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Department of Physics

Physics: laying the groundwork for tomorrow's innovations

What do oceans, black holes, atoms, computers, and traffic jams have in common? Physics.

Physics is the most fundamental and all-inclusive of the sciences. Physicists probe the far reaches of space and the depths of the ocean; investigate the structure of the atom; design and program computers; solve environmental problems; and develop new manufacturing materials. Research in physics has paved the way for technological innovations such as the Internet, cell phones, lasers, fuel cells, diagnostic techniques in medicine, and solid-state electronics. Physicists lead some of the world's major technology companies.

Academic programs

Students who study physics may be interested in pursuing advanced degrees such as Âé¶¹¹ÙÍøD's PhD in Engineering & Applied Science.

Department News

Image Courtesy Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)
Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø Dartmouth faculty involved in discovery of the largest-ever black hole merger

Âé¶¹¹ÙÍøD faculty help LIGO uncover signal that upends black hole formation theories

Adjunct faculty Collin Capano portrait
College of Engineering adjunct faculty finds new evidence for ringing black holes

A study led by Collin Capano, adjunct faculty in the Department of Physics, has been published in Physical Review Letters.

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