Initialize a repository for writeup

EDIT2013poster/.gitignore

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+poster.*
+!poster.tex
+contents.*
+!contents.tex

EDIT2013poster/Makefile

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+out_default = poster.pdf
+out_alt = poster2.pdf
+contents = contents.tex
+
+default: $(out_default)
+
+alt: $(out_alt)
+	
+both: $(out_alt) $(out_default)
+
+%.pdf: %.tex Makefile *.sty $(contents)
+	pdflatex --enable-write18 $< &&	pdflatex $<
+	#pdflatex --enable-write18 $< &&	pdflatex $< && pdflatex $<
+	#pdflatex  $< 
+
+clean:
+	  rm -f *.aux	*.bbl	*.blg	*.log	*.nav *.out *.snm *.toc $(out_default) $(out_alt)

EDIT2013poster/README

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+There are 2 poster:
+- poster.tex: use template created by Nathaniel, with variety of blocks style
+- poster2.tex: user cpbg theme

EDIT2013poster/beamerthemecpbgposter.sty

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+%==============================================================================
+% beamer style for posters of the
+% Computatinal Physics and Biophysics Group
+%
+% version 1.03
+% - added required packages for nice fonts
+% - added tikz package
+% version 1.02
+% - added jblue, the jacobs blue
+% - use jblue as standart color for borders and boxes
+% version 1.01
+% - fix logo width for landscape posters
+% version 1.00
+% - inital release
+% =============================================================================
+
+\ProvidesPackage{beamerthemecpbgposter}
+\RequirePackage{tikz}
+\usetikzlibrary{arrows,decorations.pathmorphing,backgrounds,calc}
+\RequirePackage[T1]{fontenc}
+\RequirePackage{lmodern}
+\RequirePackage{textcomp}
+\RequirePackage{amsmath,amssymb}
+\usefonttheme{professionalfonts}
+  \newlength{\inboxwd}
+  \newlength{\iinboxwd}
+  \newlength{\inboxrule}
+  \newlength{\logocolw}
+  \newcommand{\makeruleinbox}
+             {{\usebeamercolor[bg]{block alerted title}\centering\hspace*{-0.7cm}
+              \rule{\inboxrule}{0.5cm}}
+             }
+%this is needed to get the block text justified
+  \usepackage{ragged2e}
+%define some nice colors 
+  \definecolor{lgreen} {RGB}{180,210,100}
+  \definecolor{dblue}  {RGB}{20,66,129}
+	\definecolor{ddblue} {RGB}{11,36,69}
+  \definecolor{lred}   {RGB}{220,0,0}
+  \definecolor{nred}   {RGB}{224,0,0}
+  \definecolor{norange}{RGB}{230,120,20}
+  \definecolor{nyellow}{RGB}{255,221,0}
+  \definecolor{ngreen} {RGB}{98,158,31}
+  \definecolor{dgreen} {RGB}{78,138,21}
+  \definecolor{nblue}  {RGB}{28,130,185}
+  \definecolor{jblue}  {RGB}{20,50,100}
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+% More colours added due to conflict with Colordvi package
+% Addition done by Nishan Mudalige (math.mudalige@uoguelph.ca) in April 2011
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\definecolor{GreenYellow}       {RGB}{217, 229, 6} 	    % GreenYellow  Approximate PANTONE 388
+\definecolor{Yellow}            {RGB}{254, 223, 0} 	    % Yellow  Approximate PANTONE YELLOW
+\definecolor{Goldenrod}         {RGB}{249, 214, 22} 	% Goldenrod  Approximate PANTONE 109
+\definecolor{Dandelion}         {RGB}{253, 200, 47} 	% Dandelion  Approximate PANTONE 123
+\definecolor{Apricot}           {RGB}{255, 170, 123} 	% Apricot  Approximate PANTONE 1565
+\definecolor{Peach}             {RGB}{255, 127, 69} 	% Peach  Approximate PANTONE 164
+\definecolor{Melon}             {RGB}{255, 129, 141} 	% Melon  Approximate PANTONE 177
+\definecolor{YellowOrange}      {RGB}{240, 171, 0} 	    % YellowOrange  Approximate PANTONE 130
