Physics 120: Physics of the
21st Century
Fall 2007
Physics 120 Seminar (1 credit)
Additional Faculty:
- Dr. Stephen
Bueltmann (Phone: 683-6401)
- Dr. Lepsha Vuskovic (Phone: 683-4611)
- Dr. Moskov
Amarian (Phone: 683-4614)
Course Information: Download the Syllabus
- Meeting Place: ROOM 204 of
the Oceanography
and Physics Building (OCNPS)
- Meeting Time: Wednesdays 9:00 - 9:50
a.m.
- Email: All
instructors can be reached by sending email to:
phys120 at physics dot odu dot edu.
- If you are sending email to a specific
faculty member, please put that person's name in the subject line.
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- Semester Schedule:
-
Introduction
- Aug 29: Course Overview
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Astrophysics
(Dr. Bueltmann)
- Sept 5: Stellar Evolution
- Sept 12: Galaxies and Their Development
- Sept 19: Cosmology
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- Atomic Physics (Dr. Vuskovic)
- Sept 26: Lasers
Oct 3: Atomic forces and atom traps
Oct 10: Excited atoms in plasma aerodynamics
- Nuclear/Hadronic Physics
(Dr. Amarian)
- Oct 17: Particle
Detectors and Accelerators
Oct 24: Nucleosynthesis in
ordinary stars and extraordinary astrophysical events
- Oct 31: The origin of mass:
Quarks and Gluons in the nucleus.
- Physics and Society
(Dr. Weinstein)
- Nov. 7: Estimation
Nov 14: Science and Non-science
- Nov 28: Jobs in Physics
Student
Presentations
Dec. 5: TBA
Dec. 12: TBA
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- Interesting Links:
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...