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Heidelberg

American  
[hahyd-l-burg, hahyd-l-berk] / ˈhaɪd lˌbɜrg, ˈhaɪd lˌbɛrk /

noun

  1. a city in NW Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany: university, founded 1386.


Heidelberg British  
/ ˈhaɪdəlˌbɜːɡ, ˈhaidəlbɛrk /

noun

  1. a city in SW Germany, in NW Baden-Württemberg on the River Neckar: capital of the Palatinate from the 13th century until 1719; famous castle (begun in the 12th century) and university (1386), the oldest in Germany. Pop: 142 959 (2003 est)

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The international research team was led by astrophysics Ph.D. student Alexander Venner of the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia, who is now a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany.

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Researchers at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Heidelberg University created this framework to explain how quasiparticles form and to link two quantum states that were previously thought to be incompatible.

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As Eugen Dizer, a doctoral candidate at Heidelberg University, notes, this idea has become central to understanding strongly interacting systems ranging from ultracold gases to solid materials and nuclear matter.

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By applying a range of analytical tools, the Heidelberg team has managed to connect these two descriptions within a single framework.

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