Particle Physics Seminar Schedule for FY07

Wherever possible, we have provided a link to the speakers e-mail address and their slides.

Wednesday, 15:00
September 5, 2007
Mikayel Dabaghyan , University of New Hampshire/Los Alamos National Lab
Measurement of Parity Violation in Cold Neutron Capture
Abstract; Slides (PPT: 9MB); Slides (PDF: 5MB)
Thursday, 15:00
August 30, 2007
Thomas R. Junk , University of Illinois
Evidence for Single Top Production at CDF
Abstract; Slides (PPT: 12MB); Slides (PDF: 4MB)
Monday, 15:00
July 23, 2007
Hachemi Benaoum , Syracuse University
Parity-violating electron scattering on Hydrogen and Helium and strangeness in the nucleon
Abstract; Slides (PDF: 2.3 MB)
Thursday, 11:00
July 19, 2007
W.M. Wood-Vasey , Harvard University
Determining the Nature of Dark Energy: Cosmology with ESSENCE, Pan-STARRS, SPT, LSST, and Other Acronyms
Abstract; Images from the talk (Total of 77 MB)
Thursday, 15:00
July 5, 2007
Young-Kee Kim , FNAL
The Fermilab Steering Group activities
Abstract; Slides (PPT: 13.4 MB); Slides (PDF: 3 MB)
Thursday, 15:00
June 28, 2007
Lisa Whitehead , Stony Brook University
Measurement of the Single Charged Pion Production Cross Section in Charged-Current Neutrino-Carbon Interactions
Abstract; Slides (PDF: 4.3 MB)
Thursday, 15:00
June 21, 2007
Jonathan Efron , Ohio State University
Search for Standard Model Higgs in the ZH --> l^+ l^- bb Channel at CDF II.
Abstract; Slides (PDF: 4 MB)
Wednesday, 15:00
June 20, 2007
Adam Ritz , University of Victoria
Probing new CP-odd thresholds with electric dipole moments
Abstract; Slides (PPT: 4.1 MB) Slides (PDF: 2.6 MB)
Thursday, 15:00
June 14, 2007
David Nygren , LBNL
WIMPS, double beta decay, and xenon
Abstract; Slides (PPT: 8 MB); Slides (PDF: 2 MB)
Friday, 14:00
June 1, 2007
Stephanie Majewski , Standford University
Baryonic B Decays at BaBar
Abstract; Slides (PDF: 12 MB)
Thursday, 15:00
May 17, 2007
Rick Gaitskell , Brown University
Noble Travails: First Results from the XENON10 Dark Matter Detection Experiment
Abstract; Slides (PDF: 13 MB)
Thursday, 11:00
May 17, 2007
Daekwang Kau , Florida State University
Search for Single Top Quark Production Using Bayesian Neural Networks
Abstract; Slides (PDF: 1.4 MB)
Thursday, 15:00
May 3, 2007
Milind V. Purohit , Univ. of South Carolina
Evidence for D0-D0bar mixing from BaBar
Abstract; Slides (PDF: 3.5 MB)
Thursday, 15:00
April 26, 2007
Eric D. Zimmerman , Univ. of Colorado
Results of the neutrino oscillation search at MiniBooNE
Abstract; Slides (PDF: 16 MB)
Thursday, 15:00
April 19, 2007
Kenneth M. Lanzetta , Stony Brook
Optimal Photometry of Faint Galaxies
Abstract; Slides (PPT: 9.2 MB); Slides (PDF: 4 MB)
Thursday, 15:00
April 12, 2007
Mark Dierckxsens , BNL
Physics reach of a very long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment using a wide band beam
Abstract; Slides (PDF: 1.3 MB)
Thursday, 15:00
March 15, 2007
Veronique Boisvert , University of Rochester
The top quark: a "charged" topic
Abstract; Slides (PPT: 20 MB)
Thursday, 11:00
March 15, 2007
Steve Vigdor , Indiana
Spin Physics at STAR with Jets
Slides (PPT: 13 MB); Slides (PDF: 5.2 MB)
Thursday, 15:00
March 8, 2007
Abid Patwa , BNL
Tau Identification and Physics with Taus at DZero, Fermilab
Abstract; Slides (PDF: 6.2 MB)
Wednesday, 15:30
March 7, 2007
Steve Ahlen , Boston University
Development of a Novel, Direction-Sensitive, Dark Matter Detector
Abstract; Slides (PDF: 4 MB); Slides (PPT: 13 MB)
Thursday, 15:00
March 1, 2007
Ilya Selyuzhenkov , Wayne State University
Azimuthal correlations as a tool for testing of fundamental symmetries and searching for novel phenomena in heavy ion collisions
Abstract; Slides (PDF: 1MB)
Thursday, 15:00
February 15, 2007
Anton Anastassov , Rutgers University
Search for MSSM Higgs Bosons in the Di-tau Decay Channel at CDF
Abstract; Slides (PDF: 3.6MB)
Thursday, 15:00
February 14, 2007
Ryan Scranton , University of Pittsburgh/Google
Cosmology in the Era of Large Surveys
Abstract; Slides (pdf: 6.2MB)
Thursday, 15:00
February 8, 2007
Wei Wang , Boston University
Studies of Non-Standard Effects in Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations
Abstract; Slides (PDF: 17MB)
Thursday, 15:00
January 25, 2007
Gordon Thompson , Rutgers University
Observation of the GZK Cutoff by the HiRes Experiment
Abstract; Slides (PPT: 5.6 MB); Slides (PDF: 4.1 MB)
Thursday, 15:00
January 18, 2007
Nicholas White , NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Going Beyond Einstein with the Constellation-X Mission
Abstract; Slides (Powerpoint: 61 MB); Slides (PDF: 7 MB)
Wednesday, 11:00
January 17, 2007
Chris Smith , National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Supernovae, Dark Energy, and New Astrophysics
Abstract; Slides (Powerpoint: 33 MB); Slides (PDF: 8 MB)
Thursday, 15:00
January 11, 2007
Meenakshi Narain , Boston University
Evidence for Single Top Quark Production at the Tevatron
Abstract; Slides, (PDF: 2.3 MB)
Thursday, 15:00
December 21, 2006
Christophe Royon , DAPNIA-SPP, CEA Saclay
Hard diffraction at the LHC
Slides (pdf: 2MB)
Thursday, 15:00
December 7, 2006
Petar Maksimovic , Johns Hopkins University
The discovery of Sigma_b
Abstract; Slides (pdf: 2.3MB)
Thursday, 15:00
November 30, 2006
Patrick Huber , U. Wisconsin
Upgraded Experiments with Super Neutrino Beams
Slides (pdf: 2MB)
Thursday, 15:00
November 16, 2006
Gwenaëlle Lefeuvre
Measurement of the fluorescence yield for the ultra-high energy cosmic ray study
Abstract; Part 1 (ppt: 8 MB); Part 2 (ppt: 6.5 MB)
Thursday, 15:00
November 9, 2006
Daniel Whiteson
Probing top->dilepton events at CDF
Abstract; Slides (PDF: 8.7 MB)
Thursday, 11:00
November 2, 2006
Hongshan Zhang
First Measurements of the Exclusive Decays of Y(5S) to B(*)B(*)(pi)(pi) Final States and Improved Bs* Mass Measurement
Abstract; Slides in pdf (2.5MB); Slides in ppt (5.5MB)
Thursday, 11:00
October 19, 2006
Konstantin Zioutas
Axion searches with the CERN Solar Axion Telescope (CAST)
Abstract; Slides in pdf (6MB); Slides in PPT (12MB)