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Map showing astronomical sources related to black holes

Photo: Francesco de Gasperin

19 February 2021|Research

A starry sky made of more than 25,000 supermassive black holes

An international team of astronomers, led by Junior Professor Francesco de Gasperin, scientist at the Hamburg Obervatory and...

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Das Hauptgebäude der Universtität Hamburg.

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18 February 2021|Campus

FAQ on the coronavirus and its impact on Universität Hamburg

In 2021, the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect processes at Universität Hamburg, whether digital studies, travel abroad, or...

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11 February 2021|Advanced Imaging of Matter

Call accepted

Dr. Ralf Riedinger has accepted the call to the W1-TT-W2 professorship on “Experimentalphysik mit dem Schwerpunkt Quantenoptik" /...

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Three-dimensional visualization of the coronavirus

Photo: Judith Flurer / RVZ

10 February 2021|Advanced Imaging of Matter

Network against the coronavirus

Since the end of 2020, structural biologist Dr. Andrea Thorn and her team have been strengthening the diverse Corona research at...

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Durch die Kombination von innovativen optischen und radioastronomischen 3D-Technologien mit neuen Supercomputer-Simulationen in großem Maßstab und Big-Data-Techniken versuchen die Astronominnen und Astronomen die Entwicklung der Materie, des Lichts u

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5 February 2021|Research

Geheimnisse von Galaxien gelüftet

Ein von der australischen Macquarie University geleitetes Astronomieprojekt hat jetzt neue Daten zur Entwicklung des Universums...

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Was hat Künstliche Intelligenz mit Astrophysik zu tun? Wie können schon Studierende an der Hamburger Sternwarte nach Dunkler Materie suchen? Diese und andere Fragen klären die Studentin Julia-Ziegler und der Wissenschaftler Dr. Volker Heesen in der s

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27 January 2021|EXC Quantum Universe

Warum Astrophysik studieren?

Studierende und Nachwuchsforschende erzählen jeden zweiten Mittwoch während der Vorlesungszeit, warum sie sich für die Astrophysik...

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a. STS LDOS of Bernal and rhombohedral graphene domains in small-angle twisted double bilayer graphene. The inset shows the atomic stacking for Bernal and rhombohedral graphene. b. STS LDOS map at −20 meV showing the emergence of edge states. An ext

Photo: Carmen Rubio-Verdú

20 January 2021|SFB925

A new natural platform for realizing flat-band quantum phenomena and topological states

Electrons in solids can have only certain energies, called bands. In recent years, it was shown experimentally that the range of...

Atomic relaxation lies at the heart of ‘moiré metrology’: the atoms of the two layers move in search of a stable configuration, forming domains separated by domain walls (illustrated on the left). This kind of analysis allows moiré metrology to reach

Photo: Dorri Halbertal

14 January 2021|SFB925

'Moiré metrology' - a new tool to map the interaction between atomically thin layers

When two atomically thin layers of a material are stacked and twisted slightly on top of one another, they can develop radically...

photo showing some dishes of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA)

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14 January 2021|Publication

Can gravitational waves be detected by radio telescopes?

Since their discovery only a few years ago, gravitational waves have emerged as a new window to study some of the mysteries of the...

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In der sechsten Folge von „Warum Astrophysik?“ nimmt uns der Astrophysiker Dr. Pranjal Trivedi von der Hamburger Sternwarte mit in das Reich der Dunklen Materie und zeigt verschiedene Methoden, mit denen die Rätsel um diese geheimnisvolle Materie gel

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13 January 2021|EXC Quantum Universe

Why astrophysics?

Studierende und Nachwuchsforschende erzählen jeden zweiten Mittwoch während der Vorlesungszeit, warum sie sich für die Astrophysik...

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