Deadlines change for June 3 issue

Some of this week's stories

Sloan Foundation president to speak

The talk will begin at 3 p.m. in the APS Conference Center Auditorium, Building 402 at Argonne-East.

As IBM director of research in the 1970s and 1980s, Gomory directed work that led to two successive Nobel Prizes in physics, one for the scanning tunneling microscope and the second for high-temperature superconductors.

As a research mathematician, he was a major contributor to the field of integer programming. His research was recognized by the title of IBM Fellow, the company's highest technical rank, and by numerous awards.

Gomory has been a trustee of Princeton University and a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering and received the National Medal of Science in 1988.

The colloquium is part of "Partners in Progress: Science, Technology and Society," a series of speeches in honor of Argonne's 50th anniversary..

APS dedication
Moncton: 'Job ahead is the bigger one'

The state-of-the-art synchrotron x-ray facility was officially declared ready for operations at a dedication ceremony marked by speeches and more than one emotional moment. In the darkened, cavernous space of the experiment hall, about 1,000 employees, VIPs and visitors (and another 300 in the building 402 lecture hall) watched in awe as a time-lapse movie, compiled from still photographs taken over the 5-year period of APS construction, showed the APS facility taking shape.

"If I were to choose a single reason for the success that we are celebrating today," said David Moncton, associate laboratory director for the APS, "it would be the success of teamwork. But the job ahead of us is an even bigger one -- To produce the bounty of science that will justify the nation's investment"

Moncton accepted the accolades of the dignitaries assembled for the dedication ceremony "on behalf of all the employees of the Advanced Photon Source," and expressed his "deepest appreciation" to Argonne Director Alan Schriesheim for his "unwavering support."

"We owe him a tremendous debt of gratitude for his steadfastness and intuitive sense of confidence in the employees," Moncton said. The audience responded with a standing ovation for the laboratory director.

Those attending the dedication, or watching via closed-circuit television in the Building 402 Auditorium, also heard remarks from Hugo Sonnenschein, president of the University of Chicago, and Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary.

As the APS was being dedicated, scientists from 100 universities, 36 companies and 27 research institutions had signed up to conduct research at the APS. Future users were heavily involved in the design of the APS, joining forces in "Collaborative Access Teams" which have contributed about $25 million in funding to design and build instruments at the facility. Forty of the machine's 70 beamlines are already assigned to research teams.

The U.S. Department of Energy has invested $812 million in the facility, including construction, commissioning, research and operating costs. Universities, industry and other federal agencies have contributed $160 million in design and instrumentation for beamlines, and the State of Illinois provided $19 million for construction of a user residence facility. Construction was completed ahead of schedule, under budget, and produced more facilities for users than originally planned.

Two Nobel Prize winners
discuss their research

Bethe's May 9 talk, latest in the "Partners in Progress: Science, Technology and Society" special colloquium series, covered his studies of solar neutrinos -- subatomic particles produced by nuclear reactions in the sun. Bethe and other astrophysicists have watched with interest, and growing alarm, as early results came in from huge new neutrino detectors operating in deep mines around the world. Depending on the experiment, the detectors were seeing only one-half to one-third as many of the elusive particles as predicted by theory.

"The experiments left us with a puzzle," Bethe said. "They show there are neutrinos from the sun, but why are there so few?"

Initial responses were a reexamination of theories about how nuclear reactions drive the sun (much of which Bethe is responsible for). Lately, however, the effort to find the missing neutrinos has become of the center of attention.

Bethe said that it may be possible for neutrinos to "oscillate" between two forms as they travel from the sun's core to detectors on earth. Up to now, neutrino detectors have been sensitive to only one type of particle. New detectors now under construction will be able to see both the "mu" neutrino and its supposed counterpart, the "tau," and solve the solar neutrino conundrum.

A world-reknowned scientist, Bethe won the Nobel Prize in 1967 for his research on energy production in stars. He was head of theoretical physics for the World War Two Manhattan Project, advisor to several U.S. presidents and a prominent advocate of nuclear arms control.

Rubbia's talk on May 3 centered on the "Energy Amplifier Concept," an accelerator-driven, subcritical fission reactor Rubbia first proposed in 1993.

Rubbia's Energy Amplifier works something like Argonne's Intense Pulsed Neutron Source, in which a particle accelerator bombards a fissile target with protons. IPNS produces bursts of neutrons for materials research; but the Energy Amplifier is tailored to produce heat to drive standard power-generating equipment.

The Energy Amplifier is not self-sustaining -- if the accelerator is shut off, the reaction grinds to a halt. The device can "burn" a ton of plutonium from nuclear weapons into about a kilogram of short-lived, non-fissile ashes, Rubbia said.

