News (2024)5 September 2024|Research HighlightEccentric Black Hole Binaries Could Point to a New Fundamental ParticlePhoto: M. Koschnitzke & M. Bošković et al. (2024)Three researchers from the Quantum Universe Excellence Cluster have found that observing black hole binaries with a higher than expected orbital...4 September 2024|TransferExploring gravitational waves with Taylor, Justin and the ScorpionsPhoto: Barclays ArenaAt the end of July, up to 800 people simultaneously followed the seismic waves emanating from the Taylor Swift concert in Hamburg's Volksparkstadion...26 August 2024|Campus"It was my first time trying out physics research, and I had a wonderful time!"Photo: Shreya MogulothuShreya Mogulothu is a physics major at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is currently a summer intern at the University of Hamburg...19 August 2024|Research HighlightMADMAX Prototype Searches for Dark Photon Dark Matter with Thousand-fold ImprovementPhoto: MADMAX Collaboration – Egge, J. et al. (2024)MADMAX (Magnetized Disc and Mirror Axion eXperiment) at University of Hamburg & DESY is being developed to look for Galactic axion dark matter using a...14 August 2024|Research HighlightThe Imprint of Cosmic Strings in High Frequency Gravitational WavesPhoto: Servant, G. and Simakachorn, P. (2024)Wrinkles in the fabric of spacetime, known as cosmic strings, which might have formed in the early Universe, could be a dominant source of...2 August 2024|EventWhen research and art join paths: a musical dialogue between science and spiritualityPhoto: Gloria Bruni / DESYAn opera that takes the audience from nothing to existence: where do we come from? Where are we heading? How and why did it all begin? Questions about...22 July 2024|TransferResearchers live stream seismic waves from Taylor Swift concertPhoto: UHH/SchlichtOn 23 and 24 July, pop singer Taylor Swift gave 2 concerts in the Hamburg Volkspark stadium. Those who couldn't get tickets could at least watch the...Contribution from the university's newsroom19 July 2024|International AffairsSummer School and Ukraine Summer School begin at DESYPhoto: DESY / Marta MayerAs the summer comes, so too come each year the summer students to DESY. This year, a total of 112 participants from 27 countries are performing...18 July 2024|InterviewSven BollwegPhoto: Sven BollwegSven Bollweg comes from Hamburg, Germany. He completed his Master's thesis on invertible Neural Networks for anomaly detection in particle physics in...18 July 2024|InterviewJoschka BirkPhoto: Joschka BirkJoschka Birk grew up in Ravensburg, a city in the south of Germany. He graduated from the University of Freiburg in 2022 with his Master's thesis on...17 July 2024|CHAMPPPhilipp Neumann is new lead scientist and head of DESY ITPhoto: DESY / Marta MayerDESY has a new head of IT: Philipp Neumann, who has also been named lead scientist and appointed professor for high performance computing and data...15 July 2024|Research HighlightCollider Probes of Electroweak Phase Transition in an Extended Higgs SectorPhoto: Kateryna Radchenko SerdulaIs the Higgs boson solitary or part of an extended sector of Higgs bosons waiting to be discovered? Could that explain the cosmic matter-antimatter...12 July 2024|Quantum UniverseGemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz beschließt Förderung für geplanten Forschungsneubau HAFUNPhoto: C.F. Møller ArchitectsMit dem heutigen Beschluss hat die Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz (GWK), die am Freitag in Hamburg zusammengekommen ist, die Empfehlungen des...Contribution from the university's newsroom9 July 2024|EventClassical Music, Beats, and the Cosmos: University Music Celebrates Its Second Festival at the Hamburg ObservatoryPhoto: Sternstunden Festival / Felix BeersIn cooperation with the Hamburg Observatory, University Music at the University of Hamburg invites the public to the second Sternstunden Festival on...Contribution from the university's newsroom27 June 2024|Research HighlightClassifying conformal field theories by means of the Leech latticePhoto: Möller, S. and Scheithauer, N. (2024)Mathematician Sven Möller (Universität Hamburg) from the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe and his colleague Nils Scheithauer (TU Darmstadt) have...26 June 2024|Research HighlightCorrecting the non-Linear Response of Silicon PhotomultipliersPhoto: SensorsSilicon PhotoMultipliers (SiPMs) are efficient light detectors which can sense single photons and are used in high-energy physics, medical imaging and...20 June 2024|CampusSummer in the Science CityPhoto: UHH/Marion StangeFrom the beginning of June to the end of August, seven undergraduate students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will spend their...18 June 2024|Research HighlightA New Spin on Neutron Star MergersPhoto: diagram and simulation by S. Rosswog et al. (2024)Neutron star mergers are among the most violent and spectacular events in the Universe. Until now, large individual spins of the neutron stars had not...17 June 2024|CampusBurgers and Beats and the 2024 Campus FestPhoto: Universität HamburgInformation on university topics, hands-on activities, a flea market, yummy food, cold drinks, and live music: Universität Hamburg and...Contribution from the university's newsroom12 June 2024|TransferPräzisionsmedizin durch NanotheranostikPhoto: privatIm Rahmen eines Förderprogramms des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz haben sich verschiedene Forschungspartner und Unternehmen unter...Contribution from the university's newsroomPrevious articlesMore articles
