41st SLAC Summer Institute

US/Pacific
Redwood Room (ROB) (SLAC)

Redwood Room (ROB)

SLAC

Dong Su (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)), JoAnne Hewett (SLAC), Stefan Funk (SLAC), Thomas Rizzo (SLAC)
Description
The SLAC Summer Institute is an annual event held at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in July-August. The Institute is a two-week-long Summer School. Lectures are given Monday through Friday each morning. The afternoons contain a mixture of topical talks, discussion sessions, and tours. In the evenings, there are social activities and student poster sessions. The attendance is typically a mixture from graduate students to senior researchers. We have much knowledge about the universe around us, yet many mysteries remain. These questions are best pursued with a variety of approaches that are often characterized as exploration along the cosmic, energy, and intensity frontiers. The institute this year will focus on the theoretical motivations and experimental techniques that will enable exciting discoveries along these frontiers in the next generation of physics experiments. The institue will closely follow the 2013 "Snowmass" Community Summer Study and will serve as a means for young physicists to participate. Mornings will consist of lectures. Work on "Snowmass" related projects will take place in the afternoons, alternating with topical conference talks, discussion sessions, tours, and social events.
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    • 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
      Registration and Light Refreshments 30m ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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    • 9:00 AM 12:45 PM
      Lectures ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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      • 9:00 AM
        Broad Overview 1h
        Speaker: David Brian Macfarlane (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break 30m
      • 10:30 AM
        Energy Frontier Physics: The Big Questions (I) 1h
        Speaker: Michael Peskin (SLAC)
        Slides
      • 11:45 AM
        Accelerating Protons 1h
        Speaker: Steve Myers (CERN)
        Slides
    • 12:45 PM 2:45 PM
      Lunch 2h Harvest Cafe

      Harvest Cafe

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      on your own

    • 2:45 PM 5:45 PM
      Discussions & Project kick-off ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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      • 2:45 PM
        Q & A 1h 15m
      • 4:00 PM
        Afternoon Break 30m
      • 4:30 PM
        Project kick-off 1h 15m
    • 6:00 PM 7:30 PM
      Dinner 1h 30m Panofsky Breezeway

      Panofsky Breezeway

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      Pre-registration required

    • 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
      Light Refreshments 30m ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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    • 9:00 AM 12:45 PM
      Lectures ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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      • 9:00 AM
        Energy Frontier Physics: The Big Questions (II) 1h
        Speaker: Michael Peskin (SLAC)
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break 30m
      • 10:30 AM
        Exploring the Energy Frontier with Hadron Colliders (I) 1h
        Speaker: Gustaaf Brooijmans (Columbia University (US))
        Slides
      • 11:45 AM
        Instrumentation on the Energy Frontier (I) 1h
        Speaker: Dr Ronald Lipton (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
        Slides
    • 12:45 PM 2:45 PM
      Lunch 2h Harvest Cafe

      Harvest Cafe

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      on your own

    • 2:45 PM 5:55 PM
      Topical Conference I: Kavli Auditorium Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

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      • 2:45 PM
        Results from the Tevatron 30m
        Speaker: Reinhard Schwienhorst (Michigan State University (US))
        Slides
      • 3:15 PM
        Recent Results from ATLAS 45m
        Speaker: Jason Nielsen (University of California,Santa Cruz (US))
        Slides
      • 4:00 PM
        Afternoon Break 20m
      • 4:20 PM
        Recent Results from CMS 45m
        Speaker: Kevin Patrick Lannon (University of Notre Dame (US))
        Slides
    • 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
      Light Refreshments 30m ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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    • 9:00 AM 12:45 PM
      Lectures ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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      • 9:00 AM
        Exploring the Energy Frontier with Hadron Colliders (II) 1h
        Speaker: Gustaaf Brooijmans (Columbia University (US))
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break 30m
      • 10:30 AM
        Accelerating Electrons 1h
        Speaker: Nanette Phinney (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
        Slides
      • 11:30 AM
        Exploring the Energy Frontier with Lepton Colliders 1h
        Speaker: Prof. Hiroaki Aihara (University of Tokyo)
        Slides
    • 12:45 PM 2:45 PM
      Lunch 2h Harvest Cafe

