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Experimental Result |
First Signals from TACTIC |
27 July 2007 |
TACTIC is a cylindrical time projection chamber for the detection of low-energy ions ejected from nuclear reactions. |
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Current Events |
ATLAS Canada Elects Rob McPherson as New Spokesperson |
26 July 2007 |
The ATLAS Canada collaboration has elected Professor Robert A. McPherson (University of Victoria) as their new spokesperson. |
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Experimental Result |
Experiment Shows Large Sub-barrier Fusion Enhancement |
26 July 2007 |
A group from Oregon State University (Loveland, Vinodkumar, Sprunger, Prisbrey and Neeway) and the University of Notre Dame (Kolata, Roberts, and Spencer) ran subatomic experiment S1126 at TRIUMF from July 11th to the 24th, attempting to measure the fusion excitation function for the 9Li + 208Pb reaction. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
TRIUMF Hosts Qweak Collaboration Meeting |
26 July 2007 |
Some 34 members of the Qweak collaboration from all over North America, including Canadian members from TRIUMF, the University of Northern British Columbia, the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg, met at TRIUMF from July 23rd to the 25th. |
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Current Events |
L‘Université de Montréal Joins the TRIUMF Joint Venture |
18 May 2007 |
At the December 1, 2006 meeting of the TRIUMF Board of Management the Board voted unanimously to admit L'Université de Montréal as a Full Member of the TRIUMF Joint Venture. |
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Current Events |
New TRIUMF Director profiled in his Alma Mater newspaper |
12 April 2007 |
Nigel Lockyer (BSc '75) enjoyed his summer job at Ontario's ministry of industry and tourism when he was a student in York's Faculty of Science and Engineering - in fact, he was targeted by his bosses for a career as a senior provincial bureaucrat and considered pursuing an MBA after he graduated. |
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Research Highlights |
ISAC-II Delivers its first Radioactive Beam to an Experiment. |
10 January 2007 |
A major milestone at TRIUMF was passed Friday January 5, 2007 at 7:09pm when the first radioactive beam, 11Li was delivered from the ISAC-II accelerator by TRIUMF scientist Robert Laxdal, who has led the ISAC-II development from its inception. |
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Current Events |
Next Director of TRIUMF Announced |
04 December 2006 |
Following the December 1st meeting of the TRIUMF Board of Management, Dr. Feridun Hamdullahpur, Board Chair, made the following announcement: |
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Awards & Honours |
TRIUMF and Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Celebrate Receipt of John C. Polanyi Prize |
15 November 2006 |
The winners of the inaugural $250,000 NSERC John C. Polanyi Award are the Canadian scientists of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) collaboration, who are being honoured for their groundbreaking research on neutrinos which solved a 30-year-old scientific puzzle. |
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Awards & Honours |
Erich Vogt Receives Order of British Columbia |
20 July 2006 |
Congratulations to Dr. Erich Vogt on receiving the Order of British Columbia at a ceremony at Government House on June 22, 2006. |
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