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Evan Skillman is an astrophysicist who studies helium abundances in dwarf galaxies to learn more about the very early universe. In the Big Bang theory, within the first three minutes, the material cools sufficiently to form the lightest elements—hydrogen, helium, and a tiny bit of lithium. All of the heavier elements are made later by stars, so the amount of helium relative to hydrogen is a prediction and therefore a strong constraint on the Big Bang theory. |
NewsMN House Bill Recommends Full Funding for Tate Renovation
A proposal in the Minnesota House of Representatives recommends full funding to design, renovate, furnish, and equip the Tate Laboratory of Physics building on the Minneapolis campus. The bill sponsored by DFL Rep. Alice Hausman, Chair of the Capital Investment Committee, is expected to be voted on in this legislative session. The MN State Senate is expected to pass their bonding bill next week. More » When Gravity Rocked the Universe
Right after its birth in the Big Bang, the infant universe threw the mother of all tantrums. In an instant it ballooned from smaller than an atomic nucleus to something much larger than its currently observable size. (Yes, the universe is bigger than we can currently observe.) More » Dahlberg wins APS Nicholson Medal
Professor Dan Dahlberg won the 2013 Dwight Nicholson Medal for Outreach. Dahlberg received the award from the American Physical Society "For his unique activities in conveying to the general public the excitement and value of physics predominantly through the development and continued leadership of the program The Physics Force." The Last Block: NOvA far detector complete
The last piece of the NOvA far detector was put into place at 4:55 p.m. on Tuesday, February 25th. The far detector consists of thousands of modules filled with liquid scintillator. The NOvA far-detector is the world's largest free-standing PVC structure. More » Time Capsule of the Big Bang
Using one of the world's premier telescopes, University of Minnesota astrophysicists Evan Skillman and Kristen McQuinn have discovered a priceless relic of the Big Bang in the Milky Way's back yard. More » |
CalendarMonday, April 21st
12:15 pm: Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in PAN 110 The measurement of the expansion rate of the Universe from gamma-ray attenuation — Alberto Dominguez, University of California, Riverside 4:40 pm: Senior Honors Thesis
in 236A Physics Superconducting fluctuations in the high-Tc cuprate superconductor LSCO — Ryan Frink, University of Minnesota Tuesday, April 22nd
11:15 am: Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics Electron Capture in Type II Supernovae and npe± System — Menquan Liu, University of Minnesota 12:20 pm: Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics High Temperature Elasticity of Iron and Aluminum-bearing MgSiO3 Perovskite: A First Principles Study — Gaurav Shukla, University of Minnesota 12:20 pm: Space Physics Seminar
in 210 Physics There will be no seminar this week so that group members can attend Scott Thaller's thesis defense. 3:00 pm: Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics The storm time evolution in the night-side, high-altitude, field-aligned wave Poynting flux and its relation to low altitude downward electron kinetic energy flux at low latitudes. — Scott Thaller, University of Minnesota Wednesday, April 23rd
3:35 pm: Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics There will be no Colloquium this week due to the PAN Grand Opening 4:40 pm: Academic Calendar
in 236A Physics A Computational Method for Investigating Bifurcations in Oscillatory Biochemical Reaction Networks — Noah Trebesch, University of Minnesota Thursday, April 24th
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