CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY
SOCIETY OF PHYSICS STUDENTS
INVITES YOU TO THE ANNUAL

Haunted Physics Laboratory

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
October 26th, 27th, and 28th
5:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Rigge Science Bulidng
Lower Level Room L10

Free and Open to the Public!
Appropriate for Adults and Children of All Ages
Hands-on Physics with a Halloween Theme

Our annular Physics Picnic (Physnic) will be held this Saturday, September 16th from 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at Benson Park. All students, parents, alumni, staff, faculty, and families are invited to attend!

7028 Military Ave.
Omaha, NE 68104

We had a great event! Pictures can be found here.

The first total solar eclipse viewable across the contiguous United States in nearly a century will fall across a wide swath of Nebraska next month.

Please join us for the thesis defense of Kian Maleki.
Thursday, 07/20/2017
9:00 am
Location: G09
(Healthy Snack will be provided)

The topic of his thesis is
MSSM neutralino as a dark matter candidate.
The abstract of his thesis is below.

Abstract
The nature of the dark matter is a long standing question. All we know about its nature is that it plays an important role in the structure of the universe. There are many theories which try to explain this mystery. The Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model is a theory which provides the most widely accepted dark matter candidate called the neutralino. Experimental searches are also trying to unravel the nature of the dark matter. Some of the experiments search for dark matter directly, and some try to trace it indirectly via decay products of dark matter annihilation. In this research we used DarkSUSY to create a bridge between theoretical and experimental results. After finding over 66,000 models within the theory consistent with accelerator constraints, we use direct and indirect sectors to further constrain our models set. The mass of the neutralino of the surviving models is between 1503.07 and 7515.73 GeV/c². The average is 1685.16 GeV/c². The spin independent cross section with a proton is between 1.63 x 10^-53 and 9.24 x 10^-40cm². The average is 1.45 x 10^-44 cm².

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!