物理学哲学博士-天文学与天体物理学

当前的研究涉及恒星和行星的理论和观察研究。恒星天体物理学特别感兴趣的领域是年轻的疏散星团，双星，X射线双星，Be星中盘的形成以及恒星脉动。对行星的研究包括发现和表征绕明亮恒星运行的系外行星，以及寻找外星生命。博士学位课程包括一系列核心课程，其中包括一些高级研究生课程，这些课程提供了从长远来看非常重要的物理学广泛背景，与学生研究领域相关的专门课程以及针对该学科的研究。博士学位论文。在其他机构从事研究生工作的学生可以在其候选申请书中包括在其他机构进行的相关课程，其中包括他们的所有课程准备以及论文的研究计划。利
Current research involves theoretical and observational studies of stars and planets. Particular areas of interest in stellar astrophysics are young open clusters, binary stars, X-ray binaries, the formation of disks in Be stars, and stellar pulsations. Research on planets involves the discovery and characterization of exoplanets orbiting bright stars and the search for extraterrestrial life. The Ph D program includes a set of core courses, including some at the advanced graduate level that provide the broad background in physics that is so important in the long run, specialized courses relevant to the research area of the student, and the research for the Ph D dissertation. Students entering with graduate level work at other institutions may include relevant courses taken at the other institutions in their proposal for candidacy, which includes all their course preparation as well as the research proposal for the dissertation. The Department of Physics at Lehigh University offers programs leading to the B.A. in astronomy, the B.S. in astrophysics, and to the B.A., B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in physics, as well as a summer research program for undergraduates. Research areas include astronomy and astrophysics, atomic, molecular, and optical physics, biophysics, computational physics, condensed-matter physics, general relativity, cosmology, and string theory, high-energy and accelerator physics, nano science, non-linear optics and photonics, plasma physics, soft-condensed matter and complex fluids, and statistical physics.