| Date | Discussion Leader | Topic / Paper(s) |
| March 28 | A. Ramirez | Table top acceleration Beams to order from table-top accelerators, Berkeley Lab News Release, 08/22/2011. Also see the associated SLAC Symmetry Magazine feature. Additional Material: Applications for nuclear phenomena generated by ultra-intense lasers, Science 300, 1107 (2003). Faculty adviser: J. Frantz |
| April 4 | S. Akhtar | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| April 11 | C. Parker | Endpoint of rp-process Endpoint of the rp process on accreting neutron stars, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3471, (2001). Faculty adviser: C. Brune |
| April 18 | Y. Byun | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| April 25 | L. Hlophe | Hypernuclei Shell-model calculations for p-shell hypernuclei, Nucl. Phys. A (in press) Faculty adviser: Prakash |
| May 2 | S. Dhakal | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| May 9 | N. Riveli | Two-neutron transfer Measurement of the two-halo neutron transfer reaction 1H(11Li,9Li)3H at 3A MeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 192502 (2008). Faculty adviser: A. Schiller |
| May 16 | A. Orazbayev | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| May 23 | A. Thapaliya | CP violation in D0 decay Evidence for CP violation in time-integrated D0 → h-h+ decay rates, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 111602 (2012). Also see the associated Viewpoint. Faculty adviser: J. Roche |
| May 30 | B. Xia | Discussion of questions from previous week. |