Junior-Prof. Kai Schmitz

Current affiliations

Junior professorship for theoretical elementary particle physics (Prof. Schmitz)

Publications

Gravitational waves from cosmic strings for pedestrians Schmitz, Kai; Schröder, Tobias (2026) In: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2026(01), 025. Research article (journal)
Kinematic anisotropies in PTA observations: Analytical toolkit Blümke, Maximilian; Schmitz, Kai; Schröder, Tobias; Agarwal, Deepali; Romano, Joseph D. (2026) In: Symmetry, 18(2), 355. Research article (journal)
Gravitational waves from axion inflation in the gradient expansion formalism. Part I. Pure axion inflation von Eckardstein, Richard; Schmitz, Kai; Sobol, Oleksandr (2026) In: Journal of High Energy Physics, 2026(01), 018. Research article (journal)
Inferring MBH–Mbulge evolution from the gravitational-wave background Matt, Cayenne; et al. [NANOGrav Collaboration] (2026) In: Astrophysical Journal, 997(2), 188. Research article (journal)
The NANOGrav 15 yr dataset: Targeted searches for supermassive black hole binaries Agarwal, Nikita; et al. [NANOGrav Collaboration] (2026) In: Astrophysical Journal Letters, 998(1), L11. Research article (journal)

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Projects

RTG 2149: Strong and Weak Interactions - from Hadrons to Dark Matter

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

Talks

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

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Prizes

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

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