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Physical Sciences
The research groups in Physics focus on fundamental and applied atomic spectroscopy, in particular atomic structure and atom-light interaction. Applications range from atomic nucleus characterization and cancer treatments to galactic evolution.
The group performs quantum structure calculations, develops computational methods and computer programs, and determines atomic data based on Fourier transform spectroscopy and atomic lifetime measurements. The data is applied to a variety of research questions, for example in the field of medicine and astronomy.
We work in the following fields:
Fundamental physics
Combining calculated atomic data with results from high-precision measurements at for example radioactive beam facilities such as ISOLDE at CERN (link: http://isolde.web.cern.ch/), nuclear properties are extracted for unexplored parts of the nuclear chart. These data, in turn, are important for nuclear theory.
Atomic Astrophysics
Over 99% of all visible matter in the Universe is in the plasma state. The group determines atomic data needed to analyze spectra from the plasma and to give information about its fundamental properties, e.g., temperature and density, as well as the abundance and isotopic composition of different elements and the balance between different ionization stages. Data on abundances are used to test different models of nucleosynthesis in the stars and trace the chemical evolution of the galaxy. In addition, there are important applications for future energy sources such as fusion reactors.
Data for Medicine
The group produces data and develops computer programs needed for dosimetry simulations for new cancer treatments based on the emission of low-energetic Auger electrons. The data and the simulation programs aim for accurate dose determinations at the microscale.
The research groups are active in national and international networks, e.g. in the development of atomic calculations and running the Edlén FTS laboratory as well as using astronomical observational facilities. We are in addition part of the consortium behind the DESIREE national facility for studies of cold atoms, and CompAS and LUMCAS networks.
Researchers, publications and projects
Pedro Henrique Arantes Moya
Peter Bengtsson
Shilpa Bijavara Seshashayana
Jakob Blomqvist
Jörgen Ekman
Stefan Gustafsson
Henrik Hartman
Johan Hektor
Henrik Jönsson
Sana Khayyamifar
Lindsay Richard Merte
Hampus Nilsson
Felix Roosen-Runge
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2024 | Article in journal
Evaluation of δ-Phase ZrH 1.4 to ZrH 1.7 Thermal Neutron Scattering Laws Using Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Vedant Mehta, Rehn Daniel, Pär A T Olsson
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2024 | Article in journal
Exploring fluorine chemical evolution in the Galactic disk: The open cluster perspective
Shilpa Bijavara Seshashayana, Henrik Jönsson, V. D'Orazi, N. Sanna, G. Andreuzzi, G. Nandakumar, A. Bragaglia, D. Romano, E. Spitoni
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2024 | Article in journal
Accessing self-diffusion on nanosecond time and nanometre length scales with minute kinetic resolution.
Christian Beck, Felix Roosen-Runge, Marco Grimaldo, Dominik Zeller, Judith Peters, Frank Schreiber, Tilo Seydel
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2024 | Article in journal
Isotope shifts in electron affinities and in binding energies of Pb and hyperfine structure of 207Pb
C X Song, S T Yan, M Godefroid, J Bieroń, Per Jönsson, G Gaigalas, Jörgen Ekman, X M Zhang, C Y Chen, C G Ning, R Si
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2024 | Article in journal
Natural Orbitals and Targeted Non-Orthogonal Orbital Sets for Atomic Hyperfine Structure Multiconfiguration Calculations
Mingxuan Ma, Yanting Li, Michel Godefroid, Gediminas Gaigalas, Jiguang Li, Jacek Bieron, Chongyang Chen, Jianguo Wang, Per Jönsson
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2024 | Article in journal
Approximation Algorithms for the Two-Watchman Route in a Simple Polygon
Bengt J. Nilsson, Eli Packer
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2024 | Article in journal
Phosphorus driven embrittlement and atomistic crack behavior in tungsten grain boundaries
Praveenkumar Hiremath, Solveig Melin, Pär A T Olsson
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2024 | Article in journal
Chemical clocks and their time zones: understanding the [ s /Mg]–age relation with birth radii
Bridget Ratcliffe, Ivan Minchev, Gabriele Cescutti, Emanuele Spitoni, Henrik Jönsson, Friedrich Anders, Anna Queiroz, Matthias Steinmetz
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2024 | Article in journal
First-principles study on thermal expansion of W-Re sigma and chi phases
Anders Vesti, Denis Music, Pär A T Olsson
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2024 | Article in journal
The APOGEE value-added catalogue of Galactic globular cluster stars
Ricardo P. Schiavon, Sian G. Phillips, Natalie Myers, Danny Horta, Dante Minniti, Carlos Allende Prieto, Borja Anguiano, Rachael L. Beaton, Timothy C. Beers, Joel R. Brownstein, Roger E. Cohen, Jose G. Fernandez-Trincado, Peter M. Frinchaboy, Henrik Jönsson, Shobhit Kisku, Richard R. Lane, Steven R. Majewski, Andrew C. Mason, Szabolcs Meszaros, Guy S. Stringfellow
Doctoral studies in Applied Physics
Malmö University offers doctoral education in Applied Physics.
Applied Physics refers to the parts of physics that are relevant to technical applications and natural phenomena. For the education in Malmö, this includes materials science, atomic- and astrophysics and synchrotron light physics with applications.
Contact for doctoral studies in applied physics: Henrik Hartman