Department of Physics and Astronomy

The BaylorITS Research Technology team highlights the exceptional use of research technology among the talented research community at Baylor University through Computing Catalyst feature articles.  In this third edition of Computing Catalyst, we shake the cosmic dust covering the pioneering work or Dr. Lorin Swint Mattews, Professor and Chair of the Baylor University Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Associate Director of the Baylor University CASPER Lab.

The BaylorITS Research Technology team highlights the exceptional use of research technology among the talented research community at Baylor University through Computing Catalyst feature articles.  In this fourth edition of Computing Catalyst, we explore the answers to the deepest questions of the cosmos with researches from Baylor's High Energy Physics lab.

In a project lead by Baylor Assistant Professor Dr. Rose, scientists predict one of the major surveys by NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may reveal around 100,000 celestial blasts, ranging from exploding stars to feeding black holes.

Baylor University physicists Jay R. Dittmann, Ph.D., Kenichi Hatakeyama, Ph.D., Andrew Brinkerhoff, Ph.D. and Jonathan Wilson, Ph.D., are among more than 13,000 global researchers recognized with the prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for their contributions to CERN’s ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, and LHCb experiments.