GRK 742:  High Energy Physics and Particle Astrophysics

• Subject Area: Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: from 2001 to 2010
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 273365

The research program covers the full range of particle physics, from theoretical questions on one side to the development of hardware on the other, from phenomena at low energies to the highest known energies as they occur in particle astrophysics. Topics in theoretical physics are the phenomenological description of particles and their reactions, but also the development of the theoretical tools, e.g. the calculation of higher orders of perturbation theory or the investigation of non-perturbative effects. The basis is the so called standard model of elementary particle physics, but also models for physics beyond this model, such as its supersymmetric extension or Grand Unified Theories (GUT), are investigated. The experimental groups participate in the construction and the analysis of ongoing and future experiments in accelerator-based high energy physics and in particle astrophysics. Groups participate in the DELPHI experiment at the electron-positron collider LEP at CERN (Geneva), the KLOE at the experiment electron-positron collider DAPHNE (Frascati), the CDF experiment at the proton-antiproton collider TEVATRON at Fermi National Laboratory (FNAL) near Chicago, and the CMS experiment at the future proton-proton collider LHC at CERN. In particle astrophysics, members of the group participate in the KASKADE experiment at the Research Center Karlsruhe and in the construction of the AUGER experiment in Mendoza county in Argentina.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) ; Campus Süd (aufgelöst)
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Michael Feindt
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr. Johannes Blümer; Professor Dr. Wim de Boer (†); Professor Dr. Guido Drexlin; Professor Dr. Frans R. Klinkhamer; Professor Dr. Johann Kühn; Professor Dr. Thomas Müller; Professor Dr. Günter Quast; Professor Dr. Matthias Steinhauser; Professor Dr. Dieter Zeppenfeld