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editors note: due to expected inclement weather featuring the strong possibility of precipitation featuring a snow/ice mix the astronomy open house scheduled for tonight (friday dec 4) has been cancelled college station the astrophysics group in the texas a&m university department of physics and astronomy will host its monthly astronomy open house friday (dec 4) from 7:30 to 9:30 pm at the campus observatory the free holiday-themed event will feature telescope observing (weather permitting hands-on demonstrations and a brief public talk by a texas a&m astronomer complete with complimentary hot chocolate and cider free parking is available in lot no 1 of the brayton fire training center from which individuals can board a free shuttle bus that will transport them to and from the observatory the first shuttle will depart for the observatory at 7:25 pm with additional shuttles running every 15 minutes the final shuttle will leave from the observatory en route to brayton at 9:30 pm -atm- contact: keely finkelstein texas a&m university astrophysics outreach coordinator (979) 862-2105 or keelyf@physicstamuedu the post astronomy open house set for friday now cancelled appeared first on texas a&m college of science
editors note: due to expected inclement weather featuring the strong possibility of precipitation featuring a snow/ice mix the astronomy open house scheduled for tonight (friday dec 4) has been cancelled college station the astrophysics group in the texas a&m university department of physics and astronomy will host its monthly astronomy open house friday (dec 4) from 7:30 to 9:30 pm at the campus observatory the free holiday-themed event will feature telescope observing (weather permitting hands-on demonstrations and a brief public talk by a texas a&m astronomer complete with complimentary hot chocolate and cider free parking is available in lot no 1 of the brayton fire training center from which individuals can board a free shuttle bus that will transport them to and from the observatory the first shuttle will depart for the observatory at 7:25 pm with additional shuttles running every 15 minutes the final shuttle will leave from the observatory en route to brayton at 9:30 pm -atm- contact: keely finkelstein texas a&m university astrophysics outreach coordinator (979) 862-2105 or keelyf@physicstamuedu
brownsville as part of a statewide celebration of astronomy in commemoration of 2009 as the official international year of astronomy the department of physics and astronomy at the university of texas at brownsville will host an evening under the stars sunday (nov 15) featuring a free public lecture by texas a&m university astronomer dr lucas macri macri an assistant professor and astronomer in the texas a&m department of physics and astronomy whose research focuses on extragalactic distance scale resolved stellar populations and near-field cosmology will present how to measure the age of the universe in the utb/tsc lecture hall on the ut-brownsville campus he will offer two versions of the lecture one in spanish at 2 pm and one in english at 7 pm tickets are not required for either lecture which will delve into the age of the universe the rate at which it is expanding and how astronomers are able to measure this expansion using a tool called the cosmic distance ladder the measurement of the age of the universe was one of the primary motivations for building the hubble space telescope macri says i will show several hubble images related to the investigations that were carried out to achieve this goal macri also will talk about the recent discovery of dark energy the major component of the universe that was unknown a decade ago and its implications for the ultimate fate of the cosmos macris lecture marks the 13th and final event in the year-long international year of astronomy (iya) texas speakers series jointly sponsored by the astronomy programs at texas a&m and the university of texas at austin to commemorate iya the world-wide celebration of the 400th anniversary of galileos first astronomical use of the telescope in 1609 the series has featured astronomers from both universities traveling to cities across the state to present their astronomical research and related topics of interest to area audiences macri a member of the george p and cynthia woods mitchell institute for fundamental physics and astronomy joined the texas a&m faculty in 2008 after spending six years as a postdoctoral hubble fellow and goldberg fellow at the national optical astronomy observatory (noao) born and raised in buenos aires argentina he obtained his bachelors of science degree in physics from the massachusetts institute of technology in 1995 and his phd in astronomy from harvard university in 2001 for more information on texas a&m astronomy and outreach visit astronomy research page -atm- contacts: robert stone director of education and outreach center for gravitational wave astronomy the university of texas at brownsville (956) 882-6684 rstone@physutbedu shana k hutchins texas a&m university college of science communications (979) 862-1237 shutchins@sciencetamuedu keely finkelstein texas a&m university astrophysics outreach coordinator (979) 862-2105 keelyf@physicstamuedu the post macri to present public astronomy talk at ut-brownsville appeared first on texas a&m college of science
