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volume 03 issue 01 feb 06

February 2006 Issue Cover

On the Cover:
Four of the largest particle colliders in the world, located in the United States, Germany, and Japan, are brighter than ever before, beckoning high-energy physicists around the globe toward new realms of discovery.

Photos: Sandbox Studio

February 2006:
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Contents
From the Editor
Commentary: Barry Barish
Scientists have decided on the baseline configuration of the International Linear Collider.
Signal to Background
A classified barn; shoemobile; holiday decoration; birds; Indiana Jones; battle of the boxes; Lederman’s show; letters.
Voices: Counting Papers
Is the total number of references to a paper in other literature a measure of its scientific quality?
GLAST into Space
Satellite-based detectors will search for dark matter, the evolution of stars, and cosmic accelerators.
ICFA: The Committee Behind the Future of Particle Colliders
The International Committee for Future Accelerators is at the core of international collaboration.
Quantum Diaries: A Year in the Life
The online diaries of 33 particle physicists provided a glimpse of their lives in 2005.
Brighter Future
Collider luminosity is the key to particle physics discoveries, and labs have made great improvements recently.
Gallery: Julian Voss-Andreae
A sculptor with roots in physics creates art inspired by the three-dimensional structures of proteins.
Deconstruction: Collimation
To create tight, narrow particle beams, scientists “shave off” the diffuse outer edge of the beam.
Essay: Simon Singh
"I became the first ex-particle physicist to persuade a No.1-selling pop artist to re-record a song."
Logbook: Supernova 1987A
The Kamiokande II experiment caught neutrinos from a supernova before telescopes first saw its light.
60 seconds: Luminosity
Experimenters seek ever-increasing luminosity to make new particle physics discoveries.

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