Leaders from four of Canada’s big science facilities joined together at Canadian Science Policy Conference in Halifax today to discuss how large research infrastructure provides significant societal and economic benefit to Canada.
In a private ceremony yesterday, Dr. Emanuele Fiore, Scientific Attaché
of the Embassy of Italy, was presented with TRIUMF’s inaugural Patron of
Science award. The award recognizes
selfless and meritorious contributions of an individual outside the
organization.
Robert McPherson of the University of
Victoria Physics and Astronomy and Institute of Particle Physics has been
selected as the Deputy Spokesperson of the ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large
Hadron Collider. The ATLAS
Collaboration Board elected McPherson at its meeting in Geneva on October 10,
2014.
The ATLAS collaboration has released the
final measurement of the Higgs boson coupling to W bosons using data from the
first run of the Large Hadron Collider. The newly optimized analysis studies the Higgs boson in two
production modes.
TRIUMF’s newly constructed e-linac produced its first particle beam at an
initial energy of 23 MeV. The cutting-edge accelerator technology was
designed and built in cooperation with institutions and industry across
the country.
The campaign to demonstrate 10 MV/m
accelerating gradient in the SRF
cavities of
the e-linac injector and accelerator cryomodules achieved
two critically important milestones, each meeting or exceeding design specification!
The Honourable Ed Holder,
Minister of State for Science and Technology, announced Dr. Gilles Gerbier
as the new Canada Excellence Research Chair in particle astrophysics at Queen’s
University, a TRIUMF member institution.
With astonishing speed, the
E-Linac beam line was installed in the ARIEL tunnel. A key synergy between three offices on site, the Design Office, the Machine Shop, and the
Beam Lines Group, resulted in a precise, accurate, and speedy installation.
His Excellency Rafael Barak, Israel’s
Ambassador to Canada, visited TRIUMF to foster
cooperation and derive benefit from the rich history of peaceful collaboration
between Israel and TRIUMF.
