Congratulations to all our new Sigma Pi Sigma members, graduating seniors and M.S. students! Here are some pictures from the evening of reflection.

All physics minors and majors, staff, and faculty are cordially invited to our annual Evening of Reflection on Saturday, April 22nd at Dr. Janet Seger's house, starting at 4 p.m.

We will share dinner, induct new members into Sigma Pi Sigma, announce department awards for teaching, research, scholarship, and service, and announce new SPS officers. Please join us!

RSVP by filling out the survey:

44th Annual Physics Field Day
Presented by Creighton University’s Society of Physics Students
Saturday, April 1, 2017, The Ig Nobel
Hixson-Lied Science Building, Creighton University
Registration starts at 7:00 a.m., events start at 7:30 AM

This year we will be participating in the College of Arts and Sciences final Year of Mercy event: "Welcome the Stranger."

Friday, December 2nd, at Lower St. John's
Two Sessions: 11:30-12:15, and 12:30 to 1:15

At each session, we will be joined by several refugee speakers, as well as the coordinator for Lutheran Family Service's Community Service Office. You can bring needed supplies directly to the event.

JOIN US FOR THE

PHYSICS HAUNTED LAB

From ghosts that appear when you wave a wand to a magic flying bat—there are plenty of reasons for every one of all ages to attend this free event!

When: October 27 - 29, 5 pm - 8:30 pm

Where: Creighton University, Rigge Science Building, G16

Fun for all ages!

The 2016 Evening of Reflection for the department will be held on Saturday April 16th at 5:30 p.m. in the Faculty Commons.

The Society of Physics Students has organized our annual service project for April 9th with Omaha Habitat for Humanity.
 

43rd Annual Physics Field Day
Presented by Creighton University’s Society of Physics Students
Saturday, March 19, 2016 Nobel Laureiates
Registration starts at 7:30, events start at 8:00 AM

You are invited to the Creighton University Physics Department’s Physics Field Day 2016! On Saturday, March 19, you and your team of high school physics students will duke it out with other local high schools for the title of “Field Day Champion.” This year’s theme is “Nobel Laureates in Physics,” where we will explore the work of notable physicists and the impact they have made on our society. 

If you have any questions, please email SPS President, Danielle Desa (danielledesa@creighton.edu). Additional details and updates on Physics Field Day can always be found online at: http://physicsweb.creighton.edu/content/field-day-hallfame We look forward to seeing you this spring!

More details on the event are also available in the 2016 Physics Field Day Rule Book.

Registration Cost: The registration fee is $15 per team plus $3 per person, with 2-5 individuals per team. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for both teachers and students.

JOIN US FOR THE

PHYSICS HAUNTED LAB

From ghosts that appear when you wave a wand to a magic flying bat—there are plenty of reasons for every one of all ages to attend this free event!

When: October 28-30, 5pm-8pm

Where: Creighton University, Rigge Science Building, G16

Fun for all ages!

Dr. Daniel Stern

Highlights from the NuSTAR Satellite

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, launched in June 2012, and is the first telescope in orbit to focus high energy X-ray light.  High energy X-ray light provides a unique probe of the most energetic phenomena in the universe, from flares on the surface of the Sun, to the explosions of stars, to the extreme environments around neutron stars and black holes.  NuSTAR has discovered new classes of objects, such as neutron stars accreting at prodigious rates, and has provided uniquely robust measurements of how fast black holes are spinning.  Compared to the previous generation of non-focusing observatories working in this energy band, NuSTAR's change in technology provides 10x sharper images and 100x greater sensitivity.  This talk will present some of the highlights from the NuSTAR mission and describe how they are changing our picture of the extreme universe.

A live stream of the event will be available at http://livestream.com/CreightonUniversity/NuSTAR.

Abstract: The research presented in this thesis was carried out with the ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) detector at the CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) LHC (Large Hadron Collider). Two feasibility studies are conducted for Run 2 energies at the LHC. The first case studies the photo-production process of the ηc meson decaying to a four particle final state, π⁺π^-K⁺K^- in Pb-Pb ultra-peripheral collisions (UPCs).