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in the SLAC CommunityJanuary 1996 Vol. 7, No. 1

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SLAC collaborators and spouses whoaccompanied Perl to Stockholm forthe Nobel award ceremony, left toright: Laura Tsai, Paul Tsai, FranFeldman, Judy Finer, Martin Peri,Haim Harari, Aviva Harari, and GaryFeldman.

by P.A. Moore

WITH AN HONOR like theNobel Prize, considered the mostprestigious in the world, what isthere to say? Martin Perl, an elo-quent man, finds adjectives like"elegant" and "elaborate" can onlybegin to describe the week-longseries of ceremonies that tookplace in Sweden in December.

The Nobel awards are sched-uled to commemorate the anniver-sary of the death of Alfred Nobelon December 10. They include theaward ceremony itself, an elabo-rate banquet for 1300 people, anda series of smaller dinners and fes-tivities. "We get to know the otherprize winners. The camaraderiebuilds up during the week and it'swonderful," said Perl.

At the Nobel ceremonies,which take place in the StockholmConcert Hall, normally each per-son is individually awarded adiploma and a medal. However,

Frederick Reines, the co-winnerfor physics, had just come out ofthe hospital and was unwell, soPerl assisted Reines to center stageand they received their awardstogether. A small gesture of assis-tance, but a larger statement of therole of scientists as colleagues andof our common humanity.

Chatting with the nobility wasa regular occurrence during allthese events. Perl sat between theQueen and Princess Lillian duringa smaller dinner for 150 people ata castle in Stockholm. What doesone talk about with the Swedishroyal family? "We talked aboutour travel experiences and ourchildren," said Perl. "I was verypleased to have my children at theawards ceremony and banquet."

What next for Martin Perl? Likemost people, he cannot help butenjoy the renown, but as a scientist,he can't wait to get back to the lab.

Martin Perl (left) and Frederick Reines(center) receive the Nobel from HisMajesty the King of Sweden.

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SLAC holiday party revisited

Los Altos High School Main StreetSingers provided holiday music.

Santa with the Carl Rago family.

Enjoying the festivities are (left toright) Bernie Culver, Bonnie Rose,and Margaret Helton.

Dave Coward (left) and Tom Glanzman (right) look on as Ben Bigornia puts hishopeful ticket into the raffle box.

EVER THROW A PARTY for athousand people? It's easy. Justask Karen McClenahan in SLACPersonnel: "All it takes is a greatcommittee and two months ofplanning." The SLAC planningcommittee members were AnitaCarillo, Tineke Graafland, Pat

Jones, Bernie Lighthouse, MaryParish, and Pauline Wethington. Abig thank you for all their hardwork on our behalf.

While Santa went aroundspreading good cheer, SLAC staffSantiago Limon took his black bagto collect the used dishes and

beverage containers. Herb McIn-tye was on hand with his walkie-talkie, coordinating the efforts ofthe audio visual technicians. SLACstaff also remembered others inneed, giving donations to the Sec-ond Harvest Food Drive, hopingto surpass the 1994 goal of 2000pounds.

Food, entertainment, and prizeswere all part of the holiday festivi-ties. This year's menu was a big hitand much of the credit goes to thehard work of Toni Concepcion inthe SLAC cafeteria. "We talkedabout all sorts of food ideas, fromburritos to sandwiches, as well asthe traditional prime rib dinner,"said committee chair McClenahan,"and we welcome any ideas andsuggestions." It's never too earlyto volunteer for next year's par-ty-after all, there are only about330 days left!

Penny Nichols

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Paleoparadoxia moves to new home

MOVING THE CAST of the paleoparadoxia fromAuxiliary Control (Building 3) to its new site in theVisitor Center involved six people, a 25-ton flatbedtruck, and a forklift, shown here. People involved inthe move include Percy Clay, Rich Elkin, Ray Garza,Marcus Hodge, Elaine Hubbard, and Richard Torres.

After off-loading from the truck, the fossil cast wasput on a rolling pallet and wheeled into the VisitorCenter with only an inch to spare getting through thedoorway. Adele Panofsky is now reassembling thefossil replica in a display case.

Laboratory reports minimal storm damageDECEMBER 1995. Storms ragedthrough the Bay Area and tookour minds off the holiday season,with heavy rain, winds exceeding100 miles per hour, and poweroutages that lasted from severalhours to several days.

