It has been known for some time from animal experiments on storage rings that healthy tissue becomes significantly more resistant to radiation doses when spatially microstructured X-rays are used. This makes it possible to effectively combat cancer cells and minimize the negative side effects of radiotherapy.
Due to the size of the storage rings – at least several hundred meters in circumference – it has not been possible to exploit this effect in clinical practice until now. Here, the “line focus X-ray tube” developed in Mainz has shown that the transfer into practice could succeed with a system that is almost two orders of magnitude smaller. Theoretical Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Physics will be presented in the lecture and the remaining challenges will be described.

Have you ever wondered how the world around you came into being? How did the universe develop as we see it today? Thanks to two revolutionary scientific developments of the 20th century – quantum field theory and general relativity – we are able to understand the evolution of the early universe and make quantitative predictions that can be compared with increasingly precise experiments. Cosmology, once a field of speculation, has developed into a precision science. Nevertheless, many questions remain unanswered, as we are only at the beginning of an exciting journey of discovery.

Are the fundamental objects of our world point-shaped particles …
… or do we need one more dimension?

Measuring ghost particles from deep underground to the South Pole.

A lecture event on the accelerator in Mainz, the world’s first superconducting, energy-recovering accelerator.