Recent Results of non-accelarator-based neutrino experiments

Recent results of non-accelerator-based experiments, including those of solar, atmospheric, and reactor neutrinos oscillations, neutrinoless double-beta decays, and neutrino magnetic moments, are reviewed. Future projects and their respective prospects are summarized.Comment: V.2, minor changes with one more reference added. Plenary talk given at the "32nd International Conference on High Energy Physics", Aug. 16-22, 2004, Beijing, P.R. Chin

Hong Kong Report 2

Postcard from Mengni Tang, during the Linfield College Semester Abroad Program at Hong Kong Baptist University in Chin

Subbarrier fusion reactions with dissipative couplings

Using the random matrix model, we discuss the effect of couplings to non-collective states on the penetrability of a one dimensional potential barrier. We show that these non-collective excitations hinder the penetrability and thus smear the barrier distribution at energies above the barrier, while they do not affect significantly the penetrability at deep subbarrier energies. The energy dependence of the Q-value distribution obtained with this model is also discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures. A talk given at the 10th international conference on nucleus-nucleus collisions (NN2009), Aug. 16-21, 2009, Beijing, Chin

Homesickness and the Great Wall

Postcard from Aimee Bertolli, during the Linfield College Semester Abroad Program at Peking University in Beijing, Chin

Reflections

Postcard from Erin Dunlap, during the Linfield College Semester Abroad Program at Hong Kong Baptist University in Hong Kong, Chin

Expeditionary warfare in the age of global terrorism: a critical assessment of Britain's war against Al Qaeda

The war against Al Qaeda and its allies may well become the defining conflict of our age. Certainly it is cited as evidence of a transformation of war that is sweeping away older modes of warfare. This paper seeks to explain the reasons for the failure of the military campaign so far, but looks at this debate from the perspective of the British rather than the American experience of the war on terror. This paper was presented as part of Rethinking the Postcolonial in the Age of the War on Terror joint symposium, by the MnM Centre in conjunction with the UNESCO Chair in Transnational Diasporas and Reconciliation Studies, at the University of South Australia, on 16 and 17 September 2010. The aim of the symposium was to explore the postcolonial condition in the era of the \u27war on terror\u27 and to rethink postcolonialism in order to reformulate or reinforce its critical insights.   Author: Warren Chin, Defence Studies Department, King\u27s College London, Joint Services Command and Staff College. The views expressed in this paper are the author‟s own and do not reflect the official position of MOD or the British Government

My Love-Hate Relationship with Mandarin

Postcard from Mihretabe Gizaw, during the Linfield College Semester Abroad Program at the China Studies Institute at Peking University in Beijing, Chin

National Holiday

Postcard from Rachel Go, during the Linfield College Semester Abroad Program at The China Studies Institute hosted at Peking University in Beijing, Chin