Institute of Nuclear Physics
Status: Organisation is active
| Address: | Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 9 48149 Münster Germany |
Publications
Schulte, P.; Wenz, D.; Althueser, L.; Braun, R.; Hannen, V.; Huhmann, C.; Koke, D.; Lin, Y.-T.; Unkhoff, P.; Weinheimer, C. (2026) In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 86(5), 488-488. doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-026-15739-4 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Aprile, E.; others (2026) In: Physical Review C, 113(4), 044303-044303. doi:10.1103/b3r7-6ff4 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Aprile, E.; others (2026) In: Physical Review Letters, 136(12), 120201-120201. doi:10.1103/2jm3-4976 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Aalbers, J.; others (2026) In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 86(3), 312-312. doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-15161-2 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Laumann, D.; Krause, M.; Kremer, F. E.; Leibrock, B.; Ubben, M. S.; Forthmann, B.; Janzik, R.; Masemann, D.; Reer, F.; Denz, C.; Greefrath, G.; Heinicke, S.; Marohn, A.; Quandt, T.; Souvignier, E.; Heusler, S. (2025) In: Education and Information Technologies, 30(7), 9463-9496. doi:10.1007/s10639-024-13213-w Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published |
Projects
Duration: 01/06/2026 - 30/05/2028 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 07/04/2025 - 10/04/2025 Funded by: GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung Type of project: Scientific Event | |
Duration: 01/01/2025 - 31/07/2025 Funded by: Dr. Hans Riegel-Stiftung Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 18/10/2024 - 19/10/2024 Funded by: Universitätsgesellschaft Münster e.V. Type of project: Scientific Event | |
Duration: 01/07/2023 - 30/06/2026 | 2nd Funding period Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space Type of project: Participation in federally funded joint project |
Awards
| Appointment as Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Awarded by: German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Award given to: Weinheimer, Christian Announced at: 01/02/2026 | Date of awarding: 01/02/2026 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| ERC Advanced Grant Awarded by: European Research Council (ERC) Award given to: Weinheimer, Christian Announced at: 26/04/2022 | Date of awarding: 15/04/2022 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Dissertation Prize of the Faculty of Physics of the University of Münster Awarded by: University of Münster Award given to: Fieguth, Alexander Announced at: 12/11/2018 | Date of awarding: 15/12/2018 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Infineon-Promotionspreis 2018 Awarded by: Fachbereich Physik der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster Award given to: Hüsken, Nils Announced at: 10/07/2018 | Date of awarding: 15/07/2018 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Best Contest Award SciVis Contest 2015 Awarded by: IEEE VIS 2015 Award given to: Scherzinger, Aaron; Brix, Tobias; Drees, Dominik; Völker, Andreas; Radkov, Kiril; Santalidis, Niko; Fieguth, Alexander; Hinrichs, Klaus Announced at: 15/10/2015 | Date of awarding: 15/10/2015 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction |
Doctorates
| Cosmic Strings and Beyond: From Topological Defects to Gravitational Waves Candidate: Schröder, Tobias | Supervisors: Schmitz, Kai; Heitger, Jochen | Reviewers: Schmitz, Kai; Heitger, Jochen; Blanco-Pillado, Jose Juan; Andronic, Anton; Thiele, Uwe Period of time: 01/05/2022 - 09/10/2025 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Measurement of the Nuclear Transition Energies of 83mKr for Tritium Q Value Determination at KATRIN Candidate: Böttcher, Matthias | Supervisors: Weinheimer, Christian | Reviewers: Weinheimer, Christian; Andronic, Anton Period of time: 01/03/2021 - 15/09/2025 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Determination of the Energy-dependent Energy-loss Function and Sensitivity Improvements for the KATRIN Experiment Candidate: Sonja Schneidewind | Supervisors: Weinheimer, Christian | Reviewers: Weinheimer, Christian; Andronic, Anton; Baudis, Laura Period of time: 01/07/2020 - 05/09/2025 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Development of a soft X-ray spectrometer for fluorescence photons emitted during laser cooling at SIS100 and of a fast high voltage divider for CRYRING@ESR Candidate: Ueberholz, Ken | Supervisors: Weinheimer, Christian; Hannen, Volker | Reviewers: Weinheimer, Christian; Kappes, Alexander Period of time: 01/06/2020 - 05/09/2025 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Studies of Background Reduction via angular-selective Electron Detection in the KATRIN Experiment Candidate: Kevin Gauda | Supervisors: Weinheimer, Christian | Reviewers: Weinheimer, Christian Klein-Bösing, Christian Period of time: 01/10/2018 - 15/07/2024 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |
Habilitations
The Study of the Quark-Gluon Plasma with Electromagnetic and Hard Probes Candidate: Klein-Bösing, Christian | Reviewers: Wessels, Johannes P.Period of time: 09/12/2013 - 09/12/2013 Habilitation procedure finished at: Habilitation procedure at University of Münster | |
Die Suche nach den Quark-Gluon-Plasma mit dem PHENIX-Experiment am RHIC Candidate: Reygers, Klaus | Reviewers: ???Period of time: until 30/05/2005 Habilitation procedure finished at: Habilitation procedure at University of Münster |
Vorträge
| Direct neutrino mass search with the KATRIN experiment and beyond
Weinheimer, Christian (22/05/2026) CENPA Seminar, University of Washington, Seattle Type of talk: scientific Talk | |
| Purification of xenon for the next generation of xenon experiments
Weinheimer, Christian (21/05/2026) International Workshop on the Application of Noble Gas Xenon to Science and Technology XeSAT 2026 , Vancouver Type of talk: scientific Talk | |
| Unravelling the secrets of the universe: novel sensitivities through quantum technologies and machine learning Weinheimer, Christian (29/04/2026) Symposium on Frontier of Nano-Science - From Quantum Science to Nanophotonics, Precision Chemistry and Biomolecular…, Universität Münster Type of talk: scientific Talk | |
| KATRIN: From the idea via challenges and & solutions to neutrino results
Drexlin, Guido; Weinheimer, Christian (17/04/2026) Weighing the Invisible – 1000 Days of KATRIN data , Karlruher Institut für Technologie Type of talk: scientific Talk | |
| High resolution time-of-flight spectroscopy at a MAC-E filter
Weinheimer, Christian (16/04/2026) Internationaler Workshop (NuMass 2026), titled “Determination of the Absolute Electron (Anti-)Neutrino Mass, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Type of talk: scientific Talk |