+\definecolor{Orange}            {RGB}{255, 88, 0} 	    % Orange  Approximate PANTONE ORANGE-021
+\definecolor{BurntOrange}       {RGB}{199, 98, 43} 	    % BurntOrange  Approximate PANTONE 388
+\definecolor{Bittersweet}       {RGB}{189, 79, 25} 	    % Bittersweet  Approximate PANTONE 167
+\definecolor{RedOrange}         {RGB}{222, 56, 49} 	    % RedOrange  Approximate PANTONE 179
+\definecolor{Mahogany}          {RGB}{152, 50, 34} 	    % Mahogany  Approximate PANTONE 484
+\definecolor{Maroon}            {RGB}{152, 30, 50} 	    % Maroon  Approximate PANTONE 201
+\definecolor{BrickRed}          {RGB}{170, 39, 47} 	    % BrickRed  Approximate PANTONE 1805
+\definecolor{Red}               {RGB}{255, 0, 0}        % Red  Approx PANTONE LUMINOUS VIVID RED
+\definecolor{BrilliantRed}      {RGB}{237, 41, 57} 	    % Red  VERY-Approx PANTONE RED
+\definecolor{OrangeRed}         {RGB}{231, 58, 0} 	    % OrangeRed  No PANTONE match (TRIED PANTONE VIVID ORANGE RED)
+\definecolor{RubineRed}         {RGB}{202, 0, 93}       % RubineRed  Approximate PANTONE RUBINE-RED
+\definecolor{WildStrawberry}    {RGB}{203, 0, 68} 	    % WildStrawberry  Approximate PANTONE 206
+\definecolor{Salmon}            {RGB}{250, 147, 171} 	% Salmon  Approximate PANTONE 183
+\definecolor{CarnationPink}     {RGB}{226, 110, 178} 	% CarnationPink  Approximate PANTONE 218
+\definecolor{Magenta}           {RGB}{255, 0, 144} 	    % Magenta  Approximate PANTONE PROCESS-MAGENTA
+\definecolor{VioletRed}         {RGB}{215, 31, 133} 	% VioletRed  Approximate PANTONE 219
+\definecolor{Rhodamine}         {RGB}{224, 17, 157} 	% Rhodamine  Approximate PANTONE RHODAMINE-RED
+\definecolor{Mulberry}          {RGB}{163, 26, 126} 	% Mulberry  Approximate PANTONE 241
+\definecolor{RedViolet}         {RGB}{161, 0, 107} 	    % RedViolet  Approximate PANTONE 234
+\definecolor{Fuchsia}           {RGB}{155, 24, 137} 	% Fuchsia  Approximate PANTONE 248
+\definecolor{Lavender}          {RGB}{240, 146, 205} 	% Lavender  Approximate PANTONE 223
+\definecolor{Thistle}           {RGB}{222, 129, 211} 	% Thistle  Approximate PANTONE 245
+\definecolor{Orchid}            {RGB}{201, 102, 205} 	% Orchid  Approximate PANTONE 252
+\definecolor{DarkOrchid}        {RGB}{153, 50, 204} 	% DarkOrchid  No PANTONE match
+\definecolor{Purple}            {RGB}{182, 52, 187} 	% Purple  Approximate PANTONE PURPLE
+\definecolor{Plum}              {RGB}{79, 50, 76} 	    % Plum  VERY-Approx PANTONE 518
+\definecolor{Violet}            {RGB}{75, 8, 161} 	    % Violet  Approximate PANTONE VIOLET
+\definecolor{RoyalPurple}       {RGB}{82, 35, 152} 	    % RoyalPurple  Approximate PANTONE 267
+\definecolor{BlueViolet}        {RGB}{33, 7, 106} 	    % BlueViolet  Approximate PANTONE 2755
+\definecolor{Periwinkle}        {RGB}{136, 132, 213} 	% Periwinkle  Approximate PANTONE 2715
+\definecolor{CadetBlue}	  	    {RGB}{95, 158, 160} 	% CadetBlue  Approximate PANTONE (534+535)/2, Could not find get on my own so used PANTONE-CADET BLUE
+\definecolor{CornflowerBlue}  	{RGB}{99, 177, 229} 	% CornflowerBlue  Approximate PANTONE 292
+\definecolor{MidnightBlue}	  	{RGB}{0, 65, 101} 	    % MidnightBlue  Approximate PANTONE 302
+\definecolor{NavyBlue}          {RGB}{0, 70, 173}       % NavyBlue  Approximate PANTONE 293
+\definecolor{RoyalBlue}         {RGB}{0, 35, 102}       % RoyalBlue  No PANTONE match
+\definecolor{Blue}              {RGB}{0, 24, 168}       % Blue  Approximate PANTONE BLUE-072
+\definecolor{Cerulean}          {RGB}{0, 122, 201}      % Cerulean  Approximate PANTONE 3005
+\definecolor{Cyan}              {RGB}{0, 159, 218}      % Cyan  Approximate PANTONE PROCESS-CYAN
+\definecolor{ProcessBlue}       {RGB}{0, 136, 206}      % ProcessBlue  Approximate PANTONE PROCESS-BLUE
+\definecolor{SkyBlue}           {RGB}{91, 198, 232}     % SkyBlue  Approximate PANTONE 2985
+
+\definecolor{Turquoise}         {RGB}{0, 255, 239} 	    % Turquoise  Approximate PANTONE (312+313)/2, Could not find get on my own so used PANTONE-TURQUOISE
+
+\definecolor{TealBlue}          {RGB}{0, 124, 146} 	    % TealBlue  Approximate PANTONE 3145
+\definecolor{Aquamarine}        {RGB}{0, 148, 179} 	    % Aquamarine  Approximate PANTONE 3135
+\definecolor{BlueGreen}         {RGB}{0, 154, 166} 	    % BlueGreen  Approximate PANTONE 320
+\definecolor{Emerald}           {RGB}{80, 200, 120} 	% Emerald  No PANTONE match
+\definecolor{JungleGreen}       {RGB}{0, 115, 99} 	    % JungleGreen  Approximate PANTONE 328
+\definecolor{SeaGreen}          {RGB}{0, 176, 146} 	    % SeaGreen  Approximate PANTONE 3268
+\definecolor{Green}             {RGB}{0, 173, 131} 	    % Green  VERY-Approx PANTONE GREEN
+\definecolor{ForestGreen}       {RGB}{0, 105, 60} 	    % ForestGreen  Approximate PANTONE 349
+\definecolor{PineGreen}         {RGB}{0, 98, 101} 	    % PineGreen  Approximate PANTONE 323
+\definecolor{LimeGreen}         {RGB}{50, 205, 50} 	    % LimeGreen  No PANTONE match
+\definecolor{YellowGreen}       {RGB}{146, 212, 0} 	    % YellowGreen  Approximate PANTONE 375
+\definecolor{SpringGreen}       {RGB}{201, 221, 3} 	    % SpringGreen  Approximate PANTONE 381
+\definecolor{OliveGreen}        {RGB}{135, 136, 0} 	    % OliveGreen  Approximate PANTONE 582
+\definecolor{RawSienna}         {RGB}{149, 82, 20} 	    % RawSienna  Approximate PANTONE 154
+\definecolor{Sepia}             {RGB}{98, 60, 27} 	    % Sepia  Approximate PANTONE 161
+\definecolor{Brown}             {RGB}{134, 67, 30}      % Brown  Approximate PANTONE 1615
+\definecolor{Tan}               {RGB}{210, 180, 140}	% Tan  No PANTONE match
+\definecolor{Gray}              {RGB}{139, 141, 142} 	% Gray  Approximate PANTONE COOL-GRAY-8
+
+\definecolor{Black}		  	    {RGB}{30, 30, 30}       % Black  Approximate PANTONE PROCESS-BLACK
+\definecolor{White}		  	    {RGB}{255, 255, 255}    % White  No PANTONE match
+%set the basic colors
+  \setbeamercolor{palette primary}   {fg=black,bg=white}
+  \setbeamercolor{palette secondary} {fg=black,bg=white}
+  \setbeamercolor{palette tertiary}  {bg=jblue,fg=white}
+  \setbeamercolor{palette quaternary}{fg=black,bg=white}
+  \setbeamercolor{structure}{fg=jblue}
+  \setbeamercolor{titlelike}         {bg=jblue,fg=white}
+  \setbeamercolor{frametitle}        {bg=jblue!10,fg=jblue}
+  \setbeamercolor{cboxb}{fg=black,bg=jblue}
+  \setbeamercolor{cboxr}{fg=black,bg=red}
+%set colors for itemize/enumerate
+  \setbeamercolor{item}{fg=ngreen}
+  \setbeamercolor{item projected}{fg=white,bg=ngreen}
+%set colors for blocks
+  \setbeamercolor{block title}{fg=ngreen,bg=white}
+  \setbeamercolor{block body}{fg=black,bg=white}
+%set colors for alerted blocks (with frame)
+  \setbeamercolor{block alerted title}{fg=white,bg=jblue}
+  \setbeamercolor{block alerted body}{fg=black,bg=jblue!10}
+%set the fonts
+  \setbeamerfont{section in head/foot}{series=\bfseries}
+  \setbeamerfont{block title}{series=\bfseries}
+  \setbeamerfont{block alerted title}{series=\bfseries}
+  \setbeamerfont{frametitle}{series=\bfseries}
+  \setbeamerfont{frametitle}{size=\Large}
+%set some beamer theme options
+  \setbeamertemplate{title page}[default][colsep=-4bp,rounded=true]
+  \setbeamertemplate{sections/subsections in toc}[square]
+  \setbeamertemplate{items}[circle]
