News about Physics

Ida Margrethe Ringgaard

Sensitivity of Arctic sea ice change on climate in the coupled climate model EC-Earth Supervisors: Eigil Kaas, Shuting Yang, Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen

Conceptual model can explain how thunderstorm clouds bunch together

A new theoretical study from associate professor, Jan Härter, at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, presents a new mechanism for the self-aggregation of storm clouds, a phenomenon, by which storm clouds…

Peter Krogstrup receives Elektroprisen 2019

Professor Peter Krogstrup receives Elektroprisen 2019, annually awarded by The Danish Society of Engineers, IDA. Peter Krogstrup is professor in quantum physics at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen,…

Floriane Océane Sudre

Sensitivity to Friction Changes: the Case of an Idealized Gullmarn Fjord Supervisors: Markus Jochum and Herbert Formayer

Elvira Caroline Jarmbæk Jacobsen

The effect of dephasing in waveguide QED Supervised by: Anders Søndberg Sørensen and Sumanta Kumar Das

Marta A. Mrozowska

On the connection between upwelling, opal deposit rates and atmospheric CO2 concentration Supervisor: Markus Jochum

Filippo Botta

The ecology of abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period Supervisor: Anders Svensson

Thomas Hummel

Multiphoton generation from a single quantum dot in a photonic nanostructure Supervisors: Ravitej Uppu & Peter Lodahl

Congratulations to Karl Nyman

Congratulations to Karl Nyman at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended his PhD thesis Thursday 6 June 2019, and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Karl Nyman

Bifurcations of relaxation oscillations in models of the middle Pleistocene transition of glacial cycles Supervisor: Peter Ditlevsen

New center at the University of Copenhagen to predict climate tipping points

Current climate models are unable to predict sudden and violent changes to climate, known as tipping points.

Michelle Shu-Ting Lee

Climate proxies based on the NEEM ice core for the Holocene period 4000-7000 years B2K: An integrated CFA and IEC method for the NEEM brittle zone Supervisors: Helle Astrid Kjær and Paul Travis Vallelonga

Mirjam Martina Läderach

Continuous flow analysis on EastGRIP ice core: Optimization of optical dye method and results from acidity measurements on the EastGRIP ice core Supervisors: Helle Astrid Kjær and Paul Travis Vallelonga

Copenhagen researchers break quantum limit in the precision of force and position measurements

Researchers of the Schliesser Lab at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have pushed the precision of force and position measurements into a new regime.

Dorthe Dahl Jensen appointed Canada Excellence Research Chair at the University of Manitoba

Dorthe Dahl Jensen, Professor at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, has been appointed Canada Excellence Research Chair at the University of Manitoba in Canada. Her…

Congratulations to Filippo Botta

Congratulations to Filippo Botta at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended his PhD thesis Monday 29 April 2019, and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Nanocomponent is a quantum leap for Danish physicists

University of Copenhagen researchers have developed a nanocomponent that emits light particles carrying quantum information. Less than one-tenth the width of a human hair, the miniscule component makes it possible to…

Nanocomponent is a quantum leap for Danish physicists

Less than one-tenth the width of a human hair, the miniscule component makes it possible to scale up and could ultimately reach the capabilities required for a quantum computer or quantum internet.

Taus Munck Hansen

Multi-Messenger Probes of the Sources of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays Supervisor: Assi. Prof. Markus Ahlers Co-supervisor: Postdoc. Mohamad Rameez

Greenland Telescope to image black holes by moving onto the Greenland ice sheet

Scientists from DARK at the Niels Bohr Institute will soon be able to participate in the “Event Horizon Telescope” (EHT) with the Greenland Telescope (GLT). The GLT will become part of a global network of radio…

Honorable invitation to Deividas Sabonis, PhD student at Center for Quantum Devices, NBI

Deividas Sabonis, PhD student at the Center for Quantum devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, has been invited to the annual 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting this year dedicated to Physics. It is a…

Ærefuld invitation til Deividas Sabonis, Ph.d. studerende ved Center for Quantum Devices, NBI

Deividas Sabonis, Ph.d. studerende ved Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institutet, Københavns Universitet, er blevet inviteret til den 69. Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, som i år er dedikeret til fysik. Det er en…

Eugene Polzik receives Villum Investigator grant for pushing the boundaries of quantum mechanics

Eugene Polzik, head of the QUANTOP Laboratory at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, receives 30 million from the Villum foundation to “push the boundaries of the quantum behavior towards larger and more…

Olga Lia Dimopoulou

Observations of Turbulent Dynamics in the Baltic Sea Supervisor: Markus Jochum