Latest news and comment Audience - Any Audience -AlumniIndustryGeneral publicResearchSchoolsUndergraduatesGraduatesDepartment 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 Commentary: Professor Caola on LHC's exquisite precision Professor Fabrizio Caola has been awarded a sought-after ERC Consolidator Grant; he talks about his quest to develop extremely sophisticated theoretical predictions to match the exquisite precision of the LHC data… 23 November 2023 Professor Salam recognised by IOP Professor Gavin Salam FRS has been awarded the 2023 Institute of Physics Paul Dirac Medal and Prize for his profound, wide-ranging and impactful contributions to particle physics. 16 October 2023 Professor Binney recognised by IOP Professor James Binney FRS has been awarded the 2023 Institute of Physics Isaac Newton Medal and Prize for advancing the science of stellar dynamics. 16 October 2023 Professor John Cardy awarded Breakthrough Prize Professor John Cardy, an Emeritus Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford, has today been named as joint winner of the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. 14 September 2023 Exciting new fellowship opportunities for theoretical physicists We are looking for the most talented early-career theoretical physicists worldwide to join us here at the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics in Oxford. 22 August 2023 Number theory and evolutionary genetics An interdisciplinary team of mathematicians, engineers, physicists, and medical scientists have uncovered an unexpected link between pure mathematics and genetics. 3 August 2023 Oxford theorists recognised with Frontiers of Science Award A team of physicists from Oxford’s Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics has received a Frontiers of Science Award at the First International Congress of Basic Science in Beijing, China. 17 July 2023 Alumnus Dr Kwan recognised by IOP Dr Yves Kwan has been named runner up in the Sam Edwards Thesis Prize awarded by the Institute of Physics’ Theory of Condensed Matter Group. 17 July 2023 A new window on the cosmos Data collected by an observatory in Antarctica has produced our first view of the Milky Way galaxy through the lens of neutrino particles. Emeritus Professor Subir Sarkar from the University of Oxford comments in The Conversation. 3 July 2023 Thesis treble for Dr David Hosking Department of Physics alumnus, Dr David Hosking, has been awarded another two prizes for his University of Oxford thesis, ‘The decay of MHD turbulence and the primordial origin of magnetic fields in cosmic voids’. 14 June 2023 Thesis recognition for Dr Andrew Mummery Dr Andrew Mummery from Oxford’s Department of Physics has been recognised by the International Astronomical Union and the Royal Astronomical Society for his thesis. 14 June 2023 The language of symmetry Three physicists from Oxford have contributed to a new book, 'The Language of Symmetry', out today, 16 May 2023. 16 May 2023 Load More
Commentary: Professor Caola on LHC's exquisite precision Professor Fabrizio Caola has been awarded a sought-after ERC Consolidator Grant; he talks about his quest to develop extremely sophisticated theoretical predictions to match the exquisite precision of the LHC data… 23 November 2023
Professor Salam recognised by IOP Professor Gavin Salam FRS has been awarded the 2023 Institute of Physics Paul Dirac Medal and Prize for his profound, wide-ranging and impactful contributions to particle physics. 16 October 2023
Professor Binney recognised by IOP Professor James Binney FRS has been awarded the 2023 Institute of Physics Isaac Newton Medal and Prize for advancing the science of stellar dynamics. 16 October 2023
Professor John Cardy awarded Breakthrough Prize Professor John Cardy, an Emeritus Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford, has today been named as joint winner of the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. 14 September 2023
Exciting new fellowship opportunities for theoretical physicists We are looking for the most talented early-career theoretical physicists worldwide to join us here at the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics in Oxford. 22 August 2023
Number theory and evolutionary genetics An interdisciplinary team of mathematicians, engineers, physicists, and medical scientists have uncovered an unexpected link between pure mathematics and genetics. 3 August 2023
Oxford theorists recognised with Frontiers of Science Award A team of physicists from Oxford’s Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics has received a Frontiers of Science Award at the First International Congress of Basic Science in Beijing, China. 17 July 2023
Alumnus Dr Kwan recognised by IOP Dr Yves Kwan has been named runner up in the Sam Edwards Thesis Prize awarded by the Institute of Physics’ Theory of Condensed Matter Group. 17 July 2023
A new window on the cosmos Data collected by an observatory in Antarctica has produced our first view of the Milky Way galaxy through the lens of neutrino particles. Emeritus Professor Subir Sarkar from the University of Oxford comments in The Conversation. 3 July 2023
Thesis treble for Dr David Hosking Department of Physics alumnus, Dr David Hosking, has been awarded another two prizes for his University of Oxford thesis, ‘The decay of MHD turbulence and the primordial origin of magnetic fields in cosmic voids’. 14 June 2023
Thesis recognition for Dr Andrew Mummery Dr Andrew Mummery from Oxford’s Department of Physics has been recognised by the International Astronomical Union and the Royal Astronomical Society for his thesis. 14 June 2023
The language of symmetry Three physicists from Oxford have contributed to a new book, 'The Language of Symmetry', out today, 16 May 2023. 16 May 2023
