| Date | Discussion Leader | Topic / Paper(s) |
| 26 August | J. Roche | Organizational Meeting |
| 2 September | R. Giri |
Spectroscopy of geoneutrinos from 2056 days of Borexino data,
M. Agostini et al. (Borexino Collaboration) Phys. Rev. D 92, 031101 Faculty Advisor: Dr. Brune |
| 9 September | L. Hlophe | Discussion of questions from the previous week. |
| 16 September | M. Dlamini | Observation of J/Ψp Resonances Consistent with Pentaquark States
in Λ0b→J/ΨK-p Decays
,
R. Aaij et al. (LHCb Collaboration) Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 072001 Also read this article by our own Prof. Hicks. Faculty Advisor: Dr Prakash |
| 23 September | A. Thapaliya | Discussion of questions from the previous week. |
| 30 September | S. Paneru | Underground study of the 17O(p, γ)18F reaction relevant for explosive hydrogen burning
,
A. Di Leva et al. (LUNA Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. C 89, 015803 Note that this paper is followed by an erratum Faculty Advisor: Dr Elster |
| 7 October | A. Al Mamun | Discussion of questions from the previous week. |
| 14 October | A. Pun | Measurement of interaction between antiprotons
,
STAR collaboration Submitted to Nature Faculty Advisor: Dr. Roche |
| 21 October | B. Muccioli | Discussion of questions from the previous week. |
| 28 October | No talk | APS DNP meeting |
| 4 November | B. Karki | Search for dark photons from neutral meson
decays in p+p and d+Au collisions at √ sNN=200 GeV
,
A. Adare et al. (PHENIX Collaboration) Phys. Rev. C 91, 031901(R) Faculty Advisor: Dr Phillips |
| 11 November | No talk | Veterans Day holiday |
| 18 November | S. Lalit | Discussion of questions from the previous week. |
| 25 November | No talk | Thanksgiving holiday break |
| 2 December | N. Alanazi | 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics, "for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass" Laureates: Takaaki Kajita & Arthur B. McDonald Scientific Background Information for Public Press release Faculty Advisor: Dr. King |