SFSU Physics and Astronomy Department
Our Department in the News
- Roger Bland and his
acoustics research is mentioned in the San
Francisco Chronicle, July 13th 2008
- KQED
TV, "Planet Hunters," featuring Debra Fischer; 7:30
PM Tuesday July 31, 2007
- Recent results
from research by Jim Lockhart and the Gravity Probe B group.
-
Transiting Planet Discovery by Debra Fischer and
group.
- Publications by Zhigang Chen, Igor Makasyuk and Anna
Bezryadina: two papers in June 2004 in Opt Lett: http://ol.osa.org/journal.cfm.
- Telescope time awarded.
Adrienne Cool:
ChaMPlane: Measuring the Faint X-ray Binary and stellar X-ray Content
of the Galaxy (2000B-0036, PI: Grindlay) KP-rm (2n)
Monitoring a Probably Dwarf Nova in the Core of M22 (2004B-0477, PI:
Cool) CT - 1.3m (2n)
Fischer, Debra:
Mapping the Realm of Hot Jupiters (2004B-0016, PI: Fischer) Keck-I (1.5
n)
- CD of songs based on Donald Rumsfeld's poetry, featuring Soprano Elender
Walls (BA in physics, SFSU, ca. 1993); lyrics and clips at http://www.stuffedpenguin.com
- Two papers from Zhigang Chen's group appeared a single
issue of Physical Review Letters! One (the vortex one) is featured in
the cover:
http://scitation.aip.org/prl/covers/92_12.jsp The other (Hector
Martin's 2D discrete soliton paper) is at
http://scitation.aip.org/dbt/dbt.jsp?KEY=PRLTAO&Volume=92&Issue=12#MINOR6.
- Whale sounds recorded by Michael Hoffman and Roger
Bland were played on NPR:
http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=1810949
- SFSU reporting
on Ron Marzke's research
- Announcement of new results by Ron Marzke's research
group:
Gemini Project Press Release,
USA Today, Associated
Press.
- Review in Physics Today of Zhigang
Chen's work with Hector Martin. See Fig. 4 for their data.
- KPIX Evening Edition short piece on Gravity
Hills featuring Susan English, Andy Danielsen and Roger
Bland.