Particle Physics

tidal disruption event

Reading a Message Carried on a Distant Tide

26.04.2021

Space & Physics, Astrophysics, Particle Physics

A high-energy neutrino that flung out from a star, ripped apart by a black hole, reveals something about the cosmic sources of these mysterious...

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Navigation by Atom – Coming to a Vehicle Near You

18.01.2021

Lasers & Optics, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics

Instruments normally found in physics labs are making their way into everyday applications. Institute scientists have greatly expanded these...

landau level tomography

Magic Material Made with a Twist

27.08.2020

Particle Physics, Quantum Physics, Materials Science

A newly identified kind of disorder may lead to new "twistronics"

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New Light on the Solid State

06.08.2020

Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics

Some of the fastest light pulses ever take on solid materials

Dirac Electrons Come Back to Life in Magic-Angle Graphene

Dirac Electrons Come Back to Life in Magic-Angle Graphene

14.06.2020

Particle Physics, Quantum Physics, Theoretical Physics

A new symmetry-broken parent state discovered in twisted bilayer graphene

Kinetic energy distribution of molecular fragments

Back in Time

09.03.2020

Lasers & Optics, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics, Nanoscience

Measuring echoes of quantum states in a single molecule gives researchers new insight into a unique phenomenon

resistance

Resistance at the Edge

19.12.2019

Space & Physics, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics

New findings present a nuanced picture of electron flow in quantum states

electrons flowing in graphene

Electrons Caught Flowing like Water for the First Time

09.12.2019

Space & Physics, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics

The findings could help reduce resistance in electronic devices

Weyl semi-metal

At the End of an Arc

25.11.2019

Space & Physics, Particle Physics, Materials Science

In unique “semi-metals,” electrons dive inside and emerge into a new arc In unique “semi-metals,” electrons dive inside and emerge into a...

Electron crystal detection with a nanowire

Like an Electron on a Wire

21.11.2019

Particle Physics, Quantum Physics

A quantum solid, made of electrons, had been predicted but never before seen with imaging

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