Junior professorship for theoretical elementary particle physics (Prof. Schmitz)
Status: Organisation is active
| Address: | Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 9 48149 Münster Germany |
Publications
Schmitz, Kai; Schröder, Tobias (2026) In: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2026(01), 025. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2026/01/025 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Blümke, Maximilian; Schmitz, Kai; Schröder, Tobias; Agarwal, Deepali; Romano, Joseph D. (2026) In: Symmetry, 18(2), 355. doi:10.3390/sym18020355 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
von Eckardstein, Richard; Schmitz, Kai; Sobol, Oleksandr (2026) In: Journal of High Energy Physics, 2026(01), 018. doi:10.1007/JHEP01(2026)018 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Matt, Cayenne; et al. [NANOGrav Collaboration] (2026) In: Astrophysical Journal, 997(2), 188. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae2480 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Agarwal, Nikita; et al. [NANOGrav Collaboration] (2026) In: Astrophysical Journal Letters, 998(1), L11. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ae3719 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published |
Projects
Duration: 01/07/2026 - 30/06/2029 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/03/2020 - 31/08/2024 | 2nd Funding period Funded by: DFG - Research Training Group Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster |
Preisverleihungen
| Scout in the Henriette Herz Scouting Programme (Up-and-coming researchers) Awarded by: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) Award given to: Schmitz, Kai Announced at: 15/05/2025 | Date of awarding: 15/05/2025 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Förderpreis der Universitätsgesellschaft Münster 2024 Awarded by: Universitätsgesellschaft Münster Award given to: Schmitz, Kai Announced at: 12/06/2024 | Date of awarding: 03/07/2024 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction |
Promotionen
| 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 |
Vorträge
| Gravitational waves from cosmic strings Schmitz, Kai (22/01/2026) Cosmic Strings in the Desert, Abu Dhabi Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| PTA searches for GWs from the big bang Schmitz, Kai (13/01/2026) Seminar Fundamentale Wechselwirkungen, Universität Freiburg Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Beben in der Raumzeit: Mit Gravitationswellen von Schwarzen Löchern bis zum Urknall Schmitz, Kai (27/11/2025) Vortrag am Gymnasium St. Mauritz, Münster Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| BSM physics at the PTA frontier Schmitz, Kai (25/11/2025) CPPS Seminar, Universität Siegen Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Quantenrelikte aus dem frühen Universum Schmitz, Kai (15/11/2025) Abschlussveranstaltung Quantenjahr, Münster Type of talk: scientific talk |