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Thirty Years of Quarky Nuclear
Physics
 By
Heather Rock Woods
On the
heels of discovering quarks 35 years ago, SLAC pioneered a new field
called high-energy nuclear physics to delve into the quirky behavior of
quarks.
Like
ecologists who want to understand the behavior and ecological niche of a
newly discovered species, a SLAC user group formed by the late Benson
Chertok (American University) began using high-energy electron beams to
learn about quarks in their natural habitat—protons, neutrons and
combinations of protons and neutrons that form the nucleus of an atom.
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Walkin’, Phishin’
and Postin’—Annual Safety and Security Briefing
By Doug Kreitz
Attendees at the 3rd annual Safety and Security Briefing held on
September 22 reacted enthusiastically to the revised format and solid
content of the talks.
Staff comments from the 2003 event influenced the topics and helped
shape the overall format this year—fewer speakers, timely and concise
information and more interesting visuals. We are pleased to report that,
based on 400 staff surveys returned, many felt this year’s program was
the most valuable one they had attended to date.
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New KIPAC Parking Lot Takes
Shape Near Main Gate
By
Shawne Neeper
 Road
closed. Right turn only. Before long, it will be left turn only. Recent
traffic rerouting counter-clockwise around the Loop Road has been
necessary for the construction of additional parking to support the
future Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC),
and it is nearly finished. Next will come Phase II—construction of the
three-story building, which will require occasional closures of the Loop
Road.
The
current work extends the existing parking lot to the east and downhill
from the Cafeteria.
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Trim That V:Drive
By
Shawne Neeper
You
probably received the e-mail sent out August 30 with the subject
heading: Quotas Now Implemented on Windows Disk Space. It announced new
limits on space usage in SLAC’s Windows network drives. Your individual
‘user’ drive, usually mapped as the Z:drive, has an initial limit of
500MB, or six percent greater than your existing usage, whichever is
greater. The ‘group’ or V:drive gets the larger of 10GB or 10 percent
greater than current usage.
Isn’t
Disk Space Cheap?
Disk
space is cheaper every year, so many of us have developed the habit of
keeping any file that might some day prove useful.
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