Fredag 6. januar 2012
FROM THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT It is a great pleasure to wish you all a happy new year through this year’s first IFT-Posten which is now out in a new format – thanks to the Communication Department. We have had a very good start to this year as our ISP-application ”Strategic development of the Group for Optics and Atomic Physics” received a good evaluation and was accepted by the Norwegian Research Council – we would like to congratulate the group and ourselves! The other two ISP-applications from our department within theoretical particle physics and space physics are not yet processed as these are considered as a part of the respective follow-up research programs toward CERN and space research, respectively. ISP stands for Institute anchored strategic project and is the Norwegian Research Council’s follow-up of the international evaluations of research at Norwegian universities. We would like to wish Jakob Stamnes welcome back to the department following the termination of his sabbatical stay in 2011 at the Stevens Institute of Technology and Per Osland all the best during his sabbatical stay at CERN during the spring semester. Have a great weekend, Geir Anton NEWS AND GENERAL INFORMATION Registration in Cristin The deadline for registration is February 15, but it is a good idea to start with the registration of the last year’s achievements in Cristin already now. In addition to the scientific articles, this applies to newspaper articles, debate contributions, mediation – also on radio and TV, etc… A good arrangement is that in case of publications where there are several authors from UoB, the first author has the responsibility of registering data. Open meeting at the Norwegian Technical Science Academy NTVA invites to a meeting in Bergen with the previous director Ola M Johannessen, The Nansen Center for Environment and remote measurements: Nansen and Johannessen in the Policy Eventyrlyst – A sense of adventure: Picture show about Fridtjof Nansen’s life and work Fridtjof Nansens contribution to modern Oceanography Tuesday January 25 at 19:00 in Nansensenteret at Marineholmen, Thormøhlens gate 47. After the meeting fish soup will be served followed by a social gathering. The price is 100,- NOK per person. Registration within 15:00 on Thursday January 19, but it is only necessary for those who would like to join the dinner. Announcement of funds for 2012 under UoB’s agreement with BKK The funds will contribute to new knowledge on technological and social consequences of central problems related to renewable energy and further development of Western Norway as a competent actor within renewable energy production and future oriented infrastructure. The funds will, as a main rule, be given as an annual grant, but they may also be given for up to 4 years. Support can be given among others to operation, equipment and scientific assistance. One can apply for a maximum annual support of 300 000 NOK. A broad scientific profile for the projects is highly desirable. The following scientific problems may be relevant: Technological and natural scientific challenges with relevance for renewable energy resources Social and legal questions in connection with management, organization and distribution of renewable energy Valuation of nature and natural resources Climate thinking and hydro power: climate – environment - technology The relevant topics are not limited to the above mentioned five areas, other problems in connection with the agreement’s aims will also be considered as relevant. The applications should be sent via the faculties that prioritize the applications. Every application should consist of: Summary of the project (max. ½ page) Project description (aim, organization - max. 3 pages) Budget. As far as the funds that will be given in 2012 are concerned, this scheme applies to departments, academic environments at UoB as well as permanently employed researchers at UoB. The applications should be sent to the faculty within January 20. This form should be used. Course in digital photography The School Laboratory will be arranging, in cooperation with the Hordaland County Council, a course on the technology behind digital photography with Johannes Sølhusvik from Aptina Imaging – one of Norway’s experts in this field: The Process from the light leaves the light source until the photograph is stored on the hard-disk Wednesday January 18 at 11:30 in auditorium 5 at Realfagbygget. All are welcome, butt hose of you who would like to join the lunch at 11:00 must register themselves via internet or directly by sending an email to Olaug Vetti Kvam. IFT iN THE media Heidi Sandaker: Ser hint av svaret (Sees a hint of the answer), På Høyden December 14 2011 Nikolai Østgaard: Rådyre tidsskrifter kveler økonomien til universiteter og høyskoler (Extremely expensive journals are choking the universities’ and the university colleges’ economy) on TV2 January 2. PubliCATIONS registERED iN ISI Web of Science o Balakin Boris; Hoffmann Alex C.; Kosinski Pawel: The collision efficiency in a shear flow CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE Volume: 68 Issue: 1 Pages: 305-312 DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.09.042 o ATLAS Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B, Oye OK, Rosendahl PL, Sandaker H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B, Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.: Search for a Standard Model Higgs Boson in the H -> ZZ -> l(+)l(-)v(v)over-bar Decay Channel with the ATLAS Detector PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Volume: 107 Issue: 22 Article Number: 221802 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.221802 o Carlson B. E.; Gjesteland T.; Ostgaard N.: Terrestrial gamma-ray flash electron