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Research Field Accelerator Physics

Accelerator science aims at developing and advancing drivers for novel X-ray light sources, such as for the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser XFEL as well as for high-power-laser-based, ultra-compact X-ray sources that can be used for new methods in medical imaging applications.

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Research Field Astroparticle, Neutrino and Gravitational Wave Physics

The research field is focused on the various messengers of astrophysics and particle physics. We are developing experimental techniques and methods to study the high-energy universe (Horns), gravitational waves (Gerberding), neutrino physics (Hagner),  and dark matter (Garutti, Horns, Nikolopoulos)

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Research Field Research with Photons

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Research Field Particle and Detector Physics

The research programme of the Particle Physics & Detector Development group is characterised by the study of the fundamental building blocks of matter, their properties, dynamics and interactions.

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3 June 2025|Advanced Imaging of Matter

EU funding for two CUI research groups

Two research groups from the Cluster of Excellence "CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter" can look forward to receiving support for their working groups. The teams led by cluster spokesperson Prof. Francesca Calegari and Prof. Carmen Herrmann will receive funding to train two PhD students as part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie...

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2 June 2025|Research

Gravity cavity

It is quite common for research equipment to end up in display cases and exhibition rooms: discarded prototypes, particularly attractive particle detectors or innovative new developments help to explain science and are technological witnesses to the times. However, it is rather rare for exhibits to be dusted off and moved...

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23 May 2025|Research

“Top-Level Research Has a Home, and It’s Called Hamburg”

On 22 May 2025, the German Research Foundation (DFG) endorsed the tremendous work carried out in the University of Hamburg’s clusters of excellence, announcing that all four projects would continue to receive funding during the next funding period. The research alliances cover a range of topics, from astronomy to the...

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22 May 2025|Research

A Great Success: The University of Hamburg Awarded Four Clusters of Excellence

The University of Hamburg was extremely successful in the framework of the Excellence Strategy, securing funding for the 4 existing clusters of excellence in the next funding round from January 2026. The University has thus consolidated its top position among the leading group of German research universities. With this...

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22 May 2025|Quantum Universe

Second funding period for Quantum Universe

The Quantum Universe Cluster of Excellence at the University of Hamburg in collaboration with the DESY research center will receive funding for another seven years. The German Research Foundation (DFG) and the German Science and Humanities Council (Wissenschaftsrat, WR) announced the positive decision on further funding for...

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22 May 2025|Advanced Imaging of Matter

Here's to another seven years!

Great success for the Center of Excellence CUI: From 1 January 2026, the Cluster of Excellence “CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter” will be funded for a further seven years as part of the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments.

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