Tag: START Award

Interview & Opinion

Searching for infinity

Interview: Alois Pumhösel

Mathematician and START Prize winner Sandra Müller analyses various forms of infinity arising from set theory. In doing so, she is attempting to find a closer link between the theory of large cardinal numbers and the axiom of determinacy, two theoretical approaches that seem to share little in common at first glance. Continue reading “Searching for infinity”

Interview & Opinion

Nanostructures that pretend to be lenses and make ultrafast processes visible

Interview: Reinhard Kleindl

Ultrashort pulses can be generated using light from the extreme ultraviolet spectrum, allowing precise measurements to be taken on atomic time scales. However, no suitable lenses exist yet for this light spectrum. Physicist Marcus Ossiander is looking to remedy that shortcoming by using new nano-optics, such as those used in virtual reality goggles, for example. […] Continue reading “Nanostructures that pretend to be lenses and make ultrafast processes visible”