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

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 Career Talk: Hay Yeung Cheung, Ph.D., 1991, "Career Alternative for Physicist: Patent Law" (April 27, 2012)

Special Seminar: Hay Yeung Cheung, Ph.D., 1991, "Career Alternative for Physicist: Patent Law"This talk presents an overview on careers for physicists in patent law, including: features of patent law, possible roles of patent agents/lawyers in university and corporate settings, typical workday of a...

Physics upcoming events


Cosmology Seminar: Elena Rasia, University of Michigan, "Lensing and X-ray: masses and concentrations of galaxy clusters" - Fri, May 18, 2012 When: Friday, May 18, 2012 2:30 AM - 3:30 AM Where
High Energy Seminar: Tom Gaisser, University of Delaware, "Cosmic ray physics with IceCube" - Wed, May 23, 2012 When: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM