UCT Physics
MSc and PhD research fields

• theoretical physics
  • hadronic matter at high temperature (UCT-CERN Research Centre) : Professor Andre Peshier, Professor Jean Cleymans, Dr Will Horowitz
  • quantum chromodynamics, non-linear electrodynamics: Professor Cesareo Dominguez
  • particle astrophysics: Professor Raoul Viollier
• nuclear physics: in this field many research degrees are co-supervised by scientists at iThemba LABS, where Dr Kobus Lawrie is Deputy Director
  • nuclear structure of high spin states with AFRODITE at the iThemba LABS cyclotron: Professor David Aschman
  • nuclear reaction studies with the K600 magnetic spectrometer at the iThembaLabs cyclotron: Dr Roger Fearick
  • environmental studies using nuclear science techniques: Dr Richard Newman is group head of the Physics Division of iThemba LABS, and can co-supervise projects in this area
  • ion-solid interactions: Dr Roger Fearick
  • applied nuclear physics and neutron physics: Professor Saalih Allie , Professor Andy Buffler , Dr Rudolph Nchodu
  • interaction of radiation in matter: Dr Steve Peterson
  • high energy nuclear physics at the ALICE experiment at CERN: Professor Jean Cleymans , Professor Roger Fearick
  • theoretical studies of clustering in nuclei: Professor Sandro Perez
• high energy particle physics
  • data analysis on the ATLAS experiment at LHC: Dr Andrew Hamilton
• solid state physics
  • epitaxially stabilized thin films produced by pulsed laser annealing: Professor Craig Comrie
  • nano-physics: Professor Margit Haerting .. Professor David Britton
• applied physics
  • computational mechanics Dr Indresan Govender
  • Positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) Dr Indresan Govender and Professor Andy Buffler
• physics education
  • physics education: Professor Saalih Allie
  • tertiary physics education: Professor Andy Buffler