Professor Dr. Christian Weinheimer
Current affiliations
- Professur für Kernphysik (Prof. Weinheimer)
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Neutrino physics (Nuclear, particle and astroparticle physics): Mainz Neutrino Mass Experiment (neutrino mass, 1987-2005), CHORUS (neutrino oscillation, CERN, 1995-1998), AMANDA (neutrino telescope, 1998-2001), KATRIN (neutrino mass, KIT, 2001-)
- Direct search for dark matter (particle physics, astroparticle physics): XENON100 and XENON1T experiment (Untergrundlabor LNGS/Italien, 2009-), DARWIN (2010-)
- Fundamental interactions (Atomic, nuclear and particle physics): WITCH experiment (CERN, 2007-2013), SpecTrap Libelle experiment (GSI, 2007-)
- Development of a TMB-based detector with Cherenkov light and charge readout for positron emission tomography (PET) (together with EIMI/CiM, 2017-) Readout for Positron Emission Tomography
- Hadron spectroscopy (nuclear and hadron physics): CBELSA-TAPS experiment (Bonn, 2001-2004)
Academic Education | |
| 2000 | Habilitation in experimental physics at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universtität Mainz with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. E.W. Otten, translated title of habilitation: "Search for neutrino masses and oscillations" |
| 11/1989 - 11/1993 | PhD thesis at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Backe, translated title: "A new upper limit for the rest mass of the electron neutrino from the tritium beta spectrum", grade: summa cum laude |
| 11/1982 - 11/1989 | Study of mathematics and physics at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, intermediate diploma in mathematics with grade "very good", diploma in physics with grade "with distinction". Translated title of diploma thesis: "Test and set up of the detector system of the Mainz Neutrino Mass Experiment", supervisor: Prof. Dr. H. Backe |
Work Experience | |
| since 2004 | Professor of Physics (C4/W3, full professor) at the Westfälische Wilmhelms-Universität Münster |
| 2001 - 2004 | Professor for physics (C3, similar to "associate professor") at University of Bonn, Germany |
| 2000 - 2001 | Hochschuldozent (C2, faculty member, like "assistent professor") at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
| 1997 - 2000 | Postdoctoral fellow (C1) at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
| 1995 - 1996 | CERN fellow at the European particle physics laboratory CERN |
| 1993 - 1994 | Postdoctoral fellow at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
| 1989 - 1993 | Research assistant at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 01/2025 | Executive Director, Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Münster |
| since 09/2023 | Member, Rectorate Research Council, University of Münster |
| since 01/2023 | Member, Scientific Council DESY, DESY |
| since 2021 | International Advisory Board of the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences |
| since 03/2020 | Deputy Spokesperson of the Research Training Group "Strong and Weak Interactions - from Hadrons to Dark Matter", financed through the German Science Foundation DFG (GRK 2149) |
| since 02/2020 | Member of the Euroepan APPEC-SAC (Science Advisory Committee of the Astroparticle Physics European Consortium) |