+  \setbeamertemplate{blocks}[width=0.0]
+  \beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
+%set bibliography style
+ \setbeamertemplate{bibliography item}[text]
+ \setbeamercolor{bibliography item}{fg=black,bg=white}
+ \setbeamercolor{bibliography entry author}{fg=black,bg=white}
+ \setbeamercolor{bibliography item}{fg=black,bg=white}
+ %\setbeamerfont{bibliography item}{size=\tiny}
+ %\setbeamerfont{bibliography entry author}{size=\tiny}
+%extra settings for landscape
+\setlength{\logocolw}{.14142\paperwidth}
+\makeatletter
+ \ifportrait
+  \setlength{\logocolw}{.2\paperwidth}
+ \fi
+\makeatother
+%==============================================================================
+% build the poster title
+%==============================================================================
+\setbeamertemplate{headline}{
+\leavevmode
+\begin{columns}
+	%jacobs logo column
+	%\begin{column}{\logocolw}
+	%\begin{center}
+	%\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{logo}
+	%\end{center}
+	%\end{column}
+	%title column
+	\begin{column}{.8\linewidth}
+		\vskip3.5cm
+		\centering
+		\usebeamercolor{title in headline}{\color{fg}
+		\textbf{\huge{\inserttitle}}\\[4ex]}
+		\usebeamercolor{author in headline}{\color{fg}
+		\Large{\insertauthor}\\[1ex]}
+		\usebeamercolor{institute in headline}{\color{fg}
+		\Large{\insertinstitute}\\[1.5ex]}
+		\vskip2cm
+	\end{column}
+	%       \begin{column}{.2\linewidth}
+	%         \begin{center}
+	%           \includegraphics[width=0.9\linewidth]{logo}
+	%         \end{center}
+	%       \end{column}
+	\vspace{1cm}
+\end{columns}
+
+% A line that separates header and content
+%\end{beamercolorbox}
+%\begin{beamercolorbox}[colsep=0.5cm]{cboxb}
+%\end{beamercolorbox}
+\hspace{12mm}
+\begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=800mm,colsep=0.15cm]{cboxb}
+\end{beamercolorbox}
+}
+
+% The border
+%\setbeamertemplate{background}
+%{
+%\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
+% \fill [jblue]
+% (current page.south west) rectangle (current page.north east);
+%\draw [line width=2cm,rounded corners=1.5cm, jblue]
+%(current page.south west) rectangle (current page.north east);
+% \fill [white,rounded corners=2cm, xshift=1cm, yshift=1cm]
+% (current page.south west) rectangle (current page.north east);
+%\end{tikzpicture}
+%}
+
+% block
+\setbeamertemplate{block begin}
+{
+  \par\vskip\medskipamount%
+  \begin{beamercolorbox}[colsep*=0ex,dp={2ex},center]{block title}
+%     \begin{center}
+     \vskip-0.4cm
+     \usebeamerfont{block title}\large\insertblocktitle
+%     {\parskip0pt\par}
+%     \end{center}
+     \begin{flushleft}
+     \vskip-1cm
+     \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
+       \shade [inner color=gray,outer color=white]
+       (0,0) rectangle (\textwidth,0.3cm);
+     \end{tikzpicture}
+     \end{flushleft}
+  \end{beamercolorbox}%
+  {\parskip0pt\par}%
+  \ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{block title}
+  {}
+  {\ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{block body}{}{\nointerlineskip\vskip-0.5pt}}%
+  \usebeamerfont{block body}%
+  \vskip-0.5cm
+  \begin{beamercolorbox}[colsep*=0ex,vmode]{block body}%
+    %{\vskip1ex}\vbox{}%
+  \justifying 
+}
+
+\setbeamertemplate{block end}  
+{
+  \end{beamercolorbox}
+  \vskip\smallskipamount
+}
+
+% alertblock (with frame)
+\setbeamertemplate{block alerted begin}
+{
+  \par\vskip\medskipamount%
+  \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=0ex,rounded=true,center,dp={2ex}]{block alerted title}
+     \vskip-0.4cm
+     \usebeamerfont{block title}\large\insertblocktitle
