Welcome to Hawaii

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Aloha

• Welcome to Hawaii
• and to
• Vertex2002

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A little geography/geology
3000km
we are here
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V 510 cm/year
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Kilauea
Loihi
Possible site for VERTEX 20000003?
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Kilauea lava flows
hvo.wr.usgs.gov.kilauea/update/main.html
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Mauna Kea
premier site for astronomical observation
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Silicon detectors (CCDs) have revolutionized
Astronomy
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and particle physics
Yoshikazu Yamada the Belle vertex detector
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we are pleased that many of the perpetrators of
thisrevolution are here
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We are also pleased that thereare so many young
people inattendance they will take the
technology to its next level.
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• Scientific Secretaries
• Hulya Guler
• Nick Kent

• Administrative Staff
• Josie Bolosan
• Jan Bruce

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Coffee breaks in the garden