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Das Schwarze Loch im Zentrum der Milchstraße - ein Sternenballet mit Scherzo

Physik Modern am 27. Oktober 2016, 19.15 Uhr in der Schellingstraße 4 (H 030)

Mit Dr. Stefan Gillessen, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik

Im Zentrum der Milchstraße haust ein Schwerkraftmonster – ein schwarzes Loch. Gut vier Millionen Sonnenmassen sind dort in einem Raumbereich konzentriert, der etwa…

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Navigation im Weltraum: Pulsare als kosmische Wegweiser

Café & Kosmos am 15. November 2016, 19 Uhr im Muffatcafé

Pulsare sind nicht nur interessante Forschungsobjekte für Astrophysiker, sondern bieten auch die Möglichkeit, in der Navigation von Raumfahrzeugen eingesetzt zu werden - als kosmische Leuchtfeuer. Die Methode zur Navigation von Raumfahrzeugen mittels…

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Installing the new detector modules into the CRESST experiment

The search for dark matter: Entering the next phase of the CRESST experiment

The CRESST experiment is continuing its search for dark matter. A few weeks ago, the detector reached its operating temperature of around -273 degrees Celsius, i.e. close to absolute zero. For the new measurement started in September, the experiment…

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The new MPP trainees Valentin Schaller, Quirin Fischl, Lea Schafroth, Carolin Bauer and Jonas Wallner

New trainees get started at the MPP

On September 1, 2016, five young women and men started their professional education at the Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP). Over the next three years, they will train to become electronics technicians for devices and systems or industrial…

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In memory of Professor Dr. Wolfhart Zimmermann

Agreement on CTA site on La Palma now signed

On September 19, 2016, the Council of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) concluded negotiations with the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) to host CTA’s northern hemisphere array at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in La…

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Their sights on neutrinos: New Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Physics

Experimental neutrino physics – this is the main topic of a new Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Physics. The Group will is led by Susanne Mertens, who has previously worked on the KATRIN and the Majorana experiments at the Karlsruhe…

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Dark matters – ein Einblick in die dunkle Seite unseres Universums

Café & Kosmos am 20. September 2016, 19 Uhr im Muffatcafé

Mit Maximilian Totzauer, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik

Teleskope erschließen uns Einblicke in eine unvorstellbar große Zahl von Sternen und Galaxien. Diese sichtbare Welt macht allerdings nur 5 Prozent des Universums aus. Der Rest bleibt dem…

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Higgs boson: New high-precision computation for self-coupling

Researchers are carrying out various experiments to check the currently valid Standard Model of elementary particle physics. They are also searching for other phenomena which occur beyond the Standard Model – for “new physics”. Their search is based…

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View from below into the GERDA experiment: Seen here are the cables of germanium diodes and the shielding.

GERDA experiment: first results of the second measurement phase

Is the neutrino its own antiparticle? How large a mass do neutrinos have? Scientists working on the GERDA experiment want to find answers to these questions. The first results of the second measurement phase, which began in December, were recently…

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