Rubbia said he has conducted successful bench-scale initial experiments at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN), where he is a senior physicist.

He shared the 1984 Nobel Prize in physics for his work in developing new particle accelerator techniques for proton-antiproton colliders.

50th anniversary items
for sale in cafeteria ...

Sweatshirts cost $15, coffee mugs are $6 and T-shirts for adults are $8. Youth T-shirts are $6.

... And commemorative coins
are available for pickup

Ken Conner of Corporate Gold Coin will distribute the medallions from 11:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on these dates. For more information call Conner at (708) 226-1990.

IPD offers trade magazine service

IPD will negotiate placement of articles in trade publications, and IPD technical staff will write the articles based on information provided by researchers, and will act as a liaison with the trade magazine during the publishing process.

The efforts will be coordinated with the Office of Public Affairs and the Industrial Technology Development Center (ITD).

The Energy Systems Division has been one of the early users of this new service. "These articles have been very effective for us in getting information about the division's research capabilities to the right people in industry," said Division Director Norm Sather after two recent articles in R&D Magazine netted more than 200 corporate inquiries.

For more information about this service, call Vic Comello at ext. 2-1979.

Chun to lead Korean-American
scientists and engineers group

Chun is manager of the Environmental Assessment Division's atmospheric sciences section.

The association is a nonprofit organization devoted to the promotion of friendship and the exchange of scientific knowledge and technological information among its members and between the United States and Korea.

It also promotes the exchange of, and collaborative research by, U.S. and Korean scientists and engineers. The association has approximately 10,000 members from across the United States.

Chun will serve as president-elect for one year beginning July 1 and will then serve as president the following year.

Different date, location
for next PC Club meeting

The meeting will be held from noon to 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 13, in Argonne-East's Building 205, Room A-059. Irv Johnson (STA-CMT) will demonstrate the MathCAD PC program. All interested employees are invited to attend.

The club usually meets at noon on the first Thursday of each month in Building 221, Room A216.

Joel T. Berkley (ECT-CTT) retired April 22 with 31 years of service.

Robert A. Bilshausen (ECT-CTT) retired May 15 with 30 years of service.

Gabriel Dragel (ET) retired May 1 with 46 years of service.

William E. Pelkey (PFS-BM) retired May 10 with 33 years of service.

John Unik (ECT) retired May 1 with 35 years of service.

Service Awards for March, April & May include:

35 Years

John M. Bogaty (PHY), Richard W. Lindsay (RPS ), Donald R. Perkins (ET), Edmund W. Shaw (PFS US), Gary D. Spaulding (RPS SUP), Murland O. Spaulding (OD), Vernon F. Stipp (PNS).

30 Years

Manuel M. Bretscher (TD), Leo G. LeSage (OTD ERA), Joseph L. Midlock (ASD), James L. Oldani (ESH FD), Albert E. Painter (PFS GR), Dale L. Smith (TD), Marilyn Wittkofski (OPA).

25 Years

Ronald A. Bare (ECT CTT), Winfred A. Bezella (RE), Jean C. Glover (PHY), Paul R. Okamoto (MSD), Ronald J. Teunis (OPS), Patricia K. Traub (OTD).

20 Years

Thomas E. Baldwin (DIS), David M. Baurac (OPA), Rob R. Chace (ED), Laurel A. Chapman (ER), Sue A. Curtis (DIS), Karen L. DeLara-Menozzi (DEP), Keith L. Derstine (RA), Ezzat D. Doss (TD), Barbara Fletcher (PHY), Henry A. Harper (ED), Michael J. Hilden (ECT ELT), Raymond K. Knepper (PFS US), Charles E. Lahm (RPS ESH), Charlotte M. LeGrand (HR), Alan L. Moler (PFS US), Richard D. Olsen (EA), Arne P. Olson (TD), Leon C. Robinson (PFS IN), Judith K. Stickels (SPO), David G. Streets (DIS), Barbara L. Sullivan (ES), Rosario Torres (OTD APS), Blake J. Wartchow (OD PS), Lawrence J. Wesley (PFS BM), Shari K. Zussman (ITD).

15 Years

Amrit S. Boparai (CMT AC), Ronald J. DiMelfi (RE), Jim R. Huggins Jr. (PFS PMO), Donald O. Johnson (ES), Renee M. Lanham (ASD), Robert W. Lyczkowski (ES), Mary A. Moore (OCF PRO), James P. Peerenboom (DIS), Christopher Saricks (ES), Judith A. Wozniak (RE).

