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January

Cahill Publishes Physical Mathematics
January 30, 2013

Kevin Cahill

Unique in its clarity, examples and range, Physical Mathematics explains as simply as possible the mathematics that graduate students and professional physicists need in their courses and research. Th…


Diels and Arissian Win CHOICE Award
January 3, 2013

Ladan Arissian

Every year, Choice subject editors single out for recognition the most significant print and electronic works reviewed in Choice during the previous calendar year. Appearing annually in Choice's Janua…


May

Taylor Promoted to Full Professor
May 28, 2013

Gregory Taylor
The Deprtment of Physics and Astronomy is proud to announce that Greg Taylor has been promoted to Full Professor.

Taylor is the Director of the Long Wavelength Array (LWA).

The Long Wavelength Array (LW…

Roy selected as Regents' Lecturer
May 20, 2013

Mousumi Roy

Prof. Mousumi Roy has been selected as one of two Regents' Lecturers in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Regents' Lecturer is a special title bestowed on selected tenured junior faculty members who, in…


Lidke Promoted to Associate Professor
May 14, 2013

Keith Lidke
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is proud to announce that Keith Lidke has been promoted to Associate Professor (with Tenure).

Lidke's research focuses on Fluorescence Imaging Techniques: Single…

Allahverdi Promoted to Associate Professor
May 14, 2013

Rouzbeh Allahverdi
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is proud to announce that Rouzbeh Allahverdi has been promoted to Associate Professor (with Tenure).

Allahverdi's research focuses on the interconnections betwee…

Mattos receives Sigma Xi award
May 7, 2013

Christie Mattos

Christie Mattos, has been selected by the awards committee as this year's recipient of the UNM Chapter of Sigma Xi "Noteworthy Technical Support Person" Award.

Founded in 1886, Sigma Xi, The Scientifi…


Odom Promoted to Principal Lecturer
May 6, 2013

Mickey Odom

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is proud to announce that Mickey Odom has been promoted to Principal Lecturer. Promotion to Principal Lecturer in the department requires excellent performance …


September

Physicists Observe a New Particle State
September 9, 2013

A graph depicting findings

UNM particle physicists Prabhakar Palni, Igor Gorelov, and Sally Seidel have observed a new particle state, called the Lambda_b*, with a mass of 5959.22 +/- 0.84 MeV. This state, recorded in data by …


Caves interview in Ligo Magazine
September 1, 2013

Carlton Caves

Carl Caves was interviewed in the LIGO Magazine (page 16) on the occasion of LIGO's putting squeezed light into the Hanford interferometer

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Observatory (LIGO) is …


November

Team finds an unusual alignment in a galaxy
November 14, 2013

Richard Rand

What astronomers thought was just the galaxy UGC 10288 actually is two galaxies superimposed on each other. The nearer one is 100 million light-years from Earth, while the distant one is some 7 billio…


December

Caldwell wins Cross Country Championship
December 17, 2013

Luke Caldwell

UNM physics graduate student Luke Caldwell helped the British Team win gold at the European Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on December 8, 2013. Luke was the top British runner, finish…