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Experimental Physics

This July, the Hamburg International Summer School “Particles, Strings and Cosmology” brought 27 students from 11 different countries to Hamburg. In two weeks’ time, they had the opportunity to get to know the University of Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe and the Campus Bahrenfeld.

The Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld is changing faster than any other research center in Hamburg. On occasion, we ask University of Hamburg members to introduce their workplace in existing or planned Science City research buildings and tell us what makes their building special. Today: the Center for Hybrid Nanostructures...

It’s not just sunshine that comes from our nearest star — according to new research by IFIC, DESY and the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe at the University of Hamburg, the Sun also emits ultra-weak gravitational waves over an enormous frequency range. These gentle ripples in space and time could one day shed new...

A search for axion dark matter, this ambitious endeavor was successfully taken by the "Student Project for an Axion Cavity Experiment" (SPACE) research group of Mehmet Agit, Akgümüs And Nabil Salama at the Institute for Experimental Physics of the University of Hamburg. After more than one year of research and development...

In the Shielded Experimental Hall (SHELL) at the University of Hamburg, an international research collaboration involving the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe is developing the MADMAX experiment to detect axions. The particles are considered promising candidates for dark matter and could solve a mystery surrounding...

What forces determine the behavior of elementary particles? And how have they significantly shaped the development of the universe? On the campus of Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld (SCHB), the upcoming Hamburg Fundamental Interactions Laboratory (HAFUN) is a research facility unique in Germany that will address these major...