Nuclear Lunch -- Fall 2016

This is an archive of the Fall 2016 topics; the schedule for the current semester is located here.

Schedule

Date	Discussion Leader	Topic / Paper(s)
24 August	Carl Brune	Organizational Meeting
31 August	Mongi Dlamini	Searches for Sterile Neutrinos with the IceCube Detector, M. G. Aartsen et al. (IceCube Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 0171801 (2016). See also Viewpoint: Hunting the Sterile Neutrino. Faculty Advisor: Prakash
7 September	Taya Chetry	Discussion of questions from the previous week.
14 September	Bishnu Karki	Experimental Neutron Capture Rate Constraint Far from Stability, S.N. Liddick et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 242502 (2016). See also Synopsis: Neutron Capture Constraints. Faculty Advisor: Zach Meisel
21 September	Andrea Richard	Discussion of questions from the previous week.
28 September	Kristyn Brandenburg	Light Particle Solution to the Cosmic Lithium Problem, Andreas Goudelis, Maxim Pospelov, and Josef Pradler, Phys. Rev. Lett 116, 211303 (2016). See also Synopsis: Lightweight Particles Might Explain Missing Lithium. Faculty Advisor: Carl Brune
5 October	Nadyah Alanazi	Discussion of questions from the previous week.
12 October	Abinash Pun	Observation of Anomalous Internal Pair Creation in ⁸Be: A Possible Indication of a Light, Neutral Boson, A. J. Krasznahorkay et al., Phys. Rev. Lett 116, 042501 (2016). Faculty Advisor: Daniel Phillips
19 October	Sudhanva Lalit	Discussion of questions from the previous week.
26 October	Som Paneru	Evidence of Strong Proton Shape Fluctuations from Incoherent Diffraction, Heikki Mäntysaari and Björn Schenke, Phys. Rev. Lett 117, 052301 (2016). See also Viewpoint: Of Gluons and Fireflies. Faculty Advisor: Justin Frantz
2 November	Tyler Danley	Discussion of questions from the previous week.
9 November	Doug Soltesz	Laser spectroscopy of muonic deuterium, Randolf Pohl et al., Science Vol. 353, Issue 6300, pp. 669-673 (2016). Faculty Advisor: Julie Roche
16 November	Nick Compton	Discussion of questions from the previous week.
23 November	No talk	Thanksgiving Break
30 November	Rekam Giri	2016 Nobel Prize in Physics Video explanation. Faculty Advisor: Charlotte Elster

The lead coordinators for Nuclear lunch this semester were faculty members Carl Brune and Daniel Phillips. Other coordinators were Charlotte Elster, Justin Frantz, Paul King, Zach Meisel, Prakash, and Julie Roche.

Last updated January 9, 2017, by Carl Brune.