The week in physics: Slow solar wind; Midsize black holes; PhD qualifying exams

Slow solar wind traced to Sun's active regions Forward this email View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 17–21 JUNE How to make a midsize black hole As detailed simulations of star formation show, runaway collisions in a giant molecular cloud may produce very massive stars that are precursors to intermediate-mass black holes. Laura Fattaruso Slow solar wind traced to Sun's active regions Multifaceted observations of the Sun reveal that interactions between magnetic field loops expel slow-moving solar wind. Jennifer Sieben FROM THE VAULT: May 2017 A look inside Feynman's calculus notebook As a teenager, the renowned physicist took careful notes on a calculus book aimed at self-educators. Melinda Baldwin July issue preview Fixing the PhD qualifying exam For the past five years, the faculty in the department of atmospheric, oceanic, and Earth sciences at George Mason University has used a qualifying process that overcomes many of the shortcomings of traditional exams. Timothy DelSole and Paul A. Dirmeyer FROM THE JUNE MAGAZINE Young physicists excited to network through the International Association of Physics Students The student-run organization seeks to increase outreach in Asia, Latin America, and the US. Hannah H. Means Get notified about our webinars and whitepapers Sign up Get Physics Today delivered for just $25 per year Subscribe Accelerating career connections worldwide for over 75 years BROWSE ALL JOBS POST A JOB CREATE JOB ALERTS FEATURED JOBS Associate Editor, Physical Review Letters American Physical Society (Nationwide) View Job Process Chemist - Staff Scientist Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, CA) View Job University Professor in the field of Theoretical High Energy Physics TU Wien (Wien, Austria) View Job W 3-Professorship for Experimental Solid State Physics (m/f/d) University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) View Job Lecturer (non-tenure track) - 2 Positions Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, NY) View Job Post Doctoral Research Associate- Jefferson Laboratory University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA) View Job Physics Today is published by the American Institute of Physics 1 Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740 USA +1 301 209 3100 © 2024 American Institute of Physics. Unsubscribe  |  Email Preferences  |  Privacy Policy  |  Contact Us