+  \end{beamercolorbox}%
+  {\parskip0pt\par}%
+  \usebeamerfont{block body}%
+  \vskip-0.8cm
+  \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=0.5cm, rounded=true,center]{block alerted title}%
+  \setlength{\inboxwd}{\linewidth}
+  \addtolength{\inboxwd}{-1cm}
+  \begin{beamercolorbox}[rounded=true,wd={\inboxwd},center]{block alerted body}
+  \setlength{\iinboxwd}{\inboxwd}
+  \setlength{\inboxrule}{\inboxwd}
+  \addtolength{\iinboxwd}{-0.5cm}
+  \addtolength{\inboxrule}{0.5cm}
+  \begin{center}
+  \begin{minipage}{\iinboxwd}
+  \justifying 
+}
+
+\setbeamertemplate{block alerted end}  
+{
+  \end{minipage}
+  \end{center}
+  \end{beamercolorbox}
+  \end{beamercolorbox}
+  \vskip\smallskipamount
+}

EDIT2013poster/contents.tex

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+%--the poster is one beamer frame, so we have to start with:
+\begin{frame}[t]
+	%--to seperate the poster in columns we can use the columns environment
+	\begin{columns}[t] % the [t] options aligns the columns content at the top
+		\begin{column}{0.28\paperwidth}% the right size for a 3-column layout
+			%--abstract block--------------------------------------------------------
+			\begin{alertblock}{Introduction}
+				Charged lepton flavor violation (CLFV) has attracted much attention
+				from experimentalists and theorists in particle physics. The CLFV rates
+				are predicted to be in the order of of O($10^{-54}$) in the Standard
+				Model. 
+				
+				Therefore, any observation of CLFV processes would be an
+				unambiguous signal for physics beyond the Standard Model. The COMET is
+				an experiment that aims to search for a CLFV process of
+				muon-to-electron conversion in the presence of a nucleus, \muec. Using
+				the J-PARC proton beam and the pion capture by a solenoidal
+				field, COMET expects to have a sensitivity a factor of 10,000 times
+				that of the current limit. The COMET experiment has taken a phased
+				approach in which the COMET Phase-I (first phase) will start its
+				construction in 2013 and initial data taking in around 2016. Some more
+				details of COMET Phase-I and its related issues will be presented.
+			\end{alertblock}
+
+			\begin{alertblock}{Staging approach of the COMET}
+				The proposed J-PARC mid-term plan includes the construction of the
+				COMET beamline. This will provide the proton beamline for COMET and
+				part of the muon beamline in the south area of the J-PARC Hadron
+				Experimental Hall. We consider a staged approach for COMET: “COMET
+				Phase-I” and “COMET Phase-II”.
+
+				For the COMET Phase-I, we will construct the first 90 degrees of the
+				muon beamline so that a muon beam can be extracted to the experimental
+				area. Then, we will:
+
+				1) make a direct measurement of the proton beam extinction and other
+				potential back- ground sources for the COMET Phase-II ex- periment,
+				using the actual COMET beamline, and
+
+				2) carry out a search for e conversion with a singe-event
+				sensitivity (S.E.S.) of 3 1015, which is better than achieved
+				by SINDRUM-II.
+				After these measurements, the muon transport will be extended up
+				to 180 degrees for the COMET Phase-II. We will start the e
+				conversion search with S.E.S. of 3 1017 sensitivity with an
+				electron spectrometer and detectors
+				\begin{figure}[h!]
+					\begin{center}
+						\includegraphics[width=0.95\onecolwid]{figs/cometfull}
+					\end{center}
+					\caption{Schematic lay out of the COMET Phase I and COMET
+					Phase II}
+					\label{fig:cometscheme}
+				\end{figure}
+				\begin{figure}[h!]
