Exciting New Results In Particle and Nuclear Physics

Thursday, October 3, 2013: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
211 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Chair:
David Ernst, PhD, Dr., Vanderbilt University

Description: Examples of exciting new discoveries in nuclear and particle physics are presented, including the possible discovery of the Higgs, evidence for a fourth neutrino, and a new understanding of the quark and gluon structure of the nucleon. How these discoveries alter our fundamental understanding of nature will be stressed.

Sponsored by: by the National Science Foundation and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists



10:15 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:20 AM
Searching for a fourth neutrino
David Ernst, PhD , Professor , Vanderbilt University
10:40 AM
Have we discovered the Higgs
Alfredo Gurrola, PhD , Research Associate , Vanderbilt University
11:00 AM
First Determination of the Weak Charge of the Proton
Julie Roche, PhD , Professor , Ohio University