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Sep 11
Ferah Munshi and Dan White Join HLD Faculty
The faculty in the Department of Physics and Astronomy will be joined in the fall by two new members, Ferah Munshi, who will be the...
Aug 15
OK-LSAMP students spend summer at NASA Glenn Research Center
Physics & Astronomy students Logan Abshire and Tristan Thrasher recently returned from a summer (2018) spent performing research on the effects of high irradiation environments on...
Aug 09
Facebook page with “Alumni and friends” group launched
The HLD department of Physics and Astronomy has launched a new Facebook page. Please feel free to LIKE it (link below) and email the link...
Aug 08
Lin Hall to be Dedicated in the Fall
The celebration and dedication of The Homer L. Dodge Physics Complex and Lin Hall will take place Oct. 12 and 13 2018. The activities will begin with a...
Aug 06
Marino wins NSF CAREER grant
OU physics professor Alberto Marino is the recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development Program) Award in the amount of $500,000. Alberto...
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CMP Journal Club
Sep 25, 2018 1:30 pm
Nielsen Hall 103 - Mitch YothersFaculty Research Seminar
Sep 26, 2018 6:00 pm
Nielsen Hall 303 - Profs. Mullen & UchoaColloquium
Sep 27, 2018 4:00 pm
Nielsen Hall 170 - Peter EngelsFrom artificial gauge fields to negative-mass hydrodynamics: Studying quantum mechanics with ultracold…
CMP Seminar
Sep 28, 2018 11:30 am
Nielsen Hall 103 - Peter EngelsNovel phases and quantum dynamics in a spin-orbit coupled BEC
Astronomy Journal Club
Sep 28, 2018 12:30 pm
Nielsen Hall 302 - Maria SchutteMore Events...
Featured Research: An OU Study Explains Why Mars Growth Stunted by Early Giant Planetary Instability
A University of Oklahoma astrophysics team explains why the growth of Mars was stunted by an orbital instability among the outer solar system's giant planets in a new study on the evolution of the young solar system. The OU study builds on the widely-accepted Nice Model, which invokes a planetary instability to explain many peculiar observed aspects of the outer solar system. An OU model used computer simulations to show how planet accretion (growth) is halted by the outer solar system instability. Without it, Mars possibly could have become a larger, habitable planet like Earth.
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