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Experimental Result |
MDA Tests Space Shuttle Components at TRIUMF |
12 September 2007 |
Electronics for the “Keep Alive Umbilical System” were recently tested by MDA (MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates) engineers Rod Dixon and Zaeem Mohammed using the TRIUMF Proton Irradiation Facility. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
CHEP Conference Attracts Close to 500 Delegates |
12 September 2007 |
The CHEP Conference provided an international forum for delegates to exchange information on their computing experiences and to review recent, ongoing, and future activities for their community. |
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Current Events |
The Feast of Fields |
11 September 2007 |
This past Sunday, September 9th, the TRIUMF parking lot was more heavily used than is normal for a weekend due to the sold-out Feast of Fields event held a short distance down the road. |
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Experimental Result |
TITAN's 1st Experiment Takes Precision Mass of On-line Lithium Ions |
05 September 2007 |
On the weekend of August 24 – 26, 2007, physicists on the TITAN experiment (S1074) took the first Penning trap mass measurements of radioactive lithium isotopes -- the lightest on-line produced ions ever trapped. |
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Experimental Result |
First Tracks from TACTIC |
05 September 2007 |
TACTIC (TRIUMF Annular Chamber for Tracking and Identification of Charged Particles) is a cylindrical time projection chamber for the detection of low-energy ions ejected from nuclear reactions built by a collaboration between the University of York and TRIUMF. |
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Current Events |
Dr. Marco Schippers Strengthens Collaboration Between TRIUMF and PSI |
04 September 2007 |
TRIUMF and PSI (Paul Scherrer Institute) — the Swiss research institute for natural and engineering sciences — share a long history of collaboration for the design, construction and exploitation of their large high intensity cyclotrons. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
TRIUMF Hosts Symposium on High Energy Spin Physics |
22 August 2007 |
For the 4 days of July 29 through August 2, 2007, TRIUMF hosted the Sixth Circum-Pan-Pacific Symposium on High Energy Spin Physics (PACSPIN). |
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Current Events |
UBC’s President Toope Visits TRIUMF |
21 August 2007 |
President Toope, a lawyer by profession, is interested in the sciences and in strengthening the ties between TRIUMF and UBC. |
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Experimental Result |
Mount Allison Group Studies Green Chemistry at TRIUMF |
14 August 2007 |
The focus of the Mount Allison University muon chemistry group, led by Dr. Khashayar Ghandi, is the study of green chemistry, and chemical dynamics using muons as microscopic probes. |
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Awards & Honours |
Two BC High-School Students Selected to Receive TRIUMF High-School Fellowships |
14 August 2007 |
British Columbia - Two British Columbia grade 12 students have been selected to participate in the TRIUMF High School Fellowship program for science excellence. |
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