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On this #MotivationMonday, we proudly honor Nobel Laureate Dr. Ferenc Krausz, a trailblazer in the field of attosecond light pulses. His pioneering research has profoundly influenced AFOSR's understanding of electron dynamics in matter, earning him The Nobel Prize in Physics alongside Pierre Agostini and Anne L’Huillier. AFOSR takes pride in identifying and funding innovators early in their careers, supporting individuals who go on to achieve remarkable successes. As we celebrate Dr. Krausz's achievements, we recognize the critical role of basic research in securing the technological advances of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force. Dr. Krausz's journey, marked by his role as Principal Investigator at the Max Planck Society in Germany, highlights the significance of collaborative international research. In 2016, AFOSR awarded additional five-year research grants to further enhance joint efforts between foreign institutions and U.S. teams, underscoring our commitment to global scientific advancement. Since 2004, AFOSR's investments in ultrafast, attosecond chemistry and physics have paved the way for remarkable discoveries. The establishment of the Ultrashort Pulse Laser Matter Interactions (UPLMI) portfolio in 2011 has been pivotal in driving research at the intersection of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics and plasma physics. #AFResearchLab #AFOSR #BasicResearch #AFOSRBoldResearch #AerospaceEngineering #ScienceResearch #DefenseTech #ScienceInnovation

Science is magic explained it is said. Dr. Rolf-Dieter Heuer is a German physicist who served as Director-General of CERN from 2009 to 2015. He played a key role in the Higgs boson discovery through his leadership, overseeing the LHC. Dr. Heuer's strategic decisions and advocacy for the LHC were crucial in achieving this milestone in physics Why do we need to measure Higgs? (Higgs Boson particle)asked an Inventure student. CMS physicists recently measured the mass of the Higgs boson to be 125.35 GeV with a precision of 0.15 GeV, an uncertainty of roughly 0.1%. This new precise measurement of the Higgs boson’s mass will not, at least not on its own, lead us in a new direction of physics. But it does add another piece to the puzzle of the exciting world of subatomic particles, and its connection to the world around us. The Higgs boson mass is an unrestricted parameter in the physics theory describing subatomic particles called the Standard Model, and the value of the Higgs boson mass is connected to understanding the long-term stability of the universe. Its precise knowledge is needed to estimate many of the properties of the Higgs boson and the phenomena that we can observe at future colliders. The Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN was awarded in 2013 to Peter Higgs and François Englert. We are thrilled at the exposure our students are getting at CERN and feel confident to ask questions of renowned scientists to understand the magic behind science. #STEM #LearningForLife #WeBuildTheFuture #FitForLife #TheInventureAdvantage #NewWorld #NewLearning #CarpeDiem CERN Lavanya Srinivas

CONGRATULATIONS! 🎉 🙌 Elena Hoemann (Faculty of Physics LMU Munich & ORIGINS Cluster) has been granted a doctoral award by the Munich University Society (MUG) for her dissertation, “Merging, fragmentation and collapse of interstellar filaments.” 🎓 🎇 Filaments and the formation of stars ✨: Elena modeled the formation of stars in dense, cold molecular gas clouds. 🌫️ 👩💻 Employing numerical simulations and analytical calculations, she discovered the answer to a previously unsolved problem: According to the prevailing theoretical models, stars should form predominantly at the ends of cold molecular filaments. Elena demonstrated that the gas filaments should not be observed in isolation in simulations, but as part of an interacting galactic filament network. 🎇 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/ePni3-VP 🔗 Read the thesis: https://lnkd.in/e9Edyg-d Image: f. l. t. r. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Bernd Huber, President of LMU Munich, the award winners Dr. Poppy Tushingham, Dr. Elena Brigitte Hoemann, Dr. Julia Hugo, PD Dr. Christina Scharf-Janßen, Dr. Wei Li, Dr. Daniela Krentz, Dr. Sabrina Keil, PD Dr. Martin Gross and Prof. Dr. Dr. Peter Höppe, Munich University Association. © LC Productions / Andres Chuquisengo / LMU #thesis #award #astronomy #astrophysics #lmu #womeninscience #womeninstem

In honor of the recent International Nobel Prize Day celebrated on December 10, we reflect on the meaning behind honoring the outstanding contributions across various fields. The Nobel Prizes, awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace, highlight human accomplishments that have transformed our world. At Gore, we are proud of assisting scientists’ research. GORE® High Flex Flat Cables played an important role in enabling astrophysicists in Italy and in the U.S. to detect gravitational waves, the existence of which were theorized by Albert Einstein nearly a century ago. This work earned the scientists the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018. This achievement underscores our commitment to innovation and the significant impact technology can have on advancing our understanding of the universe. Learn about GORE® High Flex Flat Cables: https://lnkd.in/ep-7B3HH #InternationalNobelPrizeDay #HighFlexFlatCables #Innovation (Image credit: The Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes Project)

