Physics 120: Physics of the
21st Century
Fall 2005
- Oral Presentations coming
up:
The first set of presentations on your topics will be held
in class, on Wednesday December 7. We can have 3 students, each giving
a 10 min. presentation with 5 min. of discussion afterwards. If you are
ready to get this out of the way, we strongly recommend that you
reserve one of these 3 coveted slots - send email to phys120@physics.odu.edu.
All remaining students will have to give their presentations 5 days
later, on Monday December 12, during the time officially assigned for
the Final Exam in this class (8:30 - 11:30). This
is also the date when your written paper is due.
Please don't wait until the last minute - contact any of us if you need
help, advice, etc. for your paper or your presentation. Make sure you
practice your presentation (with a friend) so you know you can do it in
10 minutes. You can use a computer hooked up to our projector or
overhead transparencies as visual aids. It helps to go to one of the
Physics colloquia so you can learn from the "experts" (including what
NOT to do).
Physics 120 Seminar (1 credit)
Additional Faculty:
- Dr. Gary
Copeland (Phone:
683-4619)
- Dr.
Charles Hyde-Wright (Phone: 683-5853)
- Dr. Lawrence
Weinstein (Phone: 683-5803)
Course Information: Download the Syllabus
- Meeting Place: ROOM 205 of
the Oceanography
and Physics Building (OCNPS)
- Meeting Time: Wednesdays 10:00 - 10:50
a.m.
- Email: All
instructors can be reached by sending email to: phys120@physics.odu.edu.
- If you are sending email to a specific
faculty member, please put that person's name in the subject line.
-
- Semester Schedule:
-
Introduction
- Aug 31: Overview of
Topics to be
Discussed
-
- Nuclear/Hadronic Physics
(Dr. Hyde-Wright)
- Sept 7: Particle
Detectors and Accelerators
Sept 14: Nucleosynthesis in
ordinary stars and extraordinary astrophysical events
- Sept 21: The origin of mass:
Quarks and Gluons in the nucleus.
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- Particle Physics
(Dr. Kuhn)
- Sept 28: The Standard Model
Oct 5: Neutrinos
Oct 12: Beyond the Standard Model
- Astrophysics
(Dr. Copeland)
- Oct 19: Microwave Astronomy
- Oct 26: Particle, x-ray and gamma ray
Astronomy
- Nov. 2: Gravitational waves
- Physics and Society
(Dr. Weinstein)
- Nov. 9: Estimation
Nov 16: Science and Non-science
- Nov 30: Jobs in Physics
Student
Presentations
Dec. 7: John Torcivia, Ben
Davison, Samantha Matthews
Dec. 12: TBA
-
- Interesting Links:
Nobel Prize Winner
Jerry Friedman comes to ODU!
Society of
Physics
Students
ODU
Experimental Nuclear
Physics Group
ODU
Ultracold Physics
Lab
Thomas Jefferson National
Accelerator Facility (JLab)
World Year
of Physics 2005
The Hubble Space
Telescope
Physics
Central
Physics Links - "Physics
Success Stories"
(Applications of Physics)
NOVA Origins
on PBS
The American Physical Society
has many
interesting web pages (and you are strongly encouraged to become
members!). In particular, have a look at the "Physical
Review Focus" website, which summarizes recently published original
results in Physics for the scientifically interested public (YOU!).
And here
is a "Courier" article by one of us on our research...