Mailing list for the Rare Event Searches & Techniques research group, to keep all members (faculty, postdocs, students) informed of meetings and other communications.
As some of you may know, on Tues and Weds we will be visited by Jessica Turner, a HEP theorist from Fermilab. In addition to her seminar at 4pm on Tuesday, we’ll have a special VIP journal club session on Wednesday at 11.00 am.
The list of fascinating ideas that Dr Turner has developed is long, and its hard to pick just one thing to talk about - but we have settled on this paper, on Scalar Democracy (read the paper to learn what that means!): https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.07214<https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farxiv.org%2Fabs%2F1902.07214&data=02%7C01%7Cben.jones%40uta.edu%7C2d8e1a59b2204e2fdd5608d6fe497734%7C5cdc5b43d7be4caa8173729e3b0a62d9%7C0%7C0%7C636975988828612164&sdata=i3t40%2F2SGlVbtG7zlhu%2FNqfLaadSxQ8Ujy%2FCV3uRrwQ%3D&reserved=0>
I just wanted to send a quick reminder about our groups policy on high voltage testing, since there are some things we are trying to get done before the CM -
Any new system that has not had HV applied before should be inspected by either (a) a person at faculty level or (b) a representative from ES&H. They should ideally be present during first usage to supervise the procedure. Jonathan has kindly volunteered to inspect in then past when Dave and I have both been away, so I cc him here (though I do not now his
Dave and I need to report our groups progress to DOE in the next few days. We need to collect a little information from you in order to do it. I’d like everyone who has worked on NEXT-relatred activities in the last year to please reply to this email in the next 24 hours.
The only conference talk I’m aware of is Texas APS over the fall 2018 semester. To answer your query:
Talk title: Ion Beam Systems for Barium Tagging in Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Location: University of Houston Date: October 20, 2018, which is a Saturday
No award was won by me (would be so cool if I got one, still bitter about that guy with the bad pdf)
Just thought I’d let you all know that after trying to invite myself to give a NEXT seminar at my old Uni it’s descended (ascended) into me giving a colloquium on double beta decay (experimental, title to be invented today) at the end of the month, 22 May.
Since it’ll be my first UTA talk I wanted to check if there are any official stuff I’m meant to put on title slides etc and also get my hands on nice symbols (and Leslie's fancy universe picture, if I’m honest).
Our resident SolidWorker and engineering assistant Sanmitra just won a technical drawing competition run by ASME - Congratulations, Sanmitra!
As well as what we now understand to be the real goal - providing practice for this competition - all that work drawing widgets and thingies for NEXT-100 has been indispensable to us. Long may it continue, with continued award-winning levels of excellence!
Our resident SolidWorker and engineering assistant Sanmitra just won a technical drawing competition run by ASME - Congratulations, Sanmitra!
As well as what we now understand to be the real goal - providing practice for this competition - all that work drawing widgets and thingies for NEXT-100 has been indispensable to us. Long may it continue, with continued award-winning levels of excellence!
Please all have your ACES posters in the docdb by Monday at the latest; we will review with a plan to give feedback and allowing printing on Tuesday, and do a practice presentation on Wednesday morning, prior to the real thing on Friday.
Thanks all!
===== Ben Jones Assistant Professor of Physics University of Texas at Arlington 817-272-2295 =====
Just a quick reminder of the workshop next week and the software tutorial that we’ll do on the first days.
It’ll all be quite loosely organised and we’ll go through each step of installation as required but, for those of you who haven’t used the NEXT python framework (IC), it’d be good if you checked that you have a modernish git version installed with lfs (large file storage) enabled. This will allow us to skip any odd errors related to tests etc.
I am in - just picking up coffee at Starbucks and back there in 10.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 13, 2019, at 9:14 AM, Laing, Andrew Brian <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Epic storm last night! > > Anyone in? I'm locked out the office so cane for a coffee in panera. > > A > >
I just learned that group alum Zane Miller has passed his FE Exam (sort of like a GRE for engineering companies), and has secured a highly competitive job on the engineering track at Lockheed Martin. Congratulations Zane, on this great news! Best of luck in your new position, and thanks for all your important contributions to our group and to NEXT-100!
