Axel Schmidt

@physics-axel.bsky.social

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Physicist, nature lover

Photo of the sun, taken by my phone camera, through the filter of eclipse glasses. The sky appears dark. The top of the sun is blocked by the moon.
Photo of a blueberry galette that has leaked juice dangerously close to the edge of the baking sheet
Photo of a black jumping spider with some white markings, sitting on a piece of red plastic
Photo of a yellow spider in some grass.
Photo of me in a kayak on a lake with the spider on my paddle.
Photo of a long-jawed orb weaver spider on the oar of a kayak.
Still frame from the film “Raiders of the Lost Ark” showing Arnold Toht holding a burning hot medallion in his hand
Photograph looking up at a portion of the Segovia aqueduct
A still from the film Idiocracy showing President Camacho, played by Terry Crews, dressed in wresting attire
Road sign showing intersection of Bertozzi Road and Lee Road
Abbey Road album cover showing the four human members of the Beatles crossing the road, and a Volkswagen Beatle parked in the background.
Red t-shirt with white writing, “Montauk New York” and six international maritime flags spelling “NDCIFK”
The spectrum of sunlight viewed from the aperture of a spectrometer, making a vibrant rainbow.
Photo of a toroidal magnet being assembled in a lab.
Two homemade pizza pies
An illustration of a snowy doorway, leading to a room with a fireplace, a Christmas tree, and presents. If you squint it looks like the Grateful Dead “stealie” logo.
A screenshot of an email reading, "Dear Dr. Schmidt, I hope this message finds you well. Given your esteemed expertise and contributions to the field, we are honored to invite you to contribute an original research paper or a review paper to Surgical Technology International (STI)."
Photo of a Dunkin Donuts in DCA airport with sign reading, “Reagan runs on Dunkin”
Screen shot of spam email message reading, "Good day. I hope you're well. Could you please update me on your current supply of Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS)? We have some exciting promotions that might interest you. Below is the link for any volume order. Attached is promotion for a 10+bottle order. Let me know if you need to replenish your stock, and we can discuss the details. Thank you"
Photo of a stubby carrot
The CLAS12 spectrometer at Jefferson Lab, in Newport News, VA
Peter Parker saying: “I just told you I’ve already bought, Harry, you don’t need to sell it to me.”
Cover of a special topical issue of the European Physical Journal A (Hadrons and Nuclei) titled, "Short-Range Correlations and the EMC Effect." The cover art shows an electron scattering off of a quark in a correlated nucleon.
Photo of a gray spider crawling on my wall.
A screenshot from a spam email. The important line is, "the journal of modern classical physics AND quantum neuroscience."
Kid refusing to look up while engrossed in the book Bea Wolf.
Michelson-Morley interferometer, showing bullseye-like interference pattern from the interference of laser light split along two different paths
Photograph of two high momentum electron spectrometers at Jefferson Lab
How far your NHL team's arena is from its City Hall, on a map of Ottawa