| since 08/2019 | Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC) of the Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute |
| since 05/2017 | Member of the Interfaculty Centre Cells in Motion (CiM) |
| 01/2021 - 12/2026 | Scientific Member, Senate and Grants Committee for Collaborative Research Centers of the German Research Foundation (DFG), German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 01/2024 - 12/2025 | Co-chair of the Collaboration Board of the XENON Collaboration, Collaboration Board, XENON Collaboration |
| 2001 - 2022 | Co-Spokesperson, Collaboration of an international experiment, International KATRIN Collaboration |
| 05/2019 - 11/2022 | Chair, DESY, Chair of the Astroparticle Physics Committee (APC) of DESY |
| 10/2016 - 09/2022 | Executive Director, Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Münster |
| 04/2015 - 04/2021 | Advisory Board of the section "Particle Physics" of the German Physical Society (DPG) |
| 09/2015 - 02/2020 | Spokesperson of the Research Training Group "Strong and Weak Interactions - from Hadrons to Dark Matter", financed through the German Science Foundation DFG (GRK 2149) |
| 09/2013 - 09/2019 | Member of the Scientific Committee's of the Italien underground laboratory LNGS (Gran Sasso National Laboratory) |
| 2017 - 05/2019 | Member of the Physics Review Committee (PRC) of DESY |
| 11/2012 - 05/2019 | Chair of Scientific Council of the Cluster of Excellence PRISMA (Precision Physics, Fundamental Interactions and Structure of Matter) of Johannes Gutenberg University at Mainz |
| 2005 - 03/2019 | Chair (2013-2019), elected member (2010-2019), representative of the committee for hadron and nuclear physics KHuK in KAT (2005-, Elected committee of the astroparticle phycists working in akademia in Germany, Committee for astroparticle physics KAT (Chair 2013-2019) |
| 2012 - 2016 | Committee of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft "309 - Particles, nuclei and fields" |
| 11/2014 - 11/2016 | Dean of the Department of Physics of WWU |
| 11/2012 - 10/2014 | Deputy Dean of the Department of Physics of the WWU |
| 2006 - 2013 | Co-organizer of the yearly workshop "Arbeitstreffen Kernphysik" in Schleching |
| 2005 - 2013 | Chair of the working team "school physics" of the faculty for physics of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| 2011 - 2012 | Scientific Advisory Board of the Max-Planck-Institut for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg |
| 2007 - 2012 | Managing Director, Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Münster |
| 2005 - 2012 | Committee for hadron and nuclear physics KHuK (elected member: 2005-2010, 2010-2012 the representative of the committee for astroparticle physics KAT in KHuK) |
| 2010 - 2011 | Chair of the organisation committee of the spring meeting of the German Physical Society DPG at Münster with the divisions "hadron and nuclear physics" and "didactics of physics" |
| 2006 - 2011 | Committee of the German Ministery for Education and Research "Hadron and nuclear physics", 2009 - 2011 vice chair |
| 2008 - 2010 | Chair of the board of the internatinal graduate school FANTOM (Fundamental and Applied Nuclear and aTOMic physics) |