Everyone who’s going to do shift should have a look at the attached documents, especially the slow control guide (it’s a link to teamwork because it’s a bit big, let me know if you can’t get access).
There are a few things that are out of date but I can clarify things and I’ll make a check sheet that represents a bit better the things you’ll have to do while on shift.
Following our People’s Choice Award for Best Looking Research Group on Campus, we have visits from two film crews in the near future:
1) President Kharbari's media people are making a promotional documentary about UTA and want to film us on Monday afternoon, Feb 4. They looked around today and liked the idea of shots of someone “taking data” in the barium room, people "working on" the mothership / TeaPot, and someone shining colorful laser beams and taking images in the fluorescence room. I recommend everyone who works on those things be around to be filmed Monday at
Sorry, please forgive the typo in 2, the day for this is Thursday. ===== Ben Jones Assistant Professor of Physics University of Texas at Arlington 817-272-2295 =====
On Jan 29, 2019, at 8:51 PM, Jones, Benjamin <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Hi all,
Following our People’s Choice Award for Best Looking Research Group on Campus, we have visits from two film crews in the near future:
Since we didn’t fix the new schedule yet, lets meet on last semesters schedule tomorrow, for group meeting at 3pm. Please bring slides showing this weeks progress, as usual.
Also here is a link to fill in your schedule for the semester, so we can work out the right time for journal club and group meeting for future weeks. Please fill in by the meeting tomorrow: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ysnbU_OUGKuLpzwIeqSJ056jk_3g9mdcaDQB0eL7QTw/edit?usp=sharing
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On Jan 2, 2019, at 3:08 PM, Jones, Benjamin <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Hello everyone,
Enough hands are absent tomorrow that I am moving our all-hands New Year kickoff meeting to Monday 7th at 10am. See you then for coffee, bagels and a good ol’ fashioned physics planning session!
Enough hands are absent tomorrow that I am moving our all-hands New Year kickoff meeting to Monday 7th at 10am. See you then for coffee, bagels and a good ol’ fashioned physics planning session!
===== Ben Jones Assistant Professor of Physics University of Texas at Arlington 817-272-2295 =====
Reminder that everyone who can be available should assemble on Monday at 10am in the usual place for coffee, bagels and our semester kickoff meeting!
Ben
===== Ben Jones Assistant Professor of Physics University of Texas at Arlington 817-272-2295 =====
On Jan 2, 2019, at 3:08 PM, Jones, Benjamin <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Hello everyone,
Enough hands are absent tomorrow that I am moving our all-hands New Year kickoff meeting to Monday 7th at 10am. See you then for coffee, bagels and a good ol’ fashioned physics planning session!
I hope that everyone has been having a happy holidays! Now that 2019 is almost upon us, I wanted to send a quick email about the back-to-it plans.
The University re-opens for business on January 2nd. On that day I’ll meet a few folks where we have some hanging threads to tie up - those people will get another email after this one.
Please find attached a fluorescent, starry sky Christmas card. The stars here are glowing crystals of barium captured in 2018’s hottest new molecules, care of our chemistry friends. May they continue to light our way :-)
If you observe Christmas, then "Merry Christmas”, and if you don’t, then "Happy Whatever-You-Do”. See you again in 2019 for another year of exciting science and important advances. In the mean-time, please be sure to take time this winter break to relax, to notice the world again, and to spend meaningful time with friends and loved ones.
I think we will skip group meeting today because everyone who is not doing finals is madly rushing to take or process data… We’ll resume group meetings in the new year.
People who are not going to Spain this weekend should please to check in with me briefly today about their plans for the next couple of weeks. I can be reached on SLACK to fix a time.
> On Nov 16, 2018, at 12:45 PM, Jones, Benjamin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi all - update meeting at 4 today - see you there! > > Sent from my iPhone
I will be in an all-day videoconference today, so am calling off the group meeting. I can be reached on Slack and am replying to emails for anything we need to discuss.
Thanks!
===== Ben Jones Assistant Professor of Physics University of Texas at Arlington 817-272-2295 =====
Dear Rare Events group, UTA Physics Faculty, and a few others who may enjoy hearing this news:
I’d like to send a big congratulation to graduate student Leslie Rogers, who just won the Judith J Carrier Scholarship from the Arlington Chamber of Commerce for her work on NEXT electroluminescent region development. Here is a photo of Leslie collecting her award at the ceremony this morning.
I wanted to let everyone know that next week there is a big conference on Future Linear Colliders being held at UTA, hosted by Andy White.
The agenda can be found here, you may like to check out some of the sessions, if you have interest: https://agenda.linearcollider.org/event/7889/timetable/
===== Ben Jones Assistant Professor of Physics University of Texas at Arlington 817-272-2295 =====
Reminder all, group meeting at noon tomorrow. Please each bring a small slide set to show the latest!
Ben
===== Ben Jones Assistant Professor of Physics University of Texas at Arlington 817-272-2295 =====
On Oct 1, 2018, at 1:09 PM, Jones, Benjamin <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Hi all,
If people do not object, I would like to hold our regular Friday group meeting on Wednesday this week. It appears that 12-1 is free for most people. Does anyone object strongly?
If people do not object, I would like to hold our regular Friday group meeting on Wednesday this week. It appears that 12-1 is free for most people. Does anyone object strongly?
There are two reasons for the temporary change:
1) So that Dave can join for the meeting and see what we’ve been up to. In this regard, please prep a few slides (more than 2 but not more than 5), to summarize what has been going on lately - and summarize a little more than the usual weekly report;
Per consensus in the office just now, journal club this semester will be: JOURNAL CLUB: Thursdays 5-6pm.
I propose to lead the first journal club on the following paper, which I recently learned correctly predicted the Higgs boson mass to within 1 GeV three years before its discovery, using arguments about quantum gravity: https://arxiv.org/pdf/0912.0208.pdf
===== Ben Jones Assistant Professor of Physics University of Texas at Arlington 817-272-2295 =====
On Sep 10, 2018, at 11:47 AM, Jones, Benjamin <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Dear All,
Per consensus in the office just now, journal club this semester will be: JOURNAL CLUB: Thursdays 5-6pm.
I propose to lead the first journal club on the following paper, which I recently learned correctly predicted the Higgs boson mass to within 1 GeV three years before its discovery, using arguments about quantum gravity: https://arxiv.org/pdf/0912.0208.pdf
Please fill in your schedules for this semester in the attached spreadsheet, so we can find optimal times for Journal Club and Group Meetings: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ysnbU_OUGKuLpzwIeqSJ056jk_3g9mdcaDQB0eL7QTw/edit?usp=sharing<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fspreadsheets%2Fd%2F1ysnbU_OUGKuLpzwIeqSJ056jk_3g9mdcaDQB0eL7QTw%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&data=02%7C01%7C%7C850074cb154744428b2308d6128a2bdf%7C5cdc5b43d7be4caa8173729e3b0a62d9%7C0%7C0%7C636716781973048245&sdata=fIv9MAjFbuetWx0M9x0zmLR6RpIC48QsFRfFs8vpNE4%3D&reserved=0>
If you don’t see a row with your initials, please add one!
Ben
===== Ben Jones Assistant Professor of Physics University of Texas at Arlington 817-272-2295 =====
> On Aug 30, 2018, at 3:54 PM, Jones, Benjamin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi all > > Does the usual time slot, Friday 11-12 still work for people to meet for a group update? If anyone has problems with this slot, then let me know. > > Tomorrow we’ll try to meet at that time, but if there are difficulties we will doodle poll again for subsequent weeks. > > Thanks! > > > > ===== > Ben Jones > Assistant Professor of Physics > University of Texas at Arlington > 817-272-2295 > ===== >
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Today I found a Pringles can in the trash can in SH014, and a bottle of drinking water in SH018. Please be aware that it is STRICTLY against lab rules to eat or drink in either SH014, SH014A or SH018. These rooms contain both radioactive sources and many toxic and carcinogenic chemicals. Everyone who has lab access took online safety courses at UTA where this was explained, so there is no excuse for violating these rules.
