Faculty of Physics - University of Vienna
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- Higher Berry curvature and group action on parameter space in spin chain systems 🗣️ Ken Shiozaki (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University) 🗓️ Thursday, 29 January 2026, 2:30 p.m. 📍 ESI, Boltzmanngasse 9, 1090 Vienna 🔗 a29.at/FhB1tU
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- AG Gravitation Literaturseminar 💡The Improved Quantum Null Energy Condition⚛️ 🗣️Ido Ben-Dayan (Ariel University, Palestine) 🗓️Wednesday, 28 January 2026, 2:15 p.m. 📍Seminar Room A, Währinger Str. 17, 2nd floor 🔗 a29.at/2CSaqQ
- Reposted by Faculty of Physics - University of ViennaMetal clumps in quantum state: Vienna research team breaks records ⚛️ Physicists from the University of Vienna and @unidue.bsky.social show that even massive nanoparticles consisting of thousands of sodium atoms follow the rules of #quantum mechanics. 🧑🔬 Find out more in @nature.com ⤵️
- 💡Light a quantum path for clock and fundamental physics⚛️ Our University of Vienna Physics Colloquium will dive into quantum metrology. 🗣️ Jun Ye (JILA, USA) 🗓️Monday, 26 January 2026 13:30 📍 Christian-Doppler-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3rd floor 🔗 a29.at/8EqMJb #physics #physics #quantummetrology
- Our Alumni initiative organizes many events where graduates meet students! Learn more about it here and follow them to discover more events and projects: physikalumni.univie.ac.at
Lots of interest tonight for the panel discussion "Physicist at the Forefront of the AI Revolution" at @esivienna.bsky.social. We have a great panel of alumni of @univie-physik.bsky.social, who came back to discuss with current students about the opportunities (and perhaps dangers) of AI.
- 🌍 Can we energy transition the world into carbon neutrality?⚡️ Join our University of Vienna Physics Colloquiums next Monday. 🗣️ Diana Ürge-Vorsatz (CEU, Austria) 🗓️Monday, 19. January 2026 13:30 📍 Lise-Meitner-Hörsaal, Strudlhofgasse 4 🔗 a29.at/OEqjG8 #physics #Vienna #climatechange #energy
- 🌟Hans-Thirring-Preis 2025🏅 Dr. Anne-Catherine de la Hamette and Dr. Sabri Koraltan were awarded the annual prize for best PhD thesis, given by the Faculty, during our Christmas Meeting. Congratulations to them and all awardees this year! ⬇️Read more⬇️ 🔗 a29.at/I7VAeA
- ⭐️ Christos Likos and Marianne Korner named Teaching Stars 2025🌟 The Faculty of Physics shone at the “Teaching Inspires 2025” event, with two of its teams making it to the top 5 after competing against more than 20 other award-winning courses. 🔗 a29.at/CTC1EV #physics #lehramt #education
- 🏅Andrii Chumak is awarded the IEEE Magnetics Society Mid-Career Award 2026 🏆 The head of the Nanomagnetism and Magnonics group is recognized for his foundational contributions to magnonics, spintronics, and magnon-based computing. a29.at/uIxiMw #magnetism #ieee #physics #vienna
- ✨New FWF-funded projects for the Faculty✨ We congratulate Andreas Zöttl (Einzelprojekt International), Alessandro Broggio (Einzelprojekt), David Fajman (Einzelprojekt) and Andreas Nunnenkamp (participation in a SFB) for their success! More about these and other projects ➡️@fwf-at.bsky.social
- ⚛️Understanding phase transitions under the microscope 🔬 Researchers at the University of Vienna have now succeeded in directly observing the exotic hexatic phase in an atomically thin crystal. 👇Discover more about this exciting breakthrough ⬇️ 🔗 a29.at/aOQt3y #physics #univie #atomicscale
- Our @univie.ac.at Physics Colloquium is happening next Monday! #physics #vienna #quantum #colloquium #quantumyear Find all information ⬇️ 🔗 a29.at/kAYnEX
- Physical Chemical Society 🗣️ Dr. Peter van Oostrum (BOKU): Colloids through the lens of lensless in-line holographic microscopy 🗓️Tuesday, November 25, 2025, 17:30 📍 Lise-Meitner-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1st floor 🔗 a29.at/c5Dqou
- Particle physics seminar 🗣️ Ryan Plestid (CERN): Heavy particle EFT methods for precision beta decays 🗓️Tuesday, November 25, 2025, 16:15 📍 Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5th floor 🔗 a29.at/zKWECU
- Mathematical Physics Theory Seminar 🗣️ Andrea Zanetti (U of Milan): S-duality, Black Holes and Integrability 🗓️Tuesday, November 25, 2025, 14:00 📍 Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5th floor 🔗 a29.at/HYBGJd #physics #Vienna #blackholes #mathematics
