121. General Relativity And Cosmology An online notes from the University of British Columbia featuring simple explanations of cosmological phenomena. http://musr.physics.ubc.ca/~jess/p200/cosm/cosm.html

Next: Astronomy As Elementary Particle Physicists direct their attention ``down'' toward the indescribably tiny, so Cosmologists turn their gaze ``upward'' toward the unfathomably huge. Of course, these days both are increasingly likely to be incarnate in the same individual - I'll get to that later. As one who has never looked through a telescope larger than I could carry, I am certain to give short shrift to the magnificent observational science of astronomy , which provides cosmology (a theoretical discipline) with all its data. But a summary of the former without good colour plates of star fields and nebulae would be a terrible waste anyway, so I hope I have motivated the curious to go out and read a good Astronomy book on their own. Moreover, I am so ignorant of General Relativity and most of the fine points of Cosmology that I really have no business writing about either. Therefore I must content myself with a justification in terms of my ``unique point of view,'' whereby I excuse the following distortions. Astronomy Tricks of the Trade Parallax Spectroscopy ... Bang!

122. School Of Physics - General Information Top Welcome to the School of physics. general Information. The University of Edinburgh was founded in 1583, making it one of Scotland’s ancient universities; http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/admin/general/

Welcome to the School of Physics. General Information. The University of Edinburgh was founded in 1583, making it one of Scotland’s ancient universities The University has 21 Schools in three Colleges: Humanities and Social Science, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, and Science and Engineering More than 20,000 students study here, from all over the world and from a variety of backgrounds With more than 6,800 staff, the University is Edinburgh’s third largest employer. In October 1993 the Department of Physics and Astronomy came into being as the result of a merger between the Department of Physics and the Department of Astronomy. The astronomers form the Institute for Astronomy which occupies the Blackford Hill site (near the King's Buildings campus) which also houses the Royal Observatory Edinburgh. More recently in 2002, the Universityrestructured into Department was renamed the School of Physics and the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC) and the National e-Science Centre (NeSC) are included within the School. The School is based in the James Clerk Maxwell Building (which also contains the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC) on the King's Buildings campus.

123. ISI: Computational Physics Resources A general Computational physics resource website primarily intended for upperyear University students. Includes links to University Computational physics groups, computational physics journals. http://www.isi.loyola.edu/library/cp.html

General Computational Physics Resources Computational Science Education Project Homepage - a pioneering effort, primarily intended for upper-year University students. A very successful and rich electronic book, with chapters and case studies contributed by various authors from around the world. University Computational Physics Center for Simulational Physics at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. Institute of Physics at Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz Germany. Institute for Computer Applications at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Materials Modelling Laboratory at Oxford University, Great Britain. Center for Computational Sciences, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). HPCCI Materials at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

124. Physics Illinois, Department Of Physics, University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champa general information about the department, with faculty and staff backgrounds, academic offering and research information, newsletter, and seminar schedules. http://www.physics.uiuc.edu/

Physics General Information People Education ... Site Map Department of Physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Site Map Search UI Directory Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. Today's Events Physics Blog radium Physics News Update 2004 Convocation Pictures Now Available Pick Up New Outside Door Keys Alumna Angela Zalucha doing the weather on WILL this summer Strong Magnetic Field Converts Nanotube from Metal to Semiconductor and Back Carbon nanotubes, rolled-up cylinders of graphite so small that 50 000 could fit side-by-side across the width of a human hair, are of strong interest for future information processing systems and an ideal tool for exploring wave properties of electronic systems in restricted geometries, where quantum phenomena become especially prominent. A group led by Professors Alexey Bezryadin and Paul Goldbart at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has recently demonstrated that a multiwall carbon nanotube (MWNT) can be switched between metallic and semiconducting states by threading a strong magnetic field through the tube, a phenomenon predicted by theorists some years ago but never before clearly seen in individual molecules. (Click

125. Department Of Physics | Acadia University Innovator in studio physics, and an interactive learning environment. Includes general information about the faculty and department, as well as resources for students. http://ace.acadiau.ca/science/phys/home.htm

