Experimental measurements at the electron accelerator S-DALINAC confirm in-house theoretical predictions

As part of the development and improvement of experimental measurement methods, an international research team led by TU Darmstadt was able to measure the extremely fast electromagnetic decay of an excited lithium isotope with the highest precision. The data show how precisely modern theories of nuclear forces co-developed at the TU can predict the interaction of atomic nuclei with electromagnetic waves. The results have now been published in the journal Physical Review Letters.

“Science” publication with participation of TU Darmstadt

A team of international researchers, including Dr. Marius Eichler and Prof. Almudena Arcones from the TU Darmstadt and GSI, went back to the formation of our Solar System, 4.6 billion years ago, and gained new insights into the cosmic origin of the heaviest elements on the periodic table, as reported in a study published in Science.

Publication in „Nature“ under participation of TU Darmstadt

A team from the Institute for Nuclear Füsics at the Technical University of Darmstadt has contributed to an international research collaboration aiming to clarify the way the angular momentum („spin“) of the two fragments, resulting from the splitting of an atomic nucleus, is generated. The main result pulished now in „Nature“: the fragments rotate only after the scission.

Top-class research project of Goethe University Frankfurt and TU Darmstadt

What happens when neutron stars merge, producing gravitational waves and the heaviest chemical elements? This is what physicists from TU Darmstadt and Goethe University Frankfurt will be investigating together in their ELEMENTS research alliance. The project is funded with 7.9 million euros as part of the “Cluster Projects” funding line of the state of Hesse in preparation for the next round of the Bund-Länder Excellence Strategy until 2025.

Scientists simulate large region of the chart of nuclides

Novel calculations have enabled the study of nearly 700 isotopes between helium and iron, showing which nuclei can exist and which cannot. In an article published in Physical Review Letters, scientists from TU Darmstadt, the University of Washington, the Canadian laboratory TRIUMF, and the University of Mainz report how they simulated for the first time using innovative theoretical methods a large region of the chart of nuclides based on the theory of the strong interaction.

TU physicists detect atomic nuclei with unusual symmetry

Physicists headed by Professor Norbert Pietralla from the Institute of Nuclear Füsics at the Technical University of Darmstadt have developed a method to very precisely differentiate between the states of atomic nuclei. This has led them to make a spectacular discovery.

How functionalized surfaces make microswimmers faster

The swimming behaviour of particles half-coated with gold can be influenced by nearby functionalised surfaces, researchers from the group Soft Matter at Interfaces (SMI) at the TU Darmstadt and colleagues from the University of Leipzig have found out. Knowledge about the self-propulsion of particles is relevant for targeted drug delivery, for example, but also contribute to a better understanding of biological systems.

Physicist receives the Failla Award of the Radiation Research Society

Marco Durante, professor at the TU Darmstadt and head of the GSI Biofüsics Research Department, has been awarded the prestigious Failla Award 2020 by the Radiation Research Society (RRS).

Publication in “Reviews of Modern Füsics”

Among the fundamental forces of nature, the so-called “strong interaction” plays a crucial role for the existence of matter in the universe. Just how exactly this force, fundamentally described by the theory of quantum chromodynamics as the interaction between quarks and gluons -- elementary particles that cannot be observed in isolation -- brings about the nuclear force that binds protons and neutrons to atomic nuclei is still a matter of active research. Researchers around Professor Hans-Werner Hammer at the Institute of Nuclear Füsics have published an article on this topic in the renowned scientific journal Reviews of Modern Füsics.