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La taille du noyau d’hélium a été mesurée avec une précision inégalée
Dans le cadre d’expériences conduites à l’Institut Paul Scherrer PSI, une collaboration internationale de recherche a mesuré le rayon du noyau de l’atome d’hélium de manière cinq fois plus précise que tous les chercheurs avant elle. Ce nouveau résultat permet de tester certaines théories fondamentales en physique.
Isolé du monde par blindage magnétique
A l’Institut Paul Scherrer PSI, des chercheurs ont construit une chambre magnétiquement isolée du reste du monde dont les performances sont uniques au niveau planétaire. Leur objectif est de résoudre l’une des dernières énigmes sur l’origine de la matière et de répondre à la question fondamentale: pourquoi la matière, et par conséquent l’homme, existent-ils au sein de l’univers?
A new small angle neutron scattering instrument arrives at SINQ from LLB
In 2018 an agreement between the Laboratoire Léon Brillouin (LLB) and Paul Scherrer Institut has been signed with the aim to jointly operate a new small angle neutron scattering (SANS) instrument at the Swiss spallation neutron source SINQ.
Marc Janoschek appointed Associate Professor ad personam at University of Zurich
Marc Janoschek, the head of the Laboratory for Neutron and Muon Instrumentation (LIN), was appointed as Associate Professor ad personam for experimental physics – correlated quantum materials at the University of Zurich starting February 1, 2021.
FALCON - a new instrument project at SINQ
Early 2020, an agreement between the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and Paul Scherrer Institut has been signed, according to which the recently commissioned Laue Diffractometer Falcon (E11) would be transferred from HZB to PSI. The purpose of this agreement was to make state-of-the-art equipment from the recently closed research reactor BER-II at HZB work for scientific community at SINQ.
Prestigious IEEE award for Stefan Ritt
Stefan Ritt, leader of the Muon Physics group at the Laboratory for Particle Physics, has received today the prestigious IEEE Emilio Gatti Radiation Instrumentation Technical Achievement Award, for "contributions to the development and democratization of ultra-high-speed digitizers”.
On the winners’ podium at the SwissSkills professional championships
With Mario Liechti (gold) and Melvin Deubelbeiss (bronze) two of our electronics apprentices achieved a place on the winners’ podium at the SwissSkills 2020. The SwissSkills are the Swiss professional championships organized by the leading industry associations. The final competition took place October 27 - 30, 2020 at Schindler Elevators in Ebikon.
Swiss National Science Foundation Ambizione grant for Franziska Hagelstein
Franziska Hagelstein has been awarded a Swiss National Science Foundation Ambizione grant with PSI as host institution. She joined the particle theory group (NUM, Laboratory of Particle Physics LTP) in October 2020. In the near future she will be accompanied by a PhD student.
Nano-tourbillon doté d’une propriété bien particulière
Des chercheurs de l’Institut Paul Scherrer PSI ont établi pour la première fois l’existence de nano-tourbillons bien particuliers dans un matériau: des skyrmions antiferromagnétiques.