Physics professor part of major science discovery

Associate Professor of Physics Bill Brown will present a seminar on Nov. 29 that outlines the significant scientific discovery announced last week linking the highest-energy cosmic rays with violent black holes.

Brown is one of the scientists collaborating on the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory project in Lamar. The project team also includes individuals from CSU-Fort Collins, University of Colorado, Colorado School of Mines, University of Nebraska and Lamar Community College.
The Pierre Auger Project, an international collaboration involving about 300 physicists and engineers from 19 countries in North and South America and Europe, is named after the physicist who, in the 1930s, discovered and coined the term “cosmic rays.”

The Pierre Auger Observatory in Malargue, Argentina examines the southern hemisphere, while the North American counterpart being proposed in Colorado, will be located on about 4,000 square miles of ranchland south of Lamar and Springfield, Colo.

Brown will discuss the details about the discovery referenced below at noon on Nov. 29 in Physics/Math 103. For more information on the seminar or the discovery, contact Brown at 719-549-2683.

Photos as well as press information from the countries participating in the Auger Project may be found at: http://www.auger.org/media

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