Latest news and comment Audience - Any Audience -AlumniIndustrySchools, prospective students and communityResearchUndergraduatesGraduatesInternational Year of QuantumDepartment of Physics (requires login) Research theme - Any Research theme -Accelerator physicsAstronomy and astrophysicsBiological physicsClimate physicsExoplanets and planetary physicsFields, strings, and quantum dynamicsFundamental particles and interactionsInstrumentationLasers and high energy density scienceParticle astrophysics & cosmologyPhotovoltaics and nanosciencePlasma physicsQuantum information and computationQuantum materialsQuantum optics & ultra-cold matter Sub-department - Any Sub-department -AstrophysicsAtmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary PhysicsAtomic and Laser PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsParticle PhysicsProfessional and support servicesRudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics Major milestone in ATLAS tracker upgrade After more than 10 years of research and development, an upgraded tracker that is fundamental to the ATLAS experiment, is moving to production marking a major milestone for the collaboration. 16 March 2023 ATLAS Thesis Award for Dr Mironova Dr Maria Mironova was one of eight PhD students to be recognised with a 2022 ATLAS Collaboration Thesis Award. 1 March 2023 Oxford role in search for origins of Universe Researchers from Oxford’s Department of Physics are part of a UK-based consortium that has recently been awarded an £18 million grant by the UK Research and Innovation Infrastructure Fund. 17 October 2022 Making an impact The Department of Physics had two winners in this year’s Maths, Physics and Life Sciences Impact Awards. 11 July 2022 Professor Ian Shipsey elected Fellow of the Royal Society Ian Shipsey, Henry Moseley Centenary Professor of Experimental Physics and Head of Department, has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society for his work in experimental particle physics. 10 May 2022 Meet...Daniel Hynds We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 6 April 2022 Meet...Alan Barr We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 1 February 2022 ATLAS insight into internal structure of proton The ATLAS collaboration, of which Oxford is a founding member, has shed new light on the behaviour of partons – the quarks and gluons inside protons. 19 January 2022 Professor Bortoletto awarded IOP honorary fellowship Professor Daniela Bortoletto has been awarded honorary fellowship of the Institute of Physics 29 November 2021 Professor Davies recognised by IOP Roger Davies, Wetton Professor of Astrophyiscs and Director of the Hintze Centre for Astrophysical Surveys has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize 2021 29 November 2021 Meet...Elliot Bentine We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 4 November 2021 Meet...Sarah Hughes We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 4 August 2021 Load More
Major milestone in ATLAS tracker upgrade After more than 10 years of research and development, an upgraded tracker that is fundamental to the ATLAS experiment, is moving to production marking a major milestone for the collaboration. 16 March 2023
ATLAS Thesis Award for Dr Mironova Dr Maria Mironova was one of eight PhD students to be recognised with a 2022 ATLAS Collaboration Thesis Award. 1 March 2023
Oxford role in search for origins of Universe Researchers from Oxford’s Department of Physics are part of a UK-based consortium that has recently been awarded an £18 million grant by the UK Research and Innovation Infrastructure Fund. 17 October 2022
Making an impact The Department of Physics had two winners in this year’s Maths, Physics and Life Sciences Impact Awards. 11 July 2022
Professor Ian Shipsey elected Fellow of the Royal Society Ian Shipsey, Henry Moseley Centenary Professor of Experimental Physics and Head of Department, has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society for his work in experimental particle physics. 10 May 2022
Meet...Daniel Hynds We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 6 April 2022
Meet...Alan Barr We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 1 February 2022
ATLAS insight into internal structure of proton The ATLAS collaboration, of which Oxford is a founding member, has shed new light on the behaviour of partons – the quarks and gluons inside protons. 19 January 2022
Professor Bortoletto awarded IOP honorary fellowship Professor Daniela Bortoletto has been awarded honorary fellowship of the Institute of Physics 29 November 2021
Professor Davies recognised by IOP Roger Davies, Wetton Professor of Astrophyiscs and Director of the Hintze Centre for Astrophysical Surveys has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize 2021 29 November 2021
Meet...Elliot Bentine We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 4 November 2021
Meet...Sarah Hughes We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 4 August 2021
