RSS FeedComing Soon in Physics
- Straightening out entanglement
- Localization physics in graphene
Now in Focus
Quarks Influenced by Their Neighborhood
November 20, 2009
The quark structure inside protons and neutrons changes based on the local nuclear environment, according to electron accelerator experiments.
Feedback
Let us know what you think of Physics. Please email physics@aps.org with your comments, ideas, or suggestions for topics.
Vitor Cardoso
Vitor Cardoso is a Research Scientist at Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal and an Adjunct Professor of Physics at the University of Mississippi, where he is currently also a Fulbright scholar. He is a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. Previously, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Coimbra University, Washington University in St. Louis, and at the University of Mississippi. His research interests include gravitational-wave source modelling and detection with earth- and space-based detectors. He is currently also very much interested in the understanding of gravitational effects in trans-Planckian collisions of particles and black holes and in analogue models for gravity.
The many shapes of spinning drops
From the nucleus to black holes, the model of a spinning liquid drop can describe the physics of a large number of systems. With diamagnetic levitation, it is possible to accurately study the many shapes a rapidly rotating liquid drop can take and compare the results against theoretical predictions. Read More »