Outreach effort by Dartmouth's quantum information science researchers has resulted in a new online teaching tool. The beginner-level quantum education tool is aimed at making quantum ore accessible to novices. The pilot program at at Hanover High School lasted two weeks and provided valuable feedback to Professor James Whitfield and his group's efforts to improve quantum education.
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[more]NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) has annouced the next round of candidates for CubeSat space missions. Among those selected was Dartmouth's CubeSat project: Realistic Electron Atmospheric Loss (REAL). REAL is a scientific investigation mission designed to characterize the loss of particles from Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts. REAL will carry an energetic particle instrument that is sensitive to...
[more]“The explosion of small satellite projects is going to provide new opportunities for science well beyond what was envisioned in the decadal survey,” says Professor Robyn Millan quoted in space news (https://spacenews.com/report-highlights-progress-in-heliophysics-despite...). She was refering to a Feburary 3rd assessment NASA's heliophysics program by a National Academies committee...
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“I hope to use the Marshall as a starting point for...
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In electing Caldwell as a fellow, AAAS cited his "array of distinguished theoretical contributions to cosmology, especially in the study of dark energy." A theoretical physicist, Caldwell studies the expansion of the universe. Much of his recent work...
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This year's Shared Academic Experience program for the entering Dartmouth Class was led by Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Jedidah Isler. The event is aimed at spurring community dialogue and personal reflection. Professor Isler discussed the scientific details of the recent and historic black hole shadow image and use it as a...
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Professor Newton's group presented a discovery of a transiting planet larger than Neptune but smaller than Saturn, orbiting one of the brightest young stars known. Aged almost 45 million years of old, the star and its planet could give significant...
[more]Congratulations to Tara Sweeney (’19) and Zion Slaughter (’22) for winning undergraduate awards for blazar research with Professor Jedidah Isler during Summer 2019.
Tara Sweeney won a UGAR Leave Term Grant for 2019X for her project entitled, “A Statistical Analysis of the Optical Polarization in Blazars.” She is building her own analysis pipeline to better understand the long-term variability in optical polarization of blazars and how it relates to source brightness.
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[more]Stephanie Podjed (2nd year graduate student) won the Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research Award for her project entitled, “Multi-wavelength High-temporal Cadence Monitoring of Flaring and Quiescent Blazars.“ Only 12-15% of Grant in Aid of Research applicants receive any level of funding and Stephanie received the full level of funding available. She will use her award to travel to MDM Observatory in Arizona and the SALT telescope in Sutherland, South Africa. Stephanie is completing...
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