| NOVA_-_Runaway_Universe Examines the size, future and fate of the universe as well as the possible existence of others. Also explores what happens in a supernova explosion, a map of the universe on a cosmological scale, and |
| The_Origin_of_Elements Arno Allan Penzias Nobel Lecture. |
| Phantom_Energy_and_Cosmic_Doomsday Phantom energy, with negative sum of pressure and energy density, could lead to the universe tearing itself apart in a "Big Rip". |
| Planck_Satellite ESA mission designed to find the three cosmological parameters: the Hubble parameter, the density and the deceleration parameter from variations in the cosmic background radiation. |
| Revved-Up_Universe Astronomers are convinced that the expansion of the Universe accelerates. |
| Sloan_Digital_Sky_Survey A dedicated 2.5 meter telescope which uses sensitive electronic light detectors to systematically map a quarter of the sky, building a catalog of celestial objects, galaxies, and quasars. |
| Supernova_Cosmology_Project This Berkeley labs site is based on observation of red shift in stars going supernova. |
| Tufts_Institute_of_Cosmology The Cosmology group at Tufts University with links to other cosmology sites |
| The_Big_Bang_(One_More_Time) A new model of the universe says it repeats itself in an endless cycle. Article from Christian Science Monitor. (May 9, 2002) |
| Turning_On_the_Universe Astronomers say the Universe's expansion has been accelerating recently. A new model for repulsive 'dark energy' may help explain the acceleration in a more natural way than other models. From Physica |
| Review_of_Mistake_of_Einstein Cosmologists have used recent data to constrain the type of 'dark energy' that may fill all of space. (July 30, 1999) |
| Coalition_for_Plasma_Science A group of institutions, organizations, and companies joining forces to increase awareness and understanding of plasma science and its many applications and benefits for society. |
| Helicon_Plasma_Thesis PhD thesis on helicon wave plasmas by Darryn Schneider. |
| MATLAB_Instruction_Modules_for_Introductory_Plasma_Physics Modules to teach single particle motion, dispersion relation, particle simulation and ray-tracing. |
| NRL_Plasma_Formulary Revised Edition. The NRL Plasma Formulary has been the handbook of plasma physicists for the past 20 years. It is available in PostScript, PDF, and TeX formats. |
| Plasma_Dictionary All terms and definitions presented in alphabetical order. |
| Plasma_Everywhere Introduction on plasmas from NASA. Plasmosphere surrounding our world. |
| Plasma_on_the_Internet Plasma-gate. Lists of Plasma Physics servers on the internet. (From WIS Institute). |
| Plasma_Physics_and_Nuclear_Fusion_Experiments List of web sites describing experiments world-wide to study the physics of nuclear fusion by magnetic confinement. |
| Plasma_Physics_Research_Center Plasma Physics Research Center Tehran-Iran |
| Plasma_Simulation_Projects Projects on numerical plasma simulation, including HPEM code, Monte Carlo Module, and Feature Profile Model, developed at the Computational Optical and Discharge Physics Group, University of Illinois. |
| Plasma_TV_Science Guide to plasma science used within the plasma television technology. Includes educational resources and links to related information. |
| Theoretical_Principles_of_Plasma_Physics_and_Atomic_Physics Essential facts and formulae. |
| Who_is_Who_in_Atomic_and_Plasma_Physics_(WWAPP) Database from Plasma Laboratory at Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. |
| AP_Statistics_at_the_College_Board The College Board's official AP Statistics page. Course description, sample exam questions, teacher resources and contact information. |
| Business_Statistics Covers averages, normal distribution, best curve fit and skewness. Includes resource links. |
| Center_for_Statistics_Education The American Statistical Association sponsors educational resources for K-12 and above. ASA's LearnStat program provides continuing education for professional statisticians and educators. |
| Computer-Assisted_Statistics_Teaching_(CAST) A complete web-based course in introductory statistics. Registration required. |
| Curve_Fit Beginner's guide to nonlinear regression. Emphasizes how to interpret results. |
| The_Data_and_Story_Library Online library of datafiles and stories that illustrate the use of basic statistics methods. The goal is to provide data from a wide variety of topics so that statistics teachers can find interesting, |
| DISCUS Discovering Important Statistical Concepts Using Spreadsheets. Uses Excel spreadsheets to investigate statistical concepts. |
| Intro_Stat__EPR_Approach This site contains information about the Entity-Property-Relationship (EPR) approach to the introductory statistics course by Donald Macnaughton. |
| Introduction_to_Mathematical_Statistics Lecture notes from a year-long course in mathematical statistics. |
| Introductory_Statistics___Concepts,_Models,_and_Applications_by_David_Stockburger An online, searchable introductory statistics text. By David Stockburger of Southwest Missouri State University. |
| Intuitive_Biostatistics Harvey Motulsky, OUP (1995). Site for the book, with online extracts (PDF). |
| K-12_Statistics_Education Resources in statistics including lessons and useful data sets. |
| Number_Watch Monitors the media in search of misleading numbers in news, politics and science. |
| Numeracy_in_the_News Features sections on data collection and sampling, creating graphs, probability and inference. Also, includes special topic articles and teacher spreadsheet programs. |
| Primer_in_Statistics Covers mean, mode, median, standard deviation, area approximation, charts and testing for normality. |
| Resources_in_Statistics,_Quantitative_Methods_and_Experimental_Design Statistics-related exercises and humour, for courses from high school to graduate level. |
Welcome to the MACHO Project WWW Home Page! We are maintaining two identical sites: http://wwwmacho.anu.edu.au/ (Australia)and http://wwwmacho.mcmaster.ca/ (North America) New! Microlensing Optical DepthToward the Galactic Bulge New! Final Catalog of Bulge Microlensing Events Novae in the LMC and SMC Cataclysmic Variables The Project Overview The MACHO Collaboration and Science Team Candidate Microlensing Events Affiliate Programme Systems MACHO Camera Systems MACHO Data System Search Fields Field Centers LMC R-band GIF showing fields [606 kb] SMC R-band GIF showing fields [649 kb] LMC R-band FITS image with WCS [1.284 Mb] SMC R-band FITS image with WCS [1.284 Mb] Original images were obtained by Greg Bothun with his "Parking Lot" camera. Versions of saoimage more recent than 1.12 will display J2000.0 coordinates if launched with: saoimage -gd 800x800 -fits R_LMC.fits MSO Great Melbourne 50-inch Telescope Publications Publication List Searchable Publication List Data New Finder Charts for LMC 5.7 Events (0.63 sec/px, N up, W right) New Web-based Image and Data Access New LMC Eclipsing Cepheids from astro-ph/0201481 Binary Microlensing Events from astro-ph/9907369 LMC Microlensing Events from ApJ 486 697 (1997) SMC Microlensing Event from ApJ 491 L11 (1997) Bulge Microlensing Events from ApJ 479 119 (1997) LMC Beat RR Lyrae from ApJ 482 89 (1996)Demos Interactive Cepheid P-L RelationOther MACHO Project Web Servers Microlensing Alerts Other Dark Matter Search Links AGAPE The Direct Detection Group at the CfPA DUO EROS MOA OGLE PLANET UKDMC Acknowledgements Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Lawrence LivermoreNational Laboratory, US Department of Energy NSF-supported Center for Particle Astrophysics at the University ofCalifornia at Berkeley, Santa Barbara, and San Diego Australian National University Doug Welch Last updated: 2005 June 23 