Demarteau	Foster	Fujimoto	Halladjian	Hewett	Wenskat

EUGENE, Ore. -- (March 17, 2011) -- Come hear six internationally known physicists explain a different topic, each in 12 minutes, and then pick a winning presentation simply by applauding. The "Particle Slam" event begins at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 22, at the University of Oregon during the 2011 Linear Collider Workshop of the Americas, which is being hosted by Professor Jim Brau and the UO's Center for High Energy Physics.

Approximately 200 physicists will be on campus March 19-23 for the annual workshop. The "Particle Slam" is opened to the public. There is no admission charge. "Particle Slam" will be held in the lecture hall, Room 150, of Columbia Hall, 1215 E. 13th Ave.

Topics will be "Particle detectors: They're nearer than you think," "Seeking hidden dimensions," "Stimulating particle simulations," "Neutrinos from outer space," "An illumination of dark matter," and "Why physics, dude?"

Addressing the six topics, respectively, will be Marcel Demarteau of the Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago; Brian Foster of the University of Oxford (United Kingdom); Junpei Fujimoto of KEK, a high-energy accelerator research organization in Japan; Garabed Halladjian, a postdoctoral researcher of the University of Iowa now stationed at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research; JoAnne Hewett of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University; and Marc Wenskat, a scientist at the German Electron Synchrotron, also known as DESY. (More on the speakers: PDF File)

At the conclusion of the six brief talks, audience members will select a winning presentation by expressing their appreciation with measured applause.