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Workshops & Conferences |
Workshop on Ultra Cold Neutrons Attracts International Experts |
21 September 2007 |
Many years after the last neutrons from the TRIUMF 4C neutron beam passed down the collimator, scientists are considering bringing back neutrons to the Proton Hall, albeit some fifteen orders of magnitude lower in energy. |
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Experimental Result |
MDA Tests Space Shuttle Components at TRIUMF |
12 September 2007 |
Electronics for the “Keep Alive Umbilical System” were recently tested by MDA (MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates) engineers Rod Dixon and Zaeem Mohammed using the TRIUMF Proton Irradiation Facility. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
CHEP Conference Attracts Close to 500 Delegates |
12 September 2007 |
The CHEP Conference provided an international forum for delegates to exchange information on their computing experiences and to review recent, ongoing, and future activities for their community. |
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Current Events |
The Feast of Fields |
11 September 2007 |
This past Sunday, September 9th, the TRIUMF parking lot was more heavily used than is normal for a weekend due to the sold-out Feast of Fields event held a short distance down the road. |
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Experimental Result |
TITAN's 1st Experiment Takes Precision Mass of On-line Lithium Ions |
05 September 2007 |
On the weekend of August 24 – 26, 2007, physicists on the TITAN experiment (S1074) took the first Penning trap mass measurements of radioactive lithium isotopes -- the lightest on-line produced ions ever trapped. |
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Experimental Result |
First Tracks from TACTIC |
05 September 2007 |
TACTIC (TRIUMF Annular Chamber for Tracking and Identification of Charged Particles) is a cylindrical time projection chamber for the detection of low-energy ions ejected from nuclear reactions built by a collaboration between the University of York and TRIUMF. |
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Current Events |
Dr. Marco Schippers Strengthens Collaboration Between TRIUMF and PSI |
04 September 2007 |
TRIUMF and PSI (Paul Scherrer Institute) — the Swiss research institute for natural and engineering sciences — share a long history of collaboration for the design, construction and exploitation of their large high intensity cyclotrons. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
TRIUMF Hosts Symposium on High Energy Spin Physics |
22 August 2007 |
For the 4 days of July 29 through August 2, 2007, TRIUMF hosted the Sixth Circum-Pan-Pacific Symposium on High Energy Spin Physics (PACSPIN). |
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Current Events |
UBC’s President Toope Visits TRIUMF |
21 August 2007 |
President Toope, a lawyer by profession, is interested in the sciences and in strengthening the ties between TRIUMF and UBC. |
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Experimental Result |
Mount Allison Group Studies Green Chemistry at TRIUMF |
14 August 2007 |
The focus of the Mount Allison University muon chemistry group, led by Dr. Khashayar Ghandi, is the study of green chemistry, and chemical dynamics using muons as microscopic probes. |
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