The focus of our research at the Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics (TTP) is the study of physics of elementary particles. Physics of elementary
particles is successfully described by the Standard Model of Particle Physics that was proposed as the leading theory of Nature more than 40 years
ago. The Standard Model is an extremely successful theory which describes a vast majority of phenomena that are observed in the Universe. Yet,
theoretical shortcomings of the Standard Model suggest that this theory is incomplete and that additional, so far unknown, particles and interactions
should exist. The research of the Institute contributes towards discovering the physics beyond the Standard Model through refined theoretical
descriptions of Standard Model processes and through a development of specific models of New Physics.
Researches at the Institute provide theoretical support for studying Higgs boson physics at the LHC, explore the flavour structure of the
Standard Model and beyond by studying properties of B and D mesons and develop new methods for performing high-precision computations
in Quantum Field Theory.
News
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05.06.2025 KCETA Particle Physics Colloquium Next Thursday, 05.06.2025 at 15:45, we have our regular KCETA Particle Physics Colloquium. This time Prof. Urs Wenger (U. Bern, Albert Einstein Center) will talk about “The anomalous magnetic moment of the muon in the Standard Model from a lattice-QCD perspective“. The seminar will take place in the Kleiner Hörsaal A (CS). |
04.06.2025 Institute's seminar Our next TTP seminar will take place on Wednesday 4 June at 11h30. Our special guest speaker this time is Alexander Penin, who will talk about “Light quark mediated Higgs boson production in association with a jet at the next-to-next-to-leading order and beyond”. The seminar will take place in room 10/01. |
28.05.2025 Institute's seminar Our next TTP seminar will take place on Wednesday 28 May at 11h30. The speaker this time is Xiyuan Gao, who will talk about “B anomaly hints for minimal SO(10)?”. The seminar will take place in room 10/01. |
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Next Tuesday, 27.05.2025 at 15:45, we will have a special Particle Physics Seminar. This time we welcome Prof. Howie Haber (UC Santa Cruz), who will talk about “RG-stable parameter relations of a scalar field theory in absence of a symmetry”. The seminar will take place in room 10/01. |
Next Thursday, 22.05.2025 at 15:45, we have our regular KCETA Particle Physics Colloquium. This time we have Prof. Bruno Leibundgut (ESO & TUM), who will talk about “The Hubble Tension - an experimental or a cosmological problem”. The seminar will take place in the Kleiner Hörsaal A (CS). |
Our next TTP seminar will take place on Wednesday 21 May at 11h30. The speaker this time is Ulrich Nierste, who will talk about “CP violation in charm decays and eta-eta' mixing”. The seminar will take place in room 10/01. |