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Happy New Year 2012 !

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Happy New Year 2012 !

Happy Deepawali 2068 !

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We wish you all a very HAPPY

DEEPAWALI of 2068 !

Happy New Year !

2011-04-09T05:48:00.001-07:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2068 B.S. !

Happy New Year 2011

2010-12-23T08:43:00.001-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 !

Happy Dasain and Tihar 2067 !

2010-10-08T06:06:00.000-07:00

We wish you, your family and your near and dear ones a very happy Dasain and Tihar of 2067 !

Happy New Year 2067 !

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Happy Nepali New Year 2067 !

2010-01-02T12:02:00.001-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010 !

Nanotechnology song !

2009-08-15T17:43:00.000-07:00

Here is a nice song which says what NANOTECHNOLOGY is. Enjoy it !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFoC-uxRqCg

MIT Lecture by Carl Wieman

2009-05-15T08:44:00.000-07:00

Here you go !

Happy New Year 2066 !

2009-04-08T10:29:00.001-07:00

I wish you all a Happy and Prosperous Nepali New Year B.S. 2066 !

Large momentum beam splitter by Bloch Oscillations

2009-03-31T13:44:00.000-07:00

Click on the following links:
1. Atom interferometers with scalable enclosed area by Mueller et. al.
2. Large Momentum Beam splitter using Bloch Oscillations by Clade et. al.

These are the recent papers on large momentum beam splitters in atom interferometers by using Bloch oscillations and Bragg diffraction !

Some interesting papers on atom interferometry

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1. Large momentum transfer by McGuirk et al.

Atomic Physics Resources !

2009-02-25T07:22:00.000-08:00

Atomic Physics Resources in the internet are here !

News and views from Scintific American !e

2009-02-07T11:58:00.000-08:00

Go to the SCIENTIC AMERICAN for the scientific news and views !

Two BIG Letters

2009-01-11T12:10:00.000-08:00

Click on the following to see some big letters of the world !

(1) Lincoln's Letter to His Son's Teacher

(2) Nehru's Letters to his daughter

For some details, go HERE !
To get one, go HERE or a library!

Relativistic Phenomena !

2009-01-10T08:18:00.000-08:00

When the speed of an object relative to other is very high, close to the speed of light (c = 300000 km/s), the world that would be seen by the object is weird and different from the everyday world. The phenomena that occur at high speeds (or energy) are called the relativistic phenomena. The Special Theory of Relativity deals with all these phenomena of the WORLD OF BIG !

The Special Relativistic phenomena include LENGTH CONTRACTION (sometimes also called the LORENTZ CONTRACTION), TIME DILATION, INCREASE OF MASS and so on, which are beyond our intuition.

Enjoy the following you tube videos of some of these phenomena.

(1) General description of Special Relativity

(2) Length Contraction

(3) Time dilation

Also click on the following links:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/relativity/
http://casa.colorado.edu/~ajsh/sr/sr.shtml

(4) Simultaneity

Here is more

The New Scientist and the Physics World

2009-01-09T15:54:00.000-08:00

Click on HERE and HERE to get physics-related news !

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009 !

2008-12-29T09:05:00.001-08:00

I WISH YOU A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2009 !

THE PHYSICS NOBEL PRIZE

2008-12-29T07:52:00.000-08:00

The NOBEL PRIZE is the most prestigious prize of the world. I keep on posting about the facts on the PHYSICS NOBEL PRIZE here.

1. WEB : http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/

2. The FIRST Physics Nobel prize was awarded to Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen in 1901 in recognition of the extraordinary services he rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him i.e, the Roentgen Rays or the X-rays.

3. The Physics Nobel Prizes of the following years were not awarded - 1916 (The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section), 1931 ( The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section), 1934 (The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section), 1940 (The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section), 1941 (The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section) and 1942 (The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section).

Environment, Science and Technolgy, NEPAL

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(1) Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MOST)
(2) Central Departments, Tribhuvan University (TU)
(3) B.P. Koirala Memorial Planetarium, Observatory and Science Museum Development Board (BPKMPOSMDB)
(4) Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST)
(5) Nepal Physical Society (NPS)

Graduate Schools in PHYSICS in USA: Some Tips

2008-12-23T07:03:00.001-08:00

I am posting some of my observations and experiences to apply for the graduate schools in the universities of the United states of America(USA). I have picked my own university -Worcester Polytechnic Institute(WPI), to give an example in these tips, but you can do the same thing for other universities too.

(1) University list: Click on here to find a list of US universities (or you can find the universities just by doing GOOGLE search.).

(2) University choice: Once you get the list, click on the name of the university of your choice. Here I have given an example of WPI, where I am doing my graduate research work.

(3) University information: Once you click on the name of the university, you will get a lot of information about the university, including its URL and other information required for application.
For example: You will get the following information of WPI there on the top of the page:
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Work 100 Institute Road Worcester, MA 01609

Work(508) 831-5286

Admissions E-mail: admissions@wpi.edu
Web site: http://www.wpi.edu/
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(4) University Web-page: Then click on the Web-site of the University.
For example,
Web site: http://www.wpi.edu/

(5) Areas of Research: Find Academics and Research and then the physics department:
For example:
http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Physics/index.html
http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Physics/Research/index.html

(6) Contact by E-mail: If you already know your area of research interest, you can click on the name of the link of faculty and staff and find whether there are faculties working in your area of interest or not. If you find someone working in the field of your interest, you can write an e-mail to the professor. But PLEASE take your time to write a nice and convincing and grammatically correct letter. PLEASE DO NOT write a letter in HASTE ! Edit and re-edit your letter (e-mail) if required. Take help of your friend and senior if needed.
For example, you can click on here to find the research interest of WPI physics faculties.

