Gravitational lensing: one of the sharpest tools in an astronomer's toolbox |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the eighth Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics on 19 September 2015. Talk 3 by Professor James Binney. |
James Binney |
24 September, 2015 |
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General Relativity: what is it & why Einstein conceived it thus |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the eighth Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics on 19 September 2015. Talk 2 by Professor John Wheater. |
John Wheater |
24 September, 2015 |
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Cosmology from General Relativity |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the eighth Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics on 19 September 2015. Talk 3 by Pedro Ferreira. |
Pedro Ferreira |
24 September, 2015 |
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Understanding the Monsoon |
The 2015 Halley Lecture delivered by Professor Peter J. Webster |
Peter J. Webster |
30 July, 2015 |
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Parlez-vous Beams? The Frontier of Beam Physics and Accelerator Science: from High Energy Particle Colliders to Quantum Degenerate Beams |
Physics Colloquium 12th June 2015 delivered by Professer Swapan Chattopadhyay |
Swapan Chattopadhyay |
17 June, 2015 |
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The Quantum Universe |
The 2015 Hintze Lecture delivered by Professor Hitoshi Murayama |
Hitoshi Murayama |
16 June, 2015 |
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Chasing Fast Dynamos in the Plasma Lab |
Physics Colloquium 29th May 2015 delivered by Professor Cary Forest |
Cary Forest |
8 June, 2015 |
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Climate Observations from Space |
Physics Colloquium 5th June 2015 delivered by Professor Stephen Briggs |
Stephen Briggs |
8 June, 2015 |
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Cosmology from the Microwave Background |
Physics Colloquium 22nd May 2015 delivered by Professor Jo Dunkley |
Jo Dunkley |
29 May, 2015 |
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Everything from nothing, or how our universe was made |
The 2015 Wetton Lecture delivered by Professor Carlos Frenk |
Carlos Frenk |
29 May, 2015 |
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Making the Vacuum Concrete |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the first Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics on 22 June 2013. The event focussed on how we use field theory to understand material reality. |
Fabian Essler |
21 May, 2015 |
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Topological Boundary Modes from Quantum Electronics to Classical Mechanics |
The 2015 Cherwell-Simon Lecture delivered by Professor Charles Kane |
Charles Kane |
20 May, 2015 |
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Basics of Anyons and Nonabelian Aharanov-Bohm Effect |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 7th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the idea of quantum computation and the strange behaviour of certain types of fundamental particle. |
John March-Russell |
14 May, 2015 |
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Knots, World-lines, and Topological Quantum Computation |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 7th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the idea of quantum computation and the strange behaviour of certain types of fundamental particle. |
Steve Simon |
14 May, 2015 |
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Quantum Computing |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 7th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the idea of quantum computation and the strange behaviour of certain types of fundamental particle. |
Andrew Steane |
14 May, 2015 |
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Searches for Dark Matter |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 6th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the ways in which ideas from theoretical particle physics guide the high energy accelerator program at CERN. |
Ulrich Haisch |
24 March, 2015 |
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Precision Studies of the Higgs |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 6th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the ways in which ideas from theoretical particle physics guide the high energy accelerator program at CERN |
Giulia Zanderighi |
24 March, 2015 |
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The Standard Model and the LHC |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 6th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the ways in which ideas from theoretical particle physics guide the high energy accelerator program at CERN. |
Juan Rojo |
24 March, 2015 |
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The impact of black holes on the Universe |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 5th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the subject of Black holes: where physics reaches its limit. |
James Binney |
24 March, 2015 |
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Black holes in the nearby Universe |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 5th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the subject of Black holes: where physics reaches its limit. |
John Magorrian |
24 March, 2015 |
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Black holes in Einstein's gravity and beyond |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 5th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the subject of Black holes: where physics reaches its limit. |
Andrei Starinets |
24 March, 2015 |
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Plasma tamed, fusion power and the theoretical challenge |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 4th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the subject of Plasmas: the normal form of matter and the key to unlimited energy. |
Steven Cowley |
24 March, 2015 |
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Turbulence: Plasma Unleashed |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 4th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the subject of Plasmas: the normal form of matter and the key to unlimited energy. |
