Particle Physics Seminar Schedule for FY09

Wherever possible, we have provided a link to the speakers e-mail address and their slides.
Particle Physics Seminars are held in the Small Seminar Room, Bldg 510

(All times are EST; Non-standard dates & times are denoted in green)

Thursday, 15:00
Sept 17, 2009
Oleg Perevozchikov , University of Tennessee
Search for electron anti-neutrinos from the Sun with KamLAND detector
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 8.3MB);
Thursday, 15:00
July 16, 2009
Gersande Prior , CERN
Latest Results from SNO
Abstract;
Slides (PDF: 28MB);
Thursday, 15:00
June 25, 2009
Raj Gandhi , HRI, India
Constraining Physics beyond the Standard Model with UHE Neutrinos

(Joint Exp/Theory Seminar)
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 0MB);
Slides (PDF: 0MB);
Friday, 9:30
June 19, 2009
Tim Tait , Northwestern University, Argonne National Laboratory
Top Quark Physics III

(Academic Lecture Series)
Note Location: Physics Bldg. 510, Large Seminar Room
Abstract;
Slides (PDF: 2.7MB);
Thursday, 15:00
June 18, 2009
Sam Zeller , LANL
Latest Neutrino Scattering Results from MiniBoone
Abstract;
Slides (PDF: 19MB);
Thursday, 11:00
June 18, 2009
Tim Tait , Northwestern University, Argonne National Laboratory
Top Quark Physics II

(Academic Lecture Series)
Note Location: Physics Bldg. 510, Large Seminar Room
Abstract;
Slides (PDF: 4MB);
Wednesday, 14:00
June 17, 2009
Tim Tait , Northwestern University, Argonne National Laboratory
Top Quark Physics I

(Academic Lecture Series)
Note Location: Physics Bldg. 510, Large Seminar Room
Abstract;
Slides (PDF: 8.2MB);
Monday, 15:00
June 15, 2009
John Vergados , University of Ioannina-Greece. CANCELLED
Direct Dark Matter Searches - Exploiting all the signatures of the reaction
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 0MB);
Slides (PDF: 0MB);
Thursday, 15:00
June 11, 2009
Sotiris Loucatos , CEA (Saclay)
Status and First Results of the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 53MB);
Slides (PDF: 8MB);
Thursday, 15:00
May 21, 2009
Wade Fisher , Fermilab
The Tevatron's Search for a Standard Model Higgs Boson.
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 0MB);
Slides (PDF: 0MB);
Thursday, 15:00
May 14, 2009
Shabnam Jabeen (D0) , Boston University and
Fabrizio Margaroli (CDF) , Purdue University
Observation of Single Top at the Tevatron

(Joint D0/CDF Seminar)
Abstract;
CDF Slides (PDF: 0MB);
D0 Slides (PDF: 0MB)
Thursday, 15:00
April 23, 2009
Zhaoming Ma , University of Pennsylvania
Weak Lensing as a Dark Energy Probe

(Joint Particle Physics/Astrophysics Seminar)
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 0MB);
Slides (PDF: 0MB)
Thursday, 15:00
April 16, 2009
Neal Weiner , New York University (NYU)
Signatures for Dark Matter at the LHC

(LHC at BNL Seminar Series)
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 0MB);
Slides (PDF: 0MB)
Thursday, 15:00
April 9, 2009
Andrea Vacchi , INFN Trieste
Cosmic rays precision studies with the satellite-borne apparatus PAMELA
Abstract;
Slides (PDF: 31MB)
Thursday, 15:00
April 2, 2009
Werner Vogelsang , Brookhaven National Laboratory
Exploring the Proton Spin in Polarized Proton-Proton Collisions
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 0MB);
Slides (PDF: 0MB)
Thursday, 11:00
April 2, 2009
Richard Scalzo , Yale University
All That Glitters: Synoptic Time-Domain Science with Palomar/QUEST
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 0MB);
Slides (PDF: 0MB)
Thursday, 15:00
March 19, 2009
Herbi Dreiner , Bonn University, Germany
Mass Bounds on a Very Light Neutralino
(Joint Exp/Theory Seminar)
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 0MB);
Slides (PDF: 0MB)
Thursday, 15:00
Mar 12, 2009
Eiichiro Komatsu , University of Texas
The 5-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Cosmological Interpretation
Abstract;
Slides (PDF: 7.3MB)
Monday, 15:00
Mar 9, 2009
Lisa Whitehead , Brookhaven National Laboratory
First Results for Electron Neutrino Appearance in MINOS
Abstract;
Slides (PDF: 4.3MB)
Thursday, 15:00
Mar 5, 2009
Ketevi Assamagan , Brookhaven National Laboratory
What can we learn about the Higgs Boson with 10/fb data at the LHC?

