- Department of Physics Newsletter (Apr 2019)
Department of Physics Newsletter
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- Atomic and Quantum Physics Group
- Astronomy and Astrophysics Group
- Centre of Theoretical & Computational Physics
- Experimental Condensed Matter and Material Science Group
- Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics Group
- Theoretical and Computational Condensed Matter Group
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- Jun 17, 2019 (Mon)
11:00 a.m.
- Control of “Valley” Properties in 2D TMDs Using a MagnetProf. Hao Zeng
- Jun 19, 2019 (Wed)
11:00 a.m. - Nontrivial Topology in Weyl Semimetals and Fe-Based SuperconductorsProf. Kenneth Burch
- Jun 19, 2019 (Wed)
2:30 p.m. - Chirality in Quantum DynamicsProf. Naoto Nagaosa
- Jun 20, 2019 (Thu)
2:15 p.m. - Topology and Correlations in Monolayer WTe2Prof. Sanfeng Wu
- Jun 20, 2019 (Thu)
4:00 p.m. - Anisotropic Edge-enhanced Transport in WTe2 Josephson JunctionProf. Gil-Ho Lee
- Jun 21, 2019 (Fri)
4:00 p.m. - Electrodynamics of Topological Insulators and SemimetalsProf. N. Peter Armitage
- Jul 12, 2019 (Fri)
2:30 p.m. - Tidal Disruption Events in Active Galactic NucleiDr. Chi-Ho Chan
- Our Recent Achievements:
- Three undergraduate students, Deng Jian Qiao, Wong Hong Tsun and Yeung Ryan Wai-Yen, teamed with two other students from the University of Oxford and Peking University, joined the online International Theoretical Physics Olympiad 2019 and ranked the top 10 out of 88 teams worldwide
- A team of three undergraduate students, Gong Zhengyangguang, Ng Ka Wai and Wong Hong Tsun won a silver medal for the solar sailing problem in The University Physics Competition 2017
- J.H.C. Lee received the HKU Outstanding Departmental Safety Representative (DSR) Award
- X.D. Cui received the Outstanding Researcher Award 2016-17
- S.Z. Zhang received the Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2016-17
- X.D. Cui received the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2017
- W. Yao received the Outstanding Researcher Award
- Prof. K.B. Luk and the Daya Bay Collaboration (HKU Members: T. Kwok, M.K.P. Lee, J.K.C. Leung, K.Y. Leung, H. Liu, H.Y. Ngai, C.S.J. Pun, H.C. Wong) received the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
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Why Studying Physics in HKU?
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The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is the oldest and well established university in Hong Kong. HKU students are allowed to major or minor in Astronomy or Physics, option of Major in Mathematics/Physics offered together with dept. of Mathematics is also available. The available options are very flexible in order to provide the opportunity to students to make the best possible choices ...
