Project Details
Projekt
GRK 1054: Particle Physics at the Energy Frontier of New Phenomena
Subject Area
Condensed Matter Physics
Term
from 2004 to 2013
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 376397
The fundamental constituents of matter, quarks and leptons, and their interactions are excellently described by the standard model of elementary particle physics. But the model has deficiencies: Particle masses, the mass spectrum of quarks and leptons, and their generation structure pose fundamental problems to the model. The Higgs boson, expected to explain particle masses, still awaits discovery. And theoretical problems of the model motivate extensions of the standard model at energies in the reach of the most powerful particle accelerators Tevatron and LHC. The research topics of this Research Training Group are focused on the investigation of particle physics at the smallest distances accessible by particle accelerators to address the fundamental problems of the standard model:
-- origin of mass: Higgs boson and its relation to particle masses
-- hierarchy of fundamental forces: electroweak force much stronger than gravity
-- unification of interactions: Grand Unified Theories (GUT)
-- existence of (large) extra dimensions
-- existence of a supersymmetry between matter and forces: supersymmetry particles and their relation to dark matter-- origin and understanding of matter-antimatter asymmetry: CP violation
Any solution of these fundamental problems will be associated with new phenomena observable in experiments at particle accelerators. Only due to detailed theoretical knowledge of the processes one can identify the signatures of new phenomena in the complex final states of particle collisions at high energy. And the experimental observation of new phenomena will provide input to the development of new theories. So the close cooperation and interdisciplinary exchange between theory and experiment in this Research Training Group constitutes an inspiring and motivating environment for students. The Research Training Group, installed at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) and Technical University (TUM), benefits from the association of the Max-Planck-Institute for Physics (MPI). The involvement of these institutions in research projects at the international research centres CERN, DESY and Fermilab offers graduate students the opportunity of doing forefront research on the aforementioned fundamental problems of the standard model. The world-wide connections already provided by LMU, TUM and MPI to the Research Training Group are complemented by the involvement of leading scientists from international research centres.
-- origin of mass: Higgs boson and its relation to particle masses
-- hierarchy of fundamental forces: electroweak force much stronger than gravity
-- unification of interactions: Grand Unified Theories (GUT)
-- existence of (large) extra dimensions
-- existence of a supersymmetry between matter and forces: supersymmetry particles and their relation to dark matter-- origin and understanding of matter-antimatter asymmetry: CP violation
Any solution of these fundamental problems will be associated with new phenomena observable in experiments at particle accelerators. Only due to detailed theoretical knowledge of the processes one can identify the signatures of new phenomena in the complex final states of particle collisions at high energy. And the experimental observation of new phenomena will provide input to the development of new theories. So the close cooperation and interdisciplinary exchange between theory and experiment in this Research Training Group constitutes an inspiring and motivating environment for students. The Research Training Group, installed at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) and Technical University (TUM), benefits from the association of the Max-Planck-Institute for Physics (MPI). The involvement of these institutions in research projects at the international research centres CERN, DESY and Fermilab offers graduate students the opportunity of doing forefront research on the aforementioned fundamental problems of the standard model. The world-wide connections already provided by LMU, TUM and MPI to the Research Training Group are complemented by the involvement of leading scientists from international research centres.
DFG Programme
Research Training Groups
Applicant Institution
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Co-Applicant Institution
Technische Universität München (TUM)
Spokesperson
Professor Dr. Otmar Biebel
