January 6, 2009 | 4:02 pm
Some more physics license plates, submitted by Jorge Pullin of Louisiana State University. See the whole collection here. GMUNU (Gμν) represents Einstein’s metric tensor from the general theory of relativity and G WAVE refers to gravitational waves, the research interests of Pullin and his wife Gabriela Gonzalez.
G WAVE
GMUNU
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January 5, 2009 | 12:56 pm
Benefits issue of symmetry
While symmetry breaking was on holiday, we snuck out the new online edition of symmetry with the print issue shipping soon. You can see the whole issue’s table of contents. The issue is themed around the benefits of particle physics, not only looking at spinoff technologies, but also exploring how particle physics helps train an expert workforce, adds to local economies, and helps drive improvement and adoption of other sciences and technologies. We also ask, “What would be needed to really understand the economic impact of particle physics?”
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volume 08 | issue 03 | october 11
On the cover:
As symmetry celebrates its 50th issue, big changes are afoot at Fermilab.
The lab’s Tevatron Collider, once the most powerful particle collider in
the world, is shutting down, and a new project is on the horizon: Project X.
This proposed $1.8 billion accelerator complex would keep Fermilab at
the forefront of high-energy physics, this time at the Intensity Frontier—a realm
in which scientists bring incredible numbers of particles into collision to
search for extremely rare processes with a big physics impact. It’s exactly
the kind of place where discoveries may lie. See “Solving for X”.
Photo illustrations: Reidar Hahn, Fermilab and Sandbox Studio
© 2011 symmetry. A joint Fermilab/SLAC publication. PO Box 500 MS206, Batavia, IL 60510, USA