+					\begin{center}
+						\includegraphics[width=0.95\onecolwid]{figs/cometphase1}
+					\end{center}
+					\caption{Schematic lay out of the COMET Phase I and COMET
+					Phase II}
+					\label{fig:cometp1}
+				\end{figure}
+
+			\end{alertblock}
+
+		\end{column}
+		%===rightcolumn=================================================================
+		% here the the middle and right column are put into one big column, this allows
+		% to change between 2 and 3 column style
+		\begin{column}{0.60\paperwidth} %thats the big right column
+			\begin{block}{The new measurement of charged particles emission
+				from muon capture}
+				\begin{itemize}
+					\item A joint collaboration between COMET and Mu2e
+					\item Goals of the experiment:
+						\begin{itemize}
+							\item[$\bullet$] measure \textcolor{red}{rate and energy
+								spectra} of the charged
+								particles (p, d, $\alpha$) emitted after muon capture on
+								some targets: 
+								\begin{itemize}
+									\item [-] Al: default target of COMET and Mu2e
+									\item [-] Ti: possible target for future $\mu-e$
+										conversion experiments
+									\item [-] Si: active target, for cross-checking against
+										previous experiment, and studying the energy loss of
+										charged particles inside the targets
+								\end{itemize}
+							\item[$\bullet$] required precision: \textcolor{red}{5\%} 
+								for both the rate and the
+								energy spectra in  the range from 2.5 $-$ 12 MeV
+						\end{itemize}
+					\item Will be conducted at TRIUMF (Canada) and PSI
+						(Switzerland).  
+				\end{itemize}
+			\end{block}
+			\vskip1ex
+			% Methods
+			\begin{block}{Methods}
+				\begin{figure}[]
+					\includegraphics[width=0.95\twocolwid]{figs/setupa}
+					\caption{Experimental setup: schematic view (left) and image (right)}
+					\label{fig:setup}
+				\end{figure}
+				\begin{minipage}[t]{\onecolwid}
+					\begin{itemize}
+						\item Low momentum muon beam: to ensure a high rate of stopped
+							muons, and a well determined range of muons in the targets. A
+							cloud muon of 30 $-$ 34 MeV/c from a surface muon channel is
+							optimal.
+						\item The charged particles are measured by dE/dx method
+							by two pairs of silicon detectors. Active area of each silicon
+							detector is 5$\times$5 cm$^2$, the dE detectors are 65 $\mu m$
+							thick, and the E detectors are 1500 $\mu m$ thick.
+					\end{itemize}
+				\end{minipage} % Do not put another blank line after this line because
+				%that will mess up the alignment of the two minipages
+				\begin{minipage}[t]{\onecolwid} 
+					\begin{itemize}
+						\item Muon normalization: muonic X-ray measurement by a germanium
+							detector.
+						\item Correction for energy loss of charged particles in the
+							targets: using a response function obtained from the use of the
+							active silicon target, where the energy loss can be measured. A
+							waveform digitizer will be used to readout signals from the
+							active target.
+					\end{itemize}
+				\end{minipage}
+			\end{block}
+			\vskip2ex
+			%===two right columns===========================================================
+			% we have to give the total width for the column wich is equal to the sum of
+			% two colums and the space between them, this is needed to make shure the two
+			% cols take all the space of the 'mother' column 
+			\begin{columns}[t,totalwidth=0.60\paperwidth]
+				% and then we put in two normal sized columns
+				\begin{column}{0.28\paperwidth}
+					%--the Left block-----------------------------------------------------------
+					\begin{block}{Calculations}
+						\begin{itemize}
+							\item Using Geant4, with assumptions:
+								\begin{itemize}
+									\item [$\bullet$] Muon momentum 30 MeV/c, momentum spread 5\%.
+									\item [$\bullet$] Muon intensity: 10$^4$ muons/sec. 
+									\item [$\bullet$] Proton emission rate is 0.15 per muon capture,
+										the same value as that is being used in COMET designing
+										calculations
+									\item [$\bullet$] Energy resolution (FWHM) of silicon detectors
+										are: 140 keV for the 65 $\mu m$-thick detectors, and 40 keV for
+										the 140 $\mu m$-thick detectors.
