A high-precision measurement of the properties of a molecular hydrogen ion tests new predictions from fundamental quantum theory and lays a foundation…

The ECHo collaboration has determined a new upper limit for the neutrino mass, thereby laying the groundwork for further experiments aimed at refining…

Today, at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, antiprotons were transported across the site in a truck for the first time.…

On January 1st Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum took over the management of the MPIK. Klaus Blaum has been Director of the Stored and Cooled Ions Department…

Demonstration of first antimatter quantum bit achieved by the BASE collaboration at CERN paves the way for substantially improved tests of nature’s…

Most prestigious German research prize for precision measurements of natural constants and symmetries using ions in electromagnetic traps

Scientist from Columbia University awarded the Laboratory Astrophysics Prize, LAD’s highest honor, for his research conducted at the TSR in Heidelberg…

Precision measurements of COLLAPS and CRIS clarify the archlike trend in charge radii along the tin isotopic chain and reveal an odd-even staggering…

Using the unique space-like conditions in the Cryogenic Storage Ring (CSR) researchers from the MPIK measured for the first time the dissociative…

Researchers have discovered new insights into the reaction pathways of the first molecule in space.

Demonstration of first antimatter quantum bit paves the way for substantially improved tests of nature’s fundamental symmetries

Outstanding dissertation honoured by the MPG

As part of an international collaboration MPIK researchers carried out highly precise measurements as well as calculations on atomic transitions in…

Researchers from the MPIK present new experimental and theoretical results for the bound electron g-factor in lithium-like tin which has a much higher…

The BASE international research collaboration, in which Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) is strongly involved, has successfully relocated…

Using the ALPHATRAP Penning trap at MPIK, physicists demonstrated nondestructive control and readout of internal quantum states of a molecular…

Using the high-precision Penning trap for light ions (LIONTRAP), physicists from MPIK and the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung Darmstadt…

This year's dissertation prize of the German Physical Society (DPG), section atoms, molecules, quantum optics and photonics, was awarded to Dr.…

The g factor of boron-like tin ions is determined with an uncertainty of only 0.5 parts per billion. The second high-precision measurement for a…

Atomic, nuclear and particle physicists join efforts to search for new physics and open a new window to nuclear structure

An international collaboration of scientists made first-ever measurement of the half-life for bound-state beta decay in ²⁰⁵Tl⁸¹⁺ ions at GSI storage…

On 20 November 2024, Heidelberg University appointed PD Dr Sven Sturm as an adjunct professor (apl. Prof.) at the suggestion of the Faculty of Physics…

Klaus Blaum receives the DPG’s most prestigious award in the field of experimental physics.

An international collaboration of scientists succeeded in the measurement of the bound-state beta decay of fully-ionised thallium (²⁰⁵Tl⁸¹⁺) ions at…

Almost 30 years after the first observation, the origin of the mysterious millisecond electron detachment signal of highly-excited C₂⁻ is explained by…

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…

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…

Major improvements in cooling of charged particles in Penning traps by the BASE Collaboration.

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…

Pioneering measurements of cold ion-neutral collisions at the Cryogenic Storage Ring reveal an unexpected isotope effect. [Phys. Rev. Lett. / Phys.…