Journal Club on Dec. 5

This week's journal club (Dec. 5, 12:15 SW 113) will be by Yi Yang and
Hal Evens on Super-symmetry. This is the last meeting of the semester.

Please come for good discussions. Free PIZZA will be provided.

Journal Club on Nov. 14th

The journal club this week (Wed. 12:15 SW113) is by John Penwell and H. Ogren on "What is the LHC?" The Large Hdron Collider (LHC) is a giant particle accelerator that will open soon. Is the future of physics riding on the LHC?

Journal Club on Nov. 28th

Jon Urheim is giving the Nov. 28 journal club on the latest Auger cosmic ray detector results. "Universe's Highest-Energy Particles Traced Back to Other Galaxies". This is the first time that charged particle cosmic rays have been traced back to their sources. The problem for lower energy cosmic rays, is that their paths are bent by magnetic fields. Now finally, we have gotten to high enough energy that the bending in magnetic fields is small.

http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~xsong/journal/Auger.pdf

http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~xsong/journal/938-1.pdf

Nov 7th's Journal Club

On Nov 7th, Ben, Andy and Helber Dussan will talk about electric cars. The paper for the discussion is 'the cost-benefit analysis of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle technology':

http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy07osti/40485.pdf

It is about the perspectives of electric vehicles considering what has been achieved in terms batteries, Hybrid-Electric vehicles and Plug-in Hybrid cars and their cost.

The Biophysics journal club by Yang Yang originally scheduled for Nov 7 is postponed to Nov. 28. Helber Dussan and Yang Yang are switching places.

Journal Club next week

Next week Heechang will discuss about b physics focusing on CP violations. It will be kind of review of CP violations, and CKM matrix stuff. Some new experimental issue of b physics, including LHC-b will also be discussed.

The reference: http://lhcb-public.web.cern.ch/lhcb-public/

Journal Club This Week

The Journal Club this week (Wed. 12:15 in SW113) is by Xilin Zhang on a
new way to detect gravitational waves using radio telescopes called "The
Pulsar Timing Array".

Xilin will start with a simple introduction to gravitational waves and
gravitational wave sources. Please come for interesting discussion and
for free PIZZA.

Announcement

The Journal Club this week (Wed. 12:15 in SW113) is on 50 years of space
exploration by Gang Shen. See the journal club web site
http://cecelia.physics.indiana.edu/journal

Please come for interesting discussion: What are some of the science
highlights in 50 years of space exploration since Sputnik? What is the
role for people in space? What should we do now in space? What might
the next 50 years bring?

Free PIZZA will be provided.