Home News Site Search E-mail Search ... Contact Links Acadia Home Online Registration Registrar's Office Home Department Information Academic Information Faculty ... Contact Introduction Welcome to the Department of Physics at Acadia. We are committed to providing high-quality undergraduate degree programs which are fully described in the University Calendar. The department has active research programs in various areas which allow students an opportunity to participate in research with faculty. We have strong undergraduate programs and many of our graduates go on to graduate work. In addition to research opportunities, upper level students often act as teaching assistants in lower level courses. Please browse around to see what we have to offer as a department and what physics has to offer you as a career choice. We hope you find it useful and informative. If you have any questions that you can't find the answers to, please email, telephone or better yet, come to visit us.

126. MSc In Medical Physics - General Information In general, Health Service Trainees pursue the parttime option. Both routes of study are accredited by the Institute of physics and Engineering in Medicine http://newton.ex.ac.uk/handbook/MScGeneral.html

@import '/ns4.css'; School of Physics Home Admissions Research Teaching ... Index Induction Week and Registration The Graduate School publishes a programme of Induction Week events of interest to postgraduates. Registration packs should be collected from the School Office. Programme Management The Programme Specification gives a concise summary of the main features of the programme. The MSc Student Co-ordinator monitors the progress and welfare of the MSc students. Tutorials will be arranged on an informal basis as required. Timetables In addition to the School of Physics timetable , a timetable is produced each term for MSc modules only, detailing lectures, laboratory classes, etc. Full-time / Part-time Study Students can complete the MSc programme in one academic year full-time (including a period for project work) or by attending part-time over two years (including Michaelmas term in year 1 and Lent term in year 2). For part-time students the project can be undertaken away from the School (usually in a hospital environment under the guidance of an external supervisor) or during the Trinity term and summer vacation within the School. In general, Health Service Trainees pursue the part-time option. Both routes of study are accredited by the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM).

127. General Relativity And Cosmology For Undergraduates An online draft copy of an undergraduate text book by John Norbury (PDF). http://books.pdox.net/Physics/General Relativity and Cosmology for undergraduate

128. Physics Related Software Manuals/Links Manuals/Links on the Nuclear physics programs and generaluse software (programming languages, algebra programs etc.) http://www.jlab.org/~semenov//rlinks/soft.html

Privacy and Security Notice Physics Related Software Manuals/Links April 8, 2004 - Please send related information or dead link reports to Andrei Yu. Semenov . Thanks. Contents Physics Software (Nuclear Physics Models, Simulation, etc. Unsorted yet) Analysis Tools/Math Libs CERNLIB PAW GEANT ... NCAR's Lib , etc.) Programming Languages and Numerical Recipes I Fortran C++ C ... Python Algebraic Programs ( Mathematica MatLab SciLab MathCAD ... Shells etc. Editors LaTeX , and HTML Graphical Tools and CADs Igor GnuPlot ... Origin etc.) Misc Stuff GNU Project CVS Feynman Diagrams Calculation ... Pine etc.) Links to Other Resources Physics Software Hall C Software Documentation CODA Engine CTP ... GeantRead , etc.) CSOFT note 0.02 - Running ENGINE for fun and profit JLab Physics Computing Resources EPICS Home Page MCEEP ... Paul E. Ulmer's Web Page) ENIGMA - Event Generator for Electron- Photon- or Pion-induced reactions on Nucleons or Nuclei. Beam energies should be around 0.5 to 1.5 GeV for electrons, up to ~0.5 GeV for photons or pions. EPIPROD James J. Kelly's Web Page): A program to calculate pseudoscalar meson production by electron-nucleon scattering LEA James J. Kelly's

129. Physics At Minnesota: Home Page Highlights current news as well as a weekly calendar, and provides general information concerning class schedules, curriculum details, program summaries, and research descriptions. http://www.physics.umn.edu/

