Physics Society

22/08/2018

Hello, all. Physics Department holds its Orientation session for the 2018 batch and all interested on 24th August, Friday. Hope to see you all there!

29/11/2017

Our very own Project Apeiro's moonshot!

India's First Student-led Near Space Experiment is here.
Project Apeiro is all set to deploy a detector using High Altitude Ballooning to determine cosmic radiation flux in the lower stratospheric regions.
Do check out their project here and help spread the word: http://projectapeiro.com/

02/09/2017

Calling all people interested in physics (irrespective of branch) for our orientation session. To get to know more about the Physics Department, Physics Society, fellow interested batchmates and your physics seniors, you now know where and when to be!

13/08/2017

Wednesday, 16th August, 7 pm. Save the date!

A talk by One of the most prominent physicist in the field of astroseiemology(study stellar Oscillations) Prof. Tim Bedding, an australian astronomer, Head of school of physics at University of Sydney. He also led the discovery, using data from the Kepler space telescope, that red giants oscillate in mixed modes that are directly sensitive to the core properties of the star and can be used to distinguish red giants burning helium in their cores from those that are still only burning hydrogen in a shell.

Venue :Tele-Presence (inside cc), Time :7:00 pm Date :16th August, Wednesday.

More about him and the topic astroseiemology :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Bedding?wprov=sfla1

19/05/2017

15/01/2017

With the start of a new semester, it's time for the first big event of 2017, the annual Department Week. For all the Physics lovers, we have the following events lined up:

16 Jan : Crazy Physics :- Present and defend theories which will make the audience "That is something crazy". Prizes worth ₹1500 for the winners. (On-Spot registrations)

17 Jan: Physics after Trump :- Talk by Shrey Pareek on how the election of Donald Trump as POTUS will affect the scientific community, especially Physics.

18 Jan: Gravity and Space-time - An Illusion :- Talk by Raj Kunkolienkar on why gravity and space-time are an illusion.

18 Jan: 3-min thesis :- Present your contribution to the field of Physics. Prizes worth ₹2000. (On-Spot registrations)

17/12/2016

A list of resources put up for people interested in understanding few of the contemporary topics in cosmology and high energy physics. If you do know of any resources which have helped you or would be of use, do leave behind a comment.

Here, I will link resources which I have found useful for understanding certain topics in Physics. Cosmology & Inflation Daniel Baumann’s TASI lectures videos, TASI lecture notes, graduat…

30/11/2016

What would you want to work on?

Physics has a bit of an image problem. To some, it’s a fascinating and diverse field of study. To others, it’s a trigger word for math anxiety or an instant soporific.

09/11/2016

In July, 2016 BITS-Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus signed a MoU to become a part of SKA-India consortium. SKA stands for Square Kilometre Array which is a large multi billion radio telescope project collaboration between eleven countries. This project aims at building a radio telescope which will be 50 times more sensitive than any other radio instrument currently in use.

As a member of the SKA organization, we will have an opportunity of early involvement and favorable positioning in a huge global science project spanning a wide range of engineering and computing disciplines. It also presents an opportunity to work for a high profile project in the form of internships or thesis.

On November 10th, 2016, the Department of Physics will host the Director-General of SKA Organisation, Prof. Phil Diamond who will deliver a talk on the mission of SKA and the benefits we can gain from our college’s participation.

This talk is a must-attend event for all those interested in contributing towards a global project.

Speaker: Prof. Phil Diamond
Venue: Lecture Theater 1, BITS-Goa
Date & Time: 6:30pm, Thursday, 10th November, 2016

14/10/2016

A good read for all students wanting to learn physics :)

Over the past few years, ever since writing "If Susan Can Learn Physics, So Can You", I've been contacted by people from all backgrounds who are inspired and want to learn physics, but don't know where to start, what to learn, what to read, and how to structure their studies...this post is a condens...

15/09/2016

SSP blues..

Fig 2.90: A meme [1].

References
[1] Meme-Theoretic Theoretical Physics Memes et al. (2016).

10/08/2016

AVK's EMT1.

Fig. 1.6: A meme [1].

References
[1] Meme-Theoretic Theoretical Physics Memes et al. (2016).