INNOVATION & COLLABORATION

UCSB Graduate student Jack Bargemann lays down sheet metal to smooth the ride of the LZ Detector as it comes underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo by Matthew Kapust.

At work in the Class 7 cleanroom in Broida Hall are from left to right Will Ortez operating the gantry robot, Onofre Jauregui modifying tooling, Susanne Kyre at the measuring microscope, and Alethea Butler-Nalin on the wirebond machine.  The team is made up of engineers, technicians, graduate students, and undergraduates.

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APS: 2021 LeRoy Apker Award
  • Joseph R. Farah

"For the invention of the selective dynamical imaging method, with applications for studying rapidly-varying black holes."

  1. Award
The Current: The Goldilocks Supernova
  • Daichi Hiramatsu, Physics Grad Student

The discovery of a new type of supernova illuminates a medieval mystery

Featuring Daichi Hiramatsu, Physics Grad Student and Andy Howell,  Las Cumbres Observatory Scientist and Adjunct Professor

  1. Article

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Department of Physics
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Upcoming Event

Virtual Department Colloquium: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 - Physics motivations for future colliders
  • Tao Han, University of Pittsburgh

Tao Han, University of Pittsburgh

  1. October 26, 2021 - 3:45pm
  1. Physics Department Colloquium