Fysicum
Encyclopedia
Fysicum is the Physics
department of Lund University
, Sweden
The Department of Physics in Lund is a cooperative organization for nearly 300 scientists and educators and technical and administrative personnel. Main goals are to expand the understanding of physics, its applications and to share scientific progress to new generations. The department also teaches fundamental physics to over one thousand students each year. Beside offering courses and a master's programme in pure physics, it also provides physics education for the engineering programmes at the engineering faculty.
The department hosts the Lund Nano Lab, part of the Nanometer Structure Consortium, a interdisciplinary research enivronment for nanoscience and its applications in electronics, the life sciences etc.
The Fysicum building is also the site for the Department of Theoretical Physics, doing research in
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
department of Lund University
Lund University
Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
The Department of Physics in Lund is a cooperative organization for nearly 300 scientists and educators and technical and administrative personnel. Main goals are to expand the understanding of physics, its applications and to share scientific progress to new generations. The department also teaches fundamental physics to over one thousand students each year. Beside offering courses and a master's programme in pure physics, it also provides physics education for the engineering programmes at the engineering faculty.
History
Famous Scientists with activity at Fysicum:- Johannes RydbergJohannes RydbergJohannes Robert Rydberg, , , was a Swedish physicist mainly known for devising the Rydberg formula, in 1888, which is used to predict the wavelengths of photons emitted by changes in the energy level of an electron in a hydrogen atom.The physical constant known as the...
- Hans-Uno Bengtsson
Research
The Department of Physics is organized into the following research divisions:- Experimental High-Energy Physics
- Mathematical PhysicsMathematical physicsMathematical physics refers to development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The Journal of Mathematical Physics defines this area as: "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the development of mathematical methods suitable for such applications and...
- Nuclear PhysicsNuclear physicsNuclear physics is the field of physics that studies the building blocks and interactions of atomic nuclei. The most commonly known applications of nuclear physics are nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons technology, but the research has provided application in many fields, including those...
- Synchrotron Radiation PhysicsSynchrotron radiationThe electromagnetic radiation emitted when charged particles are accelerated radially is called synchrotron radiation. It is produced in synchrotrons using bending magnets, undulators and/or wigglers...
- Atomic PhysicsAtomic physicsAtomic physics is the field of physics that studies atoms as an isolated system of electrons and an atomic nucleus. It is primarily concerned with the arrangement of electrons around the nucleus and...
- Combustion PhysicsCombustionCombustion or burning is the sequence of exothermic chemical reactions between a fuel and an oxidant accompanied by the production of heat and conversion of chemical species. The release of heat can result in the production of light in the form of either glowing or a flame...
- Solid State Physics
The department hosts the Lund Nano Lab, part of the Nanometer Structure Consortium, a interdisciplinary research enivronment for nanoscience and its applications in electronics, the life sciences etc.
The Fysicum building is also the site for the Department of Theoretical Physics, doing research in
- Computational BiologyComputational biologyComputational biology involves the development and application of data-analytical and theoretical methods, mathematical modeling and computational simulation techniques to the study of biological, behavioral, and social systems...
and Biological PhysicsBiological PhysicsBiological Physics: Energy, Information, Life is the title of a book by Philip Nelson, published by W. H. Freeman in the 2000s. It is a work on biology with an emphasis on the application of physical principles.... - Theoretical High Energy Physics
- AstronomyAstronomyAstronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...