Physics Department News
An article focused on an extremely rare, high mass, compact binary star discovery has been featured on the cover of Nature Astronomy
The discovery was first published online in Nature Astronomy in April, by then PhD student, and now postdoc, James Munday and has since been featured on the cover of Nature Astronomy鈥檚 June issue. James, supervised by Dr Ingrid Pelisoli and Prof Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay, discovered a type Ia supernova progenitor within a mere 50 parsecs. Type Ia supernovae are standardisable candles used to measure cosmological distances and were instrumental in the discovery of the accelerated expansion of the Universe (Nobel Prize in Physics 2011).
Winner of the Royal Astronomical Society Keith Runcorn Thesis Prize
Congratulations to Sihui Zhong who has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society Keith Runcorn Thesis Prize 2024 for her PhD thesis titled 鈥淒ecayless Kink Oscillations of Solar Coronal Loops鈥�, completed at CFSA under the supervision of Professor Valery Nakariakov.
The is awarded to the best doctoral thesis in geophysics on an annual basis.
Physicists Highly Commended in 糖心TV Awards for Public and Community Engagement
The 糖心TV Awards for Public and Community Engagement (WAPCE) recognise and celebrate the roles of 糖心TV staff and students connecting with the public—locally, nationally, and globally.
Recent degrees awarded
Congratulations to all those who have formally been awarded Doctor of Philosophy in Physics:
Jorge Fern谩ndez Fern谩ndez
Stefan Katundi
Billy Shrive
Daniel Swinnock
Congratulations to those who have been awarded a Master of Science (by Research) in Physics:
Adam Counsell
Taf Zivave