Friday August 16 2013

From the head of department

It is a great pleasure to wish everyone welcome back to a new semester – a special welcome goes to all of the new students. We hope you will enjoy yourselves and be fascinated by physics and technology!

NOKUT has made a decision as to which educational excellence center applications will go further to the next round of evaluations. IFT's application was unfortunately not among the ones to be evaluated in the next round. We would like to thank Bjørn Tore Hjertaker together witj  Stein Dankert Kolstø, Kjellmar Oksavik, Anna Lipniacka, Pawel Kosinski, Kjartan Olafsson, Hulda Fadnes and Rune Stadsnes for their excellent efforts during the application process – it has not been easy! We would like to congratulate the Department of Biology with their participation in the final round and wish them all the best in the evaluation process.

We would also like to thank Anna Lipniacka who together with Per Osland, Kjellmar Oksavik, Geir Ersland and Håvard Helstrup, did a great job for making the Fysikermøtet 2013 a success both technically and socially. Well done! And many thanks to everyone who participated in Fysikermøtet 2013.

Finally, on behalf of everyone, I would like to thank Per Osland for his work as the president of the Norwegian Physics Society. Professor Åshild Fredriksen of the University of Tromsø was elected to be the new president during the society's annual meeting.

Have a good one!
Geir Anton

News and general information

 

Fysikermøtet 2013

On August 7-10, Fysikermøtet 2013 was arranged in Bergen by Anna (leader), Geir E, Håvard and Kjellmar. Nearly 100 participant attended the meetings. The highlights of the meeting were the lectures on LHC-physics, radiotherapy, The Birkeland Center, High-energy cosmic radiation, physics in oil exploration, Niels Bohr, non-linear optics at the nanoscale and education. The lecture are available at web.ift.uib.no/fysikermotet2013.

 

Prof. Eric Mazur

 

A new addition was the Martin Landrø prize for excellent M.Sc. Theses, which was awarded jointly to Anders Kvellestad (UiB, 2011) and Tomas K Eriksen (UiO, 2012).

 

The winners of the prize with Martin Landrø

 

The highlight of the social program was the return trip with ”DS OSTER” after the tour of Mongstad. A Lego-model of the ATLAS-detector (9517 pieces), was built by enthusiastic youth, including Lego League, Bergen. STAB

 

  Seminar on Open Access

All are welcome to the seminar on Open Access:

  • The future is open!

Wednesday, September 25.

In the new research report the government requires that the results of research activities funded by public sources be open to everyone. In connection with this, a seminar on Open Access will be arranged by UoB, Norwegian School of Economics and the University College of Bergen in cooperation with CRIStin. The seminar is intended for those who would like to know more about Open Access, the constraints imposed on Open Access in Norway and EU and the effects of this on the researchers. The seminar is open for everyone, but is primarily intended for researchers, academic managers and research administration. Registration until September 1.

STAFF

We would like to wish a new colleague welcome to the department:

Christer van der Meeren is employed as a PhD-fellow in space physics at the Birkeland Centre for Space Science for a period of 3 years.

PhD

 

  Trial lectures

MSc Sigurd Askeland will be giving the following trial lecture for the PhD degree:

  • Radiografi med kosmiske myoner - kan vi "se" inn i pyramider og vulkaner?

Monday August 19 at 10.15 in room 292, IFT

IFT in the media

Publications registered in ISI Web of Science

 

o   ALICE Collaboration: Altinpinar S, Djuvsland O, Fehlker D, Haaland O, Huang M, Kanaki K, Langoy R, Lien J, Liu L, Loenne PI, Nystrand J, Roed K, Rohrich D, Skjerdal K, Ullaland K, Øvrebekk G, Wagner B, Yang B et al.:  Net-Charge Fluctuations in Pb-Pb Collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV  PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS  Volume: 110   Issue: 15     Article Number: 152301   DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.152301  

o   Kotopoulis, Spiros; Dimcevski, Georg; Gilja, Odd Helge; et al., Postema Michiel : Treatment of human pancreatic cancer using combined ultrasound, microbubbles, and gemcitabine: A clinical case study MEDICAL PHYSICS  Volume: 40   Issue: 7     Article Number: 072902   DOI: 10.1118/1.4808149  

o   ATLAS Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B, Rosendahl PL, Sandaker H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B, Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.:   Search for nonpointing photons in the diphoton and E-T(miss) final state in root s=7 TeV proton-proton collisions using the ATLAS detector  PHYSICAL REVIEW D  Volume: 88   Issue: 1     Article Number: 012001   DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.88.

o   Oksavik K.; Ribeiro, A. J.; Ruohoniemi, J. M.; Ponomarenko, P. V.; et al.; A comparison of SuperDARN ACF fitting methods RADIO SCIENCE  Volume: 48   Issue: 3   Pages: 274-282   DOI: 10.1002/rds.

