Son of Ghost is getting his PHD in Theoretical Nuclear Physics!

[super-bee_ski]

A PHD in theory ... I wonder if you can get a Phd in "conspriracy theory"

I certainly understand your sense of humor on this topic...cute and funny..
But seeing the depth of study to understand Quantum Mechanics, String theory, Spooky dark matter etc...it is simply not like studying the mating habits of elephants etc as there is only CERN and CERNs research scientists who are on this "track" to gather data.
I only wish I too had the fortitude, persistence and ambition to achieve such lofty goals but sadly, I couldn't.
And the dropout percentage of PhD students in the US is higher, roughly 50%, or half.

....again, such a great achievement by Ghostriders son...

 

[Nate S]

Our son, Timothy Hayward, is finally ready to complete his PHD from The College of William & Mary in Theoretical Nuclear Physics. Here is the cover page and 1st paragraph. Note that HIS name is first on the list of collaborators from around the world & he is the youngest of the lot. . We are beyond proud of this young man!! Ghost. ( Father of Son of Ghost.)

Observation of Beam Spin Asymmetries in the Process ep → e 0π +π −X with CLAS12 T.B.

Hayward,1 C. Dilks,2 A. Vossen,2 S. Adhikari,3 G. Angelini,4 H. Atac,5 C. Ayerbe Gayoso,1 N.A. Baltzell,6 L. Barion,7 M. Battaglieri,6, 8 I. Bedlinskiy,9 Fatiha Benmokhtar,10 A. Bianconi,11, 12 A.S. Biselli,13 F. Boss`u,14 S. Boiarinov,6 W.J. Briscoe,4 D. Bulumulla,15 V.D. Burkert,6 D.S. Carman,6 J.C. Carvajal,3 A. Celentano,8 P. Chatagnon,16 T. Chetry,17, 18 G. Ciullo,7, 19 B.A. Clary,20 P.L. Cole,21 M. Contalbrigo,7 G. Costantini,11 V. Crede,22 A. D’Angelo,23, 24 N. Dashyan,25 R. De Vita,8 M. Defurne,14 A. Deur,6 S. Diehl,26, 20 C. Djalali,18 R. Dupre,16 M. Ehrhart,27, 16 A. El Alaoui,28 L. El Fassi,17 L. Elouadrhiri,6 S. Fegan,29 A. Filippi,30 T.A. Forest,31 G. Gavalian,6 G.P. Gilfoyle,32 F.X. Girod,6 D.I. Glazier,33 A.A. Golubenko,34 R.W. Gothe,35 Y. Gotra,6 K. Griffioen,1 M. Guidal,16 K. Hafidi,27 H. Hakobyan,28, 25 M. Hattawy,15 K. Hicks,18 A. Hobart,16 M. Holtrop,36 D.G. Ireland,33 E.L. Isupov,34 H.S. Jo,37 K. Joo,20 S. Joosten,27, 5 D. Keller,38 M. Khachatryan,15 A. Khanal,3 A. Kim,20 W. Kim,37 A. Kripko,26 V. Kubarovsky,6 S.E. Kuhn,15 L. Lanza,23 M. Leali,11, 12 S. Lee,39 P. Lenisa,7, 19 K. Livingston,33 I .J .D. MacGregor,33 D. Marchand,16 N. Markov,6, 20 L. Marsicano,8 V. Mascagna,40, 12, ∗ B. McKinnon,33 Z.E. Meziani,27, 5 M. Mirazita,41 V. Mokeev,6 A Movsisyan,7 C. Munoz Camacho,16 P. Nadel-Turonski,6 P. Naidoo,33 K. Neupane,35 G. Niculescu,42 T. R. O’Connell,20 M. Osipenko,8 M. Paolone,43, 5 L.L. Pappalardo,7, 19 R. Paremuzyan,6, 36 E. Pasyuk,6 O. Pogorelko,9 Y. Prok,15 B.A. Raue,3, 6 M. Ripani,8 J. Ritman,44 A. Rizzo,23, 24 P. Rossi,6 J. Rowley,18 F. Sabati´e,14 C. Salgado,45 E.P. Segarra,39 Y.G. Sharabian,6 U. Shrestha,18 O. Soto,41, 28 N. Sparveris,5 S. Stepanyan,6 I.I. Strakovsky,4 S. Strauch,35 A. Thornton,33 N. Tyler,35 R. Tyson,33 M. Ungaro,6 L. Venturelli,11, 12 H. Voskanyan,25 E. Voutier,16 Kevin Wei,20 X. Wei,6 B. Yale,1 N. Zachariou,29 and J. Zhang38

(The CLAS Collaboration) 1College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8795


2Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0305 3Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199 4The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052 5Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 6Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606 7 INFN, Sezione di Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy 8 INFN, Sezione di Genova, 16146 Genova, Italy 9National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute - ITEP, Moscow, 117259, Russia 10Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282 11Universit`a degli Studi di Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy 12INFN, Sezione di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy 13Fairfield University, Fairfield CT 06824 14IRFU, CEA, Universit´e Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France 15Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529 16Universit’e Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France 17Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762-5167 18Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701 19Universita’ di Ferrara , 44121 Ferrara, Italy 20University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269 21Lamar University, 4400 MLK Blvd, PO Box 10046, Beaumont, Texas 77710 22Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 23INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy 24Universita’ di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome Italy 25Yerevan Physics Institute, 375036 Yerevan, Armenia 26II Physikalisches Institut der Universitaet Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany 27Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 28Universidad T´ecnica Federico Santa Mar´ıa, Casilla 110-V Valpara´ıso, Chile 29University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom 30INFN, Sezione di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy 31Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209 32University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173 33University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom 34Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119234 Moscow, Russia 35University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208 36University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824-3568 37Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea 2 38University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 39Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307 40Universit`a degli Studi dell’Insubria, 22100 Como, Italy 41INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, 00044 Frascati, Italy 42James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807 43New Mexico State University, PO Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA 44Institute fur Kernphysik (Juelich), Juelich, Germany 45Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia 23504


(Dated: January 5, 2021) Our son writes.....

The observation of beam spin asymmetries in two-pion production in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering off an unpolarized proton target is reported for the first time. The data presented here were taken in the fall of 2018 with the CLAS12 spectrometer using a 10.6 GeV longitudinally spin polarized electron beam delivered by CEBAF at JLab. The measured asymmetries provide the first observation of a signal that can be used to extract the PDF e(x) in a collinear framework and the helicity-dependent two-pion fragmentation function G ⊥ 1 .
Keywords: dihadron; beam spin asymmetry; SIDIS; CLAS12; twist-3 PDF; dihadron fragmentation function Protons and neutrons constitute most of the visible matter of the universe, however our understanding of how some of their most important properties, such as mass and spin, emerge from the strong interactions of the constituent quarks and gluons is still incomplete.

Therefore, the study of the internal dynamics of the nucleon is fundamental to our understanding of the theory of strong interactions and, by extension, our understanding of the nature of matter itself.

There are eight more pages of stuff we cant comprehend. lol. But it LOOKS great!

Cool stuff. I work with a crowd of similarly competent and educated people and have to say that, much more than the average, they are a delight to work with. Quick to comprehend complex stuff and the best can turn around and teach it to others as well. I wish him the best of luck.

 

[YY1]

 

[super-bee_ski]

Cool stuff. I work with a crowd of similarly competent and educated people and have to say that, much more than the average, they are a delight to work with. Quick to comprehend complex stuff and the best can turn around and teach it to others as well. I wish him the best of luck.

That is very interesting!
Cool!

 

[super-bee_ski]

Cool video!
thanks

 

[Coronet_Arch]

Congratulations to you and your son. It takes a lot of work on both the parents' and the students part to get a PhD. I have a daughter with a PhD in engineering specializing in Combustion. It took a lot of work on her part and understanding and support from us.

 

[YY1]

I enjoy working with intelligent people.

...as long as they're not too smart for their own good or ******** (oh, yes you can be both).

This morning my duties included troubleshooting 2 of our 3 "temperature robots" that take a thermal imaging temperature of folks as they enter and detect if they are wearing a mask or not.

...then I got to convince the contract copier guy that our "big" machine actually did have a problem (fuser) and it was not his perceived power fluctuations from our outlets that were causing it to take 4 hours to warm up. (remember he's the copier specialist)

I'm just a simple IT guy with only a HS education, but I work with several people with PH.D degrees. I get to convince them that I know what I'm talking about and what may or may not be in their interest as well. Generally, if they recognize that I'm trying to do what they hired me to do, things go OK.

 

[Greg Ducato]

Congratulations, that is an incredible achievement!!

 

[Slap Stick]

All this stuff is great in theory....
Congrats to all!

 

[YY1]

One of my favorite "theoretical" quotes-

"In theory, theory and practice are the same...

in practice, they are not"

 

[67_Dodge_Charger]

Very impressive work!! You have an exceptional son, you and your family should be very proud

 

[Nate S]

One of my favorite "theoretical" quotes-

"In theory, theory and practice are the same...

in practice, they are not"

Actually they can be the same. If different, the theory is either wrong or incomplete, usually incomplete and not including smaller and difficult to measure factors.

