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.
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Euclid opens data treasure trove, offers glimpse of deep fields
Germany’s members of the Euclid Consortium have played a significant role in producing the mission’s first large set of survey data which the European Space Agency has just released. Researchers from the Argelander Institute for Astronomy (AIfA) of the University of Bonn have been involved in these activities. The data includes stunning images of deep fields with a breathtaking number of 26 million galaxies, many showing their detailed structures. More than 380,000 galaxies have been characterized according to their shapes and distances. Nevertheless, this impressive milestone is only a foretaste of what we can expect in the coming years.
Building Bridges to West Africa
A delegation from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in the Ghanaian city of Kumasi has taken part in a German Physical Society symposium, also extending a memorandum of understanding with the University of Bonn during the visit.
First Blended Intensive Programme on Physics
During the week February 24 - 28, 2025, the first Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) on Physics within the Erasmus Programme took place at the University of Bonn, Germany.
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.
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
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Digital at School Campus - Marktstand
Telekom Forum, ...
10:00 AM
Zum Digital@School Campus (24.-26. Juni 2025) wird sich das Argelander Institut für Astronomie wieder mit einem Marktstand mit dem Titel "Astronomische ...
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 ...