SLAC fared better than some ofthe surrounding community withrelatively light storm damage, con-sisting mostly of broken treebranches, an occasional downedtree, localized flooding, and shortpower outages, reported FacilitiesManager Richard Yeager. "I haveexperienced hurricanes in the GulfCoast and typhoons in Asia, andthe wind damage from this stormis similar," said Yeager.

Large branches and trees fellnear the cafeteria, SSRL, gate 17,and the MCC and 101 cooling

towers. The Palo Alto Fire Depart-ment worked with SLAC Facilitiesto remove downed trees through-out the site. According to Yeager,"A fair number of trees have beenloosened by the wind, and if weget another storm with highwinds, I would anticipate addi-tional losses."

Light flooding occurred at theMCC lower parking lot, but thewater level in the Beam SwitchYard required pumping by an out-side vendor. Roads around the sitehad surface flooding and debris

which made driving hazardous.The Auditorium and Central

Lab had some minor leaks insidethe buildings, as did the ES&HTraining Center. Building 280,which houses the PEP-II team, hadserious leaks that will requiremajor roofing repairs. Throughoutthe site, leaks are still being dis-covered and Security is monitor-ing them and placing protectiveplastic coverings on equipmentand work areas.

Power went out in some build-ings such as the Central Lab at vari-ous points during the storm but wasrestored within an hour. An emer-gency generator was ordered for theComputer Building in case of majordisruptions but it was not neededand the order was canceled.

-P.A. Moore

The Interaction Point © 1996, is published by Technical Publications of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Editor: Evelyn Eldridge-Diaz.Deadline for articles is the first of every month. Items are published on a space-available basis and are subject to edit. Information on how towrite for The Interaction Point is available on the World Wide Web at http:www.slac.stanford.edu/pubs/slaconly/tip/tip.html. Submissionsmay be sent electronically to TIP@SLACVM or by SLAC mail to TIP, MS 68. Phone 926-4128.

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Name dialing now offeredTELEPHONE USERS now havethe option of dialing by namerather than extension, when call-ing people at SLAC. The Telecom-munications department hasrecently implemented a new direc-tory within the telephone systemthat enables you to use the namedialing capability on SLAC's tele-phone system to call any person ordepartment in the SLAC telephonedirectory.

To use this capability, dialextension 8777. (From outsideSLAC, dial 1-(415)-926-8777.) Thenspell the last name, followed byfirst name, using the tone keypadon your phone. No blank or punc-tuation is needed between names.For "Q," press 7. For "Z," press 9.The system will tell you as soon asit finds a unique match or will pro-vide a list of all the possiblematches it finds and let you selectthe one you want.

When you create voice mes-sages through express messagingor from inside your own voicemailbox, you can use name

addressing by pressing 11 beforeany entry in your list of recipients.Follow the other directions just asyou would for name dialing.

Initial response from those test-ing the name dialing capabilitywas enthusiastic. It promises toreduce the need to print paperdirectories and will provide quickaccess to SLAC directory informa-tion 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

To ensure that people can reachyou as quickly as possible, pleasetake a minute today to test yourentry in the name dialing directory.Report any misspelled names toRose Rafael on ext. 2254 or by e-mailto phone@slac.stanford.edu. Youmay also contact Rose to add anickname or initials, or make othersuggestions to clarify your listingin the name dialing directory.

Ten-year service awardsFORTY-THREE EMPLOYEESwith 10 years of service cametogether to celebrate their anniver-saries on December 14. The partytook place in the SLAC Cafe wherethe honorees, their supervisors,and department heads munchedon finger food and enjoyed cham-pagne and other beverages. BurtonRichter delivered a short speechthanking the awardees for theircontributions throughout the lab.Each employee received a SLACwatch and a Stanford Universitypin after shaking hands withRichter.

Following are the honorees:Mark Ame, Barbara Jane Barrera,

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Heinz Schwarz (left) talks with twoawardees, Alan Hill (center) and PaulCorredoura (right).

Piotr Blum, Gregory C. Bologoff,Toni S. Campos, Pierre D.Capeder, David N. Cha, PaulCorredoura, Teri L. Church, JosephF. Davis, Mohammad T. Dormiani,

Note that nicknames have alreadybeen included as alternate listingsfor persons who have them listedin the SLAC directory.

Voice mail users should notethat when someone calls you usingname dialing, the system will playyour personal verification insteadof spelling your name to the caller.We strongly recommend that youinclude both your name and exten-sion in your personal verification.That will allow persons to call youback directly when your line isbusy or when they receive a voicemessage from you. To check yourpersonal verification, log into yourvoice mailbox and press 89. Torecord a new verification, press 5.Press # to stop recording andcheck the new verification.

