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The MPSD investigates dynamical phenomena in matter down to the elementary timescales of atomic and electronic motions.
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The MPSD has officially opened its new, state-of-the-art research building in the Science City Hamburg, with the President of the Max Planck Society (MPG), Patrick Cramer, and the Science Senator Katharina Fegebank as guests of honor.
Ultrashort laser flashes
Light, lenses, mirrors: Researchers use laser pulses to probe the dynamic behavior of atoms and electrons.
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Mariana Rossi has been honored with the prestigious Nernst-Haber-Bodenstein Prize 2024 by the German Bunsen Society.
Shared space: The Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL)
Scientific collaboration: Researchers from the MPSD, the Universität Hamburg and DESY come together at the CFEL.Scientific Departments
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On May 13, the MPSD officially opened its new, state-of-the-art research building in Hamburg. The ...