Physics and Astronomy at Trent University

  

Contact Info
Address:  1600 East Bank Road
Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7B8
Canada
Phone:  705-748-1011ext 7715
Fax:  705-748-1652
Email:  physics@trentu.ca
Website:  http://www.trentu.ca/academic/physics
Chair: Dr. Ralph Shiell
 
General Department Info
Degrees
Offered:		  Bachelors Masters Doctorate
Staff & Student
Numbers:		  Faculty: 7
Staff: 3
Post Docs: 1
Grads: 5
Under Grads: 140
Research
Areas:		  Theory of high-temperature superconductors; Nanoscience of ultrathin films; Astronomy: low mass stars; galactic structure, merging galaxies. Materials science; Electronuclear reactions; Medical imaging: Laser radiation of quantum states; Physics pedagogy
Facilities:  Laser optics laboratory; Ultrahigh vacuum surface sci. facilities; Computers for astronomical computations; High-performance computing.