Physics Research Gallery
SDSU Physics Research Gallery
A selection of some of our favourite research images over time....
May 2008 Research image is from the Medical and Health Physics Program.
Morphological variability of human tibia from high resolution magnetic
resonance imaging data from 10 subjects. Potential applications are
in detection of deviations from normal anatomy and the creation
of bone models for knee replacement surgeries. Image provided courtesy of
UCLA PhD student Hussain Tameem (supervised by Usha Sinha at SDSU).
April 2008 Research image is from the Atomic and Molecular Optical Physics Program.
Testing of a 3 coil arrangement to cancel out the Earth's magnetic field
in Doc Morris' Lab.
March 2008 Research image is from the Condensed Matter Program.
Loading liquid nitrogen and helium into the Dept's state-of-the-art PPMS system
(The 'Physical Property Measurement System' is made by
Quantum Design,
who are based in San Diego).
February 2008 Research image is from the Environmental Physics Program.
6 different PV Solar Panels (single-crystal, multi-crystal, and amorphous arrays) are
located on the top of the Physics Building as part of a study of the long-term effects of the
weather on the different types of panels.
January 2008 Research image is from the Medical Health Physics Program.
Image of a BodyLoc board with line fiducials on the TomoTherapy couch
at Grossmont Hospital
(photo by recent MS graduate Mary Ann Polityka).
Nov/Dec 2007 Research image is from our resident Science in Science Fiction Professor
The lead story in the current issue of
Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine
is by our very own
Professor Calvin W. Johnson.
More information (and where to buy Analog!).
October 2007 Research image is from the Optics Program.
Spatial Light Modulation experiment in in
Prof. Davis's Optics Research Lab.
September 2007 Research image is of our
Nuclear and Many-Body
Physics Research.
Chaotic dynamics of a tumbling satellite as computed by Eunsil Baik.
August 2007 Research image is of our
Relativistic Astrophysics and General Relativity Research.
Shows the possible particle composition inside a rotating neutron star. From F.Weber, R.Negreiros, and P.Rosenfield, "Neutron Star Interiors and the Equation of State of Superdense Matter", to appear in Springer Lecture Notes (2007).
Summer 2007 Research image is of our
Nuclear and Many-Body
Physics Research.
CLICK the IMAGE for animation of the DYNAMICS OF A LIQUID DROP. Dr. Johnson's group is investigating the classical and quantum motion of liquid drops, in particular the coupling between vibrational and rotational motion, as a model for the dynamics of atomic nuclei.
April 2007 Research image is of our
Relativistic Astrophysics and General Relativity Research.
Cross Section of Compact Stars (approx. 10km radius) indicating their possible compositions.
March 2007 Research image is of our Experimental Optics Research.
Snapshot of a femtosecond laser beam (10-15 second duration)
passed through a 2-D spatial light modulator in the
Ultrafast Laser Lab.
February 2007 Research image is of our Physics Education Research.
The CIPS project researches ways to enable teachers at all educational levels
(elementary through college) teach physics more effectively.
January 2007 Research image is of Polymer/Biological Physics Research.
Immobile particles in a thin polymeric film near the glass transition
(produced in Prof. Baljon's computers)
December 2006 Research image is from the Optics Program.
Helical Ince-Gaussian Laser Beams produced in Prof. Davis's lab.
November 2006 Research image is from the Environmental Physics Program.
Annual Wind Power Density at 50m in the San Diego region.
October 2006 Research image is from the Computational Physics Program.
2-D BEC phase (and double vortex) evolution with half of it imprinted with a Laguerre-Gauss mode (calculation by Bromley)
September 2006 Research image is from the Condensed Matter Program.
Milton T. getting hands on in the lab
August 2006 featured Research image is from the Experimental Optics Program
Former masters students, Catherine and Steven posing in the ultrafast laser lab
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Last updated: 4th May 2008