Comps, honors papers, and prize-winning works of the Physics and Astronomy Department are featured here. All works have been self-submitted by the student authors. Descriptive information about each work is available to search or browse. Access to the full text of the works is limited to current Carleton affiliates with faculty permission. Learn more about how to submit your work and how to request access to the full text of works.
In addition to this digital archive, physical copies of the Physics and Astronomy Department comps from 1978 to 2013 are available at Gould Library.
Submissions from 2009
Lukas Fried, Physics (PHYS) 2009, The sun and its spots
Marlea Iiams, Physics (PHYS) 2009, The physics of woodwinds
Tyler Keating, Physics (PHYS) 2009, Nuclear power: basic principles and future directions
Theodore Marschall, Physics (PHYS) 2009, Superstates: Bose-Einstein condensation in the states of matter
William Mueller, Physics (PHYS) 2009, Energetics of a hovering hummingbird
Sara L. Rothwell, Physics (PHYS) 2009, The quantum effects of light
Ryan Terrien, Physics (PHYS) 2009, Fringe science: optical astronomical interferometry
Submissions from 2005
John M. Floberg, Physics (PHYS) 2005, The physics of boron neutron capture therapy: an emerging and innovative treatment for glioblastoma and melanoma
Kira Grogg, Physics (PHYS) 2005, Harvesting the Wind: The Physics of Wind Turbines
Submissions from 2004
Joseph Durham, Physics (PHYS) 2004, Feedback Control
