Research groups in the department
The Department of Physics has 29 academic staff members, 27 postdoctoral Research Fellows and 22 support staff. The research interests of the Department span a wide range, within both physics and the interactions of physics with other disciplines. The research groups have international recognition, and each group regularly publishes papers in major journals and presents papers at international conferences. The Department has many collaborations with other research groups in the UK and abroad, and contacts with industrial researchers.
The department's major research groups are:
Condensed Matter Theory
The Condensed Matter Theory group at York addresses a variety of topics relating to electrons and atoms in solids, nanostructures and surface systems, and their interaction with electromagnetic fields.
Nanophysics
The Nanophysics group performs experimental work on the characterisation of magnetic thin films, studies of metal and semiconductor surfaces, metal-semiconductor interfaces, and the development of new instrumentation (see also the York JEOL Nanocentre and the York Chemical Physics pages).
Nuclear Physics
The Nuclear Physics group primarily focuses on experimental studies concerning various aspects of the structure of nuclei and nuclear processes, including reactions of relevance to nuclear astrophysics.
Plasma Physics & Fusion
The Plasma Physics & Fusion group mainly focusses its efforts towards tokamak and laser-plasma research relevant to fusion, as well as plasma applications in astro/solar physics and extreme ultra-violet lasers.