Motivation:
To bring together people working on telescopes and instrumentation across a range of wavelengths to provide an update on status and progress, identify synergies and consider how a healthy programme of technology and instrument development can be sustained into the future. Speakers will be encouraged to identify how the key technology developments, on which their instrument rely, came about.
Past Events for Research
6 Jun 2012 - 10:30am to 7 Jun 2012 - 4:45pm
6 Jun 2012 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Progress in astronomy is driven by discovery which often arises from the application of a new telescope or instrument. Now that detectors capture almost all the light incident on them, astronomers are planning a generation of giant telescopes 10-25 times larger than those in use today. I will describe these developments and trace the origins of the crucial technologies on which they, and the instruments that will exploit them, rely.
31 May 2012 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Terahertz Wave Detection Based on Low-Dimensional Electron Systems
Dr Yukio Kawano
Tokyo Institute of Technology
In this talk, Dr Kawano gives the advantageous properties of terahertz (THz) waves - permeability through objects opaque for visible light, the important energy spectrum in the meV range, etc. – which potentially enable various applications of imaging and spectroscopy in this band.
2 May 2012 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
This new student society aims to inform people about the challenges surrounding the supply and demand of energy, and climate change.
The Energy Soc Inaugural Seminar – and Post Seminar Drinks!
30 Apr 2012 - 9:30am to 2 May 2012 - 1:00pm
Talks will be aimed at a general audience, but they are likely to be controversial; speakers may well disagree over fundamentals. This miniseries is the first of several on philosophy of cosmology to take place in Oxford and Cambridge over the next two years.
Entry is free and all are welcome. We request that you REGISTER HERE if you plan to come in order to help us gauge numbers (for spaces and coffee). In the event that the venue is filled up, priority will be given to those who registered.
30 Apr 2012 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Paul C. Canfield
Distinguished Professor and Robert Allen Wright
Chair of Physics
Senior Physicist, Ames Laboratory
Iowa State University, USA
27 Apr 2012 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Professor P. James Peebles
Albert Einstein Professor of Science, Emeritus
Professor of Physics, Emeritus
Department of Physics, Princeton University
18 Apr 2012 - 9:00am to 6:00pm
An annual interdisciplinary forum to bring together physicists, chemists, materials scientists and theoreticians in and around Oxford to advance the science and promote direct collaboration between groups interested in novel quantum materials and phenomena.
29 Mar 2012 - 2:00pm to 30 Mar 2012 - 4:00pm
The aim of this meeting is to discuss recent developments concerning searches for dark matter, as well as relevant astrophysical issues and particle phenomenology. On Thursday 29th March there will be a Half-day Meeting (2-6 pm) to take stock of the field, while Friday 30th March will be devoted to a Workshop (9 am-4 pm) concerning both theory and experiment.
19 Mar 2012 - 11:00am to 20 Mar 2012 - 3:30pm
The next bi-annual meeting of UK participants in the Cherenkov Telescope Array project will take place in the Denys Wilkinson Building, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, on 19th and 20th March 2012. We will have one day of science-themed talks and one day of technical-themed talks with plenty of time for interactive discussions.
Younger members of the collaboration, and Oxford physics department members with interests in high-energy astrophysics, astroparticle physics, electronics, and telescope design and construction, are particularly encouraged to attend.
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