The focus of our research at the Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics 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
03.05.2021 Seminars In the upcoming particle physics colloquium (Thursday, 06.05, 3.45pm), we will have Nathaniel Craig (UCSB) presenting a talk on the question “Is Nature Natural?”. In this week's institute's seminar (Wednesday, 05.05, 12pm), Jordan Bernigaud will talk about a “Phenomenological study of the scotogenic model T12A”. |
26.04.2021 Seminars This week's particle physics colloquium (Thursday, 29.04, 3.45pm) will be held by Georg Raffelt (MPI Munich) on “Particle-physics constraints from stars”. In the institute's seminar (Wednesday, 28.04, 12pm), Aliaksei Kachanovich will talk about “Higgs decay into lepton pair and a photon – on-shell versus off-shell”. |
19.04.2021 Seminars We are happy to have Martino Borsato (Uni Heidelberg) to give the first particle physics colloquium of this term on “Measurements of flavor anomalies with the LHCb experiment”. In this week's institute's seminar (Wednesday, 21.04, 12pm), we will have Arnd Behring speaking about “Mixed QCD-EW corrections to Z and W boson production and their impact on the W mass measurements at the LHC”. |
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12.04.2021 Semester start The semester has started! The institute's teaching activity can be found here. We are also happy to resume our institute's remote seminar, which will take place on Wednesdays at 12pm. Members of the institute will receive invitations via email. Our first speaker this week is Matthias Linster on “A short journey to the stars”. |
15.02.2021 Seminars This week's particle physics colloquium (Thursday, 21.02, 3.45 pm) will be given by Alejandro Ibarra (TUM) on “The quest for particle dark matter”. In the institute's seminar (Wednesday, 17.02, 1pm) Jérémie Quarroz will talk “On the interference of ggH and cc̄H Higgs production mechanisms and the determination of charm Yukawa coupling at the LHC”. |
08.02.2021 Seminars This week's particle physics colloquium (Thursday, 11.02, 3.45 pm) will be given by Kathrin Valerius (KIT) on “Probing the neutrino mass scale - news from KATRIN”. In the institute's seminar (Wednesday, 10.02, 2pm) we will have Wojciech Bizon speaking about “Collisions of massive quarks”. |