Quantum logic spectroscopy unlocks potential of highly charged ions
Highly charged ions are—although seemingly exotic—a very natural form of visible matter. All the matter in our sun and in all other stars is... [mehr]
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
Highly charged ion paves the way towards new physics
Laser spectroscopy of neutral atoms and singly charged ions has reached astonishing precision by merit of a chain of technological advances during... [mehr]
First detection of gamma-ray burst afterglow in very-high-energy gamma light
On 20 July 2018, the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor and a few seconds later the Swift Burst Alert Telescope notified the world of a gamma-ray... [mehr]
Distorted Atoms
An international team led by physicists from the MPIK reports on new results for efficient two-electron excitations in helium driven by strong and... [mehr]
Chemistry of the cosmological dark ages studied in the lab
Just three minutes after the Big Bang the chemical composition of the universe was settled: 75% hydrogen, 25% helium and traces of lithium –... [mehr]
First results of the new Alphatrap experiment
Quantum electrodynamics (QED) describes the interaction of charged particles with electromagnetic fields and is the most precisely tested physical... [mehr]
Laser flashes for polarized electron and positron beams
The polarization of waves describes their direction of oscillation, for light as an electromagnetic wave this is the direction of the electric... [mehr]
New German-Japanese Cooperation for Highest Precision
In the MPG-PTB-RIKEN Centre, worldwide leading experimental groups in atomic and nuclear physics, antimatter research, quantum optics and... [mehr]
Time measurement without a stopwatch
Understanding and control of ultrafast quantum dynamics in matter is one of the central challenges in modern physics. In most cases, the response... [mehr]