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Fridolin Weber, PhD, PhD habil
Professor of Theoretical Physics
Associate Chair & Graduate Advisor
Department of Physics 
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-1233, USA

Phone: (619) 594 0239
Fax: (619) 594 5485
Email: fweber@sciences.sdsu.edu

 

Applications welcome for funded Ph.D. studies

The Computational Science Research Center (CSRC) at San Diego State University (SDSU) invites students to apply for funded PhD studies in the areas of computational high-energy physics, nuclear many-body physics, relativistic astrophysics (compact stars), and General Relativity. The PhD applicants are required to have a Masters or Diploma Degree in physics, astronomy, or related fields. Successful applicants will be working with Prof. Fridolin Weber in the Department of Physics at SDSU. The CSRC provides an international environment with about 70 graduate students. Interested candidates should contact Prof. Fridolin Weber at fweber@sciences.sdsu.edu. The closing date for receipt of applications is around 15 January each year. For a complete description of the program including requirements please click here.
 


Astrophysicists distinguish between three different types of compact stars. These are white dwarfs, neutron stars (see schematic illustrations above), and black holes. The former contain matter in one of the densest forms found in the Universe which, together with the unprecedented progress in observational astronomy, make such stars superb astrophysical laboratories for a broad range of most striking physical phenomena. These range from nuclear processes on the stellar surface to processes in electron degenerate matter at subnuclear densities to boson condensates and the existence of new states of baryonic matter--like color superconducting quark matter--at supernuclear densities. More than that, according to the strange matter hypothesis strange quark matter could be more stable than nuclear matter, in which case neutron stars should be largely composed of pure quark matter possibly enveloped in thin nuclear crusts. Another remarkable implication of the hypothesis is the possible existence of a new class of white dwarfs referred to as strange dwarfs (for details, see "Strange Quark Matter and Compact Stars", Prog. Nucl. Part. Phys. 54 (2005) 193-288.)


Public Lecture(s)               

Albert Einstein (1879-155) was a theoretical physicist known to the world as one of the most important figures in science. His discoveries solved century-old problems in physics and astronomy and continue to play a key role for the understanding of the modern world. If you want to learn more about Albert Einstein and his contributions to science and society, you are invited to attend a free public lecture on "The Life and Science of Albert Einstein," which I will be presenting at Albert Einstein Academies on 15 March 2011 at 6:30 PM.



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Web site last modified on 24 February 2011.