beam geometry, fluence, and detection frequency JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS Volume: 116 Article Number: A11217 DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016812 o ATLAS Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B, Oye OK, Rosendahl PL, Sandaker H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B, Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.: Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to tau(+)tau(-) pairs in proton-proton collisions root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector PHYSICS LETTERS B Volume: 705 Issue: 3 Pages: 174-192 DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.10.001 o BaBar Collaboration: Eigen G, Stugu B, Sun L et al.: Study of Y(3S, 2S) -> eta Y(1S) and Y(3S, 2S) -> pi(+) pi(-) Y(1S) hadronic transitions PHYSICAL REVIEW D Volume: 84 Issue: 9 Article Number: 092003 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.092003 o BaBar Collaboration: Eigen G, Stugu B, Sun L et al.: Evidence for the h(b)(1P) meson in the decay Y(3S) -> pi(0)h(b)(1P) PHYSICAL REVIEW D Volume: 84 Issue: 9 Article Number: 091101 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.091101 o ATLAS Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B, Oye OK, Rosendahl PL, Sandaker H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B, Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.: Search for diphoton events with large missing transverse energy with 36 pb(-1) of 7 TeV proton-proton collision data with the ATLAS detector EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C Volume: 71 Issue: 10 Article Number: 1744 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-011-1744-9 o ATLAS Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B, Oye OK, Rosendahl PL, Sandaker H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B, Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.: Measurement of W gamma and Z gamma production in proton-proton collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS Issue: 9 Article Number: 072 DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2011)072 o ALICE Collaboration: Aamodt K, Abel N, Abeysekara U, Alme J, Bablok S, Djuvsland O, Fehlker D, Haaland O, Huang M, Kanaki K, Klovning A, Larsen DT, Liu L, Nystrand J, Øvrebekk G, Pommersche B, Skjerdal K, Ullaland K, Wagner B et al.: Rapidity and transverse momentum dependence of inclusive J/psi production in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV PHYSICS LETTERS B Volume: 704 Issue: 5 Pages: 442-455 DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.09.054 o BaBar Collaboration: Eigen G, Stugu B, Sun L et al.: Search for Hadronic Decays of a Light Higgs Boson in the Radiative Decay Gamma -> gamma A(0)PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Volume: 107 Issue: 22 Article Number: 221803 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.221803 Published: NOV 21 2011 o Sisourat Nicolas; Pilskog Ingjald; Dubois Alain: Nonperturbative treatment of multielectron processes in ion-molecule scattering: Application to He(2+)-H(2) collisions PHYSICAL REVIEW A Volume: 84 Issue: 5 Article Number: 052722 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.84.052722 o ATLAS Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B, Oye OK, Rosendahl PL, Sandaker H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B, Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.: Measurement of the transverse momentum distribution of Z/gamma* bosons in proton-proton collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector PHYSICS LETTERS B Volume: 705 Issue: 5 Pages: 415-434 DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.10.018 o ATLAS Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B, Oye OK, Rosendahl PL, Sandaker H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B, Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.: Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the two photon decay channel with the ATLAS detector at the LHC PHYSICS LETTERS B Volume: 705 Issue: 5 Pages: 452-470 DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.10.051 o BaBar Collaboration: Eigen G, Stugu B, Sun L et al.: Observation of the rare decay B(+) -> K(+) pi(0)pi(0) and measurement of the quasi-two-body contributions B(+) -> K* (892)(+) pi(0), B(+) -> f(0)(980)K(+), and B(+) -> chi(c0)K(+) PHYSICAL REVIEW D Volume: 84 Issue: 9 Article Number: 092007 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.092007 o ATLAS Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B, Oye OK, Rosendahl PL, Sandaker H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B, Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.: Search for the Higgs Boson in the H -> WW -> l nu jj Decay Channel in pp Collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS Detector PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Volume: 107 Issue: 23 Article Number: 231801 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.231801 o Oksavik K.; Moen J. I.; Rekaa E. H.; et al.: Reversed flow events in the cusp ionosphere detected by SuperDARN HF radars JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS Volume: 116 Article Number: A12303 DOI: 10.1029/ o Ershov S. N.; Vaagen J. S.; Zhukov M. V.: Modified variable phase method for the solution of coupled radial Schrodinger equations PHYSICAL REVIEW C Volume: 84 Issue: 6 Article Number: 064308 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.84.064308 o Calise Lucio; Knutsen Tor: Multifrequency target strength of northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) swimming horizontally ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE Volume: 69 Issue: 1 Pages: 119-130 DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr170
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