Latest news and comment Audience - Any Audience -AlumniIndustrySchools, prospective students and communityResearchUndergraduatesGraduatesDepartment of Physics (requires login) Research theme - Any Research theme -Accelerator physicsAstronomy and astrophysicsBiological physicsClimate physicsExoplanets and planetary physicsFields, strings, and quantum dynamicsFundamental particles and interactionsInstrumentationLasers and high energy density scienceParticle astrophysics & cosmologyPhotovoltaics and nanosciencePlasma physicsQuantum information and computationQuantum materialsQuantum optics & ultra-cold matter Sub-department - Any Sub-department -AstrophysicsAtmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary PhysicsAtomic and Laser PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsParticle PhysicsProfessional and support servicesRudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics A fractal tree of quarks and gluons A startlingly beautiful image that has just been published was inspired by an algorithm proposed by theorists from the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford in 2018. 18 April 2023 EPS recognition for Dr David Hosking Department of Physics alumnus Dr David Hosking has been awarded the European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division’s PhD Research Award. 13 April 2023 Meet...Lauren Rhodes We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 5 April 2023 Meet...Daniel Cervenkov We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 5 April 2023 Astronomers discover the most distant galaxies yet Two papers published today in Nature Astronomy present the discovery of four of the most distant galaxies yet found. 4 April 2023 Study of ‘Brightest of All Time’ provides unprecedented understanding Oxford astrophysicists have led a project in which the earliest stages of the Universe’s most powerful explosions are captured in detail for the first time. 28 March 2023 Making a difference with physics We opened our doors, and our labs, to the public for the annual Physics: Lab to Life event 17 March 2023 Major milestone in ATLAS tracker upgrade After more than 10 years of research and development, an upgraded tracker that is fundamental to the ATLAS experiment, is moving to production marking a major milestone for the collaboration. 16 March 2023 Meet...Charlie Garner We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 March 2023 Meet...Wendy Dang We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 March 2023 Putting the science into science fiction Collision: Stories from the Science of CERN brings together 13 physicists from CERN, including Dr Daniel Cervenkov, with award-winning writers and authors 3 March 2023 Dr Picksley awarded Culham Thesis Prize Dr Alex Picksley from the Department of Physics has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Culham Thesis Prize: Plasma Physics Group. 2 March 2023 Load More
A fractal tree of quarks and gluons A startlingly beautiful image that has just been published was inspired by an algorithm proposed by theorists from the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford in 2018. 18 April 2023
EPS recognition for Dr David Hosking Department of Physics alumnus Dr David Hosking has been awarded the European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division’s PhD Research Award. 13 April 2023
Meet...Lauren Rhodes We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 5 April 2023
Meet...Daniel Cervenkov We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 5 April 2023
Astronomers discover the most distant galaxies yet Two papers published today in Nature Astronomy present the discovery of four of the most distant galaxies yet found. 4 April 2023
Study of ‘Brightest of All Time’ provides unprecedented understanding Oxford astrophysicists have led a project in which the earliest stages of the Universe’s most powerful explosions are captured in detail for the first time. 28 March 2023
Making a difference with physics We opened our doors, and our labs, to the public for the annual Physics: Lab to Life event 17 March 2023
Major milestone in ATLAS tracker upgrade After more than 10 years of research and development, an upgraded tracker that is fundamental to the ATLAS experiment, is moving to production marking a major milestone for the collaboration. 16 March 2023
Meet...Charlie Garner We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 March 2023
Meet...Wendy Dang We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 March 2023
Putting the science into science fiction Collision: Stories from the Science of CERN brings together 13 physicists from CERN, including Dr Daniel Cervenkov, with award-winning writers and authors 3 March 2023
Dr Picksley awarded Culham Thesis Prize Dr Alex Picksley from the Department of Physics has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Culham Thesis Prize: Plasma Physics Group. 2 March 2023