Multimessenger Astronomy
We work on the exploration of the universe with a variety of modern experiments distributed all over the world.
To this end, we search for neutrinos, radio signals and photons of the highest energies.
Our Research
Gamma-ray Astronomy
Neutrino Astronomy
Method Development
Radio Astronomy
NuRadioOpt
Particle Interaction and Propagation
News
06/16/2026
Collaborative Research Center in Astronomy to receive further funding
All hell is breaking loose in the sky: stars form and fade, charged particles, rays and neutrinos collide and influence each other. The interactions…
06/03/2026
“Matter in Terrestrial & Cosmic Laboratories”: Exhibition Offers Insights into International Physics Research at the Ruhr Universities
As part of the Ruhr Innovation Lab’s Excellence Tour, researchers from TU Dortmund University and Ruhr University Bochum presented an exhibition…
05/28/2026
PhD Student Pascal Gutjahr finds evidence for prompt muons and completes his PhD with summa cum laude
We warmly congratulate him on successfully completing his PhD.
05/22/2026
Wolfgang Rhode speaks about IceCube and machine learning
In an interview with Plattform Lernende Systeme, Prof. Dr. Dr. Wolfgang Rhode explains how IceCube searches for high energy neutrinos in the Antarctic…
04/22/2026
Johannes Werthebach successfully completes his PhD
Werthebach studied photomultiplier tubes for the multi-PMT Digital Optical Modules of the IceCube Upgrade at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in…
03/27/2026
WDR Lokalzeit features research on the IceCube experiment
The WDR Lokalzeit team visited TU Dortmund University to feature the work on the IceCube experiment.
03/26/2026
Prof. Christian Glaser is awarded the 2026 Wallmark Prize
Prof. Christian Glaser has been awarded the 2026 Wallmark Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
02/27/2026
IceCube Upgrade
Hundreds of New ‘Eyes’ Buried in the Antarctic Ice.
12/10/2025
Our postdoctoral researcher Dr. Kevin Schmitz receives the Till Moritz Karbach Prize
Our postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Kevin Schmitz, has been awarded the Till Moritz Karbach Prize of the Faculty of Physics.
10/10/2025
10 Years of the Ruhr Astroparticle and Plasma Center
The Ruhr Astroparticle and Plasma Center celebrates its 10th anniversary.
09/26/2025
New professorship in experimental astroparticle physics
Astroparticle physics and artificial intelligence - research into neutrinos and cosmic rays
08/11/2025
New method for identifying different types of muons in Earth’s atmosphere
Members of our chair publish a new method for identifying different types of muons in Earth’s atmosphere.