o   ATLAS Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B, Rosendahl PL, Sandaker H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B, Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.:   Observation of Associated Near-Side and Away-Side Long-Range Correlations in root S-NN=5.02 TeV Proton-Lead Collisions with the ATLAS Detector  PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS  Volume: 110   Issue: 18     Article Number: 182302   DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.182302  

o   Eigen, G.; Zhou, Z.; Chao, D.; et al.: A LYSO calorimeter for the SuperB factory  NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT  Volume: 718   Pages: 107-109   DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2012.11.100  

o   Bellerby, Richard R. G. J.; Rerolle, Victorie M. C.; Floquet, Cedric F. A.; Harris, Andy J. K.; et al.: Development of a colorimetric microfluidic pH sensor for autonomous seawater measurements  ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA  Volume: 786   Pages: 124-131   DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2013.05.008  

o   Balakin, Boris V.: Reply on the comments on "Collision efficiency in a shear flow" by J. Kumar CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE  Volume: 97   Pages: 108-108   DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.04.034  

o   Soraas, Finn; Sorbo, Marita Low altitude observations of ENA from the ring current and from the proton oval  JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS  Volume: 99   Special Issue: SI   Pages: 104-110   DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2012.10.003 

o   Vovchenko, V.; Anchishkin, D.; Csernai, L. P. Longitudinal fluctuations of the center of mass of the participants in heavy-ion collisions PHYSICAL REVIEW C  Volume: 88   Issue: 1     Article Number: 014901   DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.88.014901  

o   ATLAS Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B, Rosendahl PL, Sandaker H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B, Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.:  Search for resonant diboson production in the WW/WZ -> lvjj decay channels with the ATLAS detector at root s=7 TeV PHYSICAL REVIEW D  Volume: 87   Issue: 11     Article Number: 112006   DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.112006  

o   ALICE Collaboration: Altinpinar S, Djuvsland O, Fehlker D, Haaland O, Huang M, Kanaki K, Langoy R, Lien J, Liu L, Loenne PI, Nystrand J, Roed K, Rohrich D, Skjerdal K, Ullaland K, Øvrebekk G, Wagner B, Yang B et al.:   Measurement of the inclusive differential jet cross section in pp collisions at root s=2.76 TeV  PHYSICS LETTERS B  Volume: 722   Issue: 4-5   Pages: 262-272   DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2013.04.026  

o   ATLAS Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B, Rosendahl PL, Sandaker H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B, Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.:   Search for long-lived, multi-charged particles in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV using the ATLAS detector  PHYSICS LETTERS B  Volume: 722   Issue: 4-5   Pages: 305-323   DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2013.04.036  

o   ATLAS Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B, Rosendahl PL, Sandaker H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B, Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.:   Search for a heavy narrow resonance decaying to e mu, e tau, or mu tau with the ATLAS detector in root s=7 TeV pp collisions at the LHC PHYSICS LETTERS B  Volume: 723   Issue: 1-3   Pages: 15-32   DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2013.04.035  

o   BaBar Collaboration: Eigen G, Stugu B, Sun L et al.: Lees, J. P.; Poireau, V.; Tisserand, V.; et al.: Search for B -> K-(*()) v(v)over-bar and invisible quarkonium decays  PHYSICAL REVIEW D  Volume: 87   Issue: 11     Article Number: 112005   DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.112005  

o   ATLAS Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B, Rosendahl PL, Sandaker H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B, Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.:   Measurements of W gamma and Z gamma production in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC PHYSICAL REVIEW D  Volume: 87   Issue: 11     Article Number: 112003   DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.112003  

o   ATLAS Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B, Rosendahl PL, Sandaker H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B, Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.:   Measurement of W+W- production in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector and limits on anomalous WWZ and WW gamma couplings PHYSICAL REVIEW D  Volume: 87   Issue: 11     Article Number: UNSP 112001   DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.112001 

o   Moortgat-Pick, G.; Osland, P.; Pankov, A. A.; et al.: Unique heavy lepton signature at e(+)e(-) linear collider with polarized beams  PHYSICAL REVIEW D  Volume: 87   Issue: 9     Article Number: 095017   DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.095017  

o   Hobaek, Halvor; Forland, Tonje Nesse: Characterization of Target Spheres for Broad-Band Calibration of Acoustic Systems  ACTA ACUSTICA UNITED WITH ACUSTICA  Volume: 99   Issue: 3   Pages: 465-476   DOI: 10.3813/AAA.918627  

o   ATLAS Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B, Rosendahl PL, Sandaker H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B, Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.:   Measurement of k(T) splitting scales in W -> l nu events at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector  EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C  Volume: 73   Issue: 5     Article Number: 2432   DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2432-

o   Ssebiyonga, Nicolausi; Erga, Svein Rune; Hamre, Borge; Stamnes, Jakob J. ; Frette, Oyvind: Light conditions and photosynthetic efficiency of phytoplankton in Murchison Bay, Lake Victoria, Uganda LIMNOLOGICA  Volume: 43   Issue: 3   Pages: 185-193   DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2012.09.005  

o   Hjertaas, Johannes Just; Fossa, Henrik; Dybdahl, Grete Lunestad; Gruner, Renate ; Lunde,  Per Matre, Knut: ACCURACY OF REAL-TIME SINGLE- AND MULTI-BEAT 3-D SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN VITRO  ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY  Volume: 39   Issue: 6   Pages: 1006-1014   DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.01.

 

 

 

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