Study and research at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is part of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Bonn and consists of the Argelander Institute for Astronomy, the Helmholtz Institute for Radiation and Nuclear Physics, the Institute for Applied Physics and the Physikalisches Institut.
Discover our study programs, research focuses, outreach programs and find out why it's great to study physics and astronomy in Bonn!
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Poster session
The next poster session will take place on Friday, October 17, 2025, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the foyer of the Wolfgang Paul Lecture Hall.
DRD1 Gaseous Detectors School 2025 at University of Bonn
From September 17 to 24, 2025, 25 young researchers from around the world gained deeper insights into the physics, technologies, and applications of gas-filled detectors.
Wobbling precisely through space
As the Earth moves through space, it wobbles slightly. A team of researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Bonn has now succeeded in measuring these fluctuations in the Earth's axis using a completely new method – until now, possible only through complex radio astronomy. The team used the high-precision ring laser at TUM's geodetic observatory in Wettzell, Bavaria. The results of the 250-day experiment have now been published in the renowned journal Science Advances.
Quantum to Go
Quantum physics—for many, a mystery involving cats, strange particles, and formulas that make your head spin. And yet it has long been shaping our everyday lives: in smartphones, laser pointers, and modern medicine. All this has been made possible by over 100 years of tireless basic research.
Bethe Colloquium by Subir Sarkar
Bethe Center
02:15 PM - 04:15 PM
"Rethinking Axion Dark Matter [Exceptional Time]" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie "Weitere Informationen". For further details, ...
Amplitudes Seminar: Journal Club on BV formalism [SPECIAL DATE]
Nussallee 12, 53115 Bonn
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
"Journal Club on BV formalism [SPECIAL DATE]" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie "Weitere Informationen". For further details, follow ...
HEP Theory Seminar: Clockwork Exotica: some reflections on the...
Nussallee 12, 53115 Bonn
02:15 PM - 04:15 PM
"Clockwork Exotica: some reflections on the clockwork mechanism and its applications in particle physics" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der ...
String Seminar: TBA
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02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
"TBA" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie "Weitere Informationen". For further details, follow the link in the "Additional Information" ...