Alexander Schekochihin |
24 March, 2015 |
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Plasma: what it is, how to make it and how to hold it |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 4th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the subject of Plasmas: the normal form of matter and the key to unlimited energy. |
Felix Parra-Diaz |
24 March, 2015 |
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String Theory on the Sky |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 3rd morning of Theoretical Physics covering the connections between cosmology and particle physics. |
David Marsh |
24 March, 2015 |
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Darkness Visible: The Hunt For Dark Matter |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 3rd morning of Theoretical Physics covering the connections between cosmology and particle physics. |
Felix Kahlhoefer |
24 March, 2015 |
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Inner space meets outer space: Introduction |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 3rd morning of Theoretical Physics covering the connections between cosmology and particle physics. |
Subir Sarkar |
24 March, 2015 |
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Motility in Living Matter: from molecular motors to bacterial swarms |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 1st morning of Theoretical Physics covering how we use field theory to understand material reality. |
Julia Yeomans |
24 March, 2015 |
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Living Matter: a theoretical physics perspective |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 2nd morning of Theoretical Physics covering ideas from theoretical physics currently being applied to living systems. |
Ramin Golestanian |
24 March, 2015 |
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Matter Emerges from the Vacuum |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 1st morning of Theoretical Physics covering how we use field theory to understand material reality. |
Joseph Conlon |
24 March, 2015 |
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The Vacuum Comes Alive |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 1st morning of Theoretical Physics covering how we use field theory to understand material reality. |
James Binney |
24 March, 2015 |
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The Higgs Boson and Particle Physics at the LHC: a Progress Report and Plans for the Future |
Physics Colloquium 13th February 2015 Deliverd by Daniela Bortoletto |
Daniela Bortoletto |
16 March, 2015 |
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Science with a crowd: The Zooniverse from Galaxy Zoo to LSST |
Physics Colloquium 30th January 2015 delivered by Chris Lintott |
Chris Lintott |
16 March, 2015 |
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Colours from Earth: preparing for exo-earth characterisation |
Physics Colloquium 6th March 2015 deliverd by Robert Fosbury |
Robert Fosbury |
16 March, 2015 |
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The Seven Wonders of Galaxy Zoo |
Becky Smethurst shows how citizen science and the Galaxy Zoo project is helping researchers tackle difficult scientific questions. |
Becky Smethurst |
13 March, 2015 |
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Astronomy at the Highest Energies Possible |
Researcher Stephen Rayner talks on how astronomers study the highest energies possible to detect particle accelerators in space. |
Stephen Rayner |
13 March, 2015 |
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Spectromania! |
James Gilbert, a researcher in astrophysics gives an exciting talk on how astronomy uses Spectroscopy - the study of the interaction between matter and radiated energy. |
James Gilbert |
13 March, 2015 |
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How to see the world in a grain of sand |
Peter Hatfield gives an astronomy talk entitled: How to see the world in a grain of sand and the entire Universe in a super computer. |
Peter Hatfield |
13 March, 2015 |
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The Beagle expedition to Mars |
The Beagle 2 probe had not been seen or heard from since December 2003 and had been presumed lost. Researcher Chris Linttot gives an overview and shows newly found images of the probe on the surface of Mars. |
Chris Lintott |
13 March, 2015 |
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The Philae - Rosetta Mission (update) |
Researcher Colin Wilson gives an update on the Rosetta mission with the latest news on the Philae comet lander |
Colin Wilson |
13 March, 2015 |
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LHC searches for dark matter |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 6th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the ways in which ideas from theoretical particle physics guide the high energy accelerator program at CERN |
Ulrich Haisch |
12 February, 2015 |
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Precision Studies of the Higgs |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 6th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the ways in which ideas from theoretical particle physics guide the high energy accelerator program at CERN |
Giulia Zanderighi |
12 February, 2015 |
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The Standard Model and the LHC! in the Higgs Boson Era |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 6th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the ways in which ideas from theoretical particle physics guide the high energy accelerator programme at CERN. |
Juan Rojo |
12 February, 2015 |
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Matter Emerges from the Vacuum |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the first Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics on 22 June 2013. The event focussed on how we use field theory to understand material reality. |
Joseph Conlon |
4 February, 2015 |
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Plasma Tamed, Fusion Power and the Theoretical Challenge |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 4th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the subject of Plasmas: the normal form of matter and the key to unlimited energy. |
