The Interaction Point, August 1, 2003

August 1, 2003

Welcome SSI Participants
E-158 Makes First Observation of Parity Violation in Electron-Electron Scattering By Heather Rock Woods Presented at a SLAC seminar this spring, the first results from the extraordinarily precise and challenging E-158 experiment prove for the first time that this asymmetry exists in electron-electron interactions. Standard Model theory had predicted this outcome. Generating the experiment’s first precision measurement was like searching 10 million haystacks to pinpoint the single one that contains the needle. See whole story...	U.S. Senator Ted Stevens Visits SLAC See photo story...
SSI Welcomes Hundreds By Eileen Brennan The SLAC Summer Institute (SSI) is up and running with one more week to go. You can still register for SSI at the following Web site: http://www-conf.slac.stanford.edu/ssi/2003 The topical conference (see schedule on Web site) begins on Wednesday and has a most interesting and exciting schedule of talks and speakers. The talks can also be viewed live in the Orange Room in Central Lab. Copies of the pre-lecture notes are posted on the Web site. See whole story...	SLAC Gets the Woz for BBC See photo story...

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