| 2005 - 2010 | Committee of the German Federal Ministery for Education and Research "Ground-based astrophysics and astroparticle physics" |
| 2007 - 2008 | Committee of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft "309 - Particles, nuclei and fields) |
Appointments | |
| 2004 | Offer to a Professorship for Physics (C4) , University of Münster (accepted) |
| 2001 | Offer to a Professorship for Physics, University of Washington |
| 2001 | Offer to a Professorship for physics (C3) , University of Bonn |
Publications
Aalbers, J.; Abe, K.; Adrover, M.; Maouloud, S. Ahmed; Akerib, D. S.; Al Musalhi, A. K.; Alder, F.; Althueser, L.; Amaral, D. W. P.; Amarasinghe, C. S.; Ames, A.; Andrieu, B.; Angelides, N.; Angelino, E.; Antunovic, B.; Aprile, E.; Araujo, H. M.; Armstrong, J. E.; Arthurs, M.; Babicz, M.; Baker, A.; Balzer, M.; Bang, J.; Barberio, E.; Bargemann, J. W.; Barillier, E.; Basharina-Freshville, A.; Baudis, L.; Bauer, D.; Bazyk, M.; Beattie, K.; Beaupere, N.; Bell, N. F.; Bellagamba, L.; Benson, T.; Bhatti, A.; Biesiadzinski, T. P.; Biondi, R.; Biondi, Y.; Birch, H. J.; Bishop, E.; Bismark, A.; Boehm, C.; Boese, K.; Bolotnikov, A.; Bras, P.; Braun, R.; Breskin, A.; Brew, C. A. J.; Brommer, S.; Brown, A.; Bruni, G.; Budnik, R.; Burdin, S.; Cai, C.; Capelli, C.; Carini, G.; Carmona-Benitez, M. C.; Carter, M.; Chauvin, A.; Chawla, A.; Chen, H.; Cherwinka, J. J.; Chin, Y. T.; Chott, N. I.; Chavez, A. P. Cimental; Clark, K.; Colijn, A. P.; Colling, D. J.; Conrad, J.; Converse, M. V.; Coronel, R.; Costanzo, D.; Cottle, A.; Cox, G.; Cuenca-Garcia, J. J.; Curran, D.; Cussans, D.; D'Andrea, V.; Garcia, L. C. Daniel; Darlington, I.; Dave, S.; David, A.; Davies, G. J.; Decowski, M. P.; Deisting, A.; Delgaudio, J.; Dey, S.; Di Donato, C.; Di Felice, L.; Di Gangi, P.; Diglio, S.; Ding, C.; Dobson, J. E. Y.; Doerenkamp, M.; Drexlin, G.; Druszkiewicz, E.; Dunbar, C. L.; Eitel, K.; Elykov, A.; Engel, R.; Eriksen, S. R.; Fayer, S.; Fearon, N. M.; Ferella, A. D.; Ferrari, C.; Fieldhouse, N.; Fischer, H.; Flaecher, H.; Flehmke, T.; Flierman, M.; Fraser, E. D.; Fruth, T. M. A.; Fujikawa, K.; Fulgione, W.; Fuselli, C.; Gaemers, P.; Gaior, R.; Gaitskell, R. J.; Gallice, N.; Galloway, M.; Gao, F.; Garroum, N.; Geffre, A.; Genovesi, J.; Ghag, C.; Ghosh, S.; Giacomobono, R.; Gibbons, R.; Girard, F.; Glade-Beucke, R.; Glueck, F.; Gokhale, S.; Grandi, L.; Green, J.; Grigat, J.; van der Grinten, M. G. D.; Groessle, R.; Guan, H.; Guida, M.; Gyorgy, P.; Haiston, J. J.; Hall, C. R.; Hall, T.; Hammann, R.; Hannen, V.; Hansmann-Menzemer, S.; Hargittai, N.; Hartigan-O'Connor, E.; Haselschwardt, S. J.; Hernandez, M.; Hertel, S. A.; Higuera, A.; Hils, C.; Hiraoka, K.; Hoetzsch, L.; Hoferichter, M.; Homenides, G. J.; Hood, N. F.; Horn, M.; Huang, D. Q.; Hughes, S.; Hunt, D.; Iacovacci, M.; Itow, Y.; Jacquet, E.; Jakob, J.; James, R. S.; Joerg, F.; Jones, S.; Kaboth, A. C.; Kahlert, F.; Kamaha, A. C.; Kaminaga, Y.; Kara, M.; Kavrigin, P.; Kazama, S.; Keller, M.; Kemp-Russell, P.; Khaitan, D.; Kharbanda, P.; Kilminster, B.; Kim, J.; Kirk, R.; Kleifges, M.; Klute, M.; Kobayashi, M.; Kodroff, D.; Koke, D.; Kopec, A.; Korolkova, E. V.; Kraus, H.; Kravitz, S.; Kreczko, L.; von