Research
The IMPRS is located at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), the largest research institute in the world specializing in general relativity and beyond. The IMPRS covers all research areas of the institute, reaching as widely as technology development for gravitational-wave detectors, astrophysical sources of gravitational waves and investigations into quantum gravity.
A brief overview of the research activities can be found on the institute homepage (www.aei.mpg.de), and more details on the individual AEI research group pages, linked below.
Please note that not all groups listed below will have openings in any given year.
- Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity (AEI Potsdam)
- Computational Relativistic Astrophysics (AEI Potsdam)
- Laser Interferometry and Gravitational Wave Astronomy (AEI Hannover, Leibniz University Hannover)
- Observational Relativity and Cosmology (AEI Hannover)
- Precision Interferometry and Fundamental Interactions (AEI Hannover)
- Quantum Gravity and Unified Theories (AEI Potsdam)
- Binary Merger Observation and Numerical Relativity (AEI Hannover)
- Continuous Gravitational Waves (AEI Hannover)
Associated with the IMPRS are also the following groups at our partner universities:
- Multi-messenger Astrophysics of Compact Binaries (AEI Potsdam, Universität Potsdam)
- Quantum Field Theory and String Theory (Humboldt University of Berlin)
- Quantum Control (Leibniz University Hannover)
The supervisors of the IMPRS cover a broad range of topics as can be seen by the list of current students and recently completed theses.