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10/01/05

Asymmetric insight

Like climbers assessing a new route before making the ascent, physicists have been looking for footholds on a vertiginous new terrain. These footholds contain important information for trekking to TeV heights (the lofty trillion electron volts energy scales of future colliders).

10/01/05

More of the universe

After darkness sets in each night, a wall of TV monitors in the control room of Apache Point Observatory continually displays the telescope's view of the heavens.

10/01/05

CP violation

CP is violated if there is a difference between the ways nature treats matter and antimatter.

Logbook: September 2005
09/01/05

J/Ψ particle

Burton Richter’s group double-checked what they thought was a minor statistical inconsistency in their data. Using the Stanford Positron Electron Accelerating Ring (SPEAR), they probed electron-positron collision energies around 3.1 GeV.

09/01/05

The secret lives of stars

Donning plastic 3D glasses and turning out the lights, a small group of astrophysicists intently watch the universe projected on the wall.

09/01/05

Niobium

More than 500 tons of niobium would go into building the ILC. What's so great about niobium? Where does it come from? And is the Earth's supply going to run out?

09/01/05

Memorable Fourth

Holiday weekends are meant to be special, but nine Fermilab employees got a dose of unwanted excitement this Fourth of July.

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