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February 2010 |
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Wednesday 3 February |
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Speaker |
Prof. Daniel Whiteson (Univ. of California, Irvine) |
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Title |
CDF in its prime: searches for b', nu', Z' and friends |
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Abstract
Slides |
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January 2010 |
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Wednesday 27 January |
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Speaker |
Marcel Stanitzki (PPD, RAL) |
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Title |
Review of International Linear Collider Detector R&D |
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Abstract
Slides |
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Wednesday 20 January |
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Speaker |
Joe Boudreau (University of Pittsburgh) |
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Title |
CP Violation in B^0_s mesons at the Tevatron Experiments |
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Abstract
Slides |
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December 2009 |
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Wednesday 9 December |
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Speaker |
Antonis Papanestis (PPD, RAL) |
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Title |
Summary of 'Conference on Accelerator & Large Experimental Physics Control Systems' |
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Abstract
Slides |
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Wednesday 2 December |
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Speaker |
Flavio Cavanna (Physics Dep.t -University of l'Aquila) |
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Title |
ArgoNeuT: Liquid Argon TPC response to a Neutrino Beam |
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Abstract
Slides |
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November 2009 |
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Wednesday 25 November |
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Speaker |
Elisa Resconi
(Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg) |
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Title |
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory:
Opportunities for Astroparticle Physics |
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Abstract
Slides |
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Wednesday 18 November |
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Speaker |
Steven Biller (Oxford) |
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Title |
No Nu's is Good Nu's.
Prospects for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay |
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Abstract
Slides |
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Wednesday 11 November
CR12 R68 |
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Speaker |
Prof. Steve Cowley (Director of UKAEA
Culham) |
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Title |
Fusion Power - Physics & Engineering Challenges |
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Abstract |
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Wednesday 4 November |
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Speaker |
Yochi Uchida (Imperial College) |
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Title |
Muon-to-Electron Conversion with COMET/PRISM |
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Abstract
Slides |
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October 2009 |
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Wednesday 14 October |
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Speaker |
Sean Paling
(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield University) |
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Title |
Deep Underground Science at Boulby Mine:
Dark Matter and Beyond |
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Abstract |
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Wednesday 7 October |
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Speaker |
John Baines (PPD, RAL) |
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Title |
Commissioning of the ATLAS High Level Trigger |
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Abstract
Slides |
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September 2009 |
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Wednesday 16 September |
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Speaker |
Chris Damerell (PPD, RAL) |
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Title |
Physics and technology of silicon detectors |
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Abstract
Slides |
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Wednesday 9 September |
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Speaker |
Simon Hooker (Oxford) |
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Title |
Laser-Driven Plasma Accelerators |
