Announcements

Evidence from multiple indirect measurements implies that 80% of the mass in the universe is dark, non-baryonic and hence is composed of a new type of undiscovered particles.  I will describe why Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are the most popular candidate for the dark matter and describe how WIMPs would interact in a detector.  I will then describe a leading experiment attempting to directly detect WIMP interactions, the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) and present results.

Dr. Sander is interested in finding evidence of new physics. Towards that end, he is a primary investigator on the SuperCDMS collaboration looking to directly detect dark matter. He is also working on developing new detection techniques for the next generation of rare event searches.

Physics Students, Faculty, and Staff,

The 2014 Evening of Reflection will be held on Saturday April 26th at Lower St. Johns on the Creighton Campus. The program will begin at 4:30 pm and includes dinner (Catered by Big Mama's Kitchen!). Some of the events of the evening will include:

This spring, the Creighton University Society of Physics Students (CUSPS) will  sponsor Physics Field Day, a day of activities and excitement for high school students. The theme of the 2013 Physics Field Day is "The Physics of Everyday Objects." The day is filled with competitions that require understanding and application of basic physical principles. We in the CUSPS believe that physics can be enjoyed in a hands-on, competitive spirit. There is an event for everyone!

The PHYSNIC onSATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21st @ NOON! As the name suggests, this event is a physics picnic, where the entire physics department including faculty go to ELMWOOD PARK (66th and Elmwood Park RD.) eat food, socialize and play games!

If you need a ride to the physnic, or if you are willing to drive other students that do, there is a sign up sheet on the door of HLSB G55. 

Assessing AGN Feedback Models with C III* Measurement and Photoionization Modeling

Dan McGinnis

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This spring, the Creighton University Society of Physics Students (CUSPS) will  sponsor Physics Field Day, a day of activities and excitement for high school students. The theme of the 2013 Physics Field Day is "The Space Race," with a secondary theme of "The Last 50 years"  to honor the 50th Anniversary of CUSPS!

Free and Open to the Public!  Come Visit Dr. Zepf's Haunted Physics Lab!

Visitors to the Haunted Physics Lab may enter the front entrance to the Hixson-Lied Science Building and follow the posted signs directing them to the Haunted Lab, which is located on the same floor as the entrance.  Parking is available in the large parking lot between Burt and Cuming Streets, with entrance at 25th and Cuming. Click Here for a campus map

This spring, the Creighton University Society of Physics Students (CUSPS) will again sponsor Physics Field Day, a day of activities and excitement for high school students. The theme of the 2012 Physics Field Day is "The Universe," in light of the 2011 Nobel-Prize winning discovery regarding the accelerating expansion of the universe.

The rulebook can be found here.

 Tom Greenslade, Ph.D., one of the foremost experts on antique physics apparatus will present "The Creighton Physics Antique Road Show," during Creighton University's Department of Physics colloquium. Some of Creighton's antique apparatus, which includes items from the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition that was held in Omaha, will be on display in a nearby room.

The winner of the Alumni Prize for 2011-12 has been determined, and a time for the celebration has also been selected.  Please join us at 1:30 next Wednesday (Nov. 16) in the Conference room to congratulate this year’s winner and enjoy some delicious cake.  All are welcome!