Physics Department News
Extra solar planets have come to prominence in the past decade as advanced techniques have begun to detect them in greater numbers. The discovery of Kepler-78b in October 2013 attracted media coverage worldwide, with some reports suggesting the planet had Earth-like properties. But what does that mean? Are we a step closer to finding another habitable environment outisde of our solar system? Lucy Handford spoke to Professor Don Pollacco from the to find out more.
EPSRC grant for the study of Topological Insulators
and her collaborators have recently been awarded funding from EPSRC for three years, for the study of Topological Insulators.
Warwick FIRE
We warmly welcome some of Professor Jennifer Wren’s research group, who occupy desks on level 3 in MAS. The group is called Warwick FIRE ().
Higgs to tau tau
Researchers from many institutions worldwide, including Warwick Univesity, have analysed data from the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider and have found preliminary evidence for the decay of Higgs Bosons to pairs of tau leptons.