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Quantum jump tipping the balance
Measuring tiny differences in mass between different quantum states provides new insights into heavy atoms
Laura Cattaneo new research group leader at the MPIK
Dr. Laura Cattaneo was selected by the MPG for a position as an independent Max Planck Research Group (MPRG) leader. She will set up her group from…
Water stimulates break-up of molecular rings
On the basis of experiments and theoretical calculations, researchers identified a new reaction in pairs of one water and one organic molecule which…
New insights into the inner machinery of Eta Carinae
By which means does the extremely massive and luminous binary star Eta Carinae produce x-rays and gamma rays? In an MPIK-led study, astrophysicists…
Quantum logic spectroscopy unlocks potential of highly charged ions
Atomic frequencies measured with 100 million times higher resolution
First gamma-ray sky map with the new H.E.S.S. CT5 camera, two days after installation
The H.E.S.S. collaboration has upgraded its 600 square metre Cherenkov telescope with a new high-performance camera with fully-digital trigger and…
Highly charged ion paves the way towards new physics
Orbital crossing and optical clock transition detected in Pr9+
Adriana Pálffy-Buß erhält Röntgenpreis
Verleihung im Rahmen eines Akademischen Festakts der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
First detection of gamma-ray burst afterglow in very-high-energy gamma light
Gamma-ray bursts, extremely energetic flashes following cosmological cataclysms, emit very-high-energy gamma-rays long after the initial burst. This…
A new approach to the hunt for Dark Matter
Researchers now harnessing antimatter in their search for Dark Matter
Eliciting an energetic secret from the Crab Nebula
The Crab Nebula is the remnant of a supernova in our Galaxy which was observed in 1054 AD. Although it corresponds to one of the most studied…
Precision laser spectroscopy of highly charged ions
Novel method for finding narrow transitions
On the way to a nuclear clock
Physicists have measured the energy released when the lowest known metastable state of the thorium-229 nucleus decays to the ground state. This is a…
Closing in on the neutrino mass
The GERDA experiment in the Gran Sasso underground laboratory is searching for a hypothetical nuclear decay called neutrinoless double beta decay…
Vor 50 Jahren: Mondgestein am MPIK
Josef Zähringer gehörte zu den ersten Forschern, die 1969 Proben von Mondgestein analysieren durften
Auszeichung der Universität Heidelberg als Exzellenzuniversität
MPIK ist am Exzellenzcluster STRUCTURES beteiligt
Chemistry of the cosmological dark ages studied in the lab
New measurements imply dramatically higher abundance of helium hydride ions in the early universe
FlashCam-Elektronik hilft Ionenstrahltherapie zu verbessern
Bei der Ionenstrahltherapie ist es das Ziel, malignes Gewebe durch die ionisierende Wirkung von Ionenstrahlen zu zerstören. Gleichzeitig soll…