Information News Grad Undergrad ... Outreach Search this site Home News and Events Celebration to Commemorate Hoff Lu The School will Celebrate the work and life of Hoff Lu, with a program of speakers and the dedication of a bronze sculpture in his honor on Thursday, June 17, 2004 at 3:00 p.m. in Physics Room 131. [full story] RET program begins June 21 The School of Physics and Astronomy will host high school physics teachers from around the state for the Research Experience for Teachers program (RET). [full story] Physics Student Awards 2004 The Physics Student Awards for 2004 were presented at the last colloquium of the year. [full story] Essentials Class Web Pages Weekly Calendar Directory printer friendly version ... Help Welcome to the School of Physics and Astronomy. The teaching, research and outreach activities of Physics are the focus of this web site. Please refer to the Astronomy and History of Science and Technology web sites for information on their programs. We invite you to explore our activities on the following pages. [More about us] Information About Us History ... Handbook University of Minnesota Links Astronomy History of Science and Technology Institute of Technology University of Minnesota This URL: www.physics.umn.edu/index.html

130. Department Of Physics | Faculty Of Science | University Of Waterloo Includes news and events, information about colloquia and seminars as well as general information for students. Also features information about the Sir Isaac Newton Examination. http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/physics/

Welcome to the webpage of Canada's most innovative Department of Physics! Learn more about Physics at UW Congratulations to Melanie Campbell on receiving the Rank Prize. This prestigious award honours her work with Kröger, Fernald and Wagner, which provided "one of the first pieces of evidence of an optical specialization: the fine structure of the optics of the eye is influenced by environment". More information can be found here Congratulations to professor W.-K. Liu, recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award. This award is given to professors that demonstrate intellectual vigour and communication skills in the interpretation and presentation of subject matter, their human quality and concern for and sensitivity to the needs of students, and the favourable and lasting influence that they leave on students. Wing-Ki is the 6th member of our department that has received this award. Research Opportunities Faculty and Undergraduate Find Information This page is based upon the UW Web Site "Standards and Guidelines" Maintained by H. Anderson

131. Time Travel - Fact Or Fiction? The science fiction paradigm, conservation laws, general relativity, paradoxes, tachyons and graphs. http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/GR/time_travel.html

[Physics FAQ] Updated 1994; Original by Jon J. Thaler. Time Travel - Fact or Fiction? We define time travel to mean departure from a certain place and time followed (from the traveller's point of view) by arrival at the same place at an earlier (from the sedentary observer's point of view) time. Time travel paradoxes arise from the fact that departure occurs after arrival according to one observer and before arrival according to another. In the terminology of special relativity time travel implies that the timelike ordering of events is not invariant. This violates our intuitive notions of causality. However, intuition is not an infallible guide, so we must be careful. Is time travel really impossible, or is it merely another phenomenon where "impossible" means "nature is weirder than we think?" The answer is more interesting than you might think. The Science Fiction Paradigm The B-movie image of the intrepid chrononaut climbing into his time machine and watching the clock outside spin backwards while those outside the time machine watch the him revert to callow youth is, according to current theory, impossible. In current theory, the arrow of time flows in only one direction at any particular place. If this were not true, then one could not impose a 4-dimensional co-ordinate system on space-time, and many nasty consequences would result. Nevertheless, there is a scenario which is not ruled out by present knowledge. This usually requires an unusual spacetime topology (due to wormholes or strings in general relativity) which has not yet seen, but which may be possible. In this scenario the universe is well behaved in every local region; only by exploring the global properties does one discover time travel.

132. Georgetown Physics : General Information About the physics Department. The physics Department at Georgetown University has strong commitments to both education and research. http://www.physics.georgetown.edu/info.htm

HOME INFO PEOPLE EVENTS ... RESOURCES About the Physics Department The Physics Department at Georgetown University has strong commitments to both education and research. Our faculty consists of eleven active members . The chair of the department is Amy Liu The Department has undergone rapid change in recent years. Nine new hires have been made in the past seven years: Joe Serene arrived in 1993 and initially led the department as chair. He is currently the Dean of the Graduate School. Jim Freericks and Amy Liu , who both joined the faculty in 1994, have research interests in the field of theoretical materials physics, with an emphasis on superconductivity. Jeff Urbach is an experimentalist in nonlinear dynamics who joined the faculty in 1996. John Currie , a senior-level experimentalist who works in the field of MEMS, heads the Georgetown Advanced Electronics Laboratory (GAEL). He has been at Georgetown since 1997. Mak Paranjape , who arrived in 1998, is also an experimentalist working in GAEL. His research involves designing and creating devices for environmental and biomedical applications. In 1999, we hired

