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On the Cover:
In August 2005, Snowmass Village, Colorado, welcomed about 700 physicists and engineers who work on the proposed International Linear Collider. At the core of the project are shiny, superconducting radio-frequency cavities that accelerate particles.
Illustrations: Sandbox Studio
October 2005:
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| From the Editor |
Commentary: John Womersley
A DOE assignee recommends that physicists spend time in the federal agencies for the
benefit of the field. |
Signal to Background
The power of pi; DESY turns on its new free-electron laser; old equipment on eBay; studying spider webs; review; letters. |
Voices: Relativity Contest
Participants at the SLAC Summer Institute were asked, “What might show Einstein's general theory of relativity to be wrong?” |
Snowmass 2005
Nearly 700 physicists from around the world met in Snowmass, Colorado, to advance plans to create an International Linear Collider.
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Asymmetric Insight
An experiment with polarized electrons probed the strength and asymmetry of the weak force over multiple energy scales.
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More of the Universe
With a three-year extension, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey will expand its investigations to include dark matter and dark energy.
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War & Peace
A community activist contrasts confrontational Superconducting Super Collider days with the new Fermilab public participation effort.
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Day in the Life: Snowmass 2005
The Snowmass meeting engulfed the village's conference center, hotels, condominiums, and restaurants in physics discussions.
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Gallery: Jan-Henrik Andersen
A visual language developed by designer Jan-Henrik Andersen captures what we know of particle physics, and what there might be to come.
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Essay: Meet Mickey
How can a romance heroine cut it as an astrophysicist? Novelist Kathleen O'Reilly's fascination for physics is apparent in one of her books.
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Logbook: Bottom Quark
A memo written at Fermilab in November 1976 hinted at the observation of a new particle. Six months later, the discovery was real.
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60 Seconds: CP Violation
Are the laws of nature the same for matter and antimatter? Why are all the stars made of matter and not antimatter?
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