Moss will receive the 1998 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics on Monday at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society in Columbus, Ohio. The purpose of the Bonner prize is to recognize and encourage outstanding experimental research in nuclear physics. By hurling protons at targets at speeds close to that of light at Fermilab's accelerator, Moss and his collaborators used spectrometers and other original tools to study the debris of subatomic particles produced by targets made of different materials. The results of Moss' Fermilab experiments have helped clarify theories that posit a new type of nucleonic matter, the quark-gluon plasma.
Gluons are the mediators for the forces that bind quarks into larger packages.
The Lab a few years ago modified its event to also include sons. For more information, call 5-8652. The teleconference also will be shown in the Physics Building Auditorium. Interested members of the public are welcome to attend. The teleconference, produced by the Department of Education, a number of national educational organizations and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, is scheduled to include Vice President Al Gore and Education Secretary Richard Riley, among other national leaders, to discuss ways to create quality after-school programs.