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Experimental Result |
Magnetic Properties Probed in Zero Magnetic Field |
15 December 2009 |
Experimenters at TRIUMF made progress towards measuring ground state moments of lithium-11 and in the process tested a new technique to probe magnetic properties in a zero magnetic field. |
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Awards & Honours |
Three TRIUMF Researchers Receive Top U.S. Honours |
30 November 2009 |
Two of TRIUMF's accelerator physicists, Robert E. Laxdal and Richard A. Baartman, and a leading nuclear-physics collaborator from the University of Manitoba, Shelley Page, have been elected to Fellowship in the American Physical Society. |
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Experimental Result |
T2K Experiment Produces & Detects Neutrinos |
25 November 2009 |
As CERN's Large Hadron Collider springs back into action in Europe, success and celebration in particle physics are also being fueled by developments in Asia. |
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Student Stories |
New Accelerator Physics Course for Grad Students |
17 November 2009 |
Physics graduate students will soon have the opportunity to partake in a new course on proton and ion accelerators offered at UBC and UVic in collaboration with TRIUMF. |
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Awards & Honours |
Dr. Gingras Awarded the '09 CAP Brockhouse Medal |
10 November 2009 |
Dr. Michel Gingras, who spent some of his formative years at TRIUMF as a research associate in the Theory Group, has been awarded the 2009 Canadian Association of Physicists Brockhouse Medal. |
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Awards & Honours |
New Award for Outstanding Canadian Physics Teachers |
06 November 2009 |
The Canadian Association of Physicists recently announced a new Award for Excellence in Teaching High School and CEGEP Physics in collaboration with TRIUMF, Perimeter Institute, Merlan Scientific, Nelson Education, and Vernier. |
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Awards & Honours |
Student Award Created in Memory of Lutz Moritz |
30 October 2009 |
This summer the Accelerator Section of the Health Physics Society established an award in memory of Lutz Moritz recognizing his support for the section and his contributions to the field of accelerator health physics. |
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Awards & Honours |
Inaugural Competition for Otto Häusser Fellowship |
26 October 2009 |
TRIUMF is pleased to announce the establishment of the Otto Häusser Postdoctoral Fellowship, a two year appointment with the aim of recognizing the achievements of outstanding recent Ph.D. recipients. |
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Experimental Result |
Investigating the Structure of Exotic Nuclei Sodium-26 |
20 October 2009 |
The new SHARC-TIGRESS detector system has enabled experimenters to clearly observe the transfer reactions of sodium-26 giving new insight into the change in shell structure of this neutron- rich isotope. |
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Awards & Honours |
Former VECC Director Awarded Prestigious Chair |
16 October 2009 |
Eminent nuclear physicist Bikash Sinha has been awarded the prestigious Dr. Homi J. Bhabha Chair Professorship at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. |
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