as part of a statewide celebration of astronomy in commemoration of 2009 as the official international year of astronomy the department of physics and astronomy at the university of texas at brownsville will host an evening under the stars sunday (nov 15) featuring a free public lecture by texas a&m university astronomer dr lucas macri macri an assistant professor and astronomer in the texas a&m department of physics and astronomy whose research focuses on extragalactic distance scale resolved stellar populations and near-field cosmology will present how to measure the age of the universe in the utb/tsc lecture hall on the ut-brownsville campus he will offer two versions of the lecture one in spanish at 2 pm and one in english at 7 pm tickets are not required for either lecture which will delve into the age of the universe the rate at which it is expanding and how astronomers are able to measure this expansion using a tool called the cosmic distance ladder the measurement of the age of the universe was one of the primary motivations for building the hubble space telescope macri says i will show several hubble images related to the investigations that were carried out to achieve this goal macri also will talk about the recent discovery of dark energy the major component of the universe that was unknown a decade ago and its implications for the ultimate fate of the cosmos macris lecture marks the 13th and final event in the year-long international year of astronomy (iya) texas speakers series jointly sponsored by the astronomy programs at texas a&m and the university of texas at austin to commemorate iya the world-wide celebration of the 400th anniversary of galileos first astronomical use of the telescope in 1609 the series has featured astronomers from both universities traveling to cities across the state to present their astronomical research and related topics of interest to area audiences macri a member of the george p and cynthia woods mitchell institute for fundamental physics and astronomy joined the texas a&m faculty in 2008 after spending six years as a postdoctoral hubble fellow and goldberg fellow at the national optical astronomy observatory (noao) born and raised in buenos aires argentina he obtained his bachelors of science degree in physics from the massachusetts institute of technology in 1995 and his phd in astronomy from harvard university in 2001 for more information on texas a&m astronomy and outreach visit astronomy research page -atm- contacts: robert stone director of education and outreach center for gravitational wave astronomy the university of texas at brownsville (956) 882-6684 rstone@physutbedu shana k hutchins texas a&m university college of science communications (979) 862-1237 shutchins@sciencetamuedu keely finkelstein texas a&m university astrophysics outreach coordinator (979) 862-2105 keelyf@physicstamuedu
college station the george p and cynthia woods mitchell institute for fundamental physics and astronomy at texas a&m university recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of a major theoretical discovery in physics the adm formalism with a conference in honor of the three scientists who invented the theory in 1959 adm-50: a celebration of current gr innovation held nov 7-8 on the texas a&m campus feted dr richard arnowitt distinguished professor emeritus of physics texas a&m university; dr stanley deser ancell professor of physics brandeis university; and dr charles misner professor emeritus of physics university of maryland; and the key roles each played 50 years ago in developing formalism all three were in attendance at the conference whose participants included more than 60 eminent physicists and astronomers from all over the world dr christopher n pope distinguished professor of physics and mitchell institute director described the adm formalism as a breakthrough discovery that laid the foundations for investigating einsteins theory of gravitation at the quantum level it allows researchers to describe the four-dimensional spacetime dynamics of einsteins general relativity in terms of a time evolution of three-dimensional spatial geometries pope explained as well as providing insights into the quantum theory of gravity arnowitt deser and misner were able to give a well-defined meaning to the concepts of mass and energy in general relativity pope noted that the adm formalism also provides the essential framework physicists need in order to use computers to solve complicated problems in einsteins theory that are beyond the reach of analytical calculation these problems include the study of black-hole formation and evolution and the collisions and interactions between ultra-dense objects such as neutron stars he said the conference was sponsored by the mitchell institute and supported by the department of physics and astronomy and the college of science -atm- contact: shana k hutchins (979) 862-1237 or shutchins@sciencetamuedu or dr christopher n pope (979) 845-7793 or pope@physicstamuedu the post mitchell institute hosts world celebration of adm general relativity innovation appeared first on texas a&m college of science
