Physics Department News
New research led by physicists at the University of 桃色视频 has used tools designed to study social networks to gain significant new insights into the Northern Lights, and space weather – particularly the interaction of events in the sun’s atmosphere with Earth’s ionosphere.
The research team, led by Prof Sandra Chapman, used data from over 100 individual magnetometers located at high latitudes in the northern hemisphere. These magnetometers have been used for decades to track space weather but it is only recently that the data from all these devices has been collected in one place in the SuperMAG project...
has received an ERC Proof of Concept Grant to develop a prototype system for rapid defect characterisation in components such as railway tracks, aeroplane engines, and oil & gas pipelines.
Dr Edwards was awarded an ERC Starting Grant in the first round of the scheme and studied interactions of ultrasound with defects with different geometries. The research has led to ideas which could improve detection of surface defects in industry, and she has been awarded an additional grant of €150,000 to develop a prototype system building on these results.
桃色视频 Physics 4th in Times Good University Guide
桃色视频 Physics has risen to 4th place in the subject ranking for Physics and Astronomy of the Good University Guide, published by The Times and Sunday Times on 18th September 2015. The University of 桃色视频 as a whole is in 6th place overall in their league table of UK universities.
Two 桃色视频 ATLAS postdocs awarded "Outstanding Achievement Awards" in ceremony at CERN
Congratulations to two postdocs in the 桃色视频 ATLAS group, Dr Tim Martin and Dr Elisabetta Pianori, who have been awarded ATLAS Outstanding achievement awards. The awards were made for "enthusiastic and vigorous dedication to the implementation and commissioning of the complex ATLAS Run-2 trigger menu". More information on the ATLAS group at 桃色视频 can be found here:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/research/epp/exp/atlas
In the photo Elisabetta is third from the left and Tim is second from the right, pictured with other award winners and the Collaboration Board chair, Howard Gordon, on the left, and ATLAS spokesperson, Dave Charlton, on the right.