Krosigk, B.; Kudryavtsev, V. A.; Kuger, F.; Kurita, N.; Landsman, H.; Lang, R. F.; Lawes, C.; Lee, J.; Lehnert, B.; Leonard, D. S.; Lesko, K. T.; Levinson, L.; Li, A.; Li, I.; Li, S.; Liang, S.; Liang, Z.; Lin, J.; Lin, Y-T; Lindemann, S.; Linden, S.; Lindner, M.; Lindote, A.; Lippincott, W. H.; Liu, K.; Loizeau, J.; Lombardi, F.; Lopes, J. A. M.; Lopes, M. I.; Lorenzon, W.; Loutit, M.; Lu, C.; Lucchetti, G. M.; Luce, T.; Luitz, S.; Ma, Y.; Macolino, C.; Mahlstedt, J.; Maier, B.; Majewski, P. A.; Manalaysay, A.; Mancuso, A.; Manenti, L.; Mannino, R. L.; Marignetti, F.; Marley, T.; Undagoitia, T. Marrodan; Martens, K.; Masbou, J.; Masson, E.; Mastroianni, S.; Maupin, C.; McCabe, C.; McCarthy, M. E.; McKinsey, D. N.; Mclaughlin, J. B.; Melchiorre, A.; Menendez, J.; Messina, M.; Miller, E. H.; Milosovic, B.; Milutinovic, S.; Miuchi, K.; Miyata, R.; Mizrachi, E.; Molinario, A.; Monteiro, C. M. B.; Monzani, M. E.; Mora, K.; Moriyama, S.; Morrison, E.; Morteau, E.; Mosbacher, Y.; Mount, B. J.; Mueller, J.; Murdy, M.; Murphy, A. St J.; Murra, M.; Naylor, A.; Nelson, H. N.; Neves, F.; Newstead, J. L.; Nguyen, A.; Ni, K.; O'Hare, C.; Oberlack, U.; Obradovic, M.; Olcina, I.; Oliver-Mallory, K. C.; Orebi Gann, G. D.; Orpwood, J.; Ouahada, S.; Oyulmaz, K.; Paetsch, (2025) In: Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 52(4) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Horst, Max; Andelkovic, Zoran; Brandau, Carsten; Chen, Rui Jiu; Fernandez, David Freire; Geppert, Christopher; Glorius, Jan; Hannen, Volker; Hess, Regina; Imgram, Phillip; Klammes, Sebastian; Koenig, Kristian; Leckenby, Guy; Litvinov, Sergey; Litvinov, Yury A.; Lorentz, Bernd; Meisner, Johann; Mohr, Konstantin; Mueller, Patrick; Passon, Stephan; Ratajczyk, Tim; Rausch, Simon; Rossbach, Jon; Sanchez, Rodolfo; Sanjari, Shahab; Sidhu, Ragandeep Singh; Spillmann, Uwe; Steck, Markus; Stoehlker, Thomas; Ueberholz, Ken; Weinheimer, Christian; Winters, Danyal; Noertershaeuser, Wilfried (2025) In: Nature Physics, 025(02825) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Aker, Max; Batzler, Dominic; Beglarian, Armen; Behrens, Jan; Beisenkoetter, Justus; Biassoni, Matteo; Bieringer, Benedikt; Biondi, Yanina; Block, Fabian; Bobien, Steffen; Boettcher, Matthias; Bornschein, Beate; Bornschein, Lutz; Caldwell, Tom S.; Carminati, Marco; Chatrabhuti, Auttakit; Chilingaryan, Suren; Daniel, Byron A.; Debowski, Karol; Descher, Martin; Barrero, Deseada Diaz; Doe, Peter J.; Dragoun, Otokar; Drexlin, Guido; Edzards, Frank; Eitel, Klaus; Ellinger, Enrico; Engel, Ralph; Enomoto, Sanshiro; Felden, Arne; Fengler, Caroline; Fiorini, Carlo; Formaggio, Joseph A.; Forstner, Christian; Fraenkle, Florian M.; Gauda, Kevin; Gavin, Andrew S.; Gil, Woosik; Glueck, Ferenc; Grohmann, Steffen; Groessle, Robin; Gumbsheimer, Rainer; Gutknecht, Nathanael; Hannen, Volker; Hasselmann, Leonard; Haussmann, Norman; Helbing, Klaus; Henke, Hanna; Heyns, Svenja; Hickford, Stephanie; Hiller, Roman; Hillesheimer, David; Hinz, Dominic; Hoehn, Thomas; Huber, Anton; Jansen, Alexander; Karl, Christian; Kellerer, Jonas; Khosonthongkee, Khanchai; Kleifges, Matthias; Klein, Manuel; Kohpeiss, Joshua; Koehler, Christoph; Koellenberger, Leonard; Kopmann, Andreas; Kovac, Neven; Kovalik, Alojz; Krause, Holger; La