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High Energy Physics
Center for the Study of the Origin and Structure of Matter(COSM)
COSM is a National Science Foundation Physics Frontier Center in particle and nuclear physics. The Center is a partnership between Hampton University, Norfolk State University, and North Carolina A&T State University.
Minerva
MINERvA seeks to measure low energy neutrino interactions both in support of neutrino oscillation experiments and also to study the strong dynamics of the nucleon and nucleus that affect these interactions.
Intermediate Nuclear Physics
Jefferson Lab
The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science with strong support from the City of Newport News and the Commonwealth of Virginia
Minerva
MINERvA seeks to measure low energy neutrino interactions both in support of neutrino oscillation experiments and also to study the strong dynamics of the nucleon and nucleus that affect these interactions.
OLYMPUS
OLYMPUS at DESY (Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron) in Hamburg, Germany aims to measure the effect of two-photon exchange by comparison of positron-proton and electron-proton elastic scattering.
TREK
TREK (Time Reversal Experiment with Kaons) aims to discover violation of time reversal invariance beyond the Standard Model in the decay of positive kaons.
Medical Physics
Proton Therapy
Hampton University has joined the fight against cancer in opening the nation's 8th proton therapy facility, the largest in the world. The Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute (HUPTI) brings the latest, most precise cancer-fighting technology to Virginia and beyond.
Center for Advanced Medical Instrumentation(CAMI)
The Center for Advanced Medical Instrumentation (cami) houses the first graduate programs (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) in medical physics in the State of Virginia, and the only ones nationally at an HBCU..
Optical Sciences
Center for Laser Sciences and Spectocopy(CLaSS)
CLaSS merges traditionally separate disciplines by advancing the fundamental understanding of selected problems at the forefront of science and technology using laser spectroscopy as the common unifying theme.
Accelerator Physics
A new Accelerator Physics program is planned to be available by the Fall 2012 in the Physics Department and will be centered on an on-campus research that will utilizes a 500 keV electron linac modeled after the CEBAF injector at Jefferson Lab.