http://www.phys.virginia.edu Recent news from the University of Virginia Physics Department. /Announcements/News/ViewPost.asp?UUID=8f2721f9-143d-4d3e-93af-b07b262176a3 From the Fall 2011 Arts and Sciences Magazine, "Toward a New College": "Without this asymmetry, without this slight abundance of matter over antimatter, there would be nothing," says Craig Dukes /Announcements/News/ViewPost.asp?UUID=29e783f9-afaa-42a7-9ec5-7760c0a6fe74 The 2012 Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics Annual Lecture, which will be held in the Physics Department, Room 203, on Thursday, March 15, at 3:30 p.m. The lecture will be delivered by Professor William Marciano, a prominent theoretical ... /Announcements/News/ViewPost.asp?UUID=7315312d-64b9-48aa-802e-8d1ac66737de The atomic nucleus is made of confined nucleons in constant motion dominated by their interactions with the mean field of the nucleus - that is the average potential generated the many body system. This mean field spawned motion is called the Fermi ... /Announcements/News/ViewPost.asp?UUID=ca72f99b-6847-4e38-95c3-84be085b1d71 Prof. Bloomfield considers pennies from heaven (AKA the Empire State Building): 'If it did strike you, it would feel like being flicked in the forehead — "but not even very hard," said Louis Bloomfield, a physicist at the University of Virginia. And ... /Announcements/News/ViewPost.asp?UUID=384e32f0-d776-4381-9ad1-461fc58304f4 The Department of Physics at the University of Virginia invites applications for a Faculty position with the academic rank of Lecturer to serve as Introductory Lab Instructor. This is a non-tenure-track academic position, beginning Spring 2012. The ... /Announcements/News/ViewPost.asp?UUID=eb3006a6-a2a5-4e65-ab72-00f24d514328 Brad Cox comments upon the LHC's search for the Higgs boson. For more: http://uvamagazine.org/university_digest/article/picking_up_the_subatomic_pieces /Announcements/News/ViewPost.asp?UUID=ea53da8d-f099-458f-a03b-8bd37a0a5409 From APS Synopsis: Getting Under the Neutron Skin Heavy nuclei are believed to have a neutron-rich skin on the surface, and the thickness of this skin may have important implications for the physics of neutron stars. /Announcements/News/ViewPost.asp?UUID=9d3773d9-d7f3-4c52-b9e8-48f94e883bf9 On Saturday, March 31, 2012, Diana Vaman and UVa's Physics Department will play host to the Virginia and Maryland String and Particle Theory Meeting. For more see: http://www.phys.virginia.edu/Announcements/Meetings/Particle2012/ /Announcements/News/ViewPost.asp?UUID=bc015deb-b7fd-4b4b-adbd-c5c541e12780 During the week of April 2 through April 6, 2012, the Physics department will hold a poster competition to highlight graduate student research. The competition will be open to all students who have entered their third year in the graduate program and ... /Announcements/News/ViewPost.asp?UUID=dfdae170-2030-4602-a1fe-c4d4816f4dfe In celebration of National Physics Day, the 18th annual University of Virginia physics demonstration show will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday evening, April 25, 2012, in room 203 of the Physics Building, 382 McCormick Road. This highly anticipated ... /Announcements/News/ViewPost.asp?UUID=76ced330-8ba5-4ff0-8daf-0d53bf65c9ee From Nature News in Focus "In a three-week experiment due to start on 24 April, the electrons will crash into a thin tungsten target at 500 million times a second, creating a cascade of short-lived particles. Amid the debris, physicists with the Heavy ... /Announcements/News/ViewPost.asp?UUID=c22ee49c-e3ec-4909-812e-999083b4929c During the week of April 2 through April 6, 2012, the Physics department held a poster competition to highlight graduate student research. The competition was open to all students who had entered their third year in the graduate program and beyond. ... /Announcements/News/ViewPost.asp?UUID=a2ea456b-0fe5-4e65-955d-7ac81d0e9ed1 From physicscentral: "Physics fans, rejoice! April 24th is National Physics Day, and physics enthusiasts across the country are celebrating with fun physics demonstrations, public lectures, and other science events. /Announcements/News/ViewPost.asp?UUID=da096db9-2ba1-498c-b1c2-b1db8dda2673 From UVaToday: "University of Virginia student researchers offered unique perspectives on the physical, legal and political worlds Friday as they presented their findings in the second annual Presidential Research Poster Competition at the Rotunda. ... /Announcements/News/ViewPost.asp?UUID=42c56dac-310b-49b9-a236-4594004af995 Three of our physics majors have been awarded Mitchell Scholarships to do research with physics faculty this summer. Peter Breiding has been awarded $5,000 to work with Professor Gallagher designing and building a new tunable laser, Davis van Petten ...