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WELCOME!
Department of Physics and Astronomy and Center for Gravitational Wave AstronomyUniversity of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
80 Fort Brown ● Brownsville Texas 78520
WHAT IS PHYSICS?
PHYSICS IS THE STUDY OF…
SPACE
TIME
MATTER
ENERGY
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PHYSICS: •Trying to find the basic rules of the universe •Trying to answer to the question: WHY?
•Playing or watching games is more fun when you know the rules•Soccer has rules, Halo has rules•Physicists try to understand the basic rules of the universe
Understanding the rules leads to new technologies, like…LASERS
Laser video
MRI
GPS
GPS video
WHAT DO PHYSICISTS DO?
RESEARCH
MAKE LASER COMPONENTS
LOOK INSIDECELLS
LOOK OUT INTO SPACE
AND..
…TRAVEL!
WITH A DEGREE IN PHYSICS YOU COULD BECOME A…
TEACHER PHYSICIAN
WALL STREET ANALYST ($$$) PHYSICIST
AT THE UTB/TSC DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
WE STUDY• BIOPHYSICS• NANOSCIENCE• LASERS AND OPTICS• THEORIES OF GRAVITY• PULSAR ASTRONOMY• ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS• MATERIAL SCIENCEAND…
…YOU COULD LOOK FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
WHAT ARE THEY?
•Signals from space•They are different than any other signals we receive.
WHAT ARE THEY?
•Signals from space•They are different than any other signals we receive.
HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER WAVES?
LIGHT WAVES
HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER WAVES?
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN A GRAVITATIONAL WAVE HAS
PASSED??
HOW DO YOU SEE GRAVITATIONAL WAVES?LIGO, Hanford , WA LIGO, Livingston, LA
North American NanohertzObservatory
WHAT DOES THE UNIVERSE LOOK LIKE?
TRYING TO SEE THE “UNSEEN” UNIVERSE
WHATEVER YOU PLANS, BE SURE TO STUDY
"To restore America's competitiveness, we must recruit a new generation of science and technology leaders by investing in diversity.“ –President Barack Obama
• WELCOME!
• WE HAVE 4-YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE!!! –YOU EARN MONEY TO STUDY PHYSICS AND RESEARCH
• GOOD LUCK!