Research Highlights30 April 2025|Research HighlightUsing the power behind Chat-GPT for physicsPhoto: Joschka BirkChat-GPT is great at coming up with birthday card greetings, summarizing complicated texts, or brainstorming ideas for the name of your new dog. But...4 April 2025|Research HighlightElectromagnetic Flashes from fast ejectas in Neutron Star CollisionsPhoto: Rosswog et al. (2025)In a recent study lead by Quantum Universe principal investigator Prof. Stephan Rosswog from the Observatory of the University of Hamburg, scientists...7 February 2025|Research HighlightNew Galactic Binaries to Enable LISA Hunt for Black HolesPhoto: Kupfer et al. (2024) and LISA/ESACompact binary systems containing a white dwarf or neutron star emit low frequency gravitational waves. Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe...23 January 2025|Research HighlightMissing Piece to the Higgs ProductionPhoto: CMS Collaboration: A. Cardini, S. Hurst, N. StathakTo bring more clarity to the Higgs boson production, Quantum Universe postdoc Andrea Cardini together with doctoral researchers looked deeper into the...6 January 2025|Research HighlightCMS Confirms a Rare Phenomenon: Light Bouncing off LightPhoto: CMS CollaborationLight particles bouncing off other light particles have been observed by the CMS collaboration at the LHC, confirming a rare prediction of the quantum...19 November 2024|Research HighlightUnveiling the Universe's 'Ghost' MatterPhoto: MPE/Xiaoyuan ZhangA team of scientists using the eROSITA X-ray telescope has shed light on one of the most elusive components of the universe: the warm-hot...5 November 2024|Research HighlightMystery of Supersonic Turbulence SolvedPhoto: Evan Scannapieco et al. (2024)Which clumps of interstellar gas will collapse under gravity to form stars and which clumps will not? This is related to a key problem in turbulence...4 November 2024|Research HighlightOrigin of the Cosmic Hum - Phase Transition or Primordial Black Holes?Photo: Carlo Tasillo & David WeirNew ideas for the origin of the ‘cosmic hum’ have been further developed in a couple of recent studies by Excellence Cluster Quantum Universe...22 October 2024|Research HighlightDetailed study of collisions with top quarks points to unknown structurePhoto: CMS CollaborationA group of scientists from the University of Hamburg’s cluster of excellence Quantum Universe and DESY in collaboration with the University of...24 September 2024|Research HighlightLHC experiments observe quantum entanglement at the highest energy yetPhoto: CERNFor the first time, quantum entanglement has been observed at energies as high as 13 TeV. This remarkable result stems from top quark measurements by...Show all news
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