133. Georgetown Physics : General Information What is physics? physics is the study of matter and energy and their interactions. The American Institute of physics has summarized these success stories. http://www.physics.georgetown.edu/faq.htm

HOME INFO PEOPLE EVENTS ... RESOURCES Frequently Asked Questions What is Physics? success stories. If you like science and math and if you like to explore why things are the way they are, you will like physics. The following section includes questions frequently asked by prospective Physics majors. What do physicists study? Physicists study everything from the dynamics of the grains of sand on a beach to the formation of galaxies, from elementary particles to semiconductors, from fiber optics to computers. Physics is an experimental science, with nature remaining the ultimate authority on the correctness or incorrectness of any theory. Physics, as a field, naturally separates into two divisions: Experimental and Theoretical. Experimentalists typically work in a Laboratory, directly testing theories and measuring physical phenomena. Theorists work with experimentalists, trying to explain their measurements, or proposing new experiments. How do I know if physics is for me?

134. The War Period, Gartenhaus, Tubis, Cassidy, And Bray Essay on the war time history of the physics department of Purdue University detailing work done there as a part of the Manhattan Project and in physics in general. http://www.physics.purdue.edu/deptinfo/ppv5/history.html

A History of Physics at Purdue -Solomon Gartenhaus, Arnold Tubis, David Cassidy, and Ralph Bray Seymour Benzer (standing) and Karl Lark-Horowitz in the Purdue physics laboratory. Courtesy of Seymour Benzer. THE WAR PERIOD, 1941-1945 Preparations During the period 1935-1941, research activities in the physics department proceeded almost as if America's entry into World War II had been forseen and that the department would play an important role in the associated war effort. The number of tenure/tenure-track faculty almost doubled, increasing from 7 to 13 during this period and the research productivity as indexed by publications in the Physical Review went up proportionally to nearly 25 publications per year. It was during this period that the department became a major player in nuclear physics research, with the construction of a Van de Graaff accelerator and, more importantly, a cyclotron which would give the department unique capabilities for carrying out research during war time. As envisioned, the Van de Graaff accelerator was designed to produce a stream of neutrons through ``high energy" deuteron-deuteron collisions with the resultant neutron flux then being used to study neutron diffraction and neutron activation of heavy elements. Three graduate students, R.E. Schreiber, R.E. Holmquist and W.A. Miller, worked on and completed the construction of this accelerator in 1937 at a total cost of only $825.62 above the cost of labor! Unfortunately, the resultant 250 KeV neutron beam only had a flux of about 0.25 milliampere which was too small to be useful for studying neutron diffraction. However, two years later in 1939, following the discovery in Germany by Otto Hahn, Lisa Meitner, and Fritz Strassmann of the fission of uranium when bombarded with low energy neutrons, the Van de Graaff was put to use to study fission fragments. Detection of the fragments was done by the use of photographic plates.

135. Elsevier Author Gateway , Instrumentation. +, Nonlinear, Statistical and Mathematical physics. +, Nuclear physics. +, Optics with Atomic, Molecular and Plasma physics. +, physics (general). http://authors.elsevier.com/Home.html?aloc=07000&sl=SAK~&al=~

136. UNL Department Of Physics And Astronomy Provides news and a special events calendar, class schedules and descriptions, research group highlights, facilities overview, and departmental directory, history, and general information. http://www.physics.unl.edu/

Calendar of Events Welcome to the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Follow the links above to learn about the Department, its academic programs, research and outreach activities. Visit the calendar of events for an up-to-date list of colloquia, seminars and other events happening in the Department. Department of Physics and Astronomy 116 Brace Laboratory University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-0111 Phone: (402) 472-2770 Fax: (402) 472-2879