Some useful numbers for SLACtelephone users to know are sum-marized below.

Brenda Eberle

celebratedIshwar C. Garg, Sharel A. Gomez,Guy A. Hall, Gunther Haller,Jerrilyn L. Hanlon, Paul E. Hart,Alan S. Hill, John A. Hodgson,Darryl D. Hopkins, Nisy E. Ipe,Raymond R. Jensen, Artem V.Kulikov, Denise M. Larsen, GeorgeP. Laxson, Jr., Ih Lin, Ossie L.Millican III, Thomas J. Moss, JudithB. Nowag, Athikorn Pienpicharn,David L. Price, Alan S. Rackelmann,John Rock, Donald W. Rositch,James J. Russell, Rafe H. Schindler,Hamid Shoaee, Walter H. Tomp-kins, Arnold E. Vlieks, Julia R.Weinberg, Donald S. Williams,Alan P. Winston, and ReubenYotam. -Karen McClenahan

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Useful Numbers to Know

To report an emergency from a SLAC phone: 9-911To access your voice mailbox: ext. 4242 or 1-(415)-926-4242Express messaging: ext. 4555 or 1-(415)-926-4555Name dialing: ext. 8777 or 1-(415)-926-8777SLAC main number: 1-(415)-926-3300

Calling assistance: new phone-in featureEARLIER THIS YEAR the voicemenu for outside callers to SLACwas expanded to include addition-al options. The purpose in expand-ing the menu was to allow callersto the most frequently asked fordepartments to be put throughdirectly, without waiting for some-one to look up the number forthem. Since the menus werelengthened, several SLAC employ-ees who regularly need to call infrom outside SLAC have asked forways to get past the menu directlyto someone who can help them.The mysteries of the menus areexplained below. Other tips arealso provided to help you get thetype of calling support you needmore quickly.

From inside SLACTo request calling assistance

from inside SLAC, dial 0. You willbe connected to a brief announce-ment that is actually a menu withtwo options. To use name dialing,press 2. For other types of assis-tance, simply stay on the line, orpress 0 to bypass the announce-ment and go directly into the call-support queue.

Monday through Friday, 7:30AM through 4:30 PM, inside calls inthe call-support queue are routedto an operator at SLAC. Outsidethose hours, calls are routed to theStanford operators. The Stanfordoperators can help you with direc-tory assistance requests for SLACor Stanford numbers. They can

also report telephone or voice mailsystem outages to the appropriateSLAC personnel. However, theyare not able to place outgoing callsfor you. If you require help to setup a complex conference call, aninternational call, or other uniquetype of call outside the normalweekday hours, call the supportline (dial 0) in advance so theoperators can make arrangementsfor you to complete your call.

From outside SLACFrom outside SLAC, dial SLAC's

main number 1-(415)-926-3300. Touse name dialing (see article, p. 4),select menu option 2. For othertypes of assistance, stay on theline, or press 0 to bypass the othermenu options and go directly intothe call-support queue. Your callwill be answered by a StanfordUniversity operator who can pro-vide directory assistance for SLACand Stanford numbers. If the oper-ator is not able to provide theinformation you need, they willtransfer you to someone at SLACwho can assist you.

Class of serviceAll telephones assigned to indi-

viduals at SLAC have beenupgraded to class of service 3 (ableto call within the US and Canada,without assistance). Telephones incommon areas such as labs andlobbies have been upgraded toclass of service 2 (local callingcapability). If you know of a tele-

phone that has still not receivedthe appropriate class of service,please call Rose Rafael on ext. 2254with the extension, the name ofthe person to whom the telephoneis assigned, and the location. Ifyou need class of service 4 (inter-national calling capability), youstill need to place an orderthrough your ATOM (AreaTelecommunications Office Moti-vater) and get the appropriategroup leader approval.

Directory assistanceIf you are calling only to get

someone's SLAC telephone num-ber, you can now bypass themenus entirely by calling ext. 8777or 1-(415)-926-8777 to access thename-dialing function. For cam-pus directory assistance, you cancall the campus operators by dial-ing 88-0. For local directory assis-tance, call Pacific Bell by dialing9-411. For long-distance directoryassistance, call AT&T by dialing9-1-(area code)-555-1212.

-Brenda Eberle

Welcome Guestsand New EmployeesThe following people joined SLACduring the period from November1995 through part of January 1996.

