Who: We invite all undergraduate & graduate students, faculty and staff of the physics department and the energy technology program to join in our annual retreat! Physics & E-Tech majors, minors or anyone interested in studying physics is welcome to come!

When: Leave campus at 5 pm on Thursday, February 15^thwith dinner upon arrival.
Arrive back at 4:30 pm Friday, February 16^thwith dinner to follow on campus

Where: The Holling House at the Carol Joy Holling Center

27416 Ranch Road
Ashland, NE 68003

Why: To build community, relax, enjoy each other’s company and focus on this year’s topics of immigration and community engagement

To offset the cost of the retreat center and food, we ask attendees pay the following:

Faculty & Staff: $40
Graduate Students: $20
Undergraduate Students: $10

Please see Jolene Buckingham in Hixson-Lied G82 to sign-up!

We will be organizing rides to and from campus. Please look for the sign up on the physics club room door (HLSB G55)!

Questions? Email Catie Ward at caitlynward@creighton.edu

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.

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.

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!

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).