Research Highlights8 April 2026|Research HighlightSurprises at InfinityPhoto: UHH/Monnee, this image was created with the assistance of ChatGPTPhysicists often explore the edges of what is possible—pushing theories to their limits to understand how they work. But what if some of those limits...25 March 2026|Research HighlightUnraveling the Secrets of the Strong Force: A New Era of Precision at the LHCPhoto: Thomas Cridge, Giulia Marinelli, Frank J. TackmannScientists from the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe, University of Hamburg, and DESY are working towards a new era of precision at the Large...16 March 2026|Research HighlightSurface diagrams for quantum symmetriesPhoto: Max Demirdilek (2026)Symmetries are transformations that leave a physical system invariant and are thus essential for its analysis. A certain class of quantum field...11 March 2026|Research HighlightLittle Red DotPhoto: James Webb Space Telescope and UHH/MIN/SchindlerResearchers from the University of Hamburg, including Excellence Cluster Quantum Universe Key Researcher Dr. Jan-Torge Schindler, have discovered a...3 December 2025|Research HighlightA New Source for Axion Dark Matter ProductionPhoto: C. Eröncel, Y. Gouttenoire, R. Sato, G. Servant, and P. SimakachornIn a new publication in Physical Review Letters, Géraldine Servant and collaborators present a novel mechanism for scalar particle production in the...24 October 2025|Research HighlightCMS experiment observes rare top quark interactionPhoto: CMS CollaborationThe CMS experiment reports the first observation of a top quark produced together with a W and a Z boson. A team led by Quantum Universe key...1 October 2025|Research HighlightThe Extreme Corners of Quantum GravityPhoto: van Beest, Calderón-Infante, Mirfendereski, Valenzuela (2022)Combining Quantum Mechanics and gravity into one theory is the theoretical challenge of the twenty-first century. The "Swampland Programme" aims to...30 September 2025|Research Highlight"Polarization Pairs" bring clarityPhoto: Craig LawrieA new framework introduces so-called polarization pairs as a datum necessary to have well-defined quantum field theories that involve self-dual gauge...28 August 2025|Research HighlightCMS experiment measures the mass of the W boson from hadronsPhoto: CMS CollaborationHadrons are particles made of quarks and gluons, and hundreds of them are produced in each particle collision at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). A...20 August 2025|Research HighlightA mysterious cloud near the Milky Way's black hole is being torn apartPhoto: Wasif ShaqilIn a recent paper published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, researchers from the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe have investigated a...Show all news
