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Black hole binaries may unveil new particles

Gravitational waves emitted by the merger of black holes could carry information about the existence of new particles in nature. The mechanism that makes this possible is called “superradiance”. In this process,…

Beatriz Maria Campos Estrada

From dusty tails to cloudy skies - Exploring exoplanetary environments through self-consistent modelling Supervisors: Uffe Gråe Jørgensen and Christiane Helling

Charlotte Mason receives large ERC grant

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Nanna Bach-Møller

Exoplanet atmospheres in high-energy radiative environments Supervisors: Christiane Helling & Uffe Gråe Jørgensen

Welcome to 142 new physics students

We are pleased to welcome everyone with an introduction program consisting of a voluntary kickstart course, welcome days on campus and a cabin trip.

Black holes everywhere!

Black holes in Kongens Nytorv, black holes in the Black Diamond, Black holes everywhere! Black holes came to Copenhagen in August 2024. The Strong Group & The Niels Bohr Institute celebrated 50 years of Hawking radiatio…

Black Hole Week at NBI

This August we are celebrating black holes in Copenhagen! There are many reasons to be excited. We celebrate 50 years of Hawking radiation, and since that seminal work, so much has happened.

Black holes are coming to Copenhagen in August 2024

The Niels Bohr Institute is celebrating 50 years of Hawking radiation and a decade of amazing developments in black hole science. Worldwide experts will gather at the Black Diamond and at the Copenhagen Planetarium, to…

Matthias Wilhelm receives Sapere Aude grant from Denmark's Independent Research Fund

Associate Professor Matthias Wilhelm has been awarded a Sapere Aude Starting Grant from Denmark's Independent Research Fund for his project titled “Leveraging Algebraic Geometry for High-Precision Fundamental Physics.”…

Kasper Skjold Tølløse

Prediction of Atmospheric Dispersion on All Scales for Emergency Preparedness Supervisors: Eigil Kaas (NBI) & Jens Havskov Sørensen (DMI)

Blockbuster of the Blok - Saulius Vaitikenas

The NBI teaching committee has decided to highlight a teacher four times a year to recognize outstanding teaching at the institute. The first one is Saulius Vaitikenas in Blok 3 in 2024.

#blackholeweek

The #blackholeweek is taking place in Copenhagen this August! The Strong Group is co-organizing a series of events happening across Copenhagen at the end of August to celebrate the 50 years anniversary of Hawking…

Resonance

Dimitris Theocharis, a visual artist and one of the artists in residency at Strong in 2024, inaugurated today his beautiful art installation entitled Resonance (2024). Resonance is an artwork designed to react to the…

1K clicks in a month

Our webpage recently achieved a milestone of 1,000 clicks from Google Search within a span of 28 days. On average, we received 36 clicks per day redirected from Google's search engine. It possibly shows the impact of…

Gravity Seminar: Nicola Gaspari

Gravity Seminar: Nicola Gaspari

Gregorio Carullo moves to Birmingham

Starting later this year, Strong member Gregorio Carullo will join the Institute for Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the University of Birmingham, as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Full of excitement for this new…

Shilpa joins Saha as Associate Professor

Strong postdoc Shilpa Kastha will join the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics in India as an Associate Professor at the end of the year. Thankful to all her mentors and friends for being the giants on whose shoulders sh…

Look up in August

Read here (in Danish) what's visible in the stellar sky in August.

Superconducting Resonators and Quantum Bits: Simulation and/or Cryogenic Measurements

Bachelor/Masters Project Description Quantum computing is receiving much attention these years with various platforms competing to demonstrate superior properties. This project focuses on the superconducting platform an…

“Milla Baldo Ceolin” National Prize for Marta Cocco

Marta Cocco has been awarded the prestigious “Milla Baldo Ceolin” National Prize of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) for the year 2023. This prize, entitled “Woman in Theoretical Physics”, is assigned t…

New Horizons for Psi

In recent years, there has been significant advancement and a notable surge in the exploration of fundamental field in regions with strong gravity. In light of this expanding and evolving community, the New Horizons fo…

Characterization of Quantum Bits and Their Building Blocks

Bachelor/Masters Project Description At NQCP we are developing quantum bits. Besides characterizing the qubits themselves, a big part of that work is to characterize the materials and components which together make the…

Engineering High-Performance Microwave Resonators for Superconducting Quantum Computers

Masters Project Description Superconducting quantum computers hold immense potential but rely on microwave resonators for qubit control. These resonators, which are made up of superconducting material on silicon, use…

Fabrication Techniques for Josephson Junctions and their Characterization

Masters Project Description This project explores how Josephson junctions, made with a special angled metal deposition technique, can be used to create superconducting qubits. Understanding how these junctions work is…