Welcome to the Physics Department.

Welcome to the Physics Department.

Welcome to the Physics Department.

Welcome to the Physics Department.

Stanford Physics is a teaching and research department. Our course offerings range from Freshman seminars to advanced graduate classes. We enjoy close connections to Applied Physics and departments at SLAC.

Upcoming Events & Seminars

April
2
Date
Tuesday, April 2, 2024. 3:30pm
Location: Hewlett Teaching Center
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
201
April
9
Date
Tuesday, April 9, 2024. 3:30pm
Location: Hewlett Teaching Center
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
201
April
16
Date
Tuesday, April 16, 2024. 3:30pm
Location: Hewlett Teaching Center
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
201

News Spotlight

Peter Sturrock, in a 1930 school photograph from "The Life and Times of a Dissident Scientist".

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Peter Andrew Sturrock was born 20 March 1924. He wrote about his life and his time in the Stanford Physics Department in "The Life and Times of a Dissident Scientist", published in 2017. 

"There was an opening for...

Josephine Wong, a graduate research assistant at Stanford University, continues to refine an analysis technique she developed to process IXPE data so that it...

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Source: NASA

By Rick Smith

Josephine Wong is an astrophysicist who studies pulsar wind nebulae and writes software to help researchers maximize returns on their science data. She also plays violin in the Stanford Medicine Orchestra at Stanford University in...

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Source: Salon

Black holes are some of the most powerful, destructive and massive objects in the known universe, devouring stars at unimaginable speeds and ripping them apart with such ferocity that they discharge luminous flares visible from millions of lightyears...

Our Research

Undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are mentored in astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, atomic and laser physics, and condensed matter physics. Check out our research areas below.

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