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THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING IN IT

The areas embraced by UCLA physics research span the range from the well-established disciplines of "big science," e.g. studying the Higgs Boson at the LHC, and frontier plasma science underpinning fusion energy to newly emerging fields such as the physics of neuroscience and quantum science.

In astronomy, UCLA faculty are pioneers in the areas of extra-solar system planets, galactic astronomy, and cosmology. This effort is uniquely enabled by the world-renowned capabilities in design and construction of infrared instrumentation by our Infrared Laboratory.

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Latest News

Prof. Kogar from condensed matter and Prof. Musumeci from accelerator and beam physics team up to win the highly competitive EPIQS award from Moore foundation to develop a novel high resolution electron energy loss spectrometer.
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UCLA Ph. D. John Sarrao named Director of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
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Congratulations to Professors Derek Schaeffer and Mikhail Solon, named 2023 DOE Early Career Scientists
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Congratulations to Professor David Leibrandt for his naming as 2023 Moore Experimental Investigator!
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Events

THU
SEP
28
  • 4:00PM to 5:00PM
  • PAB 1-434
Tom Melia
Kavli IPMU, Tokyo University

The Biggest and Darkest Questions in The Universe
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium

FRI
SEP
29
  • 12:30PM to 2:30PM
  • PAB room 4-330 and on Zoom
THU
OCT
05
  • 4:00PM to 5:00PM
  • PAB 1-434
Vivien Zapf
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Quantum Materials for Eventual Quantum Computing
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium