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 ExoMars discovers hydrogen chloride on Mars Sea salt embedded in the dusty surface of Mars and lofted into the planet’s atmosphere has led to the discovery of hydrogen chloride – the first time the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has detected a new gas. 10 February 2021 Stargazing Oxford@Home Our annual Stargazing event is an afternoon and evening of fascinating talks, hands-on activities and, not surprisingly, telescopes; this year, we stage a pandemic-proof online edition. 1 February 2021 Jocelyn Bell Burnell receives highest accolade from RAS ocelyn Bell Burnell from the Department of Physics at Oxford has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society’s highest honour, the Gold Medal 2021. 8 January 2021 A day in the life of a graduate student Wilber Lim is a theoretical physics graduate student at the Department of Physics – we find out what a typical day might look like for him... 6 November 2020 Obituary: Jack E Paton It is with great sadness that the Department of Physics announces the death of Jack Paton on 2 October 2020, aged 82. 12 October 2020
ExoMars discovers hydrogen chloride on Mars Sea salt embedded in the dusty surface of Mars and lofted into the planet’s atmosphere has led to the discovery of hydrogen chloride – the first time the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has detected a new gas. 10 February 2021
Stargazing Oxford@Home Our annual Stargazing event is an afternoon and evening of fascinating talks, hands-on activities and, not surprisingly, telescopes; this year, we stage a pandemic-proof online edition. 1 February 2021
Jocelyn Bell Burnell receives highest accolade from RAS ocelyn Bell Burnell from the Department of Physics at Oxford has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society’s highest honour, the Gold Medal 2021. 8 January 2021
A day in the life of a graduate student Wilber Lim is a theoretical physics graduate student at the Department of Physics – we find out what a typical day might look like for him... 6 November 2020
Obituary: Jack E Paton It is with great sadness that the Department of Physics announces the death of Jack Paton on 2 October 2020, aged 82. 12 October 2020