+									\item [$\bullet$] Thickness of the beam counter scintillator: 0.5 mm
+								\end{itemize}
+							\item Simulation results of particle identification and rate
+								estimation is shown in Figure \ref{fig:dEdx} and Table
+								\ref{tb:rates}.
+						\end{itemize}
+						\vskip2ex
+						\begin{figure}[]
+							\includegraphics[width=0.95\onecolwid]{figs/dEdx}
+							\caption{Particle identification with two silicon detectors}
+							\label{fig:dEdx}
+						\end{figure}
+					\end{block}
+				\end{column}
+				%--the Right block--------------------------------------------------------------
+				\begin{column}{\onecolwid}
+					\begin{block}{Calculations (cont.)}
+						\begin{table}[h!]
+							\begin{center}
+								\scalebox{0.75}{
+								\begin{tabular}{cccc}
+									\toprule
+									Target 		& \% Stopping & Event rate (Hz) & Event rate (Hz) \\ 
+									thickness ($\mu$m)& in target & All particles & Protons \\ 
+									\midrule
+									50  & 2  & 8.1 	& 1.0   \\ 
+									100 & 16 & 21.3 & 1.5  \\ 
+									150 & 38 & 39.9 & 2.1  \\ 
+									200 & 53 & 51.1 & 2.4  \\ 
+									\bottomrule
+								\end{tabular}
+								}
+							\end{center}
+							\caption{Estimated event rates for various targets of different
+							thickness. }
+							\label{tb:rates} 
+						\end{table}
+					\end{block}
+					\vskip2ex
+					\begin{block}{Plan}
+						\begin{itemize}
+							\item July 2012: submitted the proposal to TRIUMF as experiment
+								S1371, requested 36 shifts (3 weeks) beam time
+							\item September 2012: the proposal was accepted with high priority
+							\item Late November 2012: beam test
+							\item Early 2013: physics run, 36 shifts
+							\item A proposal will be submitted to PSI
+						\end{itemize}
+					\end{block}
+					\vskip2ex
+					\begin{block}{References}
+						\small{\begin{thebibliography}{99}
+								%\bibitem{cdr} The COMET Collaboration, ``Conceptual Design Report for
+								%Experimental Search for Lepton Flavor Violating $\mu^--e^-$ 
+								%Conversion at
+								%Sensitivity of $10^{-16}$ with a Slow-Extracted Bunched Proton Beam
+								%(COMET)'', KEK-2009-10 
+								\bibitem{loi} The COMET Collaboration, ``Letter of Intent for Phase-I
+									of the COMET Experiment at J-PARC'', J-PARC-2012-3
+								\bibitem{sidata}  S. E. Sobottka and E. L. Wills, ``Energy Spectrum
+									of Charged Particles Emitted Following Muon Capture in Si$^{28}$'',
+									Phys. Rev. Lett.  \textbf{20} (1968) 596-598.
+							\end{thebibliography}}
+						\end{block}
+					\end{column}
+				\end{columns}
+				%--wide text without block------------------------------------------------------
+				%Those pictures where drawn with the TikZ package, which is a perfect tool if
+				%you want to draw pictures or plot functions or data directly in \LaTeX. To
+				%get an impression of the possibilities of this package have a look at its
+				%manual \cite{pgf}. It is even possible to wonderfull frames around posters.
+				%\vskip2ex
+				\vskip3ex
+				%--Conclusion block-------------------------------------------------------------
+				%   \begin{alertblock}{Conclusion}
+				%    As you can see it is possible to make your poster very colorfull. But in 
+				%    most cases this will this will overload your poster. If you don't change 
+				%    the color settings you will get the default look, which consits of some
+				%    shades of the jacobs blue and some decent green highlights. These colors 
+				%    where chosen carefully to keep a consistent look of the poster. The 
+				%    \emph{cpbgposter} style is installed our office computers, so you should be
+				%    able to compile this example out of the box with pdflatex. If you want to
+				%    work on your computer make sure that you have a recent TeX distribution 
+				%    (TeXlive 2008, Miktex) and download the beamerthemecpbgposter.sty file from
+				%    our teamwork page and put it in your local TeX directory.
+				%
+				%    If you have any questions, critics, ideas or if you just want to praise the
+				%    awesome dude who created this insanely great poster style then don't
+				%    hastitate to write an email to \emph{j.liebers@jacobs-university.de}
+				%% guess what this command is god for!
