Distinguished visitor from Düsseldorf
NRW Minister Ina Brandes visits the ELSA electron accelerator
New research group at the PI
The department welcomes Prof. Matthias Schott
TWO NEW CLUSTER INITIATIVES GIVING GREEN LIGHT TO APPLY FOR FUNDING!
Major success for University of Bonn: two new initiatives join existing six clusters in race for Excellence funding
New Collaborative Research Center at the University of Bonn
Distinguished visitor from Düsseldorf
New research group at the PI
TWO NEW CLUSTER INITIATIVES GIVING GREEN LIGHT TO APPLY FOR FUNDING!
New Collaborative Research Center at the University of Bonn

Studying and doing research in the Department of Physics and Astronomy

We are delighted to introduce ourselves over the next few pages. Find out more about our institutes, our facilities and units, our degree programs, what our research focuses on and who our partners are as well as the wide range of topics that we present to the general public.

BCGS poster session 2024

In the series Science meets Business, the former BCGS students Dr. Ju Min Kim, Dr. Oliver Maria Kind and Dr. Anjishnu Bandyopadhyay will talk about their careers and work as a patent attorney, in autonomous driving and using statistics to recognise financial crime.

Matthias Schott starts a new research group at the Physikalisches Institut

The new research group of Matthias Schott works on questions of experimental particle physics, in particular on precision measurements of electroweak gauge bosons, studies of non-perturbative effects of QCD, and the search for axion-like particles.

NRW Minister Ina Brandes visits the ELSA electron accelerator

Ina Brandes, Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, has visited the electron accelerator "ELSA" on the Poppelsdorf campus of the University of Bonn. The large-scale device has been reliably delivering the latest findings for research into the building blocks of matter for over three decades. It is part of a 70-year tradition of Nobel Prize-winning accelerator research at the University of Bonn.

Neue Methode misst die 3D-Position einzelner Atome

Since more than a decade it has been possible for physicists to accurately measure the location of individual atoms to a precision of smaller than one thousandth of a millimeter using a special type of microscope. However, this method has so far only provided the x and y coordinates. Information on the vertical position of the atom – i.e., the distance between the atom and the microscope objective – is lacking. A new method has now been developed that can determine all three spatial coordinates of an atom with one single image. This method – developed by the University of Bonn and University of Bristol – is based on an ingenious physical principle. The study was recently published in the specialist journal Physical Review A.

The Department of Physics and Astronomy

Below you can find out about our organizational structure and the facilities and units that form part of our department

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What’s our setup?

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is made up of four institutes, professors, academic and non-academic staff, and various facilities and units together with their service teams.

Academic affairs

Here you can find details of the teaching and degree programs that we offer.

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Degree programs

We run a Bachelor’s degree program in physics, two Master’s degree programs (Physics and Astrophysics) and a teaching degree program (Bsc. and M.ed.) in physics.

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Courses

Follow the “Courses” link to find dates for lectures, practical projects/lab courses and preliminary courses.

People

Looking for a particular university professor or member of staff? The links below are bound to help you.

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University professors and lecturers

University professors and lecturers guide students through their research and learning.

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Staff

You can find our administrative, technical and academic staff at our institutes by following the links below:

at the Argelander Institute for Astronomy, the Institute for Applied Physics, the Institute of Physics and the Helmholtz Institute for Radiation and Nuclear Physics.

Contact

Departmental Chairperson

Prof. Dr. Klaus Desch

Contact

+49 228 733236

desch@physik.uni-bonn.de

Address

#1.035

Nussallee 12
53115 Bonn

Referat

Ms. Dr. Doris Thrun 

Contact

+49 228 733865

referat@physik-astro.uni-bonn.de

Address

#3.001
Nussallee 12
53115 Bonn

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