Olli V. Lounasmaa Memorial Prize 2025 is now seeking nominations! This international prize, which recognizes outstanding contributions to low-temperature physics and related fields, is awarded once every three years. The Prize, founded in 2004, is a tribute to the founder of strong Finnish research tradition both in low temperature physics and neuroscience. We are delighted to support and promote the Olli V. Lounasmaa Memorial Prize 2025. A letter of nomination should state the basis for the proposed prize, and an assessment of the impact on the low temperature community. Letters from knowledgeable colleagues supporting the nomination are welcome and should be submitted along with the nomination material. Nominations and supporting letters should be sent to the Chair of the Prize Committee: Prof. Mika Sillanpää from Aalto University, School of Science, Department of Applied Physics. The deadline for the receipt of nominations and supporting letters is January 15, 2025. The prize is presented at the 30th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT30), Bilbao, Spain, August 2025. Learn more about the prize and how to nominate: https://lnkd.in/dYUwnNFE #lowtemperaturephysics #physics #cryogenics #CoolForProgress

The ATLAS Collaboration mourns the passing of renowned physicist Peter Higgs, whose theoretical work on elucidating the fundamental mechanism by which elementary particles acquire mass reshaped our understanding of the Universe. The manifestation of this mechanism as a new particle – the Higgs boson – laid the foundation for decades of research. The mechanism, relying on a new field and spontaneous symmetry-breaking, was first proposed in 1964 by Peter Higgs at the University of Edinburgh and, independently, by Robert Brout and François Englert at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and physicists at Imperial College London. It would take nearly half a century for their theory to be experimentally confirmed. In 2012, the ATLAS and CMS Experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) detected the long-sought Higgs boson. Peter Higgs and François Englert themselves were present at the announcement of this historic discovery at CERN (Robert Brout had passed away in 2011). This momentous achievement not only confirmed the existence of the particle but also solidified a place in science history for Higgs, Brout and Englert, as well as other theorists publishing related work in 1964. In recognition of their contributions, Peter Higgs and François Englert were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013. Their theoretical work and the discovery of the Higgs boson stand out as an example of the deep consequences of mathematical symmetries in the physical world. “Peter Higgs leaves behind a monumental legacy, defined not only by his scientific achievements but also by his inspiring personality,” says Andreas Hoecker, ATLAS Spokesperson. “The ATLAS Collaboration aspires to honour his memory by embodying the spirit of curiosity he exemplified — especially in our efforts to unlock the secrets of the particle named after him, and the mysteries of the underlying mechanism of mass generation.” https://lnkd.in/dYYEcKrz

This recent Nobel Prize in Physics underscores the exceptional caliber of French research laboratories specializing in the field of physics. The collaborative efforts between LIDYL CEA and Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée (LOA) , with the important contribution of Pierre-Mary Paul during his thesis, have yielded groundbreaking results in the form of a revolutionary time scale: the attosecond

Friday 5th April Simon Vendelbo Bylling Jensen will be defending his PhD thesis 'Laser-driven electrons in motion – an investigation of their ultrafast nature’.    Electrons are vital for our world. They emit the light we see, hold molecules together, and power innovative technologies. The movements of electrons occur on few attoseconds, a timescale of so brief, that there are more attoseconds within each second than there have been seconds since the beginning of the universe. With modern laser technologies one can observe and influence the movements of electrons on their natural ultrafast timescale. During his PhD studies, Simon Vendelbo Bylling Jensen researched the fundamental mechanisms which govern the ultrafast motion of laser-driven electrons.    Time: Friday 5th April 2024 at 13:15 Place: Aarhus University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ny Munkegade 120, 8000 Aarhus C, 1525-626   Members of the assessment committee: Professor Dieter Bauer, Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Germany La Caixa Junior Leader Rui Emanuel Ferreira da Silva, The Material Science Institute of Madrid, Spain Associate Professor Jill Miwa (chair) Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Denmark   Main supervisor: Professor Lars Bojer Madsen, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Denmark   The defence is public and will be conducted in English    #dkforsk #science #dkvid #AU #phddefence 

🎓 Just wrapped up a fantastic week at the CERN Accelerator School (CAS) 🚀💫 The Basic course ended with an active room full of intense discussions about accelerator physics🏭 👨🔬 During this week, we reviewed the core topics of accelerator physics, with particular emphasis on CERN machines and CERN applications, respectively. This course is a perfect starting point for those who do not have much experience in the field. 📚 Kudos to our participants; we welcome you to our accelerator physics community!!!!💻 🎓If you want to go a little bit deeper...🎓 💫 Registration is now open for our Introduction to Accelerator Physics 💫 in Spain next September. Take a look here: 👉 https://cas.web.cern.ch/ 👈 This two-week residential course is perfect for laboratory and university staff and students, as well as manufacturers of accelerator equipment. 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 It provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental concepts of beam dynamics and underlying accelerator systems. It is a challenging and unforgettable course with multiple networking opportunities. With: Vittorio Bencini, Stephane Deghaye, Edda Gschwendtner, Jacqueline Keintzel, Thibaut Lefevre, alessandra lombardi, Richard Scrivens, Irina Shreyber, PhD, Steinar Stapnes, Rende Steerenberg, Frank Tecker, Ezio Todesco, Jorg Wenninger, Vincent Baglin, Jeremie Bauche, Xavier Buffat, Heiko Damerau, Bernhard Holzer, Torsten Koettig, Paris Sphicas, Markus Zerlauth, Delphine Rivoiron, Maria Filippova, Noemí Carabán González 🌍🌐 #CERN #CAS #AcceleratorPhysics #Engineering #Education #Learning #Science #Technology #ParticlePhysics #IntroductoryCourse #Training #ProfessionalDevelopment

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