137. Elsevier Author Gateway , Nonlinear, Statistical and Mathematical physics. +, Nuclear physics. +, Optics with Atomic, Molecular and Plasma physics. +, physics (general). Annals of physics. http://authors.elsevier.com/Home.html?aloc=07000&sl=SAK~~&al=07065~

138. Dr. Mendel Sachs On compatibility of the quantum theory and theory of general relativity by Dr. Mendel Sachs http://www.compukol.com/mendel/

The Future of Physics? My name is Mendel Sachs. My subject is theoretical physics. I have recently become aware of this excellent means of communicating ideas to my fellow physicists. I would like to ask your indulgence in some of my thoughts about physics today. I have discovered during my professional career that in order to increase our comprehension of the material world, it is necessary to ask significant questions and then try to answer them, as completely and rigorously as possible no matter how hard this may seem to be at the outset. A "significant question" to me is one whose answer could possibly increase our understanding. Of course, there is no guarantee at the outset that the question would turn out to be significant in the final analysis. On the other hand, it is often clear when a question (that a great deal of attention may be given to) is not significant! Let me start out, then, with some questions that I believe are significant, and then try to answer them, in my view. 1) What do we presently believe are the most fundamental assertions of the laws of nature? My answer is: The bases of the quantum theory and the theory of relativity. I am not referring here to mathematical expressions of these theories; I refer to the basic concepts that underlie these expressions. If you do not agree with this answer, or those to the questions below, please respond with your own views.

139. Otterbein College Department Of Physics And Astronomy Introduces faculty and summarizes academic program. Details courses, schedules, and degrees, and offers general information about the Weitkamp Observatory and Science Lecture Series. http://www.otterbein.edu/dept/phys/

Physics and Astronomy Department Home Schedule of Courses Degree Requirements ... Contact Us The Physics major at Otterbein College prepares students interested in the natural sciences for a wide variety of careers, from academic or industrial research and development, to medicine, law or business, by providing training in problem solving and analytical thinking. Introductory physics is also taken by students majoring in Chemistry and Life Science who wish to understand the physical principles applied in their own disciplines. The Physical Science major prepares students for a career in teaching in grades 7-12. Otterbein offers a program in Engineering in cooperation with Washington University in St. Louis and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland leading to a B.A. degree from Otterbein College and a B.S. degree in Engineering from the partner institution. Students in this program commonly attend Otterbein for three years and Washington University or Case Western for two. The cooperative engineering program is an attractive alternative to traditional engineering curricula which are typically highly structured and require longer than four years to complete. Program graduates are "liberally educated engineers" with a professional advantage due to the distinctive range of their skills, from problem solving to communication. Please send comments and suggestions to webmaster@otterbein.edu

140. Hiroshima And Nagasaki For Physics Teachers Information on a workshop for physics teachers who wish to explore creation of a general education course or units about the effects of the nuclear policies of nations. http://titan.iwu.edu/~physics/Hiroshima/

Hiroshima and Nagasaki for College Teachers A One-week Workshop, June 28 - July 2, 2004 Resources and planning for a general education course or units dealing with All Things Nuclear and The Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Guide: Raymond G. Wilson, Ph.D., Emeritus Associate Professor, Physics Department, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL 61702 Supported by The Cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Project Illinois Wesleyan University has unusual success with its course, " Problems of Nuclear Disarmament ." It deals with what journalists have voted to be " The Story of the Century ." Students apparently wish to know about their futures and the challenges they may have to face. The instructor (RGW) began teaching about the effects of nuclear war in 1959. He has spent seven summers of study in Hiroshima. In 1979 the " Problems of Nuclear Disarmament " course was created. Perhaps on your campus there already exists a course which deals with the problems of nuclear war, and the social, biological, and physical effects on the cities and people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki wherein the death toll was well beyond 200,000. We believe such courses are rare. We further believe that college teachers can develop unique understandings and approaches to the problems brought about by contemporary threats to world peace, including nuclear weapons. In 2002 and 2003 this one-week Workshop was offered solely for physics teachers. We wish now to make it available to all college teachers.

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