Rock bands hit all the major cities when they’ve got something to sing. Physicists aren’t much different – we hit all the institutions we can when we have something to share. I’ll be doing a seminar tour this fall, starting in September. Here are confirmed dates at various institutions. If you would like me to give a seminar at your institution, let me know! Otherwise, pop on by if I’m in the neighborhood!
- September 19: Cornell University (Seminar)
- September 22: MIT (Lab for Nuclear Science Colloquium)
- September 29: Syracuse University (Seminar)
- October 1: McGill University (Seminar)
- October 3: The Ohio State University (Seminar)
- October 7: Case-Western Reserve University (Seminar)
- October 9: University of Cincinnati (Colloquium)
- October 13: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Seminar)
- October 21: University of California – Davis (Seminar)
- November 17: Indiana University (Seminar)
- November 18: Purdue University (Seminar)
- December 8: Southern Methodist University (Colloquium)
Here is the title and abstract of my intended talk:
The White Elephant: Upsilon Physics at the BaBar B-factory
For a decade, the PEP-II/BaBar B-factory has been a flagship experiment in precision measurements in the flavor sector, notably in the decays of B and charm mesons. Before its shutdown in April, the B-factory took a new direction and secured the world’s largest samples of Upsilon(3S) and Upsilon(2S) mesons and performed an extensive scan above the Upsilon(4S) resonance. I will talk about the motivation for this change of course and our new results in both the search for the ground state of bottomonium and the search for evidence of new physics at a low mass scale, including both the Higgs and dark matter.
Update (8/27/08): The Cincinnati colloquium date is moved from 10/13 to 10/9
Update (9/3/08): I’ve been confirmed for a seminar at Case-Western Reserve University
Update (9/19/08): A seminar at the home base, OSU, is now arranged.
Update (10/3/08): A seminar at UC-Davis has been setup
Update (10/9/08): Seminars at Indiana University and Purdue have been arranged
Update (12/7/08): My colloquium at Southern Methodist University has been added
