Physics centre plans rapid growth

International Centre for Theoretical Physics

Plans for Spin Physics at Rhic

Polarized proton collisions will be studied at RHIC up to a total center of mass energy of 500 GeV, starting in 2002. An overview of the RHIC-spin program, and the critical components of the PHENIX and STAR detectors for spin experiments, is presented. The premier experiment within the RHIC-spin program is the determination of the fraction of the proton's spin carried by gluons. A detailed anal...

Rapid online selection between multiple motor plans.

Recent theories of voluntary control predict that multiple motor strategies can be precomputed and expressed throughout movement. We examined online decisional processing in humans by asking them to make reaching movements with obstacles located just to the sides of a direct path between start and end targets. On random trials, the limb was perturbed with one of four mechanical loads that varie...

Growth in Employee-Benefit Plans

Employee-benefit plans in recent years have shown striking advances in the number of employees covered and in the amounts expended for contributions and benefits. To what extent have these advances outpaced the growth in the Labor force and the rise in the wage scale? Do they represent a real improvement for the individual worker in the adequacy and scope of the protection provided? This articl...

Physics of rapid movements in plants