Announcements

Constraints on Universal Extra-Dimensional Dark Matter from Direct Detection Results
Mr. Trevor Torpin
Masters Candidate

Physics Students, Faculty, and Staff,

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 2011 Physics Field Day is "Energy of the Future"  The rulebook can be found here.

What’s going on at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan?
 
 
What does the media mean when they talk about a nuclear meltdown?
Why are people taking Iodine tablets?
Is there a danger to the US?
What the heck is a milli-Sievert?
Do we need to worry about nuclear plants in the US?
Is Nuclear power ethical?

Dark Matter Annihilations and the Observed Positron Excess from Fermi and PAMELA
Katherine Garrett
Creighton University, Physics Department

 
The “Standard" Model of Cosmology ...and Open Questions
Dr. Bharat Ratra
Kansas State University
 

Creighton University Physics Faculty and Students, its time for the.....

 
“Recent Results in Heavy Ion Collisions”
 

“Dark Matter and Neutrinos in the Black Hills’.
 
Dr. Peggy Norris
Deputy Director of Education & Outreach
Sanford Underground Laboratory
 
The Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL), planned for construction in the former Homestake Gold Mine in Lead, SD,  is in the preliminary design phase as a Major Research Experimental Facility Construction project of the National Science Foundation. An overview of the project scope for the facility and major physics experiments will be presented.
 

This week's seminar will feature research talks from three of our graduate students:

   Barbara Medvar
Creighton University, Physics Department
“The Make-up of Mercury ”
 
 
Freddy Martinez
Creighton University, Physics Department
"Spectral Analysis of Broad Line Quasars using Chandra"
 
 
Christian Akpanya
Creighton University, Physics Department
“THE USE OF REACTOR NEUTRONS TO MEASURE THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS IN THE LEAVES, FRUITS, STEMS, AND ROOTS OF SOLANUM TORVUM PLANT”