Events in 2023

Premiere: “KIKA Triff… Einstein” (in German)

television broadcast
  • Date: Jan 11, 2023
  • Time: 07:25 PM - 07:50 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Michèle Heurs
  • Location: https://www.kika.de/triff/triff/index.html
The new episode of the KIKA program “Triff…” is about the physicist Albert Einstein. Part of the broadcast is a visit to our institute and the gravitational-wave detector GEO600 with Prof. Michèle Heurs from Leibniz Universität Hannover. [more]

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Public Event
  • Start: Feb 11, 2023
  • End: Feb 12, 2023
  • Location: online
The 11th of February marks the United Nations' International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics and the Institute for Gravitational Physics at Leibniz University Hannover celebrate the event by highlighting female researchers and their work at the institutes. [more]

Public talk (in German) “Gravitationswellen und der Klang des Universums” at Hörfidelity fair

Public talk
  • Date: Feb 19, 2023
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Jan-Niklas Reinhardt
  • Location: Kulturzentrum Pavillon, Lister Meile 4, 30161 Hannover
  • Room: Kleiner Saal
  • Host: Hörregion Hannover
Gravitational waves make the universe audible. How these space-time waves are detected with the help of laser interferometers and what they have already heard is explained in this lecture at “Hörfidelity”, the fair all about good ears. [more]

Public talk (in German) “Sieben Jahre Astronomie mit Gravitationswellen”

Public talk
  • Date: Mar 22, 2023
  • Time: 08:00 PM - 09:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Benjamin Knispel
  • Location: Zeiss-Großplanetarium, Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
  • Host: Stiftung Planetarium Berlin
On 14 September 2015, a new age of astronomy began. Since then, we have been observing the universe in a completely new way: with gravitational waves. [more]

CoCoNuT meeting 2023

Workshop
  • Start: Apr 3, 2023 10:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Apr 5, 2023 05:00 PM
  • Location: Main building Max Planck Campus Potsdam
  • Room: Lecture hall
The CoCoNuT meeting is a workshop dealing with a wide variety of topics in the field of relativistic astrophysics. [more]

Public talk (in German) “Sieben Jahre Astronomie mit Gravitationswellen”

Public talk
  • Date: Apr 13, 2023
  • Time: 08:00 PM - 09:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Benjamin Knispel
  • Location: Volkssternwarte Hannover, Am Lindener Berge 27, 30449 Hannover
  • Host: Volkssternwarte Hannover
On 14 September 2015, a new age of astronomy began. Since then, we have been observing the universe in a completely new way: with gravitational waves. [more]

Scientists react to “Interstellar” with Dr. Frank Ohme and Dr. Victoria Grinberg (in German)

Public Event
  • Date: Apr 21, 2023
  • Time: 07:00 PM - 11:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Frank Ohme
  • Location: online
  • Host: arte
[more]

Girls' Day 2023 at AEI Hannover

Zukunftstag
  • Date: Apr 27, 2023
  • Time: 09:00 AM - 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: various
  • Location: AEI Hannover, Callinstr. 38, 30167 Hannover
  • Host: Benjamin Knispel
  • Contact: benjamin.knispel@aei.mpg.de
On 27 April 2023 the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) in Hannover participates in the Girls' Day. [more]

Future Day (Zukunftstag) 2023 at AEI Potsdam

Zukunftstag
  • Date: Apr 27, 2023
  • Time: 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: various
  • Location: AEI Potsdam, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam
  • Host: Elke Müller
  • Contact: elke.mueller@aei.mpg.de
The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) in Potsdam will participate in the Brandenburg Zukunftstag (Future Day) 2023 on April 27. The event is fully booked. [more]

When Neutron Stars Collide: Cataclysms in Space

Public talk
  • Date: Apr 27, 2023
  • Time: 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM (Eastern Time (US & Canada) UTC-4:00)
  • Speaker: Stephanie Brown
  • Location: Michigan State University, Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
  • Room: Auditorium
Public talk on neutron stars, some of the most extreme objects in the universe. [more]

Potsdam Science Day (Potsdamer Tag der Wissenschaften)

Public Event
  • Date: May 6, 2023
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 07:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Location: Potsdam University, Campus Griebnitzsee
The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics participates in the Potsdam Science Day on May 6, 2023, 1pm - 7pm. Location: Potsdam University (Campus Griebnitzsee) [more]