We will have a practice talk from Fernanda at 9am tomorrow, delivered via Zoom - please connect if you can! https://fnal.zoom.us/j/2505771138<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffnal.zoom.us%2Fj%2F2505771138&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2c177cf108e840d818fb08d6015925f1%7C5cdc5b43d7be4caa8173729e3b0a62d9%7C0%7C0%7C636697879723037575&sdata=G3p83Z0ukYFlmnxKkx5DwHHigFE0wuedgqw%2F7uo2xcE%3D&reserved=0>
For any who can’t connect, the slides are here, please send comments if you have them. https://www.dropbox.com/s/suq8cyxx5o4bkqe/20180816BaTaggingNuFact.pdf?dl=0<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dropbox.com%2Fs%2Fsuq8cyxx5o4bkqe%2F20180816BaTaggingNuFact.pdf%3Fdl%3D0&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2c177cf108e840d818fb08d6015925f1%7C5cdc5b43d7be4caa8173729e3b0a62d9%7C0%7C0%7C636697879723047580&sdata=3QiYxPqgtzmBaQehCpxrVpZF%2BhfzM%2FxTdkX93wAt9K4%3D&reserved=0>
Thanks!
Ben
===== Ben Jones Assistant Professor of Physics University of Texas at Arlington 817-272-2295 =====
I won’t be there for the meeting but will be available to join for part of the practice talks. If someone can connect to zoom to share slides and audio that would be great!
===== Ben Jones Assistant Professor of Physics University of Texas at Arlington 817-272-2295 =====
On Aug 10, 2018, at 10:05 AM, Psihas, Fernanda <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Hi All,
I won’t be there for the meeting but will be available to join for part of the practice talks. If someone can connect to zoom to share slides and audio that would be great!
austin > On Aug 10, 2018, at 11:04 AM, Jones, Benjamin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Broadcasting now. > > ===== > Ben Jones > Assistant Professor of Physics > University of Texas at Arlington > 817-272-2295 > ===== > >> On Aug 10, 2018, at 10:05 AM, Psihas, Fernanda <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I won’t be there for the meeting but will be available to join for part of the practice talks. If someone can connect to zoom to share slides and audio that would be great! >> >> We
Our next postdoc candidate, Katherine Woodruff, is here on Friday. The schedule for the visit is tight, its only one day, but we can fit everyone in, I hope! Here is a proposed outline:
Thurs evening: Possibly Dinner (tbc), I will ping people.
9-10.30am: Meet with Ben, first look around + ultra-brief lab tour 10.30-11am: mothership tour w/ mothershippers 11-12: Group update meeting 12-1: Talk on MicroBooNE and proton spin structure 1-2: Lunch 2-3: Barium tagging tour and discussion w/ barium taggers 3-3.30: IceCube discussion w/ IceCubers 3.30-4.30: Look around campus - machine shops, fab lab, analytical labs,
9-10.30am: Meet with Ben, first look around + ultra-brief lab tour 10.30-11am: barium tag tour w/ barium taggers 11-12: Group update meeting 12-1: Talk on MicroBooNE and proton spin structure 1-2: Lunch 2-3: Mothership tour w/ mother shippers and maybe more barium tag tour 3-3.30: IceCube discussion w/ IceCubers 3.30-4.30: Look around campus - machine shops, fab lab, analytical labs, etc. 4.30-5.30: Closeout discussions 5.30-6.30: Maybe a Friday beer a Kool Keg 6.30: Off to airport.
Group meeting tomorrow is, I understand, at 11am. Please bring 2 slides. Right after that meeting, at noon, we have a short talk from Pranava about the Prospect reactor neutrino experiment. Should be really interesting - see you then!
Ben
===== Ben Jones Assistant Professor of Physics University of Texas at Arlington 817-272-2295 =====
I’ll be landing at precisely 11am today, so I think I’ll have to skip over the update meeting (of which I have a grand total of zero anyways). I’ll meet with you Monday to discuss what I should do next. Apologies!
Just letting you know I am bringing two postdoc candidates to campus in the next two weeks:
1) Pranava Surukuchi, July 12-13 (This Thurs-Fri) 2) Katherine Woodruff, July 20 (next Fri)
We’ll have them both give a short and informal talk on their past work, right after the group meeting, at 1pm on Friday. Other than this the visit schedule will be generally informal, but it would be good if they could meet as many of you as possible.
