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
Bringing weak transitions to light
A new general concept for laser-induced enhancement of faint spectral lines is experimentally demonstrated for quasi-forbidden transitions in helium.…
Joint effort in the search for new physics
As part of an international collaboration MPIK researchers carried out highly precise measurements as well as calculations on atomic transitions in…
TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professorship for Susanne Mertens
MPIK director Susanne Mertens is honoured by the Technical University of Munich with the title “TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professor”.
Research Fields
Astroparticle Physics
Sources of high-energy gamma rays
Dark matter and neutrinos
Matter-antimatter asymmetry
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Quantum Dynamics
Properties of stored cold ions
Role of time in quantum systems
Effect of strong lasers on matter
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