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

Tobias Golling (Assistant Professor of Physics) has been named a 2013 Cottrell Scholar

Tobias Golling, Assistant Professor of Physics, has been named a 2013 Cottrell Scholar. Cottrell award recipients are chosen both for their originality, feasibility, and the prospect for significant fundamental advances to science as well as their dedication to teaching. About ten new...

Rachel Kurchin (PC'2013 B.S. Physics (Int.) Major) has been named a Gates Scholar

Rachel Kurchin (PC'2013 B.S. Physics (Int.) Major) has been named a Gates Scholar to study at the University of Cambridge. She will pursue an M.Phil. Degree in Materials Science.Yale Daily News Cross Campus (2/13/13) Yale News (2/27/13)

Nikhil Padmanabhan is on the NASA Euclid team

Nikhil Padmanabhan is part of the NASA Euclid team, see http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-055 for further information.

Physics upcoming events


Dissertation Defense: Charles Kent Riley, Yale University, "Searching for Local Parity Violation in Heavy Ion Collisions" - Tue, May 28, 2013 When: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 1:00 PM Where:
Weak Interaction Discussion Group Seminar: J.D. Vergados, University of Ioannina, Greece, "Searching for Dark Matter" - Tue, May 28, 2013 When: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM