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The group experimentally explores fundamental few-particle quantum systems in atoms, molecules, molecular and highly-charged ions as well as in cold and ultra-cold ensembles. Members: Joachim Ullrich, José Ramon Crespo López-Urrutia, Alexander Dorn, Daniel Fischer, Selim Jochim, Alban Kellerbauer, Robert Moshammer, Thomas Pfeifer, Claus Dieter Schröter, Konstantin Simeonidis, Alexander Voitkiv, Carsten Welsch, Sascha Epp, Lutz Foucar, Yuhai Jiang, Kai-Uwe Kühnel, Aditya Kelkar, Bennaceur Najjari, Xueguang Ren, Artem Rudenko, Arne Senftleben, Vandana Sharma, Gopi Veeravalli, Xincheng Wang, Sayyora Artikova, Thomas Baumann, Christian Beilmann, Sven Bernitt, Bettina Fischer, Rainer Ginzel, Ram Gopal, Janusz Harasimowicz, Manuel Kremer, Siva Rama Krishnan, Katharina Kubicek, Moritz Kurka, Thomas Lompe, Volkhard Mäckel, Christian Ott, Timo Ottenstein, Thomas Pflüger, Massimiliano Putignano, Philipp Raith, Helga Rietz, Katharina Schneider, Marcel Schuh, Michael Schuricke, Maria Schwarz, Friedhelm Serwane, Martin Simon, Alexander Sperl, Sara Tegami, Ulrich Warring, Gerhard Zürn, Ganjun Zhu, Rebecca Boll, Franziska Brunner, Andreas Fischer, Marco Holzwarth, Renate Hubele, Patrick Mrowczynski, Martin Ries, Michael Schönwald, Stefan Sellner, Thomas Busch, Christian Kaiser, Bernd Knape, Helga Krieger, Norbert Müller, Claudia Ries, Francesca Calegari, Michael Holzscheiter, Angela Intermite, Bernd Martin, Paul Mokler, Alexander Papash, Giuseppe Sansone, Shenyue Xu,
- Time independent structure is investigated by precision spectroscopy of highly-charged (radioactive) ions up to He-like systems for all elements, testing Quantum Electrodynamics (QED), relativistic, nuclear and few-electron contributions at MPI-K, GSI, and TRIUMF. Photon interactions with highly charged ions are studied at BESSY and at FLASH.
- Time dependent dynamics in atomic, molecular, cluster or ion reactions are explored on the femto- to attosecond time scale using ultra-fast lasers at the MPI-K, the Max-Born Institute (MBI), the Max-Planck Institut for Quantum Optics (MPQ) and the Free Electron Lasers at Desy (FLASH) and SPring8 (SCSS). Atto- to zepto-second times are accessible in interactions with fast electrons or positrons (NEPOMUK), with highly-charged ions at MPI-K or, for up to relativistic energies and antiprotons at the GSI and CERN.
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Time dependent structure (e.g. electronic or position of atoms in molecules) is accessed via ultra-fast X-ray photon diffraction within the Max Planck Advanced Study Group (ASG) at the Center for Free Electron Laser Science (CFEL) in Hamburg exploiting the 4th generation, Free Electron Laser X-ray source in Stanford (LCLS).
- Fundamental interactions, gravity of antimatter are studied in anti-hydrogen at CERN and the GSI.
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Recent picture:
The ultracold quantum gases group with their apparatus
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