Welcome to the Department of Physics
The Department of Physics offers bachelor's and master's study programs in physics, geophysics, meteorology and climate physics, and for the education of physics teachers. Research at the department can be divided into five major topics: Particle and Astroparticle Physics, Quantum Materials and Systems, Optics and Photonics, Geophysics, Meteorology and Climate Physics.
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Lea Reuter has been awarded the Otto Haxel Prize for her doctoral dissertation, “Track Finding with Graph Neural Networks in the Belle II Drift Chamber.” This prize, awarded in collaboration with the German Physics Association (DPG), honors the three best physics dissertations each year at the University of Göttingen, the University of Heidelberg, and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)—the three institutions where nuclear physicist Otto Haxel worked.
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On July 24, 2026, we will celebrate the successful completion of the Master's degree or doctorate with the graduates.
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Scientists at the Institute for Quantum Materials and Technologies (IQMT) are investigating the possibility of controlling magnetic vortices and using them as qubits.
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