David Anderson, PEP-II B Factory;Amilcar Avila, Manufacturing;Vibha Bansal, Technical Informa-tion Services; Claudio Dib, Theo-ry; Bo Hong, Klystron; T. K. Kuo,Theory; Careron Mackenzie,Manufacturing; Ivan Schmidt,Theory; Mike Seidel, AcceleratorTheory & Special Projects.

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IN MEMORIAM

Geoffrey Sherman Arnold, son of Ray Arnold (ESA), was killed in a caraccident on January 2 on 1-280 near Edgewood Road in Redwood City.Geoffrey, a junior at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, workedas a summer student at the damping rings in the Accelerator Department.

A memorial scholarship fund will be created in Geoffrey's name to bene-fit a Gunn High School graduate. Donations can be made to: PAUSD,"Geoffrey Arnold Memorial Fund," and forwarded to Vickee Flynn or RainerPitthan, MS 20.

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New dosimeters, ID badges have arrivedby Operational Health Physics

ANYONE who works at SLAC formore than thirty days per yearmust receive a dosimeter, theproper training for radiologicalsafety, and the Employee Orienta-tion to Environment, Safety, andHealth training. Occupationalradiation dose measurements arerequired by law. The thermolumi-nescent dosimeter, or TLD, recordsyour radiation exposure here atSLAC. Dosimeters cannot be issueduntil the proper training has beencompleted. The training, oncecompleted, is good for two years,at which time retraining isrequired.

By now, most of you have beenintroduced to the new Panasonicdosimeter. The change to the newdosimetry system brings SLAC up-to-date in the world of dosimetry.While the old system producedaccurate results and was recentlyre-accredited by the Department ofEnergy Laboratory AccreditationProgram (DOELAP), the equipmentand materials became more limitedas the dosimetry industry movedto the newer automated systems.

In addition to the type ofdosimeter SLAC is now using, theother significant change is the sep-aration of the picture badge fromthe dosimeter. The purpose of theSLAC picture badge is to identifyyour training and SLAC status. Aswith the dosimeters, these coloredpicture badges cannot be issueduntil the proper radiological safetytraining and the Employee Orien-tation to Environment, Safety andHealth training courses have beencompleted.

You can use the picture badge togain access to the site during non-business hours. To enter a ControlledArea, however, both the picturebadge and the dosimeter must beshown. A Controlled Area is definedas an area within SLAC where:

1. There is radioactive material.2. There are radiation areas.The accelerator facility is sur-

rounded by a fence, which is oneof the Controlled Area boundaries.A few portions of buildings out-side of the fenced area are used forstoring or handling radioactivematerials. These areas are alsoposted as Controlled Areas. Adosimeter is required for entryinto any Controlled Area.

Remember, the purpose of the

dosimeter is to monitor your radi-ation exposure while at SLAC. Theeffectiveness of the dosimeterdepends on SLAC personnel. Thedosimeters should not be removedfrom the site, should never be usedat another facility that monitors forradiation, and must be worn prop-erly. Bulletin # 21A and the Radia-tion Worker Study Guide provideguidelines for wearing the dosime-ters. The following pictures illus-trate the right ways to wear yourdosimeter.

The front of the dosimeter mustbe facing out. It must not beblocked by the picture badge-thiswill have an adverse effect on yourdose measurement.

Dosimeter QuestionsDistribution of the new badges hasraised some questions. The follow-ing are the top ten questions askedat SLAC.

Do I have to show my picture badgeat the gates, or only the dosimeter?The dosimeter alone will not get youon site during off hours. When enter-ing the main gate, any picture ID(including California driver's license,SLAC picture badge, and StanfordID) must be shown to gain accessduring non-business hours. Whenentering a Controlled Area, both theSLAC picture badge and the dosime-ter must be shown (this verifies thatyou have had the proper training toenter a Controlled Area). Alpine Gate,Gate 17, and the Sector 30 Gate areentry points into Controlled Areas;therefore, both the dosimeter and thepicture badge must be shown to enterthrough these gates.

Do I have to wear the dosimeteraround my neck?The dosimeter must be wornonon theupper torso, between the neck andwaist, on the outside of clothing, asshown in the illustrations (at left).The picture badge may be worn sep-arately, or behind the dosimeter.

How do I wear the picture badge ifthere isn't a hole in it?The Security department is providingthe necessary material for wearingthe picture badge. They will have aslot punch, pouches, clips and neck-laces available at the Sector 17 and30 gates.

I never go inside a Controlled Area,so why do I need a dosimeter?

SLAC management has mandatedthat everyone who will be on the sitefor more than thirty days be moni-tored for radiation. If you donot workin a Controlled Area simply keep thedosimeter in a safe place in youroffice.

