Nordita

We carry out research and strengthen Nordic collaboration within the basic areas of theoretical physics

The Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, or Nordita, is an international organisation for research in theoretical physics. The main research areas at Nordita are astrophysics, hard and soft condensed matter physics, and high-energy physics. It was established as Nordisk Institut for Teoretisk Atomfysik in 1957 by Niels Bohr and the Swedish physicist Torsten Gustafson.

Nordita was originally located at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen (Denmark), but moved to the AlbaNova University Centre in Stockholm (Sweden) on 1 January 2007.

News and Announcements

Resistively controlled primordial magnetic turbulence decay

By A. Brandenburg, A. Neronov, and F. Vazza

Magnetic fields generated in the early Universe undergo turbulent decay during the radiation-dominated era. The decay is governed by a decay exponent and a decay time. It has been argued that the latter is prolonged by magnetic reconnection, which depends on the microphysical resistivity and viscosity.

Two VR Grants to Nordita

Nordita Professor Alexander Balatsky and Watse Sybesma, postdoc at University of Iceland, were awarded VR grants in 2023.

Masters of Science Programme in Theoretical Physics

Two-year MSc programme in Physics at the University of Iceland, in partnership with Nordita, the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics.

Nordita Bi-Annual Newsletter

Spring 2023 Issue of the Nordita Newsletter.

The Organic Materials Database

The OMDB is an open access electronic structure database for 3-dimensional organic crystals, developed and hosted at Nordita.

Nordita the Copenhagen Years

A scrapbook of recollections by researchers working at or visiting Nordita during the years at NBI in Copenhagen, 1957-2006.

Current and Upcoming Events

Nordita has a long tradition in organizing scientific events that bring Nordic and international theoretical physicists together. We welcome you to join us!

Find Us - Nordita is just north of the city center!

Nordita is in the campus of AlbaNova University Center, within walking distance from the main campus areas of the three universities in northern Stockholm: Stockholm University, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology and Karolinska Institute.