Cosmology observation and instrumentation work at the department includes supernovae, the cosmic microwave background, and large surveyes of galaxies.
Cosmology observation and instrumentation work at the department includes supernovae, the cosmic microwave background, and large surveyes of galaxies. Theoretical work at the department includes the development of phenomenological aspects, and subsequent observational tests, of cosmological theories. Measurements that constrain fundamental physics are of particular interest to members of the cosmology group.
The direct detection of gravitational waves has opened a completely new chapter in the study of gravity and the physics of the most compact objects in nature, black holes and neutron stars, especially using the electromagnetic counterparts
Ludvig Doeser studied Engineering Physics at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in parallel with hosting exhibitions at Tom Tits in his spare time. During his master programme he was an exchange student in the USA. In 2021, he did his thesis with Jens Jasche and collaborated with Magnus Axelsson at Fysikum. Since January 2022 he is a PhD student at the division of Cosmology, Astroparticle Physics and String Theory - COPS. He teaches and is responsible for the outreach event FysikShow. Ludvig is awarded this year's prize because he intends to introduce FysikShow's experiments into physics teaching.
Why is the vast supergalactic plane teeing with only one type of galaxies? This old cosmic puzzle may now have been solved. Jens Jasche, associate professor at Fysikum, is a member of the research group of these results.
Scientists have been pondering the existence of dark matter – matter that does not seem to interact with light – for almost a century. Thanks to a 27.5 million SEK grant, Jón Gudmundsson and his colleagues at Stockholm University can construct a new type of detector to find axions, a type of hypothetical particles that could constitute dark matter.