Steve Cowley |
29 January, 2015 |
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String Theory on the Sky |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 3rd morning of Theoretical Physics. The event focused on the interface between theoretical developments in particle physics and astrophysics/cosmology. |
David Marsh |
29 January, 2015 |
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From you to the largest structure in the Universe |
Robert Simpson, an astronomy researcher from Oxford takes us on a tour of the Universe, explaining the incredible distances and relative dimensions of space. |
Robert Simpson |
19 December, 2014 |
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Gloomy Worlds: Why are planets cloudy? |
Jo Barstow explains the complex science behind the clouds that surround the planets. |
Jo Barstow |
19 December, 2014 |
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The Philae - Rosetta Comet Mission |
On 12 November 2014, the Philae probe achieved the first-ever soft landing on a comet nucleus. Colin Wilson, a researcher from Oxford, gives an update on the landing and explains the history and science behind this incredible mission. |
Colin Wilson |
19 December, 2014 |
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Black Holes, Axions and the Gravitational Atom in the Sky |
Physics Colloquium 5th December 2014 delivered by Dr Asimina Arvanitak |
Asimina Arvanitak |
17 December, 2014 |
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The Vacuum Comes Alive |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 1st morning of Theoretical Physics covering how we use field theory to understand material reality |
James Binney |
15 December, 2014 |
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Living Matter: a theoretical physics perspective |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 2nd morning of Theoretical Physics covering ideas from theoretical physics currently being applied to living systems |
Ramin Golestanian |
15 December, 2014 |
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Motility in Living Matter |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 2nd morning of Theoretical Physics covering ideas from theoretical physics currently being applied to living systems |
Julia Yeomans |
15 December, 2014 |
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Inner Space Meets Outer Space |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 4th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the connections between cosmology and particle physics. |
Subir Sarkar |
15 December, 2014 |
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Darkness Visible: The Hunt For Dark Matter |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 4th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the connections between cosmology and particle physics. |
Felix Kahlhoefer |
15 December, 2014 |
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Plasma: What It Is, How To Make It and How To Hold It |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 4th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the subject of Plasmas: the normal form of matter and the key to unlimited energy |
Felix Parra-Diaz |
15 December, 2014 |
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Turbulence: Plasma Unleashed |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 4th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the subject of Plasmas: the normal form of matter and the key to unlimited energy |
Alexander Schekochihin |
15 December, 2014 |
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Ice Cores, Climate and Sea Ice |
Physics Colloquium 14th November 2014 delivered by Prof Eric Wolff |
Eric Wolff |
2 December, 2014 |
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Inside the Centre: The Life and Work of J. Robert Oppenheimer |
Physics Colloquium 21st November 2014 delivered by Prof Ray Monk |
Ray Monk |
2 December, 2014 |
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Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars, and Black Holes: The Wickedly Cool Stellar Undead |
The 9th Hintze Lecture delivered by Professor Scott Ransom |
Scott Ransom |
2 December, 2014 |
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A Physicist’s View of the Emergence of Terrestrial Vertebrates |
Physics Colloquium 7th November 2014. Delivered by Professor Steve Balbus, Savilian Professor of Astronomy, Head of Astrophysics, University of Oxford. |
Steve Balbus |
1 December, 2014 |
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Science and the Art of Inventiveness |
Physics Colloquium 24th October 2014. Delivered by Professor Andrei Seryi, Director of the John Adams Institute. |
Andrei Seryi |
1 December, 2014 |
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Black holes in the nearby Universe |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 5th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the subject of Black holes: where physics reaches its limit. |
John Magorrian |
5 November, 2014 |
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The impact of black holes on the Universe |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 5th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the subject of Black holes: where physics reaches its limit. |
James Binney |
5 November, 2014 |
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Black holes in Einstein's gravity and beyond |
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 5th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the subject of Black holes: where physics reaches its limit. |
Andrei Starinets |
5 November, 2014 |
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21. Mean Field Theory and Closing Thoughts |
Last in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
10 September, 2014 |
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20. Collective Magnetism |
Lecture 20 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
10 September, 2014 |
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19. Magnetic Properties of Atoms |
Lecture 19 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
10 September, 2014 |
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18. Semiconductor Devices and Introduction to Magnetism |
