Physics
Upcoming Seminar
February 8, 2012
Shannon O’Leary, Lewis and Clark College
Using Noise from Transparency to Measure Magnetic Fields
Announcements
Professor Lucas Illing together with graduates Greg Hoth '10 and Chris May `08 have published a paper entitled Scaling behavior of oscillations arising in delay-coupled optoelectronic oscillators in the February 2011 issue of Physical Review E. The paper is based on Greg's senior thesis and an experimental setup pioneered by Chris. A second Physical Review E paper, coauthored by Cris Panda '12, was published in the July 2011 issue. It is entitled Isochronal chaos synchronization of delay-coupled optoelectronic oscillators and presents the results of Cris's 2010 summer research.
Professor Joel Franklin and recent graduate Todd Garon '11 have published a paper entitled Approximate Born-Infeld effects on the relativistic hydrogen spectrum in the March 2011 issue of Physics Letters A. The paper is based on work that Todd and Joel completed over the previous summer.
Physics is the most mature of the sciences and provides much of the conceptual apparatus and instrumentation for chemistry, biology, astronomy, and engineering. It has inspired the creative work of mathematicians, philosophers, and social scientists and has repeatedly transformed the framework of civilization. The physics curriculum at Reed College is designed to provide rigorous preparation for those who plan careers in the field while at the same time serving the needs of interested liberal arts students.