Supersymmetry: The Final Countdown

There is hope that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN will tell us about the fate of supersymmetry at the TeVscale. Therefore we might try to identify our expectations for the discovery of SUSY, especially in the first years of operation of this machine. In this talk we shall concentrate on the simplest SUSY scheme: the MSSM with SUSY broken in a hidden sector mediated by interactions of gravitational strength (gravity-, modulus and mirage-mediation). Such a situation might be favoured in a large class of string inspired models. There is a good chance to identify such simple schemes by knowing the properties of the gaugino mass spectrum such as the gluino/neutralino mass ratios.Comment: Opening talk at the conference SUSY08, 9 pages, 4 figure

Skylab 2 post-launch report (RCS 76-0000-00048)

The launch vehicle stages for SL-2, the CSM experiments, and their associated support equipment are reported. The performance of KSC systems in support of processing and launch of the SL-2 are described along with major processing events for each launch vehicle stage, the spacecraft, and the general experiments of the SL-2 S/V. The final countdown and hold times are noted and a summary of the launch vehicle is included. The weather conditions at launch time and the range support activities are given

Brexit: the final countdown?

Em 1986, uma banda sueca sugestivamente intitulada Europe lançava um hit single que ainda hoje ecoa nas playlists em modo revival: “We’re leaving together / But still it’s farewell / And maybe we’ll come back / To earth, who can tell? / I guess there is no one to blame / We’re leaving ground (leaving ground) / Will things ever be the same again? / It’s the final countdown (…)” Em contagem decrescente para o dia 31 de De zembro de 2020, sem prorrogação solicitada a tempo devido e em plena gestão e contenção do COVID-19, o cenário da saída sem acordo voltou a ser colocado em cima da mesa como admissível. O(s) impasse (s) estiveram na agenda oficial e oficiosa até ao último minuto. Na tarde da consoada, Boris Johnson e Ursula Von der Leyen, visivelmente aliviados, declaravam vitória, com discursos díspares sobre o que significa “soberania” para ambas as partes em pleno século XXI: a partir de Londres, um Brexit concretizado em 2020 com promessas de recuperação e controlo total das fronteiras e das decisões nacionais; a partir de Bruxelas, “ser capaz de, sem qualquer dificuldade, trabalhar, viajar, estudar e fechar negócios em 27 países e conseguir reunir as nossas forças e falar em conjunto num mundo cheio de grandes poderes”1 . No dia de Natal, Johnson convidava os Britânicos a uma “história de embalar” com as 2000 páginas do acordo, com muito peixe (o último dos imbróglios soberanistas) à mistura

Spectrum, Volume 42, Issue 4

Highlights include: SHU rock project -- Omega Phi Kappa annuals showcase -- The countdown to spring break -- Black student union celebrates black history month -- Love your melon kisses away cancer -- Men\u27s ice hockey entering final stretch -- Club Ultimate Frisbee competing in first tournament -- Woman\u27s lacrosse seasons begi

Unhealthy sport sponsorship continues to target kids

In the final month of the countdown to the Olympic Games, our sports stars are probably not eating and drinking the Games sponsors\u27 foods. Again, as in previous Olympics, the Olympic Games sponsors are Coca-Cola, McDonald\u27s and Cadburys, whose foods and drinks are not good choices for athletes due to their lack of nutrition and high levels of salt, sugar and saturated fats