Department of Physics & Astronomy

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News & Events

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August 8 , 2019

David Balzarini (1938 – 2019)

July 23 , 2019

WMAP and Planck collaborations received European Physical Society prize

July 10 , 2019

Don Witt (1958-2019)

July 4 , 2019

PHAS graduate student among scientists who have observed a new kind of emission from Andromeda

June 12 , 2019

FYSRE students kicked off summer with research experiences

June 4 , 2019

Garth Jones (1932 - 2019)

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Events

September

18

Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “High Resolution Two-Photon Spectroscopy of 129Xe for Precision Optical Magnetometry”)

Wednesday, 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Event Location: Room 200, Graduate Student Centre (6371 Crescent Road)

September

19

Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Dissertation Title: Exploring the Tumour Microenvironment with Non-Invasive Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques”)

Thursday, 10:30 am - 12:30 am | Event Location: Room 158, Irving K. Barber, 1961 East Mall

September

19

Challenges in gravitational wave astronomy

Thursday, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium

September

19

CM Seminar - Band Structure Movies of Electrical Surface Currents

Thursday, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Event Location: BRIM 311

September

19

Ensnared Between Hitler and Stalin: Refugee Physicists in the Soviet Union

Thursday, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 201

September

23

Half Life – the divided life of Bruno Pontecorvo, physicist and spy

Monday, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium

In the media

Canada’s grand plan to explore the mysteries of the cosmos

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Painstaking Pulsar Measurements That Took 14 Years Just Confirmed General Relativity

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Radio emission from a neutron star's magnetic pole revealed by General Relativity

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AbCellera Appoints Andrew Booth as Chief Financial Officer and Tryn Stimart as General Counsel

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