Theoretical physics
News involving the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics
Special Seminar : Detection of B-mode Polarization at Degree Scales using BICEP2, Clem Pryke
Special Seminar : Clem Pryke, University of Minnesota & Co-lead, BICEP2
Chris Lintott cjl@astro.ox.ac.uk
3 June 2014
Joseph Conlon wins 2014 OUSU Outstanding Tutor Award
Congratulations to Dr Joseph Conlon, who has been awarded the 2014 Oxford University Student Union (OUSU)'Outstanding tutor' Award for Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS).
2014 Halley Lecture
University of Oxford
Halley Lecture
"How the Universe Evolved From Smooth to Lumpy -- the Physics of Galaxy Formation"
Professor Eliot Quataert
University of California, Berkeley Astronomy Department
Tuesday, 10 June 2014 at 5pm
(to be seated by 4.50pm)
Martin Wood Lecture Theatre
Clarendon Laboratory
Parks Road, Oxford
THIS LECTURE IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
This lecture will be followed by a Drinks Reception in the foyer of the Martin Wood
Leanne O'Donnell
Tel: 01865 613 973
Email: Leanne.odonnell@astro.ox.ac.uk
The 10th Dennis Sciama Memorial Lecture
The 10th Dennis Sciama Memorial Lecture
Professor James Binney
Department of Physics, Merton College and All Souls Visiting Lecturer, University of Oxford
Galaxies and the intergalactic medium
Leanne O'Donnell
01865 613973
Leanne.odonnell@astro.ox.ac.uk
13 March 2014
Oxford scientist takes his research to Parliament
Dr. Mitya Pushkin, a PDRA at the University of Oxford, hailing from Minsk, Belarus is attending Parliament to present his physics research to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of SET for Britain on Monday 17 March.
26 February 2014
Oxford thesis wins European Physical Society Award
The Plasma Physics Division of the European Physical Society has awarded Edmund Highcock its prize for the best PhD thesis of 2012. Edmund, whose supervisor was Alex Schekochihin, is currently a Fellow by Examination of Magdalen College and works in the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics. His thesis was entitled "The zero turbulence manifold of fusion plasmas".
21 November 2013
IceCube detects high-energy extraterrestrial neutrinos
IceCube provides first evidence for high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin
29 August 2013
Physics newsletter 2013
Summer 2013
Our latest Department newsletter is now available to download in PDF format here. Have a look at the wide range of work that we do in front-line research, teaching, public outreach and school education. We would welcome contributions to future newsletters from undergraduate or postgraduate alumni and previous members of the physics department.
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