics Division Seminar

Conference Room R-150, Building 203, Argonne National Laboratory

Mondays at 3:30 PM

2013-2014 Program

Please contact the host if you wish to arrange a discussion with the speaker.

26 Aug 2013	Simon Jerome, National Physical Laboratory, UK Standardisation of radioactivity Host: Zheng-tian Lu
2 Sep 2013	Labor Day -- No seminar
9 Sep 2013	Vladimir Savinov , University of Pittsburgh Measurement of γ γ* -> π0 transition form factor at Belle Host: Craig Roberts
16 Sep 2013	Andrei Derevianko, University of Nevada at Reno Magic, Precise and Electroweak Host: Zheng-tian Lu
23 Sep 2013	Adam Bzdak, Brookhaven National Laboratory Local parity violation in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC and LHC Host: Ian Cloët
30 Sep 2013	Luis Orozco, University of Maryland Towards weak interaction studies in Francium Host: Zheng-tian Lu
7 Oct 2013	Zack Conway, Argonne Physics Division Current Challenges and Physics of Superconducting Radio-Frequency Accelerator Cavities Host: Peter Ostroumov
14 Oct 2013	Jeff Guest, Argonne CNM Division Towards atomic-scale understanding and control of optically-active nanoscale systems Host: Peter Mueller
21 Oct 2013	Timothy Chupp, University of Michigan The Radon-EDM Experiment Host: Roy Holt
28 Oct 2013	Alessandro Lovato, Argonne Physics Division Charge form factor and sum rules of electromagnetic and neutral current response functions in Carbon-12 Host: Bob Wiringa
Wednesday, 30 Oct 2013	Xiangdong Ji, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Computing parton physics on a lattice Host: Zheng-tian Lu
4 Nov 2013	Peter Tandy, Kent State University Inside the Pion: Insights for Hadron Physics Host: Craig Roberts
11 Nov 2013	Stephan Meyer, University of Chicago The Fermilab Holometer: A Measurement of Planck Scale Quantum Geometry Host: Zheng-tian Lu
18 Nov 2013	James Miller, Boston University Mu2e: a New Search for Charged Lepton Flavor Violation at Fermilab Host: Zheng-tian Lu
25 Nov 2013	Jerry Nolen, Argonne Physics Division Superconducting magnets for recoil separators, wind turbines, and ion beam therapy Host: Zheng-tian Lu
2 Dec 2013	Cynthia Keppel, Hampton University Neutron Structure at Large x Host: Zheng-tian Lu
9 Dec 2013	Jorge Piekarewicz, Florida State University Pygmies, Giants, and Skins Host: Calem Hoffman
16 Dec 2013	John Greene, Argonne Physics Division Recent Activities in the Target Laboratory Host: Zheng-tian Lu
23 Dec 2013	Christmas & New Year Holidays -- No seminar
30 Dec 2013	Christmas & New Year Holidays -- No seminar
6 Jan 2014	Moved to May 5
13 Jan 2014	Paul Fenter, Argonne Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division Imaging Structures and Processes at Solid-Liquid Interfaces with X-rays Host: Zheng-tian Lu
20 Jan 2014	Evangeline Downie, George Washington University Investigating the Nucleon via Compton Scattering Host: Paul Reimer
27 Jan 2014	Moved to February 3
3 Feb 2014	Elena Litvinova, Western Michigan University Nuclear shell structure and response toward the limits of mass, isospin and temperature Host: Darek Seweryniak
10 Feb 2014	Clarence Chang, ANL HEP New measurements of CMB polarization with the South Pole Telescope Host: Zheng-tian Lu
17 Feb 2014	Klaus Blaum, University of Heidelberg New techniques for Penning-trap mass spectrometry Host: Zheng-tian Lu
24 Feb 2014	Brian Odom, Northwestern University Single-laser optical cooling of molecular rotations Host: Matthew Dietrich
3 Mar 2014	Peter Jacobs, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory QCD jets in QCD matter: why they are interesting, why measuring them is difficult, and how to do it right (perhaps) Host: Zheng-tian Lu
4 Mar 2014 Tuesday 11:00 AM	Walter Kutschera, University of Vienna, Austria The Enigma of the Correct Date of the Santorini Volcanic Eruption Host: Ernst Rehm
10 Mar 2014	Paul Reimer, Argonne Physics Division Parity violating deep inelastic scattering Host: Zheng-tian Lu
17 Mar 2014	Robert B. Wiringa, Argonne Physics Division Recent applications of nuclear quantum Monte Carlo Host: Steven Pieper
24 Mar 2014	Michael Kelly, Argonne Physics Division First Performance Results for the ATLAS Intensity Upgrade Cryomodule Host: Zheng-tian Lu
31 Mar 2014	Kathrin Wimmer, Central Michigan University Modifications of the Nuclear Shell Structure: Spectroscopy in Islands of Inversion Host: Calem Hoffman
7 Apr 2014	April APS Meeting Savannah, GA, 5--8 April 2014
9 Apr 2014 Wednesday 2:30PM	Shoji Nagamiya, JPARC The JPARC facility in Japan and its science Host: John Schiffer
14 Apr 2014	Bradley Micklich, Argonne Physics Division 99Mo Production using Electron Linear Accelerators Host: Zheng-tian Lu
21 Apr 2014	Mark Riley, Florida State University Spin 60 and beyond: Exotic behavior at the limits of angular momentum Host: Calem Hoffman
28 Apr 2014	Chris Sheehy, University of Chicago BICEP (Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization) Host: Zheng-tian Lu
5 May 2014	Robert G. Wagner, Argonne High Energy Physics Division Large Area, Picosecond Photo-Detectors Host: Zheng-tian Lu
12 May 2014	Hironori Iwasaki, Michigan State University Shape evolution in exotic nuclei studied via lifetime measurements with GRETINA Host: Benjamin Kay
19 May 2014	Manoel Couder, University of Notre Dame Experimental investigation of Helium capture reactions of astrophysical interest Host: Darek Seweryniak
26 May 2014	Memorial Day -- No seminar
2 Jun 2014	Jason Clark, ANL Physics Division Ion traps for astrophysics Host: Birger Back
16 Jun 2014 2:30--4:40	Fedor Simkovic, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia Massive Neutrinos and Nuclear Structure Host: John Schiffer
18 Aug 2014	Or Hen, Tel-Aviv University Short-range correlations in imbalanced Fermi systems Host: John Arrington

Zheng-tian Lu, Chairman (630-252-0583, [email protected] mail)

Janet Bergman, Secretary (630-252-4085, [email protected] mail)

Steven Pieper, Web Guy (630-252-4232, [email protected] mail)

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