10 Years

John K. Basco (CMT), Jeffrey F. Berg (ED), Bruce M. Biwer (EA), Lawrence E. Boing (TD DD), David J. Chaiko (CMT), Paula D. Diedrichsen (PFS PMO), Thomas Fornek (TD DES), Todd J. Frickey (OD), Marsha S. Goldberg (EA), Nelson A. Hanan (TD), Gloria M. King (OCF BUD), Aravinda M. Kini (CHM), Gerald J. Mallizzio (PFS BM), Suzanne C. Maroney (MSD), Thomas E. Mathews (PFS BM), Michael J. Meshenberg (DIS), William R Mosby (ED), George D. Mosho (ESH HP), Adrienne H. Novick (TD), Vincent J. Novick (TD), William R. Ramos (RPS SEC), Stephen Sichak (ESH), Diane B. Simms (ASD), Michael K. Tanaka (OD PS), Lynn B. TenKate (CMT AC), Sharron L. West (SPO).

5 Years

Alexei Abrikosov (MSD), Pradeep Aggarwal (ER), Nicholas Agos (PFS BM), Douglas Allen (XFD), Douglas G. Atwood (RPS CCS), Donald Barnett (PFS CU), Marilyn E. Baumgardner (OD PS), John E. Beach (RPS RM), Kenneth Belcher (ECT ELT), Catherine M. Beles (DEP), Walter R. Bird (ESH), Conrad Bissonnette (PFS PMO), William Black (PFS IN), Daniel J Bonney (ED MS), Michael David Borland (ASD), David Brink (TD DES), Edgar Buck (CMT), Jennifer Butler (OCF ACT), David J. Carron (PFS BM), Alan Ciner (PFS IN), Sandra Classen (ITD), Terry M. Cobbley (OD PS), Clifford Conner (CMT), Thomas Crain (TD DES), John Crandall (ASD), Steven Davey (XFD), Donna K Dimick (ED), Dana R. Dixon (OCF PRO), Mark S. Engbretson (MSD), James Erick (ESH HP), Frank S. Felicione (TD AW), Gaylene L. Flores (RPS HR), Sara Catherine Foster (OPA), Ayfa Franchini (ES), David Garbin (EMO WMO), Valerie J Garretson (ED), Jeffrey Goetzen (PNS), Arthur Gordon (PFS IN), Jade U. Grover (RPS SEC), Julie Hanebuth (PNS), Timothy Hickey (PFS BM), Ralph Hinterman (ESH), Deanna Hollo (CHM), B. D'Lynn Howell (RPS SUP), Brent L. Inskeep (OD PS), Calvin Jackson (PFS CU), Jack Jones (PFS FPE), Yoon Kang (ASD), Omar A. Karim (PFS IN), Betty Kinney (RA), Patrick Kinsella (PFS CU), Rosemary Krol (IPD TIS), Mark Langties (PFS IN), David V. Laug (OD), Debra Lopez (OCF PRO), Robb J Lowe (OD PS), Joseph Malak (PFS DR), Kim A. Mandekich (HR), John Manning (ER), Vivian D. Mansanarez (RPS FS), Bruce Massow (PFS BM), Julie Mathiesen (EQO IND), Ian McNulty (XFD), Daniel Melvin (PFS VM), Rodney Merrick (PFS CU), Gary Messenger (RPS SUP), Kenneth Moore (PFS BM), Helaine Sue Morss (PRA), Andrew Mosele (PFS VM), Robert C Muehring (ESH FD), Michael Muscia (ASD), Gregory Nawrocki (ASD), Sigmund Nelson (PFS FPE), Hyo J. No (EMO), George Norek (PFS FPE), Kerie A. Norris (RPS ESH), Anatoly Oberfeld (TD DES), Kent Oikle (PFS FPE), Charles Ostermeyer (TD DES), LaVonia M. Ousley (DEP), Patricia J. Peterson (PFS PMO), Christopher Piatak (PNS), Robert Pisowicz (PFS FPE), Edward Plaskacz (RE), James Podraza (PFS BM), Shahida Razvi (ESH HP), Darryl Reigle (ASD), Daniel Rowland (PFS BM), Susan Rura (ES), Nancy E. Schmuland (OD PS), Randall M. Shaw (RPS CCS), I-Ching Sheng (ASD), Deming Shu (XFD), Herman Spanberger (TD DES), B. Srinivasan (CMT), James Stevens (ASD), William A. Stigberg (ESH HP), Kevin Stoll (ESH), William Storey (PFS IN), Richard A. Tafoya (PNS), Cheryl Thom (IPD TIS), Sandra D. Tomchak (RPS SEC), Tye N. Tomchak (OD PS), Nandini Trivedi (MSD), Carole L Trybus (ED), Xucheng Wang (ASD), Ginger S. Warren (ESH), John Weizeorick (ECT ELT), Peter B. Wells (ED), Charles Wise (ESH HP), Shenglan Xu (XFD), Elizabeth Ybarra (IPD TIS).

