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Hint of the Higgs?
Tuesday, 13 December 2011 19:50 | 
Written by Administrator | 
CERN released hints that the elusive Higgs particle, the last missing link in the Standard Model of elementary particle physics, may have been seen with a mass of 126 GeV. The Higgs is thought to be responsible for the masses of all other elementary particles. It is too early to be called a discovery, but it is interesting that both detectors, ATLAS and CMS, see an excess of photons that could be attributed to Higgs decay at about the same energy, and there are signs of a signal in other decay channels as well. The collider has shut down until March 2012, but it is expected that next year's run, in which the proton collision energy may be boosted to 8 TeV, will settle the issue of whether the Higgs really exists, and what its mass is. At The Citadel, Dr. Yost contributes to calculations supporting CERN analyses, and interested students can learn about some of the physics being investigated at CERN, and work with some of the computational tools.
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Meet Rob Clark - New Assistant ProfessorTuesday, 13 September 2011 13:08 | Written by Administrator |
 We would like to introduce Assistant Professor Robert J. Clark, the Physics Department's newest member. Dr. Clark specializes in atomic and quantum physics, in particular in developing techniquest to manipulate ultracold matter. He recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the Mark Raizen group at U.T. Austin, which has discovered a set of very general techniques for producing and controlling ultracold atoms and molecules. At The Citadel, Dr. Clark is starting a research group called ExCitAtIon, which stands for "Experiments at the Citadel on Atoms and Ions." Physics undergraduates have the chance to work with him on these exciting projects. Read The Whole Article Last Updated (Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:10) |
South Carolina Undergrads complete Suborbital Scientist TrainingTuesday, 02 August 2011 12:51 | Written by Administrator |
 On July 18-20, 2011, four students from The Citadel, Wofford College, and Clemson University completed a Suborbital Scientist Training Program at the National AeroSpace Training and Research (NASTAR) Center in Southampton, PA. The students are all doing summer research with the Atsa Suborbital Observatory Project. The students were accompanied by The Citadel's Dr. Sollitt and scientists from the Planetary Science Institute (PSI) in Tucson, AZ. The Atsa Project is a joint venture between The Citadel and PSI. This is just one of the exciting space science projects in which Citadel Physics undergraduates have participated with Dr. Sollitt. Read The Whole Article Last Updated (Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:00) |
