Several members of TRIUMF's Theory Group attended the Vancouver-area Cosmology Meeting on Friday January 17, 2014 to share ideas and discuss new research developments.
On
January 8, 2014, the Honourable Greg Rickford, Minister of State for Science
and Technology toured TRIUMF to see examples of basic research,
technology, and applications to industry and health care.
UBC's Professor Colin Gay has been named as chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy for a 5.5 year term; Colin chairs TRIUMF's PPAC committee.
A team of researchers from Cisco Systems, Inc. visited TRIUMF
to conduct tests at the newly upgraded beam line of the proton and
neutron irradiation facility. Cisco made investments with coordination through AAPS Inc.
Three critical developments in the ARIEL project have been completed. The e-gun, the first cavity and the cold box are all ready thereby keeping the e-linac on track for completion by the end of next year.
TRIUMF congratulates Dr. Michael Roney from the University of Victoria, a leader of the BaBar collaboration, on his appointment as director of the Institute of Particle Physics.
The laser spectroscopy group had its
latest paper accepted into PRL. Francium isotopes are explored and a new experimental
technique developed, paving the way for this
recent success.
As part of the “Unveiling the Universe” lecture series, Dr. Paul Schaffer delivered a captivating talk on the science
behind medical isotope production, how those isotopes are used today, and how
they could be used in the future.
Theoretical
physicist Dr. Petr Navratil is part of an international team set to receive an
INCITE award, affording them crucial supercomputing resources for ab initio calculations of light nuclei
reactions.