- Gravitation Literature Seminar 🗣️ Francesco Giovinetti (UNINA): Measuring general relativistic effects by means of ring laser gyroscopes 🗓️ Monday, November 24, 2025, 14:00 📍 Seminarraum A, Währinger Str. 17, 2nd floor 🔗 a29.at/aJHYn3
- 🏅 EPS Early Career Award for Vittoria Sposini 🏆 The former REWIRE Fellow at the group of Prof. Likos and current MSCA Fellow at the University of Padova (Italy), has been awarded the European Physical Society Early Career Award. Learn more about her outstanding work: 🔗 a29.at/p4uJji
- 🗣️ Dominik Stöckinger (TU Dresden) Gamma5 in dimensional regularization - progress on non-anticommuting gamma5 and gauge-invariance restoration 🗓️Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 14:00 📍 Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5th floor 🔗 a29.at/SaU4NQ #physics #particle #univie
- 💫Research update🔬 Did you know that in quantum theory it is possible to encounter superpositions of causal orders? Learn more about this mind-bending research in this new publication from the @quantumunivie.bsky.social Brukner group. #quantum #physics #vienna 🔗 a29.at/NrMo5K
- 💫Research update🔬 A new step towards better understanding and designing new ultra-thin materials for future electronics. A publication from @kotakoski.fi group. #4D-STEM #Ptychography #2Dmaterials #physics 🔗 a29.at/E4n1jB
- 👩🔬Women in Quantum Physics: Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow⚛️ 🗓️Thursday, 27.11.2025, starts at 18:20. 📍Christian Doppler Lecture Hall (Boltzmanngasse 5, 3rd floor) Join us at the Faculty of Physics to celebrate and explore the contributions of women in quantum physics! 🔗 a29.at/ccy9ON
- Reposted by Faculty of Physics - University of Vienna🔮🌟 Welcome to the Quantum World: Austria at the forefront of quantum science! ⚛️ On 6 November, around 800 guests came together at the Vienna City Hall to celebrate 100 years of quantum theory, putting quantum science centre stage. 📸: © Matthias Heisler #UniVie #StadtWien #QuantumYear2025 #IYQ2025
- 🗣️ Miriam Mindova (CTU, Prague): Iodine determination in environmental samples on a MILEA-type AMS system 🗓️Tuesday, November 13, 2025, 16:30 📍 Victor-Franz-Hess Hörsaal, Währinger Str. 17, 1st floor. 🔗 a29.at/4TfKw2 #physics #environment #isotopes #univie
- Seminar for Mathematical Physics 🗣️ Rikard von Unge (Masaryk University Brno): Gauged linear sigma models and Ricci flat metrics 🗓️ Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 14:00 📍 Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5th floor 🔗 a29.at/UQ3g2y #physics #Vienna #stringtheory
- 🌟Boltzmann Lecture 2025 🌟 Nicola Spaldin (Zürich): Hunting for Hidden Order 📆Thursday, 6th November 2025, 17:00 📍Lise-Meitner-Hörsaal, Strudlhofgasse 4, 1st floor 🔗 a29.at/YJ56y4
- Official Visit by two Austrian Ministers We were delighted to welcome Peter Hanke, the Austrian Minister for Innovation, Mobility and Science, and Eva-Maria Holzleitner, Minister for Women, Science and Research, to the Faculty of Physics. 🔗 a29.at/LIlaHM #physik #österreich #science #physics
- Seminar for Mathematical Physics 🗣️ Jnan Maharana (IOPB, Bhubaneswar): Ward Identities in String Theory 🗓️Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 14:00 📍 Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5th floor 🔗 a29.at/n3jEkl #physics #Vienna #stringtheory
- Particle Physics Seminar 🗣️ Kirill Melnikov (Karlsruhe IT): Power corrections in the N-jettiness slicing scheme 🗓️Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 16:15 📍Erwin Schrödinger Lecture Hall, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5th floor 🔗 a29.at/mOao6E #physics #Vienna #particlephysics #univie
- 🙌On October 10, the Faculty was represented at “Quantastisch! What's going on in the quantum world?”💥 The activity for school classes from Vienna and the surrounding area offered an action day with experiments, lectures and workshops on the quantum world. 🔗 a29.at/44B5mA #physics #quantumyear
- 🏆Enrico Fermi Prize 2025 goes to Prof. Walter Kutschera🏅 The Società Italiana di Fisica (SIF) awarded the prize jointly to Pier Andrea Mandò, Marco Martini and Walter Kutschera. ⬇️Learn the whole story ⬇️ 🔗https://a29.at/5Hru7v
- We are proud of being @univie.ac.at and contributing to its success! 💪⭐️
- University of Vienna is among the Top 100 in the World University Ranking by @timeshighered.bsky.social for the first time, at rank 95! 🥳 This strengthens visibility & international connections for outstanding researchers and students worldwide. #univie #THERanking 👉 www.univie.ac.at/en/news/deta...