Monday, May 20

Chemistry Division Seminar: "Low Level Radiation Dosimetry at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre" by Basheshar L. Gupta, Department of Chemistry, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Bombay, India. 9 a.m., Bldg. 200, Conference Room J193.

Chemical Technology Division Seminar: "Synroc as a Ceramic Waste Form for Deep Geological Disposal" by Lou Vance and Kaye Hart, Staff Scientists, Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organization, NSW, Australia. 10:30 a.m., Bldg. 205, Y-Auditorium.

High Energy Physics Division Theoretical Physics Seminar: "Colorless States in Perturbative QCD: Charmonium and Rapidity Gaps" by James F. Amundson, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 2 p.m., Bldg. 362, Conference Room E188.

Physics Division Seminar: "Expressions of Inner Freedom: An Experimental Study of Reactions at the Coulomb Barrier" by Heiko Timmers, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. 3:30 p.m., Bldg. 203, Conference Room R150.

Tuesday, May 21

Chemical Technology Division Seminar: "Characterization of Early Stages of Hydrolytic Corrosion of Simulated Nuclear Waste Glasses Using the Radiometric Emanation Method" by Vladimir Balek, Senior Scientist & Associate Professor, Nuclear Research Institute, Rez, Czech Republic. 10:30 a.m., Bldg. 205, Y-Auditorium.

Environmental Research Division Seminar: "A Comparison of High Resolution Rainfall Accumulation Estimates from the NEXRAD WSR-88D Precipitation Algorithm With Rain Gage Data" by Gerald H. Klazura, NEXRAD Operation Support Facility, Norman, Okla. 10:30 a.m., Bldg. 203, Conference Room E142.

Chemistry Division Seminar: "Actinide Separations and Plutonium Disposition" by Gordon D. Jarvinen, Los Alamos Plutonium Facility, Nuclear Materials Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico. 11 a.m., Bldg. 200 Auditorium.

Chemical Technology Division Seminar: "Recovery of Toxic Heavy and Radioactive Metals from Contaminated Waters by Modified Bentonites" by Zdenek Malek, Laboratory Head, Nuclear Research Institute, Rez, Czech Republic. 1:30 p.m., Bldg. 205, Y-Auditorium.

Wednesday, May 22

Chemical Technology Division Seminar: "The Vitrification of the High Level Wastes in France: Material Research, Technological Development, Industrial Experience" by Antoine-Francois Jouan, Noel-Rene Jacquet-Francillon and Etienne Vernaz, Staff Scientists, CEA Group, Avignon, France. 10:30 a.m., Bldg. 205, Y-Auditorium.

High Energy Physics Division Seminar: "Deep-inelastic Electroproduction of Heavy Quarks" by John Smith, SUNY, Stony Brook, N.Y. 11 a.m., Bldg. 362, Conference Room F108.

Materials Science Division Special Colloquium: "High-Tc SQUIDs: An Emerging Technology" by John C. Clarke, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley and Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. 11 a.m., Bldg. 212, Conference Room A157.

Joint Chemistry and Materials Science Divisions Seminar: "Doping Diamond By Forced Diffusion" by Talun Sung, Nuclear Engineering Department, University of Missouri, Columbia. 2:30 p.m., Bldg. 200, Conference Room J183.

Thursday, May 23

Mathematics and Computer Science Division Seminar: "Fault Tolerant Matrix Operations For Networks of Workstations" by Youngbae Kim, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 10:30 a.m., Bldg. 221, Conference Room A216.

Materials Science Division Seminar: "Anomalous Scattering and Related Spectroscopies" by Paolo Carra, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France. 11 a.m., Bldg. 223, Conference Room S105.

Experimental Facilities Division Seminar: "Multiplet Effects in Core Level Spectroscopies of Transition Metal Compounds" by Frank de Groot, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. 4 p.m., Bldg. 401, Conference Room A1100.

Friday, May 24

Mathematics and Computer Science Division Seminar: "Signal Processing, The Kronecker Product And Efficient Automatic Implementations" by Nikos P. Pitsianis, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 10:30 a.m., Bldg. 221, Conference Room A216.

Chemistry Division Seminar: "Hyperfine Quantum Beats in Cyanogen" by Naoki Hemmi, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 11 a.m., Bldg. 200, Conference Room J183.

Physics Colloquium: "Extremely Cold Antiprotons and Antihydrogens" by Gerald Gabrielse, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 11 a.m., Bldg. 203 Auditorium.

Tuesday, May 28

Joint Chemistry and Materials Science Divisions Seminar: "Homoepitaxial Diamond Growth in High-Temperature Plasmas" by Thomas S. McCauley, Department of Physics, The University of Alabama, Birmingham. 11 a.m., Bldg. 200, Conference Room J183.

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