We’ll have a short meeting today at noon, followed by practice talks for the barium tagging people. (If you haven’t heard about this last one then you don’t need to worry about it).
We will have our group meeting tomorrow at 10:30 AM in the 102 conference room. You can connect remotely with zoom: Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://fnal.zoom.us/j/2505771138
Ground rules for new people: We usually show 1-2 slide updates every week with current work and progress. We are a large group, so discussion goes fast so that everyone can give their update. If you are new you can put together a single slide or give a 2 minute verbal update on what you will be working on during the summer.
I encourage all to look at this. Usually if you apply you have a good shot at getting one!
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From: "Cody, Stacey Nicole" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Scholarship opportunities Date: January 29, 2019 at 1:39:57 PM CST To: <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Reply-To: "Cody, Stacey Nicole" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
The University has a new Scholarship portal https://uta.academicworks.com this is where all of the Physics scholarships for the spring semester are located. Once you log in you will fill out a form then you will be directed to your opportunities page.
Hi all- don’t forget, aces abstracts due tomorrow to me, Katherine and Andrew!
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 6, 2019, at 11:20 AM, Jones, Benjamin <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Hi all,
This years ACES poster event at UTA is on April 12. I would like everyone who is researching with us, and who will be here on Friday April 12, to submit an abstract for a poster. I have also nominated Leslie to present on behalf of our group in the oral talk competition.
NEXT meeting is now underway! Find all the info you need to connect below.
Barium Tagging talks are tomorrow (Sunday). To access the docdb, UN: next; PW: Canfranc
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From: Michel Sorel <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Re: [NEXT-GENERAL] Agenda CM June 2019 Date: June 7, 2019 at 7:42:34 PM GMT+2 To: Francesc Monrabal Capilla <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Cc: NEXT GENERAL GENERAL <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Just a quick reminder that the remote shifts are official from next week (see schedule below and let me know if you didn’t get the original email from Ander). Make sure you do the shifter test (I sent the link last week or the week before) and that you attend the coordination meeting at least the week start and end of your shift.
Please read and give comments on this upcoming paper from Josh Renner, presently circulating in SRC. Lets also get lunch together and talk about it, perhaps on Wednesday?
Ben
===== Ben Jones Assistant Professor of Physics University of Texas at Arlington 817-272-2295 =====
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From: Josh Renner <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: [NEXT-SRC] Energy resolution paper II Date: May 2, 2019 at 10:44:19 AM CDT To: "<[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Cc: Francesc <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>, Juan Jose Gomez-Cadenas <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
I forgot if I circulated this one already - but here is another paper being reviewed by SRC. I am the collaboration reviewer on this one, so any comments you have will be helpful! I paste below the paper my own first round of comments, for your interest.
===== Ben Jones Assistant Professor of Physics University of Texas at Arlington 817-272-2295 =====
Please find attached a paper on NEXT-NEW background which is circulating in SRC. As with the recent energy and topology papers, mandatory reading for NEXT members in our group. Please send me any thoughts comments you have and would like fed back.
Ben
===== Ben Jones Assistant Professor of Physics University of Texas at Arlington 817-272-2295 =====
Please find below a new paper on Topology that is being reviewed by NEXT SRC. I am the SRC reviewer for this one, so please send me any comments or feedback you have - these will be helpful to receive.
===== Ben Jones Assistant Professor of Physics University of Texas at Arlington 817-272-2295 =====
This years ACES poster event at UTA is on April 12. I would like everyone who is researching with us, and who will be here on Friday April 12, to submit an abstract for a poster. I have also nominated Leslie to present on behalf of our group in the oral talk competition.
===== Ben Jones Assistant Professor of Physics University of Texas at Arlington 817-272-2295 =====
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From: "Pederson, Gregory P" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: “No Belles” performance 3 pm today SEIR Room 198 Date: October 5, 2018 at 10:50:43 AM CDT To: <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Reply-To: College of Science <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Please join us for a performance of the critically acclaimed play “No Belles: Stories of Women in Science” at 3 pm today in SEIR Building Room 198. The performance is sponsored by the UTA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. Admission is free and open to all. [image2.jpeg]
