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Space Physics and Astronomy Dr. Darrel Smith, Chair Department of Physics College of Arts & Sciences Temasek Polytechnic Visit September 6, 2013

Areas of Undergraduate Research 1. Astronomy 2.Gravitational Physics/Cosmology 3. Space Propulsion Systems 4. Particle Astrophysics / LIGO On the web:

Summer Internships The MiniBooNE Detector At Fermilab

MiniBooNE Collaboration at Fermilab

Gravitational Waves sensing with LIGO LIGO Livingston Observatory LIGO Hanford Observatory "Colliding Black Holes“ Credit: National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Dr. Andri Gretarsson Dr. Brennan Hughey Dr. Michele Zanolin

The LIGO Experiment

Relativity violations imply a modified acceleration on Earth Atom interferometers can measure daily changes in the local gravitational acceleration on Earth arising from violations of the laws of Relativity. This was recently studied by a group of Stanford physicists using atom interferometers.

Dr. Darrel Smith Exotic Propulsion Lab (Bldg. 56) Nuclear thermal propulsion (simulation only) Matter-antimatter propulsion Arc jet thruster Pulsed plasma thruster (PPT) Goal: Measure the specific thrust of different exotic propulsion engines Areas of Concentration Exotic Propulsion

 Pulsed Plasma Thrusters (PPTs) Zachery Northern Exotic Propulsion at ERAU Prescott  Matter-Antimatter Propulsion Matt Boyd  Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) Theoretical Modeling Steven Walton

Areas of Concentration Space Propulsion Systems (cont’d) Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Antimatter Engines Ion-Compressed Antimatter Nuclear Engine Total Mission Duration (Days with 30 days on Surface)

Road Trips (Los Alamos Nat’l Lab) Road Trips (JPL--Pasadena, CA) 1.Society of Physics Students 2.Sigma-Pi-Sigma (Honors Society) Road Trips

Road Trips (JPL--Pasadena, CA)

Space Physics Program On the web: This is a 4-year program. 120 credit hours You will want to average ~15 credit hours per semester. Many students are involved in undergraduate research projects before their senior year.

Astronomy Program (New Program) 1.Starting Fall Combination of Astronomy and Astrophysics 3.Dr. Brian Rachford (Program Chair)

Astronomy Program Undergraduate Research Projects 1.Funded Hubble Space Telescope (NASA) Search for super–massive black holes, and galaxy formation. 2.Kepler Project (Caltech) Search for extra-solar planets 3.Diffuse Interstellar Bands (DIBs) in collaboration with CU Boulder, Univ. of Chicago and other institutions. Dr. Brian Rachford (Program Chair) Dr. Nick Devereux

Astronomy Program Our Observatory (Variable light sources) 1.Extra-Solar Planets 2.Eclipsing Binary Stars 3.Variable Stars (varying light output-intrinsic to the star) Dr. Brian Rachford (Program Chair) Dr. Nick Devereux

Astronomy Program Research Experience for Undergraduates (Summer) 1.NSF supported REU summer internships 2.NASA supported summer internships Program is already developed inside the Space Physics program 1.Students have already published in peer-reviewed journals. 2.Observatory, Radio Telescopes, and antenna arrays are already up and running.

Physics and Astronomy 1.Prepare students for jobs in industry and labs. 2.Prepare students for graduate school Graduate Records Exams (GREs)