Physics

Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, CNRS at GREMI University of Orléans France. Content : CV, publications, conferences and lecture slides.

Assistant Professor of Applied Physics at Columbia University, New York. Research interests: plasma physics and magnetic confinement fusion; MHD instabilities and their control; microwave heating, current drive and diagnostics.

Research group at the University of California at Berkeley, US.

Satellite and sounding rocket experiments

The company provides modelling and numerical simulations for space plasmas related issues.

Information and resources for space plasma research.

Thousands of science products geared toward the K-12 education market.

A nationwide (U.S.) supplier of products for schools and educational institutions specializing in science and technology education.

Intended to convey a deeper understanding of physics to a broad audience. Available in print and online.

Topics covered include experimental, theoretical and computational nuclear science, and its applications and interface with astrophysics and particle physics. It includes both review articles and research papers.

A set of online lecture notes intended as an introduction to quantum mechanics and modern atomic physics.

Describes Everett's attempt to solve the measurement problem by dropping the collapse dynamics from the standard von Neumann-Dirac theory of quantum mechanics. From the Stanford Encyclopedia.

Brief exploration of issues surrounding Quantum Mechanics and reality.

An article in New Scientist about ideas of Anton Zeilinger and Caslav Brukner.

A European experiment intended to test the theory of quantum electrodynamics to extremely high accuracy.

Free book by Walter Pfeifer covering basic accepts of quantum field theory.

Notes by Eric Poisson providing two derivations of the Lorentz--Dirac equation.

QUIT wants to establish the ultimate achievable quantum performance limits and actually design feasible implementations, for new experiments on foundations and for new applications to information technology.

Introduces a new concept of weight which distinguishes between self-weight and acquired weight and subsequently leads to a new definition of gravity, based on the assumption that all subatomic particles have a "mass-energy field". By Elie Agur.

Review article by Clifford Will, published in Living Reviews in Relativity. Gives a complete survey of tests of general relativity using laboratory experiments and astronomical observations.

Lecture notes by Ramesh Narayan (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) and Matthias Bartelmann (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy) about the basic concepts and applications of gravitational lensing.

Explains how gravitational lensing can be simulated using wine glasses as (unusually-shaped) glass lenses. Includes images and diagrams to explain the different phenomena gravitational lensing can produce. By Phil Marshall (Stanford University).

Members, research, thesis, proceedings, LCGT Project, information, and links. At the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo.

Identifies the contributions made to the special theory of relativity by Poincaré and argues that the theory "has been created not by A. Einstein only but even to a greater extent by Poincaré." By A. A. Logunov.

About the development of general relativity, Einstein's early rejection of Lorentz-covariant theories of gravity, and Nordström's attempts at formulating just such a model. By J. D. Norton (University of Pittsburgh).

Features links to relevant conference announcements, brief descriptions of research areas, staff list and a publications index. Research interests include quantum gravity, the physics of black holes, cosmology, and numerical relativity.

Includes lists of staff, publications lists, visitor information and event announcements, as well as brief descriptions of the research undertaken, which concentrates on gravitational wave physics, quantum gravity and the physics of black holes.

Theoretical AstroPhysics Including Relativity; includes information about group members, research topics and opportunities, seminars, and publications. Research topics include compact objects, cosmology, numerical relativity, and gravitational waves.

A mesh refinement driver for the Cactus code; the primary application is the simulation of black hole spacetimes.

Provides a set of C++ classes to solve various problems arising in numerical relativity and other areas of computational astrophysics.

The general problem of relativistic addition of velocities – and the successive application of noncollinear Lorentz boosts – is addressed.

This is chapter 1 of a book by Chris Doran and Anthony Lasenby on geometric algebra, which is the natural mathematics of spacetime.

There is a preferred algebra of quaternions and complex numbers that is ideally suited to express the equations of special relativity and classical electrodynamics.

Self-tutorial with short essays, questions and answers.

Download Christoph Schiller's 1612 page walk through the whole of physics, from classical mechanics to relativity, electrodynamics, thermodynamics, quantum theory, nuclear physics and unification. chapter 2 explains special relativity.

[Win] Multiple choice tests covering all physics subject areas taught in a first or second-year physics course. Good preparation before real tests and exams for high school and college students.

Interactive software including MathProf and PhysProf. They use two dimensional graphics and animations to display mathematical and physical correlations. Distributed as shareware.

Includes information about scientific members, administrative staff, former members, research projects, teaching activities, vacancies, open M.Sc. and bachelor thesis, news and academic services.

Official site of Rostov State University

Details of the student physics and astrophysics societies, jobs, teaching, admissions and current research.

Provides educational materials and outreach information. Features course pages, physics java applet instructional aides, and Pine Mountain Observatory description and offerings.

Department of Physics and Astronomy (Nacogdoches, TX).

The Southwest Missouri State University Department of Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science's web presence contains online information for enrolling.

Includes course timetable, syllabi and lecture notes, admissions information, and descriptions of research projects.

Offers detailed diagrams with explanations for hundreds of demonstrations.

Grouped by topic with illustrations and descriptions.

Demonstrations and videos from ISU. Includes setup description and photographs.

Catalog of demonstrations for many topics, with a photograph of the setup and brief description.

Photographs, descriptions

Photographs, descriptions, equipment lists. Complete table of contents page. Suggested demonstrations by course.