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Outcomes for Australian Graduates in Physics Thermal Plasmas Volume 50, Number 3, May–Jun 2013 OUTCOMES FOR AUSTRALIAN GRADUATES IN THERMAL PHYSICS PLASMAS Special Promotion! Buy a spectrometer and CCD, and get a free IR detector! Purchase an imaging spectrometer and one of our CCD detectors, and we will include a single-channel InGaAs detector at no additional cost. This package will allow you to easily cover a range from the UV (200 nm) to near-IR (1700 nm)! Ask for a quotation today! Lastek Pty Ltd Thebarton Campus, University of Adelaide 10 Reid Street, Thebarton SA 5031 Australia [email protected] [email protected] Phone: 08 8443 8668 Fax: 08 8443 8427 CONTENTS 78 Editorial Australian Institute of Physics Vale Tony Farmer Volume 50, Number 3, May–Jun 2013 Promoting the role of physics in research, education, industry and the community 79 President’s Column AIP website: www.aip.org.au Tough times: Mourning the loss AIP Executive of friends and preparing for the President Dr Robert Robinson [email protected] September Federal Election Vice President Prof Warrick Couch [email protected] Secretary Dr Joe Hope [email protected] 80 News & Comment Treasurer Dr Judith Pollard [email protected] New CEO for Science and OUTCOMES FOR AUSTRALIAN Registrar Prof Ian McArthur Technology Australia GRADUATES IN THERMAL PHYSICS PLASMAS [email protected] Woman of the Year award to Dr Immediate Past President Dr Marc Duldig Cathy Foley Cover [email protected] ANSTO: 60 year of nuclear An arc in a mixture of helium and Special Projects Officers argon; the helium, which appears pink, Dr Olivia Samardzic innovation becomes concentrated in the centre due [email protected] NMI Award for 2013 to demixing. © 1999 IEEE. Reprinted, Assoc Prof Andrew Greentree with permission, from A. B. Murphy, Color [email protected] separation in an argon–helium arc due to 81 Branch News radiative properties and demixing, IEEE AIP ACT Branch News from NSW Branch Trans. Plasma Sci., 27, 31, 1999. Chair Dr Wayne Hutchison [email protected] 82 Computational modelling of thermal plasmas Secretary – from scientific resource to industrial tool. AIP NSW Branch Tony Murphy, 2012 Harrie Massey Medal winner, reviews Chair Dr Scott Martin [email protected] modelling and applications of thermal plasmas Secretary Dr Frederick Osman [email protected] 89 Development of Threshold Learning Outcomes for Australian Graduates in Physics AIP QLD Branch Margaret Wegener describes the process of arriving at TLOs for Chair Prof Chris Langton physics majors [email protected] Secretary Dr Till Weinhold [email protected] 94 Samplings AIP SA Branch Physics news that caught the eye of the editor Chair Dr Kristopher Rowland [email protected] 97 Book Reviews Secretary Dr Laurence Campbell [email protected] Lee Weissel reviews Carbon Nanotubes: Angels or Demons? by AIP TAS Branch Silvana Fiorito Chair Dr Raymond Haynes Joanne Harrison reviews Star-craving mad by Fred Watson [email protected] Jason Dicker reviews Islamic Science and the Making of European Secretary Dr Stephen Newbury [email protected] Renaissance by George Saliba AIP VIC Branch David Miller reviews The Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Chair Dr Andrew Stevenson [email protected] Mechanics - The Reality of Possibility by Ruth E. Kastner Secretary Dr Mark Boland [email protected] AIP WA Branch 99 Conferences Chair Dr David Parlevliet [email protected] Secretary Dr Andrea Biondo [email protected] 100 Product News New products from Coherent, Lastek and Warsash Printing Pinnacle Print Group 1/87 Newlands Road, Reservoir VIC 3073 103 AIP Medals www.pinnacleprintgroup.com.au Call for nominations MAY–JUN 2013 | 50(3) AUSTRALIAN PHYSICS 77 EDITORIAL Vale Tony Farmer A Publication of the Australian Institute of Physics It is with great sadness that I EDITOR (acting) A/Prof Brian James take on the role of acting editor [email protected] following the recent death of Tony BOOK REVIEWS EDITOR Farmer in a helicopter accident. Dr John Macfarlane Tony had just completed edit- [email protected] ing his second issue of Australian EDITORIAL BOARD Physics at the time of his death. A/Prof Brian James (Chair) When invited to consider becom- [email protected] ing editor, Tony accepted with Dr M. A. Box Dr J. Holdsworth great enthusiasm and was anticipating a tenure of several years, dur- A/Prof R. J. Stening ing which he expected to oversee evolution of the journal to include Prof H. A. Bachor a greater online presence. I will miss very much Tony’s enthusiasm and Prof H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop attention to detail. Also killed in the accident, along with John Dunlop Prof S. Tingay and Gerry Haddad, was Don Price, who for many years selected items ASSOCIATE EDITORS for the Samplings section. Dr Laurence Campbell [email protected] A/Prof Bruce Hartley [email protected] The first article in this issue is by Tony Murphy, CSIRO Materials Dr John Humble [email protected] Science and Engineering, who was awarded the 2012 Harrie Massey Prof Christian Langton [email protected] Medal by the Australian Institute of Physics and the Institute of Physics Dr Frederick Osman [email protected] for his “outstanding research in the field of thermal plasmas, in particu- SUBMISSION GUIDELINES lar his work on computational modelling and measurement techniques Articles for submission to Australian Physics should be sent by email to the and their application to the development of industrial processes”. The Editor: [email protected]. The text should be sent as a Word file and award is made every two years for contributions to physics or its appli- authors are advised to consult a recent issue as a guide to style. Images cations by an Australian physicist. In the article, which expands upon should not be embedded in the document, but should be sent as high resolution attachments in JPG or PNG format. Authors should also send a a talk he gave at the 20th AIP National Congress in December 2012, short bio and a recent photo. The Editor reserves the right to edit articles Tony shows how the scientific effort of developing realistic models has based on space requirements and editorial content. Contributions should be been rewarded by outstanding achievements in industrial applications sent to the Editor. in Australia and overseas. ADVERTISING In the second article, Margaret Wegener, University of Queensland, Enquiries should be sent to the Editor. describes the development of Threshold Learning Outcomes for Aus- Published six times a year. tralian graduates in physics. This follows a wider project to establish © 2012 Australian Institute of Physics Inc. Unless otherwise stated, all written Learning and Teaching Academic Standards for Science degrees in Aus- content in Australian Physics magazine is subject to copyright of the AIP and must not be reproduced wholly or in part without written permission. tralia, which was completed in 2011 by a committee that included rep- resentation from the AIP. It triggered projects to establish more specific The statements made and the opinions expressed in Australian Physics do standards for the various discipline areas. The development of the phys- not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Institute of Physics or its ics standards was carried out by widely representative goup of tertiary Council or Committees. physics educators, under Margaret’s leadership. The standards specify Print Post approved PP 224960 / 00008 what graduates will know and be able to do upon completion of a major ISSN 1837-5375 in physics. Such standards, developed by the disciline, have a crtical role PRODUCTION to play in compliance frameworks and professional accreditation. At Pinnacle Print Group the same time they provide a reference for evaluating existing physics 1/87 Newlands Road, Reservoir VIC 3073 www.pinnacleprintgroup.com.au degree programs, and guidance for future curriculum development. Brian James AUSTRALIAN PHYSICS 78 50(3) | MAY–JUN 2013 PRESIDENT’S colUMN Tough times: Mourning the loss of friends and preparing for the September Federal Election Recent weeks have been tinged wise and cogent advice, over the last with sadness with the loss of four three years, on the new neutron-imag- CSIRO physics colleagues, including ing facility which is nearing comple- Tony Farmer the editor of this maga- tion at Lucas Heights, as part of the zine, in a tragic helicopter accident on Government’s Super-Science Initia- Thursday 21st March at Bulli Tops, tive, through his involvement in the just south of Sydney. Tony Farmer Beam Instruments Advisory Group. had worked with CSIRO from 1973 And John Dunlop had served on the its worst. It is difficult to predict how and since his retirement in 2010 was same committee in a similar capacity universities will extract the savings involved as a Fellow at Lindfield. Ger- towards the end of the initial instru- from already stretched budgets, but ry Haddad was with CSIRO from ment build at the OPAL Reactor. one thing is certain, the cuts will dam- 1982 until 2007 and his partner Jac- And of course, John and Don had age the quality of education and re- qui De Battista also worked at CMSE been active and regular participants at search they can provide. This will hurt as Communication Manager and the annual Wagga-Wagga condensed- students and the nation. Australian is now retired. Don Price started at matter physics meetings. We will miss Universities are already struggling to CSIRO in 1982 and retired in 2009, all of them. keep pace with international competi- but continued as an honorary Fellow.
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