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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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Current Events |
LHC Colliding Beams After Decade of Preparation |
24 November 2009 |
In three days, the world's largest particle accelerator, CERN's Large Hadron Collider, passed two major milestones, successful restart and circulation & collision of two beams. |
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Current Events |
Saturday Morning Lectures Attract Record Crowds |
20 November 2009 |
On Saturday, November 14, over 135 students and community members came out to listen to this month's presentations at the TRIUMF, UBC, SFU Saturday Morning Lecture Series. |
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