      Harvest Cafe

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      on your own

    • 2:45 PM 5:45 PM
      Discussions & Projects ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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      • 2:45 PM
        Q & A 1h 15m
      • 4:00 PM
        Afternoon Break 30m
      • 4:30 PM
        Project working session 1h 15m
    • 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
      Light Refreshments 30m ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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    • 9:00 AM 12:45 PM
      Lectures ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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      • 9:00 AM
        Detector Instrumentation on the Energy Frontier (II) 1h
        Speaker: Dr Ronald Lipton (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break 30m
      • 10:30 AM
        Flavor Physics: The Big Questions (I) 1h
        Speaker: Zoltan Ligeti (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))
        Slides
      • 11:45 AM
        Hadron Facilities for Flavor Physics 1h
        Speaker: Marina Artuso (Syracuse University (US))
        Slides
    • 12:45 PM 2:45 PM
      Lunch 2h Harvest Cafe

      Harvest Cafe

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      on your own

    • 2:45 PM 5:35 PM
      Topical Conference II: Kavli Auditorium Redwood Room (ROB)

      Redwood Room (ROB)

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      • 2:45 PM
        Results from LHCb 30m
        Speaker: Eugeni Grauges Pous (University of Barcelona (ES))
        Slides
      • 3:15 PM
        Results from the B-factories 30m
        Speaker: Fabio Anulli (Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))
        Slides
      • 3:45 PM
        Afternoon Break 20m
      • 4:05 PM
        Results from T2K 30m
        Speaker: Silvestro Di Luise (Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Zuerich (CH))
        Slides
      • 4:35 PM
        Reactor Measurements of Theta_13 30m
        Speaker: Kazuhiro Terao (Columbia University)
        Slides
      • 5:05 PM
        Results from IceCube 30m
        Speaker: Chang Hyon Ha (LBNL)
        Slides
    • 6:00 PM 7:00 PM
      Poster Social 1h ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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    • 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
      Light Refreshments 30m ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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    • 9:00 AM 12:45 PM
      Lectures ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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      • 9:00 AM
        Project X 1h
        Speaker: Bob Tschirhart (FNAL)
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break 30m
      • 10:30 AM
        Flavor Physics: The Big Questions (II) 1h
        Speaker: Zoltan Ligeti (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))
        Slides
      • 11:45 AM
        Lepton Facilities for Flavor Physics 1h
        Speaker: Prof. Tom Browder (University of Hawaii)
        Slides
    • 12:45 PM 2:15 PM
      Lunch 1h 30m Harvest Cafe

      Harvest Cafe

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      on your own

    • 2:45 PM 5:45 PM
      Outreach: Kavli Auditorium Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

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      • 2:45 PM
        Scientific Education: K-12 30m Kavli Auditorium

        Kavli Auditorium

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        Speaker: Helen Quinn (SLAC)
        Slides
      • 3:15 PM
        How to Write about Science 30m Kavli Auditorium

        Kavli Auditorium

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        Speaker: Kelen Tuttle (SLAC)
        Slides
      • 3:45 PM
        Afternoon Break 30m Panofsky Breezeway (SLAC)

        Panofsky Breezeway

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      • 4:15 PM
        How to perform outreach for an experiment 30m Kavli Auditorium

        Kavli Auditorium

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        Speaker: Michael Barnett (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))
        Slides
      • 4:45 PM
        How to Produce a Scientific Documentary 30m Kavli Auditorium

        Kavli Auditorium

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        Speaker: Tony Lund (Revelations Entertainment)
    • 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
      Light Refreshments 30m ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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    • 9:00 AM 12:45 PM
      Lectures ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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      • 9:00 AM
        Neutrino Physics: The Big Questions (I) 1h
        Speaker: Alexander Friedland (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break 30m
      • 10:30 AM
        Neutrino Sources 1h
        Speaker: Sam Zeller (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 11:45 AM
        Neutrino Detectors 1h
        Speaker: Sam Zeller (Fermilab)
        Slides
    • 12:45 PM 2:45 PM
      Lunch 2h Harvest Cafe

      Harvest Cafe

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      on your own

    • 2:45 PM 5:45 PM
      Discussion & Projects ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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      • 2:45 PM
        Q & A 1h 15m
      • 4:00 PM
        Afternoon Break 30m
      • 4:30 PM
        Project working session 1h 15m
    • 6:00 PM 7:30 PM
      Dinner 1h 30m Panofsky Breezeway

