News about Particle physics

Colossal Collisions in Space send Shockwaves through the Universe: Gravitational waves break records with new observations

Gravitational waves shake the very fabric of the universe when black holes collide. Today we measure these events and use them to understand the cosmos.

Intergalactic experiment: Researchers hunt for mysterious dark matter particle with clever trick

Physicists use magnetic fields of galaxy clusters to observe black holes in their search for a particle that has stumped scientists for decades.

Intergalactic experiment: Researchers hunt for mysterious dark matter particle with clever trick

Physicists use magnetic fields of galaxy clusters to observe black holes in their search for a particle that has stumped scientists for decades.

Vitor Cardoso Elected President of ISGRG

The International Society on General Relativity and Gravitational (ISGRG) has elected Professor Vítor Cardoso for President during the 2028-2031 triennium.

Zvi Bern receives the Niels Bohr Institute Medal of Honour, 2024

Zvi Bern is awarded the Niels Bohr Institute of Honour for his remarkable list of scientific achievements in theoretical physics. His association with the Niels Bohr Institute goes back more than 40 years.

Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics to CERN LHC experiments

The Fundamental Breakthrough Prize has been awarded to all the physicists that have contributed to the success of the Large Hadron Collider experiments at CERN.

On the Trail of the Mystery of Time – New Book on Time for Non-Physicists

Associate Professor Troels Harmark has published a book, On the Trail of the Mystery of Time, which attempts to explain to ordinary people what the fascinating concept of "time" really is.

Tetiana Kozynets

Atmospheric neutrino oscillations in IceCube-DeepCore within and beyond the unitary framework Supervisor: D. Jason Koskinen

First peek at nuclear shape transitions

Based on an experiment at CERN, a collaboration led by the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, can predict hitherto unchartered changes in the shape of nuclei.

Maarten van de Meent awarded ERC Synergy grant

Maarten van de Meent, current member of the Strong Group at NBI, is one of the four principal investigators of the GWSky project, which was awarded 12 million euros by the European Research Council to investigate…

Center of Gravity (CoG): a new DNRF Center of Excellence at NBI

In 2025, NBI will host a new DNRF Center of Excellence called the Center of Gravity (CoG), to link theory and observations with the primary goal of uncovering the fundamental physics governing the nature of gravity at…

Center of Gravity (CoG): a new DNRF Center of Excellence at NBI

In 2025, NBI will host a new DNRF Center of Excellence called the Center of Gravity (CoG), to link theory and observations with the primary goal of uncovering the fundamental physics governing the nature of gravity at…

Center of Gravity (CoG): a new DNRF Center of Excellence at NBI

In 2025, NBI will host a new DNRF Center of Excellence called the Center of Gravity (CoG), to link theory and observations with the primary goal of uncovering the fundamental physics governing the nature of gravity at…

Troels Petersen joins as Denmark's scientific delegate at CERN

On October 1st 2024 Troels Christian Petersen, a NBI researcher in particle physics for many years, will join as Denmark's CERN scientific delegate.

Tetyana Pitik receives award for the best PhD thesis in Danish astronomy

Tetyana Pitik receives the 2024 IDA PhD award at the Annual Danish Astronomy Meeting hosted in Roskilde on May 22 and 23, 2024.

Anirudh Bhatnagar

Title: Probing Quantum-Gravity Decoherence in High-Energy Neutrinos from the Active Galaxy NGC 1068 Supervisor: Mauricio Bustamante

Linea Stausbøll Hedemark

Title: Tau Neutrino Appearance in the IceCube Upgrade Supervisor: David Jason Koskinen

Alexander Buhl

Title: Development and Testing of ASIC Based Readout and Control System for Large Silicon Photomultiplier Arrays Supervisors: Ian Bearden

Moust Oskar William Holmes

Title: Inelasticity reconstruction for IceCube neutrino observatory upgrade Supervisor: David Jason Koskinen

ERSILIA GUARINI

Exploring the High-Energy Transient Universe with Neutrinos Supervisor: Prof. Irene Tamborra

Tetyana Pitik

High-Energy Neutrino Emission from Astrophysical Transients Supervisor: Prof. Irene Tamborra

VÍCTOR BRANCO VALERA BACA

The particle physics discovery potential in the ultra-high-energy neutrino era Supervised by: Mauricio Bustamante

Sara Schjødt Kjær

Title: Implementation and optimisation of a Graph Neural Network-based track reconstruction pipeline on Intel FPGAs for the ATLAS TDAQ system for HL-LHC Supervisor: Alessandra Camplani

Simon Christian Debes

Title: Determining Detector Efficiency And Timing Through Muon Tomography And Simulation Calibration Using Graph Neural Networks On IceCube Data Supervisor: Troels Christian Petersen