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New calibration of the ‘red giant method’ improves measurement of the Hubble constant
March 22, 2023 / Berkeley Lab Physics Division News ~ In his new paper in Nature Astronomy, Taylor Hoyt – a researcher in Berkeley Lab’s Physics Division – presents a new approach to calibrating the measurement of the universe’s present day expansion rate. Hoyt, a physicist in the Supernova Cosmology Project who studies the extragalactic distanceRead More
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DOE/NSF P5 “Cosmic Frontier” Town Hall hosted at Berkeley Lab on February 22-24
March 3, 2023 / Berkeley Lab Physical Sciences News ~ Berkeley Lab’s Physics Division hosted the first P5 (Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel) Town Hall on February 22-24 to launch the pivotal information-gathering phase, during which the Panel learned about the aspirations of the U.S. particle physics community. Building on the 2021 Snowmass Community Planning Exercise, P5Read More
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Volker Koch honored as a 2023 Physics Review ‘Outstanding Referee’
March 1, 2023 / Berkeley Lab Nuclear Science Division News ~ Volker Koch, a Senior Scientist in the Nuclear Theory Group of Berkeley Lab’s Nuclear Science Division, has been selected as a 2023 Outstanding Referee of the Physical Review journals. Honorees are chosen by the American Physical Society (APS) journal editors in appreciation for the essentialRead More
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How LDRD Supported the Development of Simulations for Next-Generation Accelerator Technology
February 28, 2023 / Berkeley Lab Research News ~ This new article features Jean-Luc Vay, a senior physicist in the Accelerator Technology and Applied Physics Division (ATAP), and how Berkeley Lab’s LDRD (Laboratory Directed Research & Development) program has supported his team’s development of WarpX, a cutting-edge software platform developed under Vay’s leadership within DOE’s ExascaleRead More
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New DESI planetarium show to premier in 2023
February 27, 2023 / Marsha Fenner / Berkeley Lab News Center~ This spring, a stunning new documentary film featuring recent discoveries from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) will be released to planetariums worldwide. 5000 Eyes: Mapping the Universe with DESI is a new feature-length planetarium show created in collaboration with DESI‘s consortium of worldwideRead More
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