| Date | Discussion Leader | Topic / Paper(s) |
| 12 Jan | Ting Lin | Introduction to Neutron Stars, M. Coleman Miller. |
| 19 Jan | Remi Adekola | Supernova explosions in the Universe, Adam Burrows, Nature 403, 727 (2000). |
| 26 Jan | Sedar Kizilgul | Radiative Corrections: Tritium Beta Decay and the Search for Neutrino Mass, Thomas J. Bowles and R. G. Hamish Robertson as told to David Kestenbaum, Los Alamos Science 25, 6 (1997). |
| 2 Feb | Anders Gardestig | Weak Interactions in Atoms and Nuclei: The Standard Model and Beyond, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf and J. Secrest (2003). Required reading: Sections I, II.A,C,D, III.A,C. |
| 9 Feb | Moses Oginni | The SAMPLE Experiment and Weak Nucleon Structure, E. J. Beise, M. L. Pitt, and D. T. Spayde, Review article to appear in Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. Required reading: sections 1.1, 1.3, pages 16-17, 28-29, 35-42. |
| 16 Feb | Zach Heinen | The SAMPLE Experiment and Weak Nucleon Structure, E. J. Beise, M. L. Pitt, and D. T. Spayde, Review article to appear in Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. |
| 23 Feb | Damodar Pokharel | Quantum Color Transparency and Nuclear Filtering, Pankaj Jain, Bernard Pire, John P. Ralston (1995). Required reading: Chapter 1. |
| 2 Mar | Shaleen Shukla | Quark Propagation Through Cold QCD Matter, Will Brooks et al., Jefferson Lab Proposal PR02-104 (2002). |
| 8 Mar | Deepshika Choudhury | Experimental search for color transparency at Jefferson Lab, D. Dutta, European Physical Journal A 19, S1, 179 (2004). |