MS Wissenschaft in the Berlin-Potsdam area

Exhibition
  • Start: May 9, 2023 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: May 25, 2023 07:00 PM
  • Location: Berlin-Mitte, -Tegel und -Wannsee und Ketzin
  • Host: MS Wissenschaft
A floating science center with exhibits to try out and participate in. That is the idea behind the MS Wissenschaft. It has now been sailing every summer for the Year of Science for more than 20 years. In the Year of Science 2023 - Our Universe, science, politics and society are taking a look from Earth into space from a variety of perspectives ... and back again. The goal: a stimulating exchange on the major topic of space between citizens and researchers. [more]

Roadshow “Universe on Tour” with a mobile planetarium in Potsdam

Public Event
  • Start: May 17, 2023
  • End: May 21, 2023
  • Location: Luisenplatz, Potsdam
In the dome of the mobile planetarium, a fascinating show takes visitors on a journey into space every half hour – from observing the sky with the naked eye to the invention of the telescope and today's astronomy. In an accompanying exhibition, guests can also expand their knowledge on the subject of “light” and actively apply it in various hands-on activities. Here, numerous topics relating to the importance of light for science are examined in greater detail. AEI scientists will be on location on May 17th (in the morning) as well as on May 18th and 20th (in the evening). [more]

Public talk (in German) “Multimessenger-Astrophysik”

Public talk
  • Date: May 17, 2023
  • Time: 08:00 PM - 09:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Tim Dietrich
  • Location: Planetarium am Insulaner, Munsterdamm 90, 12169 Berlin
  • Room: Planetariumssaal
  • Host: Stiftung Planetarium Berlin
In our universe neutron stars continuously collide. These collisions create perfect conditions to study the properties of ultra-dense matter, to study the production of heavy elements, and to make an independent measurement of the expansion of our universe. To this end, in multimessenger astrophysics we analyze neutron star collisions and measurements of individual neutron stars to unravel cosmic mysteries. [more]

Public talk (in German) “Neutronensterne sehen und hören!”

Public Event
  • Date: May 20, 2023
  • Time: 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Ludovica Crosato Menegazzi
  • Location: Luisenplatz, Potsdam
  • Room: Mobiles Planetarium
Ludovica Crosato Menegazzi gives a talk as part of the Universe on Tour roadshow: multi-messenger astronomy allows us to observe neutron stars using very different methods - from radio waves to gravitational waves. [more]

Panel discussion at the Festival of Philosophy (in English) “Zeit – kosmologisch”

Panel discussion
  • Date: May 26, 2023
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Bruce Allen, Sybille Anderl
  • Location: Ada-und-Theodor-Lessing-Volkshochschule Hannover, Burgstraße 14, 30159 Hannover
  • Room: Theodor-Lessing-Saal
  • Host: Festival der Philosophie 2023
Panel discussion by Bruce Allen, director at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) in Hanover, with Sibylle Anderl, philosopher and astrophysicist and editorial director for science at FAZ. [more]

Public talk (in German) “ Einsteins Relativitätstheorie im Universum und im Alltag”

Public talk
  • Date: May 31, 2023
  • Time: 07:15 PM - 09:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Benjamin Knispel
  • Location: VHS Hildesheim, Pfaffenstieg 4-5
  • Room: 318, Riedelsaal
  • Host: Hildesheimer Gesellschaft für Astronomie e. V. (HiGA)
The Hildesheimer Gesellschaft für Astronomie e. V. (HiGA) invites in the context of its series “Science - generally understandable” to a lecture about an area, which has immensely challenged the imagination of people in the past more than 100 years: Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and its importance in our everyday life as well as for the understanding of the universe. [more]

Public talk (in German): “Schwarze Löcher auf Kollisionskurs: Wenn Raum und Zeit erzittern”

Public talk
  • Date: Jun 10, 2023
  • Time: 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Jan Steinhoff
  • Location: Bildungsforum Potsdam, Am Kanal 47, 14467 Potsdam
  • Host: Bildungsforum Potsdam
Jan Steinhoff talks about gravitational waves, which are recorded in sophisticated experiments on Earth and provide ever new insights into our universe. [more]

