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Demarteau to head ORNL Physics Division

Posted at 2:14 pm July 5, 2019
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Marcellinus Demarteau

By Dawn Levy

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has named Marcel Demarteau as Physics Division Director, effective June 17.

“Marcel brings a keen sense of physics research to the Physics Division and will help in shaping its future in the areas of heavy-ion collisions, fundamental symmetries, neutrino physics, nuclear structure and astrophysics, and stable isotope production and research,” said David Dean, associate laboratory director for physical sciences.  

An expert in particle collider physics and a Fellow of the American Physical Society, Demarteau leads research in the structure and evolution of the universe. He chairs several advisory committees through which the particle physics community takes stock of past progress and charts future enterprises.

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Filed Under: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Argonne National Laboratory, David Dean, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Marcel Demarteau, Marcellinus Demarteau, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Physics Division, U.S. Department of Energy

Hearne joins ORNL as director of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences

Posted at 2:51 pm February 15, 2019
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Sean Hearne (Photo by Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Sean Hearne (Photo by Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

 

Oak Ridge National Laboratory has named Sean Hearne director of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences.

The center is a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility that brings world-leading resources and capabilities to the nanoscience research community, a press release said. National and international researchers benefit from CNMS expertise in nanomaterials synthesis and nanofabrication to develop new materials, as well as from state-of-the-art imaging, characterization, and microscopy equipment used to explore material properties at the nanoscale, the press release said.

“I am very pleased and excited to add Sean to our team and look forward to continuing excellence in nanomaterial research and development under his leadership at CNMS,” said David Dean, associate laboratory director for Physical Sciences.

Hearne comes to Oak Ridge from Sandia National Laboratories, where he served as senior manager of the Ion Beam Facility and co-director of the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, a DOE Office of Science User Facility jointly operated by Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratory. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, David Dean, grid energy storage, Integrated Nanotechnologies, Intel Corporation, Ion Beam Facility, materials science, nanofabrication, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Office of Science, Sandia National Laboratories, Sean Hearne, solid state physics, U.S. Department of Energy

Scientists seek new physics using ORNL’s intense neutrino source

Posted at 11:00 am June 22, 2016
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Neutrino Experiment at High Flux Isotope Reactor

The High Flux Isotope Reactor, a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility that creates continuous neutron beams, is the site of a new neutrino experiment. Yale-led PROSPECT will probe neutrinos formed as a byproduct of radioactive decay processes. (Image credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, DOE/Photographer Genevieve Martin)

 

By Dawn Levy

Soon to be deployed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is an experiment to explore new physics associated with neutrinos. The Precision Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, or PROSPECT, is led by Yale University and includes partners from 14 academic and governmental institutions. The DOE High Energy Physics program will support the experiment at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, or HFIR, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at ORNL. The neutrino, the subject of a 2015 Nobel Prize, remains a poorly understood fundamental particle of the Standard Model of particle physics.

These electrically neutral subatomic particles are made in stars and nuclear reactors as a byproduct of radioactive decay processes. They interact with other matter via the weak force, making their detection difficult. As a result of this elusiveness, neutrinos are the subject of many interesting and challenging detection experiments, including PROSPECT.

“Unique capabilities of ORNL will enable us to broaden the understanding of neutrino properties,” said David Dean, director of ORNL’s Physics Division. “The expansion of neutrino experiments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a win for the lab because we have a new scientific focus area, and a win for the scientific community because ORNL has unique neutrino sources that physicists will utilize to explore neutrino science.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Alfredo Galindo-Uribarri, Blaine Heffron, Brennan Hackett, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Charlie Havener, Chris Bryan, College of William and Mary, David Dean, Dawn Levy, Drexel University, Elisa Romero-Romero, Genevieve Martin, Geoffrey Deichert, George Barclay, Georgia Institute of Technology, HFIR, High Energy Physics Program, High Flux Isotope Reactor, Illinois Institute of Technology, James Matta, John Cunningham, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Le Moyne College, Michael Febbraro, National Institute of Standards and Technology, neutrino, neutrino experiment, neutron beams, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Office of Science, ORNL, particle physics, Paul Mueller, Physics Division, Precision Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, PROSPECT, radioactive decay, research reactors, Robert Varner, subatomic particles, Temple University, U.S. Department of Energy, University of Tennessee–Knoxville, University of Waterloo, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Yale University

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