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Das Bindeglied zwischen Theorie und Experiment
Ohne fundamentale Konstanten gibt es keine Physik.
Silver medal at the EuroSkills
Silver medal for Mario Liechti at the EuroSkills in Graz, Austria.
CHRISP — All the key results in one place
A specialSciPost volume, entitled “Review of Particle Physics at PSI”, has recently been completed.
SINQ - performance of the new neutron guide system
In a recent open access article in "Neutron News" the performance of the new neutron delivery system after the SINQ upgrade has been described. Neutron flux gain factors between 2 and more than 10 have been measured at the various cold neutron instruments at SINQ.....
First Components of ESTIA arrive at ESS
The European Spallation Source (ESS) is currently under construction in Lund, Sweden and is set to become the most powerful neutron source in Europe and world-wide. The PSI-ESS project is delivering state-of-the-art contributions to five instruments at ESS, which will be home to a suite of 15 novel instruments. Among the five PSI instruments, the reflectometer ESTIA stands out as it is delivered in its entirety by PSI ...
Magnetische Nanowelt
Am PSI stossen Forschende auf exotische Phänomene wie frustrierte Magnete und Nanowirbel, mit denen vielleicht dereinst Daten besser gespeichert werden können.
Was Wasser mit Quantenmagneten gemein hat
Bei hohem Druck verschmelzen flüssiges Wasser und Wasserdampf – die Phasengrenze verschwindet. Forschende haben jetzt ein ähnliches Verhalten in einem Quantenmagneten entdeckt.
Hercules School 2021 at PSI
During the week of March 15 – 19, we had the pleasure to welcome 20 international PhD students, PostDocs and assistant professors at PSI, taking part in the first virtual Hercules School on Neutrons & Synchrotron Radiation.
Die Schweizer Forschungsinfrastruktur für Teilchenphysik CHRISP
Forschende suchen nach Abweichungen im gängigen Standardmodell der Physik und wollen herausfinden, wie unser Universum aufgebaut ist.