SFSU Physics and Astronomy Department
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- KQED
TV, "Planet Hunters," featuring Debra Fischer; 7:30 PM Tuesday July 31 2007.
- Recent results from research by Jim Lockhart and the Gravity Probe B group.
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Transiting Planet Discovery by Debra Fischer and group.
- Publications by Zhigang Chen, Igor Makasyuk and Anna Bezryadina:
two papers in June 2004 in Opt Lett:
http://ol.osa.org/journal.cfm.
- Telescope time awarded.
Adrienne Cool:
ChaMPlane: Measuring the Faint X-ray Binary and stellar
X-ray Content of the Galaxy (2000B-0036, PI: Grindlay) KP-rm (2n)
Monitoring a Probably Dwarf Nova in the Core of M22 (2004B-0477, PI: Cool)
CT - 1.3m (2n)
Fischer, Debra:
Mapping the Realm of Hot Jupiters (2004B-0016, PI: Fischer) Keck-I (1.5 n)
- CD of songs based on Donald Rumsfeld's poetry, featuring Soprano Elender Walls
(BA in physics, SFSU, ca. 1993); lyrics and clips at http://www.stuffedpenguin.com
- Two papers from Zhigang Chen's group appeared a single issue of Physical
Review Letters! One (the vortex one) is featured in the cover:
http://scitation.aip.org/prl/covers/92_12.jsp The other (Hector Martin's 2D
discrete soliton paper) is at
http://scitation.aip.org/dbt/dbt.jsp?KEY=PRLTAO&Volume=92&Issue=12#MINOR6.
- Whale sounds recorded by Michael Hoffman and Roger Bland were played on
NPR:
http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=1810949
- SFSU reporting on
Ron Marzke's research
- Announcement of new results by Ron Marzke's research group:
Gemini Project Press Release,
USA Today,
Associated Press.
- Review in Physics Today of Zhigang Chen's work with
Hector Martin. See Fig. 4 for their data.
- KPIX Evening Edition short piece on
Gravity Hills
featuring Susan English, Andy Danielsen and Roger Bland.