The Department of Physics at the University of Toronto
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Unmatched Opportunities
"This Department offers a breadth of undergraduate programs and research opportunities unmatched in Canada." Prof. Kimberly Strong
Undergraduate Studies
"Flexibility of thought, adaptability and deep insight are urgently needed now and will be in the future." Prof. Peter Krieger
Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies
Graduate Studies
"Our department offers internationally leading graduate student research opportunities in traditional areas of physics and emerging related fields." Prof. Young-June Kim Personal tools |
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News
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Dec 11, 2019
Visualizing Poiseuille flow of hydrodynamic electronsIn a theory-experiment collaboration, Professor Thomas Scaffidi and colleagues observed for the first time a completely new regime of transport in which the electrons behave like a viscous fluid, flowing down the wire. The story was also featured in a News and Views in Nature. more...
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Nov 04, 2019
2019 William T. Pecora Team AwardProfessor Emeritus James R. Drummond is a member of the Terra satellite team which received the 2019 William T. Pecora Team Award in early October. more...
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Oct 21, 2019
Celebrating the Cray Inc. Fellowships in PhysicsOn October 1st, former and current Cray Inc. Fellows gathered at the Faculty Club to celebrate more than ten years of fellowships at U of T. more...
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Sep 12, 2019
Proof-of-Principle Experimental Demonstration of Twin-Field Type Quantum Key DistributionThe groups of Professor Hoi-Kwong Lo (U of T Physics and ECE) and Professor Li Qian (ECE) collaborated on an experiment on Long-Haul Quantum Key Distribution. This work was featured in Physical Review Letters and was selected as the editor's suggestion! more...
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Sep 11, 2019
Kimberly Strong named of the Fellow of the Royal Society of CanadaU of T Physics Professor and Chair of the Department Kimberly Strong among 11 University of Toronto researchers named fellows of the prestigious Royal Society of Canada – considered a major achievement for scholars in this country. more...
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Events
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High Energy Theory
Seminar,
Jan 08, 2020
Mohamed Anber: Generalized 't Hooft anomalies
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Physics
Colloquium,
Jan 09, 2020
Melinda Webster: TBA
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Quantum Optics
Seminar,
Jan 10, 2020
Alexey Grinin: TBA
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Brewer-Wilson Seminar
Geophysics
Atmospheric Physics,
Jan 10, 2020
Nasrin Pak:
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QMD
Seminar,
Jan 13, 2020
Mark Dean: TBA
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Noble Seminar,
Jan 13, 2020
Stephane Laroche: TBA
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High Energy Theory
Seminar,
Jan 15, 2020
Andrew Cox, Erich Poppitz, Sam Wong: Domain walls and deconfinement: a semiclassical picture of discrete anomaly inflow
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