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FeatureA scientist’s report on the earthquake and KEK’s accelerator test facilityThe earthquake takes its toll on one of KEK's hallmark experiments
A huge 9.0-magnitude earthquake descended on us at about 14:46 on 11 March 2011 Japan standard time. The ATF (accelerator test facility) was operating for ATF2 beam-tuning and we were going to have a background study for the interaction point beam size monitor.
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FeatureKEK earthquake reportKEK employees survey the damage to their laboratory after enduring the biggest earthquake in Japan's history
As many people in the world already know, Japan is currently dealing with its worst disaster: Japan's biggest earthquake on record and the fourth largest in history. Thousands of lives have been lost. Tens of thousands people are forced to evacuate and live without basic necessities. Hundreds of thousands are still missing.
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First-ever US physics slam to be held in Eugene, OregonSix entertaining physicists will each explain a topic in particle physics in under 12 minutes. An audience vote decides the winner.At this year’s ALCPG conference, the University of Oregon will host the first-ever physics slam held in the United States. Six ILC scientists become slammers for one night. Each has only 12 minutes to explain a topic in particle physics to the residents of Eugene, Oregon. The audience votes for the clearest, most entertaining particle physics slam of the evening. Come join the fun if you can! The event is free and open to the public. Visit the event page for more information. |
In the News
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From symmetry breaking15 MarchFor the first time, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have spotted single top quark production.
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From Fermilab Today14 MarchThe CDF and DZero experiments at Fermilab have reached new ground in their quest to find the Higgs boson, a key member of the particle zoo known as the Standard Model.
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From physicsworld.com14 MarchPhysicists in Japan are assessing the state of the country’s research facilities in the aftermath of Friday’s major earthquake and tsunami. …As the clean-up begins, scientists are now beginning to evaluate how much damage has been caused to the country’s research infrastructure and facilities.
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From Reuters14 MarchCERN scientists said Monday they staged their first speed-of-light particle collisions of the year at the weekend, resuming their probes into the origins of the cosmos in the centre’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
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From The Guardian12 March 2011Two major particle physics labs are a couple of hundred kilometres south of Sendai. The earthquake struck just before a seminar to announce the first T2K neutrino results.
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