Measurement and Inter-/Back-/Re-/Action at the Origin of Motion
"Where motion comes to life”
Motion plays a pivotal role in life, the universe, and everything.
- Why do things start to move?
- How fast are the smallest movements?
- When does quantum motion turn classically visible?
- In what way can we steer movements?
- What is time?
In our division's → research we use “fast” bright light and multi-dimensional measurement techniques to illuminate these and further questions evolving around the dynamical quantum world.
Director
Prof. Dr. Thomas Pfeifer
Phone: +49 6221 516-380
Assistant:
Alexandra Heid
Rebekka Werner
Phone: +49 6221 516-270
Fax: +49 6221 516-604
sekretariat.pfeifer@mpi-hd.mpg.de
News
Soft X-ray Hanle effect for lifetime determination in highly charged ions
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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…