Cascio, Luisa; Lasserre, Thierry; Lauer, Joscha; Le, Thanh-Long; Lebeda, Ondrej; Lehnert, Bjoern; Li, Gen; Lokhov, Alexey; Machatschek, Moritz; Mark, Martin; Marsteller, Alexander; Martin, Eric L.; Melzer, Christin; Mertens, Susanne; Mohanty, Shailaja; Mostafa, Jalal; Mueller, Klaus; Nava, Andrea; Neumann, Holger; Niemes, Simon; Onillon, Anthony; Parno, Diana S.; Pavan, Maura; Pinsook, Udomsilp; Poon, Alan W. P.; Lopez Poyato, Jose Manuel; Pozzi, Stefano; Priester, Florian; Ralis, Jan; Ramachandran, Shivani; Robertson, R. G. Hamish; Rodenbeck, Caroline; Roellig, Marco; Roettele, Carsten; Rysav, Milos; Sack, Rudolf; Saenz, Alejandro; Salomon, Richard; Schaefer, Peter; Schloesser, Magnus; Schloesser, Klaus; Schlueter, Lisa; Schneidewind, Sonja; Schnurr, Ulrich; Schrank, Michael; Schuermann, Jannis; Schuetz, Ann-Kathrin; Schwemmer, Alessandro; Schwenck, Adrian; Sefcik, Michal; Siegmann, Daniel; Simon, Frank; Spanier, Felix; Spreng, Daniela; Sreethawong, Warintorn; Steidl, Markus; Storek, Jaroslav; Stribl, Xaver; Sturm, Michael; Suwonjandee, Narumon; Jerome, Nicholas Tan; Telle, Helmut H.; Thorne, Larisa A.; Thuemmler, Thomas; Tirolf, Simon; Titov, Nikita; Tkachev, Igor; Urban, Korbinian; Valerius, Kathrin; Venos, Drahoslav; Weinheimer, Christian; Welte, Stefan; Wendel, Juergen; Wiesinger, Christoph; Wilkerson, John F.; Wolf, Joachim; Wuestling, Sascha; Wydra, Johanna; Xu, Weiran; Zadorozhny, Sergey; Zeller, Genrich (2025) In: Science, 388(6743) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Aalbers, J.; Abe, K.; Adrover, M.; Maouloud, S. Ahmed; Akerib, D. S.; Al Musalhi, A. K.; Alder, F.; Althueser, L.; Amaral, D. W. P.; Amarasinghe, C. S.; Ames, A.; Andrieu, B.; Angelides, N.; Angelino, E.; Antunovic, B.; Aprile, E.; Araujo, H. M.; Armstrong, J. E.; Arthurs, M.; Babicz, M.; Baker, A.; Balzer, M.; Bang, J.; Barberio, E.; Bargemann, J. W.; Barillier, E.; Basharina-Freshville, A.; Baudis, L.; Bauer, D.; Bazyk, M.; Beattie, K.; Beaupere, N.; Bell, N. F.; Bellagamba, L.; Benson, T.; Bhatti, A.; Biesiadzinski, T. P.; Biondi, R.; Biondi, Y.; Birch, H. J.; Bishop, E.; Bismark, A.; Boehm, C.; Boese, K.; Bolotnikov, A.; Bras, P.; Braun, R.; Breskin, A.; Brew, C. A. J.; Brommer, S.; Brown, A.; Bruni, G.; Budnik, R.; Burdin, S.; Cai, C.; Capelli, C.; Carini, G.; Carmona-Benitez, M. C.; Carter, M.; Chauvin, A.; Chawla, A.; Chen, H.; Cherwinka, J. J.; Chin, Y. T.; Chott, N. I.; Chavez, A. P. Cimental; Clark, K.; Colijn, A. P.; Colling, D. J.; Conrad, J.; Converse, M. V.; Coronel, R.; Costanzo, D.; Cottle, A.; Cox, G.; Cuenca-Garcia, J. J.; Curran, D.; Cussans, D.; D'Andrea, V.; Garcia, L. C. Daniel; Darlington, I.; Dave, S.; David, A.; Davies, G. J.; Decowski, M. P.; Deisting, A.; Delgaudio, J.; Dey, S.; Di Donato, C.; Di Felice, L.; Di Gangi, P.; Diglio, S.; Ding, C.; Dobson, J. E. Y.; Doerenkamp, M.; Drexlin, G.; Druszkiewicz, E.; Dunbar, C. L.; Eitel, K.; Elykov, A.; Engel, R.; Eriksen, S. R.; Fayer, S.; Fearon, N. M.; Ferella, A. D.; Ferrari, C.; Fieldhouse, N.; Fischer, H.; Flaecher, H.; Flehmke, T.; Flierman, M.; Fraser, E. D.; Fruth, T. M. A.; Fujikawa, K.; Fulgione, W.; Fuselli, C.; Gaemers, P.; Gaior, R.; Gaitskell, R. J.; Gallice, N.; Galloway, M.; Gao, F.; Garroum, N.; Geffre, A.; Genovesi, J.; Ghag, C.; Ghosh, S.; Giacomobono, R.; Gibbons, R.; Girard, F.; Glade-Beucke, R.; Glueck, F.; Gokhale, S.; Grandi, L.; Green, J.; Grigat, J.; van