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The scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) group at AMPEL
works toward the design of novel supramolecular nanosystems.
Shown here is the smallest UBC ever written. Letters are a
mere 2 nm wide and consist of CO molecules on a Cu surface,
individually positioned and imaged by a low-temperature STM.
Image courtesy of STM group.
September, 2004
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A portion of an Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 6397, a globular cluster
in the local Milky Way, showing a distant background galaxy with its own globular
cluster system. The enlargement shows some of these distant globulars clusters circled
Image provided by Harvey Richer, Physics & Astronomy UBC
2007 January
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Astronomers are using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to dissect one of the
largest structures in the universe as part of a quest to understand the violent lives
of galaxies.
STAGES:
Space Telescope A901/902 Galaxy Evolution Survey
Image provided by Catherine Heymans, Physics & Astronomy UBC
2008 January
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The cosmic microwave temperature fluctuations from the 5-year WMAP data seen over the full sky. The average temperature is 2.725 Kelvin (degrees above absolute zero; equivalent to -270 C or -455 F), and the colours represent the tiny temperature fluctuations, as in a weather map. Red regions are warmer and blue regions are colder by about 0.0002 degrees. Mark Halpern is part of the WMAP team.
Photo Credit: NASA/WMAP Science Team.
2008 March
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The cone of light produced by a neutrino interacting in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO). UBC researchers working with the SNO experiment have demonstrated that neutrinos produced in the Sun can change flavours on their way to Earth.
Image provided by Scott Oser, Physics & Astronomy UBC
2008 March
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T2K is a neutrino experiment that shoots a beam of neutrinos a distance of 300km through Japan's main island. At the far end these neutrinos are detected by Super-Kamiokande (shown here): a large cylindrical tank holding 50 kilotons of water instrumented with 11000 photomultiplier tubes.
Image provided by Scott Oser, Physics & Astronomy UBC
2008 March
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This image shows: (a) prehistoric cave art? (b) extra-terrestrial landscaping as seen from space? (c) paving stones in front of the Hennings Bldg.? (d) or possibly all of the above?
Image provided by Mark Halpern, Physics & Astronomy UBC
2008 May
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A photo of the inside of the TRIUMF cyclotron ( the world's largest at 18m in diameter) showing the upper and lower halves of the resonators. The D-gap is visible as the break in the lower resonator structure.
Image provided by Mike Hasinoff, Physics & Astronomy UBC
2008 July
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Artistic rendering of the change in number of electrons on a YBCO sample's surface. Potassium is evaporated at the surface to replenish the charge to the desired level. See ARPES Group Web Site and Nature Physics 4, 527 (2008).
Image courtesy of David Fournier and Andrea Damascelli, Physics & Astronomy UBC
2008 October
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Hickson Compact Group 90 -- as seen with the HST. The image
shows three strongly interacting galaxies: a dusty spiral galaxy stretched and
distorted between a pair of large elliptical galaxies. This appears to be an early stage of galaxy merger, which will result in a single large galaxy.
Paul Hickson and colleagues
identified and cataloged some 100 such compact groups of galaxies.
This image was featured as Astronomy Picture of the Day for 2009 March 13.
Photo Credit: NASA, ESA, R. Sharples (Univ. Durham)
2009 March
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The Plotkin and Rottler research groups
investigate the molecular origins of DNA properties including chirality, stiffness and base-interactions. Shown here is a rendering of a coarse-grained strand of DNA, with bases represented by effective ellipsoids.
Image courtesy of Erik Abrahamsson and Steven Plotkin, Physics & Astronomy UBC
2009 July
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Students in
ASTR 310: Exploring the Solar System
build and explore a working, scale model of the Solar System in the foyer of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
Watch the video of this "human orrery" or
learn how
to set it up and run it yourself. This activity was developed in collaboration with the
Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative.
Photo: Jon Chiang/The Ubyssey
Photo: Jon Chiang/The Ubyssey
2011 February
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View of the SPUD telescope and the Aurora Australensis.
The photo is a wide angle time exposure of the sky at the South Pole Station.
UBC researchers and their colleagues are using SPUD to study polarization of the cosmic microwave background.
Photo: Robert Schwarz
Photo: Robert Schwarz
2011 July
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First flight of the year to the South Pole, brings fresh fruit and vegetables,
and other supplies to the research crews who wintered over.
The UBC Experimental Cosmology Lab
has a camera at the South Pole measuring polarization
of the cosmic microwave background. The high altitude and cold dry air provide an excellent
site for a telescope.
Photo: Robert Schwarz
Photo: Robert Schwarz
2011 October
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