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.…

Scientists led by the Max-Planck-Institutes für Kernphysik have succeeded in significantly increasing the measurement stability of a Penning trap.

What is the mass of a neutrino at rest? This is one of the big unanswered questions in physics. Neutrinos play a central role in nature. A team led by…

The Presidium of the "German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - National Academy of Sciences" has elected Prof. Dr Klaus Blaum, Director at the Max…

Origin of heavy elements: Nuclear matter under extreme conditions

Researchers at the MPI for Nuclear Physics have succeeded in testing the theory of quantum electrodynamics in strong fields with unprecedented…

Joint experimental-theoretical study at MPIK identifies a metastable state in highly charged lead

They have done a good job, and their cooperation will be continued: After a successful review, the German-Japanese Center for Time, Constants and…

Scientists from the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik and other institutions have obtained a significantly higher ionization rate in dilute molecular…

Measurement of the g factor of the electron in hydrogen-like tin confirms the standard model of particle physics under extremely high electric field…

Using the high-precision Penning trap for light ions (LIONTRAP), physicists from the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, the GSI Helmholtz…

The Max Planck Society honours Daniel Zajfman with the Harnack Medal in recognition of his remarkable contributions to the advancement of science and…

New nuclear physics data provide a better understanding of the properties of neutron stars. High-precision measurements of nuclear masses reveal…

Priv. Doz. Dr. Sven Sturm has been awarded one of the prestigious ERC Advanced Grants in the latest round of calls for proposals by the European…

Measurements under space conditions at the ultracold storage ring CSR of the MPI for Nuclear Physics for the first time provided reliable data on the…

Since 06.09.2022 Klaus Blaum is officially a full member of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften. As director at the MPI for Nuclear Physics,…

Using a newly developed technique, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK) in Heidelberg have measured the very small…

In a joint experimental-theoretical study, physicists at the Heidelberg Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK), together with collaborators…

Laser spectroscopic measurements on methylidene ions in the CSR using the elektron cooler

In Nature, the BASE collaboration at CERN reports on the world's most accurate comparison between protons and antiprotons: The charge-to-mass ratios…

Both the work on coherent control of nuclear excitations with suitably shaped X-ray light and the new method for sympathetic laser cooling of protons…