der Grinten, M. G. D.; Groessle, R.; Guan, H.; Guida, M.; Gyorgy, P.; Haiston, J. J.; Hall, C. R.; Hall, T.; Hammann, R.; Hannen, V.; Hansmann-Menzemer, S.; Hargittai, N.; Hartigan-O'Connor, E.; Haselschwardt, S. J.; Hernandez, M.; Hertel, S. A.; Higuera, A.; Hils, C.; Hiraoka, K.; Hoetzsch, L.; Hoferichter, M.; Homenides, G. J.; Hood, N. F.; Horn, M.; Huang, D. Q.; Hughes, S.; Hunt, D.; Iacovacci, M.; Itow, Y.; Jacquet, E.; Jakob, J.; James, R. S.; Joerg, F.; Jones, S.; Kaboth, A. C.; Kahlert, F.; Kamaha, A. C.; Kaminaga, Y.; Kara, M.; Kavrigin, P.; Kazama, S.; Keller, M.; Kemp-Russell, P.; Khaitan, D.; Kharbanda, P.; Kilminster, B.; Kim, J.; Kirk, R.; Kleifges, M.; Klute, M.; Kobayashi, M.; Kodroff, D.; Koke, D.; Kopec, A.; Korolkova, E. V.; Kraus, H.; Kravitz, S.; Kreczko, L.; von Krosigk, B.; Kudryavtsev, V. A.; Kuger, F.; Kurita, N.; Landsman, H.; Lang, R. F.; Lawes, C.; Lee, J.; Lehnert, B.; Leonard, D. S.; Lesko, K. T.; Levinson, L.; Li, A.; Li, I.; Li, S.; Liang, S.; Liang, Z.; Lin, J.; Lin, Y-T; Lindemann, S.; Linden, S.; Lindner, M.; Lindote, A.; Lippincott, W. H.; Liu, K.; Loizeau, J.; Lombardi, F.; Lopes, J. A. M.; Lopes, M. I.; Lorenzon, W.; Loutit, M.; Lu, C.; Lucchetti, G. M.; Luce, T.; Luitz, S.; Ma, Y.; Macolino, C.; Mahlstedt, J.; Maier, B.; Majewski, P. A.; Manalaysay, A.; Mancuso, A.; Manenti, L.; Mannino, R. L.; Marignetti, F.; Marley, T.; Undagoitia, T. Marrodan; Martens, K.; Masbou, J.; Masson, E.; Mastroianni, S.; Maupin, C.; McCabe, C.; McCarthy, M. E.; McKinsey, D. N.; Mclaughlin, J. B.; Melchiorre, A.; Menendez, J.; Messina, M.; Miller, E. H.; Milosovic, B.; Milutinovic, S.; Miuchi, K.; Miyata, R.; Mizrachi, E.; Molinario, A.; Monteiro, C. M. B.; Monzani, M. E.; Mora, K.; Moriyama, S.; Morrison, E.; Morteau, E.; Mosbacher, Y.; Mount, B. J.; Mueller, J.; Murdy, M.; Murphy, A. St J.; Murra, M.; Naylor, A.; Nelson, H. N.; Neves, F.; Newstead, J. L.; Nguyen, A.; Ni, K.; O'Hare, C.; Oberlack, U.; Obradovic, M.; Olcina, I.; Oliver-Mallory, K. C.; Orebi Gann, G. D.; Orpwood, J.; Ouahada, S.; Oyulmaz, K.; Paetsch, (2025) In: Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 52(4) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Aprile E; others (XENON Collaboration) (2025) In: Physical Review D (PRD), 111(6) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) |
Projects
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 | |
Duration: 01/07/2023 - 30/06/2026 | 6th Funding period Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space Type of project: Participation in federally funded joint project | |
Duration: 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2027 Funded by: EC Horizon Europe - ERC Advanced Grant Type of project: EU-project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/07/2021 - 30/06/2024 Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space Type of project: Participation in federally funded joint project |
Talks
| translated title: "Neutrino, ghost particle flying through walls" Weinheimer, Christian (14/03/2025) Kinder-Uni, Anne-Frank-Gymnasium Werne Type of talk: practical talk | |
