Condensed matter physics
Cherwell-Simon Lecture 2012
QUANTUM GAMES AND QUANTUM INFORMATION
Professor Anton Zeilinger
University of Vienna and Scientific Director of the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Corinna Dahnke at corinna.dahnke@physics.ox.ac.uk
18 June 2018
Whirlwinds in rust: antiferromagnetic vortices spotted for the first time
Vortices are beautiful structures that are encountered in nature at all length-scales, from the nanometer to the billions of light years. In a paper appearing today in Nature Materials, the Oxide electronics group at the University of Oxford and their collaborators at University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) and the Diamond Light Source (UK) describe how they used a synchrotron-based microscopy technique to image an unprecedented form of magnetic vortices in thin films of hematite (α-Fe2O3, a form of ordinary rust).
12 June 2018
A surprising twist on skyrmions
Magnetic tomography has been used to reconstruct a tornado-like 3D magnetic skyrmion structure
In Conversation with: CalTech President Thomas Rosenbaum: New Ways to Interrogate Nature
CalTech President Thomas Rosenbaum will discuss new ways to interrogate nature on 7 June 2018 from 12:00-14:00 in the Physics Department (Audrey Wood Seminar Room).
President Rosenbaum will share stories of great discoveries with a CalTech bent and how they illustrate the creativity, persistence, and inspiration of science. He intends to make remarks for 20 to 30 minutes and to take questions on any topic desired for the rest of the time.
This event is free and open for all students and researchers, but there are only 40 places.
Dr Moritz Riede
Tel: 272377
Email: moritz.riede@physics.ox.ac.uk
29 May 2018
Controlling magnetic skyrmion motion without an electric current
Researchers from the University of Oxford have used resonant elastic X-ray scattering (REXS) at the Diamond Light Source (Didcot, UK) for the first demonstration of using a field gradient to control the motion of magnetic skyrmions.
2018 Halley Lecture
22 May 2018 (17.30pm – door open 17.15)
2018 Halley Lecture
Professor Adam Showman, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road Oxford OX1 3PU (Followed by drinks reception – Martin Wood Foyer foyer)
Registration via: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/weather-on-remote-worlds-by-prof-adam-sho...
14 May 2018
Humboldt Research Award
Congratulations to Philip Stier and Laura Herz who has received a Humboldt Research Award. This award is conferred in recognition of lifetime achievements in research and you can read more at https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/programmes-by-target-group.html
11 May 2018
Humboldt Research Award
Congratulations to Philip Stier who has received a Humboldt Research Award. This award is conferred in recognition of lifetime achievements in research and you can read more at https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/programmes-by-target-group.html
Quantum Materials Public Lecture 2018
The Inaugural Quantum Materials Public Lecture will be presented by Professor Andrew Boothroyd. Please join us for an exploration of quantum materials - what they are, what they can do, and why they are so profoundly interesting!
The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception in the Martin Wood Lecture Theatre Foyer.
Kathryn Boast, Quantum Materials Outreach Officer
kathryn.boast@physics.ox.ac.uk
15 March 2018
Professor Stephen Hawking, 1942 - 2018
Professor Stephen Hawking, 1942-2018
On 13 March 2018, physicists awoke to news that Prof Stephen Hawking, surely Oxford’s best known physics undergraduate (Univ. 1959), had died peacefully in his sleep. He leaves behind a monumental legacy.