Physics and Astronomy

The CHARA Array combines the light of six 1-meter telescopes at optical and near-infrared wavelengths with baselines ranging from 34 to 331 meters to achieve milliarcsecond resolution. The Array is used to measure the sizes of stars, image stellar surfaces, detect close binary companions, and resolve the inner structure of circumstellar disks.

Department of Physics & Astronomy
2024 S. TOWN STEPHENSON DISTINGUISHED LECTURE

Dr. David Wineland
Nobel Laureate, Philip H. Knight Distinguished
Research Chair and Research Professor,
University of Oregon

The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites you to a colloquium featuring David Wineland, Nobel Laureate and Distinguished Research Chair and Research Professor, University of Oregon. Dr. Wineland’s talk, “Quantum Computers and Raising Schrodinger’s Cat”.

Dissertation Title: Turbulence in Quantum Fluids

Thesis Title: A Reduced Dimensional Monte Carlo Method: Preliminary Integrations

Dissertation Title: Quantum Statistical Physics of Weakly Couple Systems: Perturbation Theory, Entanglement, Quantum Coherence, Equilibration, and Thermalization

Dissertation Title: Applications of Quantum Interference in Bose-Einstain Systems