Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
Welcome to the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics) in Heidelberg, a research establishment of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Max Planck Society). The MPIK does experimental and theoretical basic research in the fields of Astroparticle Physics (crossroads of particle physics and astrophysics) and Quantum Dynamics (dynamics of atoms and molecules).
News
Quantum at noon. From small particles and big ideas
From 7 May to 18 June, the MPIK, together with the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 1225 ISOQUANT at Heidelberg University, is hosting an academic…
Nondestructive quantum state control of a single molecular hydrogen ion
Using the ALPHATRAP Penning trap at MPIK, physicists demonstrated nondestructive control and readout of internal quantum states of a molecular…
The international KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino Experiment (KATRIN) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has once again surpassed its own…
Research Fields
Astroparticle Physics
Sources of high-energy gamma rays
Dark matter and neutrinos
Matter-antimatter asymmetry
more
Quantum Dynamics
Properties of stored cold ions
Role of time in quantum systems
Effect of strong lasers on matter
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