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<b>March 26, 2003</b><br>
Wednesday - 4:00 pm in Swain West 119<br>
<b>Speaker:</b>  Mike Snow, Indiana University<br>
<b>Title:</b> Slow Neutrons<br>

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<b>Abstract:</b><br>
Slow neutrons are used in experiments which can address interesting questions in nuclear and particle physics. Slow neutrons are also used to learn about structures and density/magnetization fluctuations in condensed matter (hard and soft, living and dead). There is even interesting science involved in slowing the neutrons down enough so that you can outrun them. I will describe ongoing, proposed, and potentially insane examples of work in these areas, some of which can be pursued at the proposed LENS neutron source at Indiana University.
</p>erimental and theoretical tools and ideas with which to explore the very fundamentals. This talk will review some of these developments, most notably electronic implementations of spin-1/2 systems as well as a novel formulation of discrete quantum mechanics that does away with probability amplitudes, traces, Hermitian operators and superoperators.