Radiations
Department
of Physics and Astronomy
Carleton College
Comps Calendar:
February 11, Jessica Trudeau, ÒThe Physics
of BaseballÓ
Wednesday, 3:10-4:20
p.m., Olin 04
Have
you ever wondered why a curveball curves? What gives a knuckleball its erratic
flight? Why more home runs are hit
on hot days than cool days? All these questions can be answered by examining
the surprisingly complex physics behind our national pastime.
Introductory papers of upcoming talks are
available in binders in the second and third floor lounges. These will provide you with important
background information and a brief outline of the talks to be presented.
FYI:
The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship is a program that provides college
graduates the opportunity to work in Washington, DC, with a public-interest
organization focusing on arms control and international security issues. The fellowship is offered twice yearly,
in the spring and fall. It lasts
from six to nine months and provides a stipend, health insurance, and travel
costs to Washington. The Scoville
Fellowship does not award grant or scholarship money to students.
Scoville Fellows may undertake a variety of activities,
including research, writing, and organizing in support of the goals of their
host organization and may attend coalition meetings, policy briefings, and
Congressional hearings. They have
written fact sheets, letters to the editor, opeds, magazine articles, briefing
books and reports; organized talks and conferences, and been interviewed as
experts by the media. Many former
Scoville Fellows work for NGOs or the Federal Government, or attend graduate
school in political science or international relations, following their fellowships.
If you are interested in peace and security issues, visit
the website at http://www.scoville.org/. There is no application form; the
application requirements are listed on the website, as are links to the
websites of the participating organizations and information on the work of
former Scoville Fellows. A flyer
about the program may be printed from http://www.clw.org/scoville/flyer.html The next application deadline is
February 17 for the Fall 2004 Fellowship.
Both U.S. citizens and foreign nationals residing in the
United States are eligible to apply.
2004 REU and
Internship Information
List of
REU and internship opportunities are also on the Carleton Physics Web at:
http://webapps.acs.carleton.edu/curricular/physics/for_students/summer_jobs_internships/
Carleton Summer Internship
Cindy Blaha is looking for two students with an
astrophysics background who are interested in joining her in a summer research
project. The project will focus on
the evolutionary history of galaxy M33, a spiral neighbor to our own Milky Way.
Massive stars and star formation play an integral role in shaping the
evolutionary history of a galaxy. These stars have a huge impact on their
galactic neighborhoods and can form in a wide variety of different
environments, ranging from high-density nuclear regions to isolated ionized
hydrogen regions in the disks of spiral galaxies. The summer research project will involve analysis of optical
observations of three large CCD images spanning the entirety of M33. Each field has a set of B, V and R
(blue, green and red) broadband images as well as three images taken through
narrow interference filters centered on specific emission lines of ionized
hydrogen, sulfur and oxygen. Using all these images together, the galactic
Òlife historyÓ of M33 will be studied. Data analysis will involve use of the Image Reduction and
Analysis Facility (IRAF) and other image processing software on several
operating systems. Summer work
will also include CCD observing in Goodsell Observatory and helping out with
public evenings. Please contact Cindy
if you are interested in applying.
The deadline for materials to be
included in Radiations is noon Thursday prior to the week you would like the
information to appear.