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]
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
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]
Rapid water formation in diffuse interstellar clouds
Accumulations of gas and dust in space can be observed with telescopes as interstellar clouds. Despite the low temperatures and densities, a rich... [mehr]