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Abstract
Slides |
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August 2008 |
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No seminars - Summer vacation
period |
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July 2009 |
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Wednesday 22 July |
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Speaker |
Jeff Hartnell (Sussex) |
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Title |
MINOS: Latest Results and Future Plans |
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Abstract
Slides |
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Wednesday 15 July |
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Speaker |
Bob Cywinski
(School of Applied Sciences, University of
Huddersfield) |
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Title |
Can Thorium Save the Planet? |
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Abstract
Slides |
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Wednesday 8 July |
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Speaker |
Sergey Balashov (PPD, RAL) |
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Title |
Conference summary: Ultra-cold neutrons |
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June 2009 |
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Wednesday 24 June |
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Speaker |
Marcel Trimpl (Fermilab) |
|
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Title |
Serial Powering for Front End Electronics |
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Abstract |
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Wednesday 17 June |
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Speaker |
Bill Murray & Steve Worm (PPD, RAL) |
|
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Title |
Conference summary: SUSY 09 |
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Slides |
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May 2009 |
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Wednesday 27 May |
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Speaker |
Steven Abel (IPPP Durham) |
|
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Title |
Overview of string theory and its phenomenology |
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Abstract
Slides |
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Wednesday 20 May |
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Speaker |
Elena Aprile (U Columbia) |
|
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Title |
The Search for Dark Matter with the XENON Experiment |
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Abstract |
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April 2009 |
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Wednesday 29 April |
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Speaker |
Piergiorgio Picozza (INFN and University of Rome “Tor Vergata”) |
|
|
Title |
Searching for Dark Matter with Cosmic Antiparticles: the PAMELA Experiment |
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Abstract
Slides |
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Wednesday 22 April |
|
|
Speaker |
Charles Wang (U Aberdeen) |
|
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Title |
Scalar Gravitational Waves, High Energy Cosmic Rays and Quantum Decoherence |
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Abstract |
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Wednesday 15 April |
|
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Speaker |
Alain Blondel (U Geneva) |
|
|
Title |
The MICE experiment |
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Abstract |
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Wednesday 1 April |
|
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Speaker |
Rob Edgecock (PPD, RAL) |
|
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Title |
FFAG Activities in the UK: EMMA, PAMELA and all that |
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Abstract
Slides |
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March 2009 |
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Wednesday 25 March |
|
|
Speaker |
Bill Murray (PPD, RAL) |
|
|
Title |
That Olde Boson |
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Abstract
Slides
Slides |
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Wednesday 18 March |
|
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Speaker |
Paul Seller (TD, RAL) |
|
|
Title |
CdZnTe Imaging Detectors and their applications |
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Abstract
Slides |
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Wednesday 11 March |
|
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Speaker |
Stuart Green (University Hospitals Birmingham) |
|
|
Title |
Physics based techniques for the treatment of cancer |
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Abstract
Slides
AVI
AVI |
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Wednesday 4 March |
|
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Speaker |
Stephen West (Oxford) |
|
|
Title |
Dark matter models |
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Abstract
Slides |
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February 2009 |
|
|
Wednesday 18 February |
|
|
Speaker |
Marc Weber (PPD, RAL) |
|
|
Title |
Silicon detectors for the Super-LHC - at the technology
frontier |
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|
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Slides |
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Wednesday 4 February |
|
|
Speaker |
Cigdem Issever (Oxford) |
|
|
Title |
Black holes at the LHC |
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Abstract
Slides |
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January 2009 |
|
|
Wednesday 28 January |
|
|
Speaker |
Bill Scott (PPD, RAL) |
|
|
Title |
Conference Report from Miami-2008 |
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Abstract
Slides |
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Wednesday 21 January |
|
|
Speaker |
Tom Latham (Warwick) |
|
|
Title |
Constraints on the CKM Unitarity Triangle from Charmless Threebody Decays at BaBar |
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Abstract
Slides |
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December 2008 |
|
|
Wednesday 10 December |
|
|
Speaker |
Jim Hinton (U Leeds) |
|
|
Title |
Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy and the CTA project |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides |
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Wednesday 3 December |
|
|
Speaker |
Emily Longhi (Diamond) |
|
|
Title |
Diamond Light Source -- Challenges of a 3rd Generation Synchrotron |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides
Animation: path
Animation: insertion device |
|
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|
November 2008 |
|
|
Wednesday 26 November |
|
|
Speaker |
Helen Caines (Yale) |
|
|
Title |
Deep-Inelastic Scattering |
|
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Abstract
Slides |
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Wednesday 19 November |
|
|
Speaker |
Maurits van der Grinten (RAL, PPD) |
|
|
Title |
CryoEDM, a cryogenic experiment to search for the electric dipole moment of the neutron |
|
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|
Abstract |
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|
Wednesday 12 November |
|
|
Speaker |
Professor Daniel Kaplan (IIT) |
|
|
Title |
New Experiments with Antiprotons |
|
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Abstract |
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|
Wednesday 5 November |
|
|
Speaker |
Stefania Riccardi (RAL, PPD) |
|
|
Title |
Summary of CKM 2008 |
|
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Slides |
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|
October 2008 |
|
|
Wednesday 29 October |
|
|
Speaker |
Andreas Korn (LBNL) |
|
|
Title |
The ATLAS Pixel Detector: Overview and Commissioning |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides
Slides
Slides |
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|
Wednesday 8 October |
|
|
Speaker |
Sheila Rowan (U Glasgow) |
|
|
Title |
The search for gravitational waves: status and plans |
|
|
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Abstract
Slides |
|
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Wednesday 1 October |
|
|
Speaker |
Sinjini Sengupta (U Minnesota) |
|
|
Title |
Results of the W and Z Boson Asymmetries at the Tevatron |
|
|
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Abstract
Slides |
|
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|
September 2008 |
|
|
Wednesday 24 September |
|
|
Speaker |
Stephen Haywood (RAL, Particle Physics
Department) |
|
|
Title |
The ATLAS SCT Endcap |
|
|
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Abstract
Slides |
|
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|
Wednesday 17 September |
|
|
Speaker |
David Neely (RAL, Laser
Department) |
|
|
Title |
High power lasers - a bright future |
|
|
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Abstract |
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Wednesday 10 September |
|
|
Speaker |
Chris Damerell (RAL, Particle Physics
Department) |
|
|
Title |
Detector R&D for the Linear Collider |
|
|
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Abstract
Slides |
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Wednesday 3 September |
|
|
Speaker |
Pawel Majewski (RAL, Particle Physics
Department) |
|
|
Title |
Nuclear Recoil Measurements in Dark Matter Research |
|
|
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Abstract
Slides |
|
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|
|
August 2008 |
|
|
No seminars - Summer vacation
period |
|
|
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|
|
July 2008 |
|
|
Wednesday 23 July |
|
|
Speaker |
Hong-Mo Chan
(Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Particle Physics
Department) |
|
|
Title |
A Model Behind the Standard Model |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides |
|
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|
|
Wednesday 16 July |
|
|
Speaker |
Lina Galtieri (LBNL) |
|
|
