March 2010 — Discovery of the heaviest known antinucleus
High energy nuclear physicists from our department have played a prominent role in a new
discovery — the heaviest known antimatter nucleus — reported this month in the
journal Science. It is also the first antinucleus to contain a "strange" quark;
normal nuclei contain only "up" and "down" quarks. To learn about this discovery and
the prominent role of Dr. Jinhui Chen in conducting this search while he was a
postdoc at Kent State, along with more details about the role of other KSU faculty,
staff and students, please refer to the many news stories about this, some of which are
linked below. Dr. Chen has since left our group and has been appointed to a
tenured Assistant Scientist position in Shanghai.
News article in the journal Nature
Article by Institute of Physics (UK)
Story in Record Courier newspaper
Press Release by Kent State U
Story in campus newspaper
"Topflight international reverse-alchemy boffins" (we assume it's a compliment)
Official DOE-approved Press Release from Brookhaven National Lab
The original article in the journal Science (aimed at scientists only)
The story has been taken up by journalists and bloggers in many languages; here are some examples in
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Chinese,
Korean,
Persian,
Russian,
Lithuanian,
Polish,
Danish,
Czech,
Dutch,
German,
French,
Spanish,
Portuguese.
February 2010 —
Congratulations to graduate student Tanya Ostapenko, who has been selected to
participate in the 2010 Lindau
Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany, which offers a unique opportunity for PhD
candidates in the early-to-mid phase of their research to interact with the world's
leading scientists.
February 2010 —
A story in this month's issue of APS News (from the American Physical Society) looks back
over the "Top Ten
Physics Newsmakers of the Decade", and names the discovery of Quark Gluon Plasma as one
of these top ten. See our departmental announcements for 2005
and also for 2008 for particulars about the Kent State role
in this discovery.
You can also find archived news & announcements concerning past physics programs
and events from calendar years
2009,
2008,
2007,
2006,
2005,
2004,
2003,
2002, and
2001.
