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Long-sought measurement of exotic beta decay in thallium helps extract the timescale of the birth of the Sun
An international collaboration of scientists succeeded in the measurement of the bound-state beta decay of fully-ionised thallium (205Tl81+) ions at…
Soft X-ray Hanle effect for lifetime determination in highly charged ions
For the first time, the Hanle effect was detected in the soft X-ray regime for helium-like nitrogen ions. This opens up a new method for lifetime…
Rotation severely reshapes the decay of diatomic carbon anions
Almost 30 years after the first observation, the origin of the mysterious millisecond electron detachment signal of highly-excited C2− is explained by…
„Die Formel des Widerstands“ – Lesung/Buchvorstellung mit Astrid Viciano
Dienstag 29. Oktober 2024 19:00 Uhr | Otto-Hahn-Hörsaal des Instituts
The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) enters new planning phase
From 10-13th September, more than 70 scientists from 12 countries gathered at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) in Heidelberg to discuss…
SPARC PhD Prize for Stefan Dickopf
During this year's meeting of the SPARC Collaboration the SPARC PhD Prize was awarded to Dr. Stefan Dickopf (MPIK, Division Blaum) für his thesis High…
ERC Starting Grant for Vera Schäfer
In the latest call for proposals from the European Research Council (ERC), Dr. Vera Schäfer has been awarded one of the prestigious ERC Starting…
Ultrafast steering of quantum-entangled electrons
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg have succeeded in selectively manipulating the motion of the electron pair…
Through the spaceship atom's shield
Part of the science fiction genre is the famous protective shield that spaceships can raise. This is similar for atoms: The electron shell as an…
Unexpected behaviour of carbon dioxide dimers after ionisation
A team of international scientists from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the MPIK has unveiled a surprising discovery in molecular physics,…
Mildred Dresselhaus Award 2024 for Laura Cattaneo
Dr. Laura Cattaneo, head of the Max Planck Research Group „ULCD – Ultrafast Liquid Crystal Dynamics“ at MPIK, will be honored within the Mildred…
Powerful particle accelerators discovered in Milky Way’s satellite galaxy
From direct observations, we know that our Galaxy, the Milky Way, contains sources of cosmic rays with energies of up to several hundred…
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award awarded to Marianne Lemoine-Goumard
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has honoured Prof. Marianne Lemoine-Goumard from the Universite de Bordeaux with the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel…
Visit to and from the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Last week, the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting took place for the 73rd time. More than 30 Nobel Laureates and around 600 young scientists took part to…
Unexpected deviation in the lifetime – First observation of the nuclear two-photon decay in bare atomic nuclei
For the first time, an international research team, led by GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt, the Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l'Univers…
First measurement of a nuclear recoil signal from solar neutrinos with XENONnT
Today, Wednesday, July the 10th, at the IDM conference in L’Aquila (IT), the XENONnT collaboration announced the first measurement of low-energy…
Open day at MPIK was a great success
More than 6000 interested visitors experienced exciting insights into the research at the institute
Pair plasma generated in laboratory experiments at CERN
An international team of scientists has developed a novel way to experimentally produce pair plasma ‘fireballs’ on Earth, opening a new frontier in…