Michael L. Cherry, Chair

welcome!

Welcome to the department of physics and astronomy at LSU! The department is actively involved in research in astronomy and astrophysics, gravitation and relativity, nuclear and particle physics, materials and condensed matter physics, atomic/molecular/optical physics, quantum optics and computing, and medical and health physics. We have close associations with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (LIGO) in nearby Livingston, Louisiana; the 1.5 GeV electron synchrotron at LSU's Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD); the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Baton Rouge; the Center for Computation and Technology (CCT) at LSU, home to one of the fastest supercomputers in the world; and the Landolt Observatory on campus and the Highland Road Park Observatory a few miles off campus. Our faculty, research staff, and students use facilities at the National Magnet Lab, Sandia and Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Fermilab, and CERN; the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory in Canada and the Kamiokande Laboratory in Japan; radioactive ion beam facilities in Florida, Michigan, and Canada; the Auger cosmic ray observatory in Argentina; NASA satellites in space and ground-based telescopes at Kitt Peak, in Chile, and Hawaii; and balloon launching facilities in the Antarctic. We have opportunities and support funds for good undergraduate and graduate students in our research groups, and invite you to take a look at our web pages and contact us if we can answer any questions.