News Archive

Record luminosity recorded at LHCb
The LHCb experiment achieved to record more data in 2024 than in the previous data taking phase from 2015-2018.

The PANDA forward endcap calorimeter arrived in Bonn to be used as forward calorimeter of the new INSIGHT-experiment at ELSA
Researchers from the University of Bonn started the construction of the forward endcap calorimeter (FWEC) of the PANDA-experiment in Jülich.

New Research Unit on mathematical physics
A new Research Unit considering the mathematical field of fundamentals of Scattering Amplitudes will be funded.

Florian Bernlochner elected as new Belle II spokesperson
The Belle II collaboration has elected Florian Bernlochner, Professor at the Physikalisches Institut of University of Bonn, as its next spokesperson.
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Open day at Research and Technology Center for Detector Physics and accelerator ELSA
On June 29, the doors of the Bonn University and the ELSA accelerator open their doors.
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LHCb awards two members of Albrecht working group
During the June LHCb week, two members of the Dortmund working group from Prof. Johannes Albrecht were awarded with the LHCb thesis award.
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Second CharmInDor mini workshop on rare charm decays and CPV
From 23 Apr - 24 Apr 2024, the second CharmInDor workshop took place with a focus on rare charm decays and CPV in theory and experiment.
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First Color Meets Flavor PhD School
The first Color Meets Flavor PhD school took place n the Physics Center in Bad Honnef with about 70 international doctoral students and 15 lecturers and supervisors.

Color-Meets-Flavor Bad Honnef Physics School
The Color-Meets-Flavor Physics School was held in the Physics Center in Bad Honnef from March 17-22, 2024.

NRW Minister of Science and Culture Ina Brandes visits ELSA electron accelerator
On March 06, the Minister of Science and Culture in North Rhine-Westphalia visited the electron accelerator ELSA which is located at the University of Bonn.
Read more … NRW Minister of Science and Culture Ina Brandes visits ELSA electron accelerator

Flavor Physics Workshop Meinerzhagen
From 7-9 February 2024, doctoral and master's students from the universities Aachen, Bochum, Bonn, Dortmund, Karlsruhe and Siegen attended a flavor workshop in Meinerzhagen.

MINT-EC Camp in Bonn
From 8-10 November 2023, participants will have the opportunity to build their own particle detector, among other things, at the Physics Institute at the University of Bonn.

Woche der Teilchenwelt: Film presentation Particle Fever and expert panel in Bonn
On November 10, the movie "Particle Fever" will be presented at the Bonn University.
It highlights the exciting world of particle physics with a thrilling insight of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
Read more … Woche der Teilchenwelt: Film presentation Particle Fever and expert panel in Bonn

Woche der Teilchenwelt: Film presentation Particle Fever and get together in Siegen
From November 6 to 12 2023, the University of Siegen hosts a film presentation emphasizing the beauty of particle physics.
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LHCb Outer Tracker Relocated to GSI for New Research Ventures
The Outer Tracker of the LHCb experiment, which has been replaced by the Scintillating Fibre Tracker in the Upgrade I, has been moved to Darmstadt in Germany. Significant parts of it were produced with help of the Dortmund group.
Read more … LHCb Outer Tracker Relocated to GSI for New Research Ventures