- 🦺Updates from the Quantum Cube🚧 This new research building for quantum optics, nanophysics, and information will allow precise experiments without disturbance from traffic and U-Bahn construction. 🔗 a29.at/EfDmaz #physics #Vienna #quantum #buidling #quantumcube
- Particle Physics Seminar 🗣️ Björn Garbrecht (TU Munich): CP conservation in the strong interactions 🗓️Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 16:15 📍Erwin Schrödinger Lecture Hall, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5th floor 🔗 a29.at/tyxPhc #physics #Vienna #particlephysics #univie
- Seminar for Mathematical Physics 🗣️Dalimil Mazáč (CEA Paris-Saclay): L-functions and the conformal bootstrap 🗓️Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 2:00 p.m. 📍Erwin Schrödinger Lecture Hall, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5th floor 🔗https://a29.at/XhmlTl #physics #Vienna #mathphys #fieldtheory
- Congratulations to Marcus Sperling on his new Assistant Professorship at the Faculty! In his research, Marcus explores the rich structure of quantum field theories (QFTs), with a particular focus on supersymmetric theories in space-time dimensions three to six. 🗞️ a29.at/xf5d0n 🔗
- The Isotope Physics group has contributed cosmogenic radionuclide data and its interpretation for a recent publication in Nature Astronomy dealing with asteroids and its possible catastrophic disruptions. 🗞️ a29.at/RdV3KO 🔗 The full paper: a29.at/pWjz0W #physics #isotopes #asteroid #meteor
- Research update: Using a light-based quantum chip, researchers have created a more efficient and accurate AI. #QuantumComputing #MachineLearning #AI #Photonics #Physics #Tech #Science Read the #openaccess paper in @natphoton.nature.com a29.at/dQViSo
- Today the Faculty holds the FÖP - the Public Presentations at the Faculty . Early PhD students present their research plan to the Faculty’s community, opening the door to discussion and exchange of ideas. More details here: a29.at/bsoHxR
- This semester, our first University of Vienna Physics Colloquiums will be from Maria Ibáñez (ISTA), who will be presenting a talk titled: “Tailoring Thermoelectric Performance through Solution Processing”. More information: a29.at/zq8hq3
- The SFZ (SchülerInnen Forschungszentrum) supports high-school students to develop their interest and passion for physics. Once again, this effort led by Marianne Korner has been successful in international competitions! All our best to the future physicists! 🔗🇦🇹 a29.at/g72JiB
- A warm welcome to our new Faculty member: Reinhard Maurer starts this September as Professor of Computational Materials Discovery. Explore his fascinating research in this note: physik.univie.ac.at/en/news/news...
- Research update: The group of Toma Susi together with German colleagues has demonstrated experimentally the Diffraction of atomic matter waves through a 2D crystal. Read the news here⬇️ a29.at/r3BsF4
- Event: Do we need to darken the sun? Solar radiation management as a solution to the climate crisis? Public event of the 22 ICNAA, co-organized by Prof. Paul Winkler. 📆Wednesday, 27 August 2025 19:00 📍Palais Eschenbach, Eschenbachgasse 11, 1010 Vienna 🔗https://physik.univie.ac.at/events/
- Congratulations to Fabian Majcen! He was won an ÖPG Student Award for his master’s thesis. You can discover his fascinating research in video format here: nanomag.univie.ac.at/newspage/fab...
- Research update: We congratulate the Likos group for their exciting findings in shape-adaptive materials. Want to learn more? Read the full story here: 🔗 a29.at/6udbn3 #physics #softmatter #research #univie #polymer
- The KinderuniWien took over our Faculty! From the inaugural lecture to hands-on workshops, our research groups embraced the challenge of introducing children to their fields. The palpable enthusiasm of these young students clearly showed their success. Read more here: a29.at/1Hlzyp
- Latest from our alumni initiative: Physik Alumni is an initiative from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Vienna to bring current and former students together. In their last newsletter they present an overview of their first year and their plans for the upcoming semester: rb.gy/wovb51
