Three young scientists from the group of Karen Hatsagortsyan (Department Keitel) received professorships at excellent universities and research…

An international collaboration of scientists made first-ever measurement of the half-life for bound-state beta decay in ²⁰⁵Tl⁸¹⁺ ions at GSI storage…

H.E.S.S. collaboration detects the most energetic cosmic-ray electrons and positrons ever observed

On 20 November 2024, Heidelberg University appointed PD Dr Sven Sturm as an adjunct professor (apl. Prof.) at the suggestion of the Faculty of Physics…

Klaus Blaum receives the DPG’s most prestigious award in the field of experimental physics.

An international collaboration of scientists succeeded in the measurement of the bound-state beta decay of fully-ionised thallium (²⁰⁵Tl⁸¹⁺) ions at…

For the first time, the Hanle effect was detected in the soft X-ray regime for helium-like nitrogen ions. This opens up a new method for lifetime…

Almost 30 years after the first observation, the origin of the mysterious millisecond electron detachment signal of highly-excited C₂⁻ is explained by…

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From 10-13th September, more than 70 scientists from 12 countries gathered at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) in Heidelberg to discuss…

During this year's meeting of the SPARC Collaboration the SPARC PhD Prize was awarded to Dr. Stefan Dickopf (MPIK, Division Blaum) für his thesis High…

In the latest call for proposals from the European Research Council (ERC), Dr. Vera Schäfer has been awarded one of the prestigious ERC Starting…

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg have succeeded in selectively manipulating the motion of the electron pair…

Part of the science fiction genre is the famous protective shield that spaceships can raise. This is similar for atoms: The electron shell as an…

A team of international scientists from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the MPIK has unveiled a surprising discovery in molecular physics,…

Dr. Laura Cattaneo, head of the Max Planck Research Group „ULCD – Ultrafast Liquid Crystal Dynamics“ at MPIK, will be honored within the Mildred…

From direct observations, we know that our Galaxy, the Milky Way, contains sources of cosmic rays with energies of up to several hundred…

For his dissertation entitled „High-precision soft X-ray transition measurements of neon-like mid-Z ions using ultra monochromatic synchrotron…

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has honoured Prof. Marianne Lemoine-Goumard from the Universite de Bordeaux with the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel…