These principals can be used in both theoretical and practical areas. Physicists typically specialize in one of many subfields, and some will go further to specialize in a subdivision of one of these subfields:.
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Consists of research on atoms, simple molecules, electrons and light, and their interactions. Astrophysics The study of physical processes in stars and other galactic sources, galactic structure and evolution, the early history and evolution of the universe, and the sun and solar activity.
Chemical Physics Provides understanding for a broad range of systems, from atomic collisions to complex materials, as well as the behaviour of the individual atoms and particles that make up the system. Computational Physics Explores the use of computers in physics research and education, as well as the role of physics in the development of computer technology.
Condensed Matter Physics Concentrates on such topics as superconductivity, semi-conductors, magnetism, complex fluids, and thin films. Fluid Dynamics The study of the physics of fluids with special emphasis on the dynamical theories of the liquid, plastic and gaseous states of matter under all conditions of temperature and pressure.
Laser Science Also called laser physics, is a branch of optics that describes the theory and practice of lasers. Materials Physics Applies physics to complex and multiphase media including materials of technological interest, and uses physics to describe materials in many different ways such as force, heat, light and mechanics. Particles and Fields The study of particles and fields, their interrelationships, interactions and structure, and the design and development of accelerators and instrumentation techniques for high energy physics.
Physics of Beams The study of the nature and behaviour of beams and the instruments for their production and use. Create matter. Do the dishes. Niels Bohr.
Isaac Newton. Max Planck. Richard Feynman. Milky Way. Juicy Way. Messier Do nothing. To look at the specifics of what might alter the physics identity for students and faculty of different genders, McGill University education researcher Allison Gonsalves spent seven months in embedded in a physics department at a large North American university for her doctoral dissertation.
For her research, Gonsalves asked graduate students to keep photo diaries of what it meant to them to be a physicist. They brought her snapshots of tea and cookies from department meetings, and of machines. One woman took a picture of her toilet, and explained that she had fixed it. A physicist, she explained, can fix things. The way that gender wraps into that identity came in her interactions and interviews with graduate students. One leader of a women-in-physics group noted that their group had a discussion about whether or not it is appropriate to wear high heels — regarded by most of North America as a standard option for business casual office wear — to an interview.
On the reddit. One entry suggests flip flops. Read the other articles in the In Practice series here. What ingredients make the best physicists? Programming, skyping students and at meetings too.
Has the field changed too much? And then, during my PhD, most people moved to the Higgs search. Now everybody wants to be involved in searches beyond the Standard Model. But Magnan disagrees.
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