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Space Physics and Astronomy

Space Physics and Astronomy. Dr. Darrel Smith, Chair Department of Physics College of Arts & Sciences. Temasek Polytechnic Visit September 6, 2013. Space Physics. Areas of Undergraduate Research. 1. Astronomy Gravitational Physics/Cosmology 3. Space Propulsion Systems

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Space Physics and Astronomy

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  1. Space Physics and Astronomy Dr. Darrel Smith, Chair Department of Physics College of Arts & Sciences Temasek Polytechnic Visit September 6, 2013

  2. Space Physics Areas of Undergraduate Research 1. Astronomy Gravitational Physics/Cosmology 3. Space Propulsion Systems 4. Particle Astrophysics / LIGO On the web: http://physicsx.pr.erau.edu/SpacePhysics/

  3. Summer Internships The MiniBooNE Detector At Fermilab

  4. Gravitational Waves sensing with LIGO LIGO Hanford Observatory LIGO Livingston Observatory Dr. Andri Gretarsson Dr. Brennan Hughey Dr. Michele Zanolin "Colliding Black Holes“Credit: National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)

  5. Relativity violations imply a modified acceleration on Earth Atom interferometers can measure daily changes in the local gravitational acceleration on Earth arising from violations of the laws of Relativity. This was recently studied by a group of Stanford physicists using atom interferometers.

  6. Exotic Propulsionat ERAU Prescott Space Physics • Pulsed Plasma Thrusters (PPTs)Zachery Northern • Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP)Theoretical ModelingSteven Walton • Matter-Antimatter PropulsionMatt Boyd

  7. Road Trips 1. Society of Physics Students 2. Sigma-Pi-Sigma (Honors Society) Road Trips (Los Alamos Nat’l Lab) Road Trips (JPL--Pasadena, CA)

  8. Space Physics Space Physics Program This is a 4-year program. 120 credit hours You will want to average ~15 credit hours per semester. Many students are involved in undergraduate research projects before their senior year. On the web: http://physicsx.pr.erau.edu/SpacePhysics/

  9. Astronomy Program (New Program) Starting Fall 2013 Combination of Astronomy and Astrophysics Dr. Brian Rachford (Program Chair)

  10. Astronomy Program Undergraduate Research Projects Funded Hubble Space Telescope (NASA) Search for super–massive black holes, and galaxy formation. Kepler Project (Caltech) Search for extra-solar planets Diffuse Interstellar Bands (DIBs) in collaboration with CU Boulder, Univ. of Chicago and other institutions. Dr. Brian Rachford (Program Chair) Dr. Nick Devereux

  11. Astronomy Program Our Observatory (Variable light sources) Extra-Solar Planets Eclipsing Binary Stars Variable Stars (varying light output-intrinsic to the star) Dr. Brian Rachford (Program Chair) Dr. Nick Devereux

  12. Astronomy Program Research Experience for Undergraduates (Summer) NSF supported REU summer internships NASA supported summer internships Program is already developed inside the Space Physics program Students have already published in peer-reviewed journals. Observatory, Radio Telescopes, and antenna arrays are alreadyup and running.

  13. Space Physics Physics and Astronomy Prepare students for jobsin industry and labs. Prepare students for graduate schoolGraduate RecordsExams (GREs)

  14. Space Physics

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