Harvard University Department of Physics

Harvard University Department of Physics

Research

The Physics Department and its collaborators are leaders in a broad spectrum of physics research, utilizing facilities and technologies that are continually being modified and improved with changing research interests and techniques. This provides students with opportunities to work in first-class facilities at Harvard, both on individual investigator-led research projects and in scientific collaboration through a variety of research centers.

To learn more about research at our department, please explore the links at left.

 

research images Low-temperature, high-frequency cryostat for quantum dot experiment Quantum computing in mesoscopic devices 4-m Blanco Telescope Production and decay of a Higgs boson (ATLAS) Quantum critical transport and black holes Cooling a molecular beem for magnetic trapping