JEFFERSON LAB SEARCH
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Kicking the Tires
September 12, 2008On Thursday, we heard a colloquium presentation from Barry Barish of Caltech, who leads the global efforts on the International Linear Collider. This, if built, would justifiably warrant the description "Mega-project." Barry’s presentation impressed many.
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Exploring the Nature of Matter
November 3, 2008If you look at the header on a letter sent by any of us at Jefferson Laboratory, you will find the words, “ Exploring the nature of matter.” And you might ask, what do they mean?
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Final Exam
November 30, 2008In the contract between Jefferson Science Associates and the Department of Energy, there are a number of aspects of the performance of the laboratory that are designated as part of our Performance Evaluation and Measurement Program, PEMP for short.
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The National Laboratories - Great attractors
January 13, 2009This past week, the importance of Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and the 16 other U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories was the subject of discussion.
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Future Physics
March 5, 2009In late January, we held a meeting of our Physics Advisory Committee, PAC34 to be precise.
We had two primary goals for the PAC, one related to the currently operating program, the other related to future physics after completion of the 12 GeV Upgrade Project.
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Plans are nothing ... Planning is everything
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Phase Change
June 16, 2009Phase change is a phrase used in physics to indicate a change of the state of matter. For example, some materials can be in the solid, liquid or gaseous phases. Water can be ice liquid water, or steam. Chemically, it is essentially the same entity, but looks, feels and behaves quite differently.
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