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 2013

Congratulations to Emma Alexander (SM 2013) Physics major, Ellen Klein (TC 2013) Physics (Int.) major, and Rachel Kurchin (PC 2013) Physics (Int.) major for winning the Howard L. Schultz Prize awarded by the Physics Department. Congratulations also go to Dominic Kwok (ES 2013) Physics (Int.) major...

Witold Skiba (Associate Professor of Physics) has been awarded a Simons Fellowship

Witold Skiba (Associate Professor of Physics) has been awarded a Simons Fellowship.The Simons Foundation congratulates the 55 outstanding mathematicians and theoretical physicists who have been awarded Simons Fellowships in 2013. This program extends academic leaves from one term to a full year,...

Join us in welcoming new faculty: Karsten Heeger and Reina Maruyama

Please join us in welcoming new faculty to the physics department! Karsten Heeger and Reina Maruyama will be joining us starting July 1, 2013. Both Karsten and Reina are also very interested in teaching and mentoring students. Please stop by to talk to them in the fall, as they both settle in. And...

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