Prof. Dr. Piet Schmidt (IMAGE)

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)

Prof. Dr. Piet Schmidt

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With a concept for the first-time realization of optical clocks, in which highly charged ions are controlled by quantum techniques and measured by laser spectroscopy, Prof. Dr. Piet O. Schmidt (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt and Leibniz Universität Hannover) has now obtained one of the most prestigious research grants: an ERC Advanced Grant. Schmidt's goal: to achieve at least a 10-fold improvement in the limits for new forces and changes in natural constants.

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