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Physics
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5 ERC: Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics PRC (Physics Research Center) MCP (Michelson Center for Physics) • Enrico Fermi Institute • Kadanoff Theo. Phys. Center …. • Center for Bright Beams …MCP … ….
KPTC: Physics teaching Physics interactions
Geo Sciences
……. Computer GCIS: Sciences • James Franck Institute Main Quadrangle …Geo …. Sciences…. Eckhardt Michelson Center for Physics Research Center
GCIS (Gordon Center) KPTC (Kersten) History of the Department
KPTC 3rd floor
KPTC 2rd floor History of the Department
KPTC 1st floor (space telescopes)
KPTC 1st floor Enrico Fermi Chicago Pile 1 Department of Physics and Research Institutes • U. Chicago prides itself on cross-disciplinary research – Enrico Fermi Institute (EFI) since 1940’s – James Franck Institute (JFI) since 1940’s – Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP) – Institute for Biophysical Dynamics (IBD) – Chicago Materials Research Science & Engineering Center (MRSEC) – Kadanoff Center for Theoretical Physics (KCPT) – Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) IBD – ….. Physics MRSEC KCTP JFI EFI KICP PME Current Research
Research images KPTC 1st floor Clay Cordova (Fall 2019)
Particle Physics w/ Intense Beams
• study of neutrino oscillations • nature of neutrinos: are they Majorana or Dirac particles? • high-sensitivity search for rare K decays • Detector R&D work to expand the reach of current research
+ PME faculty David Awschalom Vincenzo Vitalli
Cosmology
• Studies of the cosmic microwave background radiation spectrum and anisotropy with ground and space-based detectors • Search for polarization in the cosmic background radiation • Measurements of the effect for clusters of galaxies • Measurements of intergalactic radiation fields • Nature of dark energy and connections to string theory and quantum gravity Quantum Science Department of Physics Institute for Molecular Engineering Department of Chemistry Connections to National Laboratories
• The University of Chicago manages – two U.S. Department of Energy laboratories: • Argonne National Laboratory • Fermilab (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
Fermilab ~35 miles from UChicago
U.Chicago
Argonne National Lab ~20 miles from UChicago Connections to National Laboratories
• The University of Chicago manages – two U.S. Department of Energy laboratories: • Argonne National Laboratory • Fermilab (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
– Marine Biological Laboratory Building community
• Weekly colloquium – Refreshments Colloquium Reception
• Physics tea time – Tuesdays & Thursdays
• Forget-the-year party (every December) – organized by 2nd years
• Ping-pong tournaments – Professors vs. undergraduates – Professors vs. graduate students – Professors vs. Postdocs
• First birthday parties Building community
• Reception for graduating students (early June) • Reception at American Physics Society meeting – Alumni + Current members • Chicago Physics – Annual department newsletter • Honoring – Oct. 24: Annual Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture • 3rd lecture by Donna Strickland, 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics) – Oct. 25: Naming Michelson Center for Physics