SANDRA KLEVANSKY
ESO/B. TAFRESHI (TWANIGHT.ORG)
SCHWARZ GROUP
PHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT
WERNER AESCHBACH
ROMAN MAGER / UNSPLASH
OWEN BEARD / UNSPLASH / BEARB.: A. HEINZELMANN
ALICE KOLLABORATION /CERN
SLOBODAN MILJEVIC/GETTY IMAGES / ISTOCK
GDJ / PIXABAY

Research Foci

The Department of Physics and Astronomy in Heidelberg offers a wide range of research foci. These are:

AMO (atoms, molecules and photons), astrophysics, biophysics, condensed matter physics, cosmology, environmental physics, mathematical physics, medical physics, nuclear physics, particle physics, physics of information.

ATOMS, MOLECULES, PHOTONS

Synthetic quantum systems

Ultra-cold quantum gases

Quantum dynamics of atomic and molecular systems

Quantum fluids

ASTROPHYSICS

Cosmic structure formation

Weak gravitational lensing

Structure of the Milky Way and galactic archaeology

Formation of stars and planets

Stellar structure and evolution

High-energy and non-thermal astrophysics

Galaxy formation and large-scale astronomical surveys

Gravitational wave astrophysics

BIOPHYSICS

Biomolecular assemblies and cellular biophysics

Theoretical physics of complex biosystems

CONDENSED MATTER

Condensed matter at low temperatures

Correlated and quantum materials

Hybrid and organic devices

Theory of spectroscopy, dynamics and numerical methods for complex materials

COSMOLOGY

Dark energy and modified gravity

Physics of the early universe and particle cosmology

Fundamental quantum structure of spacetime

ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICS

Atmosphere

Aquatic systems

Climate

Simulation and Modelling

MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS

Many-body physics, random tensors and field theory

Geometry and string theories

MEDICAL PHYSICS

Radiation therapeutic physics

Medical imaging physics

NUCLEAR AND HADRONIC PHYSICS 

Heavy-ion physics at the LHC

Heavy-ion physics at FAIR

PARTICLE PHYSICS

Particle physics at ATLAS

Particle physics at the LHCb

Astroparticle physics: Neutrinos and dark matter

Particle physics at mu3e

Theories beyond the Standard Model

PHYSICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Application specific computing

Neuromorphic and quantum computing

Circuit design

Visual learning and image analysis