Universität Bonn

Universität Bonn und Köln

Research
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The (astro-) physics departments in Bonn and Cologne focus on complementary research areas; together, they span almost the full range of modern physics. They lead three Clusters of Excellence: 
Color meets flavor (link: https://www.color-meets-flavor.de/)
Dynaverse (link: https://dynaverse.astro.uni-koeln.de/)
ML4Q (link: https://ml4q.de/)

Both departments are also engaged in ongoing collaborations with international research groups worldwide. Research links and collaborations are established both in nuclear and hadron physics and in condensed matter physics with the Forschungszentrum Jülich and in astronomy/astrophysics with the Max-Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy.

Eine Wissenschaftlerin und ein Wissenschaftler arbeiten hinter einer Glasfassade und mischen Chemikalien mit Großgeräten.
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University of Bonn

Bonn focuses on particle physics (both experiment and theory), condensed matter and photonics, and astronomy/astrophysics. The department includes a centre for detector physics (FTD), as well as running its own electron accelerator (ELSA) and a cyclotron.

Eine Wissenschaftlerin und ein Wissenschaftler arbeiten hinter einer Glasfassade und mischen Chemikalien mit Großgeräten.
© Simon Wegener

University of Cologne

In Cologne, research is on astrophysics and cosmology, condensed matter and statistical physics, biophysics, and experimental nuclear physics using an in-house tandem accelerator. One of the particular strengths of Cologne physics is theoretical research in condensed matter and statistical physics.