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Nobel Prize for the Higgs mechanism

François Englert and Peter W. Higgs have been awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics “for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass

Discovery Center receives 40 million kroner

The Discovery Center for Particle Physics at NBI has received a grant of 40 million kroner from the Danish National Research Foundation. This grant means that the Discovery Center, which was established in January 2010

Magnus Elleskov Kristensen

NEGIS Phosphate and pH Measurements First continuous Phosphate and pH record from a Greenland shallow ice core Supervisors: Anders Svensson, Paul T. Vallelonga and Helle A. Kjær

Troels Paarup

Quasar K-correction in the UV-optical spectral region and broad emission line shape parameter dependence on Eddington ratio

Simon Stark Mortensen

Kinematic reconstruction of diffractive processes with tagged protons in the ALFA detector at √S=8TeV Supervisor: Peter Henrik Hansen

In memory of Henrik B. Clausen

Asoc. prof., Henrik Brink Clausen died 23rd August 2013 at the age of 76 years. He participated in a great number of expeditions among others to Greenland and Antarctica. In recognition of his contribution to research h…

Bastian Poulsen

CMB methods applied to flow data from ALICE Supervisor: Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje

Heidi Lundgaard Sørensen

Controlling the shape of subwavelength-diameter tapered optical fibers

Ivan Iakoupov

Photon gates in atomic ensembles

Christine O. Rasmussen

Next-to-leading order matrix element reweighting – a study on qq→zz→e+e-µ+µ- Supervisor: Jørgen Beck Hansen

Quasar observed in 6 separate light reflections

Using a special method where you observe light that has been bent by gravity on its way through the universe, a group of physics students from NBI have observed a quasar whose light has been deflected and reflected in

Quantum communication controlled by resonance in ‘artificial atoms’

Researchers at NBI among others have developed a method to control a quantum bit for electronic quantum communication in a series of quantum dots, which behave like artificial atoms in the solid state

Peter Krogstrup appointed assistant professor at QDev on nanowire growth

As of May 2013, Peter Krogstrup has been appointed assistant professor at the Center for Quantum Devices. He will be working on MBE growth of nanowires.

Kristian Gregersen

Anomalous trilinear gauge couplings in ZZ production at the ATLAS experiment

New knowledge about early galaxies

Using new detailed studies carried out with the ESO Very Large Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers from NBI have studied an early galaxy in unprecedented detail and determined a number of

Congratulations to Christopher Stowasser

Congratulations to Christopher Stowasser from Centre for Ice and Climate, who succesfully defended his PhD Thesis thursday, June 27, 2013.

Karina Schifter Holm

Measurement of Z bosons in p+Pb collisions at p sNN = 5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detector Corrections Supervisor: Peter Hansen

Christian T. Holme

Analysis of the isotopic composition of the NEGIS ice core including a comparison with coastal temperature data Academic advisor: Bo Mølløse Vinther

Karl-Søren Geertsen

Determination of Reference Velocities in the North Atlantic based on Physical Oceanographic Inverse Methods Supervisor: Markus Jochum

Soeren Borg Nielsen

Oceanic Near-Inertial Waves induced by atmospheric storms - a quantitative analysis of a coupled climate model Supervisor: Markus Jochum

Vega Theil Carstensen

The tropical Atlantic near-inertial velocity from Eulerian observations at moored measurement stations Supervisor: Markus Jochum

Simone Juul Jakobsen

Supernova remnants and pulsar wind nebulae in the Norma region Main advisor: Darach Watson Co-advisors: John Tomsick and Allan Hornstrup

Quantum teleportation between atomic systems over long distances

The research group Quantum Optics at NBI has succeeded in teleporting information between two clouds of gas atoms and to carry out the teleportation – not just one or a few times, but successfully every single time

Bo Høegh Frederiksen

A Radiative-Convective Model for the Atmosphere of Mars Supervisor: Peter D. Ditlevsen