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Dr. Eleonore Trefftz, Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute for Physics, later Emeritus Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, passed away on October 22, 2017 at the age of 97. With Eleonore Trefftz, the Max…

The nature of dark matter is probably one of the most pressing questions in modern physics. Although the existence of dark matter, due to many astrophysical and cosmological observations of its gravitational influence, is difficult to refute, an…

What gives the particles of cosmic radiation, which permeate the universe, their high energy? It is suspected that supernova remains might act as naturally occurring particle accelerators. Cassiopeia A is one of a handful of such objects in our…

The Max Planck Institute for Physics commemoratds its 100th anniversary. On October 1, 1917, the former Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics started operations with Albert Einstein as director. The MPI for Physics celebrated its jubilee with a…

At the beginning of September five young people began their professional training at the Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP). Three of them – Franziska Kienitz, Jannis Haas und Felix Butz – have embarked on a training as electronic technicians for…

Aude Glaenzer and Paul Ripoche, two master students in their first year at the famous École normale supérieure de Paris-Saclay, spent four months as interns at the Max-Planck-Institute for Physics. They worked with Dr. Susanne Mertens’ KATRIN/TRISTAN…

Elisa Resconi has been a Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP) since the beginning of August 2017. As part of the Fellow program, she will be setting up a new working group at the MPP dedicated to theoretical and experimental aspects…

For the first time, a team from the Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP) took part in last Thursday’s company run: 13 highly motivated runners completed the 6-kilometer course through the Olympic park, some of them achieving a new personal best.…