(7) Financial Support: To find some kind of financial support, search on the web page under financial support. For example, you can click on here to know about WPI financial support for the graduate students.

(8) Start making application check-list: Once you go through these steps, you are almost close to the application process. Please start making the application check-list.

(9) Language requirement: TOEFL is a must ! Most of the universities ask iBT TOEFL score more than 80. If your score is less than that there may be some universities accepting less than this score too. Please find them from the university listings.

(10) Skill requirement: If you have General GRE score in hand, the chances of acceptance will go high. Universities where there is a high competition ask GRE score of 1100+, but, to some extent, that depends upon the departmental decision too. So please e-mail the Chairman of the graduate committee, not the Department Headto know their requirement of the GRE scores. For Example: click on here to find the details of the graduate coordinator of the Departmnet of Physics at Kent State University.

(11) Specific skill requirement: In some specific programs (mostly medical and biophysics programs) and in some universities ( for example - 1,2, 3, 4, etc) you may need PHYSICS GRE too ! Please find whether this is required in the program and university of your choice.

(12) M.S. or PhD: Regarding to the question whether I should apply for M.S. or PhD, you can do any. But some universities only offer M.S., not PhD degrees. In that case, obviously, you will apply for the M.S., otherwise apply for PhD. (I think it is more logical to apply for PhD as you are applying after your M.Sc.).

(13) Start on TIME: Please start the application process much ahead of time of the start of the selection process. Most of the US universities intake students in FALL session, which usually starts in August/September. For the FALL session, the selection starts from around mid-January or the beginning of February. Therfore, your application should be COMPLETE by the second week of January or earlier.
If you are applying for the SPRING semester (classes usually start in mid-January), you need to proceed accordingly. Some universities also start from Summer (classes start in early June).

(14) Application fee: The application fee in a US university ranges from around $20 to about $100 or so. But there are some universities which do not charge the application fee or waive the application fee at your request. In my guess, you need to pay the application fee later if you are selected and admitted there. If you do 'ONLINE' application, you can not submit the application form without making payment. So the best way is - Make a CHECKLIST and send the application in ONE and SINGLE packet by MAIL. START EARLY so that the packet will reach the destination on time.

(15) Where do I send the application packet? Once the application packet is ready, mail it to the Graduate Admission Office, (the link here is of WPI graduate admission office). Once the application is received by the graduate admission office, it will inform you by e-mail.

(16) Statement of Purpose: A statement of purpose tells about yourself, your background in academia and research and your future research interest. It should be about a page, nicely written and edited and re-edited several times. It is one of the most important documents to impress the graduate committee which decides your admission in the graduate programs of your interest !

A Sample Statement of Purpose:

This is only a sample. Please write YOUR OWN in a similar format !

Since my early childhood, I was much interested in natural phenomena like the rainbow formation, the lightning flashes and the thunderstorms, and the pattern of stars in the sky. Interestingly, my father used to tell the time at night observing the positions of some stars and the Moon. My curiosity to learn science grew from these simple day to day observations. Therefore, after my high school education, I joined to XYZ college for higher studies in science. The college offered me a scholarship which was a great help to pursue my studies. I pursued my university education with Physics major from XYZ University and got M.Sc. degree in XYZ year.

Then, I started teaching Physics in XYZ college/school, which helped me in several ways. For example, I earned money for my daily living, and to support my family; on the other hand it gave me a great experience in teaching. I taught Physics theory to the undergraduate/graduate students there and assisted them in Physics Laboratory.

My desire to learn Physics in depth always drove me to go to the higher level of education which, in fact, is the only impetus to make my career in Physics. In this context, I along with some of my friends coauthored several books on Science and particularly, on Physics for high schools and higher secondary schools. All of these books were written in English. We got a great success in these publications.

Although each branch of Physics is equally exciting to me, I am much interested to carry out research works in Condensed Matter Physics or Astrophysics. As simple as an ordinary diode to the complicated Integrated Circuits are the outcomes of the Condensed Matter Physics which have revolutionized the world in the last fifty years. My interests in Condensed Matter Physics especially Nanophysics, grew more when I participated in a seminar at XYZ laboratory last year. The mystery of the composition of the universe including the Dark Energy has tempted me to a further research in Astrophysics. The mystery and the problem with the unification of Gravity and the other three forces have created a deep interest in me to carry out research in String Theory.

When I visited the Website of XYZ University, I found the programs offered and research works being carried out there which match my interests. The correspondence with the Department Chairman and the Graduate Coordinator has strengthened my impression about XYZ research works. I felt that the research environment available at XYZ, the excellent faculty of Physics and the academic and financial support, will help materialize my dreams of becoming an excellent professor of Physics and a committed research scientist.

I promise you that I will work for the betterment of the faculty and keep the glory of the faculty up under any and all circumstances. This will definitely help me materialize my long-cherished goal through XYZ academia.

Mr./Ms./Mrs. XYZ

PHYSICS ARTICLES

2008-12-19T11:22:00.000-08:00

Please click on the following links to find articles on PHYSICS:

(1) American Physical Society
(2) American Institute of Physics
(3) Nature Magazine
(4) Science Magazine
(5) Physics Archive
(6) The NewScientist
(7) The Optical Society of America

US UNIVERSITIES

2008-12-19T11:05:00.000-08:00

Please click on the following link to find a list of US Universities.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/national-search

For more information about a particular university, just clink on the NAME of the university you are interested in. That will lead you to a new page where you find a lot of information about the university and its URL too.

Good luck !