| Date | Discussion Leader | Topic / Paper(s) |
| September 4 | B. Muccioli | An r-Process Kilonova
Associated with the Short-Hard GRB 130603B,
E. Berger, W. Fong and R. Chornock Faculty adviser: Prakash |
| September 11 | Cody Parker | Discussion of questions from the previous week. |
| September 18 | Sushil Dhakal | How stable is the photon?
J. Heeck, PRL 111, 021801 (2013) Faculty adviser: J. Roche |
| September 25 | Constantinos Constantinou | Discussion of questions from the previous week. |
| October 2 | Linda Hlophe | Halo Nucleus
11Be: A Spectroscopic Study via Neutron Transfer,
K.T. Schmitt Faculty adviser: Carl Brune |
| October 9 | Shamin Akthar | Discussion of questions from the previous week. |
| October 16 | Norman Israel | Higgs Seesaw
Mechanism as a Source for Dark Energy
L.M. Krauss and J.B. Dent, PRL 111.061802 Faculty adviser: Daniel Phillips |
| October 23 | Arbin Thapaliya | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| October 30 | Nick Compton |
Observation of a Charged Charmoniumlike Structure in
e+e-→π+π-
J/ψ at √s=4.26 GeV
, M. Ablikim et al. (BESIII Collaboration),
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 252001 (2013). See suplementary information below. Faculty adviser: Ken Hicks |
| November 6 | Mongi Dlamini | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| November 13 | Anthony Paul Ramirez | Structure
of Matter Nuclear Saturation Density, D.G. Ravenhall, C.J. Pethick, J.R. Wilson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 50, 2066–2069 (1983) Faculty adviser: Prakash |
| November 20 | Bijaya Acharya | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| December 4 | Arbin Thapaliya | 2013 Physics Nobel Prize: F. Englert and P. Higgs Advanced Information, Popular Science background Faculty adviser: Paul King |