Physics and Astronomy

Physics and Astronomy

MDPH480/PHYS480/ASTR480/MAPH480
Research Projects 2009

Project Titles

Investigation of devices made with atomic clusters
Dr Pierre Convers / Prof Simon Brown

Averaging and back reaction in a lumpy universe
Dr David L. Wiltshire

Pulsed Laser Deposition of KY 3F 10 Thin Films Doped With Praeseodymium
Prof. Roger Reeves
and Dr Jon Wells

Modelling of excited state absorption and femtosecond dynamics of lanthanide phosphors
Assoc Prof Mike Reid
and Dr Jon-Paul Wells

Extracting a parametrized Hamiltonian from first-principles calculations
Assoc Prof Mike Reid

Lung tumour modelling for radiotherapy
Dr. Juergen Meyer
, Dr Phil Wilson (Mathematics & Statistics)

Atmospheric Tides and Turbulence from Radar Remote sensing.
Prof Jack Baggaley

Atmospheric Airglow Emissions
Prof Jack Baggaley

Clifford’s geometric algebra (projects 1, 2, 3, 4)
Prof Phil Butler
(P&A), Peter Renaud (Maths and Stats)

MARS biomedical imaging research topics 2009 (topics 1-10)
Prof Phil Butler, Dr Juergen Meyer, Dr Richard Watts and/or other staff of UC and Otago University

Photometric measurement of nitrogen in stars and globular clusters
Dr Michael Albrow

Deconvolution photometry
Assoc Prof Michael Albrow

Where are the EBHB stars in NGC 2808?
Dr Michael Albrow

Do flashing LEDs in IceCube look like neutrino induced electromagnetic cascades?
Dr Jenni Adams

Dark gravity
Dr D. V. Ahluwalia

Investigation of bismuth thin films on graphite.
Dr Pawel Kowalczyk
and Prof Simon Brown

Investigation of quantum noise limit for ring laser gyros
Dr Bob Hurst
, Dr Jon-Paul Wells

R Coronae Borealis – the most enigmatic group of stars
Assoc Prof Peter Cottrell

Stellar nucleosynthesis
Assoc Prof Peter Cottrell, Clare Worley


Further advice

If you have further questions, direct them as appropriate to:

400 Level Supervisor of Studies

Dr Jon-Paul Wells room 804, phone 364 2533
email: jon-paul.wells@canterbury.ac.nz

Head of Department

Room 710, phone 364 2404
email hod@phys.canterbury.ac.nz

or any of the lecturers concerned.