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In the current academic year, the Seminars of the GW Center for Nuclear Studies are organized by
Dr. Mark W. Paris
(theory, 703-726-8390)
Dr. Anna Micherdzinska
(experiment, 202-994-6579)
Dr. Matthias Schindler (theory, 202-994-3864)
Dr. Harald W. Griesshammer (theory, 202-994-3849)
If you have any question regarding the seminars, or if you would like to be put on our mailing list, please contact one of us.
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10 November 2009 (Tuesday), 4:00pm, Corcoran Hall, Room 106 Stefan Immler (NASA/Goddard and University of Maryland) Energetic Explosions in the Universe: Highlights from Five Years of Swift Satellite Observations Over the last 5 years of operations, the Swift satellite has observed more than 500 Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and one hundred young supernovae (SNe) in the optical, uv, X-rays, and in gamma-rays. During this talk, I will present some of the highlights of Swift GRB and SN observations, discuss what we have learned, and will give an outlook what future Swift observations will contrite to our understanding of energetic explosions in the Universe. 17 November 2009 (Tuesday), 4:00pm, Corcoran Hall, Room 106 Will Detmold (College of William and Mary and Jefferson Lab) Multi-hadron systems in lattice QCD Lattice QCD is a well established tool for studying the low energy dynamics of QCD. Precise results with fully controlled uncertainties are available for many single hadron properties and lattice QCD has become a integral part of modern particle physics. In the last few years the first realistic calculations in the two hadron sector have also appeared (although not yet with the same level of systematic control of uncertainties as in the single hadron case) stimulating the interest of the nuclear physics community as well. To become a central part of nuclear physics, lattice QCD must confront the many hadron systems that define nuclear physics. Recently, the first steps have been taken in this direction by the NPLQCD collaboration who have performed a series of numerically studies of systems of up to twelve pions and/or kaons and up to three baryons. I will review this work and outline the future prospects for lattice QCD in nuclear physics. [ Department of Physics location: Corcoran Hall ] |