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Current Events |
2009: A Triple Crown Year for TRIUMF |
21 December 2009 |
The TRIUMF community gathered together on December 14 to celebrate three major milestones: 40 years of success, 35 years of the Cyclotron, and 10 years of rare-isotope beams. |
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Current Events |
Dr. Vogt Delivers His Last Physics Lecture |
17 December 2009 |
After 45 years of teaching first year Physics at the UBC, Dr. Erich Vogt delivered his final lecture to his last class of Physics 107 students. Many of his colleagues and past students were also in attendance. |
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Current Events |
Glen Stinson (1939-2009): Nuclear Physics Pioneer |
15 December 2009 |
On December 11, 2009 Glen Stinson of Edmonton died peacefully at the age of 69 years. He was instrumental in the early years of TRIUMF and will be missed. |
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Current Events |
Inaugural TRIUMF "Alumni" Gathering |
15 December 2009 |
Past employees and associates of TRIUMF gathered this past Sunday for the inauguration of the TRIUMF Alumni and Retirees Association. People trekked through falling snow to recollect --- and reflect. |
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Experimental Result |
Magnetic Properties Probed in Zero Magnetic Field |
15 December 2009 |
Experimenters at TRIUMF made progress towards measuring ground state moments of lithium-11 and in the process tested a new technique to probe magnetic properties in a zero magnetic field. |
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Research Highlights |
World-Record Energy Collisions Achieved at LHC |
09 December 2009 |
Canadian scientists who helped design, build, and commission the LHC and ATLAS detector are celebrating record-breaking reactions, made possible by the LHC achieving energies never before reached by man. |
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Current Events |
Promoting Accelerator Science Across Canada |
08 December 2009 |
Last month, Dr. Lia Merminga was invited to participate in a series of colloquia at York University and U of T where she presented on the state of accelerator science in Canada. |
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Awards & Honours |
Three TRIUMF Researchers Receive Top U.S. Honours |
30 November 2009 |
Two of TRIUMF's accelerator physicists, Robert E. Laxdal and Richard A. Baartman, and a leading nuclear-physics collaborator from the University of Manitoba, Shelley Page, have been elected to Fellowship in the American Physical Society. |
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Current Events |
Pioneer of TRIUMF Passes Away |
25 November 2009 |
It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Dr. Edward Auld, an original member of the TRIUMF Design Study team and designer of the TRIUMF cyclotron magnet. |
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Experimental Result |
T2K Experiment Produces & Detects Neutrinos |
25 November 2009 |
As CERN's Large Hadron Collider springs back into action in Europe, success and celebration in particle physics are also being fueled by developments in Asia. |
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