Department of Physics

Composite Hubble Space Telescope Image. Meg Urry.

The electron density for nanowires of silicon. Ismail-Beigi .

Atomic positions color coded with their relation to the wire. Ismail-Beigi.

Composite image numerical solutions in two dielectric cavities. Stone.

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Department News

Howard L. Schultz and DeForest Pioneer Prize recipients for Yale College class of 2012

Congratulations to Christopher Ell (YC'2012) Physics major, Nabeem Hashem (YC'2012) Physics (Int.) major, and Zachary Sethna (YC'2012) Physics (Int.) major for winning the Howard L. Schultz Prize awarded by the Physics Department. Congratulations also go to Travis Ing (YC'2012) Mathematics &...

Pardon our dust!

During the summer of 2012, In honor of Sloane Physics Laboratory's 100th birthday, our classrooms and lecture halls are getting major renovations. Click here to see our image gallery during the renovation process and join us in the Fall term as a new class of students get to enjoy our newly...

Nikhil Padmanabhan (Assistant Professor) was chosen as a recipient of the Department of Energy's Early Career Research Award

Nikhil Padmanabhan (Assistant Professor) was chosen as a recipient of the Department of Energy's Early Career Research Award for his proposal titled, "A Ruler To Measure The Universe: Probing Dark Energy with Baryon Acoustic Oscillations". The five-year awards are "designed to bolster the nation's...

Physics upcoming events


Fritz Caspers, CERN, Microwave Sensors and Sensor Systems for Particle Accelerators - Tue, May 29, 2012 When: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
YCAA seminar Madhusudhan Nikku Title: "Chemical Characterization of Extrasolar Planets" - Tue, May 29, 2012 When: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Where