Division V - Physics and Mathematics
Division 5 comprises research, teaching, and innovation in Physics and Mathematics. Research is carried out at 21 institutes and 3 Helmholtz programmes „From Matter to Materials and Life (MML)“, „Matter and Technology (MT)“ and „Matter and the Universe (MU)“.
Research topics are Geometry, Groups and Topology, Partial Differential Equations, Stochastic Models as well as Particle and Astroparticle Physics, Solid State and Quantum Physics, Applied Physics, and Geophysics, with intensive collaboration between experiment and theory.
Research oriented teaching at the KIT Departments for Mathematics und Physics is an essential part of the teaching at almost all study courses at KIT.
The scientists of Division 5 are engaged in numerous national and international projects and research collaborations and operate the large research infrastructures GridKa, KARA, KATRIN and TLK.
From structures to models - from quanta to the universe

European Research Council funds projects of Mehdi Tahoori and Alexey Ustinov with a total of more than five million euros
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Minister-President Kretschmann visits the university confederation Eucor - The European Campus in Strasbourg
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Novel material with promising properties for quantum computers and networks discovered - KIT researchers report in Nature
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New world record: KATRIN experiment limits neutrino mass with unprecedented precision
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Der renommierte Bardeen-Preis des Jahres 2022 wird an Prof. Schmalian (KIT), Mohit Randeria, (The Ohio State University), und Peter Hirschfeld (University of Florida) verliehen. Der Preis würdigt ihre bahnbrechenden theoretischen Arbeiten, die bedeutende Erkenntnisse über die Natur der Supraleitung, deren Realisierung in stark korrelierten Systemen und über die experimentelle Untersuchung von unkonventionellen Supraleitern geliefert haben.

Reseachers of the cluster of excellence 3D Matter Made to Order show how 3-dimensional nanostructures can be printed using compact desktop devices
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Novel optical resonator is the first to track the movement of nanoparticles in space
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Renowned Caltech scientist is granted award for groundbreaking scientific achievements in theoretical particle physics
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Bereits Ende September 2020 wurde Professor Johannes Blümer, damaliger Leiter des Bereichs V - Physik und Mathematik, nach langjähriger erfolgreicher Tätigkeit in den Ruhestand verabschiedet. Aufgrund der Corona-Pandemie konnte Johannes Blümer erst jetzt, am 17. September 2021, angemessen mit einem feierlichen Symposium gewürdigt werden.
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New virtual reality environment makes KIT's neutrino experiment KATRIN accessible to everyone
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Markus Klute was decisively involved in the discovery of the Higgs boson - He is awarded Germany's most highly endowed international research prize
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Researchers in the cluster of excellence 3D Matter Made to Order use rotons for metamaterials - Nature Communications publishes first results
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