The universe needs new particles: Many phenomena cannot be satisfactorily explained on the basis of the elementary particles known today. One such new particle is the axion. The CAST experiment at CERN has been searching for axions from the Sun since…
The High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) successfully completed the "roll-in" of the Belle II detector. This is an important milestone for the international Belle II collaboration and the SuperKEKB accelerator.
Scientists report an important milestone in the search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0vββ). As published in Nature, the GERDA experiment succeeded in reducing the radiation background to an extent that there are practically no disturbing…
A change is announced in the CRESST scientific research group (Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers) searching for dark matter. Federica Petricca, a scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Physics since 2005, succeeds Franz…
When planning their careers, many PhD students as well as postdocs take into account career paths outside academia. At the Career Day, which will take place on April 7, 2017 at the Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP), young physicists have the…
International Master Classes: Hands-on Particle Physics
How can we investigate the smallest building blocks of the universe, the elementary particles? That question will be answered by the International Master Classes in Elementary Particles, which takes place at the Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP)…
Our colleague Dr. Wolfgang Seidel passed away suddenly and much too soon on February 20, 2017. He had been a member of the scientific staff at the Institute since 1991. His research field was experimental astroparticle physics, particularly the…
