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“Smashing Atoms for a Living and the Particle Physics Energy Frontier”
Herman B. White — Fermilab
May 1, 2009
5:00 p.m. SLT

The general study of the Physics of Elementary Particles and Fields for most people is often constrained by the complex nature of the subject and limited exposure to the basic constructs of the general ideas, language and experimental methods. Planting the ideas of particle physics is fascinating, but sometimes only smashing atomic particles together allows you to harvest the understanding. We are now approaching a new particle accelerator energy frontier in the transition from the Fermilab Tevatron accelerator to the CERN Large Hadron Collider. This presentation will provide an introduction to the basic concepts, some technical apparatus and a perspective on the general scale of particle physics that explores the very small underpinnings of the most fundamental constituents of our very large universe. The new popularity of this academic effort has also spawned new ideas, concerns, and even movies including internet rap music with a physics theme. Dr. White will lead you to this new frontier and bring you up to date on the progress of starting the world’s newest particle accelerator.

Dr. Herman B. White has been a particle physics scientist with Fermilab for the past 34 years. He completed undergraduate studies at Earlham College, graduate studies in Nuclear and Accelerator Physics at Michigan State University, and Elementary Particle Physics at Florida State University and Yale University. He was a Resident Research Associate in Nuclear Physics at Argonne National Laboratory, an Alfred P. Sloan travel fellow at the CERN Laboratory, and a University Fellow at Yale. His research has covered a range of topics in Particle and Nuclear Physics, as well as work with accelerators and particle beams. For many years, Dr. White has maintained involvement with many communication efforts to bring information, concerns, and focus about physics and physical science research to the U.S. Congress and governmental agencies in Washington and elsewhere, including service on advisory panels for the U.S. Department of Energy, The National Science Foundation, and The United States National Academies.

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