      Panofsky Breezeway

      SLAC

      Pre-registration is required

    • 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
      Light Refreshments 30m ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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    • 9:00 AM 12:45 PM
      Lectures ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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      • 9:00 AM
        Neutrino Physics: The Big Questions (II) 1h
        Speaker: Alexander Friedland (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break 30m
      • 10:30 AM
        Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay 1h
        Speaker: Michelle Dolinski (Drexel University)
        Slides
      • 11:45 AM
        Cosmic Frontier Physics: The Big Questions (I) 1h
        Speaker: Marc Kamionkowski (Johns Hopkins University)
        Slides
    • 12:45 PM 2:45 PM
      Lunch 2h Harvest Cafe

      Harvest Cafe

      SLAC

      on your own

    • 2:45 PM 5:05 PM
      Topical Conference III: Kavli Auditorium Redwood Room (ROB)

      Redwood Room (ROB)

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      • 2:45 PM
        Results from Planck 30m
        Speaker: Marius Millea (UC Davis)
        Slides
      • 3:15 PM
        Results from Fermi 30m
        Speaker: Matthew Wood (SLAC)
        Slides
      • 3:45 PM
        Afternoon Break 20m
      • 4:05 PM
        Results from CDMS 30m
        Speaker: Bruno Serfass
        Slides
      • 4:35 PM
        Complementarity of Dark Matter Searches 30m
        Speaker: Ahmed Ismail (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
        Slides
    • 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
      Light Refreshments 30m ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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    • 9:00 AM 12:45 PM
      Lectures ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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      • 9:00 AM
        Cosmic Frontier Physics: The Big Questions (II) 1h
        Speaker: Marc Kamionkowski (Johns Hopkins University)
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break 30m
      • 10:30 AM
        Searching for Dark Matter in the Sky 1h
        Speaker: Stefano Profumo (UC Santa Cruz)
        Slides
      • 11:45 AM
        Cosmic Particles 1h
        Speaker: Angela Olinto (The University of Chicago)
        Slides
    • 12:45 PM 2:45 PM
      Lunch 2h Harvest Cafe

      Harvest Cafe

      SLAC

      on your own

    • 2:45 PM 5:30 PM
      Discussion & Projects ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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      • 2:45 PM
        Q & A 1h 15m
      • 4:00 PM
        Afternoon Break 30m
      • 4:30 PM
        Project working session 1h
    • 5:30 PM 7:30 PM
      Soccer 2h SLAC Green

      SLAC Green

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    • 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
      Light Refreshments 30m ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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    • 9:00 AM 12:45 PM
      Lectures ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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      • 9:00 AM
        The Cosmic Microwave Background 1h
        Speaker: Marc Kamionkowski (Johns Hopkins University)
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break 30m
      • 10:30 AM
        Searching for Dark Matter Underground 1h
        Speaker: Prof. Richard Gaitskell (Brown University)
        Slides
      • 11:45 AM
        Instrumentation on the Cosmic Frontier 1h
        Speaker: James Buckley (Washington University)
        Slides
    • 12:45 PM 2:45 PM
      Lunch 2h Harvest Cafe

      Harvest Cafe

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    • 2:45 PM 5:50 PM
      Presentations of Projects ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

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      • 2:45 PM
        Q & A for lectures 45m
      • 3:30 PM
        CF1: 8 GeV WIMP DM 30m
        Speaker: Andrew Kobach (Northwestern University)
        Slides
      • 4:00 PM
        Afternoon break 20m
      • 4:20 PM
        CF2: 130 GeV Gamma Line 30m
        Speakers: Chaowaroj Wanotayaroj (University of Oregon (US)), Sho Uemura (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
        Slides
      • 4:50 PM
        EF1: 4th generation b' 30m
        Speaker: Geert Jan Besjes (Radboud University Nijmegen (NL))
        Slides
      • 5:20 PM
        IF1: on/off-axis neutrino for Mass Hierarchy/CPV 30m
        Slides
    • 6:00 PM 7:30 PM
      Dinner 1h 30m Panofsky Breezeway

      Panofsky Breezeway

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      Pre-registration required

    • 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
      Light Refreshments 30m Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

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      Kavli Auditorium

    • 9:00 AM 12:45 PM
      Lectures: Kavli Auditorium Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

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      • 9:00 AM
        Advanced Acceleration Techniques 1h
        Speaker: Mark Hogan (SLAC)
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break 30m
      • 10:30 AM
        Exploring the Cosmic Microwave Background 1h
        Speaker: Prof. Chao-Lin Kuo (Stanford University)
        Slides
      • 11:45 AM
        A View Ahead 1h
        Speaker: JoAnne Hewett (SLAC)
        Slides
    • 12:45 PM 1:00 PM
      - Adjourn - 15m Redwood Room (ROB)

      Redwood Room (ROB)

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