(LHC at BNL Seminar Series)
Abstract;
Slides (PDF: 8.5MB)
Thursday, 15:00
Feb 26, 2009
William Marciano , Brookhaven National Laboratory
Some Fundamental New Physics at Low Energies
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 0MB);
Slides (PDF: 0MB)
Thursday, 15:00
Feb 19, 2009
Eduardo do Couto e Silva , KIPAC/SLAC National Laboratory
Early Results from the Fermi Telescope
Abstract;
Slides (PDF: 3MB)
Thursday, 15:00
Feb 12, 2009
Mark Kruse , Duke University
Study of Multi-Muon Events at CDF
Abstract;
Slides (PDF: 2.3MB)
Thursday, 15:00
Jan 29, 2009
Michel Davier , LAL-Orsay, France
BaBar Results on e+e- --> pi+ pi- and the Muon g-2 Prediction
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 2.7MB);
Slides (PDF: 2.2MB)
Wed, 11:00
Jan 28, 2009
Monica D'Onofrio , Fermilab/IFAE, Italy
A Journey to Beyond the SM Physics at the Tevatron and the LHC
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 0MB);
Slides (PDF: 0MB)
Monday, 11:00
Jan 26, 2009
Marc-Andre Pleier , University of Bonn
Experimental Standard Model Tests with Top Quarks
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 0MB);
Slides (PDF: 0MB)
Thursday, 15:00
Jan 15, 2009
Marina Nielsen , University of Sao Paulo
Exotic Charmonium States
Abstract;
Slides (PDF: 3.1MB)
Wednesday, 11:00
Jan 14, 2009
Kenichi Hatakeyama , Rockefeller University
Probing QCD and New Physics with Jets at CDF
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 0MB);
Slides (PDF: 0MB)
Thursday, 15:00
Jan 8, 2009
Chris Polly , University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
New Oscillation Results from MiniBoone
Abstract;
Slides (PDF: 4.7MB)
Thursday, 11:00
Jan 8, 2009
Selina Li , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Two-Photon Physics: From BaBar to LHC
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 0MB);
Slides (PDF: 0MB)
Tuesday, 11:00
Dec 23, 2008
Nicol'o Cartiglia , INFN, Turin, Italy
The Commissioning and Start-up of the CMS Experiment at LHC
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 24MB);
Slides (PDF: 6.6MB)
Monday, 11:00
Dec 22, 2008
Junjie Zhu , State University of New York, Stony Brook
Precision Electroweak Measurements at D0
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 0MB);
Slides (PDF: 0MB)
Thursday, 14:30
Nov 20, 2008
Christophe Royon , Saclay
The ATLAS Forward Physics Project
Abstract;
Slides (PDF: 16MB)
Thursday, 11:00
Nov 20, 2008
Yannis Semertzidis , BNL
Proton and deuteron EDM experiment at BNL
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 4MB);
Slides (PDF: 2MB)
Thursday, 15:00
Nov 13, 2008
Masa Yamauchi , KEK/Belle
Future B Physics Program at KEK
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 39MB);
Slides (PDF: 14MB)
Thursday, 15:00
Oct 9, 2008
Stephen Bailey , LPNHE-Paris, France
Using Nearby Supernovae for Cosmology
Abstract;
Slides (PDF: 9.0MB)
Thursday, 15:00
Oct 2, 2008
Ioannis Giomataris , CEA-Saclay
Novel Detectors and their impact on New Physics
Abstract;
Slides (PPT: 21MB);
Slides (PDF: 23MB)
Wednesday, 11:00
Oct 1, 2008
Veronique Ziegler , SLAC
Observation of the Bottomonium Ground State, eta_b(1S), in the Decay Y(3S) --> gamma eta_b
Abstract;
Slides (PDF: 3.2MB)