See Questions, p. 7

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_1LEii=_ mi .15f F1 I EfII* III m I le] [IIDO YOU KNOW of SLAC technol-ogy that could benefit from outsideinvolvement? DOE makes SmallBusiness Innovation Research(SBIR) grants available to smallbusinesses for development leadingto a product. Many SLACresearchers know of internal tech-nology that could be of interest toan outside company, but that needsfurther work before it can be com-mercialized. Often SLAC can'tspend its own money because theproject would be outside the labora-tory's primary mission, but might beable to spare some subsidized stafftime for a joint development. TheSBIR program can fund such devel-opment work at SLAC through asmall business partner.

Generally it works like this: aSLAC employee knows of some lab-oratory technology that might inter-est a particular small business. The

small business Principal Investor(PI) makes a plan that calls for:Phase I: Feasibility development(up to $75,000)Phase II: Pre-commercialization (upto $750,000)Phase II1: Product development(funded by the small business withits commercial partners orinvestors).

A small business that is suc-cessful in a Phase I effort can applyfor a Phase II grant. The small busi-ness uses the grant not only for itsown activities, but also to supportSLAC's activities, by transferringpart of its funding to SLAC. The col-laboration is normally done under aCooperative Research and Devel-opment Agreement. In this way thesmall business benefits fromSLAC's unique ideas and resources,the laboratory sees some of itstechnology used to benefit US soci-

ety and industry, the employee maywork on an interesting project, andeveryone involved benefits fromexposure to a larger pool of experi-ence and technologies.

DOE is looking for Phase I pro-jects in certain areas, many ofwhich overlap SLAC technologies.Examples include high-energyphysics detectors, nuclear physicsinstrumentation and techniques,medical applications (advancedimaging technologies), and others.If you know of a possible matchbetween a small business andsome SLAC technology, or you wishto be informed of similar opportuni-ties that periodically arise, contactthe Office of Technology Transfer atext. 2213. We can help, but time isshort. Proposals must be submittedto the DOE no later than February13, 1996.

-Fred Murphy

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TechPubs Users Group:

Customer feedback helpfulLAST MONTH, several cus-tomers of SLAC's Technical Publi-cations Department attended thefirst meeting of the newly formedTechPubs Users Group (TPUG), aforum established to promote com-munication between TechPubs cus-tomers and staff. Most came withsuggestions and ideas for improv-ing the services provided.

A concern voiced by severalattendees was the inconsistent andoften long turnaround times some-times experienced for scientificpapers submitted for editing andformatting. While one attendeeexpressed appreciation for the pro-fessional quality of work providedby the TechPubs editorial staff,another pointed out that this quali-ty is irrelevant for users who can'twait as long as it sometimes takesto get their papers processed.

Consistent turnaround timesare difficult to achieve given largefluctuations in the amount of workcoming through the departmentand diminishing staff resources forprocessing them, indicated Tech-Pubs Manager Kathryn Henniss.She added, "Like many groups atSLAC, we're finding it no easy taskto balance competing demands forlimited resources." As an example,the Editorial Office may on occa-sion be faced with having to makechanges to a paper for one ofSLAC's Nobel prize winners, incor-porating several last-minuterounds of changes in a fundingproposal that may bring in thou-

sands of dollars to the lab, andcompleting a job for a particularlyinsistent customer...all within acouple of days. "These situationsare of course frustrating for every-one, and we're looking for ways toavoid them," said Henniss.

Another suggestion made at theTPUG meeting was for the Tech-Pubs editors to provide a library ofTeX and LaTeX templates. "Hav-ing a good set of templates wouldhelp those of us at SLAC who areresponsible for preparing scientificpapers on our own, who don'talways go through TechPubs,"said Lilian DePorcel (ResearchDivision, Group B). In response toDePorcel's suggestion, a newWWW page containing pointers totemplates and other TeX/LaTeXresources is being developed byTechPubs staff. The new "SLACTeX Resources Page" will beunveiled and discussed at the Jan-uary TPUG meeting.

As the first meeting drew to aclose and the attendees adjournedfor refreshments, Henniss thankedeveryone for coming and mostespecially for their feedback. "It'shard to know what's not workingfor our users without this kind ofinput," said Henniss. "When ourcustomers let us know what ismost important to them, we canand will focus on those areas."

The next meeting of the Tech-Pubs Users Group is on Tuesday,January 30 at 4:00 PM in the OrangeRoom (Building 40).

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