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ATLAS Detector at CERN
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Apache Point Observatory
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Simulated Production of Supersymmetric Matter
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Generation of Quantum States of Light
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Quantum Devices at the Nanoscale
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Planets Around White Dwarf Stars
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Correlated States in Quantum Materials
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Observations of Exotic Forms of Matter
News
May 12
Graduate Students Recognized in Departmental Award Ceremony
Two awards were given out to graduate students at Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy award ceremony. ...
Apr 07
Astrophysics Major Brandon Curd Named Goldwater Scholar
Congratulations to Brandon Curd, a junior astrophysics major in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, who was awarded a prestigious 2015 Goldwater Scholarship!
Apr 06
Alumni Reunion
The Department of Physics and Astronomy held a successful Alumni reunion on October 24, 2014. The full day event attracted many faculty, students and several alumni including...
Mar 16
Undergraduates Awarded Summer Internships
Congratulations to our astrophysics & physics majors who have accepted summer internship positions: Anthony Burrow (OU), Brandon Curd (Leiden Observatory), Tarryn Kahre (SETI Institute), Marcus...
Jan 05
Brian Friesen wins 2015 AAS Doxsey Prize
OU astronomy graduate student Brian Frisen was a 2015 recipient of the American Astronomical Society's (AAS) Rodger Doxsey Travel Prize. The prize was awarded based...
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CMP Journal Club
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Star Party
Colloquium
Jun 25, 2015 3:00 pm
Nielsen Hall 170 - Terry D. OswaltFragile Binary Stars: Observational Leverage on Difficult Astrophysical Problems
Colloquium
Aug 27, 2015 4:00 pm
Nielsen Hall 170 - First Week of ClassesNo Colloquiun
Colloquium
Sep 03, 2015 4:00 pm
Nielsen Hall 170 - Bruce BalickTBA
CMP Seminar
Sep 04, 2015 2:30 pm
Nielsen Hall 103 - Christopher BaileyTBA
Colloquium
Sep 10, 2015 4:00 pm
Nielsen Hall 170 - David SandTBA
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Research Highlight: Testing the Standard Model in a Single Molecule
Symmetry dictates that states of an atom or molecule with total angular momentum M?0 along the axis of an electric field will exhibit a two-fold degeneracy between states differing only in the sign of M. A time-reversal asymmetry could break this degeneracy. Almost every alternative to the Standard Model, (most notably Super Symmetric Theories), indicate that time-reversal asymmetry should lead to an observable energy difference between these otherwise degenerate ±M states. Prof. John Moore-Furneaux is searching for the signal of this time reversal asymmetry: a non-zero electric dipole moment of the electron. High precision measurements of PbF may reveal what billion dollar accelerators have not: evidence of physics beyond the Standard Model.