- Research News
Quantum Gases Won’t Take the Heat
The quantum world blatantly defies intuitions that we’ve developed while living among relatively large things, like cars, pennies and dust motes. In the quantum world, tiny particles can maintain a special connection over any distance, pass through barriers and simultaneously travel down multiple paths.… Read More - Research News
Peeking into a World of Spin-3/2 Materials
Researchers have been pushing the frontiers of the quantum world for over a century. And time after time, spin has been a rich source of new physics. Spin, like mass and electrical charge, is an intrinsic property of quantum particles. It is central to… Read More - Research News
New Protocol Helps Classify Topological Matter
Topological materials have captured the interest of many scientists and may provide the basis for a new era in materials development. On April 10, 2020 in the journal Science Advances, physicists working with Andreas Elben, Jinlong Yu, Peter Zoller and Benoit Vermersch, including Associate… Read More - Research News
Donuts, Donut Holes and Topological Superconductors
Topology—the mathematical study of shapes that describes how a donut differs from a donut hole—has turned out to be remarkably relevant to understanding our physical world. For decades, it’s captured the hearts and minds of physicists, who have spent that time uncovering just how… Read More - Research News
Charting a Course Toward Quantum Simulations of Nuclear Physics
In nuclear physics, like much of science, detailed theories alone aren’t always enough to unlock solid predictions. There are often too many pieces, interacting in complex ways, for researchers to follow the logic of a theory through to its end. It’s one reason there… Read More - Research News
New Measurements Reveal Evidence of Elusive Particles in a Newly Discovered Superconductor
Particle chasing—it’s a game that so many physicists play. Sometimes the hunt takes place inside large supercolliders, where spectacular collisions reveal hidden particles and new physics. For physicists studying solids, the game occurs in a much different environment, and the sought-after particles don’t come… Read More - Research News
To Tune Up Your Quantum Computer, Better Call an AI Mechanic
A high-end race car engine needs all its components tuned and working together precisely to deliver top-quality performance. The same can be said about the processor inside a quantum computer, whose delicate bits must be adjusted in just the right way before it can… Read More - Research News
HAWC’s Measurement of the Highest Energy Photons Sets Limits on Violations of Relativity
New measurements confirm, to the highest energies yet explored, that the laws of physics hold no matter where you are or how fast you're moving. Observations of record-breaking gamma rays prove the robustness of Lorentz Invariance—a piece of Einstein's theory of relativity that predicts… Read More - Research News
Lathrop Lab's Geodynamo Set for Overhaul
In a hangar-sized laboratory off Paint Branch Drive, Dan Lathrop gives the signal, and what he often calls simply “the experiment” awakens. A huge, steel sphere with tubes and electrical wires snaking across its surface begins a stately, nearly silent rotation inside a towering… Read More
- Student Spotlight
- Grad Student Spotlight
For the past four years, John Martyn could be seen whipping across campus on his skateboard. As he traveled from class to the lab on his board, Martyn was mastering the ultimate balancing act.
While the recent physics graduate wasn’t doing any calculations while he was
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Since arriving at the University of Maryland in 2015, physics Ph.D. student Liz Friedman has immersed herself in much of what the University of Maryland has to offer.
“It is important to remember that graduate school is a marathon and not a sprint,” Friedman said.
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Jun 30, 2020 Maissam Barkeshli Promoted to Associate Professor Maissam Barkeshli has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor, effective July 1, 2020. Barkeshli received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Afterward, he was a Simons Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University and a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft's Station Q at the University… Read More -
Jun 30, 2020 Ki-Yong Kim Promoted to Full Professor Ki-Yong Kim has been promoted to the rank of Professor, effective July 1, 2020. Kim earned his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland and received the Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award from the American Physical Society. After a Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at Los Alamos National… Read More -
Jun 30, 2020 Hafezi Named Simons Investigator Associate Professor Mohammad Hafezi has been named a 2020 Simons Investigator in Physics by the New York-based Simons Foundation. Simons Investigator Awards in Mathematics, Physics, Astrophysics and Computer Science support outstanding theoretical scientists in their most productive years, when they are establishing creative new research directions, providing leadership… Read More -
Jun 25, 2020 Globally Known Physics Education Researcher Joe Redish Retires Edward F. “Joe” Redish, a nuclear theorist who became a globally recognized expert in physics education research, retired on June 30 after 52 years in the Department of Physics. Upon earning his Ph.D. at MIT in 1968, Redish came to UMD on a fellowship in… Read More
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