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For its first time, the MADMAX (Magnetized Disc and Mirror Axion eXperiment) collaboration has set limits on axion dark matter with its prototype configuration. The University of Hamburg & DESY are playing a major role in developing MADMAX to search for the sought after QCD axion particle - at once both a dark matter...

Sara Bianco comes from Gallipolli, Italy. She completed her Master's degree in Bologna in autumn 2023 with a thesis on searches for light dark matter models in neutrino experiments, in particular at ProtoDUNE. As a Quantum Universe PhD student, she is currently working in the DESY Dark Matter Group 1, researching Big Bang...

Originally from Vlorë, Albania, and raised in Athens, Greece, Rigers Aliaj completed his bachelor’s degree in physics in Athens and earned a Master’s in Theoretical Physics from Utrecht University under the Bright Minds Fellowship, studying asymptotic Hodge theory and particle physics. After a year at NKUA researching sigma...

Three researchers from the Quantum Universe Excellence Cluster have found that observing black hole binaries with a higher than expected orbital eccentricity could hint at the existence of an unknown fundamental particle. Ultra-light particles, much lower in mass than any known particle, are well-motivated dark matter...

Ende Juli verfolgten bis zu 800 Menschen zeitgleich im Livestream die seismischen Wellen, die vom Taylor-Swift-Konzert im Hamburger Volksparkstadion ausgingen. Dem „WAVE“-Forschungsteam lieferten die Übertragungen wichtige Erkenntnisse – und mit den Konzerten von Justin Timberlake und den Scorpions stehen bereits die...

MADMAX (Magnetized Disc and Mirror Axion eXperiment) at University of Hamburg & DESY is being developed to look for Galactic axion dark matter using a dielectric boosted haloscope. Recently, the MADMAX Prototype experiment at the shielded laboratory hall SHELL produced its first science result by searching for dark matter...

Wrinkles in the fabric of spacetime, known as cosmic strings, which might have formed in the early Universe, could be a dominant source of gravitational waves at ultra-high frequencies, according to new theoretical calculations by Géraldine Servant of the University of Hamburg and DESY and Peera Simakachorn of the...

Mit einer Oper aus dem Nichts zum Sein: Woher kommen wir? Wohin gehen wir? Wie und warum hat alles begonnen? Die Fragen zum Anfang und zur Unendlichkeit des Seins treiben die Menschheit seit Jahrtausenden um. Die Suche spendet ihr Trost, treibt ihr Wissen und ihre Technologie voran und bringt sie manchmal an den Rand der...

Am 23 und 24. Juli gibt die Sängerin Taylor Swift zwei Konzerte im Hamburger Volksparkstadion. Wer keine Karten bekommen hat, kann sich zumindest die seismischen Wellen anschauen, die während der Auftritte entstehen. Möglich macht das ein Livestream des „WAVE“-Netzwerks in der Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld.