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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.

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Latest News
Carnival party of the Physics Institutes
On Weiberfastnacht, after a 10-year break, the Physics Institutes once again held a carnival party in the foyer of the Wolfgang-Paul-Hörsaal.
Call for applications for the Jasbinsek Kunkelmann Stipendium
The "Stiftung für Physik und Astronomie" in Bonn honors academic performance and commitment in the study of physics (teaching degree and major subject) and astrophysics with the Jasbinsek Kunkelmann-Stipendium  for the Master's program (one-year scholarship of € 300 per month). The scholarship is granted from 01.10.2025 to 30.09.2026.
University of Bonn Wins with Escape Room About Energy in Outer Space
A team of students guided by the Argelander Institute for Astronomy at the University of Bonn has won a competition organized by Wissenschaft im Dialog (WiD) with a communication-centered idea for a modular escape room called “2051: Energie im Weltraum” (“2051: Energy in Outer Space”). The project team is to receive €10,000 to make its idea a reality between now and the end of the year. 
PLANETAMOS – The Physics Show Musical 2025
The world’s first physics show musical returns to the big stage on 27 March to 30 March, 2025. In two entertaining hours, the physics show musical offers the audience interesting facts about our blue planet with live music, live singing and lots of humor.
Bethe Lecture Series: Introduction to Celestial Holography
Bethe Center for ...
09:00 AM
"Introduction to Celestial Holography" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie "Weitere Informationen". For further details, follow the link ...
HEP Theory Seminar: TBA
Nussallee 12, 53115 Bonn
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" ...
Physics Colloquium: Probing Quantum Phases of Matter on Quantu...
PI
01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
"Probing Quantum Phases of Matter on Quantum Processors" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie "Weitere Informationen". For further ...
Bethe Forum: Elliptics and Beyond '25
Bethe Center for ...
09:00 AM
"Elliptics and Beyond '25" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie "Weitere Informationen". For further details, follow the link in the ...

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Prof. Dr. Klaus Desch

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