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Highlights
Helsinki Institute of Physics – The First 20 Years by Mikko Sainio
(photo J.Aaltonen / HIP) “The Helsinki Institute of Physics was created in 1996 by merging three institutes in two universities. The form of governance, as a joint institute of two universities, was new in Finland. The main motivation for the new organization was the scope of the activity at CERN, of which Finland became a...Continue reading→
Advancing Particle Physics: Mikko Seppälä’s Award-Winning Contribution at HIP
(featured image’s background is generated by ChatGPT, and Mikko’s portrait is a photo by Anniina Sjöblom) Synopsis (ChatGPT generated) The Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP) celebrates the remarkable achievements of Mikko Seppälä, whose award-winning work has brought new insights to the field of particle physics. In collaboration with leading research institutes worldwide, Seppälä and HIP...Continue reading→
Neutron-Star Mergers Illuminate the Mysteries of Quark Matter
The featured photo is from the original post (Image: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick) “When neutron stars collide, they likely create the densest form of matter in the present-day Universe. Through an innovative use of two theoretical methods, researchers have now gained a more detailed understanding of how such quark matter behaves under the extreme conditions...Continue reading→
HIP News
HIP NEWS, 1 June 2026
HIP NEWS, 1 June 2026 NEW HIP BLOG The HIP Detector Laboratory has recently gone through a major upgrade of its clean rooms and laboratory spaces. In the new HIP Blog Mihaela Bezak explains what has been done and what kind of facilities the HIP Detector Laboratory has. See more on https://blog.hip.fi/hip-detector-laboratory-upgrade-cleaner-colder-and-better-controlled-measurements/ ...Continue reading→
HIP NEWS, 25 May 2026
HIP NEWS, 25 May 2026 PUBLIC EVENT: THE NEXT FRONTIER OF FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS Location: Tiedekulma (Think Corner) in Helsinki City Centre Date and time: Tuesday 9 June 2026, at 17:00-19:00 Keynote speech from the CERN director-general Mark Thomson followed by a panel discussion by six prominent researchers. See more on https://tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/en-FI/page/6a1049ad2a1c30000723792d/the-next-frontier-of-fundamental-physics HIP SEMINAR...Continue reading→
HIP NEWS, 18 May 2026
HIP NEWS, 18 May 2026 MATHEMATICAL-PHYSICS SEMINAR Wednesday 20 May 2026 at 14:15 in C124 (Exactum) Eric Toombs (University of Helsinki) “Going blue. Source terms, scattering, and causality in QM and QFT” Abstract: https://www.helsinki.fi/assets/drupal/2026-05/abs-20250520_0.txt https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/mathematical-physics/seminars-and-workshops COSMOLOGY SEMINAR Wednesday 20 May 2026 at 15.15 in A315 and using Zoom (Note unusual time) Prakhar Bansal (University of Michigan),...Continue reading→