Research
Quantum Signatures of Chaos
A team led by Physics and Optical Science professor Poul Jessen has seen directly how the presence of classical chaos affects the behavior of a quantum system. Chaos is common in our everyday world where it affects wide range of phenomena, including electron transport, chemical reactions, neural networks, population dynamics, weather systems, and the motion of planetary bodies.
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The Physics of Solar Energy
Alexander Cronin, a UA associate professor of physics and optical sciences, is working with a team of students working with panels at the Tucson Electric Power solar test yard.
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News and Events
Science Cafe: "Simply Smashing: The Large Hadron Collider Ramps Up"
Michael Shupe, University of Arizona professor of physics will give a short talk entitled, "Simply Smashing: The Large Hadron Collider Ramps Up." The collider, the world's biggest scientific experiment, will zip beams of sub-atomic particles around a 17-mile underground tunnel beneath the border of France and Switzerland.
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Solar Seminar: High concentration PV systems
Roger Angel from the UA Astronomy department will give the solar seminar on January 19, 2010 in PAS 218 at 12:30. He will be talking about high concentration PV systems.
