ExzellenzclusterQuantum Universe

Der diesjährige Nobelpreis für Physik geht an John Hopfield von der Princeton University in den USA und Geoffrey E. Hinton von der University of Toronto in Kanada. Sie werden für Forschungsarbeiten ausgezeichnet, die zur Erfindung der sogenannten künstlichen neuronalen Netze führten. Prof. Dr. Gregor Kasieczka erklärt, wie...

Die Exzellenzcluster der Universität Hamburg haben sich zusammengeschlossen, um ein umfangreicheres Angebot an Webinaren zum Thema mentale Gesundheit anzubieten. Gemeinsam mit Desiree Dickerson, Beraterin für mentale Gesundheit und Wohlbefinden im akademischen Bereich, entwickelten „CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter“...

For the first time, quantum entanglement has been observed at energies as high as 13 TeV. This remarkable result stems from top quark measurements by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN. Alexander Grohsjean, a key researcher in the Excellence Cluster Quantum Universe, currently leads the CMS TOP Physics Analysis Group...

In a unique collaboration of the Hamburg Observatory and the Institute of Experimental Physics of the University of Hamburg, which was fostered by the Quantum Universe Cluster of Excellence, a feasibility study of a millihertz gravitational wave detector based on a storage ring has recently been published as a research...

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...

Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler müssen genau wissen, wie viel Masse das W-Boson hat. Mit diesem Wissen können sie überprüfen, ob ihre theoretischen Vorhersagen zutreffen, und Abweichungen von diesen Vorhersagen schnell und zuverlässig erkennen. Das CMS-Experiment am CERN hat nun die bisher genaueste Messung der...

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...