Physics Department

Click on the Image to download a Quicktime movie of slides describing High Performance Computing in Monmouth College Physics Department.

Facilities in Physics

Nuclear Lab:  HPGe high precision gamma spectrometer, Neutron Generator, and an array of NaI detectors and supporting electronics

Observatory:  20" CDK with SBIG CCD camera

Hydrophone, Ultrasound Machine and supporting hardware for doing Ultrasound imaging.

Research in Physics

We have ongoing research studying the production of high energy photons by atmosphere using an array of detectors.  You can read the slides from the talk that Dr. Fasano gave at th 2016 AGU meeting here.  You can see the latest data that is ready for viewing at:

We are also a member of the World-Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN, pronounced "Woolen") and you can see worldwide lightning activity at:

Computing in Physics

We have computing facilities in the Physics Department that one does not often find at a small liberal arts college. Our ability to do scientific computing is an exciting feature of our department.

We believe that it is very important for our students to have a wide range of computational experiences on many different platforms and operating systems. Our computing resources include:

Unix Workstations: We have a collection of Linux/Unix workstations to support scientific computing and program development.

OS X Macintoshes: Our entry-level laboratory in physics and our Astronomy lab are outfitted with iMacs running OS X. These machine support a wide range of computing activities in the lab and are available for science students for computing projects.

Windows XP PCs: We have built a small laboratory of XP PC's to support activities in GIS (Geographic Information Systems). This small lab is the basis for what we hope will be a larger GIS presence in the Sciences and across our campus.

PC Based MCA: We have a two PC based MCA's (Multichannel Analyzers) in our Nuclear lab that support our Nuclear Physics class and student projects.