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    Information for students and staff about the coronavirus

    The Swedish Public Health Agency has updated its risk assessment for spread of the corona virus. This is the policy for staff and students at the Department of Physics.

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    Hiranya Peiris

    Hiranya Peiris awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society

    Hiranya Peiris, professor of cosmoparticle physics at the Department of Physics and director of the Oskar Klein Center, Stockholm University, has been awarded with the Eddington Medal 2021 by the Royal Astronomical Society for her ground-breaking exploration of the origins of the Universe.

    "Outstanding contributions to establishing the standard model of cosmology"
    Physics World top 10 breakthrough

    Top 10 breakthrough of the year - research from Stockholm University noticed by Physics World

    The article "Tracking the dynamics of an ideal quantum measurement" has among 550 new research papers been selected as a top 10 breakthrough of the year by Physics World. 

    Findings shed new light onto the inner workings of Nature
    The impact of alkali metal cations on the OER activity.

    Activity descriptors of nickel-iron oxygen evolution electrocatalysts in the presence of cations

    The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a key process that enables the storage of renewable energies in the form of chemical fuels. Electrolyte alkali metal cations have been shown to modify the activity and reaction intermediates in OER; however, the exact mechanism was not understood – until recently.

    New research published
    Hiranya Peiris - Foto: Niklas Björling

    Hiranya Peiris is awarded the Max Born Medal and Prize 2021

    Hiranya Peiris receives the award for her outstanding contribution in cosmology, where she has created new interdisciplinary connections between cosmology and high-energy physics.

    Hiranya Peiris is awarded the Max Born Medal and Prize 2021
    Figure illustrates a glass containing two water liquids that have different densities surrounded in a cold environment.

    Two liquids of water exist

    Using x-ray lasers, researchers at Stockholm University have been able to follow the transformation between two distinct different liquid states of water at around -63 Centigrade, both being made of H2O molecules. Even though the two liquids can only be studied under extreme conditions, their existence strongly influences many of waters unique properties in our daily life. Their findings are published in the journal Science.

    New research published
    Image credit: C. Lledó

    Exploring the collective and individual channels of light-matter interaction

    In two reports published this month, we investigate atomic emission and light-matter correlations in absorptive optical bistability. From a linearized treatment of quantum fluctuations we show a visible departure from classical behavior and propose an experimental setup to extract the otherwise hidden collective degree of freedom coupled to the intracavity field.

    New research published
    Två doktorander i skyddsglasögon utför experiment

    Electron–spin dynamics studied on its natural time-scale

    By using extremely short light pulses and coincidence technology, researchers from several Swedish universities have managed to follow the dynamic process when the electron's spin - its rotation around its own axis - controls how an atom absorbs light

    New insight into electron-spin dynamics of photo-induced phenomena
    Rotation, precession, and nutation in obliquity of a planet

    Spin nutation in magnetic materials observed for the first time

    For the first time, spin nutation in magnetic materials has been observed. The discovery could impact the way digital information is saved and lead to a faster, more compact and more energy-efficient technology.

    New research published
    First Results from Desiree

    First research from DESIREE using merged-beams

    The DESIREE facility, with its unique design of two storage rings with a common straight section was constructed in order to study reactions between pairs of oppositely charged atomic or molecular ions. The results of the first such experiment have recently been published.

    New research published
    Schematic diagram of the experimental setup GANDALPH. A beam of negative ions enter the vacuum chamber to the left ans is overlapped with a laser beam. The neutrals created in photodetachment continue to the right and hit the detector, and the negative ion beam is bent to hit the ion detector.

    The rarest element on earth is studied in detail

    Can the rarest element on earth, astatine, be used to treat tumors? A new study published in Nature Communications is the first to measure in detail the electron affinity of astatine that is relevant for development of targeted alpha therapy.

    New research published
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    Information about courses given during first half of spring semester

    As of 24 November 2020, the limit for the number of people at public gatherings is reduced to 8. The government has also made clear that this limit should be seen as a guideline for other settings. Our assessment is therefore that all teaching should be moved online as much as possible.

    Information about courses given during first half of spring semester
    The schematic of the experiment used to capture the alignment of water molecules by the laser light. By using X-ray lasers, scientists have seen that the water molecules can be aligned for a very short time, forming a liquid crystal. Water molecules that are in a low-density liquid (LDL – blue regions) are easier to align that those in a high density liquid (HDL – yellow regions).

    X-rays indicate that water can behave like a liquid crystal

    Scientists at Stockholm University have discovered that water can exhibit a similar behavior like a liquid crystal when illuminated with laser light. This effect originates by the alignment of water molecules, which exhibit a mixture of low- and high-density domains that are more or less prone to alignment. Can this discovery have future technological applications?

    New results reported in Physics Review Letters
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    Excess Events observed in Dark Matter Experiment

    Scientists from the international XENON collaboration announced today that data from their XENON1T, the world's most sensitive dark matter experiment, show a surprising excess of events.

    The signal is consistent with solar axions

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