Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz > Faculty 08 > physics > Physics research > Institutes & research facilities > Institute of Nuclear Physics > Research & work groups
At the Institute of Nuclear Physics, we conduct research in the field of hadron and nuclear physics, accelerator physics and astroparticle physics. To this end, our scientists in the experimental work groups are organized into four collaborations, which currently operate the two experiments A1 and A2 at the MAMI accelerator and are setting up the MAGIX and P2 experiments at the MESA accelerator.
Thanks to our broad, complementary experimental and theoretical capabilities and the high precision of our results, we are regularly successful in the competition for funding: For example, the CRC 1660 “Hadrons and Nuclei as Discovery Tools” was launched in October 2024. Our research topics also make a substantial contribution to the PRISMA+ cluster of excellence funded by the German federal and state government’s Excellence Initiative.
Our various working groups are also involved in other large-scale experiments outside Mainz, for example by developing detectors or analyzing measurement data with special algorithms.
We also have a close connection to the neighboring Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM) – an institutional cooperation between the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt.
Spokesperson
Prof. Dr. Harald Merkel
merkel@uni-mainz.de
Phone: +49 6131 39-25812
The A1 collaboration combines the experiments on electron scattering at MAMI. These experiments are aimed in particular at investigating the spatial structure of atomic nuclei or nucleons.
Further information on the research can be found on the A1 Collaboration website
Spokesperson
Dr. Andreas Thomas
thomand@uni-mainz.de
Phone: +49 6131 39-22948
The A2 collaboration brings together the experiments at MAMI that perform photonuclear reactions to investigate the physical basis at the nuclear and sub-nuclear scale.
Further information on the research can be found on the A2 Collaboration website
Spokesperson
Dr. Sören Schlimme
schlimme@uni-mainz.de
Phone: +49 6131 39-28904
The MAGIX collaboration combines the experiments on electron scattering at the high-intensity electron accelerator MESA in . The beamdump experiment DarkMESA is also carried out within the MAGIX collaboration.
Further information on the research can be found on the website of the MAGIX collaboration
Spokesperson
Prof. Frank Maas
maas@him.uni-mainz.de
Phone: +49 6131 39 27447
The aim of the P2 collaboration is the high-precision measurement of parity-violating asymmetry in the elastic scattering of polarized electrons on unpolarized nuclei.
Further information on the research can be found on the website of the P2 collaboration
The theory group investigates the strong interaction at low and medium energies. Its activities focus on the theoretical interpretation of experiments at MAMI, MESA and other accelerator facilities. Analytical methods such as effective field theories and dispersion theory as well as numerical simulations of the nuclear structure and quantum chromodynamics on the lattice are used for this purpose.
You can find more information about the research on the theory group‘s website.
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