STORED AND COOLED IONS

Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum
How do molecules form in the cosmos? - Why is iron more abundant than gold? - How massive is an electron? - Does antimatter behave like matter?

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PARTICLE PHYSICS AND HIGH-ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS

Division Prof. Dr. Werner Hofmann
Which new insights into the cosmos are provided by high-energy photons? - How do cosmic accelerators operate? - Why is matter much more abundant than antimatter? - Are neutrinos their own antiparticles?

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THEORETICAL QUANTUM DYNAMICS AND QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS

Division Hon. Prof. Dr. Christoph H. Keitel
How does matter behave in intense laser fields? - How are new particles generated in strong laser light? - Can the optical properties of a medium be changed as desired? - What are the effects of the "structure" of the vacuum?

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PARTICLE AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS

Division Prof. Dr. Manfred Lindner
What happened after the Big Bang? - What is hidden behind "Dark Matter" and "Dark Energy"? - Which new insights into the cosmos are provided by neutrinos? - Are neutrinos their own antiparticles?

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EXPERIMENTAL FEW-PARTICLE QUANTUM DYNAMICS

Division Prof. Dr. Joachim H. Ullrich (on leave of absence; acting: Prof. Dr. K. Blaum)
Can chemical reactions be "filmed"? - How does matter behave in intense laser pulses? - How can you abstract nearly all electrons from atoms? - What are quantum gases?

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