Outreach

For Michigan High Schools: The Michigan Physics Olympiad

For High Schools nationwide: Michigan Math and Science Scholars - The Physics of Magic and the Magic of Physics

Sample data printouts:

Microwave double-slit interference

Airfoil force measurements

The group operates an atom trapping apparatus for the undergraduate Advanced Labs of the Physics Department.
Trap movies - Low resolution [18 MByte] - High resolution [154 MByte]
[Questions? Contact Ramon Torres or Georg Raithel.]

Other fun stuff:

Electrostatic motor: Description and Movie [24 MByte] - turn volume up to hear sparks
Michigan Sailing - "applied" physics
Movie of crystal of 500nm-diameter nanoparticles trapped in an optical lattice. The nanoparticls are dissolved in water and observed using a microscope. The movie shows several freezing-refreezing cycles.

Contact Information
Professor Georg Raithel
University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory
email: graithel@umich.edu