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Texas A&M Physicist David Toback Elected to Third Term as CDF Co-Spokesperson
BATAVIA, IL — Texas A&M University physicist Dr. David Toback has been elected to his third consecutive two-year term as co-spokesperson for the CDF collaboration at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), effective June 1, 2018. Toback, a high-energy physics expert and veteran researcher in several related international collaborations, joined the […]
Physics and Engineering Festival Set for April 7th
The 2018 Physics and Engineering Festival is back and better than ever! This free, family-friendly event kicks o Friday, April 6th with “The Physics of Cooking” and will continue on Saturday, April 7th, all day. There will be numerous hands-on exhibits and demonstrations, as well as lectures from Astronauts, and even an exhilarating Science Circus. […]
Physics of Cooking, Featuring Harvard Professor, to Take Place April 6th
On Friday, April 6, Harvard University physicist Dr. David A. Weitz will team up with local celebrity chefs Tai Lee ’02 (Chef Tai’s Restaurant Group) and Mitch Siegert (Truman Chocolates) for a free public lecture, Physics of Cooking, set for 7 p.m. in the second-floor primary lecture hall of the Mitchell Physics Building. Tickets are […]
Spring 2018 Mechanics Scholars
The top spring 2018 Mechanics Scholars: (from left) John D. Killough (2nd), Faith A. Leskowitz (1st), Jinwoo Jeong (3rd) and professor/organizer Dr. David Toback.
Two Texas A&M Researchers Receive CMS Achievement Awards
At the February CMS Collaboration meeting in Geneva, two Texas A&M researchers, graduate student Sven Dildick and postdoctoral fellow Luca Pernie, have received CMS Achievement Awards. The awards are conferred annually to the members of the CMS experiment for their outstanding contributions to the collaboration and the experiment. Sven Dildick has been recognized for his […]
Dark Energy Survey Publicly Releases First Three Years of Data
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University astronomers are among hundreds of Dark Energy Survey (DES) scientists globally celebrating today’s public release of the survey’s first three years of data. The first major release of DES data, announced Wednesday (Jan. 10) at a special session held during the American Astronomical Society 231st Meeting in Washington, […]
Which Way Did It Go? A View From The Top
Recently, the CDF and DZero collaborations completed an intense effort to combine their asymmetry measurements, carefully taking into account the statistical relationships among them. In addition to producing more precise results, they were able to reconcile the differences among the measurements as well as with updated theoretical predictions. The final set of asymmetry results was […]
Texas A&M Astronomer to Help Test Capabilities of Telescope His Faculty Chairs Namesake Helped Build
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University physics graduate Ralph Schilling ’68 has seen and done a lot of cool and cosmic things during his 34-year career spent creating and constructing space systems. For starters, his technical handiwork included contributions to two of NASA’s Great Observatories. As a science co-investigator for NASA’s High Energy Astronomy […]
Suntzeff Named Regents Professor of Observational Astronomy
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Nicholas B. Suntzeff, university distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been designated a Regents Professor for 2016-17 by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. Suntzeff, an observational astronomer and a 2017 American Physical Society Fellow, is one of 12 A&M System faculty members who […]
Suntzeff Elected as American Physical Society Fellow
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Nicholas B. Suntzeff, university distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been elected as a 2017 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the world’s largest organization of physicists. No more than one-half of 1 percent of the organization’s current membership is selected by their peers […]
Texas A&M Astronomer Jennifer Marshall Witnesses Cosmic History in Chile
COLLEGE STATION — EDITOR’S NOTE: Texas A&M University’s Dr. Jennifer Marshall, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, will be presenting a colloquium Tuesday (Oct. 17) on this result from the perspective of both the Dark Energy Survey, in which Texas A&M is an institutional partner, and general astronomy. Marshall’s talk, which will be live streamed […]
Texas A&M Astronomers Play Key Collaborative Roles in Neutron Star Collision Imaging and Analyses
COLLEGE STATION — About 130 million years ago in the galaxy NGC 4993, a pair of neutron stars collided as a result of the slow but inexorable decay of their orbits, as predicted by Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity. The cosmic collision of these objects, similar to the Sun in mass but with […]
College of Science Honors 2017 Award Winners
COLLEGE STATION — Thirteen faculty, staff and students within the Texas A&M University College of Science were recognized for recent outstanding accomplishments by Dean Meigan Aronson at the college’s annual Faculty-Staff Meeting and Awards Presentation Wednesday (Sept. 20). The ceremony, which honors college award recipients and serves as a forum for new faculty and […]
Texas A&M Physicist Rupak Mahapatra Earns DOE Grant for Detector Research
COLLEGE STATION — For more than a decade, Texas A&M University high energy physicist Rupak Mahapatra has been making the devices that make detection of the particles believed to be behind dark matter and therefore nearly a quarter of the universe possible. Mahapatra has been instrumental in positioning the international Super Cryogenic Dark Matter […]
Dark Energy Survey Reveals Most Accurate Measurement of Dark Matter Structure in the Universe
BATAVIA, ILLINOIS — Dark Energy Survey (DES) scientists, including astronomers at Texas A&M University, are celebrating the release of the most accurate measurement to date of the present large-scale structure of the universe. DES scientists unveiled their most recent findings in a presentation today (August 3) at the American Physical Society Division of Particles and […]
Fermilab CDF Collaboration Publishes 700th Paper
COLLEGE STATION — When Texas A&M University physicist David Toback was elected three years ago as co-spokesperson for the CDF collaboration at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), he had one primary goal: to help the group’s 400-person active author list publish the collaboration’s important legacy papers and final results. […]
Astronomers Discover Planet Hotter Than Most Stars Where a “Year” Lasts 1.5 Days
AUSTIN — EDITOR’S NOTE: Prior to coming to Texas A&M University in 2008, Darren DePoy spent 18 years at The Ohio State University, building both the astronomy program along with an international reputation for excellence in astronomical instrumentation. Together with fellow Texas A&M astronomer Jennifer Marshall, he built the first KELT system used in […]