News-2023

Dectris Prize for Livio Redard-Jacot

Sun, 26 Nov 2023 12:23:33 GMT

Livio Redard-Jacot was awarded the Dectris Prize 2023 for the best experimental physics master thesis
at our department on "Search for Radiation from Wave Function Collapse and Electric Field Characterization in XENONnT"

Soluyanov Prize for Mohammad Alminawi

Sun, 26 Nov 2023 12:18:59 GMT

Mohammad Alminawi was awarded the Soluyanov Prize 2023 for the best theoretical physics master thesis at our department on "Composite Nambu-Goldstone Higgs Models

Open Day 2023, November 23 & 24

Thu, 23 Nov 2023 23:00:00 GMT

Exhibition of research posters in the mechanical workshop

The Standard Model effective field theory at work

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:56:17 GMT

A team of UZH physicists from three different generations, Daniel Wyler, Gino Isidori, and Felix Wilsch, have published a comprehensive review of the Standard Model of particle physics viewed as an Effective Field Theory.

2d topological crystalline superconductors can be built atom by atom.

Sun, 30 Jul 2023 22:00:00 GMT

Two dimensional topological crystalline superconductivity has been predicted and experimentally observed in two-dimensional Shiba lattices: these research results are now published in Nature Physics.

Prof. Dr. Franz Waldner, 13 February 1928 - 27 June 2023

Sun, 09 Jul 2023 12:26:41 GMT

Publication of first observation of collider neutrinos by SND@LHC

Tue, 23 May 2023 13:14:03 GMT

The observation paves the way for exploring new physics scenarios. Martina Ferrillo, a PhD student in the group of Prof. Nico Serra is one of the main proponents of the analysis - congratulations to her for this impressive result!

Congratulations to Marino Missiroli

Mon, 15 May 2023 22:00:00 GMT

who has been elected as Trigger Coordinator of the CMS experiment

Nico Serra - Sinergia project approved

Fri, 12 May 2023 12:52:40 GMT

The Sinergia project, co-led by Prof. Nico Serra, aims to explore synergies in data analysis by combining expertise from particle physics, healthcare, and mathematics. Working alongside Prof. Milo Puhan (Epidemiology, UZH), Prof. Alessio Figalli (Mathematics, ETHZ), and Prof. Andrea Burden (Pharmacology ETHZ), the team focuses on causal machine learning applied to high-dimensional problems. The primary objective is to address multimorbidity by leveraging advanced data analysis techniques from these diverse disciplines, ultimately fostering innovative solutions in healthcare.

Congratulations to Adinda de Wit

Sun, 16 Apr 2023 22:00:00 GMT

for winning the highly prestigious Guido Altarelli award "for outstanding achievements in understanding the nature of the Higgs boson, including precision studies of the quark couplings and decay channels"

Graphene with a twist: Kekulé spiral

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 07:42:12 GMT

Researchers at Princeton University have experimentally observed the Kekulé spiral state in graphene as predicted by a collaboration of researchers from Zurich (group Neupert), Oxford and Berkeley.

A quantum computer requires exponentially fewer parameters to store a time-evolved quantum state

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 15:25:56 GMT

The digital gate structure employed in quantum computations provides a solution to the challenge of coping with the exponentially increasing memory requirements for storing a quantum state during time evolution. These are now published in Physical Review Research.

Huanyao Cun - Plenary Talk at Graphene Week

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 07:52:41 GMT

Huanyao Cun (group Greber) talks at the Graphene Week 2023 on Wafer-scale Single and Multilayer Hexagonal Boron Nitride on Transition Metals and SiO₂

Exhibition and Symposium to Commemorate K. Alex Müller

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 10:13:41 GMT

21 September 2023
Main Lecture Hall (KOL-G-201)
Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zurich

Scientifica 2023: What Holds the World together?

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 09:57:27 GMT

The physics department contributes with a

a physics show, a booth on the the fundamental particles of the Universe , guided tours to XENOSCOPE and an astronomical theatre

To the Scientifica Website

Franz Waldner, 13. February 1928 - 27. June 2023

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 09:43:38 GMT

Professor Emeritus of Experimental Physics
born on 13 February 1928, died on 27 June 2023 at the age of 95 years

First WIMP search results from the XENONnT experiment

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 23:00:00 GMT

The XENON collaboration presented new results from XENONnT. Thanks to the five times lower background, XENONnT set new limits on interaction of WIMPs with ordinary matter.

First observation of collider neutrinos by FASER and SND@LHC

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:07:31 GMT

The two experiments report the first observation of neutrinos at the LHC which paves the way for exploring new physics scenarios. The group of Nico Serra crucially contributed to the detector and the analysis - congratulation!

Quantum sensors boosted by high-temperature superconductors

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:36:33 GMT

Using high-temperature superconducting nanowires, single-photon detectors can now be operated at elevated temperatures, making them more useful for a wide range of applications.

SNF Consolidator Grant for Titus Neupert

Wed, 08 Feb 2023 23:00:00 GMT

Congratulations to Titus Neupert for getting an SNF Consolidator Grant for Interacting Topological Quantum Chemistry

Theory meets Experiment: The Top-Higgs connection

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 23:00:00 GMT

Theoretical particle physicists from the group Grazzini have completed a new precision calculation for the production of the Higgs boson in association with a top-antitop quark pair at hadron colliders

Xenoscope

Sun, 29 Jan 2023 23:00:00 GMT

Assembly of the DARWIN demonstrator Xenoscope in the assembly hall of the physics department

In memoriam Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. K. Alex Müller

Katharina Mueller — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 23:00:00 GMT

Nobel Prize Winner in Physics 1987

Born on April 20, 1927 in Basel, Switzerland, died on January 9, 2023 in Zollikerberg, Switzerland