News about Physics

Strong PhD Day

The Strong Group held a vibrant PhD Day May 12, at the Arbejdermuseet / The Workers Museum in central Copenhagen. The event joined the entire group and a number of visitors, and the day was filled with talks by all the…

Leading mathematician wants to solve the riddle of a million quantum particles

One of Europe’s leading mathematicians - Professor Søren Fournais of the University of Copenhagen – is dedicating the next five years to understanding a mysterious quantum phenomenon through extremely complex equations.…

Two Visiting Professors in May

We have the pleasure of welcoming two visiting professors: Leonardo Gualtieri, Professor at University of Pisa, who will visit the Strong Group from May 14-22, 2023, and Scott A. Hughes, Professor at MIT, who will visit…

Dags Olsteins

Cryogenic On-Chip Multiplexing Using SAG Nanowires Academic advisor: Thomas Sand Jespersen

Nearby galaxies help astronomers understand distant galaxies

In a newly published study researchers show how the amount of light that escapes from a galaxy is connected to its physical properties. The result has implication for how we interpret observations of galaxies in the…

ERC Advanced Grant on Bohr for Guido Bacciagaluppi from Utrecht University

An ERC Advanced Grant on Bohr has been awarded to Guido Bacciagaluppi from Utrecht University.

Nils Valentin Hauff

Topological Waveguides and Symmetrical Droplet Quantum Dots for Scalable Photonic Quantum Technology Supervisor: Prof. Peter Lodahl

First ever asteroid hit by spacecraft could save the Earth from impact

Humanity’s first attempt to re-direct asteroids that could collide with Earth, the NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test satellite (DART), successfully impacted the 150 meter large moon Dimorphos orbiting the 760 m…

Conference in Paris on OUP Handbook “History of Quantum Interpretations”

A conference celebrating the publication of the OUP Handbook on the History of Quantum Interpretations, co-edited by Christian Joas from the Niels Bohr Archive, was held in Paris from 14–15 April, 2023.

Rebecca Schmieg

Ph.D. thesis: Collective Spin-Oscillators for Light-Atom Interfaces Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eugene S. Polzik

Dorthe Dahl Jensen awarded the 2022 Seligman Crystal

Congratulations to Dorthe Dahl Jensen for being awarded the 2022 Seligman Crystal

Lana Zupancic

Title: Shallow Subsurface Imaging: A Geophysical Investigation using Integrated Methods Supervisors: Mohammad Youssof and Klaus Mosegaard

Mikkel Tang

Superradiant Lasers Based on Strontium-88 Supervisors: Jörg Helge Müller

Katarzyna Magdalena Dutkowska

Tracing star formation at high redshift using the Milky Way as a template Academic Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Lars E. Kristensen Assessment Committee: Prof. Jes K. Jørgensen (chair), Assoc. Prof. Angela Adamo, Dr. Mario…

Anne Noer Kolborg

On the origin of metals - Understanding the role of mixing in galactic chemical evolution Supervisors: Prof. Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz and Prof. Steen Harle Hansen

Ivan Galinskiy

Ph.D. thesis: Counting the uncountable: Non-Gaussian quantum optomechanics Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eugene S. Polzik

New professor wants to make history of physics useful for physics research 

The history of physics can help physicists understand their work and their place in society, says Professor Richard Staley, who is giving his inaugural lecture on March 31st.

The brightest explosion ever seen

A particularly bright Gamma-ray burst was recently detected by several space telescopes, and a team of scientists led by astronomers at the Cosmic Dawn Center measured the exact distance to the burst.

Kristoffer Kvist

Title: Transport Properties and Derived Effects of Neutrals in Turbulent Edge Plasma Supervisor: Troels Haugbølle

Martin Asbjørn Krehbiel

Title: Single photon sources and applications Supervisors: Leonardo Midolo, Mikkel Mikkelsen, Beatricie da Lio

Bjarke Brask Nielsen

Title: Propagtion of blobs in NORTH - A study of NORTH Using Langmuir probes Supervisors: Peter Ditlevsen, Stefan Kragh Nielsen

Intergalactic gas brings supermassive black holes at the heart of galaxies to life

Black holes become active and grow by consuming gas captured from other galaxies. This is the finding of a new study from University of Copenhagen researchers, and shows a clear connection between the evolution of…

Intergalactic gas brings supermassive black holes at the heart of galaxies to life

Black holes become active and grow by consuming gas captured from other galaxies. This is the finding of a new study from University of Copenhagen researchers, and shows a clear connection between the evolution of…

Sarah Pearson to join DARK

After spending 10 years abroad Sarah Pearson is returning to the Niels Bohr Institute.