18.10.2021
IceCube analysis puts most general constraints on nonstandard neutrino interactions
Team of scientists of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence lead on new publication ...
25.08.2021
In the trap: New method for cooling charged particles
System consisting of two Penning traps connected to an electrical resonant circuit transmits the cooling power of laser-cooled ions
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10.08.2021
Atomic nuclei and leptons: milestone in the calculation of cross sections
Precise theoretical predictions relevant for future neutrino experiments ...
07.06.2021
Joint appointment at JGU and Fermilab: Alfons Weber is JGU's new W3 Professor of Experimental Particle Physics
Appointment represents further expansion of PRISMA+ neutrino physics research program ...
31.05.2021
Borexino Collaboration receives award
European Physical Society acknowledges groundbreaking research into solar neutrinos with Giuseppe and Vanna Cocconi Prize 2021 ...
07.04.2021
Mounting hope for new physics
Muon g-2 Collaboration releases a first result of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon / Gathering evidence for a genuine discrepancy between experiment and theory...
31.03.2021
Unprecedented accuracy: Theoretical physicists at PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence calculate the radius of the proton
New calculations favor a smaller value for the size of the proton, helping to resolve the proton radius puzzle...
15.03.2021
Whispers from the dark side: What can gravitational waves reveal about dark matter?
Scientists of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence analyze data from the gravitational wave observatory NANOGrav ...
05.02.2021
PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence: Double award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Postdoc Joanna Sobczyk receives Humboldt Research Fellowship / Professor Matthias Schott selected as Humboldt Scout
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01.02.2021
Searching for dark matter through the fifth dimension
A discovery in theoretical physics could help to unravel the mysteries of dark matter ...
27.01.2021
Size of helium nucleus measured more precisely than ever before
In contrast to the proton radius, there is no contradiction between the new, more precise value and the measurements with other methods ...
25.01.2021
BASE opens up new possibilities in the search for cold dark matter
Research group at the Cluster of Excellence PRISMA+ at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) involved in publication in Physical Review Letters...
25.11.2020
Solar CNO neutrinos observed for the first time
'Ghostly' particles are proof of the secondary fusion process that powers our Sun ...
11.11.2020
Dark matter from the depths of the universe
PRISMA+ scientists propose exotic low-mass fields as new messengers of astrophysical events ...
21.10.2020
Dmitry Budker receives Norman F. Ramsey Prize of the American Physical Society
Physicist of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz honored for groundbreaking work in the precision spectroscopy of atoms and molecules ...
03.09.2020
Dionysis Antypas receives ERC Starting Grant for research on Atomic Parity Violation (APV)
A novel platform aims to answer fundamental questions in nuclear and particle physics ...
02.09.2020
Mass of the deuteron corrected
Scientists from Heidelberg, Mainz and Darmstadt publish results in Nature ...
25.08.2020
Extremely rare decay process identified
Results of the NA62 collaboration are a milestone in the search for new physics ...
22.07.2020
New 'super light source' should allow fascinating insights into atoms
International team of scientists with Mainz participation proposes plans for high-intensity gamma radiation source at CERN
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15.07.2020
Searching for clues beneath the Earth's surface
Using a network of gravimeters, Mainz-based scientists are attempting to track down weakly interacting matter in the interior of the Earth ...
26.06.2020
Belle II: World record in the accelerator ring
SuperKEKB accelerator ring achieved the highest luminosity ever measured ...
17.06.2020
Surprising Signal in the XENON1T Dark Matter Experiment
Scientists from the international XENON collaboration announced today that data from their XENON1T, the world's most sensitive dark matter experiment, show a surprising excess of events. ...
03.06.2020
The broken mirror: Can parity violation in molecules finally be measured?
Scientists from the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz propose a promising way to detect parity violation in molecules for the first time...
28.05.2020
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz to welcome Gilad Perez, winner of a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Eminent scientist from the Weizmann Institute to conduct research into dark matter and fundamental new physics as a guest member of Dmitry Budker's group...
05.05.2020
Nature Index ranking confirms Mainz University being a top physics research institution
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is one of the ten most research-intensive German universities in physics ...
08.04.2020
Belle II yields first results in search of the Z' boson
Physical Review Letters has published first results of the detector ...
28.02.2020
International research collaboration including scientists from Mainz University measures the electric dipole moment of the neutron with unprecedented accuracy
Researchers track down the mystery of the surplus of matter (text: PSI/JGU) ...
25.02.2020
From China to the South Pole: Joining forces to solve the neutrino mass puzzle
Study by Mainz physicists indicates that the next generation of neutrino experiments may well find the answer to one of the most pressing issues in neutrino physics ...
30.01.2020
Signals from inside the Earth: Borexino Experiment releases new data on geoneutrinos
Exclusive insight into processes and conditions in the Earth's interior ...
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