Title |
Top properties and Higgs search at CDF |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides |
|
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|
Wednesday 9 July |
|
|
Speaker |
David Bugg (Queen Mary) |
|
|
Title |
Why some resonances synchronise on thresholds;
implications for Confinement |
|
|
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Abstract
Slides |
|
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|
Wednesday 2 July |
|
|
Speaker |
Tim Gershon (U Warrick) |
|
|
Title |
SuperB - A High Luminosity Asymmetric e+e- Super Flavour
Factory |
|
|
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Abstract
Slides |
|
|
|
June 2008 |
|
|
Wednesday 25 June |
|
|
|
No seminar due to IOP 1/2 day meeting:
"Celebration of HERA and the UK role" |
|
|
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|
|
Wednesday 11 June |
|
|
Speaker |
Antonis Papanestis (RAL, PPD) |
|
|
Title |
The LHCb RICH detectors |
|
|
|
Abstract |
|
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|
|
Wednesday 4 June |
|
|
Speaker |
Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN) |
|
|
Title |
Commissioning the LHC Accelerator and its Physics Programme |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides(21Mb) |
|
|
|
May 2008 |
|
|
Wednesday 28 May |
|
|
Speaker |
Frank Krauss (IPP) |
|
|
Title |
New development in Monte Carlos for the LHC |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides |
|
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|
Wednesday 21 May |
|
|
Speaker |
Robert McGreevy (RAL, ISIS) |
|
|
Title |
ISIS: past, present and future |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides(41Mb)
Amination1
Animation2 |
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|
Wednesday 14 May |
|
|
Speaker |
Jan Strube (University of Oregon) |
|
|
Title |
Radiative Penguins at BaBar |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides |
|
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|
Wednesday 7 May |
|
|
Speaker |
J. Thomas with contributions by Bode Franek, Barbara Camanzi, Tim Durkin and Giulio
Villani (RAL) |
|
|
Title |
UCL/PPD KE and all that |
|
|
|
Slides:
J Thomas
B Camanzi
B Franek
G Villani
T Durkin |
|
|
|
April 2008 |
|
|
Wednesday 30 April |
|
|
Speaker |
Veronique Boisvert (Royal Holloway) |
|
|
Title |
The "truth" about the "top" quark from CDF |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides(18Mb) |
|
|
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|
Wednesday 23 April |
|
|
Speaker |
Joe Incandela (UCSB) |
|
|
Title |
CMS experiment status and preparations for early physics |
|
|
|
Slides(15Mb) |
|
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|
|
Wednesday 16 April |
|
|
Speaker |
Harry Weerts (Argonne National Laboratory) |
|
|
Title |
The SiD detector concept |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides(17Mb) |
|
|
|
March 2008 |
|
|
Wednesday 19 March |
|
|
Speaker |
Alan Watson
(School of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Leeds) |
|
|
Title |
Is the search for the origin of the highest energy cosmic
rays over? |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides(12Mb) |
|
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|
Wednesday 5 March |
|
|
Speaker |
Amy Connolly (UCL) |
|
|
Title |
Closing in on Ultra-High Energy Neutrinos with the Radio
Detection Technique |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides(29Mb) |
|
|
|
February 2008 |
|
|
Wednesday 20 February |
|
|
Speaker |
G. Villani (RAL, Particle Physics
Department) |
|
|
Title |
Notes on Quantum Computing |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides |
|
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|
|
Wednesday 12 February |
|
|
Speaker |
Tom Roberts (Muons Inc. and Illinois
Inst. of Tech.) |
|
|
Title |
Prospects for an Energy-Frontier Muon Collider |
|
|
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Abstract
Slides |
|
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|
Wednesday 6 February |
|
|
Speaker |
Professor William Trischuk
(University Toronto and Institute of Particle
Physics) |
|
|
Title |
Canadian perspective on particle physics in the 21st
Century |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides(17Mb) |
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|
|
January 2008 |
|
|
Wednesday 16 January |
|
|
Speaker |
Neil Spooner (University of Sheffield) |
|
|
Title |
Proton decay and beyond |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides(43Mb) |
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Wednesday 30 January |
|
|
Speaker |
Rajendran Raja (Fermilab) |
|
|
Title |
The MIPP Experiment- Status and Upgrade plans |
|
|
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Abstract
Slides |
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|
|
December 2007 |
|
|
Wednesday 26 December |
|
|
Speaker |
F. Christmas (University of Tromso,
Norway) |
|
|
Title |
Renormalisation of the N0-Brain Tree-Function |
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Abstract |
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Wednesday 19 December |
|
|
Speaker |
Jim Libby (Oxford) |
|
|
Title |
Precise determination of the unitarity triangle
