PHYS 3202 QUANTUM PHYSICS II (2012)
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PHYS 3202 New Frontiers in Modern Physics & Leisure Readings
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** Neutrinos moving faster than light **
"Where does the time go" (Science, December 2, 2011)
"Loose Cable May Unravel Faster-Than-Light Result" (Science, March 2, 2012)
"Neutrinos not faster than light" (Nature, March 16, 2012)
Molecular Physics
Giant Helium Molecules (AIP Physics News Update (2003)
The secret of a microwave oven's rapid cooking action is disclosed (Scintific American, 1998)
The double helix and the "wronged heroine" (Nature, Jan. 23, 2003)
Solid State Physics
The quasicrystal that fell to Earth (by Matthew Francis, Jan. 6, 2012)
Solid C60 (Physics Today 1991)
Graphene (Scientic American, April 2008)
Solid state lighting (by Colin J. Humphreys in MRS Bulletin (2008))
Dream of the Blue Laser Diode (part 1)
(http://archive.sciencewatch.com/jan-feb2000/sw_jan-feb2000_page3.htm)
Dream of the Blue Laser Diode (part 2)
(http://archive.sciencewatch.com/jan-feb2000/sw_jan-feb2000_page3.htm)
Superconductivity
Introduction to the History of Superconductivity
The discovery of superconductivity (Physics Today, Sept. 2010)
Giaever's Nobel lecture (1973)
Florida lab is to build high-field 'supermagnet' (in CERN Courier, Dec. 2009)
The Josephson effect - 50 years of science and technology (Physics Education, Nov. 2011)
Nuclear Physics
Non-exponential decays and carbon dating (CERN Courier, March 27, 2012)
Radioactivity in Nature
Radioactive Smoke (Scientific American, Jan. 2011)
From isotopes to the stars (Nature, May 5, 2011)
The anatomy of a neutron (American Scientist, November/December, 2010)
Discovery of "Missing" Element 117 (Science, April 16, 2010)
The Workings of an Ancient Nuclear Reactor (Scientific American, November 2005)
Traveling wave reactor (Wikipedia)
Particle Physics
** Leptons **
How round is the electron? (CERN Courier, July 2011)
** Antimatter in Space **
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) webpage
"Antiuniverse here we come" (Nature, May 5, 2011)
"The Space Station's Crown Jewel" (Scientific American, May, 2011)
搭乘美國奮進號升空的阿爾法磁譜儀穿著“中國保暖外衣” (國際日報 May 17, 2011)
Redesign Postpones Launch of Long-Delayed Space Station Experiment (Science, April 30, 2010)
Sam Ting's last fling (Nature, Oct. 16, 2008)
** LHC **
Jets in high energy experiments (in Symmetry Magazine) (http://www.symmetrymagazine.org)
The Discovery Machine (Scientific American, Feb. 2008)
The Higgs particle (Physics Education, Jan. 2010)
The Coming Revolutions in Particle Physics (Scientific American, Feb. 2008)
** Neutrinos **
The many uses of electron antineutrinos (Physics Today, March 2012)
Geoneutrino: Earth Still Retains Much of Its Original Heat (July 2011)
Astrophysics: Through Neutrino Eyes (Scientific American, May 2010)
A half-century with solar neutrinos (Davis's Nobel lecture (2002))
Cerebkov radiation movie (Fermi Lab)
