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The MPP has spent the last few weeks equipping the ATLAS detector, the largest physics experiment in the world, with twelve new muon chambers. These instruments operate with much higher precision and read-out speed than their predecessors. They were…

The Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP) wishes to congratulate Prof. Robert Klanner (University of Hamburg, DESY) on being awarded the Julius Wess Award 2016. Prof. Klanner receives the prestigious honor for his fundamental contributions to the…

The death of Prof. Dr. Heinz Billing on 4 January 2017 marks the passing of an emeritus scientist of the former Max Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics. Prof. Billing was well known for his groundbreaking efforts in the development of…

Success reported from the AWAKE project: Researchers have succeeded for the first time in generating a wave-shaped plasma field with the aid of a proton beam – an approach which paves the way for a completely new type of particle accelerator. In the…

The ATLAS detector is currently undergoing a substantial upgrade: The Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP) has developed novel drift-tube chambers to measure muon tracks. The Institute will supply 12 of these muon chambers to CERN, where they are…

The Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP) is opening up a new research field. A workshop from November 21 - 22, 2016 has marked the start of activities for an innovative axion experiment. Axions are still only purely hypothetical particles. Their…