Welcome to Northwestern Physics and Astronomy
Faculty and Research
Our research employs an broad range of theoretical and experimental approaches to understand the fundamental nature of the universe.
Seminars and Colloquia
See our weekly seminars and colloquia throughout the academic year.
Dearborn Observatory
Visitors are invited to tour the Observatory every Friday night.
News and Events
Observing at Dearborn Observatory
The Dearborn Observatory is closed for public observing with the historic 18.5 inch refracting telescope until further notice.
Events
Nov
29
2021
HEP Seminar: Yingsheng Huang: Fully-heavy tetraquark production w...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
Abstract: The $X(6900)$ resonance discovered in the double-$J/\psi$ channel at LHCb experiment has spurred intensive interest in unrave...
Nov
30
2021
CFP Colloquium: Peter Graham: New techniques for gravitational wa...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, No Location
Abstract: I will discuss gaps in our coverage of the gravitational spectrum and possible new methods for filling them. Atom interferom...
Dec
2
2021
CMP Seminar: Nikolay Zhelev: Superfluid 3He under nanoscale confi...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
Abstract: Topological superfluid3He, with its unconventional spin-triplet p-wave pairing, provides a model system for topological super...