the george p and cynthia woods mitchell institute for fundamental physics and astronomy at texas a&m university recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of a major theoretical discovery in physics the adm formalism with a conference in honor of the three scientists who invented the theory in 1959 adm-50: a celebration of current gr innovation held nov 7-8 on the texas a&m campus feted dr richard arnowitt distinguished professor emeritus of physics texas a&m university; dr stanley deser ancell professor of physics brandeis university; and dr charles misner professor emeritus of physics university of maryland; and the key roles each played 50 years ago in developing formalism all three were in attendance at the conference whose participants included more than 60 eminent physicists and astronomers from all over the world dr christopher n pope distinguished professor of physics and mitchell institute director described the adm formalism as a breakthrough discovery that laid the foundations for investigating einsteins theory of gravitation at the quantum level it allows researchers to describe the four-dimensional spacetime dynamics of einsteins general relativity in terms of a time evolution of three-dimensional spatial geometries pope explained as well as providing insights into the quantum theory of gravity arnowitt deser and misner were able to give a well-defined meaning to the concepts of mass and energy in general relativity pope noted that the adm formalism also provides the essential framework physicists need in order to use computers to solve complicated problems in einsteins theory that are beyond the reach of analytical calculation these problems include the study of black-hole formation and evolution and the collisions and interactions between ultra-dense objects such as neutron stars he said the conference was sponsored by the mitchell institute and supported by the department of physics and astronomy and the college of science -atm- contact: shana k hutchins (979) 862-1237 or shutchins@sciencetamuedu or dr christopher n pope (979) 845-7793 or pope@physicstamuedu
college station does your laptop sometimes get so hot that it can almost be used to fry eggs new technology may help cool it and give information technology a unique twist says dr jairo sinova a texas a&m university physics professor sinova and colleagues from hitachi cambridge laboratory institute of physics ascr university of cambridge and university of nottingham have had their research published in the renowned journal nature physics laptops are getting increasingly powerful but as their sizes are getting smaller they are heating up so how to deal with excessive heat becomes a headache sinova explains the crux of the problem is the way information is processed sinova notes laptops and some other devices use flows of electric charge to process information but they also produce heat theoretically excessive heat may melt the laptop this also wastes a considerable amount of energy is there a solution one approach may be found in sinovas research an alternative way to process information our research looks at the spin of electrons tiny particles that naked eyes cannot detect the texas a&m professor explains the directions they spin can be used to record and process information to process information sinova says it is necessary to create information transmit the information and read the information how these tasks are done is the big question the device we designed injects the electrons with spin pointing in a particular direction according to the information we want to process and then we transmit the electrons to another place in the device but with the spin still surviving and finally we are able to measure the spin direction via a voltage that they produce sinova explains the biggest challenge to creating a spin-based device is the distance that the spins will survive in a particular direction transmission is no problem he says you can think for comparison that if the old devices could only transmit the information to several hundred feet away with our device information can be easily transmitted to hundreds of miles away it is very efficient talking about its practical application sinova is very optimistic this new device as the only all-semiconductor spin-based device for possible information processing has a lot of real practical potential he says one huge thing is that it is operational at room temperature which nobody has been able to achieve until now it may bring in a new and much more efficient way to process information -atm- watch an interview with jairo sinova on youtube: contact: jairo sinova at (979) 845-4179 or sinova@physicstamuedu or miao jingang at miaojingang@tamuedu the post texas a&m-developed technology may cool the laptop appeared first on texas a&m college of science
