Honors Research Topics in Physics

Those of you taking this course can email me with any preferences you have for topics you would like to cover.  Samples from a previous year include:

1) Fusion power including: plasma physics, magnetic confinement, fusion reactions, thermodynamics of power generation, and electromagnetics and details of electric generators

2) Particle physics including: special relativity, collisions between electrons and nuclei, designof accelerators, particle detectors

3) Electromagnetic waves including: optics of the eye, TV signals, operation of cathode ray tubes