| Direct neutrino mass search with the KATRIN experiment and beyond Weinheimer, Christian (29/01/2025) 61st International Winter Meeting on Nuclear Physics, Bormio Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| XENONnT: in search for dark matter and more Christian Weinheimer (19/11/2024) Particle and Astroparticle Physics Colloquium, RWTH Aachen, RWTH Aachen Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Mysterious neutrinos and dark matter – laboratory experiments are helping to unlock the secrets of the universe (translated title, this outreach talk was in… Weinheimer, Christian (18/10/2024) Astroseminar 2024, Universität Münster Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Reduction of radon in xenon-based experiments to search for rare events
Weinheimer, Christian (03/10/2024) Low Radioactivity Techniques (LRT2024), IX Workshop, Krakau Type of talk: scientific talk |
Prizes
| 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 | |
| Helmholtz Award 2001 Awarded by: Helmoltz-Fonds, Association for the Promotion of Science and Humanities in Germany Award given to: Bonn, Jochen; Weinheimer, Christian; Hell, Stefan W.; Klar, Thomas A. Announced at: 01/01/2001 | Date of awarding: 01/01/2001 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Dissertation Award 1993 Awarded by: Association of the Friends of the University of Mainz e.V. Award given to: Dr. Weinheimer, Christian Date of awarding: 01/01/1993 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| CERN-Fellowship 1995-1996 Awarded by: European Organisation for Nuclear Research CERN (European particle physics laboratory), Geneva Award given to: Weinheimer, Christian Announced at: 01/01/1994 Type of distinction: Scholarship | |
| Fellowship of the episcopal foundation Cusanuswerk Awarded by: Bischöflichen Studienförderung Cusanuswerk Award given to: Weinheimer, Christian Announced at: 01/01/1985 Type of distinction: Scholarship |
Doctorates
| 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 | |
| Lattice QCD determination of baryon sigma terms Candidate: Petrak, Pia Leonie Jones | Supervisors: Heitger, Jochen; Weinheimer, Christian | Reviewers: Heitger, Jochen; Collins, Sara Period of time: 01/11/2020 - 24/05/2024 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Search for Dark Matter and other beyond the Standard Model physics with XENON1T and XENONnT Candidate: Lutz Althüser | Supervisors: Weinheimer, Christian; Klasen Michael | Reviewers: Weinheimer, Christian; Andronic, Anton; Baudis, Laura Period of time: 01/03/2019 - 11/10/2023 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Inealastic electron scattering in tritium gas and ppm-precise energy scale at the KATRIN experiment Candidate: Rodenbeck, Caroline | Supervisors: Weinheimer, Christian; Klasen, Michael | Reviewers: Weinheimer, Christian; Andronic, Anton; Valerius, Kathrin (KIT) Period of time: 03/04/2018 - 11/07/2023 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Purification and characterization studies of TMBi for a novel PET-detector
concept Candidate: Simon-Nis Peters | Supervisors: Weinheimer, Christian; Schäfers, Klaus | Reviewers: Weinheimer, Christian; Schäfers, Klaus Period of time: 01/05/2019 - 02/05/2023 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |