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Lindsay Glesener is a faculty member in the School of Physics and Astronomy, studying high energy events in the Sun. Glesener uses x-rays to observe solar flares and coronal mass ejections. These events throw intense amounts of of plasma and radiation into space, causing the Earth’s aurorae and causing high radiation environments in Earth’s orbit, adversely affecting spacecraft. Glesener studies this topic from a fundamental physics perspective, trying to answer remaining questions about how these solar events are energized and the high-energy nature of the Sun. |
NewsFirst University of Minnesota-built small satellite launches
Jenna Burgett a student in the School of Physics and Astronomy is a project leader for a group that will launch the first Minnesota-built 'cubesat' into space. A cubesat is a small research satellite the size of a shoebox. Signal of Opportunity CubeSat for Ranging and Timing Experiments (SOCRATES) will observe gamma ray photons from deep space. Burgett and Kyle Houser, another member of the The Small Satellite Laboratory delivered SOCRATES in person to Houston for launch on November 2. More » In Memoriam, Professor Cork Johnson
Professor Emeritus Walter "Cork" Johnson passed away in Minneapolis on September 24th at the age of 91. Cork was an expert on precision mass spectroscopy. A native of Minneapolis and a student of Al Nier, he received his BA, MA and PhD in Physics from the University. After a brief stint at General Electric, Cork joined the faculty of the School in 1958 and retired in 1993. More » Fortson receives Nicholson Medal for Outreach
Professor Lucy Fortson has been awarded the 2019 Nicholson Medal for Outreach by the American Physical Society "for extraordinary work in bringing the excitement and discovery of scientific research to the public through her leadership of the Zooniverse project." More » In Memoriam, Professor Hans Courant
Professor Emeritus Hans Courant, the founder of the high energy physics group at the University of Minnesota, died in Minneapolis on August 21, 2019. He was 94 years old. More » Kakalios video goes viral
Professor James Kakalios of the School of Physics and Astronomy made a video "Physicist Breaks Down The Science Of 10 Iconic Marvel Scenes" that has had 1.6 million views in less than a week. Kakalios has written three popular physics books including the "Physics of Superheroes" making him a much sought-after expert commentator. More » |
CalendarFriday, November 15th
12:20 pm: Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in Tate 301-20 "Towards Novel Quantum Electronics in Gate-defined van der Waals Nanostructures". — Kan-Ting Tsai 12:30 pm: High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in Tate 201-20 Complete Vector-like Fourth Family and new U(1)′ for Muon Anomalies — Junichiro Kawamura (Ohio State U.) 2:30 pm: MN Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium
in Physics Tate 301-20 How Do Cosmic Plasmas Create High-Energy Particle Accelerators in Space? — Yan Song, University of Minnesota 3:35 pm: "The Methodologists – Following the Scientists who make Tools, not Facts” — Nicole Nelson, Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin - Madison Refreshments served at 3:15 p.m. 4:40 pm: Introduction to Research Seminar
in Tate 301-20 Sterile neutrinos oscillating at short baselines — Andy Furmanski Monday, November 18th
12:15 pm: Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in Tate 301-20 Radiation from black holes, fundamental constants, multi-messengers at the solar mass scale: tidbits from the Astro2020 White Papers — Larry Rudnick, UMN Tuesday, November 19th
1:25 pm: Space Physics Seminar
in Tate 201-20 Periodicities in Type III radio bursts observed by Parker Solar Probe and in coronal active regions — Cynthia Cattell and Lindsay Glesener 3:30 pm: CESTA Seminar
in 110 PAN A day in the Life of a Data Scientist at Seagate — Dr. Nicholas Propes and Dr. Zhiqiang Xing Wednesday, November 20th
1:25 pm: Joint CQM/Condensed Matter Seminar
in PAN 110 Extracting Quantitative Band-edge Profiles from Buried Heterojunctions from Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectra — Scott A. Chambers, Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 1:25 pm: Joint CQM/Condensed Matter Seminar
in 110 PAN Extracting Quantitative Band-edge Profiles from Buried Heterojunctions from Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectra — Scott A. Chambers, Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 
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