Stephen Sekula steve@hub.polari.us
Dallas, TX, USA
Husband; Associate Professor of Physics; I teach at SMU in Dallas, TX; I study the Higgs Particle with the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN; writer and blogger; drummer; programmer; teacher; scientist; traveler; runner; gardener; open-source aficionado.
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From HEPfeickert on Twitter: .@kratsg, @lukasheinrich_, and I are happy to announce that #pyhf has joined the #ScikitHEP project! Our new home is over at https://t.co/z9XEm1fXkd https://t.co/hlB0gpDkn22019-11-21T14:22:54Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From @nature survey: A message for mentors from dissatisfied graduate students https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03535-y?error=cookies_not_supported&code=b64365a9-86ff-45dc-86ea-02aaa25944102019-11-19T23:21:08Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From CERN on Twitter: The latest issue of @CERNCourier checks in on the Extremely Large Telescope under construction in Chile, a new direct limit on the neutrino mass, and a quiet revolution in the electronics at the heart of collider detectors. #ELT Download the issue here: https://home.cern/resources/courier/physics/cern-courier-novdec-2019 https://twitter.com/CERN/status/1196778025146290181/photo/12019-11-19T22:41:06Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From NASA on Twitter: Under the sea 🌊 A robotic explorer developed by @NASAJPL engineers could one day explore ice-covered oceans on moons like Europa and Enceladus. Dive into the details: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/aquatic-rover-goes-for-a-drive-under-the-ice/?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=NASA&utm_campaign=NASASocial&linkId=77343265 https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1196902175747821568/photo/12019-11-19T22:41:05Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From SMUEconDept on Twitter: Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, as our own Prof. @dlmillimet and other @SMU @SMUDedman faculty discuss the 2019 nobel laureates! Come for the knowledge, stay for the reception. https://twitter.com/SMUEconDept/status/1196870880527290368/photo/12019-11-19T22:41:04Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From smuresearch on Twitter: Don't miss this great panel of experts at SMU tomorrow, explaining just what this year's Nobel Prize winners did to earn the incredible honor. (If you're anything like us, you're probably still not completely sure.) @SMUPhysics @SMUDedman https://twitter.com/smuresearch/status/1196905737286344706/photo/12019-11-13T23:20:46Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From peteronyisi1 on Twitter: How did ATLAS achieve >95% good data quality efficiency during Run 2? Check out our new Data Quality paper: https://t.co/eCcL7Bmkvl (I will mention the tireless efforts of the paper editor, Emma Kuwertz, in putting it together!)2019-11-13T23:10:49Z via NavierStokes To: Public
I love it when math and physics work together. On a personal note: it was a paper by Parke that was the basis of my very first analysis in graduate school, in service of the then hunt for the Higgs particle at LEP. https://www.quantamagazine.org/neutrinos-lead-to-unexpected-discovery-in-basic-math-20191113/2019-11-12T23:51:07Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From Plutoliveshere on Twitter: Introducing ARROKOTH, my wacky, 2-headed KBO pal formerly known as MU69/Ultima Thule! He's just received his official name, proposed by the NH team who discovered him, & now accepted by the IAU. It's a Powhatan word meaning "sky." A reminder to all to keep looking upward!😊#Space https://twitter.com/Plutoliveshere/status/1194357211188752385/photo/12019-11-12T23:51:06Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From InertialObservr on Twitter: me: I should get to sleep early tonight me [12:46 a.m]: https://twitter.com/InertialObservr/status/1194175568788348929/photo/12019-11-12T23:10:51Z via NavierStokes To: Public
I am excited by the potential that is implicit in this major step forward for @SMU, especially raising the profile of and support for graduate education and research at our university! https://t.co/zyw2C0vHST It has never been a better time to consider earning your PhD here!2019-11-12T23:10:51Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From SMU on Twitter: A $100 million gift from the Moody Foundation will create SMU’s eighth named degree-granting school. 📖➡️ https://www.smu.edu/Moody https://twitter.com/SMU/status/1194337152928288770/photo/12019-11-12T15:00:55Z via NavierStokes To: Public
Want to learn about the 2019 research-based Nobel Prizes? The @SMU Faculty Club hosts the Nobel Prize Panel on Nov. 20, 4pm. This 1-hour event features 4 10-min. "TED-style" talks (Medicine, Physics, Chem, Econ)+Q&A! Thanks to @SMUDedman College for their support of this event! https://twitter.com/drsekula/status/1194266913918074880/photo/12019-11-11T16:54:56Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From smuoit on Twitter: The Linux User Group (LUG) Meeting is in one hour at Junkins 110. Join us! #smulug https://twitter.com/smuoit/status/1193929100173467650/photo/12019-11-11T16:54:55Z via NavierStokes To: Public
Wow! One moment it was grey and overcast outside; the next there was a fierce wind and rain suddenly pummeling us! When a front shows up, it really shows up!2019-11-11T15:51:01Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From PhysicsToday on Twitter: Today #Mercury will be transiting the Sun. NASA has a number of resources available on how to watch safely at the link below. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/events/2019/11/11/watch-the-transit-of-mercury-2019/2019-11-11T15:51:01Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From SMUPhysics on Twitter: We welcome applications to our PhD program for Fall 2020! Our department focuses on particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. Priority deadline for consideration for special university fellowships (on top of departmental assistantships) is Dec. 15! https://www.physics.smu.edu/web/degrees/graddegree.html https://twitter.com/SMUPhysics/status/1193907734376136706/photo/12019-11-11T13:03:04Z via NavierStokes To: Public
Since it is cloudy in Dallas today, we will all have to enjoy the Transit of Mercury from a live stream. On the bright side, today we are all real astronomers: we spent months waiting for our moment, only to be disappointed by clouds! https://t.co/RcDxyG8M3w2019-11-11T03:30:52Z via NavierStokes To: Public
And suddenly... I feel like an actual computational physicist on the ATLAS experiment again... https://twitter.com/drsekula/status/1193730225387065346/photo/12019-11-11T02:20:52Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From InertialObservr on Twitter: Beautiful rendering of a planet orbiting a 10⁴ solar mass black hole If you look closely you can see the reflection of the black hole off the planet's surface https://twitter.com/InertialObservr/status/1193410026557231105/video/1