does your laptop sometimes get so hot that it can almost be used to fry eggs new technology may help cool it and give information technology a unique twist says dr jairo sinova a texas a&m university physics professor sinova and colleagues from hitachi cambridge laboratory institute of physics ascr university of cambridge and university of nottingham have had their research published in the renowned journal nature physics laptops are getting increasingly powerful but as their sizes are getting smaller they are heating up so how to deal with excessive heat becomes a headache sinova explains the crux of the problem is the way information is processed sinova notes laptops and some other devices use flows of electric charge to process information but they also produce heat theoretically excessive heat may melt the laptop this also wastes a considerable amount of energy is there a solution one approach may be found in sinovas research an alternative way to process information our research looks at the spin of electrons tiny particles that naked eyes cannot detect the texas a&m professor explains the directions they spin can be used to record and process information to process information sinova says it is necessary to create information transmit the information and read the information how these tasks are done is the big question the device we designed injects the electrons with spin pointing in a particular direction according to the information we want to process and then we transmit the electrons to another place in the device but with the spin still surviving and finally we are able to measure the spin direction via a voltage that they produce sinova explains the biggest challenge to creating a spin-based device is the distance that the spins will survive in a particular direction transmission is no problem he says you can think for comparison that if the old devices could only transmit the information to several hundred feet away with our device information can be easily transmitted to hundreds of miles away it is very efficient talking about its practical application sinova is very optimistic this new device as the only all-semiconductor spin-based device for possible information processing has a lot of real practical potential he says one huge thing is that it is operational at room temperature which nobody has been able to achieve until now it may bring in a new and much more efficient way to process information -atm- watch an interview with jairo sinova on youtube: contact: jairo sinova at (979) 845-4179 or sinova@physicstamuedu or miao jingang at miaojingang@tamuedu
college station the astrophysics group in the texas a&m university department of physics and astronomy will host its monthly astronomy open house friday (oct 30) from 7:30 to 9:30 pm at the campus observatory the free event will feature telescope observing (weather permitting hands-on demonstrations and a brief public talk by a texas a&m astronomer free parking is available in lot no 1 of the brayton fire training center from which individuals can board a free shuttle bus that will transport them to and from the observatory the first shuttle will depart for the observatory at 7:25 pm with additional shuttles running every 15 minutes the final shuttle will leave from the observatory en route to brayton at 9:30 pm -atm- contact: keely finkelstein texas a&m university astrophysics outreach coordinator (979) 862-2105 or keelyf@physicstamuedu the post astronomy open house planned for friday appeared first on texas a&m college of science
the astrophysics group in the texas a&m university department of physics and astronomy will host its monthly astronomy open house friday (oct 30) from 7:30 to 9:30 pm at the campus observatory the free event will feature telescope observing (weather permitting hands-on demonstrations and a brief public talk by a texas a&m astronomer free parking is available in lot no 1 of the brayton fire training center from which individuals can board a free shuttle bus that will transport them to and from the observatory the first shuttle will depart for the observatory at 7:25 pm with additional shuttles running every 15 minutes the final shuttle will leave from the observatory en route to brayton at 9:30 pm -atm- contact: keely finkelstein texas a&m university astrophysics outreach coordinator (979) 862-2105 or keelyf@physicstamuedu
college station the astrophysics group in the texas a&m university department of physics will host its first astronomy open house of the 2009-10 academic year friday (sept 25) from 8 to 10 pm at the campus observatory the free event will feature telescope observing hands-on demonstrations and a brief public talk by a texas a&m astronomer free parking is available in lot no 1 of the brayton fire training center from which individuals can board a free shuttle bus that will transport them to and from the observatory the first shuttle will depart for the observatory at 7:55 pm with additional shuttles running every 15 minutes the final shuttle will leave from the observatory en route to brayton at 10 pm -atm- contact: keely finkelstein texas a&m university astrophysics outreach coordinator (979) 862-2105 or keelyf@physicstamuedu the post astronomy open house set for friday appeared first on texas a&m college of science
the astrophysics group in the texas a&m university department of physics will host its first astronomy open house of the 2009-10 academic year friday (sept 25) from 8 to 10 pm at the campus observatory the free event will feature telescope observing hands-on demonstrations and a brief public talk by a texas a&m astronomer free parking is available in lot no 1 of the brayton fire training center from which individuals can board a free shuttle bus that will transport them to and from the observatory the first shuttle will depart for the observatory at 7:55 pm with additional shuttles running every 15 minutes the final shuttle will leave from the observatory en route to brayton at 10 pm -atm- contact: keely finkelstein texas a&m university astrophysics outreach coordinator (979) 862-2105 or keelyf@physicstamuedu