A FESTSCHRIFT IN HONOR OF LARRY SULAK
Hosts: Aram Chobanian, President
emeritus, Prof. Sheldon Glashow, and Dr. John R. Silber, President
emeritus
Master of Ceremonies: Prof. Sheldon Glashow
Boston University
Friday, October 21, 2005
| Opening ceremony Leon Lederman, chairman | ||
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Shelly Glashow | Why are we all here? (powerpoint) |
| Aram Chobanian | Welcome, from the recent President of Boston University | |
| David Campbell | A brief introduction to the university from the Provost | |
| Shelly Glashow | Dedication of the Symposium: to those who cannot be with us | |
| SYMPOSIUM: THE GOLDEN AGE OF PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ITS LEGACY | ||
| CP Violation...once there was only Brookhaven...now where? David Lee, chairman | ||
| 9:25 - 9:55 | Lincoln Wolfenstein | The surprising neutrino: only those who wager can win. |
| 10:00 - 10:25 | Witold Kozanecki | The International Linear Collider - back to the energy frontier (powerpoint) |
| COFFEE | ||
| The elusive energy scale beyond the Standard Model Freeman Dyson, chairman | ||
| 11:00 - 11:25 | Roy Aleksan | Post LHC: How Europe is getting prepared (powerpoint) |
| 11:30 - 11:55 | Alvaro DeRujula | Cosmic rays: a century old conundrum (pdf) |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Norman Ramsey | The bright future: searching for the electric dipole moment of the neutron (powerpoint) |
| LUNCH | ||
| Role of innovative detectors Paul Martin, chairman | ||
| 2:00 - 2:25 | Andre Rosowsky | How to find SUSY: From bizarre idea to CMS calorimetry (powerpoint and pdf) |
| 2:30 - 2:55 | Jim Strait | The calorimeter of the future: a massive liquid argon time projection chamber (powerpoint and pdf) |
| 3:00 - 3:25 | Francis Farley | A new method of measuring the muon g-2 (powerpoint and pdf) |
| COFFEE | ||
| Seeking the unexpected Jack Steinberger, chairman | ||
| 4:15 - 4:40 | Mike Levi | Detecting dark energy (powerpoint, w/ movies) |
| 4:45 - 5:10 | Paschal Coyle | Neutrinos out of the (deep) blue: Towards a new astronomy (powerpoint, w/ movies) |
| 7:00 | 111 Carlton Street | Reception for out-of-town guests |
Saturday, October 22, 2005
| Grand unification, proton decay, neutrino oscillations, etc. Frank Wilczek, chairman | ||
| 9:00 - 9:25 | Bill Foster | A self-assembling hadronic accelerator (powerpoint) |
| 9:30 - 9:55 | Bruce Cortez | The birth of the imaging water Cherenkov detector (powerpoint) |
| 10:00 - 10:25 | John LoSecco | The history of "anomalous atmospheric neutrino events" (pdf) |
| COFFEE | ||
| Long range future? Or is particle physics just history? Carlo Rubbia, chairman | ||
| 11:00 - 11:25 | David Casper | How will we see leptonic CP violation? (powerpoint) |
| 11:30 - 11:55 | Tune Kamae | Turning the cosmos into a particle physics laboratory (powerpoint) |
| LUNCH | ||
| Is particle physics of any use outside the lab? Bert Halperin, chairman | ||
| 2:00 - 2:20 | Gerry Holton | History of science: ascent and morphosis |
| 2:25 - 2:50 | Charling Tao | From physics graduate student in the '70s to observing supernovas today (powerpoint) |
| 2:55 - 3:20 | Bill Worstell | From novel g-2 fast calorimetry to a superior pet scanner (powerpoint) |
| 3:25 - 3:50 | Ian Affleck | What will we understand next in nanoscience? (powerpoint) |
| COFFEE | ||
| Will we ever see nucleons decaying? Albrecht Wagner, chairman | ||
| 4:10 - 4:35 | Ed Witten | Proton decay in string theory (powerpoint) |
| "The Roast" Alexander Szalay, chairman | ||
| 4:40 - 5:30 | Volunteers | We had fun doing science with Larry! |
| CELEBRATORY BANQUET | ||
| Master of Ceremonies: Prof. Sheldon Glashow Ballroom, Metcalf Trustees Center | ||
| 7:00 | Reception | Fine Arts Quartet: Emily Rist, violin, David Glover, violin, Emily Rideout, viola, Leslie Scott, cello |
| 8:00 | Peter Zazofsky | Welcome Appreciation for the Physics/Fine Arts synergism Introduction of the President |
| 7:00 | Bob Brown | Greetings from the President of Boston University |
| Shelly Glashow | Presentation of the "Lawrence R. Sulak Common Room" Gift of Dean S. Edmonds, Jr. to the Physics Department | |
| Harvey Nathanson | "From the peaks of West Virginia to the pinnacles of physics" (pdf) | |
| Witold Kozanecki | "Discovering neutral currents, searching for Grand Unification: ...not quite what this greenhorn expected" (powerpoint) | |
| John R. Silber | "The impact of physics on this university community" (pdf) | |
| David Campbell | Introduction of the Muir Trio: Peter Zazofsky, violin, Mike Reynolds, cello, and Robert Merfeld, piano Franz Schubert, Allegro moderato from Trio in B-flat major, Opus 99 | |
Sunday, October 23, 2005
| 11:00 | 111 Carlton Street | Brunch for out-of-town guests |