LHCb and the essential role of CLEOc |
|
|
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Abstract
Slides |
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|
Wednesday 17 December 14:00 in CR8, R27 |
|
|
Speaker |
Div. computing experts (RAL, Particle Physics
Department) |
|
|
Title |
Computing Christmas Lecture |
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|
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Abstract |
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|
Wednesday 12 December |
|
|
Speaker |
Gagan Mohanty (Warwick) |
|
|
Title |
Charm of the Charmless
Results of hadronic B decays from BaBar |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides |
|
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|
|
Wednesday 5 December |
|
|
Speaker |
Marcel Stantizki, Giulio Villani (RAL, Particle Physics
Department) |
|
|
Title |
Summary of IEEE conference NSS-MIS 2007 |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides(4Mb)
Slides(11Mb) |
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|
November 2007 |
|
|
Wednesday 28 November |
|
|
Speaker |
Sajan Easo, Stefania Ricciardi, Antonis Papanestis
(RAL, Particle Physics Department) |
|
|
Title |
Summary of RICH07 |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides(8Mb)
Slides(11Mb)
Slides(11Mb) |
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|
Wednesday 21 November |
|
|
Speaker |
Lothar Oberauer (TU Munich) |
|
|
Title |
Borexino: First Direct Observation of Solar Be7 Neutrinos
and Prospects for low Energy Neutrino Astronomy |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides |
|
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|
|
Wednesday 14 November |
|
|
Speaker |
Halina Abramowicz (Tel Aviv) |
|
|
Title |
The HERA Challenge for the LHC |
|
|
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Abstract |
|
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|
Wednesday 7 November |
|
|
Speaker |
Dmitry Emeliyanov, Raja Nandakumar
(RAL, Particle Physics Department) |
|
|
Title |
Summary of the CHEP 200707 Conference |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides
Slides |
|
|
|
October 2007 |
|
|
Wednesday 31 October |
|
|
Speaker |
Gregory Hallewell (CPP Marseille) |
|
|
Title |
KM3NeT, A Cubic Kilometre-scale Deep-sea Telescope
for Neutrino Astronomy |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides(47Mb) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tuesday 30 October at 15:00 in Conference
Room 4 R1 |
|
|
Speaker |
Tobias Flick (University Wuppertal) |
|
|
Title |
Multi-Chip Modules using Deposited Interconnect Layers
for Pixel Detectors |
|
|
|
Abstract |
|
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|
Wednesday 24 October |
|
|
Speaker |
Tobias Raufer (RAL, Particle Physics
Department) |
|
|
Title |
New Results from the MINOS Experiment |
|
|
|
Abstract |
|
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|
|
Wednesday 17 October |
|
|
Speaker |
Richard Gaitskell (Brown University) |
|
|
Title |
Noble Travails: Noble Liquid Detectors
Searching for Particle Dark Matter |
|
|
|
Abstract |
|
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|
Wednesday 10 October |
|
|
Speaker |
Speaker: Erik Johnson, Steve Worm
(RAL, Particle Physics Department) |
|
|
Title |
Title: ILC Workshop Summary |
|
|
|
Abstract |
|
|
|
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|
|
Wednesday 3 October |
|
|
Speaker |
Bob Brown, Ian Tomalin, Wilson
(RAL, Particle Physics Department) |
|
|
Title |
EPS HEP07 Summary |
|
|
|
Abstract |
|
|
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|
|
Wednesday 1 October at 15:00 in R22 |
|
|
Speaker |
Prof. Young-Kee Kim (FermiLab) |
|
|
Title |
RAL Lecture - Project X |
|
|
|
Abstract |
|
|
|
September 2007 |
|
|
Wednesday 26 September |
|
|
Speaker |
Sam Harper (RAL) |
|
|
Title |
Search for New Physics in Electron-Positron Events at CDF |
|
|
|
Abstract |
|
|
|
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|
|
Wednesday
19
September |
|
|
Speaker |
Alfons Weber (RAL, Particle Physics
Department) |
|
|
Title |
Summary from the Golden 07 Workshop |
|
|
|
Abstract
Slides(36Mb) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Friday 14 September
at 11:00 in CR12 in R68 |
|
|
Speaker |
Maury Goodman (Argonne National Lab) |
|
|
Title |
New and Exciting Cosmic Ray Results from MINOS |
|
|
|
Abstract |
|
|
|
August 2007 |
|
|
Wednesday 8 August |
|
|
Speaker |
Costas Andreaopoulos |
|
|
Title |
Conference Reports from: NuINT2007, INPC2007, DBD2007 |
|
|
|
Abstract |
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Wednesday
1 August at 13:30 in CR12 R68 |
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Speaker |
Jo Cole |
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Title |
HCP2007 Summary |
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July 2007 |
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Thursday 26 July at 14:00 |
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Speaker |
Rainer Wallny |
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Title |
Beam Condition Monitoring at CDF
CVD Diamond Detectors |
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