The Physics and Astronomy Department of the University of Hawaii prides itself on cross-disciplinary research. The National Research Council rankings of graduate programs has placed UH Mānoa’s Physics Department in the top 12 of all US programs. The 20 full-time graduate faculty members in Physics, plus several visiting faculty members, present a balanced program of teaching and research. The major research areas are elementary particle physics, free-electron laser physics (including applications in medical physics), condensed matter physics, nano physics, particle astrophysics, with a combined annual funding of several million dollars. The High Energy Physics group is involved in diverse research activities, including AMS on the International Space Station, Belle experiment in Japan, BES experiment in China, ANITA balloon in Antartica, Double Chooz neutrino oscillation experiment in France, DarkSide dark matter experiment in Italy and more. The interests of the Particle Theory Group include neutrino physics, CP violation, heavy quark systems, precision calculations in quantum field theory, supersymmetry, grand unification, implications of extra spatial dimensions, other physics beyond the Standard Model, and implications of particle physics for cosmology and astrophysics.

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