Lecture 18 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
10 September, 2014 |
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17. Dynamics of Electrons in Bands |
Lecture 17 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
10 September, 2014 |
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16. Band Structure and Optical Properties of Solids |
Lecture 16 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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15. Nearly Free Electron Model |
Lecture 15 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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14. Waves in Reciprocal Space |
Lecture 14 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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13. Scattering Experiments III |
Lecture 13 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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12. Scattering Experiments II |
Lecture 12 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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11. Reciprocal Space and Scattering |
Lecture 11 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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10. Geometry of Solids II: Real Space And Reciprocal Space |
Lecture 10 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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09. Geometry of Solids I: Crystal Structure in Real Space |
Lecture 9 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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08. Microscopic View of Electrons in Solids in One Dimension: Tight Binding Chain |
Lecture 8 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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07. Microscopic View of Vibrations in Solids in One Dimension II: The Diatomic (Alternating) Harmonic Chain |
Lecture 7 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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06. Microscopic View of Vibrations in Solids in One Dimension I: The Monatomic Harmonic Chain |
Lecture 6 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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05. Chemistry in a Nutshell |
Lecture 5 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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04. Sommerfeld (Free Electron) Theory of Electrons in Metals |
Lecture 4 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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03. Drude Theory of Electrons in Metals / Sommerfeld (Free Electron) Theory of Electrons in Metals |
Lecture 3 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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02. Debye Model of Vibrations in Solids; Drude Theory of Electrons in Metals |
Lecture 2 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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01. Introduction to Condensed Matter; Einstein Model of Vibrations in Solids |
First in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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Oxford Astrophysics |
A video explaining what is Astrophysics and what's going on in Astrophysics at Oxford |
Chris Lintott, Roger Davies, Jo Dunkley, katherine blundell |
22 July, 2014 |
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How the Universe Evolved From Smooth to Lumpy -- the Physics of Galaxy Formation |
The 2014 Halley Lecture delivered by Professor Eliot Quataert |
Eliot Quataert |
13 June, 2014 |
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Churchill, Oxford physicists and the Bomb |
Physics Colloquium 30th May delivered by Graham Farmelo |
Graham Farmelo |
11 June, 2014 |
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PT-symmetric Quantum Mechanics |
Physics Colloquium 23rd May Delivered by Professor Carl M. Bender |
Carl Bender |
2 June, 2014 |
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Galaxies and the Intergalactic Medium |
10th Dennis Sciama Memorial Lecture by Prof. James Binney. |
James Binney |
22 May, 2014 |
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Turning in the Widening Gyre: Accretion Processes in the Universe |
Inaugural Lecture by Professor Steven Balbus looking at the history of the universe |
Steven Balbus |
7 April, 2014 |
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Lorenz Gödel and Penrose: new perspectives on determinism and unpredictability, from fundamental physics to the science of climate change |
The 9th Dennis Sciama Memorial Lecture, looking at chaos theory and climate change |
Tim Palmer |
7 April, 2014 |
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Building stars, planets and the ingredients for life between the stars |
Halley Lecture 2013 by Professor Dr Ewine van Dishoeck on new developments in astronomy |
Ewine van Dishoeck |
7 April, 2014 |
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The Fast Track to Finding an Inhabited Exoplanet |
The 8th Hintze Lecture by Professor David Charbonneau looking at investigating habitable exoplanets. |
David Charbonneau |
7 April, 2014 |
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The SKA |
Matt Jarvis discusses square kilometer array, commonly known as SKA, in this short Stargazing talk. |
Matt Jarvis |
4 February, 2014 |
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Is our galaxy special? |
Chris Lintott looks at the distinctive features of our galaxy and whether it is really special. |
Chris Lintott |
31 January, 2014 |
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Galaxy Zoo project |
Becky Smethurst from the Zooniverse team outlines the Galaxy Zoo project that allows members of the public to classify new galaxies. |
Becky Smethurst |
31 January, 2014 |
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Zooniverse: Live |
Grant Miller and Becky Smethurst give a live demonstration of the Zooniverse tool and explain how it works. |
Becky Smethurst, Grant Miller |
30 January, 2014 |
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Atmospheres in the solar system ... and beyond! |
What is it like on the planets in our solar system? How hot are they? Is there any water? Jo Barstow explains this and more in her talk. |
Jo Barstow |
30 January, 2014 |
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