University of Washington                        Department of Physics

Matt DePies
Offices: Physics/Astronomy Building, B257
             UW Bothell, UWB Beardslee, UWBB-224
Email:  depies@phys.washington.edu

Winter 2012 (Office Hours: 2-3 pm T,Th)

BPhys 114 Mechanics
BPhys 115 Fluids, Thermodynamics, and Electricity and Magnetism
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Autumn 2011
BPhys 114 General Physics: Mechanics
BST 324 Advanced Multivariable Calculus
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Summer 2011Physics 115 Fluids, Thermodynamics, and El;ectricity and Magnetism 
Physics 116 Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics
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Spring 2011
BCUSP 144 Fluids, Thermodynamics, Electricity and Magnetism
BCUSP 145 Waves, Optics, Modern physics
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Winter 2011
BCUSP 143 General Physics Mechanics
BCUSP 144 General Physics Fluids, Thermodynamics, Electricity and Mangetism
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Fall 2011
BCUSP 143 General Physics: Mechanics
BST 293 Advanced Multivariable Calculus
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Summer 2010
Physics 114 Mechanics
Physics 123 Waves, Optics, Modern Physics
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Spring 2010
BCUSP 144 Thermodyanics and Electricity & Magnetism
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Physics 123A and C
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Winter 2010 
BCUSP 143  Mechanics 
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Physics 110  Liberal Arts Physics
Physics 123  Oscillations, Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics   
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Autmun 2009
BCUSP 145  Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics
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Summer 2009
Physics 116  Waves, Oprtics, and Modern Physics
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Spring 2009
UWB: B CUSP 144 General Physics
Cascadia:  Astr 115 Cosmology

Winter 2009
  B CUSP 143 General Physics Winter 09


Links:
NASA picture of the day

Graphing Calculator Help Site

Papers:
M. DePies, "Gravitational Waves and Light Cosmic Strings", Dissertation.

M. DePies and Craig J. Hogan, "Harmonic Gravitational Wave Spectra of Cosmic String Loops in the Galaxy ," arXiv:0904.1052v1 .[astro-ph.CO]

M. DePies and Craig Hogan, "Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background from Light Cosmic Strings,"   Phys. Rev. D 75, 125006 (2007) arXiv: astro-ph/0702335

Overview of Dark Energy

M. Bienfait, P. Zeppenfeld, N. Dupont-Pavlovsky, M. Muris, M. R. Johnson, T. Wilson, M. DePies, and O. E. Vilches,  "Thermodynamics and structure of hydrogen, methane, argon, oxygen, and carbon dioxide adsorbed on single-wall carbon nanotube bundles,"  Physical Review B, 70, 035410 (2004)

M. Bienfait, P. Zeppenfeld, N. Dupont-Pavlovsky, J.-P. Palmari, M. R. Johnson, T. Wilson, M. DePies, and O. E. Vilches,  "Adsorption of Argon on Carbon Nanotube Bundles and its Influence on the Bundle Lattice Parameter,"  Physical Review Letters, 91, 035503 (2003)

T. Wilson, A. Tyburski , M. R. DePies, O. E. Vilches, D. Becquet and M. Bienfait,  "Adsorption of H2 and D2 on Carbon Nanotube Bundles,"  Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 126, 403 (2002)






Background:  Abell Cluster of Galaxies,  HST  (Courtesey NASA)