Workshop: Connecting the dots

Workshop
  • Start: Jun 14, 2023 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Jun 16, 2023 06:00 PM
  • Location: Main building Max Planck Campus Potsdam
The key focus of this workshop is to pave the way toward complete and accurate inspiral-merger-ringdown waveform templates in modified gravity theories. [more]

Science2Go | Revealing Cosmic Mysteries through Multi-Messenger Astrophysics

Public talk
  • Date: Jun 20, 2023
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Tim Dietrich
  • Location: GO:IN1
  • Room: Seminar room ground floor
  • Host: Potsdam Science Park
The detection of both gravitational waves and electromagnetic signals from the merger of two neutron stars in 2017 has been a revolution. In his talk, Tim Dietrich will give an overview of how theoretical models can be developed and used to enable multi-messenger studies of merging neutron stars. [more]

innovercity Festival: “Innovation from Lower Saxony: Light, Quanta, and Gravitation” (in German)

Public Event
  • Date: Jun 22, 2023
  • Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Uwe Morgner, Michael Kues, Michèle Heurs, Christian Lehmann, Dietmar Kracht
  • Location: innovercity
At the “Light for Innovation” session on Thursday morning, Prof. Dr. Uwe Morgner, Prof. Dr. Michael Kues and Prof. Dr. Michèle Heurs, among others, will give an insight into their research on light, quanta, and gravitation. [more]

Soapbox Science Event 2023

Public Event
  • Date: Jun 24, 2023
  • Time: 03:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Elisa Maggio
  • Location: Berlin, Potsdamer Platz (Süd)
  • Host: Soapbox Science Berlin
Dr. Elisa Maggio is a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) in Potsdam, working on tests of general relativity. She will discuss black holes and how we can we observe these exotic objects in the universe. [more]

DGP Teacher Training: Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Workshop
  • Start: Jun 26, 2023 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Jun 30, 2023 02:00 PM
  • Speaker: various
  • Location: Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Hauptstraße 5, 53604 Bad Honnef
  • Host: Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Lotze, Prof. Dr. Andreas Malmendier, Dr. Frank Ohme, Dr. Gudrun Wanner
DPG Teacher Training - Contribution to the Science Year “Our Universe”: In the lectures and workshops, some important concepts of all facets of gravitational-wave astronomy will be elaborated and ideas and suggestions for physics teaching will be developed. [more]

MS Wissenschaft in Hanover

Exhibition
  • Start: Jun 28, 2023 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Jul 1, 2023 07:00 PM
  • Location: Mittellandkanal, Höhe Vahrenwalder Straße, am Finanzamt
  • Host: MS Wissenschaft
A floating science center with exhibits to try out and participate in. That is the idea behind the MS Wissenschaft. It has now been sailing every summer for the Year of Science for more than 20 years. In the Year of Science 2023 - Our Universe, science, politics and society are taking a look from Earth into space from a variety of perspectives ... and back again. The goal: a stimulating exchange on the major topic of space between citizens and researchers. [more]

The sound of the cosmos - on the track of gravitational waves (in German)

Meet the Scientist
  • Date: Jun 29, 2023
  • Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Benjamin Knispel
  • Location: MS Wissenschaft, Anleger am Mittellandkanal nahe dem Finanzamt Hannover, Vahrenwald
  • Host: MS Wissenschaft
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) in Potsdam and Hannover study gravitational waves. The researchers also measure these extremely weak waves, simulate events, analyze data and develop measuring instruments. With the exhibit of the MPI for Gravitational Physics, you can explore gravitational waves yourself and eavesdrop on the cosmos. [more]

YouTube live “German Studies Talk: Research & Doctoral Life at the Max Planck Institute” (in Japanese)

Online
  • Date: Jul 21, 2023
  • Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Fumiko Kawazoe, Kohei Yamamoto
  • Location: DAAD Tokyo Office YouTube channel
  • Host: DAAD Tokyo Office
What are the differences between the research environment in Japan and Germany? What is life like for doctoral students in Germany? [more]

Open Day at GEO600

Open Day
  • Date: Sep 30, 2023
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: several
  • Location: GEO600, Schäferberg, 31157 Ruthe
  • Host: Benjamin Knispel
  • Contact: benjamin.knispel@aei.mpg.de
On Saturday, September 30, 2023, the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) and the Institute for Gravitational Physics of Leibniz Universität Hannover invite you to visit the German-British gravitational-wave detector GEO600 near Sarstedt. Between 12:00 and 16:00 CEST, all visitors can speak with researchers at the detector site about the current state of gravitational-wave astronomy, the crucial contributions of GEO600 as a think tank of international research, and visit the detector. [more]

European Quantum Technology Conference

Conference
  • Start: Oct 16, 2023 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Oct 20, 2023 02:00 PM
  • Location: Convention Center, Hannover Messe fairground
  • Host: Quantum Valley Lower Saxony
Every two years, the Quantum Flagship gathers the major European research and innovation networks at the European Quantum Technology Conference (EQTC). As the largest quantum event of its kind, we celebrate breakthroughs, highlight the pioneering work of European organisations and connect the dots within the community. [more]

Public talk (in German) “Dark matter”

Public talk
  • Date: Oct 26, 2023
  • Time: 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Benno Willke
  • Location: Leibnizhaus, Holzmarkt 4 - 6, 30159 Hannover
  • Room: Leibnizsaal
  • Host: VDI-Bezirksverein Hannover
About 90 years ago there were first hints, in the meantime it seems clear: Besides normal matter there is five times more mysterious, invisible “dark matter”, which is only noticeable by its gravity. This lecture summarizes what we know about dark matter, what we don't, and which experiments have searched for it and how. [more]

November of Science “The search for dark matter” (in German)

Public talk
  • Date: Nov 2, 2023
  • Time: 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Benno Willke
  • Location: AEI Hannover, Callinstr. 38
  • Room: 103
  • Host: Benjamin Knispel
  • Contact: benjamin.knispel@aei.mpg.de
Five times more abundant than normal matter and so far still mysterious: Dark matter [more]

The night that creates knowledge 2023

Public Event
  • Start: Nov 4, 2023 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Nov 5, 2023 12:00 AM
  • Speaker: Gudrun Wanner, Anjana Ashok, Lars Nieder, Sweta Shah
  • Location: AEI Hannover, Callinstr. 38, 30167 Hannover
  • Room: 103
  • Host: Benjamin Knispel
  • Contact: benjamin.knispel@aei.mpg.de
On Saturday, November 4, 2023, it's that time again: From 6 p.m. to midnight, everyone is invited to discover the university at its various locations. [more]

Public talk (in German) “Das Zittern der Raumzeit – Mit Gravitationswellen das Universum belauschen”

Public talk
  • Date: Nov 4, 2023
  • Time: 09:15 PM - 10:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Harald Lück
  • Location: Berufsbildungs- und Technologiezentrum, August-Horch-Str. 6-8, 56070 Koblenz
  • Room: Raum 2.01, Metall- und Technologiezentrum
  • Host: Handwerkskammer Koblenz
  • Contact: btz@hwk-koblenz.de
Gravitational waves, predicted by Albert Einstein at the beginning of the 20th century, turned out to be extremely elusive. Dr. Harald Lück, Leibniz Universität Hannover, explains why this is the case and how, after great technical efforts, it was possible for the first time in 2015 to directly observe the tiny trembling of space-time. [more]

Supergravity techniques and the CFT bootstrap

Workshop
  • Start: Nov 6, 2023 10:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Nov 10, 2023 05:30 PM
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam
This topical workshop brings together experts from the fields of supergravity and the CFT bootstrap to explore common ideas and applications. [more]

Public talk and discussion: “Sounds from the Universe: Measuring and Interpreting Gravitational Waves”

  • Date: Nov 7, 2023
  • Time: 07:30 PM - 10:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Alessandra Buonanno
  • Location: Salöön im Holzmarkt 25, Holzmarktstr. 25, 10243 Berlin
  • Host: Schering Foundation
Lecture by Alessandra Buonanno followed by a discussion between her, Annika Kahrs and Louis d'Heudières [more]

November of Science “What if it isn't a black hole?” (in German)

Public talk
  • Date: Nov 8, 2023
  • Time: 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Julian Westerweck
  • Location: AEI Hannover, Callinstr. 38
  • Room: 103
  • Host: Benjamin Knispel
  • Contact: benjamin.knispel@aei.mpg.de
Could black holes hide something even more exotic? [more]

November of Science “What physicists think about science fiction” (in German)

Public talk
  • Date: Nov 9, 2023
  • Time: 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Lars Nieder, Julian Westerweck
  • Location: AEI Hannover, Callinstr. 38
  • Room: 103
  • Host: Benjamin Knispel
  • Contact: benjamin.knispel@aei.mpg.de
What (some) physicists discuss in their spare time. [more]

November of Science “Einstein's gravitation from different perspectives” (in German)

Public Event
  • Date: Nov 10, 2023
  • Time: 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Franz John, Frank Ohme, Udo Thiedeke
  • Location: AEI Hannover, Callinstr. 38
  • Room: 103
  • Host: Benjamin Knispel
  • Contact: benjamin.knispel@aei.mpg.de
An interdisciplinary look at astronomy with gravitational waves kindly supported by the Cluster of Excellence QuantumFrontiers. [more]

Exhibition opening “Dark Star”

Exhibition
  • Date: Nov 10, 2023
  • Time: 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Location: Atelier Grammophon, Edwin Oppler Weg 5, 30167 Hannover
  • Host: Ulrike Schoeller, Jörg Hufschmidt
In the exhibition “Dark Star” artistic statements and positions are represented that deal with questions of gravitation and astronomy in a broader sense. [more]

November of Science “Do spiders lay planets in space?” (in German)

Public talk
  • Date: Nov 13, 2023
  • Time: 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Lars Nieder
  • Location: AEI Hannover, Callinstr. 38
  • Room: 103
  • Host: Benjamin Knispel
  • Contact: benjamin.knispel@aei.mpg.de
“Spiders” are not only little crawlies, but also special objects in space. [more]

Public talk: “Illuminating the Dark Universe with Gravitational Waves”

  • Date: Nov 14, 2023
  • Time: 05:00 PM - 06:15 PM (UTC UTC 00:00)
  • Speaker: Alessandra Buonanno
  • Location: Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA
The 17th Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture will be given by Alessandra Buonanno, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam. The lecture will be streamed live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t1tiPVDMYs [more]

November of Science “Studying our Galaxy's graveyard with LISA” (in English)

Public talk
  • Date: Nov 15, 2023
  • Time: 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Sweta Shah
  • Location: AEI Hannover, Callinstr. 38
  • Room: 103
  • Host: Benjamin Knispel
  • Contact: benjamin.knispel@aei.mpg.de
The future gravitational-wave detector LISA will sense millions of binary stars [more]

November of Science “Listening to the cosmos with LISA” (in German)

Public talk
  • Date: Nov 17, 2023
  • Time: 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Gudrun Wanner
  • Location: AEI Hannover, Callinstr. 38
  • Room: 103
  • Host: Benjamin Knispel
  • Contact: benjamin.knispel@aei.mpg.de
Observing gravitational waves from space: with contributions from Hanover [more]

Fragen ans Universum “Was sind Gravitationswellen?”

Online talk
  • Date: Nov 28, 2023
  • Time: 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Frank Ohme
  • Location: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA6g8kheDuY
  • Host: Haus der Astronomie
Gravitational waves allow us to discover a previously invisible part of the Universe. But what actually vibrates in these waves? The talk introduces Einstein's understanding of gravity and explains how space and time themselves can be carriers of waves triggered by the most violent events in the known universe. [more]

Leibniz Campus Lecture

Public talk
  • Date: Nov 29, 2023
  • Time: 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Günther Hasinger
  • Location: Hauptgebäude Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover
  • Room: Lichthof
The Leibniz Campus Lecture will shed light on the cosmological development of black holes, the nature of dark matter and what contribution the James Webb Space Telescope can make to their exploration. [more]

Public talk: Balzan Lecture “Gravitational-wave astronomy: Exploring the dark universe”

  • Date: Dec 18, 2023
  • Time: 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Alessandra Buonanno
  • Location: Civico Planetario di Milano Corso Venezia 57, 20121 Milano, Italia
Alessandra Buonanno, 2021 Balzan Prizewinner for Gravitation: Physical and Astrophysical Aspects, will deliver the 2023 Annual Balzan Lecture. [more]
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