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Quarks Influenced by Their Neighborhood
November 20, 2009
The quark structure inside protons and neutrons changes based on the local nuclear environment, according to electron accelerator experiments.
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Martin Wegener
Martin Wegener has a joint appointment as professor of physics at Universität Karlsruhe (TH) and Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH. He is also coordinator of the DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) at Universität Karlsruhe (TH). His current research interests comprise photonic metamaterials, photonic crystals, and nanophotonics.
Giving light yet another new twist
Metamaterials can be designed to rotate light as it passes through them. If the effect is strong enough, it can lead to the material having a negative index of refraction and light bouncing around very differently than expected. Read More »