+				%    \makeruleinbox
+				%% it works, but causes some underfull/overfull \hbox warnings
+				%    \begin{center}
+				%     {\huge\vskip-1ex
+				%     {\color{nred}H}{\color{norange}a}{\color{nyellow}p}
+				%     {\color{ngreen}p}{\color{dblue}y}\\
+				%     \TeX'ing!}
+				%    \end{center}
+				%   \end{alertblock}
+				\end{column}
+			\end{columns}
+		\end{frame}

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+%==============================================================================
+%== template for LATEX poster =================================================
+%==============================================================================
+%
+%--A0 beamer slide-------------------------------------------------------------
+\documentclass[final]{beamer} % use beamer
+\usepackage[orientation=portrait,
+            size=a0,          % poster size
+            scale=1.35         % font scale factor
+           ]{beamerposter}    % beamer in poster size
+%
+%--some needed packages--------------------------------------------------------
+\usepackage[american]{babel}  % language 
+\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}   % std linux encoding
+\usepackage{booktabs}
+\usepackage{multirow}
+%
+%==The poster style============================================================
+\usetheme{cpbgposter}            % our poster style
+%--set colors for blocks (without frame)---------------------------------------
+  \setbeamercolor{block title}{fg=ngreen,bg=white}
+  \setbeamercolor{block body}{fg=black,bg=white}
+%--set colors for alerted blocks (with frame)----------------------------------
+%--textcolor = fg, backgroundcolor = bg, dblue is the jacobs blue
+  \setbeamercolor{block alerted title}{fg=white,bg=dblue!70}%frame color
+  \setbeamercolor{block alerted body}{fg=black,bg=dblue!10}%body color
+%
+\usecaptiontemplate{
+\small
+\structure{\insertcaptionname~\insertcaptionnumber:}
+\insertcaption}
+%==Titel, date and authors of the poster=======================================
+%\title{Template for \LaTeX poster using the\\
+       %Computational Physics and Biophysics Group style}
+%\title{Study of Muon Capture \\
+%for $\boldsymbol{\mu^--e^-}$ Conversion Experiments}
+\title{A Search for Muon to Electron Conversion at J-PARC}
+%\title{A Search for $\boldsymbol{\mu-e}$ Conversion at J-PARC, COMET}
+%\vskip0.5ex
+%and a Study of Muon Capture Backgrounds}
+\author{Tran Hoai Nam, on behalf of the COMET Collaboration}
+\institute{Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Univerity}
+\date{\today}
+%
+%==some usefull qm commands====================================================
+%  |x>
+\newcommand{\ket}[1]{\left\vert#1\right\rangle}
+%  <x|
+\newcommand{\bra}[1]{\left\langle#1\right\vert}
+%  <x|y>
+\newcommand{\braket}[2]{\left< #1 \vphantom{#2}\,
+                        \right\vert\left.\!\vphantom{#1} #2 \right>}
+%  <x|a|y>
+\newcommand{\sandwich}[3]{\left< #1 \vphantom{#2 #3} \right|
+                          #2 \left|\vphantom{#1 #2} #3 \right>}
+%  d/dt
+\newcommand{\ddt}{\frac{d}{dt}}
+%  D/Dx
+\newcommand{\pdd}[1]{\frac{\partial}{\partial#1}}
+%  |x|
+\newcommand{\abs}[1]{\left\vert#1\right\vert}
+%  k_{x}
+\newcommand{\kv}[1]{\mathbf{k}_{#1}}
+\newlength{\sepwid}
+\newlength{\onecolwid}
+\newlength{\twocolwid}
+\setlength{\sepwid}{0.04\paperwidth}
+\setlength{\onecolwid}{0.28\paperwidth}
+\setlength{\twocolwid}{0.60\paperwidth}
+%==============================================================================
+%==the poster content==========================================================
+%==============================================================================
+% Custom macros
+\newcommand{\lagr}{\cal{L}}
+\newcommand{\mueg}{$\mu^{+} \rightarrow e^{+}\gamma$~}
+\newcommand{\meee}{$\mu \rightarrow eee$~}
+\newcommand{\muenn}{$\mu \rightarrow e \nu \overline{\nu}$~}
+\newcommand{\muenng}{$\mu \rightarrow e \nu \overline{\nu} \gamma$~}
+\newcommand{\muec}{$\mu^{-} N \rightarrow e^{-} N$~}
+
+\begin{document}
+\include{contents}
+\end{document}