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Physics
Sites A selection of physics-related resources from the
University of
Oregon. Topics in astronomy, weather, energy and
environment. Be sure to check out their physics department
home
page, too. Physics 2000 is an interactive site devoted to visual
and conceptual learning about modern physics. Have Java
enabled for this one. A good place to begin your search for understanding
about chaotic dynamics. This site is the result of research
done by the interdisciplinary chaos group at the
University of
Maryland at College Park. Home page for the research group of Prof. Anton
Zeilinger at the Institute of Experimental Physics,
University of Vienna. Contains topics like Experimental
Quantum Teleportation and Entangled Photon Quantum
Cryptography. The non-profit Contemporary Physics Education Project
presents the current understanding of the fundamental nature
of matter and energy through a variety of materials and
products. On-line features The
Particle Adventure and Fusion
provide interactive looks these topics. The Super-Kamiokande Collaboration is a joint project
sponsored by Boston
University and the University
of Tokyo. The aim is to detect neutrinos that
have mass. If these particles exist, their combined mass
could be greater than that of the remaining universe. More
information can be found at the Long-baseline Neutrino
Oscillation Experiment home page, the
Institute
for Cosmic Ray Research, and at the Boston
University site. (Be sure to click on the english
version of the Tokoyo pages if you can't read
Japanese!) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory home page. Get
the information from those who are creating it. Kind of a misleading title...but by recreating extreme
conditions like those in Jupiter's core, physicists have
turned hydrogen into a metal. Why? Metallic Hydrogen could
be used as a room temperature superconductor, for building
lightweight structures, as a clean fuel, and perhaps fusion
pellets. The Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung mbH is a
heavy ion research center funded by the German Federal
Government. This is one of the places where the heaviest
elements known to exist are created for sometimes fleeting
moments. European Laboratory for Particle Physics, and the
birthplace of the world wide web. A variety of information about string theory, from the
basics to who's who. Also includes a timeline history of
string theory and discussion groups. Pointers to many university physics departments and
institutional sites around the world, as well as
publications. Atomic physics leads to atomic weapons. The
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the Non Proliferation
Treaty do not guarantee development of new nuclear weapons
will cease. For resources about nuclear development and
testing and what's happening in the world, check out the
NRDC Nuclear program. This paper by an IBM research scientist and a russian
nuclear physicist was presented in London in 1996. It
assesses the viability of computer modeling in the
development of new nuclear weapons. This would seem violate
the spirit, if not the letter, of the CTBT and NPT. You've seen those really bright displays that look
like big video screens? They are a portent of things to
come. It appears that the incandescent lightbulb may soon be
a thing of the past; LED technology is getting close to the
Holy Grail of cheap, white light. More information at
Color Kinetics
and LumiLeds
web sites. The ALS at Berkeley
Lab generates brief impulses of energy a billion
times brighter than the sun. These ultrabright high energy
x-rays are revolutionizing our ability to see detail at the
molecular and atomic levels. The best place to start is
their interactive Microworlds
on line instructional materials page. Teachers can
register
for informaton and materials. The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France
is the euro counterpart to the ALS in Berkeley (listed
above). A user friendly guide to the physics of light. A detailed analysis of the complex interactions
necessary to produce the spectacular colors seen in
fireworks the world over. A must visit for anyone interested
in pyrotechnics! American Institute of Physics home page. Free access
to some of their journal articles , and information related
to physics in general. On-line exhibit related to
Andrei
Sakharov available. Related site: American
Physical Society. New techniques in high-precision studies of weak-field
gravity. Includes photos, data and descriptions of Torsion
Balance Experiments. The existence of these mysterious gaseous substances
was predicted about 1925 by Albert Einstein based on work by
Satyendra Nath Bose. These huge conglomerates of atoms,
first created in 1995, actually allow physicists to observe
quantum wave function behavior.
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