 

[Budnicks]

Damn Ghost that's great to see & hear

must be an extremely proud mama & papa

congrats should be had, to all concerned
tell Tim congrats from US too

 

[YY1]

Actually they can be the same. If different, the theory is either wrong or incomplete, usually incomplete and not including smaller and difficult to measure factors.

In theory, you are correct.

 

[Begood03]

Congratulations, you must be very proud.

 

[super-bee_ski]

I enjoy working with intelligent people.

...as long as they're not too smart for their own good or ******** (oh, yes you can be both).

This morning my duties included troubleshooting 2 of our 3 "temperature robots" that take a thermal imaging temperature of folks as they enter and detect if they are wearing a mask or not.

...then I got to convince the contract copier guy that our "big" machine actually did have a problem (fuser) and it was not his perceived power fluctuations from our outlets that were causing it to take 4 hours to warm up. (remember he's the copier specialist)

I'm just a simple IT guy with only a HS education, but I work with several people with PH.D degrees. I get to convince them that I know what I'm talking about and what may or may not be in their interest as well. Generally, if they recognize that I'm trying to do what they hired me to do, things go OK.

YUP, with Ghostrider and his wonderful wife, I am certain this young man has his "tools" in order...

 

[super-bee_ski]

I enjoy working with intelligent people.

...as long as they're not too smart for their own good or ******** (oh, yes you can be both).

This morning my duties included troubleshooting 2 of our 3 "temperature robots" that take a thermal imaging temperature of folks as they enter and detect if they are wearing a mask or not.

...then I got to convince the contract copier guy that our "big" machine actually did have a problem (fuser) and it was not his perceived power fluctuations from our outlets that were causing it to take 4 hours to warm up. (remember he's the copier specialist)

I'm just a simple IT guy with only a HS education, but I work with several people with PH.D degrees. I get to convince them that I know what I'm talking about and what may or may not be in their interest as well. Generally, if they recognize that I'm trying to do what they hired me to do, things go OK.

Ha ha...
So funny YY1...
so cool...
You almost sound at the end like this:
(Remember?)

 

[DeltaV]

Awesome, totally awesome! A truly exceptional and gifted young man! Congratulations to Mr. Timothy Hayward and his proud parents and family!!!

 

[Ghostrider 67]

YUP, with Ghostrider and his wonderful wife, I am certain this young man has his "tools" in order...

yeah his "Tools" are in order but his home is not. Although, he swears that he knows where everything is and gets upset when anything is moved. He used to get really annoyed if we moved the furniture around. We had to tell him first and let him get used to the idea for a couple of days. lol He calls it well controlled chaos. Also that in one of the OTHER multiverses his stuff is neat and tidy.

 

[moparedtn]

Well, that depends on what one thinks is the right, or most useful way of putting that knowledge to work. For him personally he will have nothing at all to do with the government or the military. Both of which have been courting him since age 14. They have offered him just about everything but the kitchen sink, and he has turned them down flat. So far. He intends to continue research at, and for, a large university. He wants to further the understanding of the universe, the unification of the Grand Theories and the understanding of space / time as it relates to human kind. You know...just fooling about...lol.. This paper amounts to him having noticed, at the age of 16, that there was a discrepancy in spin behaviors. All of this world wide collaboration came out of that. This is his project all of the way. He took his observations and created all of this in order to prove he was right. In doing so he has brought forth a new dynamic in particle physics heretofore unnoticed by anyone. Including Einstein. That's how monumental this work is.

First off, DAMN good job parents!
Congrats on raising such an amazing young man. Well done!

Secondly...I had no idea what I was reading.
Logic I got in spades. Mechanical empathy, sure....but thermo-whatyacallits? None.

Thirdly, I'm of two minds on the whole "anti-government" thing....
Someone with his level of wisdom in the field, coupled with obviously a FINE core of integrity,
might be just what we need as a nation in some critical position of authority on such things??

Anyways, much to be proud of there my friend. I am so happy for you and your family!

 

[Ghostrider 67]

First off, DAMN good job parents!
Congrats on raising such an amazing young man. Well done!

Secondly...I had no idea what I was reading.
Logic I got in spades. Mechanical empathy, sure....but thermo-whatyacallits? None.

Thirdly, I'm of two minds on the whole "anti-government" thing....
Someone with his level of wisdom in the field, coupled with obviously a FINE core of integrity,
might be just what we need as a nation in some critical position of authority on such things??

Anyways, much to be proud of there my friend. I am so happy for you and your family!

He has read about way too many scientists allowing their genius to be used to kill people by the millions. He wants no parts of that. period. He's also humble about his gifts. He just says, " Well, I'm just doing what I do Dad." He says that maybe some little thing he gets right might be the stepping stone to something big that another scientist can bring forth. We are all in this together.