| Date | Discussion Leader | Topic / Paper(s) | |
| January 22 | Bijaya Acharya |
First measurements of electroweak boson fusion,
Cern Courier, Feb 20, 2013. Supplementary reading:
Measurement of the hadronic activity in events with a Z and two jets and
extraction of the cross section for the electroweak production of a Z with
two jets in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV,
CMS Collaboration, JHEP 10 (2013) 62;
archive preprint:1305.7389. Faculty advisor: K. Hicks | |
| January 29 | Anthony Ramirez | Discussion of questions from the previous week. | |
| February 5 | Shamim Akhtar |
Bright Laser-Driven Neutron Source Based on the Relativistic Transparency of Solids
M. Roth et al., PRL 110, 044802 (2013). Faculty advisor: C. Brune | |
| February 12 | Brian Muccioli | Discussion of questions from the previous week. | |
| February 19 | Arbin Thapaliya |
Reflections on the Fate of Spacetime
E. Witten, Physics Today, April 1996, p. 24-30. Faculty advisor: M. Prakash | |
| February 26 | Bing Xia | Discussion of questions from the previous week. | |
| March 12 | Cody Parker |
Dosimetry for gadolinium neutron capture therapy
Radiation Measurments 59, 233-240 (2013). Faculty advisor: H. Crawford | |
| March 19 | Andrea Richard | Discussion of questions from the previous week. | |
| March 26 | Nowo Riveli |
Good fortune from a broken mirror
Physics 2, 68 (2009). Supplementary reading:
Observation of a Large Atomic Parity Violation in Yb, Faculty advisor: Daniel Phillips | |
| April 2 | Nick Compton | Discussion of questions from the previous week. | |
| April 9 | Tyler Danley |
Strong Flux of Low-Energy Neutrons Produced by Thunderstorms
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 125001 (2012). Supplementary reading:
Neutron Bursts in Lab Lightning, Faculty advisor: C. Brune | |
| April 16 | Sushil Dhakal | Discussion of questions from the previous week. |